tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post286135999612640264..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Whiteway, GloucestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-1705812617041346872010-04-17T21:23:45.846+01:002010-04-17T21:23:45.846+01:00I have just read Joy's book which I got out of...I have just read Joy's book which I got out of a Gloucestershire Library - will return it on Weds !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-17136582397521945972009-04-12T14:58:00.000+01:002009-04-12T14:58:00.000+01:00Joy: Many, many thanks for your interesting update...Joy: Many, many thanks for your interesting updates and corrections. It's heartening to learn that the Colony still thrives. <BR/><BR/>Your book on Whiteway is one I mean to track down and read – though it looks as if I'll have to find a secondhand copy, unless a reprint is planned.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-91718546320495334072009-04-12T14:47:00.000+01:002009-04-12T14:47:00.000+01:00An interesting piece. As the archivist for Whitewa...An interesting piece. As the archivist for Whiteway Colony (and author of Whiteway Colony: A Social History of a Tolstoyan Community, 1993) I would just like to correct a few points. Most importantly the burning of the deeds was to symbolise the freeing of the land from private ownership, as Tolstoy advocated being that land should be used for the benefit of the people and not the profit of the landlord. So today, as of then, potential buyers are granted or loaned the land, on which the dwelling that they will own, stands. This is administered and decided upon through democratic vote, within a monthly business meeting of current Colonists.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally the roof on the hall is more or less original, just well maintained today through a work party including myself (who is scared of heights!). Also, sadly now, no bakery (closed 1989) due to a fire in the bread oven alongside the retirement of its elderly owner-baker. A sad loss.<BR/> <BR/>Happily today we maintain a full Colony of all ages despite the fact that we have none of the features of normal villages (shop, pub, church, school) with the Colony Hall very much our focal point for the myriad of business and social events.Joy Thackernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-45198594949889105672009-02-26T16:59:00.000+00:002009-02-26T16:59:00.000+00:00Thought it might be so. Still, I might use the com...Thought it might be so. Still, I might use the completely spurious connection in a Meadesian way, if ever I pace up and down in front of any survivors, gesticulating in front of a camera.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84174236997765367332009-02-26T13:22:00.000+00:002009-02-26T13:22:00.000+00:00Peter: The Cydrax people's trade name was a family...Peter: The Cydrax people's trade name was a family name, the firm being founded by one Henry Whiteway, a few years before the anarchists moved to Gloucestershire. So it's a quite different thing.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42178894583323282252009-02-26T08:22:00.000+00:002009-02-26T08:22:00.000+00:00That's very interesting about Esperanto. Although ...That's very interesting about Esperanto. Although my tone was flippant in places, I meant no disrespect to Esperanto or Esperantists: a project that promotes global understanding and peace has my vote.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-56509674712468466572009-02-25T18:55:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:55:00.000+00:00Whiteways made the Cydrax apple drink, once loved ...Whiteways made the Cydrax apple drink, once loved by the sandal-wearers of Letchworth. I wonder if there's a connection.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com