tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.comments2024-03-16T08:31:20.966+00:00English BuildingsPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38230334763336282702024-03-06T23:14:58.525+00:002024-03-06T23:14:58.525+00:00I know this chapel well, my great grandfather and ...I know this chapel well, my great grandfather and great grandmother are buried in the graveyard here .<br />he was head gardener at stour headhouse owned by the Hore family, Many of my family's names are in the book of signatures including my own as a 12 year old boy ( grand old age of 50 now in 2024 ) and many memories of stories from my grandparents of their parents live's in the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-72178663562390186902024-02-17T15:10:01.800+00:002024-02-17T15:10:01.800+00:00For some reason this is exactly what my dream home...For some reason this is exactly what my dream home looks like Hairhttps://www.linkhairextensions.co.uk/mobile-hair-extensions-london/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-86282771974510650302024-02-13T22:30:09.203+00:002024-02-13T22:30:09.203+00:00Really lovely.Really lovely.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-22375408519897319792024-02-12T17:19:35.626+00:002024-02-12T17:19:35.626+00:00People looking for this building in Winchelsea Bea...People looking for this building in Winchelsea Beach might struggle to find it as it is a couple of miles down the road in Pett Level. It is now a Grade II listed building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-78968727482855518262024-02-08T14:27:54.468+00:002024-02-08T14:27:54.468+00:00Joe: Thank you for your comment. I agree about the...Joe: Thank you for your comment. I agree about the beauty of the image, but in the Middle Ages, beauty could be seen as something suspicious, as potentially tricking us into thinking the beautiful person or creature benign. And yet, I'm open to the idea that symbols in churches can have more than one meaning (even contradictory meanings) simultaneously. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-82205392520002565732024-02-08T12:34:05.646+00:002024-02-08T12:34:05.646+00:00Thanks for this post, Phil. It's a beautifully...Thanks for this post, Phil. It's a beautifully fluid image, with twists and curls from its jaws to the tip of its tale, and artfully composed to fit the long body inside a rectangular frame. Is there some ambivalence in the way the creature is viewed, a force of destruction but a thing of beauty? The chronicler presents it as both dangerous and endangered. Perhaps even then there was some inclination to side with the dragon. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9027164218511474002024-02-03T18:38:31.291+00:002024-02-03T18:38:31.291+00:00Thanks Marcus. I'd settle for piccolo.Thanks Marcus. I'd settle for piccolo. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-91054918232273388772024-01-30T15:19:03.099+00:002024-01-30T15:19:03.099+00:00Picking this up very late but I’d be grateful to k...Picking this up very late but I’d be grateful to know if the Cranston archive has been located. I’m working on the history of Huntington Chapel near Hereford which he rebuilt.David Thomsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-59369889220996415732024-01-30T09:30:47.264+00:002024-01-30T09:30:47.264+00:00The gable wood is original The gable wood is original Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-61942400022888535712024-01-29T23:04:43.443+00:002024-01-29T23:04:43.443+00:00Flute? Piccolo? Perhaps it's a fife ...Flute? Piccolo? Perhaps it's a fife ...marcusweekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071760311195925173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-73711205768958331952024-01-27T13:33:35.661+00:002024-01-27T13:33:35.661+00:00I didn't know chimneys were considered entry p...I didn't know chimneys were considered entry points for evil spirits, though it makes sense now I think about it -- the only entrance (before modern plumbing) that you don't routinely obstruct -- and a place of fire, smoke and darkness. It's a lot easier to imagine a spirit arriving that way than Santa Claus. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6356440761494222352024-01-27T13:25:06.090+00:002024-01-27T13:25:06.090+00:00"The feet break out of the space." Yes, ..."The feet break out of the space." Yes, and in a nicely naturalistic kind of way, the flautist sitting on one wing of the arch, feet supported on the other. A comfortable perch. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32202419454409499412024-01-19T22:35:22.243+00:002024-01-19T22:35:22.243+00:00I instantly recognised this as similar to the form...I instantly recognised this as similar to the <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1268311" rel="nofollow">former Temperance Billiard Hall</a> in Chorlton, Manchester, now a Wetherspoons, and more than usually complete in its surviving features.Jack Kirbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745662997628721087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-3894266576495038062024-01-19T00:24:58.757+00:002024-01-19T00:24:58.757+00:00Washington, DC, has a Temperance Fountain, located...Washington, DC, has a Temperance Fountain, located about halfway between the White House and the Capitol. I find from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_Fountain_(Washington,_D.C.) that I must have missed its relocation: I spent more time in that part of town before it moved.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-87072978704420759832024-01-11T14:51:25.190+00:002024-01-11T14:51:25.190+00:00Thank you so much, George! I am impressed that I h...Thank you so much, George! I am impressed that I have among my readers someone who has a copy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua – and in use too. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-74301184720471814902024-01-08T00:19:07.471+00:002024-01-08T00:19:07.471+00:00Since I had a copy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua out, I...Since I had a copy of <i>Apologia Pro Vita Sua</i> out, I had a look there. Newman does not mention the meeting at Hadleigh, but Ian Ker, who edited the Penguin edition, does so in a footnote identifying Hugh Rose, who then was rector at Hadleigh.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-85181034831996577222024-01-06T08:42:11.109+00:002024-01-06T08:42:11.109+00:00niceniceExpert SEO Link Buildinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315502135706824734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-63087095817287632162023-12-30T11:52:33.923+00:002023-12-30T11:52:33.923+00:00You're welcome, I was thinking of my Grandma o...You're welcome, I was thinking of my Grandma on what would have been her 91st birthday and seeing if I cpuld find any information on the store when I found your post Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6260296573111179932023-12-28T19:59:19.099+00:002023-12-28T19:59:19.099+00:00Use to work at Shropshire house on capper street f...Use to work at Shropshire house on capper street from 1962- 1968 for a company called Dereta fashion on the top floor, happy memories Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-43986533175104504862023-12-28T15:56:52.432+00:002023-12-28T15:56:52.432+00:00Anon: Thank you so much for your interesting comme...Anon: Thank you so much for your interesting comment. I am always fascinated, and sometimes moved, by stories from people who lived or worked in the buildings I write about. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-68671621732806457962023-12-27T22:36:22.261+00:002023-12-27T22:36:22.261+00:00It was a department store. My Grandma (who passed ...It was a department store. My Grandma (who passed away just this July) worked there. She used to tell me stories of how she dressed the windows and selected clothes for the customers. She visited London fashion shows on the train (she particularly enjoyed labosh meals on the dining carriage) to select the clothes they would sell) and she used to travel to surrounding villages to get orders for clothing for special occasions and then take options to customers to try on. She spoke of the kitchen in the store that would serve lunch to the staff who lived on premises but because she was such a good employee the boss liked her and would let her eat there too even though she didn't live there. She said the other staff resented her for it. She had many fond memories of that shop. She gave her job to become a farmers wife and mother as was the done thing in those days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-66730121019361714212023-12-20T22:39:53.485+00:002023-12-20T22:39:53.485+00:00There was a recent report of the "carriage sp...There was a recent report of the "carriage splash" in Royston, on Ermine Street north from London towards Lincoln and York, listed this year. And still containing its water! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67693686<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-2472186557532871102023-12-16T17:53:38.823+00:002023-12-16T17:53:38.823+00:00My dad James Douglas hall was born in this house i...My dad James Douglas hall was born in this house in 1923.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9613293270043728472023-12-14T16:28:48.025+00:002023-12-14T16:28:48.025+00:00Unless I misheard, there was a mention on the radi...Unless I misheard, there was a mention on the radio, a day or so ago, that English Heritage (or similar) has listed a cart wash in Royston, Hertfordshire. What a coincidence.Changeringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510599135220716993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7809471113749632252023-12-13T06:30:56.280+00:002023-12-13T06:30:56.280+00:00I saw your Bewdley Prison ages ago and thought it ...I saw your Bewdley Prison ages ago and thought it was rugged enough. But Boxford looks even smaller and perhaps less appealing. If the towns needed proper prisons, why didn't they build accommodation that the wrong doers needed? If they didn't need a proper prison, was there no equivalent of interim home release?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com