I have just got back from my weekend away, there were plenty of gardens as promised. I visited Snowshill Manor where the rain stopped just long enough for me to enjoy the garden, Abbey House gardens in Malmesbury (home of the naked gardeners), Westonbirt Arboretum (well just the cafe and shop due to severe weather) [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009, Out & About
Meet Henry
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2009
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John McDonnell Conference Speech
John McDonnell started his speech by talking about the recent scandal of MP’s expenses and said we should all be very angry. He went on to say that the solution wasn’t just sacking a few MPs. The crisis is systemic, the Political crisis and the economic crisis are not isolated they are two sides [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2009
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Each friend represents a world in us; a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only in meeting them that a new world is born.
Anais Nin
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Advertisement
A few more photographs from my recent visit to the Cold War Museum at Cosford.
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4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 6th 2009
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Remembering Fromelles
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have set up a new website that explains a current project, which sets out to move the remains of more than 600 casualties from Pheasant Wood to new military cemetery at Fromelles for their reburial.
In May 2008, after several years of painstaking research and investigation, five burial pits dating [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2009
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Brighton Seafront
I have nearly come to the end of my conference postings, so you can all breath a sigh of relief
I have shown you the conference hall, covered some of the debates, fringe meetings and guest speakers (one more to come). Today I am going to share with you the seafront at Brighton. How [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2009
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Armed Forces Day
On Saturday the 27th June 2009 the first ever national Armed Forces Day will be held, it is an opportunity for the nation to show support for the men and women who make up the armed forces community. The day aims to celebrate everyone who has served within the Armed Forces; those currently serving, veterans [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 3rd 2009
