In addition to displaying items from the Staffordshire hoard Tamworth Castle also has on display the Glascote Torc.
The Glascote Torc is an Iron Age, gold, silver and copper ally torc, probably dating from the 5th-4th century BC. The Torc was found in 1943 by Mr S. G. bates and Mr G. E. Croshaw whilst digging [...]
Archive for September, 2025
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The Glascote Torc
7 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2025
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There Be Dragons
and fairies residing in Tamworth Castle.
7 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2025
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Tamworth Castle
We recently learned via a random YouTube video that Tamworth Castle holds some pieces from the Staffordshire Hoard. On a sunny Sunday afternoon we took the opportunity to visit the castle which has a lot more to offer in addition to the Staffordshire Hoard. Tamworth Castle covers almost 1000 years of history from its early Anglo-Saxon [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2025
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52 Ways to Walk – One
Week 48 – Walk Hungry
This chapter discusses the potential benefits of going for a short-measured walk (not a hike) before breakfast. It talks about recent scientific studies that have concluded a walk before breakfast whilst the body is still in fasting mode burns off more fat and improves the way the body reacts to insulin.
I [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2025
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I wish I was a chestnut tree, nourished by the sun, with leaves and twigs and branches, and conkers by the ton.
Tony Hancock
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2025
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Rooms of wonder
The first picture is the colouring page that I promised to share with you in my recent post about my visit to Hodnet Hall. I coloured it during July and August.
The second two photographs are colourings that I started a while ago and only recently completed.
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2025
I picked this book up in 2024 with the intention of using it for weekly walks during 2025. With mum becoming ill again at the end of 2024 and not returning to her normal self I was so focused on her health that I totally forgot about my intention to do the walks one week [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2025
