On the Sunday before Christmas, the day before Christmas Eve we had an excursion to Chirk Castle with one of Mr C’s friends. Before we set off on our excursion we briefly called in on someone else to exchange presents in time for Christmas.
Chirk Castle had a fun theme for their Christmas display “Christmas of [...]
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Christmas of Make-Believe
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2019
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Excursion to the Elan Valley
The Elan Valley is a place of childhood memories. As a family we visited often at the end of the school holidays just as the trees were turning to shades of autumn. It has been on our wish list (Mr C and I) as a place to visit for over 20 years. On the occasion [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2018
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Teaser Photos…
… from my previous post
I revealed the first of those photographs as Pitchford Hall.
My next blog post will reveal the second location from that post. The photo above is a second teaser to the second location…
I have just returned from a weekend mini break, meeting up with photographer friends, old and new
I have [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2018
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Haddon Hall – The Great Chamber
The 17th century tapestries which hand in the Great Chamber are either Flemish or French in origin. The tapestries are all that remain from the Great Chamber of a much larger collection that had remained in the hall for 200 years whilst the hall was unoccupied. The 9th Duke removed the tapestries from the hall [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2018
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Haddon Hall – The Banqueting Hall
This would have been the communal living space when it was built in the 14th century. Both family and servants would have eaten and slept here. By the beginning of the 15th century however, the family would have begun to eat in the privacy of the Great Chamber and spend their leisure time in the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2018
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Haddon Hall
Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke of Rutland. It is currently occupied by Lord Edward Manners (brother of the current Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as “the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period”.[1] The [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
For what is the worth of life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by records of history.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
2 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2018
