What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph Addison
Archive for the tag 'Dunham Massey'
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
13 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2015
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The Stamford Military Hospital
Between April 1917 and January 1919, the Stamford Military Hospital provided a Sanctuary from the Trenches for soldiers injured during the First World War. As a reflection upon the 282 soldiers that passed through the hospital during this period, the structure comprises 282 individually cast concrete cubes.
Save for one nameless soldier, each cube features a [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2015
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Sundial
This sundial is in the style of one commissioned by William III. It represents Africa, one of the four continents known at the time. The figure depicts a Moor, not a slave, and he has knelt here since before 1750.*
*Information from a signboard next to the statue.
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2015
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Dunham Massey Hall
The present Hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who received one of the first baronetcies to be created by James I in 1611; it was later remodelled by John Norris for his descendant, George, 2nd Earl of Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was further altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2014
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An Unexpected Visitor
The weather has been glorious the past few days, so yesterday we took advantage of a sunny Sunday and went out for the day. We chose to visit Dunham Massey, a place we have not been before. As part of the WWI centenary commemorations some of the rooms are currently transformed back to how they [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2014
