Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
We set off on our journey in glorious sunshine; planning to have lunch on the way. The SatNav was advising an hour’s delay on the motorway so we decided to take a detour which led us to a lovely café that we have previously visited, The Café Craycombe at Fladbury in the Vale of Evesham.
We [...]
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…the birthplace of vaccination
On my first visit to Berkeley Castle in 2019 I visited the adjacent museum that was formerly Dr Jenner’s house. The museum displays explain how he became the pioneer of vaccinations. He experimented with the mild disease of cowpox leading him to find way to counteract the devastating disease of Smallpox.
The smallpox [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2021
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The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Berkley, Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building built in 1751.[1]
The church, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1751 by Squire Thomas Prowse of the adjacent Berkley House.[1]
The whitewashed stone church has a west tower and a hip roof with stone slates, while the nave has a central [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2021
Filed under Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
… Mr John Berkeley memorial garden
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2021
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