Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2025
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the family home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife-to-be. It is here that Anne was born and raised and where the young Shakespeare would have visited her during the early part of their relationship. Built more than 500 years ago and extended over the years, much of the original survives.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2025
To bear, or not to bear, that is the question.
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2024
Filed under Faith Foundations, Out & About
Information from Southwark Cathedral website:
The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie stands at the oldest crossing-point of the River Thames at what was for many centuries the only entrance to the City of London situated across the river. A verbal tradition passed on to the Elizabethan historian John Stow suggests [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2024
Filed under Books
Synopsis (from the book cover):
Bestselling writer Bill Bryson’s brilliantly readable biography of our greatest dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is updated to mark the 400th anniversary of his death.
Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson tries to make sense of the man behind the masterpieces. In a journey through the streets of [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
I was wearing ‘Secret Bunnies’, the Bard behind me is made out of lego pieces.
However…
Getting back to the point I enjoyed my evening with the Bard at the RSC watching a delightful performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2024
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
From Wiki:
William Shakespeare, poet and playwright, was baptised in Holy Trinity on 26 April 1564 and was buried there on 25 April 1616.[17] The church still possesses the original Elizabethan register giving details of his baptism and burial, though it is kept by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust for safekeeping. He is buried in the beautiful 15th-century [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2023
