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…The sun came out!
It was still pretty chilly though.

18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2011

The room is light and airy, a place I would enjoy dining with my friends. This picture shows it set up for a civil wedding rather than for dining.

10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2011

8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2011

A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future.
Robert A. Heinlein

18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2011

This picture is in the Henry VIII Banqueting Hall at Leeds Castle. The hall was created for the visit of Catherine of Aragon on 22nd May, 1520 when he was on route  for Dover to embark for Henry’s historic meeting with Francis I of France, known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Fashion [...]

24 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2011

Queen Catherine’s coat of arms, incorporates the three lions of England and the fleurs-de-lys of France, it is lozenge shaped rather than shield-shaped. This signifies that she was a widow.

20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2011

14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2011

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