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Aug 09 2016

history, National Trust

AVERAGE

“An average person loses 200000 bits and bobs in their lifetime.”

Should be more careful.

Some words: tickets, coins, combs, playing cards, clips, pens, money, oysters, grandparents.

They build a history out of these things don’t they.
Museums.

This one was Rainham Hall. It is one of those merchant houses from the olden times.

You know the ones.

This one was good.

*****

Imagine if you could only take 10 things somewhere.
Mummy and daddy said:

Below Eli but above each other.

Il take that.

5 Colin Stars.

It was very good.

Cheers,

Martin x

Tagged essex, havering, history, london, national trust, rainham, rainham hall

Jul 31 2016

history, National Trust

STAIN

“Reading, embroidering, entertaining guests or strolling in the private garden.”

Wasn’t a bad life.

*****

@EastburyManor House, Barking. @nationaltrust.

*****

What’s this?

“No respectable Tudor lady wore knickers not even the queen.”

Goodness.

I was wondering about urine?

“Washerwoman used it as a stain remover.
Cloth makers used it to clean there wool.
Dyers added it to their coloured dyes to stop the colours from washing out.”

I use it to mark my territory.

The rooms were good when they had stuff in.

Particularly enjoyed the “chamber above the buttery.”

3 Colin Stars,

Cheers,

Martin x

Tagged barking, history, london, national trust, stately home, tudor

Nov 14 2012

history, talk

LONDONS FASHIONABLE HORNSEY

In somewhat of a follow up to the world famous openhouse blog post which we are still feeling the waves from now…

I went to a talk by the Hornsey Historical Society.

It was about an old school house.

How it was built and renervated.

This may not sound much.

But its not telly.

And its not radio.

And its not cinema.

And its not art

Its learning.

Love,

Harleyxx

“at least stars burn out brightly”

Tagged architecture, haringey, history, hornsey, hornsey historical society, london, north london, renovation, talk, the old school house

Oct 13 2012

Uncategorized

So.
Here goes.
We kicked off with Lenin.
There was a funny story of a policeman in a cupboard.
Then there was Cromwell.
Messy business.
Exhumed corpses.
Then there was someone i wasn’t really listening too cos i was playing on my phone.
Then there was John Wilkes who seemed a nice chap.
Womaniser with a big chin.
Love a funny guide.
She’s on the old audioboo.

*****

Then we got a bit distracted because there was a museum about the St John’s ambulance.

http://footprintsoflondon.com/ciga/

Tagged central london, clerkenwell, east london, farringdon, guided tour, history, john wilkes, lenin, london, north london, oliver cromwell, politics, talk, tour

Sep 23 2012

history

ITS ALL HISTORY

Open house is as much fun in the rain as watching Oliver!

However after listening to some old stories (church*… For the social scene…) we listened to some old stories about an old school.

Some people are so dedicated to the pursuit of local history in a very extraordinarilly impressively impassioned way.

Look no glibness!

Now we were well aware Hornsey is a v desirable postcode but i never knew it was so interesting.

Home is always interesting.

Love,

Harleyxx

*next wk: islam… Tho they got very cross when i weed on the mosque so maybe not.

“at least stars burn out brightly”

Tagged history, london, open house

Aug 03 2012

Museum

FUN FOR ONE SECOND

Soane Museum.

We went there.

We didnt really like it.

It was like they didnt want u to be there.

Its the most astonishing building with some reasonable dusty things inside.

Thats a balanced review cos theres a good sentence and a bad sentence.

We also saw some olympic medals in the british museum.

Fun for one second.

Mildly diverted by old clocks.

History needs to be brought alive.

Next,

Love,

Harleyxx

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Tagged british museum, central london, history, london, museum, olympic medals, olympics, soane museum

Jul 25 2012

Museum

POT

Il tell u one thing about the egyptians.

They bloody love a pot.

Somethings are wondrous for their existence if not their content.

I mean, i love a pot as much as the next staff, but there were

A LOT OF POTS.

At the Petrie Museum (UCL).

We quite like just saying the name.

Free and friendly and fascinating despite a recurrent theme.

Combine it with the nearby Wellcome Collection for a Reasonable Afternoon.

Thats your lot children.

We're doing a lovely park for me tommorrow with art for im.

Cant tell u where but im not allowed in the gardens tho the exhibition told daddy on twitter theyd look after me (isnt that nice) while he pretends he knows more than he does.

Hes a fraud,

Love,

Harleyxx