The Household Cavalry Museum in the heart of Horse Guards, in Whitehall, London, is unlike any other military museum, as it offers a unique “behind-the-scenes” look at the work that goes into the ceremonial and operational role the Household Cavalry Regiment.
The Household Cavalry Museum can be found at: www.householdcavalrymuseum.co.uk
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The Wychwood Brewery is named after the ancient medieval forest of The Wychwood. The brewery produces an award winning range of traditional craft-brewed beers full of character. They are the UK’s No1 producer of organic beers and can be found at: www.wychwood.co.uk The Wychwood brewery is based at Witney in Oxfordshire England, so click on their website for free wallpapers, screensavers and ringtone downloads!
The ancient medieval forest of The Wychwood was recorded in The Doomsday Book of 1086, and it covered much of West Oxfordshire. The term ‘forest’ referred to an area of sovereign hunting rights, and took in meadows, open land, and woodlands.
….And they say, the best time to see a Hobgoblin is when the moon is full on All Hallows Eve… the 31st of October!
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The Grove Theatre in Dunstable England
It was a wonderful evening of entertainment at The Grove Theatre Dunstable England; when Marilyn and myself attended The Russian State Ballet Academy of Perm performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ recently.
The Christmas story is based on “The Nutcracker and The King of Mice” written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. It tells the story of Marie, a rather sad little girl, whose godfather Drosselmeier gives her a nutcracker as a present on Christmas Eve. It turns into a prince who invites her on a journey into the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Land of Sweets. Marie celebrates with a sumptuous party together with her godfather and the nutcracker prince.
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Michael Halfpenny’s delightful picture reminds me of the famous children’s Nursery Rhyme…
Hickory Dickory Dock
The Mouse ran up the Clock
The Clock struck One!
The Mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock
This Rhyme was first published in 1744 and was intended to introduce children to the basics of time!
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Robert Morey is Howling at the Moon this week…
Astride the heavy timbers, the stone grey walls are bare, they echo to my whisper…. As though the dead are there!
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I stood outside The People’s Palace on The Mile End road, one hot July afternoon in 1980. Somehow standing there I could feel her presence on that wintry evening all those years ago. She would have been hesitant, afraid, and yet thrilled. She would have walked up those few enlightening steps, gripped tightly and disapprovingly by her mother. Herbert Marks would have stood beside the pillared archway, smiling, his face lit to the cold night air… Dear Herbert who’s stomach ulcers in time would become the better of him… was the most sweetest of men. They would have entered this great hall arm in arm and performed with an exacting elegance under chandeliers that sparkled like a thousand tiny gems. Here gowns would have been filled with paraded ladies of charm, whilst men squinted through solitary eyeglasses and ordered waiters and drinks around.
In my hand was her silver pendant, it gleamed at me from its loneliness. It had hung around her neck that evening… a heart shaped pendant that opened to a tiny portrait of her… later she had added a picture of her beloved Charles.
The stone steps leading to the terraced balustrade were worn now with the progress of time and footsteps, and the archway of pillared marble, chaffed and pitted by the chilling winter winds that rose from the east of the City… and as I stood there with my thoughts… a shiver ran through my veins.
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Tesco boss Say’s: ‘Student education is not a high standard…’ Well perhaps University fees should rise to 7.000 a year. A degree can be worthless as there are lots of graduates that work in fast food establishments and never make use their degrees. Entering University should not be a right of passage and The Conservatives proposal would suit only the most capable. Getting drunk and wasting your loan is no way for young adults to educate themselves! And using University as a Job Centre dodge is also no answer! With the American system you simply get what you pay for!
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The Wardown Park Lake on The River Lea
The gentle serenity of Wardown Park Lake on The River Lea in Luton, is in sharp contrast to my earlier blog on the disgusting state of The River Lea in Bedfordshire England - and you would never believe that Bedfordshire is a farming and irrigation community!
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The Royal Mail
Has the Royal Mail union gone completely off it’s rocker! With their looming threat of industrial strikes, and when most folks are trying to hold-on to their jobs in a recession, are we going to see taped-up letter boxes… Yet again?
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The River Lea
Ancient history shows the River Lea in Bedfordshire England flows… or perhaps not in this case into Luton City Centre… but should it really look like this?… Is this the best we can offer our natural heritage?
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