Monthly Archives: December 2009
Nanteos House… Cardiganshire, Wales
Nanteos House is now a hotel and mansion house. This 1738 Georgian house, built by William Powell, was once the home of The Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is the wooden cup that Jesus and his Disciples drank from during … Continue reading
Winter’s Gibbet…
High upon the lonely Northumberland moors, just a few miles from Elsdon stands the Gibbet of the murderer William Winter. William Winter murdered an old lady by the name of Margaret Crozier who lived at Raw Pele, her home a few miles outside Elsdon. … Continue reading
Minster Lovell Hall… Oxfordshire England
The ruins of this once imposing manor house lay testament to a frightening and strange tale known as ‘The Mistletoe Bough’ One Christmas many, many years ago the house enjoyed the wedding of young William Lovell, eldest son of the Lovall … Continue reading
Liberty Enlightening the World
We all know this famous statue, and we all know where it stands, but less is known of its origin. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi scultured this gigantic statue and it was dedicated on October the 28th 1886. Officially named ‘Liberty Enlightening the World’ … Continue reading
The Brighton Promettes…
These are Brighton’s Promettes of 1952. The Visitor Information Centre of its time. For those men amongst you that like girls with brains there was no better place than Brighton in Sussex in the 50s! Formed from ex-models, these girls … Continue reading