tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post1030398187330442956..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Wooden TopPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-28932283161286837842012-01-19T07:25:14.609+00:002012-01-19T07:25:14.609+00:00Welcome Elizabeth and Flat Stanley.
I must try and...Welcome Elizabeth and Flat Stanley.<br />I must try and do something about greetings cards this year.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-52767411899391913262012-01-18T22:30:35.281+00:002012-01-18T22:30:35.281+00:00When I first found your blog via our friend the Wa...When I first found your blog via our friend the Wartime Housewife,the first image I saw was the beautiful Christmas card (& I agree with other comment that we should be able to buy these!)<br />Cards generally this year were rather insipid in design. My impression was of Libertys so my surprise to read of your close ties to this wonderful store.Flat Stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-55967311940083184042012-01-12T22:51:08.787+00:002012-01-12T22:51:08.787+00:00Ah yes, I remember it well....Ah yes, I remember it well....Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08491382706765796820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-7398746376672935402012-01-12T16:52:44.863+00:002012-01-12T16:52:44.863+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-8450202976263752452012-01-12T16:52:02.687+00:002012-01-12T16:52:02.687+00:00Jon: It is certainly one of the most unexpected th...Jon: It is certainly one of the most unexpected things to find in the English countryside. And this being Midsomer county, (The Lee is constantly used for village fetes), I'm amazed it hasn't featured as a silent witness. To mix my crime series.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-58826683375585690092012-01-12T15:13:04.264+00:002012-01-12T15:13:04.264+00:00What a gem! And what an amazing location! I was re...What a gem! And what an amazing location! I was reminded of that fabulous image in 'Panoramas of Lost London' with two figureheads either side of the entrance to a long-gone ship-breakers. They have a jolly nice collection at the NMM, Greenwich I recall.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-81700223981109284392012-01-12T12:25:04.437+00:002012-01-12T12:25:04.437+00:00He is good, ain't he. Figureheads are, of cour...He is good, ain't he. Figureheads are, of course, usually found much nearer the sea, one of the most memorable being from the wrecked Caledonian and up on the inside of Hawker's Morwenstow church in Cornwall. A ghostly replica sits out in the churchyard above the sailors' burial ground.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-68661643154553344922012-01-12T11:47:42.169+00:002012-01-12T11:47:42.169+00:00Cor! That's a good one. A meticulous piece of ...Cor! That's a good one. A meticulous piece of carving and painting and a far cry from the rather lumpen maids and mermaids one sometimes encounters adorning the gardens of seaside houses. Good on the Libertys for preserving him, although it's a bit odd that he's ended up so far from the briny.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com