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Men’s evil manners live in brass… …their virtues we write in water. You may know where I was when I took this photo and what was behind me, or you may just know the quote. It is from ‘Henry VIII by Shakespeare, and the lines are spoken by Griffith adviser to Queen Katherine (Katherine of […]
More“Stockland, Bridgwater & Pawlett, Cannington & Wembdon, West Sedgemoor, Langport and Kings Sedgemoor & Cary Valley were formed under the Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877” Since late medieval times there had been Commissioners of Sewers for Somerset; they had been responsible for a massive area of 160,000 acres. There were ‘officials’ known as ‘viewers and […]
MoreJohn Cabot is celebrated in Bristol as a hero and an extraordinary adventurer. He was a Venetian merchant who crossed the Atlantic not long after Columbus’s voyage and probably made landfall on Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, although it may have been Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Labrador, or Maine. Cape Bonavista, His men were the first Europeans in the Americas since […]
MoreI belong to a Facebook group which shares photographs; some of us are excellent photographers, professionals, and very talented hobbyists… some of us just like taking photos, and try our best! This weekend’s topic is ‘Water in all its forms…’ Here is a selection of my watery pics! … and lastly, beer – water with hops, barley, […]
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Lois Elsden 