THE NEWMAN WINE VAULTS
Sunday 31 January 2010
Friday 29 January 2010
Thursday 28 January 2010
HIDDEN BEADSMAN
A SURPRISE AWAITED THE RESTORERS OF THE ALABASTER MONUMENT OF SIR RICHARD HERBERT OF EWYAS IN ST MARY'S PRIORY CHURCH, ABERGAVENNY. WHEN THE MONUMENT WAS DISMANTLED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FOOT OF THE EFFIGY BORE A BEADSMAN, UNSEEN FOR FIVE CENTURIES. BEFORE THE MONUMENT WAS REPLACED IN ITS ALCOVE, A PLASTER CAST WAS TAKEN OF THE BEADSMAN. FROM THIS WAS MADE AN ALABASTER REPLICA OF THE BEADSMAN, WHICH WAS PLACED ON THE WALL BESIDE THE MONUMENT FOR ALL TO ENJOY.
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Sunday 24 January 2010
Friday 22 January 2010
ROSE OR SURPRISE?
HMS ROSE SAILING PAST THE BATTERY
(HMS SURPRISE IN THE 2003 FILM, MASTER AND COMMANDER: FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD)
A REPLICA OF AN 18th CENTURY ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE.
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Monday 18 January 2010
Sunday 17 January 2010
QUAINT WELSH INN SIGN
THIS WELSH INN SIGN, TRANSLATED SAYS,
"THE GREEN HOUSE 1719
GOOD ALE AND CIDER FOR YOU
COME IN YOU SHALL TASTE IT"
Saturday 16 January 2010
500 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS
IS THIS VINLAND?
THE ONLY KNOWN NORSE SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS FOUND
AT L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS,
Friday 15 January 2010
Thursday 14 January 2010
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Tuesday 12 January 2010
PILGRIMS' CROSS
Sunday 10 January 2010
Saturday 9 January 2010
Friday 8 January 2010
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