No, I'm here! I've just been ironing, cooking, chatting with my son and his friend, shopping and walking by the sea...
It would make a muddle of the conversations if I combined the threads, as they've been going on at the same time. However, it will make vital mince pie information easier to find in the future if people continue discussing them in the dedicated thread!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
Been watching episode 1 of 'Gunpowder' - wow! I thought it was really well done, and of course doubly interesting as much of it is set (and filmed) not far from where I live, including Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire and Coughton Court near Alcester, which had important associations with the plot.
A bit blood-thirsty - the 'hung drawn and quartered' scene was pretty graphic - but that's what happened in those days. Looking forward to episode 2 next week!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
sixret wrote:Walking by the sea? Is your house near the sea?
Yes, quite near. I have to walk for about half an hour to get to the sea.
I also watched episode 1 of Gunpowder, Rob. The "death by crushing" scene was harrowing too. Brutal times, and a reminder that the freedoms we enjoy today had to be fought for. It's interesting that Kit Harington, who plays Robert Catesby, is a direct descendant of Catesby on his mother's side.
Episodes 2 and 3 are already available on BBC iPlayer for those who prefer to "binge-watch"!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
Rob Houghton wrote:Been watching episode 1 of 'Gunpowder' - wow! I thought it was really well done, and of course doubly interesting as much of it is set (and filmed) not far from where I live, including Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire and Coughton Court near Alcester, which had important associations with the plot.
Rob, does it show the priest holes in Baddesley Clinton?
I just talked about that with Ilsa and Francis a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately Kidderminster ist too much of a detour on our way from London to the Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland and Scotland next year.
Chrissie
Society Member
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock
Rob Houghton wrote:Been watching episode 1 of 'Gunpowder' - wow! I thought it was really well done, and of course doubly interesting as much of it is set (and filmed) not far from where I live, including Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire and Coughton Court near Alcester, which had important associations with the plot.
Rob, does it show the priest holes in Baddesley Clinton?
I just talked about that with Ilsa and Francis a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately Kidderminster ist too much of a detour on our way from London to the Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland and Scotland next year.
I'm not sure how much they actually filmed at Baddesley Clinton - it didn't look the same inside, as the priestholes were panels in the wall, and at Baddesley Clinton they are reached by a ladder under the floor - but they definitely filmed some of the later scenes at Coughton Court, near Alcester.
Baddesley Clinton -
Coughton Court -
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
Baddesley Clinton and Coughton Court are both National Trust properties which I've visited. There are a few NT houses and gardens in the area, Packwood House, Hanbury Hall and Charlecote Park. All worth visiting.
Rob Houghton wrote:.I'm not sure how much they actually filmed at Baddesley Clinton - it didn't look the same inside, as the priestholes were panels in the wall, and at Baddesley Clinton they are reached by a ladder under the floor - but they definitely filmed some of the later scenes at Coughton Court, near Alcester.
Rob, thank you for the lovely pics.
How I wish that it would be closer to our destination...the UK is a lot larger than most people imagine.
Chrissie
Society Member
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock
As John said further up the post, they are both National Trust properties, and both well worth visiting, I believe (though oddly I haven't visited either of them!) I think that's often the way when we live near to places. Most of the National Trust and English Heritage places I've visited have been in Cornwall, devon, Wales, The Lake District etc, but not so many locally!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
I just had to adjust the time setting for this board (again). I hope the EU will stop the nonsense of switching times two times a year. According to surveys 3/4 of the Germans are fed up with it, but the last government saw no point in discussing it at all.
Wolfgang wrote:I hope the EU will stop the nonsense of switching times two times a year. According to surveys 3/4 of the Germans are fed up with it, but the last government saw no point in discussing it at all.
I hate the clocks changing too. Yesterday my daughter asked why we did it, so I looked it up, and apparently it was originally done to save candle usage as it made the most of the daylight hours. As we live in a 24/7 electricity guzzling age, I doubt people would alter their lifestyles much according to the clocks, so the reasoning doesn't seem relevant any more. I know there has been debate in the past about it being safer for school children going to/from school according to the light, but that's not uniform across the country, as I believe people living in the North wouldn't have the same experience as those living in Southern counties. Besides, certainly around here, schools have different start/finish times anyway.
Admittedly it was nice to have an extra hour in bed this morning, but when my children were little it made no difference - try telling a one year old that is hungry for its breakfast that it has to wait an hour!