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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 21:37:00 GMT
Fascinating set of photos. What is odd is how alien it looks to me although France is not all that different in the villages -- but just so many little touches here and there that make it completely "different." It makes my eyes bug out a tiny bit just like David Tennant as Dr. Who each time he dropped himself into a quaint new place.
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Post by mossie on Oct 22, 2015 9:54:37 GMT
Is this quaint enough for you. Opposite the couch across the graveyard
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Post by tod2 on Oct 22, 2015 16:02:38 GMT
Mossie, there must be more people buried inbetween those few headstones..?? Probably removed and stored like I saw in East London? The headstones of course!
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Post by lugg on Oct 22, 2015 16:48:48 GMT
Lovely report Mossie, thank you.
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Post by mossie on Jun 2, 2016 14:56:12 GMT
The Times had a report about leading music venues here and included Snape Maltings. This is the site of a well known concert hall pioneered by Benjamin Britten and his lover Peter Pears when their Aldeburgh Festival outgrew the towns Jubilee Hall. Originally a barley maltings built beside the River Alde a few miles from the town it had fallen into disuse when Britten took over. Now of course it has worldwide renown and is about to host the annual jamboree www.aldeburgh.co.uk So I took a look today, the Met boys said the weather would improve but, as usual, they were a bit out. This is the concert hall The complex stands right beside the river where the main road crosses. It occupies part of a large site and has attracted various sculptures as decoration, I suppose this is the best known. There are others, some interesting and some peculiar When I first spotted this from a distance I thought wagon rides were being offered and that they had a very patient horse. When I got closer i saw it was only carrying peanuts This stands there looking threatening and there are several other pieces There are several buildings variously occupied and unoccupied, which date from the 18th century, note how this is all tied together. And here is an opportunity The whole complex is on the tourist route and much tat can be bought from various shops dotted about. I took this snap from one of the cafes while having my coffee. On my way home I pass Ivy Lodge It is not what it seems, but a folly at one entrance to the now demolished Rendelsham Hall, there was a similar gothic structure at the far entrance but that is not so approachable. The estate incidentally was largely covered by Bentwaters airfield, built during the war and used by the USAF until recently.
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