Rather English - Visit the Beamish Open Air Museum
Updated: 2013-01-31 09:07:00
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 31 January 2013 Rather English Visit the Beamish Open Air Museum Established in 1970, the Beamish Open Air Museum covers life in the North of England during the Georgian , Victorian and Edwardian periods and attracts more than quarter of a million visitors each year . The museum does this through a recreation of the industrial town and a colliery village , including a station and farm complex , and an extensive collection of objects , photographs and oral history from the periods in question . For more , see http :
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 30 January 2013 Rather English Tour the HMS Trincomalee The centrepiece of Hartlepool's Maritime Experience a themed recreation of the town in the 18th century , HMS Trincomalee was built in Bombay , India , in 1817 and is the oldest British warship still afloat , and is said to be the second oldest floating ship in the world . The boat sits in the town's Jackson Dock where she was brought in 1987 for 10 years of restoration following work as a training ship , and is now part of the National Historic Fleet , Core Collection
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, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 28 January 2013 Rather English Walk the cliffs at Flamborough Head Known for its 400 foot chalk cliffs and its two lighthouses , one built by Sir John Clayton in 1669 and never used and another designed by Samuel Wyatt and first lit in December 1806, Flamborough Head in North Yorkshire is known for the seabirds who populate the cliffs during nesting periods . The distinctive way that the Head juts out into the North Sea and it's high cliffs have long been recognised for their potential to protect and hide things a virtue
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, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 27 January 2013 Rather English Stand on the Yorkshire Meridian Greenwich isn't the only place in the country on which you can stand on the Prime Meridian , and the line stays on mainland England until it falls off into the sea at the rapidly-eroding cliffs of Tunstall in East Yorkshire . The Yorkshire Meridian passes between Sunk Island on the Humber Estuary and the point which was once marked with a trig point that has now fallen into the sea , and passes the village of Patrington . For more , see http :
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 25 January 2013 Rather English Stay at Beverley friary A truly beautiful Youth Hostel set in a 600 year old restored Dominican friary , Beverley friary sits close to the centre of the Yorkshire market town of Beverley and has been a youth hostel since the 1980s . Following a recent 340,000 refurbishment , the friary re-opened in October and the results are impressive . Whilst your author didn't meet the ghostly Dominican Friar who is said to live there he was thoroughly impressed with the amazing friary . It isn't often you
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 24 January 2013 Rather English Visit Grimsby's Fishing Heritage Centre Grimsby's Fishing Heritage Centre opened at Alexandra Dock in 1991, aiming to tell the story of the town's fishing heritage , with a particular focus on what was like for trawlermen and their families in the 1950s . The Museum offers the chance to climb aboard the Ross Tiger , a 1950's trawler acquired by the town in 1992 for 1, and moored beside the museum , with other highlights based around the recreation of 50s Grimsby . For more , see http :
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 23 January 2013 Rather English See the Boston Stump The parish church in the Lincolnshire town of Boston is one of the largest parish churches in England , known for its huge tower visible for miles around in a particularly flat area of the Fens which is affectionately referred to as the Boston Stump and used for navigation by everyone from 16th century farmers to Second World War bomber pilots . Construction of the church started in 1309, but the tower was not begun for another century , until 1450, with the church
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 22 January 2013 Rather English Walk on Skegness Pier Opened in time for the summer season in 1881 and built by Head Wrightson of Stockton , Skegness Pier was designed to allow North Sea boat trips , which we are told ran as far as The Wash and Hunstanton in 1882. Despite various bumps and scrapes from a ship in 1919, floods in 1953, demolition work in 1971 the pier remained intact until severe gales caused damage in 1978, and further damage caused the pier to be partially dismantled in the 1980s . Whilst only 118 metres of
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 21 January 2013 Rather English Spot birds on Frampton Marsh A large nature reserve on the edge of the Wash in near Boston in Lincolnshire , RSPB is a coastal wetland reserve in one of Britain's most important feeding grounds for birds , particularly in winter . The winter season we are told brings Brent geese from Siberia to feed on the saltmarsh in their thousands , and also offers us the chance to seeflocks of lapwings and golden plovers . For more , see http : www.rspb.org.uk reserves guide f framptonmarsh index.aspx
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 20 January 2013 Rather English Walk the Boudicca Way Lovely weather for an East Anglian walk , and if you're looking for one , the Boudicca Way is an interesting trail through 36 miles of rural Norfolk between Diss and Norwich , named after the Queen of the Iceni , who led an uprising against the Romans in this part of the world . Helpfully connected to railway stations at both ends , and with occasional buses though possibly not on snowy Sundays connecting some places along the route , it's a pretty part of the world ,
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 17 January 2013 Rather English Find the UK's most easterly point Ness Point in Lowestoft is the most easterly point in Great Britain and Northern Ireland , a fact marked by the Euroscope , a large circular installation designed by John Wylson and installed in the 1990s,which marking distances to various points in Europe . Fittingly , the distances are marked in miles rather than kilometres and we are variously told that the point is 465 miles from Dunnet Head , the most northerly point in mainland Britain and 352 miles from
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 16 January 2013 Rather English Visit St Andrew's , Covehithe A Medieval church on the Suffolk coast , St Andrew's , Covehithe was a huge church until the 17th century , when it became too expensive for the parishioners to maintain . Rather than build a new church , they decided instead to remove the roof and to build a much smaller church within it . The smaller church is still active , and when your author popped in a few weeks ago the congregation were busy decorating it with festive flair , and even had a spare mince
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 15 January 2013 Rather English Book a sail on a Thames Barge Topsail Charters was established in the late 1980s by Stephanie Valentine and Paul Jeffries , with a plan to preserve Thames barges by giving them something to do , and by 2006 around 11,000 people a year were taking up their invitiation to enjoy a trip on their boats . The company operates five barges , including grain barge Kitty , built by Cann of Harwich in 1895, Cabby , the the last wooden sailing barge ever to be built in 1928 and Hydrogen the largest
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 14 January 2013 Rather English Visit Sutton Hoo Though the treasures of the Sutton Hoo ship burial are now held by the British Museum , the 255 acre site on which they were found , beside the River Deben in Suffolk , is now in the care of the National Trust and is open to the public . The estate is home to cemeteries from the 6th and 7th centuries , in the fields of grassy mounds , inside one of which was the undisturbed 7th century ship burial excavated in 1939 which gave up the treasures now held in the British Museum .
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 13 January 2013 Rather English See the roof angels at Holy Trinity Blythburgh A spectacular church in the Suffolk countryside , Holy Trinity Blythburgh is a huge church which stands on the site of earlier constructions dating back as far as the 7th century , and is noted for its stunning collection of roof angels . The church is often referred to as the Cathedral of the Marshes and at the time of Domesday Book , Blythburgh had one of the richest churches in Suffolk . The church has many interesting features including a
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 12 January 2013 Rather English Spend a night at the House in the Clouds Another unusual Suffolk holiday let , the House in the Clouds in Thorpeness , Suffolk , was built by the Braithwaite Engineering Company in 1923 as a water tower to provide a water supply to the village , pumping water from the mill well and letting it be distributed by gravity in what is a rather flat part of the country . The appearance of the House was added to make the water tower appear to be a cottage , and it continued to be used as a water tower
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 11 January 2013 Rather English Walk on Southwold Pier Originally built in 1900 and 810 feet long , Southwold Pier once offered a landing stage for steamships carrying passengers from London Bridge . However , by 1979 a combination of storms and deliberate dismantling had reduced it to just 60ft . Rebuilding work started in the late 1990s , restoring the pier to 623 feet by 2001, leading to it being named Pier of the Year in 2002. Today , the pleasantly-modern pier is owned by the Bourne family , combining a mix of cafés and
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 10 January 2013 Rather English Take tea at Tilly's of Southwold A distinctive little cafe on Southwold High Street , Tilly's is themed in a 1920’s style , but potential visitors shouldn't let that put them off , for the cafe's real speciality is good food and drink and good service . Open seven days a week 9am to 7pm , the cafe has its own brand of speciality teas and a good choice of breakfast , lunch and afternoon tea dishes , as well as soft and alcoholic drinks , all served in a well-presented setting with second hand
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 9 January 2013 Rather English Celebrate 150 years of the Tube Though there's some dispute about on which day the anniversary technically falls , we can be certain that roughly 150 years ago the world's first underground railway started along the line between Paddington Bishop's Road and Farringdon Street . It's a line that has served us pretty well ever since , and a very high proportion of people who have been in London over that time will have at some point found themselves crammed into a loud carriage underground ,
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 8 January 2013 Rather English Stay in a Martello Tower Part of a line of towers built to keep out Napoleon's French forces , the Martello Tower at Aldeburgh in Suffolk is now an interesting holiday cottage , rented out by the Landmark Trust charity , who do a fantastic job refurbishing historically-important landmarks and allowing ordinary people to live in them , albeit only for a week or so . The Tower was built between 1808 and 1812, and stands just outside Aldeburgh , on the Orford Ness peninsula , a huge shingle spit
, : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London England A website about things to do , on a Rather English research trip until late January early February Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 7 January 2013 Rather English Drink at the Ship Inn , Blaxhall Your author recently spent a agreeable evening at the Ship Inn in Blaxhall , a historic Suffolk pub known for its folk and traditional music and traditional Suffolk step dancing . A Grade II listed , 17th century pub in rural Suffolk which claims to include smugglers , shepherds , seafarers , pilots , tourists and locals among its previous customers , the Ship offers bed and breakfast and is also located conveniently close to a hostel run by the YHA , offering
: : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Sunday , January 06, 2013 Sketches and wit : Overruled The Wilmington Theatre Company's debut production of three short comic plays by George Bernard Shaw makes for a frightfully witty and enjoyable evening at the Old Red Lion Theatre The acting and production values are quite high as infidelity , polygamy and morality are all explored . Often with hilarious . results In the first piece , How He Lied To Her Husband a wife loses poems written for her by her young admirer . They fall into her husband's hands and his response is not quite what the wife or lover expect . It is a three hander that plays well in the confines of the theatre space and with a focussed cast everyone was hooked . Well almost everyone as there was a