Some photos taken a couple of weeks ago in Stratford upon Avon.England....
William Shakespeares Statue
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William Shakespeares birthplace
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The River Avon
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The River Avon with the Threatres on the right
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A street entertainer
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An artist enjoying his sketching on his barge.
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I remember a pub with a sign: on one side "The Black Swan"... on the other "The Dirty Bird." Or something close to that
… 73... ~jessM
Excellent series, Jim. Great job.
JessM wrote:
I remember a pub with a sign: on one side "The Black Swan"... on the other "The Dirty Bird." Or something close to that
… 73... ~jessM
Thanks for looking in JessM it's much appreciated.''The Black Swan]] is still there JessM,know aBout ''The Dirty Bird'' bit though
kpmac wrote:
Excellent series, Jim. Great job.
Thanks for looking in Ken it's much appreciated.Glad you liked them.
Nice shots. Especially WS's birthplace took me back. Your and my summer 1983 photo show the same building, but with several changes to the gardens and once-busy street.
William Shakespeare's Birthplace - 1983
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Fred Harwood wrote:
Nice shots. Especially WS's birthplace took me back. Your and my summer 1983 photo show the same building, but with several changes to the gardens and once-busy street.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look in and comment Fred it's much appreciated.Glad you liked them and thanks also for sharing your 1983 photo it's very good.The street is still very busy Fred but now it's with tourists from all over the world and is now pedestrianised with no vehicles at all.Thanks again for looking in Fred.
Love the photo of the house Jim....
It looks like you were not able to go inside, but in the middle window it looks as though someone standing at the window??
Tom DePuy wrote:
Love the photo of the house Jim....
It looks like you were not able to go inside, but in the middle window it looks as though someone standing at the window??
Thank you very much for looking in Tom i always appreciate it.Glad you liked it and you can go in Tom for an entrance fee of £16.50p .Bit of a rip off in my opinion
Very enjoyable series, Jim!
gwr
Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.
Very interesting post. The link is a nice history lesson! Gary
Cwilson341 wrote:
Very enjoyable series, Jim!
Thanks Carol i'm glad you liked them and thanks also for looking in.
Fred Harwood wrote:
Nice shots. Especially WS's birthplace took me back. Your and my summer 1983 photo show the same building, but with several changes to the gardens and once-busy street.
Odd Bodkins! Here I was thinking 1564! 1983, hmmmmm...
Appreciate both of you taking us thereabouts. Any of the Globe in the offing?
Nice shots, Angler. Interesting to see his birthplace. Of course, opinions abound as to whether Shakespeare actually wrote Shakespeare, whether it might have just been a 'nom de plume.' Some suggest it was Christopher Marlowe who did the writing. The 'National Inquirer' says it was a Lithuanian scullery wench named Fred who spoke not a word of English, but composed all the works by throwing 'Alphabits' cereal into the air and recording how the cereal letters landed.
Others say it was an infinite number of monkeys seated at an infinite number of typewriters. I myself suspect time-traveling aliens were behind it all. However, I note neither aliens, monkeys, Fred, nor Christopher Marlowe appear in any of your shots. Maybe they were also born in Shakespeare's house--did you check the names on the deed?
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