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Sharron .................


you are a woman after my own heart :-D


my parents were really interested in history, etc ................... they'd both had to leave school at 12 around the time of WW1, but like so many, continued to educate themselves.


They took me on many day trips by coach to places in Lancashire and Yorkshire .................... Bolton Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, York and York Minster (more than once), etc etc


whenever we stayed anywhere, we always had to visit the Cathedral or Parish Church ................ and Dad would take out his hanky, tie a knot in each corner and put it over my head (to cover it). Mum, of course, always wore a hat, even on holiday!



I almost decided to become a historian ...................... until I discovered that the history teacher I would have for my A levels was the "touchy feely" one.

So I switched to Biology and Geography :-)



Of course, I realised many years later that he was really only interested in girls younger than 16 :-(


another case of "but who would we have told" in those days :-|

Knowing Tesco, the cheese was probably medieval. ;-) :-D

I've been to that place where they sell cheese too, Tesco I think it was, but didn't look a bit medieval more 1980's!

A great deal of Arundel Castle is Victorian. All the lovely vista from the East is.

Amberley Castle is a crenellated Bishop's Palace and how did you ever get by without knowing that before eh?!

When I was a child (many moons ago) and my Dad had a car (late 40s early 50s), we often used to drive from our home in Fareham to Swanage for the sandy beach which we children loved. We would pass Corfe Castle. I am ashamed to say my parents never thought to take us in there. But they did used to drive us to Arundel Castle. Wonder why they didn't stop at Corfe!!

we holidayed a lot in swanage when the kids were small they are well into there 40 s and we loved walking around corfe castle and spent many happy times there

sally w <3

The lesson to learned here is that, wherever there was a new town there is good food to be had.

While we are on the subject. The best chips I have ever tasted came from a chippy in Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey.

I haven't been down that way in years. I used to pass Corfe Castle on my way to Swanage. It's a lovely part of the country. I'll have to head down in the summer, if I get a chance. ;-) :-)

There's a really good café in Corfe (well, there was last year) - it's called Oliver's Bistro (B & B as well)

Dare I say, they even sell marmite sandwiches :-D

I wonder if they sell cheese there.

There is a lost mediaeval town there too. One of the ones that failed. It was called Goathorn.

There, I bet you are glad you know that!

We took Mum on a day out last summer and drove past Corfe Castle, which I always think is very atmospheric and sits in such a lovely spot. We didn't stop there as Mum wouldn't be able to manage the walk but drove all round the area. I pointed out the castle - 'what's that tatty old ruin?' was her only comment :-D

As you know, I am a bit interested in mediaeval history and have quite a big bit of research going on, after all, I go on about it enough.

You can imagine how much worse I am about it at home can't you?

To get OH a bit interested, we have been to Winchelsea a couple of times because it is a really good example of one of the new towns of the period and it still has a bit of the original feel to it. On one occasion we met up with Gwyn and Mr Gwyn.

It is fairly important to me so you can imagine how well it was received when we were thinking about a place we might go for a day out and he mentioned that we could go to ' that place where they sell the cheese'!