Vlog: Visiting Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, England.
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Joe and I went on a weekend trip to Harlington and did a day trip to visit Woburn Abbey.
Info on Woburn Abbey: Woburn Abbey occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on specified days to visitors, along with the diverse estate surrounding it, including the historic landscape gardens and deer park (by Humphry Repton), as well as more recently added attractions including Woburn Safari Park, a miniature railway and a garden/visitor centre.
Ticket details:
WOBURN ABBEY, GARDENS AND DEER PARK
Adult £16.00
Child (3-15 years) £8.00 (Under 3's free)
Concessions £14.50 (60 and over)
Family (2 adults and 2 children) £40.00
GARDENS AND DEER PARK
Adult £7.25
Child (3-15 years) £4.50 (under 3's free)
Concessions £6.25 (60 and over)
You can also get annual tickets, please see there website for details
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Center Parcs Woburn Forest Showreel
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Red telephone boxes tansformed
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The red telephone box is a British icon - but an increase in mobile phone use means most now lie unused and dilapidated.
But now one company is breathing new life into them, connecting them with people who have innovative new uses for them.
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Lined up on the streets of London and other British towns and cities - the red telephone box was once an essential UK public service.
Launched in the UK in 1924, the brightly coloured kiosks grew in popularity with 73,000 in place by 1980.
Their distinctive colour made them easy to find and it was not unusual to have to queue to use one.
However, with most people now owning a mobile phone, the need for public telephone boxes has declined dramatically in recent years, leaving empty shells across the country.
But that could be about to change... One company is hoping to bring them back to life in an innovative way.
Fouad Choaibi is a technician for Lovefone, a mobile phone repair chain.
He spends his working days in the tiny confines of a decommissioned telephone kiosk in central London repairing broken screens and replacing slow batteries.
Lovefone opened their first phone box repair shop in 2016 and aim to eventually have a total of 35 of them operating in the British capital.
Far from feeling the effects of claustrophobia, Fouad says he has everything he needs in his workspace such as a heater and a view.
I think it's not comparable with other offices, but it's better because we are giving a service to the people and we are close to our customers, says Choaibi.
The issue of what to do with disused payphones has been a conundrum for British telecoms giant BT.
While the phone box still has its uses - there are 7,000 payphones at railway stations, airports and shopping centres, for example – more than half of the total of those in operation lose money, according to BT.
Neil Scoresby is the General Manager of Payphones at BT Group.
He says that there used to be over 90,000 phone boxes in the UK but now overall there are only 35,000 remaining.
He adds: Over the last 15 years there's been a 90 percent reduction in the number of calls being made.
To counter this decline, BT are introducing a new public service: InLinkUK.
This stand-alone system offers free digital services such as fast wifi, free calls and device charging.
BT says it will install more than a thousand of these new communications systems across the UK over the next few years.
But will InLinkUK sound the death knell for red phone boxes once and for all?
Neil Scoresby does not think so.
They are part of the British heritage so it's really important that they remain on our streets and in our communities. So although the numbers of payphones in use has declined, they're actually now being adopted by local communities and put to new uses. For example community libraries, heart defibrillators and other uses in the community, he says.
Edward Ottewell runs The Red Kiosk Company, a project that pairs businesses like Lovefone with disused phone boxes.
The company started in his hometown of Brighton when he and business partner Steve Beeken hit on the idea of refurbishing phone boxes for retail use.
Now the company - in partnership with BT - lease phone boxes in over forty locations across the UK and give a percentage of profits to local causes through their associated charitable trust, 'Thinking Outside The Box'.
Ottewell says that aside from helping small businesses, the project keeps the cultural icons from vandalism.
When they are unused he says the majority of the boxes are fall into disrepair with smashed windows and graffiti.
However once businesses set up inside them, the vast majority are well kept and preserved.
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Best Attractions and Places to See in Guildford, United Kingdom UK
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Audley End House / Essex UK
The impressive house that can be seen today is only about a third the size of the vast mansion created in about 1605–14 by Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. It retains much of its original character, and contains fine Robert Adam and Jacobean revival interiors. The gardens and landscape, shaped by various owners to complement the house, reflect many changes in English garden fashion.
Audley End – XVII-wieczna rezydencja na peryferiach miejscowości Saffron Walden (hrabstwo Essex), na południe od Cambridge. Obecny budynek to mniej więcej jedna trzecia oryginalnego założenia pałacowego, niegdyś spektakularnego przykładu architektury okresu jakobickiego w Anglii.
Pierwotnie siedziba opactwa benedyktyńskiego, po kasacie zakonów przez Henryka VIII w 1538 przekazany jednemu z dworzan, Sir Tomaszowi Audley, który zamieszkał w byłych budynkach klasztornych. Wnuk obdarowanego, Tomasz Howard (pierwszy Earl Suffolk, Lord Skarbnik) przebudował rezydencję kosztem ówczesnych 200 tysięcy funtów aby nadawała się do podejmowania dworu króla Jakuba I. Tomasz Howard wraz z żoną w 1619 pod zarzutem defraudacji środków z królewskiej kiesy trafił do więzienia w Tower. Wkrótce, po wpłaceniu dużej kaucji został zwolniony, lecz nigdy nie powrócił do łask królewskich i umarł w Audley End w 1626.
Spadkobiercy Tomasza Howarda, nie dysponując środkami na utrzymanie pałacu, w 1668 za kwotę 50 tysięcy ówczesnych funtów sprzedali Audley End Karolowi II, który korzystał z rezydencji podczas częstych wizyt na torach wyścigów konnych w Newmarket. Pałac przeszedł z powrotem w ręce Earlów Suffolk w 1701 i stopniowo, w przeciągu następnego stulecia, został częściowo rozebrany, do rozmiarów, jakie posiada obecnie.
W 1762 jeden z kolejnych właścicieli, Sir John Griffin, późniejszy czwarty baron Howard de Walden i pierwszy Baron Baybrooke wynajął Capability Browna do przeprowadzenia gruntownej rearanżacji założenia parkowego i szkockiego architekta Roberta Adama do przebudowy pałacu.
Gen. Władysław Sikorski w ośrodku szkoleniowym cichociemnych w Audley End dekoruje ppor. Michała Fijałkę Orderem Virtuti Militari. W pierwszym szeregu stoją od lewej po cywilnemu: ppor. Jan Woźniak, por. Bolesław Kontrym, por. Tadeusz Gaworski, por. Hieronim Łagoda, za nim ppor. Władysław Kochański, por. Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz, por. Stanisław Winter (28 sierpnia 1942)
Po wybuchu drugiej wojny światowej, w marcu 1941, zarekwirowany przez rząd brytyjski na cele wywiadu (Special Operations Executive), później przeznaczony na ośrodek szkoleniowy (STS 43) dla polskich cichociemnych.
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Video of 67 Woburn Street | Lexington, Massachusetts real estate & homes
- This starter home extraordinaire is bursting with pleasant surprises! Historic and updated 2 or 3 bedroom, 2 bath colonial has a front-to-back living room with beautiful hardwood floors, updated granite/stainless steel kitchen, light and airy dining area with french doors leading to a private brick and bluestone patio. A combination entry/mudroom welcomes guests in front of the house, and a hallway with full bath lead to the back yard via charming porch. With many usable nooks and crannies, the sensibility of the 1880's lives on in this modernized home. Upstairs you will marvel at the master bedroom's vaulted ceiling, defying the image of a small historic house, and your wardrobe will enjoy having 3 closets. Lovely additional bedroom, full bath, and office (or childs room) complete the top floor. Less than .5 mile to Lexington center, and bike path, with a peaceful, private rear yard, parking for 2 off street, this adorable gem is a MUST see.
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Let The Good Work Go On! (1932)
Full title reads: Somers Town. 'Let the good work go on'! Lady Patricia Ramsay opens another block of 35 flats of working classes - 160 have been built in last 6 years - on what was once one of London's worst slums.
Somers Town, London.
Lady Patricia Ramsay stands next to a priest, Father Scott, and makes a speech. She says what a pleasure it is to open these excellent flats - the flats are the 'St. Francis Flats.'
Cut aways to show the housing development. Crowds of people line the balcony type walkways along the front of the flats. The scene is decorated with bunting.
Man and woman lean out of fairly dilapidated window. A baby is held up by its mother at a window to watch the spectacle. Pan across crowds across the road from the flats. Two women look out of window. C/U two elderly ladies in the crowd. One of them appears to have not put in her false teeth.
Cut back to Lady Patricia. Cut away to crowded balconies. Mother and daughter look out of window. Cut back to Lady Patricia as she declares the flats open and expresses her hope that they will do a lot of good work.
A group of priests wave censers / thuribles to wave incense to bless the new building.
Lady Patricia, Father Scott and a group of younger residents of the flats. The children look up at her.
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Lady Patricia Ramsay is the daughter of Arthur, Duke of Connaught.
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Ian Poulter final day 2015 British Masters Woburn
Ian Poulter hooks one left
Bath
As seen on SkyEye Britain - LAUNCHING IN EARLY 2013! - skyeye-app.com
Bath is a World Heritage Site and a perfect example of an 18th century spa town with literally hundreds of historic buildings from the Roman Baths to the great curving 18th century terraces.
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I Secured for the Nation
The iconic painting has been acquired by the Royal Museums Greenwich, London, supported by grants and donations in excess of £10 million from, among others, the Art Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and over 8,000 donations from members of the public. The occasion marks the first time the painting will enter public ownership in its 425-year history.
Painted circa 1590, the work commemorates the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English in 1588, remembered as the most famous conflict of Elizabeth I’s 45-year reign (1558-1603). The inspiration for countless portrayals of Elizabeth I in film and on stage, it is one of the most famous images in British history, capturing a vital moment in the English Renaissance.
When she sat for the portrait, Elizabeth I was in her late 50s, and at the height of her power. Immediately prior to the Armada victory, in August 1588, she had given a speech that would come to be the most famous of her tenure, telling her troops at Tilbury: ‘I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too…’
Unusual for its horizontal format and large size (110.5 x 125 cm), the portrait is thought to have been commissioned by Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral of the English Fleet against the Spanish Armada, and one of the great heroes of Queen Elizabeth’s court. It is one of three surviving versions of the Armada portrait, together with those currently on display at Woburn Abbey and the National Portrait Gallery in London.
The work had been held by descendants of Drake since at least 1775, when it was first recorded, and was offered from the collection of the Tyrwhitt-Drake family estate. It hung in the family home, though had also been featured in public exhibitions at institutions including The National Portrait Gallery, Tate and The National Maritime Museum in London, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
A representative of the Tyrwhitt-Drake family commented: ‘On behalf of the Tyrwhitt-Drake’s, I am delighted that this exceptional work has been safeguarded for future generations to be admired by all in Royal Museums Greenwich, a public institution where it can be viewed for generations to come. The significance of the work can be seen in the context of our nation’s great history and I would like to thank Christie’s for furthering the relationship with the museum and all partners who have made this possible.’
The Armada Portrait has been on view in Greenwich since the fundraising campaign began on 23 May, and will now officially enter the collection of The National Maritime Museum Greenwich. The acquisition takes place in the 90th birthday year of Queen Elizabeth II, and the work is set to hang in the newly-renovated Queen’s House, on the site of the original Greenwich Palace, where Elizabeth I was born.
The acquisition of the work by the Royal Museums Greenwich follows the Christie’s-facilitated private sale of Rembrandt’s portraits of Maerten Soolmans and his wife Oopjen Coppit to the French and Dutch states in February 2016.
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Bedford Hall and Heritage Museum, Thorney (Part 2)
Part 2 of our investigation at the Thorney Heritage Museum and Bedford Hall.
These are both part of the same property which was commissioned in 1848 by the Duke of Bedford and used as a pump station. The Heritage Museum itself is located in what was once the engineer's house.
Apologies for some of the quality and the delay in production.
For more on what happened, check out our blog post: pwlincs.co.uk/ghost-hunt/2016/10/thorney/
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The Rut: Woburn Deer Park 2015
Film of a trip to Woburn Deer Park to film rutting deer.
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Barton Fleet of Buses at Showbus 2016
Showbus 2016 - Barton Fleet arrival and lineup at Donnington Park. September 2016.
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First time in CENTER PARCS!!!
Center parcs is a really nice a fun place for you and your family to have fun in, and there is center parcs in England,Scotland and just opened in Ireland and if you wanna know which one I went to I went to the new one in Ireland
Places to see in ( Street - UK )
Places to see in ( Street - UK )
Street is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Glastonbury. There is evidence of Roman occupation. Much of the history of the village is dominated by Glastonbury Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and indeed its name comes from a 12th-century causeway from Glastonbury which was built to transport local Blue Lias stone from what is now Street to rebuild the Abbey, although it had previously been known as Lantokay and Lega.
The Society of Friends had become established there by the mid-17th century. One Quaker family, the Clarks, started a business in sheepskin rugs, woollen slippers and, later, boots and shoes. This became C&J Clark which still has its headquarters in Street, but shoes are no longer manufactured there. Instead, in 1993, redundant factory buildings were converted to form Clarks Village, the first purpose-built factory outlet in the United Kingdom. The Shoe Museum provides information about the history of Clarks and footwear manufacture in general.
The Clark family's former mansion and its estate at the edge of the town are now owned by Millfield School, an independent co-educational boarding school. Street is also home to Crispin School and Strode College.
To the north of Street is the River Brue, which marks the boundary with Glastonbury. South of Street are the Walton and Ivythorn Hills and East Polden Grasslands biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Street has two public swimming pools, one indoor which is part of the Strode complex, and the outdoor lido, Greenbank. Strode Theatre provides a venue for films, exhibitions and live performances. The Anglican Parish Church of The Holy Trinity dates from the 14th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
The settlement's earliest known name is Lantokay, meaning the sacred enclosure of Kea, a Celtic saint. In the Domesday Book it was recorded as Strate, and also Lega, a name still used throughout the country in the modern form, Leigh. The centre of Street is where Lower Leigh hamlet was, and the road called Middle Leigh and the community called Overleigh are to the south of the village.
The River Brue marks the boundary with Glastonbury, to the north of Street. At the time of King Arthur, the Brue formed a lake just south of the hilly ground on which Glastonbury stands. This lake is one of the locations suggested by Arthurian legend as the home of the Lady of the Lake. Pomparles Bridge stood at the western end of this lake, guarding Glastonbury from the south, and it was here that Sir Bedivere is thought to have thrown the sword Excalibur into the waters after King Arthur fell at the Battle of Camlann.[18] The old bridge was replaced by a reinforced concrete arch bridge in 1911.
In Roman times Street was close to the route of the Fosse Way and is now on the route of the modern A39 road which runs from Bath to Cornwall, and the A361. Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe. Opened in 1854 as Glastonbury, and renamed in 1886, it had three platforms, two for Evercreech to Highbridge services and one for the branch service to Wells. The station had a large goods yard controlled from a signal box. The site is now a timber yard for a local company. The nearest stations are now around 13 miles away, at Castle Cary and Bridgwater. Replica level crossing gates have been placed at the old station entrance.
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Blenheim Palace. Family Home of Dukes of Marlborough and Winston Churchill. Oxfordshire
Blenheim Palace is a monumental stately home situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
Other Stately Houses/Palaces on my Channel
Old Royal Naval Collage;
Tower Of London;
Blickling Hall;
Warwick Castle;
Woburn Abbey;
It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. UNESCO recognised the palace as a World Heritage Site in 1987
Stately Homes At War
England's stately homes were requisitioned during WW2 for military use - families were turfed out and the homes were turned into hospitals, evacuee centres, orphanages and government offices. Stately Homes At War reveals these hidden WW2 stories and how they affected the families, local communities and employees of the houses.
For more information please contact Lizzie Toms 07985774830.
Heritage is GREAT in East Anglia
Fantastic museums, amazing stately homes, maritime treats and Britain's largest collection of cathedrals. Explore and discover the East Anglia's history and heritage
Visit historic houses in East Anglia - where you can wander through rooms full of family artefacts and priceless heirlooms. There are so many to choose from - the Jacobean gems of Audley End House near Saffron Walden and Blickling Hall near Aylsham; the eccentric oval-shaped Ickworth at Horringer near Bury St. Edmunds; and 18th C. Woburn Abbey, home of the Dukes of Bedford.
Horse Carriage in Hyde Park
This was taken while I was walking through Hyde Park in London, England.
YellowaY Centenary Celebrations