tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7302634715651170410..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A month in the countryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78127924315962943622014-07-05T16:59:15.430-07:002014-07-05T16:59:15.430-07:00Hanging, drawing and quartering should be reinstat...Hanging, drawing and quartering should be reinstated as far as I am concerned, Maryanne.<br /><br />It was no trouble at all to be surrounded by the gruesomeness whilst working on the Doom Board.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48295979668779403402014-07-05T16:04:57.717-07:002014-07-05T16:04:57.717-07:00What a marvelous thing. I am impressed that being ...What a marvelous thing. I am impressed that being confronted by the morbid obsession with torture and retribution depicted was completely overwhelmed by the peace and calm of working in the space and the historical beauty. When in England I found my colonial self quite taken aback by the gruesomeness of the past there. People are so strange that they talk of the good old days...MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82600959162856234422014-07-05T13:09:36.859-07:002014-07-05T13:09:36.859-07:00WMDs, etc.WMDs, etc.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3531832068229861452014-07-05T12:20:24.624-07:002014-07-05T12:20:24.624-07:00The news is right here, right now, but in those da...The news is right here, right now, but in those days, ISIS would have given you about 48 hours warning before disembarking.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31376768840439822992014-07-05T12:19:19.582-07:002014-07-05T12:19:19.582-07:00Neither have I.Neither have I.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58571623931028242182014-07-05T12:18:30.337-07:002014-07-05T12:18:30.337-07:00True, but sometimes I have to remind myself of tha...True, but sometimes I have to remind myself of that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-47784546016737074492014-07-05T12:16:06.933-07:002014-07-05T12:16:06.933-07:00This is spot on. I have the complete works of Aub...This is spot on. I have the complete works of Aubrey, including the illustrated antiquary ones.<br /><br />Aubrey must have been a very entertaining pain in the arse.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13573220424669367342014-07-05T12:14:12.305-07:002014-07-05T12:14:12.305-07:00There could be a treasure-hunt involved...There could be a treasure-hunt involved...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3141330874220974612014-07-05T11:29:05.820-07:002014-07-05T11:29:05.820-07:00Magic moments like this Tom are what makes the wor...Magic moments like this Tom are what makes the world go round in such a pleasant way (as long as you don't listen to the News)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26758476993128738542014-07-05T10:50:24.133-07:002014-07-05T10:50:24.133-07:00It looks like a collection of medieval cartoons to...It looks like a collection of medieval cartoons to me. I have been trying to work out a month in the country all day and cant quite equate it with my life about here, very much in the country albeit I am aware I am considered slightly strange to some people. I haven't had to have a tooth pulled by a gang with a rope and hook recently either. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73409715688019429982014-07-05T08:56:34.619-07:002014-07-05T08:56:34.619-07:00You both have enviable professions. Beautiful.You both have enviable professions. Beautiful.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50913059927607137042014-07-05T08:44:13.096-07:002014-07-05T08:44:13.096-07:00"a shiftless person, roving and magotie-heade... "a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed, and sometimes little better than crased. And being exceedingly credulous, would stuff his many letters sent to A. W. with folliries and misinformations, which would sometimes guid him into the paths of errour" Woods' opinion of Aubrey after a falling out. What a life he led. Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107727351111256138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63107472319715072252014-07-05T08:24:53.205-07:002014-07-05T08:24:53.205-07:00Beautiful work. The replaced panels seem as if the...Beautiful work. The replaced panels seem as if they aged in place. I'd keep the key, too. Pass it along and in a few generations its history could be as lost as the missing panels. I have an image of curious young people trying it in church doors all over England.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49912128249098021742014-07-05T07:26:48.546-07:002014-07-05T07:26:48.546-07:00The other thing I love about this church is that i...The other thing I love about this church is that it was the family one of my hero, John Aubrey - another member of the Danvers family.<br /><br />Did you read about the priest who was done for murder and strung up in a cage in the churchyard to starve to death? They knew how to deal with naughty vicars in those days.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-67525276816616314282014-07-05T06:33:59.995-07:002014-07-05T06:33:59.995-07:00Thank you Tom for this wonderful article and your ...Thank you Tom for this wonderful article and your restoration work on the Doom Boards. I have spend an educational 1/2 hour reading about Dauntsey Village and the Church. British history is remarkable, so much has been lost and unappreciated. Drastic change is almost a regular part of our heritage, and England is living through another period of upheaval now. Unlike Lady Anne Danvers, my ancestors would have been sitting next to Oliver Twist in the workhouse.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107727351111256138noreply@blogger.com