Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this summation of Scullery Maid terms of service, from Dunham Massey.
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Spotted by Tony
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Dunham Massey Hall. 'Old' Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet, built the first mansion on the site in the early 17th-century. However, the house remained uncompleted by the time of his death and was only completed after the Civil War in the later 17th century by his grandson, 'Young' George Booth.
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23/04/2024 - Dunham Massey and Lymm
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Dunham Massey's light trail in the day time
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Empathy with the continuing background noise in society
Research has shown that skimming while reading in digital media reduces the inclination and perhaps ability to engage in higher level reading, while a lack of higher-level reading practice compromises the efficacy of skimming when reading. Higher-level reading implies critical and conscious reading, slow reading, non-strategic reading and long-form reading, according to Schuller-Zwierlein et al,…
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Dunham Massey, United Kingdom
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Autumn Dunham Massey National Trust
Autumn Dunham Massey National Trust
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A Moment Like This
A Moment Like This
A Moment Like This.
By David Milligan-Croft.
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I picked an old poetry book off the shelf.
It was ‘The Art of Life’, by Paul Durcan.
Something about its spine caught my eye.
I hadn’t read it in years.
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I flicked through a few pages and a photograph fell out.
It was of my daughter and I when she was a baby.
I’m wearing a front-facing baby harness
And she is strapped to my…
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DUNHAM MASSEY PARK
This is Dunham Massey Park, in Cheshire, England.
It’s about a month since I was there, with only a mobile phone camera – just snapping to be honest, as I continued my way around in conversation.
The park at Dunham Massey probably dates back to 1362 or even earlier. It has an interesting history. I wouldn’t want to go into many details here, but would suggest that those who might be interested…
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Today's photo with the most hits: a peacock butterfly, at Dunham Massey
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Worker’s cottages by Tony
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During World War I, Penelope Grey, Countess of Stamford, wife of the 9th Earl of Stamford, made the house available to the Red Cross as a military hospital, becoming known as the Stamford Military Hospital from April 1917 to January 1919. It hosted 182 injured soldiers who had suffered injuries and needed medical care, but not life-threatening, ranging from gas poisoning to bullets in the brain. The hospital was run by Sister Catherine Bennett. Lady Stamford's daughter, Lady Jane Grey (later Turnbull), trained as a nurse at the hospital.
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ab. 1720-1730 Michael Dahl - George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington and his Daughter Lady Mary Booth, later Countess of Stamford
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Elizabeth Woodville (c.1437–1492), Queen Consort to King Edward IV, Earlier the Wife of Sir John Grey
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National Trust, Dunham Massey
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