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You’re glad you made the effort, so am I! Thank you for letting me accompany you on these trips. 😉
Jo W | 14.05.22 - 7:23 a.m. | #
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Our favourite NT house, pleased you enjoyed it.
NLW | 14.05.22 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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Strangely, I was just talking about it to someone yesterday evening and urging them to visit. I can now send them a link to this, to prove I’m not alone in my enthusiasm. The accounts of your chats with the guides were also a lovely touch.
Baldassaro | 14.05.22 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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Fascinating! The only De Morgan I'd heard of was the mathematician (Augustus) who I see was the father of William.
Alan | 14.05.22 - 7:53 a.m. | #
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What a nice ode to NT volunteers in the subtext.
commonliner | 14.05.22 - 8:00 a.m. | #
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A really lovely post today, full of warmth and humanity. Thanks.
THC | 14.05.22 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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Thank you for this, I've made a note to visit one day. From the garden photo it looks like you visited on a lovely day for a wander. And I love the 'chatting with the volunteers' segments.
Jayne | 14.05.22 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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There's no might about it. That type sitcom could well have been commissioned in the early '80s, and the younger you would most likely never have watched it.
Interesting report of your visit - thanks.
Frank F | 14.05.22 - 9:51 a.m. | #
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What a super post. It's brightened my day already.
And it's a good "plug" to readers to join the NT while it's still up and running; volunteers are getting scarce in all sectors (we are all getting older, aren't we!)
Thanks for this, and for all your writings.
Volta | 14.05.22 - 10:12 a.m. | #
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For those into De Morgan tiles, there are plenty inside the Tabard pub in Bath Road, Bedford Park (nr Turnham Green tube)
Jeremy | 14.05.22 - 10:40 a.m. | #
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Lovely looking property, along with a tail wagging write up.
1937 - this may have been a tax thing, you left your property in lieu of death taxes.
I don't think that the Trust has bought in the rules, they are probably responding to 'the authorities' (but think evacuation in a fire), my brother can now no longer work alone at his workplace unless there is someone else present, this might make sense if you are using machinery, but this includes pruning and planting.
Still Anon | 14.05.22 - 10:41 a.m. | #
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My second favourite NT property.
The volunteer problem has been exacerbated by the raising of the state pension age.
When women retired at 60, many, particularly those who had worked in education, needed/wanted to fill their time with something useful, and joined the NT as volunteers. Now state pension age is later 60s, people have less energy and less enthusiasm to engage in something outside of their immediate vicinity. Many clubs, groups and other charities are suffering from similar 'recruitment' problems for the same reason.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 14.05.22 - 7:44 p.m. | #
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What a lovely post. Added it to my list of places to visit - though I'll never remember it's pronounced "Wittick" the next time I see it written down!
Cornish Cockney | 14.05.22 - 9:46 p.m. | #
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Not to be confused (as I just had) with Wightwick Hall, now a school but once home to Sir Alfred Hickman of Wightwick, 1st Baronet, iron magnate and MP for Wolverhampton West, whose grandson (the 2nd baronet) married firstly Lilian Mander and whose great-grandson (the 3rd baronet) married Margaret (Margot) Doris Thatcher, née Kempson. Margot’s son, Sir Glenn, is now the 4th Hickman of Wightwick baronet, while her first husband remarried into an East Midlands family which eventually led to Mr Thatcher getting a baronetcy of his own.
Rich G | Homepage | 15.05.22 - 12:24 p.m. | #
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Linking in with NT, we went to visit Ham House in Richmond by the river twice in the past 2 weeks. This is a gem of a XVIIth century house where all fits together and the grounds are to die for, and so diverse. They are looking for a Head Gardener btw, somebody's dream job and it will have to be somebody looking for other rewards than monetary as the position pays 38k p.a; (with free couple NT membership and free parking). Anyway, Ham House is worth seeing especially in this season.
Blar Gazon | 15.05.22 - 5:04 p.m. | #
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This is a splendid review, showing off your expertise as a skilled visitor of places as well as as a practised writer. Well done and thank you.
HTFB | 16.05.22 - 10:37 a.m. | #
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