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Does "tumbledown", as applied to sheds, actually mean it has literally fallen down?

swirlythingy | Homepage | 07.05.12 - 2:54 a.m. | #

Ah, I think there's a chapter in Tim Moore's book I Believe in Yesterday about his stint re-enacting at this place. I seem to recall it was all taken very seriously by the organisers... Nevertheless, it looks like a good place to visit - I quite enjoy places with the living history thing going on, but yes, prefer to avoid too much interaction, so maybe shall do this place when that's not on the menu!

(Though once at Beamish I snuck up some stairs thinking, ooh, wonder if I'm allowed up here - and found a reenactor bloke sitting by a fire at the top. We had a good chat, actually - didn't have to pretend language-wise, and learned a lot about Georgian farming life. Though I was relieved when a family appeared and I was able to excuse myself to "let them have some time with you". Or "get me out of here", whichever.)

mighty mouse | 07.05.12 - 11:50 a.m. | #

I understand "tumbledown" to mean dilapidated, or "falling down" or slowly collapsing, rather than already completely "fallen down".

Incidentally, that shed looks more like a glasshouse (minus glass, admittedly)

timbo | 07.05.12 - 12:28 p.m. | #

I visited Kentwell Hall with school in Year 5.

All I remember were the buttery biscuits.

Needless to say it was a lot busier with loads of mad schoolkids running about.

Kirk | 07.05.12 - 2:32 p.m. | #

I visited Kentwell Hall on a school trip too in the '90s, and I remember it being significantly busier (I'm guessing you visited at the weekend when there are no school trips, which would explain why it was quiet).

I don't remember much about the house, but I do remember the actors dotted around the grounds, as well as the well-kept gardens.

Andrewh | Homepage | 07.05.12 - 2:47 p.m. | #

These are the sort of places that most foreigners think of, when you mention England. ;-D

Michael in the Netherlands | 07.05.12 - 5:15 p.m. | #

No mention of the moat drowning scenes in 'Witchfinder General'? Perhaps you haven't seen it.

Richard | 07.05.12 - 8:36 p.m. | #

Love these "Grand Day Out" posts! Keep them coming :)

CornishCockney | 07.05.12 - 9:06 p.m. | #

Thanks for an amazing tour of history and architecture. That's just the sort of place I'd love to visit but could never afford to go to.

Why people spend money going to the Olympics instead of places like this is probably what's wrong with the world.

I'd luv to see that camera obscura in real life. Thanks...

jn

John | Homepage | 08.05.12 - 3:47 a.m. | #











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