This is the last post on ABBA for this year; we'll be back on 1st January.
A huge thank you to you, our readers, and to all our contributors, who have provided such a mix of entertaining and informative posts: I hope they've helped to lighten up this strange year. I think next year is probably going to have a pretty shaky start, but let's hope that it gets into the swing of things as spring brings hope and light back to us.
I'm going to leave you with some images of Christmas at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, near where I live. It's always a very special place, surrounded as it is by the most beautiful and peaceful gardens, and with, of course, the cathedral itself next door - if you haven't visited, and you get the chance, you really should come and see it.
But there was something particularly special about the decorations this year. The tables were set in the style of different periods from the cathedral's long history (800 years this year), and you really felt as if you were moving through time, in company with friendly ghosts. And the exhibition of trees made by local schools from recycled materials was wonderful, showing such creativity and imagination.
So there we are. See you next year!
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| A mediaeval setting. |
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| I think this was 19th century, but it may have been 18th. |
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| Some of the trees created by schoolchildren. |
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| The cathedral itself, seen from the gardens. The stream at the front comes from one of the wells from which the city takes its name. |
6 comments:
In the days when George Carey was Bishop of Bath and Wells, we used to exhibit (as Bufo Books) at the book fairs that took place in the Bishop's Palace. At that time we were specialising in children's books, especially award-winning titles, as well as countryside books (Miss Read, H E Bates, Tunnicliffe and Miller Parker illustrations, etc) as well as the War books that were my partner's main interest.
I remember that the catering was superb, and the book fairs did quite well, too. Once George Carey was called to higher things (ie Canterbury) the new man changed the way the Palace was used, and the book fairs moved to the Town Hall.
I was good to see the interior again after all this time.
How interesting - thank you!
Thanks for this, Sue - fabulous!
And while you're there, you'll be able to say hello to the ducks and swans in the moat. A respite from the nearby shopping areas.
Merry Christmas
Such beautiful scenes to linger over during ABBA's seasonal break this year.
Beauty and inspired ideas much are needed right now.
Thanks for these photographs. Love the table settings Sue! What a brilliant idea. I know exactly what my childhood ones from the 1950's would have looked like... a bit tasteless with too much tinsel!!! A happy relaxed time over Christmas to all ABBA bloggers... despite Tier 4 or threats of.
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