Brownsover Hall<\/b><\/p>\n
Brownsover Hall is in the village of Brownsover in Warwickshire<\/p>\n
Brownsover is mentioned in the novel Tom Brown\u2019s Schooldays<\/i> (1857), its creator Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) is recorded as writing the famous book in Deal in Kent in a house not far from the Time Ball Tower.<\/p>\n
The village is near to Rugby home of the famous school<\/p>\n
William Webb Ellis (1806-1872) the inventor of the game of Rugby Football is alleged to have caught a football in his arms during a match in 1823 and run with it thus giving birth to the game of rugby<\/p>\n
His statue can still be seen at the school<\/p>\n
There is also a statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School<\/p>\n
The house dates from the mid-nineteenth century and replaced an earlier manor house. It was designed in the Victorian Gothic style by the architect George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) who also designed the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station and the Albert Memorial<\/p>\n
Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996) who designed the turbojet engine purchased the Brownsover estate and lived there between 1936 and 1942<\/p>\n
Like a number of hotels Browsover Hall is said to be haunted. A number of people have reported supernatural experiences<\/p>\n
What do you think of it?<\/i><\/p>\n
Good it\u2019s good <\/i><\/p>\n
Did you write it for their website or a pamphlet? <\/i><\/p>\n
It is for their website <\/i><\/p>\n
You have a talent <\/i><\/p>\n
It is just a matter of research <\/i><\/p>\n
Pretty was looking out of the window at the park below<\/p>\n
Do you know that someone was murdered right in front of this house in 1974?<\/i><\/p>\n
No <\/i><\/p>\n
It appears that a guy was sleeping with other guy\u2019s wife so the husband waited for him in the park and hit him with a baseball bat <\/i><\/p>\n
He died in hospital <\/i><\/p>\n
It sound more like manslaughter to me <\/i><\/p>\n
No it was premeditated and he went down for life <\/i><\/p>\n
Is he out?<\/i><\/p>\n
Probably <\/i><\/p>\n
What have you been doing since I last saw you <\/i><\/p>\n
This and that <\/i><\/p>\n
Nothing more specific <\/i><\/p>\n
I watched Taxi Driver <\/i><\/p>\n
The movie? <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes <\/i><\/p>\n
I thought you had seen it <\/i><\/p>\n
No I was going to see it at the NFT in the seventies but somebody fell under my tube and I did not make it in time <\/i><\/p>\n
So you have waited forty years to see the movie<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes<\/em><\/p>\n You do not rush to do things so you? <\/em><\/p>\n I suppose not<\/em><\/p>\n Have you anymore secrets you wish to share with me Harold <\/i><\/p>\n A few I have started reading The Godfather on numerous occasions but have never finished it <\/i><\/p>\n I read it when I was in Japan <\/i><\/p>\n Did you like it? <\/i><\/p>\n Yes I thought it was very good <\/i><\/p>\n Thoresby Hall<\/b><\/p>\n Thoresby Hall is a country house in Budby Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n The area is famous as it was part of the Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood fame<\/p>\n The current house dates from the nineteenth century but there have been houses on or near to the site since around 1670<\/p>\n It was constructed between 1864 and 1871 its architect being the famous Anthony Salvin whose work can still be viewed at Norwich Castle as well as Newark Castle and Caernarvon Castle to name just two examples<\/p>\n Lady Mary Wortley Montagu famous for her letters from the Orient as well as her work in pioneering in the introduction of a radical smallpox inoculation from Turkey was born in the original Thoresby Hall in 1689<\/p>\n The gardens of Thoresby Hall were set into the parklands by the famed landscape architect Lancelot (Capability) Brown<\/p>\n At the nearby church of St Mary Edwinstowe legend notes that Robin Hood and Maid exchanged vows Marion<\/p>\n You have been quite a busy girl Pretty <\/i><\/p>\n Do you use your nickname when writing?<\/i><\/p>\n No I use my birth name <\/i><\/p>\n Jane <\/i><\/p>\n Yes <\/i><\/p>\n How did you cope with the heat wave last week?<\/i><\/p>\n I loved it <\/i><\/p>\n It must have been hell here in London <\/i><\/p>\n You just adjust your pace of life <\/i><\/p>\n This flat is cool <\/i><\/p>\n Yes that is why I live here cool in the summer and cosy in the winter <\/i><\/p>\n What did you get up to? <\/i><\/p>\n I walked in the countryside <\/i><\/p>\n I should have guessed <\/i><\/p>\n Anywhere special? <\/i><\/p>\n Not really although I ran into the happy people at Avebury <\/i><\/p>\n Happy people?<\/i><\/p>\n Hippies new age people <\/i><\/p>\n What were they doing there?<\/i><\/p>\n It was June 21st<\/sup> <\/i><\/p>\n The Summer Solstice <\/i><\/p>\n What did you think of them? <\/i><\/p>\n I really did not know what to make of them <\/i><\/p>\n They seemed to be very happy but was it just a fa\u00e7ade\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n They were probably spaced out <\/i><\/p>\n Maybe <\/i><\/p>\n But I wanted to ask them whether they seeing things that I could not see <\/i><\/p>\n Did you <\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n Pretty was sitting on her pastel sofa<\/p>\n She was looking slightly drawn and there were dark rings around her eyes<\/p>\n You should slow down Pretty as you are beginning to look exhausted <\/i><\/p>\n Thanks Harold you certainly know how to make a girl fell good <\/i><\/p>\n Look I am your friend and friends give advice <\/i><\/p>\n You are right I have travelled and travelled and travelled I am tired <\/i><\/p>\n I am going to see my aunt in Wales in a fortnight <\/i><\/p>\n I can work from there <\/i><\/p>\n I agree I need to slow down <\/i><\/p>\n Promise <\/i><\/p>\n Yes <\/i><\/p>\n When will I see you again?<\/i><\/p>\n August I will be in London in August <\/i><\/p>\n The tickets for you and Solange are on the table <\/i><\/p>\n Thank you <\/i><\/p>\n Have you seen the exhibition? <\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n What was the name of the artist again?<\/i><\/p>\n Fahrelnissa Zeid <\/i><\/p>\n Is she still alive?<\/i><\/p>\n No she died in 1991<\/i><\/p>\n But you will like her work it will blow you away <\/i><\/p>\n I will check her out on my laptop<\/i><\/p>\n Don\u2019t<\/i><\/p>\n Just go to the Tate Modern with Solange and let the paintings tell their own story <\/i><\/p>\n Experience it in the raw you mean <\/i><\/p>\n Yes <\/i><\/p>\n Ok <\/i><\/p>\n Where are you off to now? <\/i><\/p>\n Dover again and then I have a reading in Portsmouth <\/i><\/p>\n You are a busy girl <\/i><\/p>\n Not as busy as you <\/i><\/p>\n Driving? <\/i><\/p>\n No I am travelling by train <\/i><\/p>\n I like train travel in the summer <\/i><\/p>\n You should try the Japanese Bullet Trains they are fantastic <\/i><\/p>\n I adored travelling on them <\/i><\/p>\n With Basho <\/i><\/p>\n With Basho <\/i><\/p>\n I am off now as I only have fifteen for the train <\/i><\/p>\n See you in August Harold <\/i><\/p>\n Be safe Pretty and slow down <\/i><\/p>\n Promise <\/i><\/p>\n Promise <\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brownsover Hall Brownsover Hall is in the village of Brownsover in Warwickshire Brownsover is mentioned in the novel Tom Brown\u2019s Schooldays (1857), its creator Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) is recorded as writing the famous book in Deal in Kent in a house not far from the Time Ball Tower. 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