tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post7493498136898896775..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: The allure of the pastLucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-31601701618145724952013-12-04T09:12:38.512+00:002013-12-04T09:12:38.512+00:00Love the post, love the comments! Have you ever be...Love the post, love the comments! Have you ever been to an Anthropologie store? I have a similar wierded-out sensation when I leave the Edinburgh one...Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-47742616011404868192013-11-16T08:18:58.588+00:002013-11-16T08:18:58.588+00:00Heavens! Nothing would ever make me want to rush h...Heavens! Nothing would ever make me want to rush home and polish anything ! But the thunderbox didn't look inviting , at all , and undoubtedly had a roll of crackly loo paper nearby . ( Do you think there's a small firm somewhere that still makes Bronco for gentlemens' clubs ? ) <br />I much prefer wandering around playing "If I lived here" in Kettles Yard .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-34361565671908625962013-11-14T15:45:42.051+00:002013-11-14T15:45:42.051+00:00I think the reverential air was oppressive. I didn...I think the reverential air was oppressive. I didn't enjoy it.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-20882653562476305172013-11-14T12:17:51.749+00:002013-11-14T12:17:51.749+00:00Interesting what you say about Denis Severs' h...Interesting what you say about Denis Severs' house - I had very mixed feelings about it when I visited. And my unaccustomed urge to hoover, dust and polish with every modern convenience possible felt rather sacrilegious! rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-53258034862991581932013-11-14T03:35:48.216+00:002013-11-14T03:35:48.216+00:00The images are terrific, the commentary entertaini...The images are terrific, the commentary entertaining.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-28246700347938920412013-11-13T11:57:47.514+00:002013-11-13T11:57:47.514+00:00Oh yes - this one is loyal to the core, so far.
Oh yes - this one is loyal to the core, so far.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-81669006636615811252013-11-13T10:45:20.187+00:002013-11-13T10:45:20.187+00:00You have a companion? A live-in friend? Still with...You have a companion? A live-in friend? Still with us - I mean you? I don't remember meeting them. Busy in the wine cellar no doubt.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-78636106000871782842013-11-13T09:21:01.090+00:002013-11-13T09:21:01.090+00:00Fascinating photographs, dear Lucille, but I see y...Fascinating photographs, dear Lucille, but I see you have slipped in a picture of the stairs up to guest bedroom of my and my companion's delightful home - it must be from that time you stayed twenty years ago (so odd that we never saw you leave, my dear - did you slip out in the dead of night??). We were only saying the other day that it had been too long, and that we can't imagine what is keeping you from visiting. Come again soon - the turret room is waiting for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-11688658955955183522013-11-12T16:39:40.221+00:002013-11-12T16:39:40.221+00:00Creepy but fascinating.Creepy but fascinating.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-22000853673263994922013-11-12T14:48:11.531+00:002013-11-12T14:48:11.531+00:00Some of us endured an up-bringing in this sort of ...Some of us endured an up-bringing in this sort of environment. In my case, it was in my gran's time-warped Victorian farmhouse (she was born in the late 1800s). Perhaps it takes age and experience to appreciate modern housekeeping equipment!the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-55042342860977335922013-11-12T14:46:16.734+00:002013-11-12T14:46:16.734+00:00Thank you for your intriguing introduction to a ve...Thank you for your intriguing introduction to a very particular place. If I should ever again find myself in Hastings I will try to remember to at least peak into the window.<br /><br />Your photographs are mighty fine. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.com