Henleaze Lodge ... Bristol History # 1
Below is the house being re-thatched but I'm not sure of the date.
Here ends my first Bristol history lesson. Actually that's not strictly true as I have, in the past, mentioned a few places of interest in and around Bristol. I can think of a few more interesting places that I would like to share with you unless you give me the thumbs down!!...even then I may still run with it periodically!
On this Leap Year I just want to wish Barbara and Bryan a very Happy Anniversary. I know they are having a very special day.
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posted by ChrisB @ 8:16 am
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Brings back sweet memories of Henleaze.
I just love a thatched roof, and that's a particularly impressive one.
WT I always fancied living in a thatched cottage~ then I realised I'd have to cope with all the livestock in the thatch!! This particular house is on the corner of the main road so not a good location.
I love to read such memories.Great post,Chris!
Great post.
There's a cottage a few miles down the road from me here, in Kildare, which has recently been renovated to it's former glory. It looks very good but not quite weathered enough....just yet!
I joined in Witty wednesday!
Have a great weekend
misslionheart glad you joined in WW ~ good joke :)
Changed my header, too!
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I remember the School quite well - and one or two of its pupils [but thats a long time ago and another story] and I can remember some repairs being carried out on the thatch. I can also remember just the other side of the school was a market gardener, but it is all houses now. Whilst I am commenting may I wish a happy birthday to all the members of the 29th club.
Oh Chris, I remember visiting a Thatched house, I think it's in Avon upon Trenton or something and it belongs to a wife of famous guy! (Shakespeare's wife?) I have forgotten the detail. I loved it. Great post.
Next week, I am making 2 British dishes at FH!:))
Asha I think you mean here
I think posts like this are interesting. Follow your heart.
I love those thatched roofs. They are so cool!
when I visited England at 16, I got to stay with a family that lived in an old thatched cottage. (I guess it had originally been a barn, but was converted. They even said it was haunted). I just loved the place.
Unfortunately, I can't remember where I was exactly.
Very cool and very interesting, Chris. Thanks for sharing these little bits of elsewhere with me.
When we were searching for a home in UK, we really wanted a thatched one. It didn't work out that way - and everytime I see such a beautifully thatched house like this, I still want one;).
Thanks for the history lesson. You got my thumbs up:)!
today is also the anniversary of the day my old friend Karen proposed to her husband (and 4 years later, to the day, the birth of their first child)
thanks for the Henleaze memories, mum
That top picture makes me homesick they don't thatch roofs like that in the US!
Love it!! I love old things!!
interesting. would you mind stopping by and telling my hubby happy birthday today? he turns 7! he only gets 2 birthdays a decade so we try and live it up!
lil mouse I did drop by to wish your hubby a happy birthday I hope my comment registered!
sam I don't think I realised that little bit of Karen's family history (or at least I had forgotten!)
What a great post!
I've often wondered how often one has to re-thatch a thatched roof. I don't think I've ever seen one here in the U.S. Y'all have all the cool stuff over there!
Thatched roofs are cool!! That's a pretty good history lesson for the day. The house kinda reminds me of a mushroom. :)
SS it depends on the type of thatch some as little as 15-20yrs some as long as 50-60yrs so my research tells me!
lisa-marie you are right it does look a bit like a mushroom I hadn't noticed that!
What a lovely home - it reminds me of the semester I spend in England during college. How I would like to go back over there.
I had no idea there were still thatched roofs anywhere, I take it it's not JUST thatched, though? They must have proper roofing underneath?
Lisa
I was tickled by the antenna sitting on the roof so boldly.
I like the history lessons! The pictures are great and it's fun to see different parts of the world.
Found you blog while looking for Fun Monday. (I just started last week). What a surprise to see the thatched cottage. We spent a year in Bristol and lived Henleaze - our kids used to call this Goldilocks Cottage.
what a great cottage....everytime i see photos of thatched roofs i am reminded of my now 14 yo son who when we drove in and around hants in 1998 would always comment about the "straw roofs"....he was 4 ;)
Hey that is cool, if I ever cross the pond I will know good places to visit;)
Thanks Chris. We had a fabulous day. Although the Vicar looked a little stunned when I mentioned us having lived together for 7 years prior to the first wedding. But he got over it and it was a very special moment for Bryan and me.
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