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More from Reading Museum

Just before Christmas I was in Reading to get some photos of a Church and took the opportunity of going in the Museum. It provided a little piece of research for another blog I hope to be doing about Reading Abbey some time .

Next door I noticed this office was empty

The first thing I noticed was this picture on a pillar by the Reading Abbey exhibition, it depicts the Last Abbot Hugh Faringdon at his execution which was not very pleasant in those days. He was lucky in fact he died of hear failure before it happened which is more that I can say for the two fellow priests that were with him. He was executed in front of his Abbey

 Couple more paintings, the one on the left is the King presiding over Reading Abbey I think the other Queen Elizabeth I

 Back to what I was looking at Reading Abbey, the model above shows what it would have looked like and the church over to the left St Laurence is still there today along with a nearby building above it.

 Archaeological  work has been done around the Abbey Remains and these are some of the finds

I should have read up on what this alabaster carving was off

This is thought to be one of the Cloister pillars from the Abbey. The reformation tore a lot of fine Abbeys down Reading being one of them and I cannot help but wonder what they would be like now had they been left.

I'll leave you with this picture I took on the was back , I think it represents a Christmas Tree.

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Christmas Eve

The dawn Christmas Eve saw my sons and I off on our annual Chrismas Eve shopping trip early in the morning where I stopped and took this shot of the dawn.

Happy New Year Everyone 

Big Fork

Nativity Scenes

Just before Christmas I visited a couple of churches where I found a few nativity scenes on display

 The first one I found was quite rustic looking and near the chancel

In the North aisle on the altar was this beautifully carved wooden scene, some on too care on this  

The next Church I came across this one on a window sill 

 The last one was in the front garden of a house near the vets I went to with our dog and all made & painted by the owner.

Happy New Year Everyone

Basildon Park Dining Room Ceiling

Think I have show these before but on my latest visit I managed to get a good view of each of the murals on the Dining Room Ceiling at Basildon Park

Taking Part in Monday Mural

Santa's on His Way

Gloomy sky when I took this on top of a local garage

That's it for this year, I'm taking a break till the new year till then

Have a great Christmas and New Year 

Santas on his Sleigh

Christmas Trees at Basildon Park

Went along to the National Trust Property at Basildon Park to see the decorations and as usual I took a few photos for you to see.

The day was quite cold & bleak but the decorations were welcoming 

the entrance decked in garlands

 The tree in the entrance hall

 The dining table set out for Christmas

 Music room  with deorated tree

 The music room tree

 Present sround the tree

 Looking down on the entrance hall tree

 The tree in the old kitchen looking very rustic.

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Gun Street Mural

Spotted this on the end of a building on Gun Street Reading

Taking Part in Monday Mural