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Category Archive for 'Museums'

Being a Tourist in London

Posted in Britain, London, Museums on Jul 10th, 2009

During last week’s heatwave we made one of our rare visits to London. I can’t remember the last time I went, probably it was over two or three years ago when I attended a course for work. Such visits meant travelling in by train, dashing to the course venue and seeing very little of London. So [...]

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D H Lawrence

Posted in Books, Museums on Nov 13th, 2008

At the weekend D and I went to Nottingham and whilst there we visited D H Lawrence’s birthplace at Eastwood, 8 miles from Nottingham. 8A Victoria Street is the house where Lawrence was born on 11 September 1885 and I think it is a  fascinating place. The house was newly built when the Lawrence family [...]

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