Windermere, UK

Balloon over Windermere, from Gill Head.

Windermere is surrounded by sand bottom lakes. 

Lake Butler (the largest) is on the west, Lake Down on the east, and Lake Bessie on the southeast. By means of a system of canals, Butler, Down and six other lakes are connected to form what is known as the Butler Chain.

City Maps of Olde England

Chester

Established on the River Dee by the Romans (note the Roman coins depicted on the map), Chester is known for its medieval walls, whose parapets form a continuous promenade almost two miles long. Formerly a port, the town, as Speed notes, "hath been accounted the key into Ireland". But by Speed's lifetime the Dee estuary was filling with silt, which helped spur the growth of nearby Liverpool into a major port.

Thank you to Serene to send me this postcard !!

Icons of London

Those are iconic labels of London.
Never obsolete with time

The Yorkshire Dales

(Left) (Top) Muker, Swaledale
(Left) (Bottom) Burnsall, Upper Wharfedale
(Right) (Top) Redmire & Pen Hill, Wensleydale
(Right) (BOttom) Ribblehead Viaduct, Upper Ribblesdale

The Yorkshire Dales is an area of great natural beauty in northern England, a large part of which has been designated as a national park.
Much of the landscape here is limestone country - lush green valleys (known locally as "dales") crested with white limestone cliffs ("scars") and limestone pavements cutting through wilder uplands beneath towering peaks ("fells") of dark millstone grit.

Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales

On the site of an early motte, this tremendous construction was built after 1283 and took over 40 years to build (that is its basic construction) being chiefly designed by James of St.George. Master of the King's Works in wales, the king being Edward I.

All Hallows by the Tower

The Sanctuary Area, All Hallows by the Tower

The High Altar shown against Brian Thomas mural of the Last Supper and the restored Communion Rails. In the floor can be seen four of the Memorial brasses.

The castles of Kind Edward I

Caernarfon, Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech castles are just some of the massive fortresses built by Edward I during the 13th century. These castles, famous for their military architecture, combined palatial living quarters with highly sophisticated defensive designs.

Llanwrst, near Betws-y-coed

Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

What a beautiful countryside, that it's a 'green' house there :)

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Aylesbury

Top Left : St Mary's Row
Bottom Left : The Vale
Top Right : Market Square
Bottom Left : Church Street

Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, is a lively market town steeped in history.
The charming conservation area around St. Mary's Church lies in sleepy lanes and cottages above the town. Around every corner is a tale - Henry VIII reputedly wooed Anne Boleyn at the King's Head, Roald Dahl invented his classic children's tales in the Aylesbury area, and his imagination is now celebrated in the town's County Museum.

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Greetings from Sunderland , UK

Durham Cathedral
On a splendid site overlooking the River Wear and defended on three sides by it, the Cathedral is one of the finest Norman buildings in the country. It was founded in 1093 and built on the site of a Saxon cathedral built a century earlier.

Picture on your Left : Lighthouse
Picture of your Right : Hylton Castle , Seaburn Beach

This is the Sunderland Bridge. The Sunderland football stadium is near here.

Thank you to Jaqi Wright from UK send me the 3 marvellous postcards from Boldon, Tyne & Wear (about 20 minutes drive from Sunderland) .

Flag card from London

Thank you for Candace send me from UK.

According to Candace, she saw a fabulous art show called "WOW-Wild Old Women".

Never thought of it. It's must be a very fun show.

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St Peter Church, Wolverhampton

I purchased this wonderful St Peter Church postcard during my short stay in Wolverhampton.

The Church of England (also known as the Anglican church) has probably the richest archive material in the world.

No part of the current fabric of St Peter's can be dated earlier than the 14th century; and these sections are limited to the lower portion of the tower, the south transept, parts of the south aisle, the entrance doorway and the body of the southern porch.

The church has an antique font believed to date from that time, and a pulpit said to date from 1480.

Do you know that

The church has a fine set of bells - the second oldest complete set of twelve in the country. The bells are rung twice weekly, on Mondays (practice night: 1945-2100 except Bank Holidays) and for the Sunday service (1000-1100).

I love this beautiful bookmark so much !!!

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UK _Albert Joseph Moore

Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893) ~ Dreamers
@ Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Coincidently i receive and purchase the Dreamer postcard.

The spirit of his art is essentially classic, and his work shows plainly that he was deeply influenced by study of antique sculpture. He also known for his depictions of languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world.

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Shabti of King Sety I

The British Museum

Upper part of a blue faience funerary figure

Shabti of King Sety I
Egypt ; 19th Dynasty, c.1279BC

Shabti (also called ushabti, or Shawabti) are magical, clay figures of the early dynasty of the Egyptian empire and were intended to act as substitutes for the deceased, should he be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife.

Shabti is the Egyptian word for "answerer."

Shabti figures first became part of the Egyptian funerary tradition in the Middle Kingdom (about 2040-1750 BC). A number of royal examples are known from the New Kingdom (about 1550-1070 BC), the earliest of which is that of Ahmose, now also in the British Museum; there were of course several hundred in the tomb of Tutankhamun. No shabti has been found in the tombs of any subsequent kings until Sety I (1294-1279 BC), in whose tomb the remains of hundreds were found. Many of these shabti were of wood, and some were crudely shaped; it is said that visitors to the tomb after its discovery by Giovanni Belzoni in 1817 lit them for use as torches. This is one of the finest of the many faience shabti found there.

The figure wears the nemes head-dress of a king, emphasized by the cobra on his brow. The identity of the object as a shabti is made clear by the hoes which the figure holds, and the presence of the 'shabti spell', the text from the Book of the Dead, which indicates that the shabti must do the work that its owner is expected to do in the Afterlife. This text and the details of the figure have been painted in black and applied prior to firing.

F.D. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile: ancient Egy (London, Thames and Hudson, 1998)

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Elvisly Yours

I discover to this Elvis-themed shop come museum in my previous visit (Year 2002) to London.

London’s Baker Street seems the natural location for a shop selling Sherlock Holmes memorabilia – deer stalkers, pipes, violin cases. However, be surprised to discover, instead, a store dedicated to the master of rock-n-roll, Elvis Presley. Over 400 items of King-related memorabilia adorn this eccentric outlet, including magazines and magnets, books and badges, posters and photos and a huge statue of the man himself. This is also, apparently, the only store in Europe where you can hear Elvis music all day, everyday. Fans of the man will spend a fortune here; non-fans will spend an age marvelling at the range of stuff this place has accumulated. Elvis is alive and well and living on Baker Street.

Did you know?

It is illegal to mow a front lawn in Switzerland dressed as Elvis.

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Nintendo Gamecube

A friend of mine in UK gave me this lovely postcard sometimes ago.

Nintendo Gamecube

Nintendo GameCube often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The hardware system is the most compact, and second-cheapest after Sega's Dreamcast, of the sixth generation. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii. The console was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia.

Behind the postcard
"Don't worship Kobe Bryant. Be Kobe Bryant."

Scooby -doo, Where are you ?

Scooby Doo ~ one of my favorite cartoon, even I'm 30+ now .

Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976.

These five characters ~ Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Velma & Daphne (or officially collectively known as "Mystery, Inc.") drive around the world in a van called the "Mystery Machine", and solve mysteries typically involving tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces. At the end of each episode, the supernatural forces turn out to have a rational explanation, typically criminal plots involving costumes, latex masks and special effects intended to frighten or distract. Later versions of Scooby-Doo featured different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to or instead of some of the original characters.

Friend of mine gave me this postcard when my visit to UK ....sometimes in Year 2002 (hope that I'm not mistaken).


In the movie, Mystery Inc. consisting of Scooby-Doo (voiced by Neil Fanning), Shaggy (played by Matthew Lillard), Fred (played by Freddie Prinze, Jr.), Velma (played by Linda Cardellini), and Daphne (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), splits up following a major argument, leaving Scooby and Shaggy to continue as Mystery Inc. and to take care of the Mystery Machine.

The gang are reunited as each is individually invited to Spooky Island, a "frightfully" popular theme park owned by Emile Mondavarious (played by Rowan Atkinson). Once on the island, Mondavarious tells the gang that students are mysteriously becoming mindless zombies and only utter pop phrases. And the story ...continue.

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Stafford, Royal Baths, 1955

The view reproduced overleaf is from the Francis Frith Collection archieve, containing over 300,000 views of 4,000 towns and villages in Britain between 1860 and 1970.

I visited this lovely place ~ Stafford in year 2002. The first impression for me about the town is 'Tranquil'.

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United Kingdom_Middlesbrough (mima)

I received this postcard from Middlesbrough, England.

As quoted by LYNMCF (my swap sender) ,
"mima is a newly opened art gallery. They hold a lots of free events to bring art to the general population. Kids are especially welcome. There is permanent workshop area, with trolleys of art materials. "

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