...Endless Visits to Historical Places...

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In the early 1970s when I was child I went around any number of historical places in Britain. For whatever reason, history always fascinated me. To a lesser extent, it does now....but then....


The following are Wikipedia links to just some of the places I have been to...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodiam_Castle



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokesay_Castle




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Birthplace  (went there in 1977 on Shakespeare's birthday)



 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abingdon-on-Thames



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfield_Saye_House



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Soane%27s_Museum



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogarth%27s_House



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliveden (possibly my favourite place which I have visited several times)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughenden_Manor



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court_Palace




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Castle



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsley_House




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Castle




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury (and Wiltshire in general in 1975..a very hot year on the "hunt" for prehistoric sites. I was with a group of young archaeologists at the time)




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%27s_Cottage



.....and the list could go on....but I do not want to "bore" readers here!! RS




File:Great Gate, Hampton Court Palace.jpg














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