Re: PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-07-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
In fairness, he did get rid of a bloody useless king. B On 17 Jun 2015, at 03:03, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Old Oliver was a real bastard! Quite beautiful, even in ruins. Shame about the light, but what can you do? Still a lovely photo. Cheers, frank On 16 June,

Re: PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-06-17 Thread Chris Mitchell
Oliver can't take the rap for this one. He came later. This Cromwell was Thomas, Henry VIII's chief minister and architect of the programme to dissolve the monasteries and a distant relative to Oliver. Olly was partly responsible for the other piece of cultural vandalism in Rick's picture of the

Re: PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-06-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Knarf wrote: Old Oliver was a real bastard! Thomas or Oliver? Quite beautiful, even in ruins. Shame about the light, but what can you do? Still a lovely photo. Cheers, frank On 16 June, 2015 7:57:07 PM EDT, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: It was another beautiful day with harsh

Re: PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-06-16 Thread Mark C
Interesting and somewhat haunting image, even with the bright light. Mark On 6/16/2015 7:57 PM, Rick Womer wrote: It was another beautiful day with harsh light, but one must suffer for one's art... Glastonbury Abbey was well-established by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, though it

Re: PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-06-16 Thread Knarf
Old Oliver was a real bastard! Quite beautiful, even in ruins. Shame about the light, but what can you do? Still a lovely photo. Cheers, frank On 16 June, 2015 7:57:07 PM EDT, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: It was another beautiful day with harsh light, but one must suffer for one's

PESO - Glastonbury Abbey

2015-06-16 Thread Rick Womer
It was another beautiful day with harsh light, but one must suffer for one's art... Glastonbury Abbey was well-established by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, though it needed rebuilding after a fire in the 1100s. It thrived until Cromwell had it destroyed, and had the Abbott hanged,