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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
05-04-2015, 02:07 PM
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Mithalwen
The first two CDs re JRRT reading short excerpts...
The first two CDs re JRRT reading short excerpts from LOTR and the Adventure of Tom Bombadil poems, the third and fourth, Christopher reading the tale of Beren and Luthien and Of the darkening of... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
05-03-2015, 05:11 PM
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I have a 4 CD set - the Tolkien Audio collection...
I have a 4 CD set - the Tolkien Audio collection IIRC (not being lazy most of my possessions are in storage), which has fairly lengthy excerpts from the Silmarillion read by Christopher. Not quite... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
01-06-2013, 11:52 AM
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Ooh Bethberry, my sister was making maple...
Ooh Bethberry, my sister was making maple oldfashioneds with your syrup. I bet one of those would help the cold... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-21-2007, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 782
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In the Carpenter biography htere is something...
In the Carpenter biography htere is something about him handing shopkeepers his false teeth when they put their hand out for money.... :D |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-20-2007, 11:44 AM
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Oh I would need something more substantial than...
Oh I would need something more substantial than Haldir's flet to stop me having a very Sam-like vertiginous feelings ... so not quite the Alnwick Castle type thing but certainly a house in a tree... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-20-2007, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 782
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Hmm this may be characteristically inconsistent...
Hmm this may be characteristically inconsistent but while I loathed the Bend houses and similarly mock tudor, mock georgian developments in the UK reproduction furniture etc - I love antiques but I... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-19-2007, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 782
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The world would be a duller place without such...
The world would be a duller place without such things .... My grief for the tsars is controllable but I am not sorry that Faberge eggs exist, or cathedrals for that matter ...... My tastes are... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-19-2007, 01:25 PM
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Mithalwen
Chacun a son flue....
Well it seems to have been done in the spirit of hommage ....as are the mockeries of Tolkien's world that I indulge in when I RPG ..... :rolleyes: And it is far superior to just about all... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-19-2007, 07:27 AM
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Mithalwen
Actually ... apart from the gingery wood which I...
Actually ... apart from the gingery wood which I am phobic about, I rather like this one .... it looks rather like Tolkien's own pictures and there is an ancient tradition or reusing stone from... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-26-2006, 08:14 AM
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A "peculiar" is usually a church as in a "Royal...
A "peculiar" is usually a church as in a "Royal Peculiar" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Peculiar) which are under the authority of the crown rather than the diocese in which they lie ... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-25-2006, 02:56 PM
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Mithalwen
That makes sense then ... also the prices ......
That makes sense then ... also the prices ... scotches my impression that property prices were much cheaper in the States.... It does remind me of the story (and it may be apocryphal and I know... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-25-2006, 02:44 PM
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Mithalwen
I have to say, and I do realise that I am lucky...
I have to say, and I do realise that I am lucky in that I live where I can see if not live in the real thing, that I think this is just hideous and twee. It would be like living on a film set or in... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-05-2006, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Indeed, but you have to let people make their own...
Indeed, but you have to let people make their own decisions and cope withthe consequences .. & try not to say "I told you so" ... I am sure he will be ok ... but I just find it a sad state of affairs... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-05-2006, 10:49 AM
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Mithalwen
Sorry, Hilde it is a bit specialised, PPE is an...
Sorry, Hilde it is a bit specialised, PPE is an acronym for "Politics, Philosophy and Economics" which is degree programme run by a few notable universities here (Oxford, LSE - (London School of... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-04-2006, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Hooray Noggin has joined the ranks of the old...
Hooray Noggin has joined the ranks of the old fogeys :D Well the UK system is not getting better... I feel increasingly privileged to have received 5 years of HE almost for free - having caught... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-21-2006, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
The Australian parliament is grass-roofed too -...
The Australian parliament is grass-roofed too - but perhaps closer to Tellytubby land than Bag-end. I am celtic-pale and can't sunbathe but I love the light and heat since it casts out SAD...... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-19-2006, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Due shortly ... I love the summer but the garden...
Due shortly ... I love the summer but the garden is a dust bowl ..not natural for England!!! |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-13-2006, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Although I am not always great with heights, I...
Although I am not always great with heights, I still like the idea of a flet - I might need more than a woven screen to feel comfortable ... but if one had the money (and in my case a more... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
04-12-2006, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
I aspire to being a decent gardener but I know...
I aspire to being a decent gardener but I know that quilting is beyond me. When I was at school the needlework teacher said my patchwork was the worst she had ever seen. Her other subject was... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
04-09-2006, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 782
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It does depend on how recently the foliage was...
It does depend on how recently the foliage was culled. If you let it dry it won't smoke so badly. The stuff I was tempted to burn was cut in the autumn. and since it won't compost or chip I feel... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
04-09-2006, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Having raked up a lot of dead stuff I was tempted...
Having raked up a lot of dead stuff I was tempted to burn it in the incinerator but I decided it was too antisocial and incompatible with the laundry hanging on the outside line. It also isn't very... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
04-02-2006, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 782
Views: 186,965
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Mithalwen
We moved to BST a week ago and the unusual chill...
We moved to BST a week ago and the unusual chill of the end of March has given way to traditional April weather - sunshine and showers but enough extra light to mean a lot of the week-end has been... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-18-2005, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
http://www.thisisdorset.net/dorset/archive/2001/05...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/dorset/archive/2001/05/19/BOURN_NEWS_FEATURES12ZM.html |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-18-2005, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Oh yes.. I spend my life writing to the...
Oh yes.. I spend my life writing to the council...... The Branksome house is the "Bournemouth" one (though technically it is in Poole). It could not be more unremarkable. A bungalow (IE all on... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-18-2005, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 782
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Mithalwen
Just as a post script to my visit to the environs...
Just as a post script to my visit to the environs of Tolkiens home in Branksome... it has views over to the Isle of Wight ( the diamond shaped island of the central south coast of England) which... |
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