The only thing that I recall about Bayeux was the cast iron men's toilet, in the middle of the road ! Oh yes! The horse meat that I managed to scrounge there, cooked in butter with spring onions in the bottom of my foxhole. bloody scrumptious Sapper
Za Many thanks for giving this thread a bump. I'd completely forgotten about the Bayeux Tapestry The tombstone's not bad also Ron
Hurraaaaaaah! I thought this meme was dead! Here it is in all it's glory http://bayeux.datensalat.net/ Thank you, thank you, thank you, Diane !
Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in UK Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in Britain I didn't know there was a replica in Reading. Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
Yes, the Victorian sanitised one where the male danglies are covered with boxer shorts..... Look forward to it coming "home" as it should have a label on the back "Made in Canterbury" - Edward the Confessor has a burial before he dies - reputedly as the section was taken to his widow to approve the design, by which time they'd completed the West Minster Abbey scene (called the West Minster as there is an East Minster - where? - St Paul's!) and picked up the next panel on the top, which was the funeral procession, then Ooops! back comes the approved design for Edward on his death bed, so they had to put it in after the funeral..... Thought to have been commissioned by Odo, William's half brother for his lodgings in Canterbury, then confiscated when Odo upset William and only returned to Odo much later, by which time Bayeux cathedral was consecrated and displayed there, where hopefully William couldn't get it so easily, if Odo caused any more problems.
When I first read that the Bayeux Tapestries were scheduled to be shown in England I let out a silent whoop of joy because I believe I have now been given the proverbial "Second bite of the cherry". Last year I was on a River Cruise starting in Paris and due to visit many places of interest (including Bayeux) when I fell ill, was whipped away to a French clinic and subsequently diagnosed as having cancer. Since then my situation has dramatically improved and it now looks as though I may get to see the tapestries after all ! Whoopie ! Ron
Quite spooky that in 1066 they came over from Normandy and then in 1944 we repaid the compliment. Pevensey Castle not only was built by the Normans, but on the site of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, and then in WW2 pillboxes were built into it- almost 2,000 years of history there. Don't know how long "negotiations" will take, so best think of a visit to Normandy soon, rather than wait for it to come!
