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Jenna Loder during Draw 3 action at the 2012 Capital One Canada Cup (Photo: CCA/Michael Burns Photography)
British postcard by Real Photograph in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. 419c. Photo: Gaumont-British.
Tall and handsome John Loder (1898-1988) was best known for wearing tweeds and smoking a pipe in his roles. The British-American actor started his film career as an extra in the German silent cinema, and later worked as a leading man both in Great Britain and in Hollywood.
Anglesey Abbey
Lode, Cambridgeshire
National Trust
Rose garden
David
Bronze, Italian (Florentine) School, after Donatello (Florence c.1386 – 1466), probably 19th century.
David only wearing a helmet, has been described as the first nude of the Renaissance. He is triumphantly standing, hand on hip, with the head of Goliath under his foot and holding the dead giant’s massive sword.
Goliath was a Philistine hero who, according to the biblical story in I Samuel 17 was nine feet tall. He challenged the Israelites saying that their best warrior should fight him and if he won, the Israelites would be his slaves, but if he lost, the Philistines would be enslaved. Goliath issued his challenge for forty days but no one was brave enough to meet him in single combat until the young shepherd, David, came forward without armour or sword. He killed Goliath using a stone and a sling and cut off his head with Goliath’s own sword.
Anglesey Abbey is a country house, formerly a priory, in the village of Lode, 5 ½ miles (8.8 km) northeast of Cambridge, England. The house and its grounds are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public as part of the Anglesey Abbey, Garden & Lode Mill property, although some parts remain the private home of the Fairhaven family.
The 98 acres (400,000 m²) of landscaped grounds are divided into a number of walks and gardens, with classical statuary, topiary and flowerbeds. The grounds were laid out in an 18th-century style by the estate's last private owner, the 1st Baron Fairhaven, in the 1930s. A large pool, the Quarry Pool, is believed to be the site of a prehistoric coprolite mine. Lode Water Mill, dating from the 18th century was restored to working condition in 1982 and now sells flour to visitors.
The 1st Lord Fairhaven also improved the house and decorated its interior with a valuable collection of furniture, pictures and objets d'art.
The extensive landscaped gardens are popular with visitors throughout the year. The most visited areas include the rose garden and the dahlia garden, which contain many dozens of varieties. Out of season the spring garden and winter dell are famed nationally, particularly in February when the snowdrops first appear. The lawns of the South Park are mown less frequently and this allows the many wildflowers to flower and set seed. Over 50 species of wildflower have been recorded, including Bee Orchid, Twayblade, Pyramidal Orchid and Common spotted orchid. In mid-summer, there are large numbers of butterflies such as Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Skippers and Marbled Whites.
Fotograaf Lode Greven stelt de signeersessie van zijn boek Plattelanders nog even uit vanwege een verfrissend herfstbuitje.
Foto: Caroline Berkhof
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Bishop John Hooper's Moument. He was Bishop of Gloucester and burned at the stake on this very spot in 1555 for being 'too Protestant'. Mary Tudor (Mary Ist and daughter of Henry the 8th and Catherine of Aragon) exacted many such executions on those such as Hooper who would not recant and go back to Catholic ways. She thus earned herself the title of 'bloody Mary'