Thread Topic: First Visit
Topic Originator: Maureen OConnell
Post Date September 5, 2005 @ 9:34 AM |
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| Maureen OConnell |
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After years of thinking my g-grandfather was from Grantham, I learned that he was actually born and raised in Stamford. Naturally this meant I had to visit. I've known from watching Middlemarch what a lovely town it was, but in reality, it's more beautiful in real life. Sometimes walking down the narrow lanes I felt taken back in time to another era. I went searching for houses where my relatives lived. Of course the numbers have changed. I didn't have enough time to check local records and find out which house could have been that of my relatives. It was enough to let my imagination run wild. I wanted to go into St George's Church but it was closed. I was also delighted to find out how quaint St Martin Stamford Baron was as well. My g-grandmother's family came from there. What a lovely part of England to call part of my heritage. I can't wait to go back again and check out addresses I have and find the exact location. I also must mention the people who assisted me in my endeavors from the Town Hall. What wonderful and helpful people they are.
Ed: Thanks for that Maureen. You will be able to see it all again in Pride & Prejudice. I understand the photography is stunning and much of it filmed in St. George's Square which is where the photograph was taken of the soldiers. A special film set was built and we all enjoyed watching the filming. A butcher's shop was built and bags of bones and large carcasses of meat were strewn about, also geese and fowl hanging as they would have done then.
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