Yearly Archives: 2015

A Very Royal Connection

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Fantastic evening at Chislehurst Golf Club – Charity Event with Music floating from the Terrace and cascading down to the 1st Tee!

 

Napoleon III was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and, for a brief period he tried to re-build his uncle’s empire.  This included overturning the French Republic. However, his plans were thwarted by defeat in the Franco-Prussian war, which saw him exiled to London.  Settling with his wife Eugenie at Camden Palace in Chislehurst.

Sir Winston Churchill Chartwell, Westerham, Kent

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A delightful summer’s soiree in the grounds of  Sir Winston Churchill’s country home, Chartwell,  Westerham, Kent.

If you have not visited this idyllic English countryside – you are missing one of the gems of the National Trust’s vast collection of homes.

Go and see before summer is over!

 

Gin Drinking Gloves

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These bespoke gloves feature imagery based on gin botanicals and Hogarth’s Gin Lane etching, showing the unfortunate fate of the street babies.

The handmade gloves with metal work embroidery, are inspired by the Fanshaw Dress on view at the Museum of London.

Ann Fanshaw, wore a magnificent dress of Spitalfields silk to a ball celebrating her father becoming Lord Mayor.

Her father, Crisp Gascoyne, was a master brewer based in the City of London, whose trade is reflected in the weave of the fabric which features bales, anchors, barley and hops.