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Hadrian’s Wall

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Love’s Philosophy

Love’s Philosophy BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY The fountains mingle with the river    And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever    With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single;    All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle.    Why not I with thine?— See the mountains kiss high heaven    And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be…

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How To Say Goodbye

Now you stand with your back to the noonday sun, an island nation where all the valleys meet, then merge into one. No more the lumbering wheels transmitting power. No more grinding the corn from the London Tower. Quiet is the whine of taxi wheels now low, no more shrills; the fading of the old and the familiar has now slowed. There will be no more voices now. All’s grist that came from that…

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Queen Anne

Queen Anne Bone China Vintage Queen Anne Fine Bone China 19 Piece Tea Set.  This lovely tea set is from Shore and Coggins Ltd. Longton, Stroke-on-Trent, England, produced under the trade name Queen Anne. The backstamp dates to circa 1940’s- 1959 from Ridgway Potteries who were in the same group as Colclough.  Absolutely Lovely Queen Anne Pink and Rose Pattern Bone China Tea set. The cup and…

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Royal Vale Vintage Royal Vale Bone China Complete 24 Piece Tea Set. Vintage Bone China Royal Vale in Harlequin Mint. Includes: 7 Tea Cups, 7 Tea Saucers, 7 Tea Plates and 1 Cake Plate with Creamer and Sugar Bowl. From the Colclough Brand and Ridgeway Factory In Stoke on Trent a rare Tea Set produced by Royal Vale in the late 1950’s to early 1960’s. The colours are in mint pastels, translucent…

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About Roslyn

Roslyn 1913 – 1946 I rescue Vintage English Bone China by reviving these lovelies and by bringing them back to table ready, then I try to find them a new home. Most of the pieces are historical, rare or discontinued. I hope you enjoy. Amazing Roslyn Fine Bone China made in England. Used as coffee or Tea Set. A lovely soft blue and white with gold gilt. A stunning 14 piece set in excellent…

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Alfred Meakin Est. 1900 - 1919

Alfred Meakin Est. 1900 – 1919

I rescue unwanted Vintage English Bone China by reviving them and by bringing them back to table ready. Then I try to find them a new home. Most of the pieces are historical, rare and discontinued. I hope you enjoy. Beautiful Rare Vintage Alfred Meakin Medway Decor Salad Serving Bowl Set. Mint 7 Pcs. No chip, cracks or crazing. Condition is “Used”. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class. The…

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Finlandia & Denmark

Finlandia & Denmark

I rescue Vintage English Bone China by reviving them and by bringing them back to table ready, then try to find them a new home. Most of the pieces are historical, rare and discontinued. I hope you enjoy. Myott Staffordshire English Finlandia/Denmark tea set is for 6 and dinner service for 4. Lovely design with a swirl fluted detail to the rim. Backstamped. Staffordshire pattern is the same in…

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Crown Salisbury

Vintage Salisbury Garden Rose Tea Set Service For 6 Tea set. Fine Bone China from the Shelley Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent in the garden flowers on pale Mint Green. Backstamped and numbered. Pattern number 2063. Very rare.  Salisbury Originating Wild Bros Longton 1904 to 1927. China manufacturer operating at the Edensor and Salisbury Crown China Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent The partners were…

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Paragon Holyrood

Paragon Holyrood Fine bone China Tea Trios includes 15 pieces and features a majestic burgundy and gold border. The teacup is Corinth Shape. English Bone China. No chips, cracks,crazing or Repairs. It was made from 1983 as Paragon, then 1991 to 1996 as Royal Albert. Includes 5 teacups 5 saucers and 5 cake plates. This set has Never been used.  Paragon Holyrood was first introduced in 1987 and…

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Swansea Autumn Autumn begins in Wales and it seems all the world is being smothered by a colorful blanket of leaves. Trees lose their emerald grandiose; this is where their edges turn to brilliance of gold, oranges and reds. Welcome to Autumn in Swansea.

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True North

Swansea Bay (Welsh: Bae Abertawe) We are on the most southern coast of Wales. Where the Tawe river flows through it…Banking west to the bay, and out into the Irish Sea. The Severn Estuary is to the East. And the all the reaches of the Bristol Channel is to the true North.

There have been times when I have felt as if the wind caught my sails and moved me with great energy in a direction that…

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Pelmadulla Chaminda is from the Mountains of Sri Lanka in a village of Pelmadulla in the North. Chaminda took us to his home.

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Fairy Hill

Fairy Hill by Hamilton Hart – digital downloads, framed prints & canvasses, powered by Picfair

Look under the ancient Yew tree. This is an actual photo without any touch up. , digital downloads and prints available from 2.0

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UK citizenship process: Thousands of qualified people can't afford citizenship fees — Quartz

UK citizenship process: Thousands of qualified people can’t afford citizenship fees — Quartz

UK citizenship process: Thousands of qualified people can’t afford citizenship fees — Quartz

The naturalization fees in the UK are some of the most expensive in the world. An adult looking to become a “naturalized” British citizen has to pay $1,807 for their application, a figure that dwarfs the fees in the US ($725), Canada ($505), and Germany ($319).

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Swansea - Gallery Collection and Richard Glynn Vivian's original bequest

Swansea – Gallery Collection and Richard Glynn Vivian’s original bequest

Swansea – Gallery Collection and Richard Glynn Vivian’s original bequest — Read on www.swansea.gov.uk/

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