Karen Mary Thorp

RSN Diploma Graduate, Embroiderer, Crafter, AFOL. Loves nature, architecture, history & teddy bears

[Karen Mary Thorp @kmt157]

Happy New Year everyone!

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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas; hoping you are having the best day you can!

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@stalbansmuseums @LBFlyawayhome Such a fabulous exhibition! So great I actually visited it twice, once on the opening day and then again last weekend.

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@LBFlyawayhome Such a fabulous exhibition; I had to visit it twice, once on the opening day, & then again last weekend. The highlight for me was that I actually got to speak to you, Helen, about the earliest LB Cinderella and my Eric Winter inspired Cinderella embroidery

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@LBFlyawayhome What a glorious image!

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@CustodianEnsto1 What a retro looking roundel!

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@LBFlyawayhome Although I don’t really remember drinking the milk, I loved it because I was a milk monitor; it was my job to put the name labels on all the bottles of milk and make sure the tub of straws was full

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Happy Easter everyone!

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@Matt_Pinner If I can only pick one, it would have to be a handmade ice cream from #Rossis Ice Cream Parlour in Weymouth; best ice cream ever!!!

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@CustodianEnsto1 Is that the fish n chip restaurant just by Richmond Green?

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@nt_scones …and to go as well

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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

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I just love Matt’s watercolours, they are so beautiful. If you would like a copy of his book, contact details are in his post

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#NeverForget

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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@AllchurchMatt @Blissettsltd Very exciting! Where will your book be available to buy Matt?

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@LBFlyawayhome Oh no!

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While out shopping at the weekend we spotted this ‘blue plaque’; anyone know where ‘here’ is?
@CustodianEnsto1?

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@LBFlyawayhome My favourite Ladybird book of all time, because of the 3 balls Cindy attended and her 3 dresses. It even inspired a piece of embroidery I created a few years ago

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@YesterdayTweets @ltmuseum @siddyholloway @ChrisNixEsq Kings Cross St Pancras!

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Can’t wait to see this fabulous house open again after undergoing a five-year restoration project
@BostonMnrHouse

[Boston Manor House @BostonMnrHouse]

Following our five-year restoration project, we're delighted to announce that Boston Manor House will reopen to the public on Friday 7 July 🏡 🗝️ Thank you to our major supporters & funders @LBofHounslow, @HeritageFundUK, the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund & @HistoricEngland!