tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10478661.post4741131178301305657..comments2023-09-22T07:39:06.593-01:00Comments on Te Haerenga: Nuffield Place - 22 June 2008Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266563412769631033noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10478661.post-79014505945555152072008-07-04T10:46:00.000-01:002008-07-04T10:46:00.000-01:00Hello Murray, it's a pity you weren't able to visi...Hello Murray, it's a pity you weren't able to visit Taplow Court this coming Sunday 6th July as we're holding an Open Day in which the house is open to members of the public from 2 pm until 5.30 p.m with cream teas served in the canteen which has been converted from England's first squash court from 3 p.m.!<BR/><BR/>I know this because peculiarly or not I've been practising Nichiren Buddhism as a member of SGI-UK for the past 3 years and as a volunteer have responsibility for ensuring that the facilities grounds are safe and secure for visitors - so you can guess what my plans are for Sunday! <BR/><BR/>It would be great if you could drop by for either of the upcoming Open Days in 2008 which are held on August 3rd and National Heritage Day September 14.<BR/><BR/>There's a lot of history to discover within the house and its grounds including the burial mound of Saxon King Tappa, a famous early christian baptism pond and a cypresses planted by Winston Churchill in 1938 during the gathering storm of the pre-war years. Ironically the 'Cliveden Set' of those favouring appeasement with Nazi Germany led by Times proprietors the Astors were just up the road. <BR/><BR/>And a later Lady Astor and Mrs John Profumo were on the committee of DGAA during the 1960s so it's a very circular historical current we're standing in!jonathan werranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797721568388969779noreply@blogger.com