The Leyland Manor Diary

Knitting on the Train

2012-02-04T18:39:00.001Z

Travelling through Switzerland can be a more fascinating trip if you are a knitter or want to become one. This year the Chur - Disentis - Line turns 100 years and they celebrate with a special offer:...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

The Duties of a married Female

2011-12-29T18:59:00.000Z

"If the love of a wife be tempered with a tolerable share of good sense, she will be sure never to have any private views of her own; nor do any thing of consequence, which her husband may...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

The first department store by Aristide Boucicaut

2011-10-30T11:13:00.001Z

In 1838 Aristide Boucicaut started working in the shop 'Bon Marché', took it over in 1848 and managed to open up the first big department store worldwide. He was such a genius that nowadays shopping...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

BUY a Decree by King George III. (1770)

2011-10-28T21:35:00.001+01:00

I found this on ebay looking for a book about King George III.An original decree by HM George III.about military deserters issued in 1770can be boughtHERE until tomorrow 29. Okt. 201110:38:22...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Castle Ostrau in Saxony Anhalt

2011-10-28T21:16:00.002+01:00

The French architect Louis Rémy de la Fosse, who came as a refugee to Germany in 1706, built this castle for Otto Ludwig von Veltheim in 1713. The south wing was completed in 1862. Its last owner,...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Premiere of Open Air Play at Zwinger Dresden

2011-10-21T20:53:00.000+01:00

On November 6th the French-German TV channel arte.tv shows the recording of the Zwinger Open Air play 'The King's Mistress' at 2pm. It tells the story of August the Strong and Countess...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Account Book 1763

2011-10-20T20:42:00.002+01:00

A - Estate Expenses B - Business Charges C - Horses D - Doctors & Surgeons E - Anuual Rents and Wages F - Gardening

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Servant Directory

2011-10-20T20:41:00.000+01:00

Leyland ManorCartwright House, London Mr. Wolstenholme, land steward, 100pounds Mr. Brittles, butler, 55pounds Mr. Topper, butler, 57pounds 10shilling Mrs. Lewis, housekeeper,...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Cash Book 1763

2011-10-20T20:39:00.005+01:00

A - Housekeeping B - Servants C - Furniture D - Clothing E - Pocket Money

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

18th century

2011-10-20T20:34:00.003+01:00

Center InformationThe Leyland Manor Research Center is currently investigating more information on the history of the house and will shortly announce new results about this project. * * *...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

That Home-Town Feeling

2011-10-18T21:31:00.000+01:00

... is one of my favourite short stories by Edna Ferber and is part of her short story collection 'Buttered Side Down'. When sitting on a bench in our courtyard rocking my baby boy's buggy, I ...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Knitting Needles and the Telephone

2011-10-17T21:33:00.000+01:00

On 26th of October, 150 years ago, in 1861, Philipp Reis from Gelnhausen (Hesse, Germany) managed the first telephone connection and the first sentence ever spoken was: 'The horse doesn't eat...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

16th Women Culture Days in Halle Saale, Germany

2011-10-12T21:33:00.000+01:00

Totally ignored by all responsible at the Halle government and offices are the 16th Women Culture Days this October (21st Oct - 6th Nov). The only announcement is given by the Weiberwirtschaft Halle...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

First Reenactment Fair in Germany

2011-10-08T21:35:00.000+01:00

This weekend the first Reenactment Fair is held in Germany, precisely in Minden, Westphalia. Check out this amazing Tour!

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Travelling back to 1761

2011-10-08T21:34:00.000+01:00

"Minden 1761" was the title of a city event of the town of Minden, Westphalia, in August. Visitors were sent back for three days in the year 1761. There, the visitor met nobles and peasants, traders...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Masters of the German Language

2011-10-03T21:35:00.000+01:00

It is the 3rd of October and its Unification Day in Germany. The French-German TV-Channel Arte offers a special schedule today and this afternoon, after we hopefully have survived the Nibelungs,...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

July 8th, 2011

2011-07-18T16:19:00.001+01:00

Yes, it's the correct date, no typing error... I'm happy to announce the birth of my sweet baby boy. Therefore it will take a little time for me to come back to writing or at least to close the...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

August II. the Strong invites you to the Zwinger Festival 2011 in Dresden

2011-06-30T21:37:00.000+01:00

The 1. Zwinger Festival Dresden (from 5th to 21st of August 2011) shows a captivating love story between Barock and present time. The modern play 'Mistress of the King' is held as Open-Air-Theatre...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

3rd Dresdner Schlössernacht on 16th July

2011-06-30T21:36:00.000+01:00

On July 16th the parks of Castle Albrechtsberg, Eckberg Castle and Castle Lingner transform for the third time in a sprawling landscape and invite you to the Dresdner Schlössernacht. On the...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

300 years of China fabrication

2011-06-03T20:01:00.000+01:00

The Germans celebrate 300 years of china fabrication with a special stamp, showing August the Strong of Saxony and Poland with Johann Friedrich Böttger, who made china in 1708 for the first time (in...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Industrious Female Behaviour in 18th Century Art

2011-05-25T21:39:00.000+01:00

While browsing paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) I came across this painting showing a Lady making filet lace. In the description it is mentioned as industrious work and it so...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

Prudent Economy in Painting

2011-05-25T21:38:00.000+01:00

Browsing paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby I also stumbled upon two portraits showing the same lady, young and 'older'. Wright painted Elizabeth Copestake (+1790) as a young woman and later when...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

English Republican Ideas and Networks in C17th and C18th Europe

2011-05-21T21:40:00.000+01:00

The English & American Institute of the University of Potsdam, Germany, invites to a Conference on English Republican Ideas and Networks in C17th and C18th Europe in Celebration of...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

New Exhibition opens May 8th: The Power of Saxonian Princes

2011-05-02T20:05:00.000+01:00

A new permanent exhibition opens at the Castle Albrechtsburg at Meißen on May 8th! Under the title of: »Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen. Reach for the top! Architecture, power and porcelain in...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.

To my readers!

2011-03-19T20:58:00.002Z

Venerated readers and subscribers of this blog, I apologize for not posting for a while. My husband had a motorcycle accident and is in hospital for I don't know how long. Therefore I have many...

Dearest Becky, please promise your tonight's attendance at the Lane's ball in Clarges Street. I am afraid HE will make a great scene of asking me to become his wife and I scarcely know how to stay out of his way. My mother literally forces me to go though I pretended to feel vastly unwell. I am now in my room looking down onto the street and it's bustle & wish to take a chair to see my dear cousin.