This makes me feel so nostalgic - it was one of the places we used to take the kids when they were tiny - the gardens were all free then.
I think there are still grace and favour residents there - it's ojne heck of a big place. The fire there in the 80s was caused by one, an old dear who refused to use electricity, had only candles to light her home and knocked some over. She died in the blaze, poor old thing. Tragically the Chief Fire Officer killed himself a week or so later because he felt he had failed to protect the Palace. His daughter was in my class at the time. :-(
I love the effect you get when you walk from the Tudor bit through into Wren's Fountain Court - stepping a century and a half forward in time.
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I think there are still grace and favour residents there - it's ojne heck of a big place. The fire there in the 80s was caused by one, an old dear who refused to use electricity, had only candles to light her home and knocked some over. She died in the blaze, poor old thing. Tragically the Chief Fire Officer killed himself a week or so later because he felt he had failed to protect the Palace. His daughter was in my class at the time. :-(
I love the effect you get when you walk from the Tudor bit through into Wren's Fountain Court - stepping a century and a half forward in time.
Did you see the Vine? And the Mantegnas?
I'll stop rambling now.