Pics From Rochester and St.Leonard's

[jazzy_dave]

Some pics taken recently, two in Rochester and two in St.Leonard's on Sea.



I wonder if this shop was once owned by the Charmed Ones.



Rochester High Street on Sunday. I passed the Eagle pub and they had a jazz band playing in there. They do this every Sunday.



St. Leonard's main shopping area.

Comments

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. Mr. Smee has the same type of spinal problem and on the photo he has no terribly visible hunchback which is formed in such cases by bulging out shoulder blade. If there is king Richard's cuirass survived until now, one can estimate how big the hunchback of the owner was.
Anyway, William Shakespeare had written his piece using some lie and slander that John Morton spread out about king Richard, so there is some poetical exaggeration.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Just a bit!

As a historian, I'm always aware of and suspicious of contemporary propaganda, especially as I study civil war, revolution and rebellion as a specialism.

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

History is written by winners.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Hence e the idea of alternative histories from other voices.

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

Alternative history is a bit discredited term connected mainly with some fantastic theories without any facts or basis.

One cannot exclude history from politics it will always be used to serve current political interests so one shall wait till only history remains.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

So they say- it's a historian's job to unpick what gets said. :o)

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

So everybody says. By simple logic people who betrayed their king tried to capture and imprison him and invited a foreign army to invade their country by promising a foreign prince a throne are usually called traitors. Does anyone ever call baron d'Aubigny or William Marshal traitors? No, they are heroes, so it was, so it will ever be.

Well, I've heard that resigned king Edward VIII had in planes to cancel Magna Carta and dismiss parliament but I guess it was rather wishful thinking from his side than planes.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Earl William managed to die in his bed- quite an achievement for someone of that sort!

By the time Edward had any power, there were only three clauses of Magan Carta left on the statute book anyway so I don't think anyone would have noticed.........

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

Yes, to die in own bed by natural causes was rare those times for warriors. Speaking about this, what is more amazing that is mother of king John who managed to defend her castle against her grandson's army at the age of 80.

For king Edward it would be rather symbolic revenge.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Just so.