Oct 31 2024
Stratford-upon-Avon
Photos by Will T Rogers
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Fair skies today in the medieval market town of Shakespeare's birth
Photographer arrives by train
Harvard House, one of the few places where the American flag flies in UK
Garrick Inn, 25 High Street (business dates back to the 1400s)
Even the sidewalks get special attention in Stratford-upon-Avon
St Gregory's Hall, Henley Street
Classic styled push bike
The 500 year old Anne Hathaway Cottage is where Shakespeare courted his bride-to-be
Actually it's a bit more than a "cottage" where 13 generations of the family lived
Narrow passage
Lunch will soon be served
Someone has to clean up
Backyard shed
A nice window from which to greet the morning
One last look
Stratford-upon-Avon also abuts a 25-mile canal of the same name, completed 1816
The canal and the river connect here
Canal boats on connected canals abound all over England
Everyone enjoys the water around Stratford-upon-Avon
Bird sanctuary in canal
Several individuals doing what interests them
Photographer takes a ride
Stratford-upon-Avon has a world famous butterfly farm
On Tramway Walk
Guards farm
Entrance archway to Butterfly Farm
William Shakespeare was born on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564; he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets and two long narrative poems
On Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon
Bard of Avon
Backyard
Bed with bed warmer
Pantry
Ten-sided Toll House (built 1814) to control crossings on the Clopton Bridge, built in 1480
Henley Street jester (fool)
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The American Fountain (donated by George Childs of Philadelphia, 1887) given in respect to William Shakespeare's accomplishments and Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
Bancroft Gardens sculpture: Sir John Falstaff, who appears in three of Shakespeare's plays
Store window display
Shakespeare Express steam engine trip
Shakespeare Express carriages
Is Stratford-upon-Avon Station an active portal between two parallel universes, one a mirror of the other?
If true, you start on the left side and walk facing forward upstairs. Then you walk facing backward downstairs on the right. To return, you walk facing backward upstairs on the right and walk facing forward downstairs on the left.
Imagine what other things go on in the universe on the right side!
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