Category: historic gems
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Sea shanties, seaweed beer and maritime tales of old
History walking tours that are fun, a bit cheeky, sociable and contain fascinating facts delivered by aberdabbadoo. This season, I have been showered with positive comments. I am indebted to those who have left reviews that have left me really humbled. Big… thank you. I would like to share these reviews as I finish the…
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Mosaics and bathrooms; it’s a long tradition – shall we ablute?
Image above from my mosaic scout, Sally Pierse Who’d love this in their bathroom? Perhaps not in a shop window, but its looks a great place to relax. So now I am on the hunt for a Victorian roll top bath! The Romans were very keen to add mosaic floors to their bathrooms. They called…
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Past Presences- a new walk is being launched
What is this walk about? We will look at the figurative sculpture around the town, consider their influences, how sculptures are made, the problem-solving needed to create commissions, why sculptures are vandalised and the contentious issue of putting sculptures on pedestals. The walk will be delivered in Aberystwyth and will last just over 1hr 40min…
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Liverpool – so much more than the Beatles.
A walk around the streets of central Liverpool is a true delight for a fan of mosaics. The building boom that created the wide streets and monumental buildings from the 1880s to the early 1900’s was the window when mosaic threshold pieces were at their most fashionable. There were pattern books created so that owners…
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