tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post6569778967269838119..comments2024-03-28T17:40:31.828+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Yorkshire Holiday 2016: Middleham Castle and MummersLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-62346092732381572202016-08-25T17:51:17.297+02:002016-08-25T17:51:17.297+02:00Thank you! I am looking forward to reading your po...Thank you! I am looking forward to reading your post about Middleham.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-3212258052112240772016-08-25T12:54:23.746+02:002016-08-25T12:54:23.746+02:00I loved Middleham but haven't got round to wri...I loved Middleham but haven't got round to writing it up yet. Great shots - and you were lucky with the Mummers! I think.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-86284101566434519192016-08-25T09:11:12.487+02:002016-08-25T09:11:12.487+02:00As far as I know, they are just as much part of En...As far as I know, they are just as much part of English tradition as Morris dancers.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-86411775709186319412016-08-25T08:56:14.777+02:002016-08-25T08:56:14.777+02:00I don't think I'd ever heard of Mummers be...I don't think I'd ever heard of Mummers before either.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-41596104095063394242016-08-25T07:37:30.432+02:002016-08-25T07:37:30.432+02:00That's quite a lot of connections, Monica!
As ...That's quite a lot of connections, Monica!<br />As for other English towns with a Hornblower tradition, I only know of Ripon. By the way, the Hornblower will come up again in a future post :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61293824642621088722016-08-24T21:01:55.172+02:002016-08-24T21:01:55.172+02:00I was going to say I don't think I ever heard ...I was going to say I don't think I ever heard of Mummers before - and then it hit me that I probably did, but heard it as "mimer" (and can't say now which of those words was actually used). I also know I've been to one English town where they had a Hornblower tradition, but I'm not sure whether it was Ripon or somewhere else. - And as it happens, only last weekend I watched the last part of a British TV series The Hollow Crown based on Shakespeare's plays, and the last part = Richard III...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-56739075834828873182016-08-24T18:33:48.206+02:002016-08-24T18:33:48.206+02:00Aunt J and Uncle B, although both in their 70s, ar...Aunt J and Uncle B, although both in their 70s, are very fit and active, and so interested in everything! It is never boring with them, not one minute, and we are very grateful to them for driving up from South Yorkshire every year just to meet us and take us on such great days out!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-2639128814598561942016-08-24T15:06:18.477+02:002016-08-24T15:06:18.477+02:00Oh my goodness, you have astonishing stamina to do...Oh my goodness, you have astonishing stamina to do so many things in one day. You and Aunt J, too! And now you have something to look forward to for next time, seeing more of Middleham Castle when it's open. I've never seen a photo of Mummers. Good luck to have seen them.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com