tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648435619736920024.post4525535236259633333..comments2023-12-30T21:36:06.425+00:00Comments on Put up with rain: Strange Day at Strangers' HallPut Up With Rainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293737831040832903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648435619736920024.post-31922341948284783492014-04-19T10:47:37.767+01:002014-04-19T10:47:37.767+01:00Me and my worse half have a running joke about NT ...Me and my worse half have a running joke about NT as I once saw the sticker in someone's car window and made the Freudian Slip of referring to it as the National Front. Now I have to remember not to go round telling people that we are signed up member of the National Front...I will have to test your theory about hello-ing strangers from now on...Samhttp://www.andthenthefunbegan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648435619736920024.post-4082582269906179072014-04-19T09:42:50.855+01:002014-04-19T09:42:50.855+01:00It's called Stranger's Hall because it was...It's called Stranger's Hall because it was home to Dutch weavers fleeing persecution - http://www.norwichtextiles.org.uk/history/manufacture_trade-economy/the-workforce/the-strangers - it's a brilliant name (very Norfolk)! <br /><br />And now you're members of the NT, it's mandatory to say hello to strangers you meet when on NT land. If they don't say hello back, they're not National Trust members ;-)Put Up With Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02293737831040832903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648435619736920024.post-12108606335013761422014-04-18T21:40:25.279+01:002014-04-18T21:40:25.279+01:00Ah! I'm so glad you managed to turn it around ...Ah! I'm so glad you managed to turn it around (or Stranger's Hall did - what a great name for a house!). I spent some time telling my two to come out of the flower beds at Hampton Court the other day... We are now bona fide members of the middle classes though as bought our National Trust membership today! I should probably start listening to classical music and Radio 4 now...Samhttp://www.andthenthefunbegan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com