tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post1141154142910584352..comments2024-03-28T09:03:51.952-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: Historic Rugby - Christ Church EpiscopalVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-59661368795704954272012-07-26T20:35:46.366-04:002012-07-26T20:35:46.366-04:00Excellent, Vicki. I loved what you did with the ph...Excellent, Vicki. I loved what you did with the photos. JimWayfarin' Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806995797136803377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-62925753834675675482012-07-25T03:57:13.670-04:002012-07-25T03:57:13.670-04:00Very interesting post.Very interesting post.Miss_Yveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558587966129386283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-39381219951538048912012-07-24T22:56:12.870-04:002012-07-24T22:56:12.870-04:00I always thought that rule was dumb- you can't...I always thought that rule was dumb- you can't help your birth order! That tree is just fascinating to me.Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-69956080937714596122012-07-24T21:27:00.056-04:002012-07-24T21:27:00.056-04:00Wow, what an interesting history! I'm so glad ...Wow, what an interesting history! I'm so glad that Rugby has been preserved. Wonderful pictures--I especially love the tree bark.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575140898505901920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-18171598748743399592012-07-24T12:42:32.624-04:002012-07-24T12:42:32.624-04:00Wonderful post. Lovely trees and architecture. I...Wonderful post. Lovely trees and architecture. I especially liked the history of Rugby, a place I have never been.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-5964091686326343942012-07-24T12:39:09.273-04:002012-07-24T12:39:09.273-04:00Re that big tree. I was told it is an arborvitae -...Re that big tree. I was told it is an arborvitae -- more usually seen as a landscaping shrub. It must have been there from the beginning of the colony.<br /><br />I have to agree with Star -- talk about culture shock!<br /><br />Re women, Jean -- I expect that the mindset of the time was that if you took care of the men, the men would take care of the women. Of course that wasn't necessarily true -- then or now.<br /><br />As Anonymous said -- they probably owed a lot to the local farmers. Like the earliest colonists in New England were saved from starvation by the Native Americans. And just as our neighbors taught us about farming. Idealism and books can only take one so far...Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-61224279677391901222012-07-24T12:28:33.837-04:002012-07-24T12:28:33.837-04:00lovely! interesting! and nice pictures!
JJRod'...lovely! interesting! and nice pictures!<br /><br />JJRod'zJJ Roa Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501127870785148555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-43093231927299564952012-07-24T11:44:10.635-04:002012-07-24T11:44:10.635-04:00This post brings back a lot of memories.I grew up ...This post brings back a lot of memories.I grew up just a few miles to the west of Rugby and remember going on Sunday drives with my folks (probably mid 60's) and seeing all the buildings in the not so wonderful state that they are in now , a real frozen in time moment. My best friend in high school was married in the church. My dad tells me that the group probably would have starved if not for the help of the local farmers. Thanks for the memory jogging post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-10136455830538007202012-07-24T08:52:10.971-04:002012-07-24T08:52:10.971-04:00Vicki, thank you for introducing me to Historic Ru...Vicki, thank you for introducing me to Historic Rugby. I wonder how it is that I have not read of this place before now. (Maybe because it was not in Virginia...that is a little joke.)<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-29910422880519800162012-07-24T08:28:41.621-04:002012-07-24T08:28:41.621-04:00that is a pretty cool bit of the story you have sh...that is a pretty cool bit of the story you have shared already...interesting on how they could go there and learn with out shaming the fam...love the stained glass as well...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-73127672233086949232012-07-24T06:57:06.378-04:002012-07-24T06:57:06.378-04:00Ah, what did they do for women??Ah, what did they do for women??Jean Baardsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05434387984631853462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-52554841198488671042012-07-24T06:56:31.594-04:002012-07-24T06:56:31.594-04:00Fascinating! How wonderful that it has been restor...Fascinating! How wonderful that it has been restored.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-47625489202279813822012-07-24T04:23:17.531-04:002012-07-24T04:23:17.531-04:00That they stayed there as long as they did is a wo...That they stayed there as long as they did is a wonder to me! I can't help but imagine how their day would pan out...who did the work? There were very few servants as far as I could see. People of their class and upbringing would have absolutely no clue about the care of trees, the building of houses, the normal day to day work of cooking, washing clothes, housework etc. Like you said, they probably thought it would be one long game of tennis.<br />I suppose the biggest disappointment would have been the lack of the railway connection to the nearest town, which they were promised, but which never arrived. This caused them to be almost completely cut off. With the heat, which the English would find extremely difficult to deal with, and the bugs!, likewise and their lack of knowledge in practical things, life must have been such a struggle.<br />I think their biggest achievement was the library, which was and is beautiful with so many of the original books still intact.<br />Hats off to the Irish and Dutch members of the part, who must have done most of the work.<br />Rugby is such a beautiful place. I just love it and wish, wish wish I could have come along to hear you talk there.<br />I shall be in Tennessee from Sept. 5th to October 16th. Are you doing any talks during that time?Stella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-3134251488483726972012-07-24T02:37:58.590-04:002012-07-24T02:37:58.590-04:00Quite an interesting piece of history! So well doc...Quite an interesting piece of history! So well documented in images.Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-35826533494438153732012-07-24T02:33:33.652-04:002012-07-24T02:33:33.652-04:00Yes... an endearing idea that left behind some bea...Yes... an endearing idea that left behind some beautiful buildings and... Thank you for the story and photos! I always felt sorry for those younger sons too.Callie Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379683295150396693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-13378370156727269172012-07-24T02:22:33.952-04:002012-07-24T02:22:33.952-04:00Very interesting piece, Vicki. Rugby is certainly ...Very interesting piece, Vicki. Rugby is certainly a place to be proud of.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-1775145642734742642012-07-24T00:52:49.758-04:002012-07-24T00:52:49.758-04:00Beautiful stained glass. Don't you wish the t...Beautiful stained glass. Don't you wish the trees could talk, they'd sure have a story to tell.Ms. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263882972749791087noreply@blogger.com