Anne Boleyn Experience 2010 - Page 4

Xanthe · Mar 19th, 2010, 16:26 PM

I loved working there - it was only for around 6 months during my year off before university....it was (cough, cough), 1990 and things were very primitive then so I am afraid I have no photos! LOL!

I worked in the souvenier & ticket shops and so you got to be at a different place all over the Tower each day.

Saw what I can only explain was the ghost of a very tall, bearded gentleman there too.................

It was a wonderful Summer there, hot and a good laugh. I always say 1990 was the best year of my life.

**Chris77** · Mar 19th, 2010, 16:48 PM

Ohh a ghostly experience! So cool!

TennisGal · Mar 19th, 2010, 17:09 PM

A ghost!! What was he wearing? Tudor clothing? Or earlier/later?

Midnight_Fairy · Mar 19th, 2010, 18:41 PM

Im going to get the books suggested in this thread

**Chris77** · Mar 19th, 2010, 19:41 PM

If only they knew back then that a baby's sex was determined by the male...not the female!!

Emzy...the books written by Joanne Denny, Alison Weir and Eric Ives about Anne Boleyn, and the Tudors in general are excellent reads!

TennisGal · Mar 20th, 2010, 05:10 AM

Oh yes, and I'd recommend anything by Antonia Fraser (although I disagree with some of what she says, she writes very well - and I'm just an armchair historian, lol) and David Starkey. Robert Hutchinson has also written a brilliant book on Thomas Cromwell, which is well worth reading.

Also, Derek Wilso has a book called 'In the Lion's Court' about Wolsey, More, Cromwell, Cranmer and Wriothesley. Excellent read!

Nic1107 · Mar 20th, 2010, 05:49 AM

I love this thread! I've been forming a bit of a Tudor obsession myself over the last few years.

I would LOVE to do the Anne Boleyn Experience; I've made my husband promise he'll take me to England some day. He thinks I'm crazy because I love history and he finds it boring.

I've recently read about Elizabeth Woodville and found her fascinating as well.

TennisGal · Mar 20th, 2010, 06:24 AM

I love Elizabeth Woodville - fascinating woman. I wish there was more to read on Richard IIIs wife, Anne Neville, but in historical terms...she's still something of an enigma!

Warwick Castle is another fannnnntastic place to visit, ladies, when you come over.

**Chris77** · Mar 20th, 2010, 07:17 AM

Oh yeah....I forgot about Warwick Castle. I also want to visit Sudely and Leeds Castle. Such a shame that Whitehall and Nonsuch Palace are no longer in existence.

TennisGal · Mar 20th, 2010, 08:53 AM

Sudeley and Leeds are lovely - Windsor, too - they have HVIII armour on display and that man had SOME waistline!

Mar 19th, 2010, 16:26 PM	#31
Xanthe Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England Posts: 368	I loved working there - it was only for around 6 months during my year off before university....it was (cough, cough), 1990 and things were very primitive then so I am afraid I have no photos! LOL! I worked in the souvenier & ticket shops and so you got to be at a different place all over the Tower each day. Saw what I can only explain was the ghost of a very tall, bearded gentleman there too................. It was a wonderful Summer there, hot and a good laugh. I always say 1990 was the best year of my life.

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Chris77 Trying to conceive (TTC) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York, USA Posts: 40,545	Ohh a ghostly experience! So cool!
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TennisGal Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 5,060	A ghost!! What was he wearing? Tudor clothing? Or earlier/later?

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Chris77 Trying to conceive (TTC) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York, USA Posts: 40,545	If only they knew back then that a baby's sex was determined by the male...not the female!! Emzy...the books written by Joanne Denny, Alison Weir and Eric Ives about Anne Boleyn, and the Tudors in general are excellent reads!
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Mar 20th, 2010, 05:10 AM	#36
TennisGal Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 5,060	Oh yes, and I'd recommend anything by Antonia Fraser (although I disagree with some of what she says, she writes very well - and I'm just an armchair historian, lol) and David Starkey. Robert Hutchinson has also written a brilliant book on Thomas Cromwell, which is well worth reading. Also, Derek Wilso has a book called 'In the Lion's Court' about Wolsey, More, Cromwell, Cranmer and Wriothesley. Excellent read!

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Nic1107 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 4,300	I love this thread! I've been forming a bit of a Tudor obsession myself over the last few years. I would LOVE to do the Anne Boleyn Experience; I've made my husband promise he'll take me to England some day. He thinks I'm crazy because I love history and he finds it boring. I've recently read about Elizabeth Woodville and found her fascinating as well.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 06:24 AM	#38
TennisGal Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 5,060	I love Elizabeth Woodville - fascinating woman. I wish there was more to read on Richard IIIs wife, Anne Neville, but in historical terms...she's still something of an enigma! Warwick Castle is another fannnnntastic place to visit, ladies, when you come over.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 07:17 AM	#39
Chris77 Trying to conceive (TTC) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York, USA Posts: 40,545	Oh yeah....I forgot about Warwick Castle. I also want to visit Sudely and Leeds Castle. Such a shame that Whitehall and Nonsuch Palace are no longer in existence.
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Mar 20th, 2010, 08:53 AM	#40
TennisGal Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 5,060	Sudeley and Leeds are lovely - Windsor, too - they have HVIII armour on display and that man had SOME waistline!

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