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Thursday 8 October 2015

Yesterday Rainham Hall opened it's doors to the public.....

.... so we can reveal that our work is inspired by John Harle, who? He is the man who built the Hall, a shipping merchant who came from South Sheilds and chose Rainham because of its position on the Thames and its closeness to London to base his business.

Our work as I said in the previous post is in the Hall and not in the Brew house which is where it will finally hang. Because of the lack of space the full body of work can't be exhibited at the moment, we each have one or two pieces on display. There is a bit of a climb up a narrow staircase to view most of the work and there is a surprise when you get there ( I won't tell you what that is) but if you can't find the work ask a steward and they will tell you where to find it. Two pieces of the work are displayed in fireplaces it's easier to find them. If you've not realised yet this National Trust property isn't your usual NT house, that makes it all the more interesting.

There is a café which serves delicious cakes, sandwiches and the coffee was good too, much better than the Georgian coffee served in the Lloyds coffee room in the hall ( I did sample it, it is explained how the coffee was made during the period) very interesting but I do prefer a cappuccino.

Here are  images taken in the hall yesterday.

Marie

Mary

Beverley

Chris and Helen


Julie

Viv and Jill

Margaret


Miriam

Creative Partner

Georgian Coffee

Waiting to go up to find our work!

Garden

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