tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7607462301403542636..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: MY GRANDMOTHER'S BALLROOM BY ESSIE FOXMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21779531313559707112011-09-25T22:52:04.832+01:002011-09-25T22:52:04.832+01:00I only have one word to say about this post and th...I only have one word to say about this post and that's WOWSERS!! Can't wait to read your book, Essie.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48629526485650432622011-09-24T19:53:01.774+01:002011-09-24T19:53:01.774+01:00Oh - thank you, Kimberly!Oh - thank you, Kimberly!Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15023611932480873642011-09-24T19:41:19.350+01:002011-09-24T19:41:19.350+01:00This is such a wonderful and heartwarming post. Th...This is such a wonderful and heartwarming post. Thank you Essie Fox for sharing such lovely family memories whose influences I can see in 'The Somnambulist' which I am currently reading and enjoying very much!Kimberly Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86772590362060197092011-09-24T19:23:03.923+01:002011-09-24T19:23:03.923+01:00Thank you!
It is fascinating isn't it, Emma. ...Thank you!<br /><br />It is fascinating isn't it, Emma. I remember the ballroom so vividly when it was crumbling and dusty - which is perhaps why visiting Wilton's music hall caught my imagination. It felt strangely 'familiar' in a way that a perfectly restored structure might not. That ballroom really was a huge inspiration - as was my lovely grandmother.Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29243285242121665902011-09-24T15:51:26.967+01:002011-09-24T15:51:26.967+01:00Lovely reflection on time and space.Lovely reflection on time and space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58147570019204177172011-09-24T13:21:18.459+01:002011-09-24T13:21:18.459+01:00Well that explains how YOU became a writer, doesn&...Well that explains how YOU became a writer, doesn't it! What a wonderful - and wonderfully off-beat - place to know so well. <br /><br />You can just imagine the ball at Meryton, in Pride and Prejudice, going on there, can't you, even if if this one is a built a bit later.<br /><br />I'm fascinated by how contingent and pragmatic historical processes are - how a ballroom does become a showroom for agricultural machinery, how the King's banqueting hall at Eltham becomes a farmhouse and then a barn, and then a "country" house for the film actors of the 1920s, and now a wedding venue...Emma Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187679025319051708noreply@blogger.com