Comments on: Stratton’s Folly, Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/strattons-folly-little-berkhamsted-hertfordshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/strattons-folly-little-berkhamsted-hertfordshire/#comment-15504 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:48:30 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12613#comment-15504 In reply to Editor.

MORNING, (LABOR DAY WEEKED -USA)
AS IT HAPPENS, I ALONG WITH MY PARTNER – SHELDON, LIVE IN A NYC ‘TOWNHOUSE’ …
THAT PRIOR TO WW II – WAS A SINGULAR FAMILY DWELLING; NOW HOUSES TEN APTS.
WE HAVE THE STUDIO, FORMERLY THE LIBRARY. WHEN PRIVATE, THE OWNER WAS A CLOSE FRIEND & NEIGHBOR OF: PRES. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. BOTH SHARED A PASSION FOR SHIP MODELS. IN THE FORMER LIBRARY, NOW OUR APT.- BOTH MEN SPENT HOURS
SHARING STORIES AND GOOD SCOTCH. OH TO HAVE BEEN: ‘A FLY ON THOSE WALLS.’ YOUR ‘HISTORY’ – TID-BITS, TO YOUR STRUCTURES, IS ALWAYS AN ENRICHING GIFT.
MANY THANKS,
TOM

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/strattons-folly-little-berkhamsted-hertfordshire/#comment-15503 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:47:52 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12613#comment-15503 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

Good morning Tom. The watercolours are beautiful, I was so pleased to find them all. And of course it is always fun to tell the quirkier tales associated with follies!

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/strattons-folly-little-berkhamsted-hertfordshire/#comment-15498 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:38:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=12613#comment-15498 GREETINGS,
YOUR LATEST OFFERING WAS TRULY GREAT; ON SEVERAL LEVELS.
THE STATS, – THE PICTURES, BUT … THAT ONE LAST COMMENT, RE. ‘SIR’ IAN,
AND HIS – ‘AU NATURAL’ OUTDOOR …’ EXPOSURE’ – WAS JUST THE PERFECT ENDING.
HAVING IN MY FAMILY BLOOD LINE: ENGLISH, SCOT AND IRISH FOREBEARS – PERHAPS
THAT IS WHY I AM SO FOND OF THESE STRUCTURES, AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
MANY THANKS.
TOM

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