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The Oxfordshire Museum's 50th Anniversary
Hanisha Sethi was joined on the sofa by part-time curator David Moon of The Oxfordshire Museum. t the museum's history and the upcoming celebrations. The Oxfordshire Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016. David discusses their plans to celebrate the museums history.
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Alchester Project
History in the Making is a project of the Oxfordshire Museum Service and was funded by Arts Council England as part of the Aspire programme
Alchester tombstone project, observing the army Cadets of Woodstock and Elsfield working with memorial sculptor Alec Peever to design a war memorial, celebrating the traditions of Stonemasonry and the techniques originally used by Roman Stonemasons that still exist today. A War memorial will be unveiled on Remembrance Sunday 2013 with the design that was influenced by ideas of the young Cadets.
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The Archaeology Channels new strand Portraits of Humanity. Portraits of Humanity
Portobello Film Festival 2014
Also broadcast as part of the POSTCARDS series a double episode
with Unearthing the Anglo Saxons on the Community Channel
Sudden Death
WW1 Themed Animation.
Made by the students of Heyford Park Free School for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum based in Woodstock, in partnership with OYAP Trust.
Lead Facilitator Adam Childs
Arts awards Advisor Tess Anderson
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over Charlbury
Saturday 14th May 2011 - The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight makes three passes over the Rally Show staged at Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
Nicholas Rankin Introduces Ian Fleming's Commandos
Nicholas Rankin's 'Ian Fleming's Commandos' is a gripping account of 30 Assault Unit, which was set up by the future author of James Bond when he worked in naval intelligence during World War Two. This hush-hush band of never more than 300 men amounted to a private army that was never quite approved of by the top brass. In the interview Nicholas talks about how they came to be formed, what their brief was and discusses some of their greatest successes
James' medal donated to museum
Wallace William James's First World War service medal is donated to the Woodstock Museum National Historic site.
Blenheim Palace (4K)
Blenheim Palace is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and 1722. Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The building of the palace was originally intended to be a reward to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, from a grateful nation for the duke's military triumphs against the French and Bavarians during the War of the Spanish Succession, culminating in the 1704 Battle of Blenheim. Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on 30th November 1874. #BlenheimPalace
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Blenheim Palace is a monumental English country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
It is the principal residence of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace.
The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1722.
Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
The building of the palace was originally intended to be a reward to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, from a grateful nation for the duke's military triumphs against the French and Bavarians during the War of the Spanish Succession, culminating in the 1704 Battle of Blenheim.
However, soon after its construction began, the palace became the subject of political infighting; this led to Marlborough's exile, the fall from power of his duchess, and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh.
Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s.
It is unique in its combined use as a family home, mausoleum and national monument.
The palace is also notable as the birthplace and ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill.
Following the palace's completion, it became the home of the Churchill, later Spencer-Churchill, family for the next 300 years, and various members of the family have wrought changes to the interiors, park and gardens.
At the end of the 19th century, the palace was saved from ruin by funds gained from the 9th Duke of Marlborough's marriage to American railroad heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.
The palace, park, and gardens are open to the public on payment of an entry fee.
Separation of tourist entertainment attractions (the Pleasure Gardens) from the palace ensures that the atmosphere of a large country house is retained.
The palace is linked to the gardens by a miniature railway, the Blenheim Park Railway.
Varied commercial concerns include a maze, adventure playground, mini-train, gift shops, butterfly house, fishing, cafeteria and bottled Blenheim Natural Mineral Water.
Game, farming and property rentals also provide income.
Concerts and festivals are staged in the palace and park.
Day-to-day running of the palace is carried out by Blenheim Visitors Ltd, while the Duke, along with the board of trustees oversee all major aspects concerning the estate.
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It was specifically built as a gift to the 1st Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, the military commander who led the Allied forces in the Battle of Blenheim on 13th August 1704. Following the battle, Marlborough himself received the surrender from Marshal Tallard, leader of the French forces, following the battle.
To honour the Duke’s heroic victories, Queen Anne granted him the ruined Royal Manor of Woodstock, along with £240,000 with which to build a house to commemorate his achievements...
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Sir Winston Churchill's Birthplace (1964)
Location: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England / Great Britain
Story showing Blenheim Palace, the birthplace and family home of Sir Winston Churchill.
LV. (2 shots) Blenheim Palace exteriors. LS. Bladon Church from Blenheim Palace, zoom to church. GV. (2 shots) Exterior Blenheim Palace.
VS. The grounds of the palace. VS. Interiors of Blenheim Palace. CU. Still of Sir Winston Churchill in Knight of the Garter dress.
VS. Exteriors of the church at Bladon where Sir Winston is to be buried. MS. Inside of the stained glass window dedicated to his father Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill.
GV. Lake in the grounds of Blenheim. MS. The bed where Sir Winston was born. CU. Sir Winston's painting of the view from the window. CU. Still of Churchill when first becoming a soldier. CU. Churchill's curls which were cut from his head when he was five years old. CU. Another still of one of his vests.
CU. The Churchill reward poster.
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Shell Shock
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Those Magnificent Seven
153 Woodstock, 2833 Oxford, 31 Lion, 308 Triumph, 62 Phantom, and 1626 Army practising Those Magnificent Seven on our joint band training weekend.
Former Blenheim and Woodstock railway station
Closed in 1957 began as a private Railway for the Duke of Marlborough. It was a branch line which joined the main line near Hampton Gay. I wonder how many locals don't know that there ever was a railway, The building has been renovated and is of high quality construction. It is L-Shaped.
I guess a young Winston Churchill would have used this station however it was already closed so that on 30 January 1965, after his state funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral, London, his body was taken by train to nearby Long Hanborough railway station and thence to Bladon
Breaking News One - Couple are set to visit all 632 Red Lion pubs in the UK
Breaking News One - Couple are set to visit all 632 Red Lion pubs in the UK
A booze-loving couple are just four days away from the end of a two-and-a-half year mission to visit every Red Lion pub in Britain.Dental worker Kayleigh Snell, 30, and her plumber fiancé Paul Tyack, 31, from Woodstock, Oxfordshire, set out on their colossal pub crawl in September 2015 and are now one stop short visiting all 632 British pubs that hold the Red Lion name.They have clocked up 20,500 miles between them and consumed countless drinks while raising £1,900 for charity.Their final stop is this Friday, at the Red Lion in Boldre, Hampshire.The benevolent couple will donate the money they've raised during their pub crawl to Pulmonary Hypertension UK, a lung disease that Paul's seven-year-old niece Emily suffers from.So far the sponsorship money that's been pledged totals almost £2,000 but it grows every day.Admitting they've lost count of how many drinks they have downed, Kayleigh described the experience as 'amazing'.'We've been to so many places and met so many interesting people and everyone's been really generous' she said.The couple began their 31-month pub crawl in September 2015 after a routine visit to their nearest Red Lion, in Northmoor, Oxfordshire.Chatting to locals, they discovered it's the most popular and common name for a pub in Britain and they hatched their plan, which was just for fun to start with.Kayleigh said: 'After we'd been to about 200 hundred Red Lions, someone said to us why didn't we do it for charity, so we decided to raise money.'Military-style, they had to plan an exhausting series of road and rail trips, and even booked planes to places like Inverness in Scotland.They made sure to have at least one drink in each Red Lion, with plenty of photos to prove it.Kayleigh said 'We wanted to raise money for a charity that maybe isn't that well known and because Paul's niece has Pulmonary Hypertension we thought why not do it for that?'His family has been very supportive and Emily totally gets what we're doing, so they are really pleased.'Despite sharing a title, Kayleigh said some of the Red Lions could not be more different in décor and atmosphere.They went to one Red Lion in a working men's club after the original village pub was closed down.Another Red Lion was moved from its former location in Stoke-on-Trent and rebuilt brick by brick at the Tramway village museum in Crich.Kayleigh added 'There were five or six that were so welcoming.She said the Red Lion in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales were 'fantastic' and brought the couple 'food and free drinks' when they found out they were doing the epic pub crawl 'it was fantastic' she said.'And St Osyth in Essex, the locals and the owners were so warm and welcoming.'Recalling how their mammoth pub crawl began, she said 'The first Red Lion we went to was in Northmoor. It was coincidental. We were driving to Paul's office and there was traffic so we took the long way back and found the pub.'It's the ones that are just a little bit different that are best. You get
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10 Ancient Relics Found in Unexpected Places … and Some Fetched a Fortune!
10 Ancient Relics Found in Unexpected Places … and Some Fetched a Fortune!
1. Pensioner finds 2,300-Year-Old Pure Gold Crown Under Bed
An elderly man was stunned when he discovered that a box of trinkets he inherited from his grandfather contained an ancient Greek crown made of pure gold that an auctioneer says is worth at least £100,000.
2. The rare 3,500-year-old ceremonial dagger that was used as a door stop
An object pulled up by a plow in a field and used to prop open an office door was identified by archaeologists as an extremely rare and valuable Bronze Age ceremonial dagger, known as a dirk, one of only six found in the whole of Europe.
3. Granny’s Ming Dynasty Style Plate Sold for Nearly a Quarter of a Million Pounds
An ancient Chinese plate dating back to the 1700s was sold in the UK for almost a quarter of a million pounds. The plate, which carries the reign mark of Emperor Yongzheng, was sold by three South Derbyshire siblings who inherited it from their grandmother, but never realised just how valuable it was.
4. Ancient stone with strange carvings, possibly Anglo-Saxon, turns up in garden shop
A stone with mysterious carvings, possibly dating from the Anglo-Saxon or Viking era, had been on sale as a garden ornament when television host and archaeologist James Balme bought it, cleaned it and revealed an intricately designed carving.
5. Chinese man finds old sword in ground, uses it as kitchen knife
A 60-year-old Chinese farmer who found an old sword blade digging in the ground used it as a kitchen knife for several years before realizing its value and historical importance. Experts think the sword dates to the Qing Dynasty because the characters for Qing Lang Jian, meaning Green Dragon Sword, are etched into it.
6. Amazing discovery found in the sand could rewrite Australian history
In 1944, a solider was patrolling the strategically important Wessel Islands off the north coast of Australia when he stumbled upon five coins buried in the sand. Maurie Isenberg, who was manning a radar station on the uninhabited islands, stored the coins in a tin, and on coming across them again in 1979, sent them to a museum.
7. Religious Artifacts found alongside Bones in Attic may be Relics of a Saint
A resident of New Brunswick in Canada found religious relics 200 to 500 years old in his attic. The man's daughter contacted a museum, an archaeologist, some nuns, a jeweler and a Catholic priest to help determine what they are.
8. Priceless Ancient Papyrus with Gospel of John Extract Found on eBay for $99
A scholar of early Christianity at the University of Texas discovered a priceless fragment of the New Testament written in ancient Greek – for sale on eBay with an opening bid of just $99. The ancient papyrus fragment, was spotted by Dr Geoffrey Smith, who persuaded the seller to pull the item from eBay and allow him to study it.
9. Cartouche purchased for £12 may be precious seal of Ramesses II
Some people have all the luck. First, James Balme found what may be an Anglo-Saxon or Viking stonework artifact that was on sale as a garden stone. Then he hit it big by buying what may be a 3,000-year-old cartouche or seal of Ramesses II.
10 .The Most Expensive Potot Flower in England? $ 364,000 Roman Sarcophagus Is a Garden Ornament
An ancient Roman sarcophagus worth up to 345,000 Euros ($364,000) was found in England on the grounds of a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, where it was used as a flowerpot for almost a century.
Winston Churchill's funeral: how Britain honoured its wartime leader
Some 350 million around the globe tuned in to watch Winston Churchill’s funeral when it took place 50 years ago in 1965.
On January 15, 1965, Winston Churchill suffered a severe stroke. The long-retired former Prime Minister was now 90 years old. He died nine days later on the morning of Sunday January 24 at his home in London.
Following his death, by decree of the Queen, his body lay in state for three days at Westminster Hall. It was only the second time that the Monarch had bestowed a state funeral on a Prime Minister.
Some 300,000 people visited Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the man who led Britain’s defence against the Third Reich during the Second World War.
On January 30 1965, Churchill's funeral was held. The state funeral service was the largest in world history up to that point in time, with representatives from 112 nations.
Silent crowds lined the streets to watch the gun carriage bearing his coffin make its way from Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral accompanied by representatives from all the services.
In Europe 350 million people, including 25 million in Britain, watched the funeral on television.
As his coffin passed down the Thames from Town Pier to Festival Pier on the Havengore, dockers lowered their crane jibs in a salute.
The coffin was taken to Waterloo Station to be loaded onto a specially prepared and painted carriage - part of a funeral train - to take the body to Bladon, near Woodstock.
He was buried in the family plot at St Martin's Church, not far from his birthplace at Blenheim Palace.
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Walking around Cambridge American WW2 Cemetery, England, UK
Walking around Cambridge and American WW2 Cemetery
Driving Along Valley Road, Longmoor Lane & Hall Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Driving along Valley Road (A506), Longmoor Lane (A506) Hall Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
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