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  1. Eton College in 1950 and Sailing Home - post 27

    Eton College in 1950 and Sailing Home - post 27

    We also went and toured Eton which I thought was kind of boring. Eton courtyard Eton Guide Chapel at Eton Library? as we were coming out of Eaton College Eton college - 1950 At the end of the trip, we took a boat train to Southampton and boarded the Nieuw Amsterdam Most of the photos...
  2. Windsor Castle in 1950 - post 26

    Windsor Castle in 1950 - post 26

    We took a day trip out of London to Windsor. Windsor from distance Guard at Windsor Statue at Windsor Windsor Windsor Windsor Windsor From Windsor turret The main thing I remember was seeing the Dowager Queen's Dollhouse which I thought was fascinating. We had to stand in line to...
  3. Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London- 1950 - post 25

    Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London- 1950 - post 25

    We went to Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Buckingham palace Guard Me and my sister with the Guard at Buckingham Palace My dad took the obligatory photo of us standing next to the sentry with his bearskin hat. He took a movie also at at the end, you see my sister...
  4. South to London via Gretna Green - 1950 - post 24

    South to London via Gretna Green - 1950 - post 24

    early morning - leaving Scotland We drove back to London. My mother had a conversation with a Scotsman about his kilt Scotsman Scotsman in his kilt and one of the sheep in Scotland ate some of our picnic lunch. sheep in Scotland sheep eating our lunch unfinished sculpture of ram -...
  5. Edinburgh 1950 - post 23

    Edinburgh 1950 - post 23

    U=Drive it car in Scotland I know we visited Scotland because we have the photos, but I do not remember much about this part of the trip. I think we tried Haggis. Of course we had to visit the castle and see the monument to Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott Monument to Sir Walter Scott...
  6. North past Hadrian's Wall - 1950 - post 22

    North past Hadrian's Wall - 1950 - post 22

    We continued going north. We had a Royal Automobile Club tag on our car and there were periodic phone booths by the road for people to phone the Automobile Club if they had car trouble. There were also men on motorcycles who road around on the roads - troubleshooters for the Auto Club. There...
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