The Bayeux tapestry is being loaned to United Kingdom

Tell the French we want it back for good. Then we can think of giving the Elgin Marble back to where the belong.

What really is thus act of entente cordiale by Vive la France really about?

Just had a thought. Perhaps thet could add an extra panelon the end of the tapesty.

Which depicted masses of illegal immigrants in dinghies landing from English Channel near Dover.

And the Frencn trousering hundreds of millions of English tax payers pounds for doing very little.

Sago

Let’s hope Just Stop Oil stay away😱

Surely it will be behind toughened glass? I hope.

If they ruined that the Entente Cordiale would be tested. Could we send them to the Bastille?

Let’s hope Just Stop Oil stay away😱

Thanks. I looked up the British Museum's website. Apparently it was George Osborne who, along with others, was instrumental in securing the loan of the tapestry. He's the museum's Chairman.

JamesandJon33

I saw the original several years ago. I didn’t know about the naughty bits then . I’ll go back.

Thank you, I'm planning to see it while it's here & will make sure to know about the naughty bits to look out for!

LizzieDrip

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, I expect it will be

Yes, London, The British Museum.
Think I will go and see it.😃

No naughty bits in Victorian times, especially in Leek! 😁

M0nica

A replica (without the naughty bits) can be seen at Reading Museum. It was embroidered by 35 skilled Victorian women embroiderers in 1885 and depicts the events leading up and includes to the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

The women who embroidered it were members of the the Leek Embroidery Society led by a woman called Elizabeth Wardle, a skilled embroiderer and wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle.

Thomas Wardle was part of the Arts and Crafts movement led by William Morris and he dyed many of the silks and other materials needed by William Morris for his works.

I was going to ask where that was based.I saw a programme about it a while back.

I have a lot of tea towels which have never been used but not one from there!

I must admit my DS enjoyed the bit with the arrow in Harold's eye best but he was about 13 at the time.

It depends if you like history or not, I suppose.

My 12 year old DGD was "doing" it in History last term, so I dragged her along to Bayeux. She really enjoyed it. The commentary on the headphones had her looking at all the details. In the shop she bought cards, a frieze, a cloth bag and a pen. She tool some bits into school. Look at her History grade! The teacher was obviously impressed! 😆 (E= excellent for homework and behaviour by the way).
I bought a tea towel. At 15 euros I'm not using it to wipe the dishes

Sago

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

It's actually got some interesting historical bits, especially how the Normans made their boats and the tools they used (no saws) and the fact that the horse riders have stirrups. It's thought that before the 11th century stirrups weren't used, so armies might have used horses to reach their destination but fought on foot. Stirrups gave them more stability and leverage.

An exact replica was created and displayed in 1966, either in Hastings Museum or the Town Hall. I can't remember. When the exhibition was over, the copy tapestry was put into storage by the town council. The daughters of the instigator of the 1966 festival tried to have the tapestry put on display again. Allegedly, Hastings Town Council had lost it. Disgraceful tragedy.

I saw the original several years ago. I didn’t know about the naughty bits then . I’ll go back.

Sago

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

Glad it's not just me.

I thought it was fascinating, particularly the scenes involving the horses, so much movement.

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

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Are you going Mamie?
DH is keen to go up to Mur de Bretagne on Friday, but with temperatures up to 33 degrees here, I might give it a miss.

I would have liked to have gone tomorrow as they are not far from here, but unfortunately I can't. We saw them live a few years ago. Am watching Caen on French telly at the moment. 😊

An excellent cultural exchange. I believe we are loaning the Lewis chessmen as well as the Sutton Hoo treasure.

When we took the DC many years ago en route to the ferry home, I bought a replica on paper with the intention of putting it on the wall of the study but it's so long I never did. (It's not the actual length of the tapestry!)
It's somewhere in its envelope after all these years.

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Are you going Mamie?
DH is keen to go up to Mur de Bretagne on Friday, but with temperatures up to 33 degrees here, I might give it a miss.

Are we getting Sutton Hoo in Bayeux? The David Hockney Normandie exhibition there was wonderful. In other news the Tour de France starts in Bayeux tomorrow. 😊

For anyone who is into cross stitch, Bothy Threads has I think three or four kits with images from the Bayeux Tapestry. They are on my to be stitched list as a gift for my mother - she has a MA in French and has read the Bayeux Tapestry in a course on medieval French literature.

Yes it won't be in Scotland. 😞

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, I expect it will be

Sorry, about the split posts- it's what comes to me as I'm having a coffee.