We're coming to the end of #NationalPetMonth and today we really wanted to share this letter from our Glynne-Gladstone Archive.

In 1857 W. E. Gladstone wrote to his brother, Thomas, to offer to sell his ‘light bay horse’ to his brother for 55 guineas. 🐎

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'He liked some people and loved all dogs.' ❤️

Holywell Pet Cemetery 🪦

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Some interesting things I saw during my visit to Tenby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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The Swearing Stone • Castledermot • Kildare

One of the cross slabs found at the early monastic site in Castledermot is known as the 'Swearing Stone', and bears a hole in it through which it was traditionally believed that oaths could be sworn by the shaking of hands.

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Don't forget to put your May flowers out. This old Irish custom involves gathering flowers on May Eve (or in some places on May day morning) and leaving them in front of the main threshold. It was believed to protect the house from harm or evil.

I met this interesting-looking gentleman on Saturday 👀

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Charles Connell was the nephew of the notorious NB postmaster of the same name, who caused outrage in 1860 by putting his own picture on the 5 cent stamp. They were supposed to be destroyed but he gave some to family & friends. One sold at auction last month for $6,655

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Cottage, Pentre-Ty-Gwyn

Dipping my Jenkins pastie in the Tawe and immediately dying of dysentery

‘Domestic Medicine’ by William Buchan was one of the most popular medical guides of the 18th & 19thc. According to Buchan, cholera was not only spread by dirty living conditions but also eating cherries, drinking strong spirits and having excessive ‘passions of the mind’

Here are some details of the incredible angel roof on the nave at Cawston in Norfolk - it dates from c.1460. On the hammer beams stand eleven six-foot tall seraphim, still with much of their original colour on them, their hands in prayer or raised in adoration.

Gothic revival meets domestic - Park Place, Cardiff. Designed by the prolific WD Blessley c.1876.

The huge Victorian houses dotted around Cardiff are often occupied by nurseries or dentists now. I'd love to know how this would have looked inside in the 1870s.

Silent disco in the studio #sculpture StFagansConservation NatHistConservation Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales National Museum Art

This water douche was used to 'treat' mental health complaints. Another method was the 'Bath of Surprise’ – where a patient was suddenly plunged into cold water. One particularly extreme example involved abandoning patients in a river or lake and forcing them to swim to shore

The enigmatic and atmospheric Abbots Bridge, Bury St. Edmunds - a monastic bridge dating to the 12th century, with 14th century additions. Such a fantastic survival! 🤩

'Take the flame inside you, burn and burn below' 🔥🌞
Photos by Adam Philip Photography