... Library’s Victorian treat for booklovers IT WAS back to the days of Queen Victoria when Eastfield Library held a coffee morning. “h The event was part of a Local History Week at libraries in Yorkshire and Humberside, and they all held a Victorian fines ...

... which involved a string of high-profile intrigues and infidelities — making him a constant source of disappointment to Queen Victoria. (T) (R) 9.00 The West Wing. Bartlet prepares to tell the American people about his illness in a live TV interview, but ...

... by wearing Victorian costumes. A jam-packed weekend began on Friday with a mulled wine and coffee social gathering with Queen Victoria at Cote Bank, bawdy songs and ballads at the Folk Club in the Dolphin Inn and a l}i{ve lmusic evening at the Grosvenor ...

... were the favourite flower of Benjamin Disraeli - a past prime minister. Queen Victoria sent him many bunches from her gardens during her When he died on April 19 1881, Queen Victoria sent a wreath of primroses from Osbourne to his funeral, as a tribute ...

... Mrs Brown (1997). Touching period drama, starring Billy Connolly as a Scottish man servant who helps bereaved monarch Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) overcome the grief of her husband's death. (C) 8.35 Ground Force. 9.05 Take a Girl Like You. New series. ...

... elegance of the former Royal Yacht Britannia; A cruise along the beautiful Loch Katrine where Queen Victoria once visited; Glamis Castle the childhood home of the Queen Mother. « All excursions, entrances & fores I- Four nights ensuite accommodation of the ...

... people into the chilly sea was to encourage as many u{gilrd and wonderful fancy dress costumes as possible. “We've had Queen Victoria and all sorts of Report by Duncan Atkins Ring him on (01947) 829909 e-mail him at duncan.atkins @jpress.co.uk wacky characters ...

... ) as well as glasses of sulphur water, a ‘mild aperient’, at 1d a time. Gout was among the upper youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, and widowed since Prince Henry of Battenberg’s death in 189. ‘Ena’ was their only daughter, and it was actually her 18th ...

... next week. Monday’s Silverscreen feature is the award-winning Mrs Brown, featuring Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly as Queen Victoria and her Scottish manservant John Brown. Screenings will be at 1.30 pm, 5.30 pm and Bpm. Then on Tuesday there’s a chance ...

... the country he g once loved. (C) (S) 8.15 Victoria and Albert. Drama charting the turbulent romance between Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who laid the foundations of today’s royal family. Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth star. (R) (C) ...

... The experts travel to Biddulph, where they value a rare 18th-century Wedgwood egg scrambler, and a handkerchief that Queen Victoria gave to the lady who strung her pearls. HOLIDAY GUIDES 2000: ROUND THE WORLD SPECIAL. New series. Claudia Winkleman circles ...

... in the mid 19th Century to a design apparently inspired by Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, the summer residence of Queen Victoria. With an interesting mix of individual houses ranging from a two bedroom cottage to a five bedroom barn conversion,the ...