It is always worth taking the tour when visting somewhere you do not know about. My turn was taken with a class of Mediterranean schoolchildren, with one of thier teacher's translating, Eton slang and all.
The main court at Eton with the founder's statue. The tradition is for Eton boys to pass on the left so that their heart is closest to the founder.
The present warning.
Past transgression.
The Chapel. Having been commissioned in parallel with King's College Chapel Cambridge, its completion suffered worse that its brother from the dynastic changes of the Wars of the Roses, and ended up much smaller than originally intended. It displays rare wall paintings, mainly modern glass (because of most of it being blown out in 1940), a host of memorials, and a grand decorated organ. Its fan-vaulting is more of a recent build than is apparent, it being built in the twentieth century to replace the much deathwatch beetle eaten wooden roof.
The main court at Eton with the founder's statue. The tradition is for Eton boys to pass on the left so that their heart is closest to the founder.
The present warning.
Past transgression.
The Chapel. Having been commissioned in parallel with King's College Chapel Cambridge, its completion suffered worse that its brother from the dynastic changes of the Wars of the Roses, and ended up much smaller than originally intended. It displays rare wall paintings, mainly modern glass (because of most of it being blown out in 1940), a host of memorials, and a grand decorated organ. Its fan-vaulting is more of a recent build than is apparent, it being built in the twentieth century to replace the much deathwatch beetle eaten wooden roof.
posted by Ian Blaney at 5:54 AM
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Happy memories... Not.
If Cambridge is anything to go by, Defecation in College cloisters is as much of a problem. Not to mention urination and vomitation.
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