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Old 10-09-11, 03:30 PM
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Default Downton Abbey-Highclere Castle-Near Newbury.

Event being held in October- From their site it looks like the Great War Society will be at this event. Regards, Paul.
http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/visitor/hah.html
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Old 18-09-11, 08:20 AM
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A Downton Abbey-associated mess kit jacket facings badge:
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Mike - Is that a Duke of Manchester's Own bullion badge ? David
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Event being held in October- From their site it looks like the Great War Society will be at this event. Regards, Paul.
http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/visitor/hah.html
Bringing this old one up as I have a question - I dont follow the series, but I am wondering - is Highclere castle the same seat as Lord Canarvon's
estate?
(Carnarvon was the Lord who financed Howard Carter's King Tut disocvery)

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Yes indeed Bryan !
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Thanks Sunray,

is any of his Egypt artifacts collection still there & has it ever been shown on the series?

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Bryan - Went on a guided tour of Highclere Castle many years ago, sometime a few years previously, the staff there, when doing renovations, found some previously unknown Egyptian artefacts which had been boarded up in a doorway, they were certainly on display then.
Intrestingly, not too far from the house is the village of Burghclere with a small chapel known as Sandham Memorial Chapel. This has large scale paintings by Stanley Spencer of WW1, prompted by his service as a medical orderly ... sobering images.

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Thanks Ritchie,

Igot interested in it so pulled up the site & its very interesting. Apparenty there is a display of the Egypt artifacts collected by 5th Lord Carnavarvon & on loan to the castle on display in the basement & two books about Carnarvon/Carter & the tomb discovery.

Would love to get over & tour the castle & the artifacts
& might better view the next episode of Downton Abbey, but my wife follows the series & she has told me she has never seen any of the Egypt artifacts in any of the shows. She says the uniforms are quite realistic looking tho.

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