[Magdalen] Operation London Bridge

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

We were in Scotland for a Crawford family reunion, and visited several
homes that used to be lived in by Crawford/Craufurd family members. One
place we visited was Dumfries House, a wonderful country house preserved
with all its contents intact. It was due to a campaign led by the Prince of
Wales, who put up about twenty million pounds toward the price to purchase
and rehabilitate the estate. It's a marvel. He had the vision to realize
that if the estate was sold at auction and the items all sold off, it would
be a terrible loss. As it is, one can walk through and see all of the items
essentially where they were in 1800.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:19 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> My spouse said, "She's the only queen we've got."
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I will be enormously sad as well. I'm not sure why but I've been
>> fascinated
>> by the British Royal Family since I was a little boy. As embarrassing as
>> it
>> is, I think it goes back to episode(s) of the Beverly Hillbillies in the
>> 1960s. The entire family went to England and had series of misadventures
>> in
>> various locations. I was totally hooked on the whole castle, knights and
>> English gardens thing. I also remember a segment called "In an English
>> Country Garden" on Captain Kangaroo that fascinated me. I can still hear
>> the theme music playing in my head.
>>
>> So, I was hooked very early on in my life. The original sources of the
>> fascination may have been somewhat suspect but that's beside the point. I
>> have been up early to celebrate their high points (the marriages) and low
>> points (the funerals.) I expect it's too late for me to change now. So I
>> will mourn the passing of Her Majesty the Queen when that sad day arrives.
>> And, I will celebrate the new King despite me reservations about him...and
>> especially his wife.
>>
>> God save the Queen!
>>
>> God's peace,
>>
>> Rick unrepentant monarchist
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I Know I will be very sad. She has been there almost my whole life, and
>> she
>> > looks enormously like my mother. I really do love her, and she's grown
>> > immensely in her job. Charles is a good person, I'm sure, and I admire
>> some
>> > of the things he does, but he is so boring and colorless. As for
>> Camilla,
>> > the less I say about her, the better.
>> >
>> > The British do put on an excellent state funeral.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:41 PM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> > > In a message dated 3/16/2017 1:26:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > >
>> > > marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
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>> > > Tears  will be shed, that is  certain.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>> > > I remember getting up early (Around 5 AM) to get
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>> > > positioned in front of the large Victrola radio console
>> > >
>> > > to listen to the short wave (remember that?) coverage
>> > >
>> > > of the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
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>> > > It's interesting, looking back, what impressed me most.
>> > >
>> > > Musically it was the Parry, "I Was Glad" and, especially
>> > >
>> > > the RVW "All People That On Earth Do Dwell," set to
>> > >
>> > > the Old Hundreth tune.  The latter tune was familiar to
>> > >
>> > > me from my Methodist youth, but in the equal quarter-
>> > >
>> > > note rhythm.
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>> > > My thought was essentially that the
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>> > > Anglicans were worth checking out (the nearest
>> > >
>> > > Episcopal Church was 45 miles away)
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>> > > if they were able to produce such music.
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>> > > And who says that music in the church doesn't count?
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>> > > David S.
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