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Visits in 2016

Sunday March 20th  
Two  Temple  Place, London
A Victorian Gothic mansion built by William Waldorf  Astor and formerly known as Astor House, it is now London’s newest art venue.  The 2016 Exhibition opening in             January will be:   Beyond Beauty: Transforming the Body in Ancient Egypt.  A flyer for the exhibition is here.   Further details are here.

The booking form for the trip (as well as the trip to Upton House) is here.

Sunday 24th April
Upton House and Garden, Nr. Banbury

In 1939 the owners, the Bearsteads, moved out and their family owned bank, M. Samuel & Co., moved in .  Take a step back in time and see how the bank staff coped in the Second World War. Further details are here.

The booking form for the trip (as well as the trip to Two Temple Place) is here.

Sunday May 22nd 
Eltham Palace, Greenwich. Given to Edward II in 1305 by the Bishop of Durham it was used by the crown from 14th to 16th Century and it was the childhood home of Henry VIII.  The Courtaulds built an Art Deco house next to the palace remains. Further details are here.

The booking form for the trip is here.

Sunday June 26th
Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Regarded as an Elizabethan masterpiece created in the 1500's by the formidable Bess of Hardwick.

Sunday 21st August - CANCELLED
Oxburgh Hall, Swaffham, Norfolk. Built in 1482 by the Catholic Bedingfield family, explore the hidden doors and priest hole. The house contains needlework by Mary Queen of Scots and colourful wallpaper from the mid 19th century.  

We were sorry we had to cancel our trip to Oxburgh hall as they had a structural failure just before the weekend and the hall was closed.  We hope to try again to get there in 2017.

September 18th, 19th and 20th
Three day tour in the Northwest.  Visiting the two Liverpool Cathedrals, Port Sunlight, & Lady Leaver Art Gallery,Lowery Centre and Imperial War Museum for the North.
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Sunday October 23rd 
The Museum of London
. A wide range of displays showing London's history and evolution over the centuries and the impact on its citizens.

Sunday 27th November - EXTRA TRIP
Waddesdon at Christmas
There is an extra trip this year to see "Waddesdon at Christmas". You will see a selection of their rooms with their famous Christmas decorations, Christmas Fair and there will also be a son et lumière,
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