Monday, June 13, 2011

Random Norfolk - Come On In

10 comments:

Petrea Burchard said...

I'm going to disappear in there. Where are we now?

dive said...

We are at the building formerly known as The Old Barge, by the river in Norwich. Now known as "Dragon Hall" I posted a couple of photo tours:

Tour one

Tour two

The sign by the door reads: "WEA OPERA. PLEASE GO STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE EVENTS ROOM."

WEA is the Workers' Educational Association and it runs (among many other treats) an annual opera workshop here.

mark said...

I'd like to have a quid for every Englishman who has passed throught that door. A fine photo Dive.

dive said...

There have been a fair few, Mark, especially as for several hundred years this was a pub!
Cheers!

Ms M said...

This is a great doorway -- and goes exceedingly well with yesterday's barn door. Looks like a fascinating place to explore.

neetzy said...

Wonderful! This doorway has everything!

dive said...

Ms M, it really is a wonderful place to explore, especially the great hall. A fabulous building.

Neetzy: it is pretty cool, isn't it?

Robyn Martins said...

I so wish Americans bothered to preserve our historical buildings. In a few hundred years, if we still exist, we might have something to look back on.

this door is so inviting.

Petrea Burchard said...

I finally had time to explore Tour One and Tour Two. Wow. I remember these posts but now I have more context in which to place them. What an amazing building.

dive said...

Robyn, nobody's going to knock down the Chrysler Building just yet. And you guys still look after the Missions and Pueblos down in the South-West. You don't do so bad for a young country.
And yes, the door is very inviting. I went right on in.

Petrea, thank you. That makes it worth all the effort of finding out at last how to post links in my comments (what a chore). It is indeed an amazing building.