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Loved the paddle steamer.
The statue is Old Father Thames isn't it? Appropriately positioned next to said river. ..so you cannot take it back to Cumbria.
I was quite taken aback with the paddle steamer, I knew of it's existence but thought it was moored at Hampton Court, permanently. It seems to ply back and forth all day.
Yes, I don't think they would be happy if I took him. Amazing craftsmanship, the whole place just oozes quality of materials and workmanship. Most of the floors are quarter sawn oak, even the toilet seat is beautiful quarter sawn oak, in some rooms it's used with different species to form beautiful parquetry patterns in the floors. The marquetry work on the furniture is absolutely exquisite. Even more so than the Wearing and Gillows furniture in Lancaster, which you are definitely NOT permitted to photograph, with or without flash!
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Robert.