Wreath Laying Ceremony.

Merci de partager avec nous tous ces moments intenses et riches en émotions.
Bonne et heureuse journée.

Thank you very much for your kind words Malik.
I wish you a good day.

Three great shots Rosa and don't they look solemn ????
Did you visit for the occasion or was it pot luck on the day ??

Thank you very much Jeff. We purposely visited for the event. Good to see free parking in all the car parks on a Sunday too!

Must have been a great event, Rosa !

We enjoyed it so much Ulrich thank you.

A beautiful set of images.

Thank you George.

Wonderful capture - great series, Rosa .. Thank you !

Thank you Peggy.

A fascinating little series Rosa................I really like the main image - especially seeing those lovely costumes. Everyone does look a bit serious, but I think that was fitting for the wreath laying!

In the PiPs: I love the idea of an inflatable museum...........how funny! I've visited the museum a few times with my grandchildren. I'll have to come back when the refurbishment is complete :)

The dray horses are magnificent beasts..........and they (and their handlers) look splendid in their finery! A fantastic shot!

The man in red is the mayor but not sure who the others are. Probably council dignitaries. They did cheer up after laying the wreathes :)

I'm glad you like the intlatable museum. We thought it was great! They had some nice exhibits in there too. The Shire Hall Historic Courthouse is really good. You can take photos of any of your family in the dock or as the judge!!

The dray horses were beautiful. I don't know what you call the lady in front of them but they followed her hand instructions to turn around and stop in exactly the right spot.

My thanks as always for your very kind comments.

Superbes photos. Nicole.

Thank you very much Nicole.

I wonder if Judge Jefferies is here somewhere?

Yikes....I hope not Nick!!

Bass have a pair of Shire Horses at Burton, when they were working a lot of the horses were quite capable of doing the round on there own, but not all were so well behaved I remember having to jump out of a farm cart when one managed to get the bit out of it's mouth

I used to lives near Devizes in Wiltshire Peter and they still use the dray horses around the town. Mostly gentle giants.....except the one you jumped out for ;-))

A GOOD TURNOUT

A very good turnout Pam. I am hoping this becomes a yearly event.

Estupendas fotografías, me gustan que se retraten lo que fuimos, con sus características. Es muy interesante, más viéndolo desde los que desconocen esa determinada cultura.

Thank you for your very kind comments. It was a happy and great fun day. I hope they do it again next year.

Your time machine works admirably well !!!!!!******

If only we could go back Nouchet! Just for a day or so of course ;-))

magnifiques photos et surtout celle avec le cocher et ses chevaux ***************

Thank you so much :)

Another fine and interesting series Rosa. I really like the last one with the dray horses.

Thank you Doug. I took a few side pictures of the horses but I didn't like the big Argos and Ladbrook signs behind them :) Best wishes, Rosa.

The English are excellent at creating historical ceremonies !

Thank goodness we are good at something Pat ;-))
The Thomas Hardy Society did an excellent job.

Superb photos, Rosa! Gee, would you believe I had to read Thomas Hardy in school? Probably the last American generation to do so. I doubt they even read many old American novelists, now!

LOVE the inflatable library!