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So. William Morris, aka Lord Nuffield, father of the Morris car and warm hearted philanthropist was also, apparently a Good Egg. (yes. Google it....)
It rained all day today, and we went to sodden Nuffield Place* for a jolly good look around his gaff.
It's been preserved as per 1937 and is well worth a visit. Apart from fathering popular motoring he could apparently smoke for England.
Pretty much every room and horizontal surface has some cigarette or pipe related item nearby, including the dinner table...
Apart from the smoking room, you could also besport yourself of an evening in the snooker room
.. or listen to the wind up Gramophone with a jug of Pimms.
Late in the day: Time to write a letter of complaint to The Times. (No, I don't know what was kept in the intriguing box..)
Hung over next day? Take the Wolseley in to Oxford for a G and T next to the Isis.
*Later it was still raining when we went to Greys Court. That was sodden shut.
It rained all day today, and we went to sodden Nuffield Place* for a jolly good look around his gaff.
It's been preserved as per 1937 and is well worth a visit. Apart from fathering popular motoring he could apparently smoke for England.
Pretty much every room and horizontal surface has some cigarette or pipe related item nearby, including the dinner table...
Apart from the smoking room, you could also besport yourself of an evening in the snooker room
.. or listen to the wind up Gramophone with a jug of Pimms.
Late in the day: Time to write a letter of complaint to The Times. (No, I don't know what was kept in the intriguing box..)
Hung over next day? Take the Wolseley in to Oxford for a G and T next to the Isis.
*Later it was still raining when we went to Greys Court. That was sodden shut.
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