It was off to the hallowed lawns of SW19 for last week's Sunday Snap. Although the tennis tournament is generally known as The Championships or simply Wimbledon I asked what the name of the club that it is held at is called. So to give it its full name it is
The All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club or simply The All England Club
When it was originally
founded in 1868 it was called The All England Croquet Club as croquet
was the fashionable craze of the time. It changed its name to The All
England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877 when the first tennis
championships were help. The 'Croquet' was dropped in 1882 but
reinstated in 1899. I'm not sure how much croquet is played there now
if indeed any at all. I read a newspaper article this week saying
that 20% of the people polled had never even heard of croquet and
that by 2037 the game may have died out altogether. It may well be
not sure much of 'Anyone for tennis?' but more likely 'Anyone for
croquet? Those in the mood for tennis last week with the correct
answer were Cheryl,
Louise, Rachel,
Sara and Jen.
Onto this week and it's up
to Liverpool. The Three Graces is the collective name to the three
prominent buildings sitting side by side on the waterfront
overlooking the River Mersey. The three buildings were built between
1908 and 1916 but it seems they weren't actually referred to as the
Three Graces until 2000 when the name was mentioned in Britain by
BritRail 2001 by LaVerne
Ferguson-Kosinski. The local media liked the name and it stuck.
In 2002 a competition was held to design a 'Fourth Grace' but the
project was abandoned in 2004 due to the ever increasing costs.
However in the same year it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site
status as part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City. This week's
question is
Can you name any of the
Three Graces buildings?
We were joined last week by
Cheryl
with some fun in the sun and some water pistol. Down by the river Sam
has been enjoying a summer's evening.
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share my favourites with you next week and remember I do like a bit
of a tale to go with a photo but it's not a necessity!
The Royal Liver Building - they are all very handsome though aren't they?
ReplyDeleteYou don't get buildings like these three anymore! Liverpool is full of wonderful architecture.
DeleteI didn't know all that information about Wimbledon and tennis in general- I can't think I've ever seen anyone playing croquet!!
ReplyDeleteWe played croquet the other week at Brodsworth Hall. I'm not sure we stuck to the rules though!
DeleteI love learning all the little random facts each week ! The Cunard Building (but I had to cheat for this one and look it up on google !!). I've shared a snap of my soon-to-be 6 year old fashion victim - you can tell he's got big sisters !
ReplyDeleteI love doing research and finding out useless information! I had a hairbrush like the one in your photo and I managed to get my hair so tangled once I thought I was going to have to cut it out!
DeleteI think but am no confident -The Cunard Building, The Royal Liver Building, and Port of Liverpool building is the answer x
ReplyDeleteI'd never even thought of researching this so thoroughly - thanks for the dose of random facts :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an imposing building my jibbery jabbery friend! In my dreams I live there!
ReplyDeleteLoving all of the facts! They really are beautiful buildings. I love walking around looking at architecture x
ReplyDeleteI love the architecture of this building, just beautiful. Great photo too!
ReplyDeleteWhat interesting facts you always share. Its interesting to know facts about Wimbledon that I did not know.Lovely photo too.
ReplyDeleteOh wow that building looks so majestic! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat is a marvellous building. I've never been to Liverpool, nor know anything about it >_< not even a clue to the name of any of the buildings I'm afraid!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely no idea I'm afraid - lovely pic though! xx
ReplyDeleteI love a bit of good architecture, fabulous looking building. Mich x
ReplyDeleteI hd no idea where it was until I read the comments. Liverpool is a place I really want to visit
ReplyDeleteLovely looking buildings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a grand looking building - I wish we still made places like this today so much nicer than some of the modern designs.
ReplyDeleteI adore architecture It makes a nice break form the countryside
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