tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46767081309798851892024-02-17T08:48:34.693+00:00Tatton ParkTatton Park is an historic estate in rural Cheshire, England, which was owned by the Egerton family for 360 years. It is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in the north west and home to a deer park, a Neo Classical Mansion, landscaped gardens, a working farm and 1,000 acres of stunning parkland. This blog started out as a record of the gardeners' year but now a number of people would like to contribute! We hope you enjoy reading about our day to day lives at Tatton.Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-36123860173789491672013-02-19T14:37:00.000+00:002013-02-19T14:37:25.309+00:00Scarecrows in the Sunshine!<br />
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inventive people out there making these scarecrows...Janet Bradshaw, who is part of our Education team worked with the children at Longridge Community Centre to make some of our Scarecrows in the Kitchen Garden. Also our </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">talented</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">team</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> of gardeners made many of the scarecrows in and around the gardens, so all credit to them too. </span><br />
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Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1Knutsford, Cheshire East WA16 6QN, UK53.3301718 -2.387052700000026653.3206888 -2.4072227000000264 53.339654800000005 -2.3668827000000268tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-49183248021411313412012-12-04T11:54:00.000+00:002012-12-04T12:21:02.432+00:00A day in the life of events...<br />
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I get to meet lots of people from all walks of life. Everyone has a different reason
for coming to Tatton and a different story to tell. Whether it’s a couple who
have just got engaged, the little boy who is eagerly awaiting his Bar Mitzvah
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exciting to take on. That comes in abundance here! I work with a very small,
close-knit team who deal with all aspects of event co-ordination, from taking
the initial enquiry to being their on the day. The same team conduct venue
viewings, liaise with clients, draw up contracts, raise invoices, set up for
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what they want and I’m able to help them achieve the perfect day that they were
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with such wonderful people helping me along the way. Seeing the deer on the
2000 acre parkland never gets boring and being able to spend so much time in
Tatton’s famous gardens is the icing on cake. Doing this with a team that is
lovely and as equally as enthusiastic and passionate about Tatton as I am is
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Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-86346388979680268782012-11-21T11:00:00.002+00:002012-11-21T11:19:35.490+00:00Stop the press!<br />
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property in the country with a traditional working pineapple house, We recently celebrated the revival of the Great British pineapple by welcoming Councillor George
Walton, Mayor of Cheshire East Council, who was presented with the first of hopefully
many pineapple crops from the pinery. </span></div>
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fruit was greatly valued in the 18<sup>th</sup> century (around £5,000 in
today’s cash!). Known as ‘The King of Fruits’ it was celebrated when Tatton
re-created a historical scene from the late 1600s when Charles II was presented
with the first pineapple cultivated on English soil by his gardener John Rose -
Councillor George Walton, who also chairs the Tatton Park board, was presented with
Tatton’s pineapple by gardener John Hoxworth who is responsible for the
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Above: Charles II presented </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">with the first pineapple cultivated on English soil by his gardener John Rose</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">It's a big </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">achievement</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> for Tatton's garden team as it has been over 100 years since the last </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">pineapple</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> crop was grown at Tatton - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">imported
fruit killed their social status - and in time the pinery became
a vinery and then gradually fell into disrepair. Thanks to £2.5m from the
Heritage Lottery Fund, the former Cheshire County Council (now Cheshire East
Council) the National Trust and Cheshire Rural Enterprise Tatton’s six-acre
walled kitchen gardens have been gradually restored to their halcyon days.</span></span></h4>
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officially opened in 2007 by Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Two years on saw
another milestone when the first pineapple was produced after a labour
intensive propagation process, (and some TLC from our garden team). Now five years on, Tatton celebrates its
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involves the rotation of three bays for planting, growing and maturing the
fruit. They are grown in the traditional way in a pot on a special mixture of
oak–leaf compost which creates the same levels of heat as tanner’s bark, a
waste product from the tanning industry, originally used when growing pineapple
but now no longer available. The complex process which sees a little slip turn
into a full plant can take up to three years and requires a combination of heat
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has taken five years! But it has been well worth the wait, and we hope to soon
be growing as many as 300 pineapples a year, which will supply Tatton’s Garden
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Halloween was at the Old Hall Tatton Park, even some of the staff who came down
from the Mansion were scared!.. and they know the people doing the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This year with the extended opening times going into the second week of Half Term, kept the visitors coming and it was very busy those last 2 days. It was well attended the rest of the time too. As usual with the added extras of face painting and mask making, Sheila and Janet, I don’t know how you keep up!... and the small rides in the Old Hall grounds it made it a full day for families and plenty had picnics on the days of good weather...and of course the story teller in the barn kept the children who were perhaps too scared to go in the Old Hall, entranced...thanks Leonie. There were hot drinks and food to keep you going as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The last day when we finished, the 31st, I was stood at the door of the Old Hall with Mick and Dawn just chatting and my cloak which has a substantial clasp just slipped off my shoulders onto the floor, right near where someone else had a paranormal incident a few years ago. That has never happened before and it’s the cloak I wear for the Medieval or Tudor Education days and it’s never just dropped off....spooky!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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place; this is a fantastic time to observe the deer, it is a fascinating time
of year. The males that have spent lazy summer days together, growing antlers
and putting on weight (in preparation for the rut) become less tolerant of each
other and separate.</span><br />
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to call; the Red Deer have a loud bellow that can be heard over long distances
while the Fallow make a noise that can be best described as a belching rasp!</span><br />
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Wallows are dug out in a wet area with thrashing antler and
pawing hoof, they are urinated in before wallowing begins to give the animal
not only a fearsome appearance but a pungent smell too! Antlers may be adorned
with grass for a similar reason. All this display, vocal and physical, is to intimidate
rivals and to attract females. Bucks will “parallel walk”, walking along side
each other over long distances, calling and sizing each other up. Fighting is a
last resort. Antlers clash, locked together in a pushing match to decipher the
strongest animal, this may go on for some time with two evenly matched
individuals. The weaker one will eventually back down and retreat, the victor
will often at this point, call at them in celebratory fashion. Injuries do
occur but are thankfully uncommon. During the rut the males cease feeding.<br />
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The two species of deer here at Tatton employ two different
strategies to facilitate successful mating. Red Deer physically herd together a
group of females known as a harem and move around with them, defending them
against any interloper. Young males are often seen on the peripheries of the
group, opportunists waiting for the alpha male to be distracted! <br /><br />Fallow Deer
have a totally different technique; they choose a territory, often in woodland
on raised ground. This is known as a “stand” where the Buck will call from to
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early in the rut, she will again come into season later, but this is not ideal
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<i>We would like to thank Ben Pickersgill, a park visitor who very kindly sent in and allowed us to use these wonderful Deer images, that really capture the Deer Rut.</i></div>
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<i>For more fantastic images of the parkland and its wildlife visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ILoveTattonPark" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page or find us on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ilovetattonpark/" target="_blank">Flickr. </a></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: URWGroteskTLig; font-size: 12pt;">Best Biennial yet. This had purpose, romance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: URWGroteskTLig; font-size: 12pt;">Really enjoyed discovering the artwork. Really well curated and added a magical element to this visit. Challenging and inspirational.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<br />Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-45398214970684183242012-08-30T15:28:00.000+01:002012-08-30T15:57:03.383+01:00Life on the Estate<h3>
<span style="color: #666666;">Tatton 365 Mansion Exhibition</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With
only a month to go until the start of the Tatton 365 exhibition, I am in the
final stages of preparation. The selection process has been a bit of a mission
to say the least, and has so far taken the best part of two full days, just to
narrow down the final choices. The tricky part has been trying to represent
life over 12 months, as I have thousands of images to go through. However,
we're almost there now and it's time to get the images framed, prepare press
releases and all of the other aspects related to the exhibition.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /> Life on the estate is currently at its busiest and I'm still popping in to
sneak the occasional opportunity where possible. It would have been interesting
to keep a record of the hours I've spent on the estate, but there have been plenty
of early mornings as well as the occasional very late night.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />The project has been a joy to work on. I've met all sorts of people and have
got to know quite a few of the staff who are fortunate enough to work there.
The more time I have spent at Tatton, the more I have wanted to shoot and it's
become a bit of a second home over the last year.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
I've put together a video clip which tells a bit about the exhibition...</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the exhibition, <a href="http://www.markwilliamsonphotography.com/home" target="_blank">http://www.markwilliamsonphotography.com/home</a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /> Tatton 365 opens to the public on October 6th and will be on display in the
mansion for the month of October. I hope you enjoy the work as much as I've
enjoyed shooting it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;">Her are a few taster images.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Parkland deer are now “cleaning up” their antlers, which mean the velvet is coming off them. The antlers have been growing since spring; they have been soft to the touch and fed with minerals by blood vessels. When growing they were soft to the touch, now they are known to be in “hard horn”. The velvet is shed by scraping them against fallen branches or tree guards. The hard antler underneath is a sure sign autumn is just around the corner and the beginning of...........the Rut! </span><br />
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</span>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-77389752226597501642012-08-06T13:50:00.003+01:002012-08-06T13:53:37.310+01:00Fun Farm Athletics!<h3>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;">It's all going on down at the farm in July and August with Tatton joining in on the Olympic fun... I went down to visit the team at the farm, where the ducks are going quackers over swimming, the pigs are trotting mad for the 100 metre sprint and our rare breed Hebridean sheep are baa-battling to the finish to get Gold!</span></div>
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The RHS show was soon in full swing after a glorious spell
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Linking in with the Tatton Park Arts Biennial 2012,
the imaginative concept behind the garden design is that the last Baron
Egerton, who collected plants and garden styles from many continents, including
the famous <a href="http://www.tattonpark.org.uk/whattosee/gardens/garden_areas/japanese_garden.aspx" target="_blank">Japanese Garden</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">sent plant material to other countries, including pea
and bean cultivators to his estate in Kenya. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Combining his
passion for plants with his interests in exploration, early radio cars, and was
a pioneer aviator it helped launch our concept for the 1930’s style rocket, landing on a desolate planet where 1000’s
of seeds spill out onto the baron land and flourished into a mass of colour.</span></div>
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The build took 2 weeks from start to finish, and much of the
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garden this year ...see if you can spot them! They include pineapple plants from
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If you visited the show this year we would love to hear your
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East’s exhibit by the Tatton Garden team. Leave us your comments below!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />Hey there!<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm Kat Robbins and I'm doing work experience here at Tatton Park in the Marketing Department. I'm currently at Nottingham Trent University studying Broadcast Journalism and in October I will be going into my third and final year. I have been at Tatton for just under a month and am </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">thoroughly</span><span style="background-color: white;"> enjoying it! I have been editing the Tatton Times that is the three monthly staff magazine as well as writing press releases and designing the Christmas Leaflets and flyers. I am enjoying the marketing and PR side of Tatton and feel it will really boost my </span><span style="background-color: white;">portfolio</span><span style="background-color: white;"> and give me a really valuable experience. </span></span></h4>
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(completely coincidental that I have Tatton Park behind me, Honest. Good to know it's being promoted in Alderley Edge too though eh?)
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<span style="background-color: white;">My favourite part of Tatton are the gardens and the Parklands, the Japanese Garden is my particular favourite part out of the gardens. I love the Japanese and oriental culture and I find the gardens very close to a real Japanese garden. I was very impressed with the knowledge the tour guides have when I went on the tour about a week ago, she was particularly </span><span style="background-color: white;">thorough</span><span style="background-color: white;"> with cultural information. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />I would love to travel around the world and aim to go the year after next, after I have completed University. South East Asia will be my first point of call.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I can't quite get my head around the fact that a 'normal-ish' (apart from being completely wealthy) lived in this Mansion, I can't imagine walking around the rooms, shouting 'When's tea?' or calling to the dogs or cats outside in the gardens!</span></div>
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I took some photos when I went down to the farm last week, these are them! I'm rather partial to photography and love to take photos wherever I am of my favourite bits - of life - I guess!</div>
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<br /></div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-73873211434685886222012-06-25T14:52:00.002+01:002012-06-25T14:57:12.949+01:00The return of a masterpiece to Tatton Park’s Collection by Caroline Schofield<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 113%;">For
the Mansion Team the end of May brought with it the delivery of a very large
packing case and a stressful but gratifying job! As you can imagine it isn’t
every day that you move a great painting by the artist Van Dyck, but when the
Mansion team welcomed his painting of </span><i>The Martyrdom of St
Stephen </i>back to Tatton it was everyone to the
ready. As you can imagine it isn’t every day that you move a great painting by
the artist Van Dyck, but when the Mansion team welcomed his painting of <i>The
Martyrdom of St Stephen </i>back to Tatton it was everyone to the
ready. This internationally-important painting from the Tatton collection was
being returned from a prestigious exhibition held at Dulwich Picture Gallery in
London which ended on May 27.Iconic 17<sup><span style="line-height: 113%;">th</span></sup><span style="line-height: 113%;">
century painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641) left his native Antwerp in
1621 for Italy to study the work of earlier Italian painters Titian, Veronese
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> During his travels he painted the
portraits of the wealthy and powerful, becoming something of a celebrity as an
artist. In spring 1624 he reached Palermo in Sicily. Not long after his arrival
Sicily was struck by a violent outbreak of plague, and until recently it was
believed that he left for safety. The exhibition, <i>‘Van
Dyck in Sicily: Painting and the Plague 1624-1625’</i> explored newly-found evidence that he in fact
remained on the plague-stricken island, and during his time there produced
major paintings along religious themes, such as his <i>St
Rosalia in Glory </i>and the Tatton <i>St
Stephen.<br />
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said ‘Whether created in the heat of the epidemic, or as ex voto offerings
after it was over, the paintings played a major role in the imagined drama of
their city’s deliverance’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then that a painting produced on a Mediterranean island by the great master of
17<sup>th</sup> century art
should be wending its way home to a 19<sup>th</sup> century English
country house. According to records, in 1793 its interesting journey had taken
it to the Church of San Pascual Bailon in Madrid, after which it was sold and
imported into England by the dealer William Buchanan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">In 1814, when he was busy furnishing his
fine new mansion at Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton acquired it for his collection
from the Delahante sale at Phillips Auction house on 3<sup>rd</sup> June, at a cost
of 700 guineas. Since that time it has graced the drawing room at Tatton with
its sombre beauty. Safely back in position the painting, measuring six feet by
five feet, took the strength of seven people to lift back into place on the
silk lined walls. As you can imagine lifting something extremely heavy, fragile
and important to hang against delicate silk, battened to the walls some 100
years ago is a ‘bottle tester’, but with the aid of art handlers and the team
everything went without a hitch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">It is always a
great honour for Tatton to be asked to contribute to major exhibitions, not
only does it allow us to share access to our collection, but it also highlights
the quality of the objects in our care and gives Cheshire a plug. Bringing
together Van Dyck’s Sicilian works was a fantastic achievement by curator
Xavier Salomon at Dulwich, but we are very glad to have St Stephen back. If you
want to come and see the painting please do. Our team will be happy to show it
to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time of year again when the Old Hall at Tatton turns into a Medieval Fayre,
Encampment and Battleground...unfortunately a very muddy one particularly on
saturday, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of anyone. Luckily most tents went
up on friday before the torrential rain came and the grounds of the Old Hall
were transformed into a riot of colour, flags and re-enactors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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surprisingly busy on saturday and just when the muster for the battle started
the heavens opened but all the soldiers, knights and archers stood their ground
and went out to the battlefield...and came back!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started with much better weather and the sun made everyone feel brighter
too...A lot more visitors arrived and soon the grounds were packed with people
wanting to see the tournament, falconry, demonstrations of guns, and the final
battle outside on the flat ground. As always there was plenty to buy and have a
go at, children’s activities in our Education tent, and tasty thing to eat and
drink. The Old Hall itself was open and with guides to tell you all about its
history and give you a feel of what it was like long ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then came
the muster for the battle again, it looked a bit threatening with some black
clouds in the distance and as the intrepid archers went out into the field,
including the elite few of the Tatton Archers, the weather seemed to clear. An
exciting battle started, arrows flew over from both sides, the guns fired and
smoke billowed across the field, a few injuries tended by the Red Cross (not so
lucky in the original battles). There were lots of shouts and cheers of
encouragement from the crowd and then it was all over and the victorious
winners marched back to camp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Things are moving fast with Tatton 365. Spring has passed and Summer is now
here, albeit not very convincingly. Life at Tatton is getting busier, with the
events calendar in full flow now. All the behind the scenes work over the
winter is paying off and the army of staff and volunteers have got the estate
up to scratch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Visually, everything is changing so quickly. The colours and tones are changing
weekly as Spring turns to Summer and there have been new arrivals on a daily
basis on both farm and estate. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">I have the constant frustration of not being able to spend as much time as I
would like shooting the project, but that was always going to be the case. My
visits are always extended by an hour or two. I think it's swiftly becoming an
obsession. However, a healthy obsession and my back up hard drives are quickly
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</span></span>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-89116665350363455992012-04-17T14:23:00.000+01:002012-04-17T14:23:21.983+01:00Tatton 365 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hello, my name is Mark Williamson and I am currently shooting a photographic project on Tatton Park, called Tatton 365.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The aim of the project is to document all aspects of life at Tatton Park. My background is in advertising photography, so this project is a little bit of a departure for me, in the sense that most of my work is constructed photography, normally working to a very detailed brief. The only brief for the Tatton 365 project is self appointed, and is to present a detailed and personal insight into life at Tatton. I started shooting in the summer of 2011 and will finish around October of 2012, with some of the work going on display in the mansion from 6th October. Details are on the <a href="http://events.tattonpark.org.uk/viewEvent.aspx?eid=50906&s=634850784000000000&e=634869792000000000" target="_blank">Tatton Park events listing webpage</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I shall try to post monthly on the build up to the exhibition, with a few images thrown in to give a taste of some of the work. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So March is my first post and as the days get longer, life on the estate is getting busier. The gardens are starting to come to life, with the trees and shrubs packed with buds biding their time before they burst open. The farm is gradually welcoming new arrivals and lambing week is just around the corner. It's always hard driving through the estate at dawn, with the silhouettes of deer herds slowly emerging from the morning mist. The urge to take "just one more photo of the deer" is always hard to resist.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">These events and hundreds more are just some of the sources of my inspiration for this project, and hopefully I will be able to convey my passion for this subject matter over the coming months.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-56587927393602057552012-04-13T09:15:00.000+01:002012-04-13T09:15:41.011+01:00Wonderland and the White Rabbit...If you were in the Gardens at Tatton over the Easter Weekend you may have thought you were seeings things with a White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and other slightly mad characters but it was of course quite real! well, I think it was...<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The weather was a bit chilly but the Rabbit did tell me that at least the fur coat kept him cosy, and perhaps the way everyone was running about kept the rest of them warm too, along with the tea...you can’t have Alice in Wonderland without the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The visitors joined in (with a bit of encouragement) with singing, dancing, juggling and anything else the children persuaded their parents to get up and perform! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It looked very busy in the Stableyard with a Magic Show, Punch and Judy and Hat Making...a quiz in the Mansion and a trail in the Gardens. Lots going on at the Farm too with storytelling with the Queen of Hearts and following the Cheshire Cat trail...not forgetting the main event with lots of new born lambs and chicks.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As well as the amazing characters and the madness of the Alice in Wonderland story, there was the real magic of all the plants and trees bursting into flower and blossom and new life with the baby animals...a proper Easter!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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‘Among Pioneers: Maurice Egerton and Early Flight’, opened on Saturday and explores the fascinating story of the development of aeroplane flight during the early 20th century. <br />
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Central to the story the exhibition uncovers is the passionate involvement of Maurice Egerton during this intense period of exploration into early flight. Maurice, 4th and last Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958) was a pioneer aviator, photographer, filmmaker, traveller and motorist. <br />
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</tbody></table> In 1903 the American Wright brothers made the first controlled, powered and sustained, heavier-than-air, human flight in an aeroplane. Inspired by this great event Maurice devoted a decade of his life to pioneering aviation work, at first developing his own aircraft, then testing and flying planes, eventually for the Royal Navy. <br />
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The exhibition explores Maurice’s friendships with some of these early aviators and his personal journey to make his own ambitions to quite literally, take flight. <br />
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Original material from Maurice’s archive and photographic collection is also be on display. <br />
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The exhibition is a collaboration between Tatton Park and Jim Rait, an aero-engine designer and expert in aviation history. The exhibition will be supplemented by a special talk by Jim on Wednesday, September 20, ‘Invention and adventure – early flight and technology’. Further details can be found below and on the Tatton Park website. <br />
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Mansion and collections manager Caroline Schofield said: “Maurice Egerton is something of an enigma. This quiet, unassuming and shy man is found among the ranks of the pioneers in the development of early aeroplanes in Britain. Though a terrible flying accident curtailed feats of daring, he continued to test and fly aeroplanes during the First World War, employing his meticulous eye for detail in support of the war effort. ”<br />
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<strong>‘Among Pioneers: Maurice Egerton and Early Flight’ exhibition</strong><br />
Saturday, March 24 to Sunday, May 6 2012 (closed Mondays). The Mansion is open from 1pm-5pm (last entry 4pm).<br />
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<strong><a href="http://events.tattonpark.org.uk/viewEvent.aspx?eid=50537&s=634836960000000000&e=634836960000000000" target="_blank">‘Invention and adventure – early flight and technology’ talk: </a></strong><br />
Wednesday, September 20. 11am-noon. £7.50 per person.<br />
Jim Rait, aero-engine designer and expert in aviation history has researched the life and aviation exploits of Maurice Egerton. Tatton Park’s photographic collection and Maurice Egerton’s flight-log provides a fascinating insight into Egerton’s first attempts as a pilot and relations with the aviator Orville Wright.<br />
Booking in advance essential. Please call 01625 374428 to book. <br />
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Eleanor Gorsuch, Tatton MarketingTatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-77919145218778467682012-03-22T11:00:00.000+00:002012-03-22T11:00:42.501+00:00A Day in the life of Tatton Park Biennial Volunteer.<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-US">Tatton’s 2012 Biennial is coming up soon and the artists involved are well underway with production for their piece. One of those artist is Aura Satz, who’s piece is embedded with the ornaments, patterns and music of Tatton hall itself. As one of the volunteers at the Biennial I had the chance to work as a runner and work behind the scene checking out some of the filming that will appear in the final piece. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAAoaWlK3yEvKy7Iuc3SXNjrMPMSuQMPavyzeT2a9IX78hx7MTg9gyCYz15E6jc6aez77d1W7rSL7EydZiuPOAstOJyuWhNC5xiwQPvFe_2DqHnr5ze6fKqGBifyaFxZooVlg-obJ50cn/s1600/20120208_AuraSatz_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAAoaWlK3yEvKy7Iuc3SXNjrMPMSuQMPavyzeT2a9IX78hx7MTg9gyCYz15E6jc6aez77d1W7rSL7EydZiuPOAstOJyuWhNC5xiwQPvFe_2DqHnr5ze6fKqGBifyaFxZooVlg-obJ50cn/s320/20120208_AuraSatz_02.jpg" width="320px" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Since graduating in 2010 in photography I have be volunteering at art events to gain experience from within the industry. The opportunity to work along side the Tatton park Biennial came about after sending the curators (Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplan) an email, following a visit to the 2010 Biennial. So far I have been find the experiences interesting whilst gaining skills and insight to the industry.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-US">Aura’s piece for the biennial explores rooms up close and personal, taking the small patterns from around tables, mirrors, bookshelves as well as the intricate strings of instruments. The camera seems to follow the natural path of such a piece, creating a delicate and intimate portrait of one of most well known rooms at Tatton Hall. Although they seem beautifully simple, the way in which pieces like this are actually achieved is not. Boxes and boxes of equipment were needed from Bevis (the camera man) to receive the look and correct positioning of the camera was, sometimes, down to the cm. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhK4Zzui-erlBnq2gF9Gvv5wMqCdUjC02QWmRSlM5IBJAmXXkoeTVm3TYe_wQPGuTqQshmi221kCecqgJEkhZa5wvPBClVuj8AsnCrhgZF2QDWw935A_qtj5HmUq8XJuLvVeLCtgudiPu/s1600/20120208_AuraSatz_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="200px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhK4Zzui-erlBnq2gF9Gvv5wMqCdUjC02QWmRSlM5IBJAmXXkoeTVm3TYe_wQPGuTqQshmi221kCecqgJEkhZa5wvPBClVuj8AsnCrhgZF2QDWw935A_qtj5HmUq8XJuLvVeLCtgudiPu/s200/20120208_AuraSatz_03.jpg" width="200px" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Two (extremely talented) musicians played the harpsichord and one of the pianos from the house. Filming was focused on the movement of the strings as they where playing. Seeing this part of the movement close up gave you a completely different view of the instrument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes you realize how much<span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;"> </span>intricacy is needed to make such instruments and the movement of the strings almost hypnotizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This, a long with the music from composer Larry Goves, was truly an amazing opportunity and one I am very grateful to have had the chance to experience. As well as getting the chance to see behind the scene process I have gained better understand to the needs of artists and the development of pieces. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-53817346401696401462012-03-08T09:01:00.000+00:002012-03-08T09:01:13.976+00:00Musical melodies: performance and talkFind yourself in the magnificent entrance hall of Tatton Park mansion on Thursday, March 15 and you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped into the pages of a scene from Pride and Prejudice. <br />
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Penelope Cave, prizewinning pianist and harpsichordist, will be giving a special performance of music played and loved by Elizabeth Egerton, the ‘lady of the house’ during the early 19th century and a contemporary of Jane Austen.<br />
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Elizabeth Egerton (1777-1853) was a keen musician, with a serious and lasting interest in music. Her scores are held in Tatton Park’s collection and, with performances of pieces from these volumes, Penelope will trace her progress from a wealthy Yorkshire childhood, via a boarding school for young ladies, to becoming the wife of her cousin, Wilbraham and mistress of Tatton Park.<br />
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Penelope’s talk will highlight some of the findings of her research into the Tatton Park music collection, towards a PhD at the University of Southampton (funded by the National Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research Council). <br />
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This is a rare opportunity to hear some newly discovered material about a previous owner of the house and to hear the very music that Elizabeth loved and played in this stunning setting. Prepare to be transported!<br />
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The Musical melodies performance and talk is one of three lectures taking place in the mansion this year. The lectures form part of the extensive <a href="http://www.tattonpark.org.uk/learn/learning_courses_and_activitie.aspx" target="_blank">adult and family-learning programme</a> with nearly 60 activities and participatory events taking place this year. <br />
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<strong>Musical melodies - talk and performance: Thursday, March 15.</strong><br />
<strong>11am-noon. £7.50 per person. Places must be booked in advance, please call 01625 374428. </strong><br />
The Mansion re-opens to the public on Saturday, March 24.<br />
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Eleanor Gorsuch, MarketingTatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-83304701268275441462012-02-24T20:25:00.007+00:002012-02-24T21:07:13.273+00:00Up In The Air<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whilst discussions continued at the Golden Brook, something caught my attention in the corner of my eye. It was Simon Tetlow, Garden Team Supervisor of Tatton Park floating passed in a rowing boat. He casually moored up, disappeared amongst the shrubs and later joined us to offer his expertise and to answer any questions we had. Protecting the gardens, wildlife and surrounding areas was high on our the agenda, as well as creating an artwork that was structurally safe and sound, whilst allowing Olivier’s idea to reach it’s full potential.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XWxyI_ofsUA/T0fvj01pePI/AAAAAAAAAhk/wM1I4JRrs_g/s1600/P1090117_OG_01_150res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XWxyI_ofsUA/T0fvj01pePI/AAAAAAAAAhk/wM1I4JRrs_g/s200/P1090117_OG_01_150res.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Given the Biennial's theme 'Flights of Fancy' and with this proposal in mind, <a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/detail/4369/" target="_blank">Olivier<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/detail/4369/" target="_blank">Grossetete</a> reminds me of those </span></span></span>inventors and mathematicians who created wings for their arms and constructed marvellous flying contraptions, all of whom shared the one dream, and that was to take to the skies. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Debbie Chan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a1a1a; line-height: 20px;">, Project Manager for Tatton Park Biennial </span><a href="mailto:debbie@tattonparkbiennial.org" style="color: #993333; text-decoration: none;">debbie@tattonparkbiennial.org</a></span><br />
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</div></div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-65413259893792071092012-02-18T15:11:00.000+00:002012-02-20T21:38:07.062+00:00Return of Tatton Park Biennial<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, I want to introduce myself. My name is Debbie and I'm new to this blog, new to Tatton Park and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">new to working on <a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/" target="_blank">Tatton Park Biennial 2012.</a> For those who haven't heard of the Biennial before, it is a contemporary art event that takes place every other year and artists are commissioned to create site-specific artworks within and around the landscaped gardens and inside the estate. If you're familiar with the Biennial or it's starting to ring bells, you might remember the art installation in 2010 called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6a6965;"><em><a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/2010/detail/3107/" target="_blank">Evacuate</a></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6a6965;"> </span>created by artist Kate MccGwire, where t</span>housands of locally sourced bird feathers weaved through and consumed the kitchen. It was a piece, even my mother-in-law remembers and talks about today, because she found it both haunting and beautiful.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Anyhow, you will be pleased to hear that the Biennial is returning to your park, opening to the public on Saturday 12th May. The theme is <i><a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/artists/" target="_blank">Flights of Fancy</a>, </i>where artworks will refer to Tatton Park's aeronautical legacy, as well as the human urge to fly. Did you know that d<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">uring the Second World War, Tatton's parkland played a major role in the training of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">RAF paratroopers and the grounds were used for test parachute <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jumps? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000033; line-height: 19px;">Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton was even described to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000033; line-height: 19px;">have been "an innovator, a man of great inventive and technical skill, a pioneer aviator, photographer and filmmaker", so it makes sense for this year's Biennial to explore these themes. </span><br />
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</span>Artists duo, </span>Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler, known as <a href="http://www.juneauprojects.co.uk/" target="_blank">Juneau Projects</a> plan to transform a decommissioned aeroplane into an iconic sculpture calle<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">d </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.tattonparkbiennial.org/detail/4370/" target="_blank">Gleaners of the Infocalypse</a></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span> Yes, you heard correctly. Half an aircraft, no longer needed for service, will take on a new life here at Tatton Park. The very thought of it arriving excites me and I think it will look oddly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> spectacular</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> amongst the peaceful, rural landscape. Watch this blog for more updates.</span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000033; line-height: 19px;">Over the next few months, you will hear more from the Biennial team, because we want to give you an insight on what we get up to, who we meet, how we work closely with Tatton Park staff and the challenges we are faced with when commissioning artworks for the park. Having spent a year on maternity leave, I am thrilled to be back and taking on the role of Biennial Project Manager. The bringing together of creative experts and professionals from various backgrounds to create art and educational events in response to the rich landscape, heritage and history dating back to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">medieval times, you have to agree is a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000033;"> very exciting time for Tatton Park.</span></span></span></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Debbie Chan, Project Manager for Tatton Park Biennial </span><a href="mailto:debbie@tattonparkbiennial.org">debbie@tattonparkbiennial.org</a><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-46552779396116788522012-02-14T10:15:00.000+00:002012-02-14T10:15:57.143+00:00A Chilly Day and so many Scarecrows!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Gardener scarecrow 'Mr McGregor' </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">©Margaret Clark</span></div></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>A walk in the gardens on Sunday 12th Feb was a big surprise as to how many families had ventured out on such a chilly day...it all looked very pretty but as the mist came down and the landscape vanished we wondered if the scarecrows came to life when everyone had gone home. Some of them did look a bit worse for wear slumped against trees as though they’d had a good time the night before! Very inventive, particularly Darth Vader but I did like the Pirate, he seemed to be ready to dash off somewhere...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">The monument in the mist </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">©Margaret Clark</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Janet and Sheila were doing very well on such a cold day in the marquee with the children’s activities making their own mini scarecrow...but we were glad to get into the restaurant and a hot drink and of course a cake!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Margaret Clark</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img height="96px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBNPr0oIrm7UPDvTXT7uAL3SQieLFDq8jZYU89SoaTdDeIfxGZ7q9CkFyvLhEAT4sC_1CmJnsdgg4hjhrc7YJcmcAWgY4tEpTv33-GwGTNTvWWlcHMFv62e2m2ucesXlhbdUecsMe3Lm5/s400/gardener+scarecrow2.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 69px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 350px; visibility: hidden;" width="63px" /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-33681292160987541032012-02-09T09:17:00.000+00:002012-02-09T09:17:50.060+00:00An unusual sighting..<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Californian FB;">An unusual bird has been seen on Tatton Mere recently. Rangers have spotted a female Smew from Scandinavia.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Californian FB;">This bird is rare in Cheshire and Tatton is one of (if not the!) best place to see them in the county as we have one here most winters. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Californian FB;">The majority of smews in Britain are females, they are known as "redheads"....because they have a red head. The males are even rarer; there have not been seen in Cheshire for ages.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Californian FB;">Darren Morris, Tatton Park Ranger</span></div>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-33142195978585408972012-01-25T09:22:00.000+00:002012-01-25T09:22:11.843+00:00Winter Wildfowl WatchThe Winter Wildfowl Watch held in the bird hide on Melchett Mere on 15<sup>th</sup> Jan was a great success.<br />
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</tbody></table>The weather was stunning, a beautiful winter's day with bright sunshine over the mere illuminating various species of Wildfowl. Their stunning plumage was viewed with the aid of telescopes set up in the Allen Hide.<br />
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Members of the Knutsford Ornithological Society and myself helped members of the public to use them and help identify the birds. Goldeneye, Teal, Wigeon Mallard and Pochard were seen along with Great Crested Grebe and Little Grebe. Woodland species could be seen on the bird feeding station including Coal Tit, Nuthatch and a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers.<br />
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Between 30-40 visitors called into the hide during the session and were very well received. The visitors also included many children which was especially pleasing as their reaction to seeing new birds through a telescope in such bright conditions was great. A Buzzard perched in a tree was the children’s favourite!<br />
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Darren Morris, Tatton Park RangerTatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676708130979885189.post-17814802643284559172012-01-24T11:08:00.000+00:002012-01-24T11:10:11.355+00:00Where there's muck... there's silver gilt!<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the low season we take the opportunity to do our annual "winter clean". Each room is checked and cleaned from top to bottom using special conservation techniques. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Mansion team have just started working on Tatton's fabulous silver gilt collection. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tarnish from the silver underneath had come through the fine gilded layer on a number of items, taking away their gleam. Under the direction of our Regional Conservator from the National Trust the team removed tarnish very gently using cotton swabs and silver dip. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The results were quite startling! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">See our before and after photograph of a Paul Storr candleabra. Storr was a nineteenth century English silversmith.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">Karan Knowles, Operations Supervisor</span>Tatton Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151063966668278822noreply@blogger.com1