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shenmue

(38,538 posts) Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:37 AM Jan 2018

Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in UK for the first time

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42713552

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Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in UK for the first time (Original Post) shenmue Jan 2018 OP

I saw it on display when I was 18 in Bayeux tymorial Jan 2018 #1

I saw it in Bayeux when I was a teenager. That's my memory too! Pacifist Patriot Jan 2018 #2

Link to viewing it scene by scene with commentary packman Jan 2018 #3

Secondary school or university? tymorial Jan 2018 #4

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

1. I saw it on display when I was 18 in Bayeux

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 10:14 AM

Jan 2018

It was dark inside to protect the tapestry from fading so the pictures I have are dark.. no flash photography of course. This was long before smartphones so I just have the photos. It is very long and wraps around the room. So beautiful.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,912 posts)

2. I saw it in Bayeux when I was a teenager. That's my memory too!

Reply to tymorial (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 10:19 AM

Jan 2018

packman

(16,296 posts)

3. Link to viewing it scene by scene with commentary

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:24 AM

Jan 2018

http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxContents.htm

I used slides of the tapestry why back when I taught Medieval History - students were fascinated by it, especially the scene with Haley's Comet blazing across the sky.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

4. Secondary school or university?

Reply to packman (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 12:09 PM

Jan 2018

I studied early music before I went back for my nursing degree.

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