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Summer Outing - Lymington 2019

An explanation for each image is given in the centre of the page. Photograph 1 is in the top left corner. To match the remainder, follow clockwise from number 1.

Introductory talk Talk on Cornwallis etc St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery
Wavy wall
  1. Introductory talk on Lymington at the Community Centre
  2. Talk on Admiral William Cornwallis, Admiral Robert Man and Rear Admiral John Peyton
  3. Front entrance of the St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, the location of the Cornwallis Exhibition
  4. Cornwallis Exhibition: The picture in the background is ‘A squadron of the Red running past Hurst Castle’ by Dominic Serres (private collection)
  5. Cornwallis Exhibition: The picture on the wall is the ‘Second sketch for the Battle of Trafalgar’ by J.M. Turner (on loan from the Tate Gallery)
  6. East Grove: street view of an iconic Georgian house
  7. East Grove: front garden. The outing included a visit to the Georgian garden at the rear of the house which is not usually open to the public.
  8. A replica wavy wall built by author Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) who lived at the adjacent Grove Place (since demolished).

Grateful thanks are due to Paul French (Southpoint films) for taking these photographs and for giving permission to reproduce them

Cornwallis Exhibition
East Grove Garden Georgian House East Grove Str Cornwallis Exhibition 2
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