A day of fun! Profiteroles for lunch with Alice and Sara then joined Cath and Lucy Day for a super-informative tour of St George's Hall. The things I could tell you...... One of which was that Conan Doyle first read aloud The Hound of the Baskervilles from this small concert room with his own dog beside him. Dickens was also a frequent visitor.
Good facts Esther Baker. One of my favourites is that contrary to popular belief the hall WASN'T built facing the wrong way. Oh, and also the fact that the Liver Bird is a bad drawing of King John's seal (ie. an eagle carrying a branch) and so ended up as a cormorant carrying seaweed!!
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