tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post8516797607875529551..comments2024-03-05T06:55:44.053+00:00Comments on Thinking of the days: A day of spitting feathers - more about Richard IIIThinking of the dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-43200869083507202152013-09-04T21:30:59.202+01:002013-09-04T21:30:59.202+01:00Hello G,
No worries, leave it until you get back!...Hello G,<br /><br />No worries, leave it until you get back! Bugt would like to speak to you!Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-35212364921512936342013-09-04T21:29:43.952+01:002013-09-04T21:29:43.952+01:00Hello Mr First Anonymous! Actually, I would like t...Hello Mr First Anonymous! Actually, I would like to speak to G, but I would also like your contact number.This story is going to run and run, and it would be lovely to have your details (esp as you have a foot in both camps!)Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-67590512563085619172013-09-04T17:50:43.880+01:002013-09-04T17:50:43.880+01:00Hi Bridget, I'm in Kefalonia at the moment wit...Hi Bridget, I'm in Kefalonia at the moment with a erratic WiFi !! I'll get in touch soon. G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-31848342521730068562013-09-04T13:25:37.584+01:002013-09-04T13:25:37.584+01:00The two anonymous comments are from different peop...The two anonymous comments are from different people. Mine is the first but I think you're interested in talking to the second person. Do advise if that isn't the case though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-65249646554074241322013-09-04T08:07:02.193+01:002013-09-04T08:07:02.193+01:00Hello...thank you so much for this! I love learnin...Hello...thank you so much for this! I love learning something new first thing in the morning! I didn't know about the cinquefoil...but yes, it is seen all over Leicester. I wish I knew who you are...I'd like to talk to you about this. Could you email me at bridget.blair@bbc.co.uk?Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-39847293948277205832013-09-04T06:19:24.709+01:002013-09-04T06:19:24.709+01:00Leicester already has a floral emblem ... the cinq...Leicester already has a floral emblem ... the cinquefoil or Rose of Venus which dates back over a thousand years. As for the burial location, there is absolutely no evidence of his wish to be buried in York or anywhere else. Clearly if he had survived Bosworth and reigned for a long period then Westminster Abbey or Windsor was the choice of Kings. Sadly that didn't happen and he was laid to rest by the King, Henry VII who some ten years later paid for a tomb to mark the grave in the Leicester Grey friars. We are in no position to alter our history and therefore he should most certainly stay in Leicester.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-40150423946772564502013-09-03T14:40:50.571+01:002013-09-03T14:40:50.571+01:00Hello....yes we do belong in a democracy....but fe...Hello....yes we do belong in a democracy....but feel that the University of Leicester has complied with the law. What happens though in future if the Plantangenet Alliance win their fight for Richard to be re interred in York? I think it sets a dangerous precedent for future archaeologists.<br /><br />I like the thought of Leicester rose though.....Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-62464092821415627932013-09-03T09:08:23.069+01:002013-09-03T09:08:23.069+01:00Born and bred in York, and a very happy resident o...Born and bred in York, and a very happy resident of Leicester for the last 20 years, I have a foot in both camps. If strong historical evidence can be presented that demonstrates the late HRH King Richard III himself wished to be laid to rest in York (or elsewhere, such as his former home at Middleham, as opposed to York Minster - who, incidently, have asked that he not be interred there. Charming!), it would be morally wrong to disregard this. However, this needs to be more than just conjecture. I think an enquiry is the right way to do this, but would remark that relatives had the opportunity to raise any objections at the time the dig was being planned and the University's application submitted and/or authorised. Waiting until the outcome of the University's investigation was announced to launch such a campaign feels materialistic and disrespectful, however, given we are a democracy, we should remember that everyone is entitled to their own view. I will certainly be keeping up to date with the enquiry, not least for this case, but also for the implications it could have on future archaeological practice standards which, to the best of my knowledge, the University has fully complied with. It feels like a new War of the Roses might start, only between the Yorkists and Midlanders rather than the Lancastrians. What colour rose might Leicester adopt, I wonder...? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-6556050524929794612013-08-20T07:02:12.745+01:002013-08-20T07:02:12.745+01:00Thanks Chiara..you're right...anywhere else do...Thanks Chiara..you're right...anywhere else doesn't seem right to me either...<br />Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-73779819994843132262013-08-19T14:08:08.600+01:002013-08-19T14:08:08.600+01:00I agree, he should stay where he is. Anything else...I agree, he should stay where he is. Anything else doesn't seem right.Chiarahttp://www.wineandolives.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-23108337715992321712013-08-16T21:31:23.513+01:002013-08-16T21:31:23.513+01:00So do I Ros! Leicester has looked after him for h...So do I Ros! Leicester has looked after him for half a millennium...he should stay....<br />Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238817249519560240.post-83432612962060942242013-08-16T19:59:43.209+01:002013-08-16T19:59:43.209+01:00It's sad that the poor man can't be left i...It's sad that the poor man can't be left in peace. It's as if that whole family courted rows and will forever more. The legal aspect was, I thought, all sorted but sadly not. For the sake of Leicester I hope he stays.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.com