Friday, 23 December 2016

Doddington Hall at Christmas 2016. Two more Fairy Tales.

Hansel and Gretal.

This room was decorated with candy and sweets of all shapes and types.


Here we see the witch in the fire.



The "Ginger Bread House".  It's made from real ginger bread.


Aladdin.

This room was the cave full of treasures from the Aladdin story.







Only one more Fairy Tale to go and I've saved the best 'til last.

Thursday, 22 December 2016

Doddington Hall at Christmas 2016. More fairy Tales.

Princess & the Pea.

This room was very dark and mysterious.  The Princess was asleep on a high bed, as is the tale, but I was unable to get a picture as she was near the doorway which had quite a few people coming in & out. 



The Princess's Tiara.

The Snow Queen.
This room took up the whole of the top floor as it depicts the Palace of The Snow Queen.
It was really cold but, a guide informed us, this room always is so it was ideal.



Visitors were encouraged to dress in the full length Mink coat (genuine Mink) and sit
in the throne to be photographed.  This young lady was posing for her family and kindly
allowed me to photograph her.  I got permission from her mum to post this picture on my blog. 





Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Doddington Hall at Christmas 2016. The next Fairytale.

Jack & the Beanstalk.

The staircase at Doddington cover three floors so is the ideal place to stage the Beanstalk from the popular fairy-tale.

The Beanstalk starts on the ground floor.

Winding it's way up each flight of stairs.

At the top it goes up into the clouds.


The giant's boot hangs down from the clouds.

The Goose that lays the Golden Eggs.

Monday, 19 December 2016

Doddington Hall at Christmas 2016. First Set.

I visited Doddington again this year to see the Christmas decorations.  They were quite different this year with less of the traditional decorating.  This year's theme was Fairy tales and each room depicted a different fairy tale.

The first room, the dining room, depicted "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs".

The table is set for a meal and along each side can be seen items belonging to the Dwarfs.


Here we see the jackets, hats, mining lamps and on the floor some tiny boots.








Tuesday, 13 December 2016