It used to be a Roman floor in the former capital of Britannia: Colchester. (It was this city in south-east England that Queen Bodicca - better known as Bodicea - raised to the ground after some a Roman soldier manhandled one of her daughters. Her army burned Colchester, St Albans and, I think, London too. Talk about a woman's wrath. I can imagine a little bit how she must have felt... Thirty thousand people died in the fires. Bloody hell....)
Anyway, it's a nice Roman floor, retouched in i-photo.
I liked it so much, I did another version:
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I grew up in Colchester, which got it's name from Manchester and Coal Bay. All these towns are on Puget Sound and a glance to the east reveals Seattle.
Manchester was a small town, I assume named after the North Country hamlet. Coal Bay was shortened to Colby, and the small, short lived port and business area between Manchester and Colby was a combination of the names. Not nearly so interesting in it’s history, which ended in the 1950’s.
Not too far away, maybe twenty miles was a Girl Scout camp, “St Albans Camp-Pacific Peaks Girl Scout Council,” which our church used for a number of retreats.
Coincidence I’m sure, but dull!
Not dull at all. Those are some of those fascinating little things I'd never know if I wasn't dabbling in the world of blogging! I grew up in Manchester, by the way...
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