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By: Christmas and New Year in Cheshire – The Educated Traveller

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[…] I recently wrote about Lewis Carroll and his masterpiece Alice in Wonderland […]

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By: Sandra Hutchinson

Sandra Hutchinson — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:40:39 +0000

Oh my goodness thank you Janet! I loved reading your other Oxford posts. I dream of returning, post-Covid. I was checking the Oxford Adult Education web site and saw that they are offering a short course next summer on Dodgson! And I believe the lodgings are at Christ Church. Wouldn’t that be great?

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:23:08 +0000

In reply to Sandra Hutchinson.

Me too – I’ve just added a link to your article at the bottom of the Alice piece, I’ve also added a detail of the Ch Ch Alice window. Last but not least I remembered that I had taken a photo of the Carroll Globe and figurines when visiting Ch Ch as part of one of the Alumni groups a few years ago – worth a quick look – very charming!

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By: Sandra Hutchinson

Sandra Hutchinson — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:18:09 +0000

In reply to Janet Simmonds.

Well, I know I feel as though I’ve gone down the rabbit hole!!

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:51:10 +0000

In reply to Sandra Hutchinson.

Thank you to so much Sandra – I loved your article about living like a student in Oxford. In fact I’ll revisit it. I’ll also check out the Christ Church website. The more I think of Alice’s Adventures the more I think it is perfect for our topsy turvy times!

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By: Sandra Hutchinson

Sandra Hutchinson — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:50:54 +0000

A wonderful post, Janet! Last fall when I was lucky enough to stay at Christ Church College, I learned of many of the connections between Dodgson and the college, its buildings and gardens, and of course, Alice, the daughter of the Dean. I noted some of these connections in my post here: https://sandrahutchinson.com/2019/12/07/live-like-a-student-at-oxford-university-bb-at-christ-church-college/ Your readers may be interested to know that when the stained glass windows in Christ Church’s Great Hall were redone in the 1980s, images of Alice and characters from Dodgon’s books were included in the windows. https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/hall There is also a portrait of Dodgson at the rear of the Great Hall.
Thank you!

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By: Mary Lou Peters

Mary Lou Peters — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:34:57 +0000

Fascinating! I can’t imagine the amount of research you did for this article, Janet. And to have this wonderful chapel so close to your new home. Will you become a collector of all things Alice?

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:52:43 +0000

In reply to Juliet.

One of the upsides of us all being stuck at home is that it gives us the opportunity to read and think!!

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By: Juliet

Juliet — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:40:28 +0000

I have just put All Saints, Daresbury onto my list of places to visit. I had no idea about the Alice windows, even though I grew up within 20 miles of there. I guess these things were not so easy to find out about in the days before the interweb.
I have been to Ripon Cathedral in the dim-and-distant past, but had no idea about the Dodgson connection there either. Fascinating.

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