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Frosty start this morning. Of course the notice do

Frosty start this morning. Of course the notice doesn’t apply to our feathered friends 😀. @kingscollegevisitorcentre @kings.college #cambridge

Jacob, a true country craftsman. Standing by the

Jacob, a true country craftsman.
Standing by the new fence he is building at King’s College.

Using coppiced sweet chestnut from Essex, mostly hand crafted by himself.
Not a power tool in sight!

#sustainable
#local
#handmade
#countrycraftsman
#kingscollegecambridge
#cambridge
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@kingscollegevisitorcentre

Trinity College Porters What might be the collec

Trinity College Porters

What might be the collective noun for College Porters?
A pride of porters?
A pick of porters?
A bowler of porters?
A possible of porters?

Always enjoy a chat with these cheerful chaps.

My dear grandfather Gee was Head Porter at the oldest Cambridge College - Peterhouse.

#trinitycollegecambridge
#peterhouse
#cambridge
#bowlerhats
#cheerfulchaps

50 portraits of 50 women, warm and captivating pic

50 portraits of 50 women, warm and captivating pictures captured by photographer Jooney Woodward.

Celebrating 50 years since King’s first admitted women. (I know, scandalously late but Kings, along with Clare and Churchill were the first male colleges to open up to women. )

Included are my friend and fellow guide Lena, (College Porter), my former neighbour Patricia (official archivist), Yaba Badoe, writer and filmmaker and Sarah John, the current chief cashier at The Bank of England..whose autograph is on all the new bank notes…well I learn something everyday 😀.

On display in King’s College Chapel.

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@kingscollegevisitorcentre
@jooneywoodward
#remarkablewomen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RALPH🎈 66 today! Always ready w

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RALPH🎈
66 today!
Always ready with a smile and a quip to welcome visitors to King’s College…..
(even pesky tour guides 🤦🏻‍♂️)

#happybirthday
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@kingscollegevisitorcentre
#theoneandonlyralph👏

Playful, colourful,funny and strange. Oddballs on

Playful, colourful,funny and strange.
Oddballs on the streets of Cambridge celebrating the Out of the Ordinary festival this weekend.
#cambridge
#grannyturismo
#outoftheordinary
#smile😊
#wellinever

Well… it was a good day to be a duck. 🦆☔️

Well… it was a good day to be a duck.
🦆☔️🦆☔️🦆☔️🦆☔️🦆

#cambridge
#kingscollegecambridge
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#ducks
#englishsummer

Counting out time Having been closed for repair t

Counting out time

Having been closed for repair the Corpus Chronophage is open again…eating up time……your time and my time⏱️😀

@corpuscambridge
#timewas
#cambridge

Not sure what this character was doing in the Trin

Not sure what this character was doing in the Trinity Hall loading bay🤔😂
@trinityhallcamb

May Balls Preparations underway for last night’s

May Balls
Preparations underway for last night’s Trinity Ball. The extravagant all night end of term parties.

Delicious food, an abundance of drink and top entertainment.

As an old man🤦🏻‍♂️I’m not familiar with today’s bands and dj’s…..
but in the late 1960’s, David Bowie played at the Jesus College Ball, The Who performed at Christ’s College (one can only imagine what Keith Moon got up to😲) and a young up and coming Cambridge band appeared at Kings College…..Pink Floyd✌️

#thelunaticisonthegrass
#mayballscambridge

Bloom in June The wonderful wild flower meadow at

Bloom in June

The wonderful wild flower meadow at the back of King’s, created by head gardener Steve Coghill (with some healthy help from nature) is starting to show again.

White oxeye daisies, yellow buttercups, blue cornflowers and with the promise of some red poppies in the next couple of weeks, providing shelter for 130 species of insects including bees, beetles, moths and butterflies.

#lovenature
#wildflowers
#tompetty
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@kingscollegevisitorcentre
#cambridge

Sing 🎶 Henry VI provided for a choir when foun

Sing 🎶

Henry VI provided for a choir when founding King’s College in 1441.

The young choristers, dressed in the Eton suit, top hat and Eton collar,walk from their school to sing at the Evensong service in the Chapel.

#choir
#etonsuit
#cambridge
#sing
#tradition

Swans on The Backs Walking into town on this lovel

Swans on The Backs
Walking into town on this lovely morning spotted these proud parents looking after their 5 signets.
🦢☀️🦢☀️🦢☀️🦢☀️🦢
The Gibbs Fellows Building at Kings just visible beyond the King’s Meadow.

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#swan
#newlife
#signets
#cambridge
#thebacks
#kingscollegecambridge

Dentist An easily missed plaque by the entrance t

Dentist
An easily missed plaque by the entrance to Cambridge Wine Merchants on Kings Parade.
George Cunningham pioneered preventative oral hygiene, particularly targeting children.
Very cleverly he put his message across using puppet shows and films.

The School Dentists Society supported his vision, concerned that bad teeth might lead to civil unrest and communism 😲.

#dentist
#cambridgewinemerchants
#cleanteeth
#toothbrushing

The Great Court The Queen’s Gate at Trinity Col

The Great Court

The Queen’s Gate at Trinity College has remained closed since the pandemic but I found it open today.

It affords a view of the Great Court; the largest court of all the Oxbridge Colleges.

It was the scene of “The Great Court Run”. First completed in 1927 by Lord Burghley.
The challenge, to run around the outside of the court in the time it took the King Edward clock to complete its cycle of chimes at 12 o’clock.

Referenced in the Oscar winning film “Chariots of Fire”, although not actually filmed at Trinity.

An inspiring film but often factually somewhat wayward🤦🏻‍♂️

But hey, why let facts get in the way of a memorable movie🤔

@trincollcam
#artisticlicense
#chariotsoffire
#vangelis

Ascension Day Today the world renowned St John’

Ascension Day

Today the world renowned St John’s College choir ascended the 163ft high tower of their Chapel to sing.

A tradition dating back to 1902 when apparently two fellows had a bet on whether the choir could be heard from below in front court.

They can! Wonder what the odds were🤔

@stjohnscam
#ascensionday

TLC St John’s College, founded in 1511 at the be

TLC
St John’s College, founded in 1511 at the behest of the remarkable Lady Margaret Beaufort.

St John the Evangelist looking a bit nervous as the great gate receives a bit of tlc.
Perhaps prepping for a new paint job🤔

@stjohnscam
#painteranddecorator
#stjohntheevangalist

Wild Crown This morning the wild crown was unveil

Wild Crown

This morning the wild crown was unveiled, sitting in front of Newton’s Apple Tree at Trinity College.

In 1967 a youthful Prince Charles arrived in a red Mini to study at Trinity.

#kingcharles
@trincollcam
#willow
#wildcrown
👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

A colourful addition to Kings Parade. The decorat

A colourful addition to Kings Parade.
The decorated hoarding outlines the efforts being made by King’s College to improve sustainability.
Including installing 492 solar panels on the Chapel roof
🌞 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

@kings.college
#collegerunonsunshine
#cambridge
#solarpower
#sustainable

Took a tour of international conference delegates

Took a tour of international conference delegates staying at Robinson College.
The most recently founded college (1977) and I love the architecture and especially the stunning stained glass window in their Chapel.

Established by local lad made good, David Robinson.
After leaving school he worked in his father’s bike repair shop and then his entrepreneurial spirit saw him find huge success with “Radio Rentals”, renting out TV’s and further achievements in the horse racing industry at nearby Newmarket.

This philanthropic character also helped build a new maternity hospital in Cambridge, named after his mother Rosie.

@robinsoncollegeconferences
@newmarket
#newmarket
#cambridge
#stainedglasswindow
#johnpiper
#konniehuq
#bluepeter
#justinethornton
#robertwebb
#samwallace
#nickclegg

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