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"'We shall miss her vulgarity and solecisms,' Chips Channon observed of Lady Scarbrough when she died. A contemporary of hers, the late Sir Richard Sykes, Bt, of Sledmere, recalled her saying once: 'You must come to Lumley. It's castrated all over with enormous flying buttocks.'"

The Telegraph, 28.10.2000

Date: 2009-06-14 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
A visit to Lumley must have been a memorable experience.

Date: 2009-06-15 11:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
That's certainly one word for it!

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