When I was [very] young, in the days before CBeebies, Octonauts, Hey Duggie and Paw Patrol in glorious technicolour on TV every day - we had Children's Favourites with Uncle Mac on the Radio. And there was one song I remember being sung by Max Bygraves. My Mum would often remind me she'd been at school with the woman he married [Blossom Murray] and they'd played in the same netball team.
I thought of that song again in Norwich on Saturday. Margaret Seaman, the knitter from Yarmouth, has recreated Buckingham Palace in beige DK yarn! I posted about her model of Sandringham two years ago [here]
She has said this is her last model [she is 94] Here she is sitting beside the Palace...
This model is noticeably less complex, fewer details, more sections in simple stocking stitch. A friend makes the little people for her. But it is all very impressive nonetheless.
What I realised when finding the song is that Max sings about "The Queen" but AA Milne wrote or"The King" back in the 1920s. Perhaps somebody should re-release it for the Coronation with the original lyrics!
PS I should have added that like Margaret's other creations, this one will go on to tour the county raising funds for charity. Having raised over £100,000 with he previous pieces, Margaret received the British Empire Medal.
What a wonderfully talented lady ! Love Isabel
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DeleteGoodness, that's a lot of knitting. What will happen to the model now - somewhere for more people to see it but without getting dusty?
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DeleteThat lady's knitting creations are just marvelous!
ReplyDeleteI remember that song from when I was a child! My mother used to sing it to me! :)
Christopher Robin was AAMilne's son
DeleteAlthough I admire the skill of all the wonderful knitters who make these amazing models, I often wonder what happens to them after he i initial showing. I took part in one yarn bombing for the charity where I volunteer but the. Beautiful floral fence panels were so dirty after a wet autumn and winter that they had to be consigned to the bin. Catriona
ReplyDeleteSee PS above. I agree, those Jubilee Postbox toppers started looking grey and bedraggled very quickly. I prefer to knit useful things for charity (eg hats for merchant seamen, jackets for prem babies, blankets for refugees, or small saleable items, etc)
ReplyDeleteAs do I, Angela.❤️ Catriona
DeleteMrs. Seaman is one talented lady! There are all sorts of ways to help those in need!
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I know you produce great quilts!
DeleteWow! It is amazing!
ReplyDeleteNearly as impressive as the Palace itself!
DeleteWhat extraordinary talent! So good to know that this creation, like the others, will raise money for charity.
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DeleteI am very familiar with the poem but did not know it had been made into a song. My eldest brother is named Christopher Robin and we had an Aunt Alice. I doubt she ever went to Buckingham Palace, though.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't term it a musical masterpiece though. I had an Aunt Alice too
DeleteTalk of Max Bygraves always reminds me of the song Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea (now an earworm!). Saw him perform when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteKudos to Margaret Seaman (and friends) for their wonderful creation.
That is such a bizarre little song. And now I am trying to get it out of my head.
DeleteWhat amazing work! And I love that it is used for charity. Dawn P. Albany, GA USA
ReplyDeleteThank you Dawn. Perhaps you could knit a model of the White House? 😉
Deletethat is lovely and what a lot of work.....
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