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Anglesey Abbey

14 Thu Mar 2019

Posted by Clare Pooley in Days out, Rural Diary

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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, country house, gardens, Lord Fairhaven, National Trust, snowdrops, winter aconites

Elinor had an interview at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge one Saturday at the beginning of February.  Both Richard and I accompanied her there and waited in the Ruskin Gallery while she went on a tour of the art facilities and then had her interview.  I admired the light fittings which, as with many functional buildings and their fittings designed pre WW2, were beautiful in their own right.

I am not referring to the modern lights but to the wrought iron that attaches the bar ( from which oil lamps were hung, I assume ) to the ceiling.

After Elinor had finished at the University we took the bus back to the park-and-ride car park and drove to nearby Anglesey Abbey.  We had hoped for some lunch in the café and a quiet walk round the grounds in the sunshine.  We hadn’t realised that the whole of Cambridgeshire would also have the same idea as us and the place was packed!  We managed to buy some sandwiches and a drink each and fought our way to a table.  After eating we escaped outside and walked about in the sunshine.

Anglesey Abbey is famous for its spring bulbs, especially its snowdrops, and I had wanted to visit for some years.

Snowdrops and winter aconites under the trees.

Wide lawns with under-planted trees.

Masses of snowdrops

Snowdrops and winter aconites.

Snowdrops and winter aconites.

Note the long shadows just after midday in February.

We were getting cold in the strong breeze so decided to look at the house.

The former priory was converted into a dwelling in about the year 1600.

We toured the house but I didn’t manage to get any photographs of the interior.  It was so crowded it was difficult to see many of the rooms which were stuffed with objets d’arts, paintings and furniture as well as people.  The library was wonderful as it not only contained the typical sets of required books that most large libraries have but also many books that were obviously bought to be read and had been read by the family.  We were pleased to see all Lord Fairhaven’s boyhood adventure books on a top shelf.

The library . A photograph I found by searching Yahoo! images.

The dining room; also courtesy of Yahoo! images.

The long gallery was being re-decorated and all the furniture and ornaments from there had been redistributed about the house.  I must admit that most of the furniture and ornaments were not to my taste.

I had wished to see the garden with the silver birches but by the time we left the house we were running out of energy.

The winter garden courtesy of Yahoo! images.

One of the many gardens in the grounds.

A beautiful oriel window.

An espalier pear tree against the wall of the Abbey.

The front of the abbey.

A beautifully prepared garden. I wonder what it will contain later this year!

An attractive bench….

……with Richard sitting on it.

Hellebore
Hellebore
Cyclamen
Cyclamen

We left the garden without having seen all of it but with any luck we will return and finish our tour one day.

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This and That – Part 2

16 Thu Jun 2016

Posted by Clare Pooley in Gardening, Insects, music, plants, Rural Diary, trees

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Bee, blossom, cow parsley, Crabapples, dandelion, field maple, flowers, gardens, ground-ivy, Hawthorn, horse chestnut, Hoverfly, insects, jonquils, Lady's Smock, Maytime, miniature Tulip, narcissus, pasque flower, Pear, pieris, saxifrage, shrubs, St Mark's fly, Suffolk, trees, wild cherry

This post includes the better photos I took at home during the first half of May.

P1000073Miniature Tulip

I have a few miniature scented Tulips. I have no idea what they are called or even when I got them though I think they are about 18 years old. I had a selection of red, orange and yellow ones but all that’s left are the red ones.

P1000071Jonquils-001

These jonquils are tiny and the flowers bob about on their narrow stems like yellow butterflies. Each flower is only about 2 inches across.

P1000074Pasque flower

The Pasque flowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Alba’ )in my garden came out well after Easter this year. Not only was Easter early but the weather was cold and the flowers sensibly stayed as buds until the time was right.

P1000075Saxifrage

I love this pretty pink Saxifrage!

P1000077Wild cherry

Wild Cherry blossom (Prunus avium) with a visiting bee

P1000076Wild cherry

Wild Cherry blossom. I like the green-bronze colour of the new leaves.

P1000080Narcissus

Pale yellow double Narcissus

P1000081Pear

Pear ‘Concorde’ blossom.  This pear is supposed to be a dessert pear but by the time it is soft enough to eat it is already rotting in the centre.  Perhaps our climate isn’t suitable for it?  We harvest the pears before they have started to soften and we cook them or we prepare them for the freezer.

P1000082Pear

Pear blossom with a visiting Hoverfly.  The lichen is doing quite well too with its orange fruiting bodies.

P1000096St Mark's flies-001

These are St. Mark’s-flies (Bibio marci) doing what flies do in the spring. The female is the upper fly and she has smoky-grey wings and a small head. The lower fly is the male and he has silvery wings and a larger head. Both sexes have spines on their front legs at the tip of the tibia. You can just see this on the female’s front leg. These flies fly weakly and slowly and dangle their legs as though the effort of flying is almost too much for them. They are called St. Mark’s-flies because they usually appear on or around St. Mark’s day which is April 25th.  This photo was taken on 2nd May – it was a cold spring!

P1000104Lady's smock

Lady’s-smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) – a member of the cabbage family

P1000106Pieris

New leaves on my variegated Pieris ‘Forest Flame’

P1000182Crabapple s. blossom

Crabapple species blossom. Standing under this weeping tree I am almost over-powered by the scent of roses and the buzzing of bees.

P1000183Bluebells

These are the English Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) I am trying to establish next to the weeping crabapple. I have put canes alongside them to remind us not to mow them until the seeds have set and the leaves have died. I am also hoping that the canes will stop the deer from trampling the plants.

P1000185Dandelion

A beautiful Common Dandelion ‘clock’ (Taraxacum officinale agg.)

P1000187Crabapple 'Evereste' blossom

Crabapple ‘Evereste’ blossom

P1000189Crabapple 'Harry Baker' blossom

Crabapple ‘Harry Baker’ blossom

P1000191Ground ivy

Ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

P1000195Horse chestnut

The Horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) with its flower ‘candles’

P1000197Field maple

Field Maple flowers (Acer campastre)

P1000199Hawthorn

Common Hawthorn flower buds (Crataegus monogyna)

P1000201Cow parsley

Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) (or as it is called here in Suffolk, Sheep’s Parsley) with a fly.  I am very fond of Cow Parsley and the sight of masses of it in flower along the lanes makes me happy.

Here is another song that features a wonderful trombone solo and a fantastic brass riff too!  This is a very old recording and it is also an uncommon arrangement for this song.

Thanks for visiting!

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Peak District Holiday 1st to 9th July. Day 4 Part 2

19 Sun Oct 2014

Posted by Clare Pooley in churches, Rural Diary, Uncategorized

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ante-room, Bakewell, banqueting hall, chapel, courtyard, Earl's bedroom, fresco seccoes, gardens, great chamber, Haddon Hall, Jane Eyre film-set, kitchen, long gallery, Manners family, Medieval hall, parlour, Renaissance, state bedroom, Tudor hall, Vernon family

022Haddon Hall (640x480)

Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall is about two miles from Bakewell and we were visiting it for the second time.  It is a fortified manor house with Medieval and Tudor architecture and is quite special in that the last building and improvements made to it were done at the end of the 16th century.  The family moved to Belvoir Castle (pronounced ‘beaver’) in Grantham, Leicestershire in 1703, the main home of the Manners family, and left Haddon Hall empty for 200 years.  The 9th Duke and Duchess of Rutland decided at the start of the 20th century to restore the Hall and this work is continuing to this day.  It is now the home of Lord Edward Manners who is the younger brother of the current Duke of Rutland.  He lives in a part of the Hall which is not open to the public.

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Haddon Hall from the bridge over the R. Wye

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A view of the R. Wye from the bridge. These little triangular areas at the side of the bridge are safe places to stand when there is traffic on the bridge. If you look at Bakewell Bridge in my previous post you’ll see the same thing there.

The Hall has been used many times by film companies so some of you will have seen it already.  A couple of the most famous films in which it is featured are ‘Jane Eyre’ with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender (2011) and Franco Zefferelli’s version of ‘Jane Eyre’ with Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt (1994).  It had a cameo role in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ with Keira Knightley (2004) and also ‘Elizabeth’ with Cate Blanchett (1998).  The BBC’s most recent version of ‘Jane Eyre’ with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens (2006) was also filmed here.

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The River Wye

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Looking back at the Gate House through which we had just passed

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A wildflower meadow on the approach to the Hall

Topiary in the garden next to the old stables
More topiary

These topiary yew trees are clipped into the shapes of a boar’s head and a peacock, the arms of the Vernon and Manners families to whom the Hall still belongs.  The Hall passed to the Manners family in the 16th century as the heir to the estate, Dorothy Vernon, had married Sir John Manners.  There is a story that Dorothy and John eloped in 1563 which may be true but Sir John Manners came of a rich and noble local family and I cannot think that Dorothy’s father would have objected to him.

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The North-West Tower

The path ascends to the North-West Tower which became the main entrance to the hall in the 16th century.  Going through the entrance we found ourselves in the Lower Courtyard.

Looking back to the entrance through the NW Tower
Rooms off the Courtyard
Octagonal bell tower next to the chapel

Stairs up to the oldest part of the Hall – King John’s Wall
Rooms off the Courtyard
Entrance to the Hall from the Courtyard

Richard de Vernon, in 1193, was granted a licence to build a wall of not more than 12 feet in height to enclose the Chapel, the Watch Tower and some timber buildings.  12 foot walls were only sufficient to deter marauders and would have proved no barrier to a full-blown attack.  The man granting the licence was John, Count of Mortain who was to become King John four years later on the death of his brother, Richard I ‘the Lionheart’.  This wall is still standing and has been incorporated into the Hall buildings.

17th century doorway
Gargoyle and lead drain pipes

Gargoyle and lead drain pipes
Battlements were only for show and added in the 14th century

The Courtyard slopes upwards, from the entrance under the tower, to the main buildings.  The Hall evolved over a few hundred years with little or no planning but as it is all built using the same type of material, grey limestone and yellow gritstone, it somehow looks just right.

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Entrance to the Chapel

The Chapel was one of the first parts of the Hall to be built.  It is dedicated to St Nicholas and is decorated inside with fresco seccoes depicting the life of St Nicholas and of St Anne.  There is a large image of St Christopher the patron saint of travellers and also a picture of three skeletons which were part of a larger painting illustrating a medieval Morality of earthly vanity.

Fresco secco
Fresco secco

St Christopher
Three Skeletons

The frescoes were probably commissioned in the early 15th century when other changes were being carried out.  Fresco seccoes do not last as long as buon frescoes as they are painted onto dry plaster not wet.  They were also damaged during the Reformation.

Stained glass window
Stained glass window

As I mentioned, the Hall was left empty for 200 years and in 1828 the faces of the saints in the glass were stolen.  A reward of one hundred guineas was offered for their return but to no avail.

The chapel is filled with wonderful things – a musician’s gallery, lots of box-pews, a beautiful marble effigy of the 9 year old Lord Haddon who died in 1894, an alabaster reredos.  I found it difficult to photograph the chapel as a whole with my small camera as it was so full of furniture.   There were also a number of people like us wandering about and admiring and they always seemed to be standing in the wrong place!

Alabaster reredos
Stairs to musician’s gallery

Six sided pulpit with box pew in front
Box pew with effigy to Lord Haddon in front

We then crossed the Courtyard and entered through the porch to the Banqueting Hall.

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A Roman altar found in the fields of the estate is displayed just inside the porch.

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Passageway to kitchen

The Kitchen is a fine example of a Tudor kitchen.  Originally it was a separate building to reduce the risk of fire spreading to the main house and the passageway was added much later.  The kitchen is in fact a set of rooms all with different uses.  The main room has a fire heated water boiler and a stone trough fed by the one and only water system to the Hall.   The trough is divided into three to hold water of varying degrees of cleanliness.

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Stone trough

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Kitchen fireplace with a log box on the left and in front of that is a wood block for chopping firewood

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Looking through to the bakery from the kitchen

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Bakery

070Paddles (480x640)

A collection of paddles used for putting bread etc into the ovens

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Pastry ovens

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Carving table

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Food preparation table

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Another carving table

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Butchery. The odd object in the foreground is a 15th century oak block on three short legs that was used for jointing meat. The object behind is a salting trough.

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A collection of ‘dole’ cupboards and hutches or meal arks are in the original Milk Larder

‘Dole’ cupboards were put outside houses like Haddon Hall for passing traders or Estate workers and filled with food and left-overs from the kitchen.  Most ‘dole’ cupboards haven’t survived as they were exposed to the elements so these are very rare.  The ‘dole’ cupboards have ornate panels in their doors.  Hutches or meal arks were used for the storage of grain or bread.  These are the smaller chest-shaped boxes.  The table (centre back) is a 15th century oak side-table or buffet.

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Scorch marks on the timber of the wall show where candles were placed for illumination.

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The high table and bench in the Banqueting Hall.

When the hall was built in the 14th century this room would have been the communal living space with a central hearth and vents in the roof to let the smoke out.  It was then known as the Great Hall.  By the beginning of the next century the family would have started to eat, sleep and spend leisure time in their private apartments so the Great Hall became a place for entertaining guests and was re-named the Banqueting Hall.  The walls are panelled which not only helped to insulate the room but was also a status symbol too.  The long table has a top made of two elm planks resting on three square pillars with splayed feet.  The bench is the same age as the table (c.1400) and is one plank on square legs.  The table top is not attached to the base which meant that it could be turned over and both sides used.  The bench and table are on a raised platform at one end of the room.  The tapestry behind the table is French and was made during King Edward IV’s reign (1461-1483).  It shows the Royal Arms of England and is supposed to have been presented to the Vernon family by King Henry VIII whose older brother Prince Arthur spent some time at Haddon Hall.

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The fireplace. The chimney was added in the mid 15th century.

On entering the Hall you can smell wood smoke even when there is no fire.

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The Minstrel’s Gallery is opposite the High Table

The screen which can be seen at the bottom of the photo is 14th century and is a fine example of Gothic tracery.  Attached to the screen is an iron manacle and lock.  If a guest ‘did not drink fayre’ – either too little or too much – he was punished by having his wrist locked in the manacle and the rest of his drink poured down his sleeve.   The antlers are mid 17th century and the tapestry which hangs above the Minstrel’s Gallery was produced at the beginning of the 17th century.

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Steps to the upper floor

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Steps showing the 17th century dog gates.

We then went through a door off the Banqueting Hall and entered the Parlour or Dining Room.  This was the room the family used as private quarters and it is still used as a dining room.

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Carved oaken panelling. This is just a part of a frieze around the room showing the armorial shields of the Vernons and the families with whom they had intermarried.

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I apologise for the poor quality of this photo but I didn’t wish to leave it out. It is believed that these two figures are those of King Henry VII and his wife Queen Elizabeth of York

118Carving (640x480)

This carving over the fireplace says ‘Drede God and Honour the Kyng’. The text is based on Wycliffe’s translation of the Bible (c.1395) of 1 Peter 2 v.17.

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Attractive window in the Parlour

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Plaster ceiling installed in the early 1500s. This is a Tudor rose.

121Ceiling (640x480)

And this is a Talbot dog. Sir Henry Vernon (who installed the ceiling) married Anne Talbot daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury

We then went up the stairs to the first floor and entered the Great Chamber.  This was re-roofed and remodelled at the same time as the Parlour below.

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The fireplace. The 17th century oak panelling shows traces of gold and green paint. It must have been beautifully decorated when new.

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Some of the furniture in the room

083Frieze (640x480)

This plaster frieze around the room is beautiful and an early example of 17th century English Renaissance decoration

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The plaster ceiling in this oriel bay window is also of the same date and quality.

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Windows at the opposite end of the room. This room would have originally been the Solar – the private quarters of the family – and Solars were always well provided with windows to make the most of natural light

085Chair (480x640)

I loved this chair. The teasel is to stop people from sitting on it. I don’t think it would take the weight of many modern-day adults!

082Pew end (480x640)

This is a 14th century pew end that is displayed in the room. The carving is satirical and depicts the rapacity of the clergy!

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One of the tapestries that hang in the room. They were thought to be Flemish but are now thought to be French and woven in Paris sometime before 1650.

We passed through a small ante-chamber which was once used as a dressing room and entered the Earl’s Apartment.  This was originally two chambers and there are stairs leading to the Chapel below so maybe one of the rooms was used by the clergy.  There are two fireplaces in this room as well.  After the partition was removed it was used as a gallery at first and then when a larger gallery was built the room was used as a bedchamber.

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A Charles II tortoiseshell looking-glass

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Above the smaller fireplace are signatures in the plaster of visiting members of the Royal Family.  Can you spot Prince Charles’, Princess Anne’s and George V’s signatures?

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An English early 17th century spinning chair.

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The Long Gallery

On the opposite side of the landing to the Great Chamber is the Long Gallery.  It is 110 feet long and 17 feet wide.  The entrance to the gallery is up some semi-circular steps said to have been cut from the roots of a single oak.

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Looking down at the steps from inside the Long Gallery

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The Long Gallery

The room is full of light and space.

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One of the window embrasures. They face south to make the most of the sunlight.

Long Galleries were used as indoor promenades so that the family could take exercise if the weather was too bad to go outside.  There are wonderful views of the gardens and surrounding countryside from the windows.

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The diamond-shaped panes are set at different angles which also maximises the use of daylight. It is also very attractive.

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A doorway surmounted by the Manners’ family crest.

Th panelling is made of oak which was probably originally sized by being lime-washed.  It was then painted with designs in a foxy-red colour.

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Oak panelling

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Ornate plaster ceiling

The State Bedroom leads off the Long Gallery.  There is no bed in it because when the Hall was being restored the state bed was moved to Belvoir Castle where it still remains.

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Plaster relief above the fireplace shows Orpheus taming the animals. This dates from the mid 1500s and there is no attempt at realism in the sizes of the animals. There is a very small elephant at the bottom left of the relief.

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Tapestry in the State Bedroom

 

The final room is the Ante-room in which there is one of the earliest racing pictures in existence.

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This painting depicts a pre-Arabian English bay racehorse with his jockey in a landscape. It is attributed to the German-born painter John Baptist Closterman (died 1713).

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Tapestry in the Ante-room.

There is a flight of worn steps from the Ante-room to the garden but we didn’t go that way but back through the house.

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110Gardens (640x480)
View of the Hall from the garden
View of the Hall from the garden
The windows of the Long Gallery
The windows of the Long Gallery
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The main structure of the garden was laid out in the middle of the 17th century.  It has a series of descending terraces – the topmost and the lower garden are closed to the public.  It is a fine example of an English Renaissance garden and avoided being made-over in the 18th century because no-one was living there at the time.

I must apologise for the length of this post and the amount of photographs in it.  I have spent some considerable time trying to shorten it and to delete most of the photos but I find I can’t do either.  I love this Hall very much – I think it is the most beautiful place I know and I wished to have a record of my visit for myself as much as wishing to share it with you.  Thank-you for your patience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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