LMH
Freshers’ Lunch
4
November 2007
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We visited Jay had been home for the week-end, so travelled back
with us Jay
(left) – click on pictures for enlargements |
Helen was able to come as well, and we picked her up
from Oxford station en route to LMH We all gathered in Jay’s room at about 11.15 am |
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Roger
silhouetted next to the Porter’s Lodge on entering the Front Quad (right) |
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We first looked around the Library in which Jay is
destined to spend many hours of toil Very impressive – arranged on three floors with inviting readers’ alcoves all wired up for the students’ lap tops and net access |
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We had booked the early sitting for lunch – at noon –
and were treated to a generous buffet in the Dining Hall (right): a range of cold fish and meats, with
various salads and vegetables, followed by several mousses and cheesecakes to
sample, plus fresh strawberries |
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This was followed by coffee in Talbot Hall, where we
assembled for the guided tour of the college The Front (main) Quad had been enclosed gradually over
the years – a public road still ran through the college in the early years I should remember whose busts adorn the walls of Eleanor Lodge (left) |
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lighter brick building (above) is Deneke, where Jay has her room right at the
back of the college, overlooking the Fellows’ Garden and the river |
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Immediately after the tour there was a short concert in
the college chapel – an unusual Romanesque design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott,
better remembered for his red telephone kiosks and Battersea Power
Station. The concert, given by
undergraduate members of the college, included two songs from the Lady
Margaret Hall Howlers, a small secular choir, which Jay promptly signed up to
join |
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After the concert we had the obligatory photo shoot outside
Talbot Hall |
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Next, we explored the gardens Looking
back from the river (left) On the river bank (right) The river is the Cherwell, a tributary of the Isis ( |
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Our last call was to the Old Library, now used a small
function room The Old Library (right) The same view in an attractive convex mirror (left) |
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Before leaving we went back to Jay’s room to remove various
items ‘not wanted on voyage’ Jay’s room (right) |
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We dropped Helen off at the station for her train, and
so back to Toddington after a most enjoyable day |
On the way out through Front Quad, we notice the
college clock (right) |
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