http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/ Keep up to date with GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Photo Gallery Archive and 'Guys Cliffe House - Warwickshire's Hidden Gem' news, appeals, and Open Day updates... Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:30:00 GMT en Copyright 2004 - 2011 GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:30:00 GMT Well it's New Years Eve, 2011... It's time to take a moment to reflect upon the past 12 months. It has been a mixed year, with some high moments, some low moments and some sad moments. There have been plenty of developments Guy's Cliffe House wise, with changes to the websites and busy events at the old house... One development that has proven very popular early this year has been the publishing by our very own Terry Roberts of his book, Recollections of a Country Mansion. This has sold far beyond our expectations, proving there is a very wide audience of both Guy's Cliffe enthusiasts and those intrigued by local history. We have sent books literally all over the globe so far and plans are in place to take this book even further with future editions to be published... Following on from the success of Terry's book, we were very proud to bring the 'old Guys Cliffe House website' back to life (guyscliffehouse.co.uk). This website has been redeveloped to promote the various events which are available to take place at Guys Cliffe House, such as wedding receptions, paranormal investigations and private or corporate events. Not of course to forget the Friends of Guy's Cliffe Garden Party in the summer and the Heritage Open Days in September. The historical image archive and historical elements of the property are all now contained within the GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk website. This site itself has undergone some dramatic changes too, with a much improved gallery display system and more adaptable site structure. All in all the websites for Guys Cliffe House go from strength to strength, including the publishing of even more photos, illustrations and paintings of this wonderful property...The 2011 Garden Party proved as popular as ever with over 1200 visitors recorded and the Heritage Open Days in September 2011 attracted several hundred visitors each day with a grand total of 745 visitors, making Guy's Cliffe one of the most popular Heritage Open Day destinations in Warwickshire... The year wasn't completely filled with happy events or good news, for in August we were very sad to announce the lost of a good friend of Guy's Cliffe and a dear friend and inspiration to many. Roy Robinson, the 'Last Resident' of Guy's Cliffe during it's time as a Boys Home throughout WW2. Roy sadly died in August after a long term illness. He will be missed and our memories of him cherished. Roy's ashes were scattered in November within the grounds at Guy's Cliffe by some of his many friends. The book authored by Roy, documenting his very diverse life is due to be published very soon. The book titled C'est La Vie, will soon be made available to purchase online from ourselves.... Guy's Cliffe has seen no less than 15 centuries of developments and so one year seems so little compared but Guy's Cliffe House means so much to so many people right up to the present day. We look forward to sharing the interest of this magical and often mysterious location with the wider audience and we hope to be able to bring news of more great Guy's Cliffe related stuff over the following year... We wish all our visitors, past, present and future a very Happy New Year!! http://www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:30:00 GMT We wish all our visitors a very Happy Christmas!... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:30:00 GMT We are currently in the process of adding the 'Present Day' collection of photos to the Guys Cliffe House Historical Image Archive. These photos have been taken over the past few years and show an insight into 'behind the ruins' of Guys Cliffe House, in areas most certainly out of bounds ordinarily... More details to follow once the collection of photos, currently at around 350 in total are made available for viewing... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/grandeur/ Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:30:00 GMT Check out the updated Guys Cliffe House 'Dying Grandeur' Historical Image Archive collection, more images added and many more to follow... http://www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:50:00 GMT Heritage Open Days - Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2011... 10am to 4pm on both days... We are pleased to announce that Guys Cliffe House, will once more be taking part in the Heritage Open Days 2011... Further details can be found at www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk http://www.vulcantothesky.org Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:00:00 GMT We would like to ask visitors to GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Historical Image Archive a question... Did you enjoy visiting the photo archive? and would you like to make a donation to what we believe to be a very worthy project?... If the answer to both of those is yes then please read on... The GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Historical Image Archive is the official and definitive archive collection of historical images relating to Guys Cliffe House, Warwickshire, England ever compiled (and yet still not entirely complete online!)... This is provided for free to all visitors albeit at cost to the creator... Therefore we would like to appeal to our visitors who continue to enjoy viewing the images for either pleasure or research to maybe consider making a donation to a good cause, which we ourselves also financially support... The cause we would like you to consider making a donation to is to help support one of the most spectacular aircraft ever created, the very last airworthy flying Avro Vulcan B2 Cold War Bomber, callsign XH558... This Vulcan is not owned by the RAF nor receives any government funding, it is the 'people's aircraft', funded entirely by public donations... Without these donations this historic and awe inspiring aircraft would no longer be able to fly... Vulcan XH558 is currently in the middle of her 2011 display season and can be seen flying and amazing the crowds at many airshows around the UK... The Avro Vulcan has been described as 'once seen, never forgotten'... So, if you have indeed enjoyed your visits to our Guys Cliffe House image archive, please do consider making a donation to help maintain Vulcan XH558, you'll be saying thank you to us in the process!... Head over to www.vulcantothesky.org for details of how to help with donations, maybe joining the Vulcan to the Sky Club or finding out where you too can be amazed by her air displays at an airshow near you!... www.vulcantothesky.org... http://www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:10:00 GMT The Guys Cliffe House Garden Party 2011 which took place on Sunday 26th June was well attended by over 1200 visitors. Thanks to all, we hope you had a great day!... If you missed it keep a look out for possible Heritage Open Day dates in September 2011... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/book/ Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:05:00 GMT The 2nd Edition of 'Recollections of a Country Mansion' is available to order now for immediate dispatch... Available at the discounted price of £10 per copy plus delivery... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/book/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:30:00 GMT Update 07/06/2011: The 2nd Edition of 'Recollections of a Country Mansion' is available to preorder now... Due to unprecedented demand the 1st Edition is unavailable to order online however a small quantity has been reserved for sale at the Garden Party at Guys Cliffe House on Sunday 26th June 2011, first come first served!... Preordered 2nd Edition copies will be delivered as soon as stocks arrive... Preordering is highly recommended so order as normal... http://www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk/gardenparty/ Wed, 25 May 2011 16:30:00 GMT It's official!... The Guys Cliffe House Garden Party/Open Day is to take place on Sunday 26th June 2011... This is one of the rare occasions that the property is open to the public and proves ever popular year on year... Don't miss it for anything!!... The gates open at 1230hrs and the event closes at 1630hrs... Further details can be found on our sister site at www.guyscliffehouse.co.uk... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/book/ Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:00:00 GMT The Guys Cliffe House Book, 'Recollections of a Country Mansion', An Illustrated History of Guys Cliffe, authored by Terry Roberts in 2011 is now available to order online here at GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk... This 71-page fully-illustrated book features 120 historical illustrations and photographs of Guys Cliffe House, many in full colour, documenting the history of this magnificent estate from the 5th to the 21st centuries... The illustrations and photographs convey the extensive history of this unique house which has inspired so many artists and photographers over the centuries... Featured are the many stages of use and ownership of the Guys Cliffe Estate... Order your copy of 'Recollections of a Country Mansion' An Illustrated History of Guys Cliffe, safely and securely online at GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk... Available at £9.00 per book plus delivery, to the UK only... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/ Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:40:00 GMT Well finally we have been released from the grip of winter!... Spring is rapidly filling the air and Guys Cliffe House is without exception... Soon we will be publishing the details of the 2011 Guys Cliffe House Annual Garden Party!... This event is set to return this coming summer, with high visitor expectations, likely to be at an all time high!... Keep an eye on this news feed for further details and via the main site pages for updates... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/earlycollection/ Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:10:00 GMT Just added to The Early Collection on the GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Photo Gallery Archive are a further selection of photographs, images and depictions... These can be found at the end of the section from image 44 onwards... There are many many (many) more yet to add before this section is even close to the complete archive collection held and further updates will follow the progress of this... If you know of any not featured, please do contact us with details... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:01:00 GMT We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters, contributors and visitors and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year... As always we would love to hear from anyone discovering historical photographs, images, depictions, paintings and postcards etc. of Guys Cliffe House... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/painting/ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT Proudly presented and taking pride of place here on the GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Photo Gallery Archive is the painting owned and commissioned during the 1960's by Mr Alan Cooper, once a childhood resident of Guys Cliffe House during it's time as a Boys Home... The painting is by Neville Weston, a world famous artist and friend of Mr Alan Cooper... This beautiful painting of Guys Cliffe House has never before been published, it is displayed here with kind permission of both Mr Alan Cooper and the artist, Neville Weston... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/earlycollection/ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:55:00 GMT Guys Cliffe House and it's surrounding area has been attracting artists and photographers for a significant time... Within this archive category are a collection of such photographs, paintings, drawings and depictions... These images feature some of the earlier views, buildings and aspects of the Guys Cliffe estate over the past few centuries and beyond... Additional images are added on a regular basis as they are discovered or provided to the archive collection... Currently around half of The Early Guys Cliffe Collection has been made available here, an update will follow once the whole content has been added... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/ww2boyshome/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:00 GMT During the period between November 1939 and May 1945 Guys Cliffe House was let to the Waifs and Strays Society, under the guardianship of Paul Field, who later formed the Children's Family Trust. Featured in the recently added WW2 Boys Home archive category are some photographs of a few of the boys cared for at Guys Cliffe House. It would be nice to finally add some names to these faces and therefore we appeal to anyone who may be able identify any of the boys to contact us... We are in contact with a couple of the boys who were at Guys Cliffe House and they too are eager to possibly trace some of their former childhood chums... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/ww2boyshome/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:40:00 GMT During the period of the Second World War, Guys Cliffe House was vacated by the family and given over for other purposes, much like during the First World War... On this occasion the house was let to the Waifs and Strays Society, under the guardianship of Paul Field, who later at Guys Cliffe House formed the Children's Family Trust, an organisation still performing a vital role to this very day... Several of the main rooms were converted into dormitories including the Music Room and Drawing Room, with meals taken in the kitchen to save the long walk back to the Dining Room... During the years that the Boys Home remained at Guys Cliffe House the war continued around them, the "old house shook and rattled as bombs crashed down on Warwick"... Some of those lucky boys to have been cared for by the Waifs and Strays Society and the Children's Family Trust are featured here on the few known photographs available... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:40:00 GMT This is an appeal for any photographs of the Home Guard (Local Defence Volunteers) or ARP Wardens (Air Raid Precautions) at Guys Cliffe House during the Second World War... It is known that the Home Guard, "Dad's Army", setup a HQ at Guys Cliffe House, complete with a lookout post stationed on the roof of the house... Paul Field, who ran the Boys Home at Guys Cliffe House between November 1939 and May 1945, also assisted with the Home Guard lookout, himself being put in charge of ammunition... Please use the contact form on GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk if you have or know of such photographs... http://www.guyscliffehouse.org.uk/gallery/postcards/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:11:00 GMT In addition to the existing collection of Vintage Guys Cliffe House Postcards, some additional postcards have been made available... Please feel free to contact us if you have ones not featured and would like to supply them to the GuysCliffeHouse.org.uk Photo Gallery Archive for this purpose...