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Quote:... or is this the stairway of the Eyeful Tower? 🥴🥴🥴
I seem to recall an earlier reference to 'the Gay Delavals' of Seaton Delaval Hall so why not Gay Paris? Just a thought. 🤔
I'll let you know when I have another. Don't hold your breath. 🥴
Another of your gloriously quirky images. 🙂🙂🙂. Splendid.
Yes, they were known as the Gay Delavals, in an age when language was much simpler. But I get the impression that the term wasn't always used flatteringly. I think they were probably unbearable.
Quote:Going to bed could be an unnerving experience at Seaton Delaval Hall. Guests would retire to their bedrooms and while they were undressing, mechanical hoists would suddenly raise the bedroom walls, exposing them to public view. In one bedroom, there was a four-poster bed which could be lowered into a tank of cold water, complete with occupants, by winding a handle in the room next door.