tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post5900858714148119132..comments2024-01-09T13:27:08.545+00:00Comments on swanageview: Mothering Sunday with The National Trust at Corfe CastleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-19543835946783615502012-03-17T21:31:22.402+00:002012-03-17T21:31:22.402+00:00Very good marketing by National Trust. I bet lots ...Very good marketing by National Trust. I bet lots of mums will be treated to meals at the NT tea shop which is the best place to eat in Corfe Castle.Robin from Swanagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005240868831985933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-49122404483463016442012-03-16T13:20:21.529+00:002012-03-16T13:20:21.529+00:00Hardly sums up a thousand years of history as a ro...Hardly sums up a thousand years of history as a royal palace and fortress ! Still a great family day out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-71037362281550253002012-03-16T09:49:16.725+00:002012-03-16T09:49:16.725+00:00Why Barmy Lady Bankes took it into her sweet head ...Why Barmy Lady Bankes took it into her sweet head to extend the civil war to Corfe remains a mystery. The castle had absolutely no strategic importance as is evidenced by the reluctance of both sides to intervene until it was a matter of mopping up operations towards the end of the war. There has been a vast amount of mythologising about her antics but the fact is the place was not worth the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com