tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003998945645458544.post8807837848991050547..comments2024-03-28T04:13:00.983-07:00Comments on Aangirfan: VINTAGE FINE ART & ILLUSTRATION - 4Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16577270335071593954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003998945645458544.post-57851820307537754452021-03-14T11:17:44.057-07:002021-03-14T11:17:44.057-07:00Yes, I remember Portmeirion. Many thanks.
- Aangi...Yes, I remember Portmeirion. Many thanks.<br /><br />- Aangirfan<br />Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577270335071593954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003998945645458544.post-63437306577689349112021-03-14T10:02:30.515-07:002021-03-14T10:02:30.515-07:00Some of these lovely photos - thank you Aangirfan ...Some of these lovely photos - thank you Aangirfan - brought to mind a particularly lovely and unique spot in Britain:<br /><br />Hotel Portmeirion Village on the Snowdonia coast of northern Wales, at Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd County<br /><br />Created in the 1920s, the village is a wonderfully aesthetic and playful creation of eccentric and much-appreciated Welsh architect, Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978)<br /><br />It is a one-of-a-kind place of colourful, rather Italianate cheerful architecture, set out and juxtaposed for delight and art rather than business, charming nearly everyone who visits there<br /><br />Many will recognise Portmeirion as 'The Village' of the late 1960s TV series 'The Prisoner' starring Patrick McGoohan ... whose 17 episodes dealt with issues such as government mind-control and the sham of elections and democracy, in a place where people had numbers and not names, and did not know who ruled over them ... still relevant today<br /><br />Here is a good picture capturing the charm of Portmeirion ... Prisoner fans will recognise the 'Green Dome', under which the oft-changing 'No 2' held sway over the Village's denizens<br /><br />https://images.trvl-media.com/hotels/11000000/10080000/10075800/10075714/fd1213a3_z.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com