TRADITIONAL ENGLAND

[Music] foreign [Music] on instagram more ethedral the abbey holds passes of england's glorious history magnificent saint paul's cathedral christopher wren's baroque masterpiece despite time and blitzes the cathedral has weathered the storms of three and a half century of all the ancient buildings in the old section the tower of london stands supreme the very heart and core of england's story that's a beefeater a tower guard who enthralls his audience with tales of william the conqueror henry viii and anne boleyn stratford-uneven birthplace of william shakespeare down these streets flows a remarkable stream of tourists as hundreds of thousands come to do honor to the world's great poetic genius a quiet and gracious little town her central square is typical of the charm of small english villages there it is the house where the bard was born today the shakespeare museum and library once just another insignificant tudor house yet now of such importance to the whole civilized world [Music] through the village runs the lay-slowing haven it's easy to imagine young william fishing here or to picture the 18-year-old will knocking on the door van hathaway's quaint cottage a visit to his lady love he married in haste and perhaps repented at leisure but no matter courtship is a tender interlude in any century surely they once admired the moonlight as they strolled these same village lanes so well trodden today by eager tourists [Music] much of the village's attraction is due to the half-timbered tudor houses there across the street stands the delightful girl hood home of catherine rogers mother of john harvard founder of the university and on the banks of the avon holy trinity church where shakespeare was baptized and buried wherever you turn in stratford you'll find mementos of will shakespeare [Music] within a radius of about 50 miles are the so-called shakespeare villages places the poet knew and visited delightful with their thatch-roofed homes from these towns came many of america's first settlers among them george washington's people ben franklin's folks too live not very far away four square and majestic on the haven stands the most imposing medieval castle in england warwick dating from the 14th century the castle is teeming with historical ghosts queen elizabeth used to ride through the castle gates on route to see her best bow the earl of leicester opened to the public warrick castle revives memories of a picturesque era of court gallants and crinoline ladies but let's not forget the wars feuds cruelty and intrigue the day of powerful nobles has passed and only their castles remain for us to admire how exciting the names on the road sun reed stow on the wall division broadway this is the very heart of the cotswold hills favorite english holiday spot of americans at large some of the loveliest in england is found in this soft green region this is traditional england 2 her beautifully peaceful countryside when he strolls through quiet villages or stands atop a rolling hill it's hard for the tourists to believe that he's here in a nation of empire builders here in the home of the industrial revolution contrast therein lies much of england's charm [Music] lorna dune the setting for this flaming novel was the wild moorland of exmoor in southwestern england which blackmore described as a deep valley carved from out the mountains in a perfect oval with a fence of sheer rock the tiny town of orr is down here too the village parson on his exmoor pony rides back to his church to point out the very window through which carver dunes shot lorna [Music] a little river glided out from underground with a soft dark babble and fell into the valley actually blackmore exaggerated the wildness of this country but it is boggy and it could well be that carver dune sank away inch by inch till he was swallowed by the moor or so it's easy to believe if you've read the book on the way down in western peninsula you will find yourself passing through the famous cheddar cheese district [Music] hem lovers will certainly want to make a pilgrimage to the rock of ages the very rock where augustus top lady took refuge from a storm and wrote his stirring words [Music] legend lovers will stop at a country hotel in glastonbury and set out to view the remains of what is believed to be the first christian church in england glastonbury was once the island of avalon where joseph of arimathea was said to arrive bearing the holy grail in the ruins of the abbey are the graves of king arthur and guinevere glastonbury city of legend of fact and fancy and ancient romance honeymooners head straight for the most romantic place in england tim tatchell a personage as fabulous as king arthur must have been born in a fabulous place legend has it that the ruined castle on tintagil head was the birthplace of the chivalric king true or not tintagel is one of the most dramatic spots on the northern coast of cornwall tristram and is older too are associated with this same tintagel a tourist's happy hunting ground the perfect setting for hand-holding honeymooners poetic legends have an engrossing fascination for some travelers while facts appeal to others but fact or fancy tin tattle is irresistible once you've toured the castle you will be in the mood to believe anything romantic [Music] at the foot of this peninsula of perfection as some enthusiastic writers have described it our group the quaint cornish fishing villages of which palparo is a picturesque example on a quiet sunday the fishermen are enjoying their one day of rest while the johnny's come lately the members of the local artists colony in palparo are cleaning their brushes and studying their latest artistic creations german no doubt take the same dim view of the artists as the natives in say maine do of the summer people houses here have been hewn out of the granite of the wild and rocky coast completely different from the thatch roofed clusters of the shakespeare towns but typically english and equally picturesque no wonder the artists have settled down alongside the hard-working fishermen [Music] you're at the very tip of the peninsula land's end the toe of the cornish sandal and in very beginning and end of england all of the peninsula with its three shires somerset devin and cornwall is popular vacation country to britishers and their friends and cousins across the seas in northern england lies the ancient city of york her walls date to the middle ages when they were built for defense but historically york is far older than these aged ramparts it has been an important city since agricola first made york his headquarters in the year 80 and for centuries it was called the other rome constantine was emperor here later the marauding danes made jorvik an important stronghold and after them came william the conqueror innumerable celebrities including robinson crusoe have gloried the pages of york's history a noble city ancient and strong york's appeal is her striking individuality york's famous cathedral is one of the two or three finest in england a classic example of british gothic york minster as the english call it is an incredible wealth of early glass 14th century glass in england are in the minster and experts recognize it as the finest stained glass in the country twice in this century the glass has been carefully removed to avoid the puns artisans are still at work payne's tingler is storing the 200 000 masterpieces of glass from high in the tower great peter the biggest ben in england told the hours four centuries ago our very own pilgrims used to pray for guidance within these walls the bishop of york greets his people whatever the political leanings of the british citizen he never loses his fervent regard for the traditions of his country colorful pomp and pageantry help him relive the england of the past her triumphs and glories and her contributions to the civilization of western as long as her traditions are so fondly at home in the hearts of her countrymen england will survive for of course there will always be an england [Music] you