Tag Archives: Thomas Rees

Too Much of a Rush

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 187.  At the start of the 20th Century, American Thomas Rees went on a tour of Europe, concluding in Britain and Ireland.  His recollections were published in 1908 in the fascinating book Sixty Days in Europe and What We Saw … Continue reading →

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Kissing the Blarney Stone

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 166.  At the start of the 20th Century, American Thomas Rees went on a tour of Europe, concluding in Britain and Ireland.  His recollections were published in 1908 in the fascinating book Sixty Days in Europe and What We Saw … Continue reading →

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A Grumpy Serenade

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 162. When American Thomas Rees went on a tour of Europe at the beginning of the 20th Century, his journey concluded in Britain, the birthplace of his father. His account of his travels was published under the title Sixty Days … Continue reading →

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Funiculì, Funiculà? “One-an-threppence”

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 128. When the first funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius opened in 1880, renowned Neapolitan journalist Peppino Turco came up with the idea of a commemorative song and made the suggestion to composer Luigi Denza that he could put … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Childhood

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 15. The following is taken from Thomas Rees’s Sixty Days in Europe and What We Saw There (1908): In childhood we live in the fancy of anticipation and we long for the time to come when we will … Continue reading →

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Runaway Hansom!

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 14. The following is taken from Thomas Rees’s Sixty Days in Europe and What We Saw There (1908).  Rees visited the Savoy Theatre to see a performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and when he left afterwards … Continue reading →

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