Two fer Tuesday - Alice about Town!

Okay, admit, I am going a bit - well, a lot, overboard re Alice, as of 'Alice in Wonderland' fame @ the mo!
But, she is part of Dreamingspires, and every time, I walk into Town, I pass this bold sign...It is opposite to Christ Church College's gardens, the real Alice Liddell's home territory due to her father, being Dean there...

The shop its-self sells a variety of Alice souvenirs from the 'cheap & chearful' to the exclusive, but is actually where she, Alice used to buy her barley sugar sweets.

And, it features as the 'Old Sheep Shop' in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book 'Through the Looking Glass'.

Sadly, someone recently stole the Alice figure from its front, leaving the White Rabbit standing there alone...

My city could do much more to promote the Lewis Carroll literary connection.

The 'Dreamingspires Story' which closed the other year, did tell Alice's & his history - photo's are from my visit there days before its final 'ride'...

Now, it's left to the The Museum in St Aldates - it's home to a minuscule collection of Alice memorabilia - her silver scissors, a buckle of hers & Lewis Carroll's pocket watch - hardly riviting stuff!!!

Christ Church College does do better.

The Library which houses around 40,000 rare books & manuscripts on Theology, Arts, Law & Medicine, where Dodgson [Carroll] was sub-librarian, does contain his works along side Milton as it's only literature.

And, this tableau of 'Wonderland' characters...

There is also, a window dedicated to Alice in Christ Church's Cathedral /college chapel, which shows her & charactors from the childrens books - but as I've never taken a remotely half decent shot of it, this image is 'borrowed' from Flickr ...But, to me, the 'fun' Alice feature is in the Colleges Dinning Hall, where the elongated headed brass fire-dogs in the huge fireplace, must have inspired the author into stretching necks...

Two-fer, which is your subject choice in two or pairs of photo's is friend Jonna's idea!