Crowns and Gowns at Ely......

Myself and three friends had a lovely ladies day out. One came here so Hubby took the two of us to the station. Three of us travelled to Ely by train (a novel experience these days) and we met the fourth there. Her partner drove us the short distance into the town centre.

First stop was for tea and a good chat of course. Main topic was definitely the Coronavirus threat. We were all armed with hand sanitiser and washed our hands at every opportunity. I'm not so good on stairs to manage without the handrails so I wore gloves when travelling. Thankfully being a weekday nowhere was crowded.

Next onto Ely Cathedral to see the exhibition that was the reason for choosing this date as it's not there for much longer.

       A piece of Hollywood will come to Ely Cathedral when costumes, jewels and props from award-winning Hollywood movies and TV dramas filmed on site will go on display.

     The Crowns & Gowns exhibition will showcase stunning items that have been a part of Netfllix production The Crown and films such as The King's Speech. 

     These productions bought global award winning actors to the Cathedral including Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender, Colin Firth and Matt Smith.

     The unmissable exhibition will feature a fabulous collection of costumes, jewels, props, behind the scenes images and memorabilia from the dramas filmed on location at the cathedral.

     The magnificent 14th century Lady Chapel provides the perfect setting to showcase some of the most iconic gowns and outfits from The Other Boleyn Girl, Macbeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

     In 2015 the landmark stood in for Westminster Abbey in the first episode of the £100million drama The Crown chronicling the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

     Scenes from the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth, featuring Clare Foy, and Prince Philip, Doctor Who's Matt Smith, were filmed at the cathedral in August 2015.

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The cathedral itself is beautiful of course, so we took plenty of time to wander and admire. 

We were all more than ready for a late lunch and then just enough time to visit a few charity shops on our way through the high street to finally catch a bus to the station, quite exciting for me as I've had my bus pass for two years five months and this was the first time I'd used it hahaha. Our train home was on time and Hubby was there to meet us. A lovely day with lovely friends. 

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