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Queen With descriptions of their trains. Descriptions are taken
from the books and Queens are listed in reign order This
page is part of MIRIAM Soft all white train with a border blue forget-me-nots CICELY Old gold decorated with hand painted autumn leaves. MARGUERITE Deep strawberry pink with a border of white daisies. JOY Bright apple green with wild clematis (travellers' joy or old mans beard) creamy stars that appear all over the hedges in autumn. JOAN Deep violet velvet with white violets around .the edge. MURIEL Speedwell blue NESTA Silver train with purple border decorated with glittering silver or white honesty pods. BEATRICE Stripes of red yellow and green representing tulips. BARBARA Creamy train with wild pink roses. ROSAMUND Crimson with a border of white and yellow roses. JEN Bright beech brown with yellow flowers that dance (daffodils, cowslips, buttercups and a chain of laburnum winding amongst the rest) Among the flowers are dull brown oak leaves and the golden triangles of the silver birch. MAIDLIN Primrose train with border of pale green with primrose flowers scattered along it ANNE Pull pink clover colour with a border of four leaf clovers and large white clovers in the corner. IVY Very dark green with gold and black stripes around the edge BLUEBELL Blue train POPPY Scarlet train GRACE Grey train with a border of flowers of every colour MOLLY Soft pastel shades of pink and blue around a white centre with one stripe of red and one of dark blue with white hyacinth flowers painted here and there. MAY Pretty train in two shades of lilac with white lilac blossoms scattered around the edge HEATHER Purple train. MIRRY Forget-me-not blue train. LITTLEJAN Brilliant glowing orange with deep brown lining and band. The lining has stencilled orange stars and the band has hand painted orange marigolds JEAN Lavender powder blue with a dark green border and lining. Delicate rosemary flowers painted on the green and rosemary twigs on the blue. JANSY Lobelia blue with diamonds of white around edge and sprays of lobelia hand-painted in them. White lining. ROSALIND Shimmering train of lavender with pale grey lining and narrow border with painted sprays of lavender on it TESSA Lemon yellow with long spikes of lupins in every colour stretching from the corners PHILLIDA Glowing rich red chestnut brown with golden lining and edging. ELIZABETH Rich dark green with white lining and border scattered with showers of golden buttercups. MARGARET Rich dark green with gold lining and border stencilled with wreaths of white daisiesBack to main Abbey page and index of EJO items. Back to Collecting Books & Magazines.
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