Is it a map...? Is it a game....? Any ideas appreciated!

[nickgc]

Hi MissM,

Hope you are still awake/online when I finish this in case your next visit to Speke Hall is tomorrow.

Be sure to take a tape measure, or ruler to get measurments.  I worked as a draftsman for 2 years prior to college, and during summers.  I have seen a lot of graph paper, but none that has a 3x3 in a 5x5 grid.  Maybe it is metric?

A brief search shows up lots of various grid sizes but nothing comparable.

I'd like to know smallest square size and we can extrapolate total size per card.  Also, how many squares on the assumed 3 foot square linen?  It appears to be 6, which would give a size per card of about 10 inches square.

Thanks,

Nick

[LizzieW]

I'm fascinated, have no idea what it is at all, so just bookmarking so I can find the thread again.

Lizzie

[Ruskie]

I would like to know if the grid has been printed (commercially) or ruled up by hand. If hand ruled, this may be why the grid size makes no sense to Nick?
Having said that, it does look extremely neat like it is printed ....

[nickgc]

I believe MissM mentioned a couple of times that it appears to be hand-drawn (ink I think).  Regardless, most people would use some logic in creating any grid: e.g. 1 mm = 1 meter, or 1/8 inch = 1 foot, etc.

If I had slept more than 3 hours last night I might be able to make a more straightforward argument, but let's say the small squares are 5 mm. square and represent 1 meter  sq. "in real life".  That would  mean each 3x3 space = 9 sq meters and each 5x5 grid = 45 sq meters.  Each full card (4 5x5 grids) would = 180 sq meters.

I think that most people are "decimal" oriented so would logically think in 10-based numbers.  So if I want to represent 100 sq meters I determine to use 10mm = 1 meter, 100mm = 10 meters, and 1000mm = 100 meters.  The smaller 3x3 grid throws a monkeywrench into this logic.

Please excuse my verbosity - I get that way when I have had little sleep. 

Nick

[forthefamily]

Just book marking out of interest..been there twice and actually met the ghost 

mab

[chinakay]

Oh...you met the ghost did you...just dropping that casually in your post and then signing off? Well, think again...we're not going to let you get away with that sort of thing...

We demand, demand, I tell you, a complete account. Every detail, blow by blow, the whole story.

Come on, give

Cheers,
China

[little meg]

Yeah, I think I would like to know a bit more about the ghost. 

Margaret

[forthefamily]

China I was a young mother on my first visit....and they have a loverly tour...it's a beautiful house but I got bored and stepped out on my own ...not...ok my son ran off and I followed him  ...so I went ahead of the tour and we wandered into a room  and there was a woman crying at a window...I felt so bad for her that I approached and she disappeared...I get goose bumps every time I remember ...and then the tour guide entered  the room and I found out about the ghost   

mab...still having goose bumps at the memory  If you google you'll find out who the ghost is and her sad story 

[little meg]

  I love these kind of stories.
I wonder if she was crying because no-one could figure out her little plan