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Friday Bench: Badbury Rings
A rather nice use of part of a felled tree in the Badbury Rings car park. The fence behind is the boundary of the local point to point course. Filed under: Dorset Tagged: Badbury Rings, Bench, Car...
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Oakham Treasures
Oakham Treasures is a couple of very large sheds on a farm in Somerset which houses a wealth of farm machinery and shop goods from yesteryear. A couple of cases are stuffed full of gardening...
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Classified Ads…
… Wild Western style. The Heddington and Stockley steam rally at the weekend featured a display of American life from the mid to late 1800s. It also seems an appropriate photo in view of today’s date!...
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At The Depot
All posts will have a heritage railway theme this week. Here we are at the depot of the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad in Mineral, WA. Guess what you can just see between the railroad trucks? Filed...
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The Banner
Our night’s abode Filed under: USA Tagged: Caboose, Elbe, Heritage, Hobo Inn, Holiday, Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, Star Spangled Banner, Washington State
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Friday Bench: Elbe Station
It’s pronounced Elbee rather than the way it is in Germany. Filed under: USA Tagged: Bench, Elbe, Heritage, Holiday, Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, Population = 37 or 39 depending who you talk to,...
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Friday Bench: Australasia
Filed under: London Tagged: Bench, Botanic Garden, Garden, Heritage, Kew, Palm House, RBG Kew, Sign
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Friday Bench: Spotting Where Ben’s Been
Behind the 2012 Finn class dinghy is Sydney 2000′s Laser Having spent the summer of 2012 on a complete high or on the verge of tears over the Olympics/Paralympics, I admit I had the same mixture of...
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Friday Bench: Derelict
Filed under: Gloucestershire Tagged: Bench, GWR, GWR Railway, Heritage, Railway, Station, Toddington
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Caution: Elderly Folk at Play
Filed under: Wiltshire Tagged: Heddington, Heritage, Steam Rally
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Are You Looking at Me?
Filed under: Gloucestershire Tagged: American car, Car, Faces in Places, Heritage, South Cerney airfield, Steam Rally
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Smart as Paint
Filed under: Gloucestershire Tagged: Brass, Heritage, Paint, South Cerney airfield, Steam Rally, Traction engine, Wheel
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Science Lives Here
Except last Saturday, when all kinds of fabulous Open House activities were on offer all over London, Science appeared to be out for the day Note the electric car top up stations – an apt location...
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Friday Bench: Illuminating Lacock
I loved how this illumination picked out the detail of the stonework behind the bench. Illuminating Lacock is celebrating 175 years since Fox Talbot announced his photographic negative process which...
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The Menacing Sparkle of The City
This picture may look a bit of a jumble but it fascinates me. I’m standing in London’s East End – Petticoat Lane, site of the famous market to be exact – looking towards The City. To the right are...
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Facadism
Facadism is a new-to-me word which I learnt recently. It describes when the outside skin of an old building is left in-situ with a new building developed behind it. It’s a bit controversial in the...
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Old Guys Rule
Spotted in the dimly lit Co-op at Beamish (hence blurry image), which made me chuckle :)Filed under: Durham Tagged: Beamish, Co-op, Heritage, Holiday, Museum, Sign, T-shirt
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Friday Bench: “Snakes”
I can see why the detail of this bench at the station at Beamish made the toddler nearby say ‘Look, snakes mummy’ just as I clicked the shutter.Filed under: Durham Tagged: Beamish, Bench, Heritage,...
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