Photo Archive: Words of Wisdom, The Betjeman Arms, St. Pancras International Station, London, August 2013.

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Chalk board, Humphrey Bogart, Public houses, pubs, Quotes, The Betjeman Arms

Photo Archive: The Comments Tree, The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, c.2009.

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Autumn, Comments, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, leafs, leaves, Museums, Museums and Gallerys, Preston, trees, visitors book

I wonder if it is still there?

What a great idea, instead of a stuffy old visitors book! I’ve christened it The Comments Tree, but I don’t know if it has an official title [in fact, I have only visited Preston once, so I don’t even know if it is still there]. Just in case you can’t see clearly, the visitors write their comment on a leaf and then attach it to the branches of the tree by means of circular clips.

This wasn’t my comment.

The Comments Tree seems to have a very Autumnal feel to it, don’t you think? Lots of reds and yellows.

Definitely not my comment!

As far as I can recall, The Harris Museum and Gallery is well worth a visit, so why not drop by and leave them a comment on their beautiful Comments Tree.

http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/

Striking A Pose, Margate.

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Edward Cox, Ephemera, Footlight Notes, Margate, Margate Civic Society, old photographs, Photography, studio portrait., vintage fashion

What is going on here then? Presumably this photograph was taken in order to show the detailing on the back of the dress. Is it particularly remarkable? I thought it had a rather theatrical look about it.

I have only found two references to Margate based photographers called Edward Cox (note the name embossed into the bottom right hand corner of the photograph). The “Footlight Notes” blog features a photograph of the Chase Me theatrical review, taken by a Edward Cox. The theatrical company are shown outside their boarding house in Margate in 1914.

The other reference was on the Margate Roll of Honour, published by the Margate Civic Society. A Aircraftman 2nd Class, Eric Edgar Cox, RAF was called up for military service during the Second World War and died after ten days service having suffered from ill health for some time. He is listed as a partner in a photographic studio on Sweyn Road, founded by his father, Edward Cox. It also mentions that Edward Cox was the official photographer for the Dardanelles Commission, founded in 1916 to investigate the failure of the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War.

Photo Archive: Bridlington Station Buffet, c.2008.

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Bridlington, Buffet, flowers, gardening, hanging baskets, Public Transport, Train stations

What a welcoming sight to anyone who has just stepped off a train. I seem to remember that trains going on to Scarborough arrive on the outer platform, so I didn’t immediately step off the train into a bed of flowers, but it was close. I imagine that if I had boarded a train from Hull that terminated in Bridlington, this would have been the sight that greeted me as I stepped off the train and turned towards the exit. I walked all the way out Flamborough Head that day and I can safely say that this was the most colourful thing I laid eyes on.

One Step Beyond, Cleethorpes, 22/09/14.

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Cleethorpes, Cleethorpes beach., Coast, sand, Seaside.

…but by the looks of that handrail, there was a time when you needed quite a few more steps down to reach the beach!

My D grade in Geography doesn’t fill me with confidence about this, but it looks to me as if the level of the beach was once considerably lower.

“The Good Ship Lollipop”, Cleethorpes, 22/09/14.

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Cleethorpes, flags, flower arrangements, flowers, gardening, The Good Ship Lollipop, Union Flag

I don’t visit this section of the seafront very often, so this lovely flower arrangement came as something of a surprise! The flower arrangement forms part of the terminus for the Cleethorpes land train, which is driven down from The Pier, along the Central Promenade and around the short semicircular section of seawall that stop Cleethorpes Leisure Centre’s car park falling into the Humber Estuary.

Beyond “The Good Ship Lollipop” you will find the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway (which is a 15 inch gauge railway, in case you were wondering), Cleethorpes Boating Lake and the Parkway Cinema.

King Billy’s Horse, The Market Place, Hull, 15/09/14.

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equine statues, horses., Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, King William III, sculpture, The Market Place Hull, William of Orange

A close up of the equestrian statue of King William III that stands in The Market Place, Hull.

The view from The Pier, Cleethorpes, 22/09/14.

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Cleethorpes, Cleethorpes beach., Coast, Humber, Humber Estuary, Sea Views, Seascapes, Seaside., shadows, The Pier Cleethorpes, Tide

I took today’s “View from The Pier” photograph in the afternoon, so most the beach is in the shadow of the Pier Pavilion or covered by the incoming tide.

An alternative view from The Pier, 22/09/14.

Photo Archive: “Bed… To The Bone”, Leeds, c.2012.

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bed, bed hair, bed to the bone, big hair, hair, Leeds, purple, window shopping.

Bed head.

I have a feeling that this bed shop on New Briggate in Leeds has long since closed, in fact I think it might have ceased trading already when I photographed this rather striking window graphic.

I can’t say I’ve seen another shop window like it.

Photo Archive: Cathedral in the Mist, Lincoln, Date Unknown.

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Cathedrals, Cobbles, Fog, Hills, Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral, Mist, The Steep Hill Lincoln

Can you see it?

At one point, if I remember rightly, Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest building in Europe, so this mist must have been quite something to obscure my view of it! I am not sure if this exact spot has a name all of it’s own, but it marks the junction of The Strait (in the foreground, heading up from the High Street), The Steep Hill (in the background, heading up to Bailgate and Castle Hill) and Danes Terrace (leading off to the right). The cobbles go all the way up.