07 Friday Apr 2017
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cake, Chalk board, Food and Drink, Manchester, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road Manchester, Tea and Cake, The Cafe at the Museum
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Out and About.
06 Thursday Apr 2017
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Hull and Hullness, Yorkshire.
06 Thursday Apr 2017
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latte, Manchester, orange, please, Stickers, Street Art, whistle, whitewash, Whitworth Street West Manchester
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Out and About.
05 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in Photo Archive.
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City of London, costumes, Horse riding, horses., London, Lord Mayor of London, Lord Mayors Show, national dress, St Paul's Cathedral, The Great Steppe, The Steppe
I remember these riders quite clearly, but I never did find out what aspect of London life these men were representing in the Lord Mayor’s Procession, because I didn’t buy a programme, but it was remarkably easy to believe that the Lord Mayor would not be coming and that The City of London was under new management. Don’t they look splendid! I’m not an expert in matters of national costume, but there is something of The Great Steppe about them.
05 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in Hull and Hullness, Yorkshire.
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Amy Johnson, aviation, flying, flying records, Gipsy Moth, Historic aircraft., HM Prison Hull, Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, Jason, Paragon Interchange Hull
I was very impressed by this replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth aircraft hanging from the roof from the roof of the Paragon Interchange. You can’t tell from this photograph, but “Jason” is flying over the florists, towards the railway station ticket office. In a plane just like this one, Hull born Amy Johnson flew from London to Darwin in 19 days in 1930 and this replica was made by inmates at HM Prison Hull as part of the City of Culture celebrations.
You can read more about the replica on the BBC News website.
04 Tuesday Apr 2017
Posted in Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion.
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Bristol, Bristol Harbour Railway, Industrial Heritage, M Shed, Museums, Portbury, steam locomotive, steam railways
“Portbury“, built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1917, steaming along the Bristol Harbour Railway towards the M Shed museum. According to the “working exhibits” section of the M Shed’s website:
“Portbury had a reputation for great strength and in her hey-day it was said that she could ‘pull a town down’. She also had a tendency to move off when unattended – a common problem with steam locomotives with worn parts. Thus she was usually parked between other engines in the Avonmouth shed“.
Thankfully, it looked like Portbury was under control as the locomotive reversed!
03 Saturday Dec 2016
Posted in Out and About.
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Bristol Street Swindon, British Listed Buildings, Grade II listed, Grade II listed building, Great Western Railways, Great Western Works, railways, Swindon, Water Tower
To quote from British Listed Buildings. co. uk (mainly because I wouldn’t know where to start describing this rather unusual Grade II listed structure):
“Water tower for Great Western Works. 1870. Cast iron. Round storey stanchions. 3 bays by 3 bays, in 4 lifts, all diagonally braced and with cast iron girders with interlaced circles at each lift. Central bay on plan with timber faced shaft. Grillage platform for water tanks at top, the tanks a replacement of 1979-80. The water tower forms an important landmark“.
Now it stand in the grounds of the University Technical College and is, in my opinion, the best preserved landmark relating to the former Great Western Works on Bristol Street.
30 Wednesday Nov 2016
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Cavaliers, Chester, cloak, Grosvenor Street Chester, hats, historical re-enactment., period dress, street photography
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Out and About.
29 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in Out and About., Yorkshire.
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Bradford, Bradford Forest Square, Bradford Interchange, Film, films, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, railway station, The Railway Children, Train stations
With the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, the location for Lionel Jeffries’ 1970 film version of “The Railway Children“, being only a few station stops away, I suppose it is only right that a scene from “The Railway Children” welcomes visitors to Bradford. Interestingly though, it might be quickly to get to Keighley from Bradford’s other railway station, Bradford Forest Square, but there is only 20 minutes in it!
28 Monday Nov 2016
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Bradford, Bradford Cathedral, church, Church of England., Churches, glass, St Ethelburga of York, stained glass., window, windows, York
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Church Gazette.
