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Posts Tagged ‘Heritage’

Friday Bench: Australasia

May 18, 2012 Comments off

Friday Bench: Elbe Station

August 26, 2011 Comments off

It’s pronounced Elbee rather than the way it is in Germany.

The Banner

August 24, 2011 Comments off

Our night’s abode :)

At The Depot

August 22, 2011 Comments off

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?

Classified Ads…

July 4, 2011 Comments off

… 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!

Oakham Treasures

April 13, 2011 Comments off

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 nostalgia…

Friday Bench: Badbury Rings

February 18, 2011 Comments off

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.

Shadow Rings

February 16, 2011 Comments off

A late afternoon self portrait amongst the ramparts of Badbury Rings.

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Tumulus

February 14, 2011 3 comments

A Bronze Age tumulus with Iron Age Badbury Rings in the background. There are several tumuli in the area and all have been covered with wire mesh to prevent rabbits from burrowing into these ancient monuments.

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Do Not Ask

January 24, 2011 Comments off

A slice of social history summed up in just a few words on a door.

Seen at the National Museum of Mining for England in the pithead baths.

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