Sunday, 29 June 2014

Eternal face-off at Bradley

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Bradley Church is pretty perfect for the 'church-crawler', ie someone who enjoys musing on the ancient heritage & art that c...
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Friday, 27 June 2014

Symbolically split

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Not exactly sure why I like this photo.  I guess the mistiness and light evoke the early hours of the morning; and it is a little symboli...
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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Lord Of The Rings on the bridge

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In The Lord Of The Rings , by JRR Tolkien, the village of Tavrobel has in it a bridge at which two rivers meet.  Tolkien's son Chris...
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Monday, 23 June 2014

Poppies red in the fields

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Wild poppies are studding the fields right now.  They are all the more sombrely significant as August's World War One commemorations ...
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Saturday, 21 June 2014

Staffs saint - by Staffs sculptor

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Saint Bertram was a Staffordshire saint and hermit, so it's fitting that he has been sculpted by a Staffordshire artist.   Harry Eve...
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Thursday, 19 June 2014

Joules knot

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This reproduction vintage poster for Joules Ales is actually sited in Shropshire, but I took a photo anyway, for my collection of sighti...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Here comes Queen Elizabeth

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Lesley Smith is a professional historian, but seemed to find another niche for herself when she started to 're-enact' Elizabeth ...
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Sunday, 15 June 2014

England fans - realistic

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Yes... it's World Cup time - but England fans don't expect a great deal from their team. This very funny sales poster in Kinve...
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Friday, 13 June 2014

Locking up heritage for the future

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It is amazing the affection that the small villages of Staffordshire have for their heritage. This little 'lock-up' (temporary ...
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Scary preacher

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It's not often that I follow one post with another post on the same subject - but I had to follow the previous entry, on the Hilderst...