Saturday, 30 August 2014

Wedgwood's curvy museum

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The museum at the Wedgwood factory in Barlaston is not very pretty on the outside; it's rather functional really (I think).  Also, ...
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Thursday, 28 August 2014

Jewish cemetery marks decline

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One surprising aspect of north Staffordshire Jewish population statistics is that the number of Jewish families in the area has reduced...
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Sir Robert Peel & Sgt Pepper

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The only Staffordshire person to appear on the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album cover is, as far as I know, Sir Robert Peel, the nine...
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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Jumble for a fantastical journey

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The flying car sculpture at Alton Towers Hotel by Peter Price demands to be seen from every angle, as something new appears on each side...
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Friday, 22 August 2014

Four centuries of sunsets

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Sunset on red brick is literally a warming experience.  Mill House in Cheadle is a seventeenth century building - it has seen nearly fou...
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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Grimacing grave

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The weathering on this tombstone has left a rather macabre shape... it looks like a grimace of broken teeth to me.  Maybe that's jus...
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Monday, 18 August 2014

Keeping feet dry in Milford

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As you'd expect of a well-kept estate like the Shugborough environs, these stepping stones across the stream at Milford are almost t...
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Saturday, 16 August 2014

Flying the county

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One sees the flag of Staffordshire (actually,,, the flag of Staffordshire County Council ) relatively rarely, but I think it has a rathe...
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Thursday, 14 August 2014

Living inside the cliff

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The Rock Houses on Kinver Edge either look appealingly rustic or chillingly primitive, depending on your outlook.  These homes, actually...
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Thou wall, O wall

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I was walking along this road for about a mile - and this wall and I stayed together nearly the whole way.  It struck me that I had never...
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