Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Green man welcomes Spring

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This 'Green Man' carving at Longdon Church looks out from a Norman column - which makes him 1000 years old, almost.  The church ...
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Sunday, 27 March 2016

Walkers dust their boots off

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It's Easter! ... and the start of the getting-out-and-about season.  Walkers have dusted off their boots, extracted the winter mothb...
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Thursday, 24 March 2016

Open space for all creatures

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St Augustine's Field was donated to the people of Rugeley some thirty years ago as an open-space.  It is now used by the rugby club ...
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Staffordshire getting a flag

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To see the flag of Staffordshire flying anywhere is pretty rare, but then there is some confusion about what the flag is.  The flag in ...
Saturday, 19 March 2016

The end for Offa

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As Offa was a Staffordshire man (as well as a king), I think I'm justified in using this scene, albeit that it is in Wales.  This is ...
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016

'Unseen' trough stirs thoughts

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This stone trough on a road near Biddulph Grange goes largely 'unseen'. By that I mean that many people will pass it, and think n...
Sunday, 13 March 2016

Penny-bank colours

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This rather striking coloured panel can be found on Pennybank House in Leek.  The name recalls the Leek Co-operative Society , which used...
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Thursday, 10 March 2016

Miserable cemetery

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By contrast to Stoke-on-Trent's main municipal cemetery (see previous post ), Stafford's is a fairly miserable affair. It feels a...
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Monday, 7 March 2016

Cemetery as park

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If Stoke on Trent does one thing well, it's its huge municipal cemetery.  The Carmountside Cemetery - built in the 1940s - is a well...
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Friday, 4 March 2016

Time stopped still in Barlaston

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People get very confused about the church of St John the Baptist on the edge of the Wedgwood estate in Barlaston . It’s assumed the churc...
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