Sunday, September 29, 2013
Strolling the Esplanade
Friday, September 27, 2013
The Conductor and the Driver
The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Silhouettes
The word "silhouette" derives from the name of Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister who, in 1759, was forced by France's credit crisis during the Seven Years War to impose severe economic demands upon the French people, particularly the wealthy. Because of de Silhouette's austere economies, his name became synonymous with anything done or made cheaply and so with these outline portraits. Prior to the advent of photography, silhouette profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person's appearance.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Old Saint Johns
The name "Saxmundham" allegedly derives from the Saxon "Seizmond's Home". The earliest recorded mention of Saxmundham is in the Domesday Book of 1086 which mentions three churches. It has had a market charter since at least 1272 AD and carries on the tradition to this day. NBA basketball player and star of Spike Lee's film 'He Got Game' Ray Allen spent some of his childhood in Saxmundham.
Labels:
Domesday Book,
Ray Allen,
Saxmundham,
St John's Church
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
The Boats of Battlesbridge
Labels:
antiques,
Battlesbridge,
birds,
boats,
bridges,
Essex,
River Crouch
Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Duck with No Beak
Labels:
ducks,
nature,
Norfolk,
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve,
wildlife
Friday, September 13, 2013
Parklife
Labels:
black and white,
Hadleigh,
Hadleigh Country Park,
people
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Crowds of Cambridge
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
By the Sea in the Rain
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Fellows' Garden
Labels:
botany,
Cambridge,
Christ's College,
Fellows' Garden,
flowers,
gardens
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