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Church Stretton is a 30 minute drive from home and gives access to the Shropshire Hills.
At 6.00 a.m this is the view you get and not a sole around.
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At 6.00 a.m this is the view you get and not a sole around.
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Saturday 27 February 2010
0 Quarry Gateway
The Quarry Entrance:
The war memorial in the distance is where wreaths are places on armistice day.
The gateway to the Quarry is at the top of a slight incline where I learned to skateboard when it was still " a new craze" (circa 1970).
As a boy I watched crazy Aussie surfers in Newquay Cornwall U.K cut a roller skate in two and nail the two halves to a plank. They rode this down the hill in front of my Aunts house at dusk after the surf had dropped or it was to dark to see yourself drowning.
I watched this and replicated this when home in Shrewsbury. My sister sure did miss her roller skate but hey, needs must....
Once, I remember sliding through a huge dog turd not far from that memorial. Another guy asked me for a go on my board which I gladly encouraged, knowing the more revolutions that skate made under some one else foot, the less chance there was of myself being sprayed with dog faeces.
I was never to let my Red 50mm Kryps be soiled in that way later in life.
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The war memorial in the distance is where wreaths are places on armistice day.
The gateway to the Quarry is at the top of a slight incline where I learned to skateboard when it was still " a new craze" (circa 1970).
As a boy I watched crazy Aussie surfers in Newquay Cornwall U.K cut a roller skate in two and nail the two halves to a plank. They rode this down the hill in front of my Aunts house at dusk after the surf had dropped or it was to dark to see yourself drowning.
I watched this and replicated this when home in Shrewsbury. My sister sure did miss her roller skate but hey, needs must....
Once, I remember sliding through a huge dog turd not far from that memorial. Another guy asked me for a go on my board which I gladly encouraged, knowing the more revolutions that skate made under some one else foot, the less chance there was of myself being sprayed with dog faeces.
I was never to let my Red 50mm Kryps be soiled in that way later in life.
0 Shrewsbury Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - Boer War Memorial
The memorial is located in The Quarry, Shrewsbury and takes the form of the statue of a soldier, with his rifle reveresed, standing on a square pedestal which has both a portrait of Queen Victoria in releive and a carved badge of the regiment; the arms and a wreath are carved above the steps; the memorial has a three stepped base. There are 146 names listed by name, rank, battalion and the manner of death. The memorial was unveiled on 22nd July 1904; the designers were Messrs. Gaffin and Co.
Roll of Honour. (2009). Lest We Forget [online]. Available from:http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Shropshire/ShrewsburyBoerWar.html [Accessed 27 February 2010].
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Roll of Honour. (2009). Lest We Forget [online]. Available from:http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Shropshire/ShrewsburyBoerWar.html [Accessed 27 February 2010].
Wednesday 3 February 2010
1 The Welsh Bridge
Some lightroom work on the sky, noise reduction and thats about it really. The Welsh Bridge: The bridge was designed and built by John Tilley and John Carline (whose father was a mason on the English Bridge), who had built Montford Bridge for Thomas Telford. Four of the arches span 43 feet 4 inches, while the fifth and central arch is 46 feet 2 inches. The bridge is 30 feet wide, and built from Grinshill sandstone. In total it is 266 feet long. It was completed in 1795 at a cost of £8,000. (Wikipedia)
Rumour has it that it is still lawful to kill a Welshman on a Sunday if he/she is within the town walls (has to be with a longbow). I have no idea if that is true but I am sure some Welsh town has the same rule. If they change the nationallity to "asshole" every town want this law, would approve of and obey it daily.
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Rumour has it that it is still lawful to kill a Welshman on a Sunday if he/she is within the town walls (has to be with a longbow). I have no idea if that is true but I am sure some Welsh town has the same rule. If they change the nationallity to "asshole" every town want this law, would approve of and obey it daily.
Monday 1 February 2010
0 Tanners Wine Merchants
This image was taken at dusk close to my home. Tanners Wines are a family owned merchants close to where I live. They stock an amazing range of wines and are very knowledgable about thier trade.
The building is old and the brickwork amazing, built on a steep incline, an engineers nightmare, a beautiful nightmare!
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The building is old and the brickwork amazing, built on a steep incline, an engineers nightmare, a beautiful nightmare!
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