07 August 2012

Kenilworth Castle

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The royal chamberlain Geoffrey de Clinton built the keep at Kenilworth in the 1120s. King John added, in the early 1200s, an ...
06 August 2012

More Myddle Muddle

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North of Shrewsbury lies the village of Myddle. Nearby is Myddlewood Garage, which specialises in the repair and restoration of classic an...
01 August 2012

Kolster-Brandes

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Founded in Toronto in 1908, Brandes formed a British subsidiary in 1924 that moved to its Foots Cray, Kent, manufacturing plant in 1928. The...
27 July 2012

More Canals Than Venice

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Connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country is a network of canals known as the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN). Thes...
25 July 2012

Royal Leamington Spa III

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Developed as it was within a concentrated period of half a century or so -  YMGW passim - Royal Leamingto...

Stoneleigh Abbey Riverside

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Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, is built close to the River Avon. When ownership passed in 1996 to a charitable trust, funding was ...
22 July 2012

The Full Monty

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What is now known as the Montgomery Canal runs for 35 miles from its junction with the Llangollen Canal at Welsh Frankton, to Newtow...
15 July 2012

Magic Voice

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The Sonora Chime Company started out in New York City in 1908, making chiming bells for clocks. The company moved into phonograp...
13 July 2012

Sequined Selfridges

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Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre of 2003 is one more unimaginative retail development. But it's home to a stunning piece of l...
08 July 2012

Ekco Festival

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The Ekco A147 Festival was developed specifically for the Festival of Britain of 1951. Accordingly, its design was determinedly modern - sl...
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03 July 2012

Stoneleigh, Warwickshire

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About five miles north of Leamington Spa is the village of Stoneleigh, on the confluence of the River Avon a...
22 June 2012

St Nazaire U-Boat Pens

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One of five such facilities built in occupied France by the Third Reich, the submarine base at St Nazaire was constructed by the...
08 June 2012

Berrington Hall - Upstairs, Downstairs

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Neo-classical Berrington Hall, near Leominster, was designed by Henry Holland in 1778-81, and completed in 1783. It sits amidst a grand park...
30 May 2012

Bosky Boscobel

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Built as a farmhouse in the 16th century on lands that had, prior to the Dissolution, belonged to White Ladies Priory, Bosco...

White Ladies Priory

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A few miles north-west of Wolverhampton are the sandstone ruins of White Ladies Priory, the name derived f...
29 May 2012

Bird's Nest Scoop

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A nest from last year that dropped out of a tree whilst the latter was being pruned. Eat your heart out Ai Weiwei - nature does it better! ...
26 May 2012

Barmouth

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Barmouth, on the north-west coast of Wales, may be tacky, full as it is of shops selling seaside tat, faux ...
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