22 January 2013

Stoneleigh Abbey Panorama

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The Cistercian abbey at Stoneleigh was founded in 1154, dissolved in 1535, and sold to Sir Thomas Leigh in 1561. The house remained in t...
25 December 2012

Another Place

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Made of solid cast iron, the 100 life-size sculptures that go to make up Another Place are from a mould of the body of the a...
17 December 2012

Golf Bravo November Kilo Sierra

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The Cessna 152 two-seater is, in essence, built to a design of half a century ago, based as it is on the Cessna 150, production of which com...
20 November 2012

Ford's Pension Scheme

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Ford’s Hospital, in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, was founded by the merchant William Ford in 1509. The almshouses originally ac...
15 November 2012

Llangollen Motor Museum

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About a mile outside Llangollen is an eponymous motor museum that is a delightfully eclectic collection of about 60 cars, a greater numbe...
10 November 2012

Enigma Variations

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The Enigma machine, available on the open market from 1919 as a means for organisations such as banks to encipher confidential information, ...
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05 November 2012

Lewes Bonfire 2012

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Bonfire has its origins in the celebrations that take place across the land to mark the ‘exposure’ of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, although a...
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22 October 2012

Red House Glass Cone Museum

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Once at the heart of the glass-making industry, surrounded by numerous cousins, the Grade II* listed glass cone in Wordsley, Stourbridge, ...
15 October 2012

The Floozie in the Jacuzzi

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Victoria Square, Birmingham, has to one side the Council House, designed by Yeoville Thomason and completed in 1879 (above); and adjoining...
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07 October 2012

Redline It

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The Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Co. began making petrol pumps around 1902, and started using the brand name of Gilbarco in 1935. This...
28 September 2012

The British Library - Volume II

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The British Library is a building that repays a number of visits. Its design is rooted in the principles of the English Free Sc...

Behind the Pale Blue Door

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Located down a back alley in Dalston is a pale blue door which, knocked upon on fixed dates subsequent to a ...
21 September 2012

Ruthin Castle

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As was common, Ruthin Castle started life in wooden form. It was rebuilt in red sandstone between 1277 and 1282 as part of Edwar...

Ruthin Gaol

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Ruthin's first House of Correction was built in 1654, and would have incarcerated felons and the unemp...

Ruthin Town House

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Nantclwyd House is understood to be the oldest timber-framed town house in Wales, dendrochronology having dated its earliest pa...
10 September 2012

Pye in the Sky

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Is it possible to watch live the Six O'Clock News on a 63-year-old Pye LV20   elevison? Acquire an Aurora standards converter, supply t...
04 September 2012

Odeon Front Radio

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The AC-only Ekco RS3, introduced in August 1931, was the first wireless set to have station names marked on its dial. It benefited also fr...
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...