21 March 2014

Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich

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The Weaver Navigation was completed in 1734, allowing swift transportation from the Cheshire 'salt towns' to the River Mersey. In 17...

Wallerscote Island, Northwich

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Between the River Weaver (bottom of above picture) and the Weaver Navigation stands, on Wallerscote Island, the last remaining part of the...
12 March 2014

Nottingham's Rive Gauche

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The Wilford Suspension Bridge crosses the River Trent to link West Bridgford and the Meadows area of Nottingham. Although the bridge can ...
04 March 2014

Karan Anne Porter

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Thursday 4 March 1965 to Wednesday 4 February 2009. Photograph: University of Lancaster, 1988.
03 March 2014

First Chermayeff Ekco

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The architect Serge Chermayeff designed four of Ekco's Bakelite cabinets - the AC86 of 1935, the AC77...
02 March 2014

The Folly of Hope

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Alan Terrill runs the website of the Folly Fellowship . He and his wife Claire live in the Hope Valley, near to Minsterley, Shropshire, w...
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20 February 2014

Limassol, Cyprus - Town

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With a population of just over 100,000, Limassol - also Lemesos, its older name - is the largest town in Cyprus. The town is one of cont...

Limassol, Cyprus - Carnival

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Limassol is home to a number of festivals, principal amongst which is Carnival, which lasts for a full ten days. ...
19 February 2014

Cyprus Car Graveyard

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In eastern Cyprus, on the road north from Dhekelia, towards Achna, is a house-cum-workshop surrounded by dozens of British, French, Ital...
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16 February 2014

First Bakelite Ekco

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Ekco's first Bakelite-cased radios were the 312 and the 313, both released in 1930. At this time Ekco, the first wireless manufacturer ...
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14 February 2014

Hobbit Mill

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Birmingham was once home to innumerable watermills. Grade II-listed Sarehole Mill, on the River Cole in Hall Green, is one of only two ...
30 January 2014

Jellied Eels

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Pie 'n' mash shops were once common across East and South London, but are now few and far between: tastes and quality expectati...
28 January 2014

Shrewsbury Battlefield, 1403

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On 21 July 1403, the armies of King Henry IV and Henry Percy engaged each other about three miles north of the centre of Shrewsbury. The ...
03 January 2014

Gerry Wells - Valveman

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The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum, Dulwich, is housed in the home in which its creator, G...