20 April 2014

Bakelite Box - Ekco PB505

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The alternating current PB505 was released by Ekco in 1939, and was available in both a wooden cabinet a...
13 April 2014

April Fools' Car Show 2014

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The third running of the April Fools' Car Show, held at Canal Central in Maesbury Marsh, Shropshire, featured everything from the a...
09 April 2014

Bishkek - Brutal & Beautiful

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The capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, is a city of concrete on an Altaic plain - altitude 2,600 feet - just north of the Ala-Too port...
08 April 2014

Istanbul - Blue Mosque

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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque because of the dominant colour of the interior decoration, must be one of th...
07 April 2014

Istanbul - Balat

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Balat, traditionally a Jewish quarter, is a part of the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on the western side of the Golden Horn, ...
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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