Between April 1917 and January 1919, the Stamford Military Hospital provided a Sanctuary from the Trenches for soldiers injured during the First World War. As a reflection upon the 282 soldiers that passed through the hospital during this period, the structure comprises 282 individually cast concrete cubes.
Save for one nameless soldier, each cube features a [...]
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The Stamford Military Hospital
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2015
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Sundial
This sundial is in the style of one commissioned by William III. It represents Africa, one of the four continents known at the time. The figure depicts a Moor, not a slave, and he has knelt here since before 1750.*
*Information from a signboard next to the statue.
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2015
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Dunham Massey Hall
The present Hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who received one of the first baronetcies to be created by James I in 1611; it was later remodelled by John Norris for his descendant, George, 2nd Earl of Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was further altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2015
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Built by Thomas Telford, 1795 – 1805 there are 18 piers of local stone, the central ones over the Dee being 126′ high up to the ironwork.
The canal runs through the iron trough, 1007′ long, 11′ 10” wide and 5′ 3” deep, the largest in Britain. The iron was supplied by William Hazeldine form his [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2015
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A Fun Weekend
On Saturday, Mr C, my mum and I set off for Droylesden to celebrate my aunt’s 90th birthday. I had recently upgraded our SatNav so that now we have live traffic information and newer maps. This trip was its inaugural outing. I keyed in the destination and off we set on our journey…
Just after Market [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 23rd 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The path of love and the path of insight lead into the same garden.
Stephen Mitchell
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2015
