I must admit I had never heard of World Book Night until a work colleague mentioned it to me yesterday. This morning when I arrived at work there was a copy of Escaped from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden placed in front of my keyboard. I shall read it and pass it on…
So what is [...]
Archive for April, 2015
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Lincoln Castle Court House
The fine Gothic building near the West Gate was built as an administrative centre for county business and a court of law in 1826.*
It replaced an earlier court house dating from 1776, which suffered from subsidence, and which in turn replaced the old shire hall which stood in the middle of the bailey. It was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2015
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Lincoln Castle Prison
Lincoln Castle served as a prison from the outset but earlier prison buildings within the bailey have come and gone, leaving no visible trace. The present building dates from 1788, with a Victorian extension designed by W. A. Nicholson and completed in 1848, and it remained in use until the prison was closed in 1878.
The [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2015
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Observatory Tower
The Observatory Tower is built on the smaller of the two mounds that abut the south curtain wall, which is dated a little later than the Lucy Tower. Excavation through the tower floor and into the mound itself showed that the rubble core of the mound and original tower foundations had been constructed in a [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2015
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
Ramana Maharshi
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About, Science & Nature
The Shropshire Countryside
Today was a perfect spring day so after lunch we set off into the Shropshire countryside in order to drive up the steeps slopes to the top of the Long Mynd. As we drove along the country lanes the scenery was outstanding in the spring sunshine and we were provided with clear views from the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2015
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Lucy Tower
The Lucy Tower is a polygonal keep, a stone wall surrounding open space at the top of a mound. Shell keeps are relatively early transitional stage from a wooden palisade, and this fits with the latest thinking that the Lucy Tower’s mound is the original Norman one, set in a dominant position on the cliff-edge [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2015
