The rain cools the air, calms the soul and replenishes life
Mike Dolan
Archive for July, 2023
Filed under Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2023
Filed under Art, Arundel & Brighton 2023, Holidays
Brighton Street Art
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2023
Filed under Arundel & Brighton 2023, Heritage, Holidays
Volks Electric Railway
Following our walk from Brighton pier to Marine Parade we planned to return to the pier on the Volks Electric Railway, however accessing the station proved problematic. All walkways to the station platform were blocked off due to regeneration of the area. Rather than walk a very long way round we decided to follow the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2023
St John the Baptist’s Church was the first Catholic Church in Brighton. The building of the church was funded by Maria Fitzherbert a wealthy widow from Shropshire who became the secret first wife of George, Prince of Wales who later became King George IV. The marriage was kept secret because at that time it was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2023
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Shrewsbury Castle
The castle motte dates from 1068 and was built with three sides protected by the River Severn but the stone walls date from the 12th to 13th centuries. There was originally a wooden keep on the motte but it collapsed in 1271 when half of the motte was washed away into the river. The castle [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2023
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang…
… flies in to Wellington town
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2023
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2023
