Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Pope John XXIII
6 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2018
Stretching across the River Severn, the world’s first iron bridge is one of the greatest symbols of the Industrial Revolution. But the Iron Bridge is now suffering from cracking and in need of repair.
To save the bridge for generations to come, English Heritage is embarking on its largest conservation project to date.
Each generation has done their bit to look after the Iron Bridge and now it’s our turn.
We are now undertaking a major conservation project on the Iron Bridge. The bridge is suffering due to stresses in its ironwork, and the project is vital to preserving it for the future. It’s going to take £3.6 million to carry out this work and will be the largest conservation project in our history.
As part of our project to save this historic structure, we’ve installed a temporary walkway beside the Iron Bridge. This gives visitors a special chance to learn more about the works and witness the conservation in action.
Walk alongside the bridge and read displays about the expert techniques being used. Windows and portholes give a unique perspective of the works taking place, with staff and volunteers on hand to give more information.
6 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2018
…come inside it’s smashing
4 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2018
8 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2018
Built at the expense of John Romanus (died 1255) this building, comprising a vaulted crypt with a chapel above, formed part of St. Leonard’s Hospital, at one time the largest hospital in the North of England. Originally known as St. Peter’s, it was refounded as St. Leonard’s by King Stephen and dissolved in 1540.
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2018
In solitude, where we are least alone.
Lord Byron
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2018
