Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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The Brighton bandstand is the sole survivor of the many bandstands from the Victorian era:
It is the sole survivor of the dozen bandstands which graced the parks and promenades of Brighton and Hove in Victorian times. They fell out of favour in the 1960s when traffic noise began to drown out the music, but this [...]
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Commissioned by Hove Civic Society as the inaugural sculpture for Hove Plinth, April 2018
The sculpture is based on an Orrery, a mechanical model of the solar system. Rather than planets, icons based onpopular things associated with the past and present of Hove orbit the system.
The Constellation icons represent; The Amber Cup, The Hove Ship, Queen [...]
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Bignor Roman Villa was discovered by George Tupper, a farmer in 1811 when his plough hit a large stone. The discovery led to the site being excavated by John Hawkins who lived in the nearby Bignor Park, and Samuel Lysons. The site, still owned by the Tupper family opened to the public in 1814.
The villa [...]
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There are nearly 1,000 years of history at this great castle, situated in magnificent grounds overlooking the River Arun in West Sussex and built at the end of the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel.
The oldest feature is the motte, an artificial mound, over 100 feet high from the dry moat, and [...]
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