Category Archives: Architecture
The Nativity of our Lord
It helps to have a bus full of clergy praying as they go because miraculously the potential cross dispersed before and the congestion at the Church of the Nativity was minimal. It also meant that we were unlikely to break
The Nativity of our Lord
It helps to have a bus full of clergy praying as they go because miraculously the potential cross dispersed before and the congestion at the Church of the Nativity was minimal. It also meant that we were unlikely to break
St Jerome
Jerome came to this holy site and lived in a cave (next door) for some years whilst he translated the old and new testaments into Latin. Of course a newer church (see next post) has been built over the site,
St Jerome
Jerome came to this holy site and lived in a cave (next door) for some years whilst he translated the old and new testaments into Latin. Of course a newer church (see next post) has been built over the site,
While shepherds watched their flocks
‘Birth’ was the theme of our first day, and we travelled to Bethlehem (in Palestine through a control point at ‘the wall’) to the Shepherd’s Fields looking up to Bethlehem. I was privileged to celebrate the first Mass for the
While shepherds watched their flocks
‘Birth’ was the theme of our first day, and we travelled to Bethlehem (in Palestine through a control point at ‘the wall’) to the Shepherd’s Fields looking up to Bethlehem. I was privileged to celebrate the first Mass for the
Resting on my laurels
After church a quick bit of train (station) spotting while I was in the vicinity of St Pancras and King’s Cross Stations. King’s Cross St Pancras So it was farewell to Bloombury …. … as I moved to
Resting on my laurels
After church a quick bit of train (station) spotting while I was in the vicinity of St Pancras and King’s Cross Stations. King’s Cross St Pancras So it was farewell to Bloombury …. … as I moved to
Inside St. James’s Park
I heard the minx remark, She’d meet him after dark, Inside St. James’s Park, And give him on From Iolanthe Not sure I would venture there or into any park after dark, hard enough to avoid the gypsies in daylight.
Inside St. James’s Park
I heard the minx remark, She’d meet him after dark, Inside St. James’s Park, And give him on From Iolanthe Not sure I would venture there or into any park after dark, hard enough to avoid the gypsies in daylight.
55 Broadway
Splendid example of 1927 architecture – the tallest building in London at the time, and still the home of The Tube. Still working to show the number of trains passing a certain point on each line, though I couldn’t understand
55 Broadway
Splendid example of 1927 architecture – the tallest building in London at the time, and still the home of The Tube. Still working to show the number of trains passing a certain point on each line, though I couldn’t understand
The Underground
A fascinating day touring London’s Underground stations with Andrew Martin, author of the book Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of The Tube. We began at Baker Street Station. Then to Regent’s Park, with original tiling. And on to Piccadilly, where
The Underground
A fascinating day touring London’s Underground stations with Andrew Martin, author of the book Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of The Tube. We began at Baker Street Station. Then to Regent’s Park, with original tiling. And on to Piccadilly, where
St Michael & All Angels
My cousin Jan lives opposite her church – St Michael & All Angels in Bexhill. This photo was taken from her driveway. The Church is built in a Gothic revival style from locally made bricks and dressed stone. The
St Michael & All Angels
My cousin Jan lives opposite her church – St Michael & All Angels in Bexhill. This photo was taken from her driveway. The Church is built in a Gothic revival style from locally made bricks and dressed stone. The
“A cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down”*
* 1960s TV ad I arrived in Bexhill-on-Sea at the home of my cousin Jan (Morrison) Sparkes and her husband Chris. Jan and I are fifth cousins who share a great (x4) grandfather. We had previously shared family trees and
“A cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down”*
* 1960s TV ad I arrived in Bexhill-on-Sea at the home of my cousin Jan (Morrison) Sparkes and her husband Chris. Jan and I are fifth cousins who share a great (x4) grandfather. We had previously shared family trees and
Bow Bells
Great to be in a real church (smell the remnant incense), and on this special ANZAC Day, one with a connection to Australia with a memorial to Governor Arthur Philip, the Order of Australia, and Australian airmen lost in
Bow Bells
Great to be in a real church (smell the remnant incense), and on this special ANZAC Day, one with a connection to Australia with a memorial to Governor Arthur Philip, the Order of Australia, and Australian airmen lost in
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