Black Five Locomotive, York Station.

This photo was taken on 29th August 2012, I was waiting for a train at York station (According to my diary, to Harrogate to collect a BMW 520) when I heard the distinctive hissing sound of a steam locomotive pulling into the platform behind me. It was a special excursion train of West Coast Railways "The Scarborough Spa Expess" hauled by a Standard Class 5 (Black five) engine No. 45305. Fortunatly I had my trusty Samsung NV10 compact digital camera in my pocket as usual and was able to take this and a few more pictures before my train arrived.

 

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Churchill Tank, The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset.

As I am no expert on tanks I have very little to say on this photo other than it was taken in November 2013 when I visited the museum with three friends from the USA one of whom is a dyed-in-the-wool "treadhead". Undoubtedly the Tank Museum is a 'must visit' venue for anyone with an interest in military history having the worlds largest collections of armoured fighting vehicles including the first tank ever.

Camera; Nikon D80

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Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-3, Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

This Luftwaffe Messerschmitt is a casualty of the Battle of Britain and is preserved pretty much in the condition it was in after it had crash landed into a cornfield, although it has been partially repainted. It is displayed in a tableau of the crash site along with other exhibits of the period at the Imperial War Museum's Duxford airfield, Cambridgeshire, which was itself one of the fighter stations involved the battle.

 

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Lincoln Cathedral

Viewed from Brayford Pool, Lincoln Cathedral dominates the city's skyline. Lincoln is one of my favourite English cities, with (for the most part) unspoiled architecture and streets full of character, there always seems to be something new to discover each time I visit it.

 

Camera; Samsung NV10

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1913 Morris Oxford, The Shuttleworth Collection.

Old cars are always a great subject and some excellent, well preserved examples can be found at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire. The collection is an eclectic mix of aircraft and vehicles of yesteryear. Many of the aeroplanes are airworthy and flying displays are a regular feature.

 

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Mural on the old Birmingham Central Library building, Paradise Circus.

I took this photo a little over a year ago just after the old Birmingham Central Library had been closed following the opening of the new Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square. Tomorrow (Jan 5th, 2015) work comences on its demolition to make way for a new development at which time this mural will be gone forever.

The old building was opened in 1974 and was at the time the largest non-national library in Europe but its brutalist architectural syle, while innovative, found few admirers, Price Charles for example said that it appeared to be a building "where books were burned rather than stored".

The White Swan public house, Henley-in-Arden

The White Swan is an old coaching inn on the High Street of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire situated between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon on the A34 road. Henley is a picturesque village with a number of traditional English pubs, half timbered houses and noted for the locally produced ice cream.  

Ruins of Penrith Castle

Dating from the 15th century the castle was for a while the seat of power for Richard, Duke of Gloucester who usurped the throne as Richard III before being defeated at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 and whose remains were recently rediscovered, buried under a car park in Leicester. The ruins are situated opposite the town's railway station and on several occasions I've wandered round them while killing time waiting to catch a train.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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GWR Large Prairie 5101 Class Tank Locomotive.

A photo from a trip on the Severn Valley Railway in 2010 of Great Western Class 5101 Large Prairie locomotive No. 5164. The Severn Valley is a heritage line running between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth to the west of Birmingham, England, wihich uses a selection of preserved steam locos as its principal motive power.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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The Lake District from an Edinburgh to Preston Train.

Taken on a frosty morning a few years ago with my trusty Samsung NV10 compact camera, travelling south from Edinburgh to Preston on a fast train through Cumbria with the hills of the Lake District on the horizon and minimal reflections from the carriage window.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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HMS Belfast in the Pool of London.

Taken a couple of years ago, this shot of HMS Belfast with the Tower of London and Tower Bridge in the background is definitely one of my better efforts. The ship, a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War is now permanently moored in the Pool of London, owned by the Imperial War Museum.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Boats in Whitehaven harbour at low tide.

I'm never quite sure why this is a favourite, perhaps it is the setting, looking out to thr Solway Firth.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Junk 'n' Disorderly

Black and white half-timbered buildings are pretty much an English stereotype and this example in Shrewsbury is no exception, what sets it apart is the humourous name of the shop on the ground floor- Junk 'n' Disorderly.

Camera; Samsung NV10

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Balloon Hangar, Farnborough.

The restored balloon hangar framework at Farnborough.

Photographed in 2008 at the time of the Centenary of British Flight the Balloon Hangar framework had be re-assembled a complete structure. It had previously been recycled and used in two separate buildings on the site. I rather liked this view with the bonsai-like tree in front of it.

Camera: Samsung NV10.
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