Looming nearly 18 metres above the fields, the two enthroned Colossi of Memnon originally fronted the mortuary temple of Amenophis II, once the largest complex on The Theban Necropolis, West Bank, Luxor, Egypt.
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Monday, 3 September 2012
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
The American Civil War Society - Sheffield Fayre
The ever popular American Civil War battle with
sweeping, colourful action with cannon and ranks of Union and
Confederate soldiers armed with the rifled muskets of the time. There's a
close link with Sheffield too as many weapons made in the city were
exported to both sides, and with a staggering 50,000 British volunteers
fighting on one side of the other, some of these men will have come from
Sheffield and Yorkshire.
BANG, that's the ammunition dump gone!
Thursday, 23 August 2012
National Tramway Museum - Crich, Derbyshire
The National Tramway Museum, at Crich, in Derbyshire, is situated within Crich Tramway Village,
a period village containing a pub, cafe, old-style sweetshop, including
the tram depots. The village is also home to the Eagle Press, a small
museum dedicated to Letterpress Printing including an 1859 Columbian
printing press. The museum's collection of trams
runs through the village setting. Visitors are transported one mile out
into the countryside and back, aboard the varied fleet of trams.The trams at Crich mostly ran along the streets of cities before the 1960s, with some trams rescued and restored (even from other countries) as the systems closed.
Monday, 13 August 2012
Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival - Yorkshire Dales
Kettlewell hosts Britain’s best scarecrow festival. It is a great day
out for all the family. Follow the theme of the trail to take you round the idyllic Yorkshire Dale's village.
This year the theme of the children’s trail is hobbies and the adults’ is countries.
This year the theme of the children’s trail is hobbies and the adults’ is countries.
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Escafeld Medieval Society
The Escafeld Medieval Society was formed
over 30 years ago by a group of Police Officers based in Sheffield. It
all started in 1971 as the entertainment for the annual Police Gala
where the aforementioned group performed a display on the theme of the
Wild West.
This went down very well
and the intrepid players were asked to return the following year,
this time the theme of medieval knights was chosen. This was even more
popular than the first show and some suggested that it might make a
great hobby in itself. Sure enough, the Escafeld Medieval Society was formed in 1973 and so far has enjoyed almost 35 years of displays in Yorkshire and further afield in Wales and Scotland.
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