Thursday, 30 December 2010

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Plymouth

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Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south facing open public space in the city of Plymouth. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands magnificent views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.
Smeaton's Tower is the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse. It marked a major step forward in the design of lighthouses. In use until 1877, it was largely dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in the city of Plymouth, where it now stands as a memorial to its designer, John Smeaton, the celebrated civil engineer.

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The early port settlement of Plymouth, called "Sutton", approximates to the area now referred to as the Barbican and has 100 listed buildings and the largest concentration of cobbled streets in Britain. The Pilgrim Fathers left for the New World in 1620 near the commemorative Mayflower Steps in Sutton Pool. Also on Sutton Pool is the National Marine Aquarium which displays 400 marine species and includes Britain's deepest aquarium tank.

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Robert Lenkiewicz (1941– 2002) was one of the South West England's most celebrated artists of modern times. Perennially unfashionable in high art circles, his work was nevertheless popular with the public. He painted on a large scale, usually in themed Projects investigating hidden communities or difficult social issues.

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On The House That Jack Built is a mural known as "The Last Judgement" a collaboration piece painted by Robert Lenkiewicz and incorporated a stained glass window created by Adele Nash, containing over 4,000 pieces of glass.

Sunday, 12 December 2010

70th Anniversary of the Sheffield Blitz

The Moor turned back the clock 70 years to mark the anniversary of the Sheffield Blitz. With people in period costume, air raid sirens and a tea dance. There was also displays of World War II memorabilia such as gas masks and ID cards.

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Sunday, 28 November 2010

Clifton Suspension Bridge

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge, and linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is a landmark that is used as a symbol of Bristol. It is a grade I listed building.

For more information see Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Bristol

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SS Great Britain was an advanced passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had previously been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845.
For more information see SS Great Britain

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Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draft, and therefore the minimum freeboard (nautical) for the vessel in various operating conditions).

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M Shed
For more information see M Shed

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Watershed Media Centre and Arnolfini Gallery
For more information see Arnolfini Gallery

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The Vintage Mobile Cinema company brings you a unique slice of cinema and automotive history, combined together to give the audience an exciting film viewing experience unavailable anywhere else. The 22 seat movie theatre is in the sound treated, fully upholstered and climate controlled rear of the vehicle, with carefully tiered seating to ensure everyone gets maximum viewing pleasure. All films are shown on the high definition (HD) digital projection unit, complete with Dolby 7:1 surround sound for the full cinema experience.
For more information see Vintage Mobile Cinema

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Thursday, 14 October 2010

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - Steam Gathering

All Aboard for a Spectacular Weekend of Steam.
Abbeydale comes alive with the sights and sounds of it's industrial past with a display of Steam Rollers, Traction Engines and Road Locomotives.

  


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originally uploaded by mikesm.

Sheffield Fayre 2010

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History comes to life at the Sheffield Fayre, more than 600 history re-enactors, playing out scenes from Ancient Rome to the Second World War, were at this year's Sheffield Fayre, held at Norfolk Heritage Park over the August Bank Holiday.






Saturday, 9 October 2010

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Ironbridge



Working Factories, shops and cottages set in 50 acres of beautiful woodland where life is lived, and demonstrated as it was in Victorian times.


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the iron bridge - ironbridge, originally uploaded by mikesm.

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition - Chatsworth House


manolo valdes - butterflies, originally uploaded by mikesm.


subodh gupta - hungry god, originally uploaded by mikesm.


david breuer-weil - visitor, originally uploaded by mikesm.


richard hudson - eve, originally uploaded by mikesm.

Their 5th annual exhibition, Beyond Limits, Sotheby's brings contemporary sculpture to the relaxed setting of the historic garden at Chatsworth House -  Derbyshire. Discover work by artists as diverse as Arnaldo Pomodoro, Subodh Gupta and Lynn Chadwick. And explore the permanent sculptures by artists such as Elisabeth Frink and David Nash