I delight in walking Fern, my English Springer Spaniel, through the woods and fields around Stanmer and over the South Downs.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Still in Blaker's Park
Brighton is blessed with an extraordinary number of clock towers. There is one (commonly known as "the" clock tower) in the centre of the city, one in Preston Park, one in Queen's Park, one in Blaker's Park and another one at Patcham. This, as the title says, the Blaker's Park clock tower.
(I should have straightened the picture with Photoshop! The tower is not really leaning.)
Monday 30 January 2012
War damage
You will see from yesterday's picture that Blaker's Park has no sort of fence around it. There were at one time iron railings sunk into that low concrete wall but back in 1940/41 the country was suffering a desperate shortage or raw materials to build guns, tanks, ships and planes to replace those left at Dunkirk, sunk by U-boats or shot down in the Battle of Britain. Housewives gave their aluminium saucepans to make into Spitfires while park and other ornamental railings were cut down to make ships and tanks. Look closely and you will see where there are stubs of the old railings sunk into the wall.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Saturday 28 January 2012
Cleveland Road
I don't know but would guess that these houses were built in the latter years of the 19th century when Brighton was expanding fast up onto the Downs. They would certainly not have been for the working classes - possibly for senior clerks or people running their own businesses perhaps. There are plenty of similar streets of buildings in the town.
Friday 27 January 2012
Church Hill cottages
Thursday 26 January 2012
Meet the Tin family
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Green travellers?
I am quite accustomed to seeing satellite dishes - large ones - outside the caravans of travellers, but solar panels? This is a first.
(I think these are the travellers who were at Waterhall, now moved to beside 39 Acres.)
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Woolly thoughts
Monday 23 January 2012
Sunday 22 January 2012
Beech avenue
Saturday 21 January 2012
Friday 20 January 2012
Looking up
Thursday 19 January 2012
Expanding
Wednesday 18 January 2012
A foggy day
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Jack and Jill
Monday 16 January 2012
Frosty start
Sunday 15 January 2012
Meet the locals
Saturday 14 January 2012
Blurry runners
Friday 13 January 2012
Thursday 12 January 2012
Grave with a view
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Wrecked
Tuesday 10 January 2012
More houseboats
Monday 9 January 2012
The footbridge
Sunday 8 January 2012
Do they board two by two?
Saturday 7 January 2012
After the rain 2
Friday 6 January 2012
After the rain
Thursday 5 January 2012
A better view to the east
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Look behind you
This is the view for which the bench in yesterday's photograph was sited. We are looking west across the road to Ditchling Beacon, over Tegdown Hill, the Chattri and on to Holt Hill. That copse on the horizon (right) is Pangdean Holt. To the left of Holt Hill the seemingly wooded area is by Devil's Dyke and further left you might just make out the radio masts on Truleigh Hill.
Tuesday 3 January 2012
A bench with a view
Monday 2 January 2012
On Balmer Down
Sunday 1 January 2012
Travelling folk
Travellers have taken over the car park at the Waterhall playing fields. According to our Council, they have come to visit relatives who live in the city. it doesn't help that our Council, on which the Green Party has a majority, seems to welcome these people despite the mess they always leave behind.
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