Bad Weather — Heritage and History

Potholes expose hidden past

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March 11, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Road Signs

Recent bad weather has left many of our roads dimpled with assorted sized potholes. A report from the cyclist organisation CTC estimates that there … [Read more...]

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Dales Volunteers bridge that gap

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May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dales Volunteers have been doing their bit to preserve an historic footbridge in Swaledale. A group of five volunteers and some Yorkshire Dales … [Read more...]

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Carlisle Catheral - northern aspect

The bells of Carlisle Cathedral

Carlisle Cathedral boasts a peal of 12 bells, but it hasn't always been this … [Read More...]

Foundering in soft snow: Bowers' sledge team; Wilson pushing; Oates and PO Evans repairing, Beardmore Glacier, 13 December 1911. Pic HLF

Captain Scott’s South Pole images saved for nation

Photographs taken by Captain Scott on his final expedition to the South Pole … [Read More...]

HSL102, a former air-sea rescue launch is to get new engines Pic - PNBPT

Wartime rescue boat, HSL102, to get new engines

HSL102, one of two historic World War II rescue boats owned by Portsmouth Naval … [Read More...]

The Palladian style Doll's House c1735-40 at Uppark, West Sussex. Pic NT

More than 700,000 National Trust items go online

From great works of art by Gainsborough to the ordinary cotton underpants of a … [Read More...]

Escalators in atrium. Pic English Heritage

LLoyds Building in London given protected status

The Lloyd’s building in central London has been given Grade I listed status … [Read More...]