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Warspite

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September 21, 2010 By Pen and Sword Books

Warspite

No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the … [Read more...]

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Hoad monument under wraps

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June 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Hoad Monument, Ulverston

Hoad Monument in Ulverston is shrouded in scaffolding as work starts on a £1m restoration project. The pepperpot, as it is know locally due to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Featured Tagged With: Barrow Point, Barrow Strait, British Naval History, Civil Servant, Cumbria County Council, Eddystone Lighthouse, Heritage Lottery Fund, James Clark Ross, John Barrow, Mandarin Chinese, Monument Restoration, Mutiny On The Bounty, Northern Alaska, Pepperpot, Restoration Committee, Sir James Clark, Sir John Barrow, Sir John Barrow Monument, Sir John Franklin, Sir John Ross, Sldc, South Cumbria, South Lakeland, Town Initiative, Ulverston

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...]