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British Steam – Past and Present

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September 3, 2011 By Pen and Sword Books

British Steam - Past and Present

British Steam: Past and Present contains an evocative mix of specially commissioned modern steam images and steam era archive pictures, the majority … [Read more...]

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Heritage Farm Equipment

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Hidden in a corner off the main yard at Dalemain is an often missed snapshot of Cumbrian history. To the left of the yard is a dark passageway … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Technology Tagged With: Black Hole, Dark Cavern, Dark Passageway, Early 1970, Eclectic Mix, Farming Implements, Fell Pony, Flight Of Stairs, Heritage Equipment, Heritage Farm, Jane Eyre, Metal Frame, Paraf, Paraffin, Paraffin Lamp, Paraffin Lamps, Paraphernalia, Planks, Pram, Rail Tankers, Railway Platforms, Rough Cut, Snapshot, Treasure Trove, Wooden Coffin

Tall tales wanted for Park project

Legends, tall stories and old myths are in demand for a special project aimed at … [Read More...]

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...]