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Strolling along the prom, prom, prom…
Weston has changed a great deal since 1841 when the first trains arrived bringing passengers to the small town. But one thing which hasn’t changed is visitors’ enjoyment of the sea air. Written in 1907, John A. Glover-Kind, this popular song says it all really! Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside I […]
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I saw this in Bristol as we were walking away from Temple Meads Station. It just caught my eye and I though for a moment it was a rocking horse, and then because we were near the station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1841 I thought maybe it was to do with either him or the […]
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Bronze
This incredible building is on Salford Quays; the glass has a bronze patina which glows in the sun, but as clouds pass or the light changes, the colour of the building changes too. It could be the wonderful palace of a benevolent king, or university offering the greatest opportunities to its students, or it could […]
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Lois Elsden 