Taken by water

Taken by water by Lois

Across the Thames

We were on the south side of  the Thames and looking across he river we could see St Paul’s Cathedral beneath a darkening sky. There is a huge amount of building going on the north side of the Thames, and the crane on the right of the picture is only one of many. We saw […]

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Names, naming and words by Lois

We write in water

Men’s evil manners live in brass… …their virtues we write in water. You may know where I was when I took this photo and what was behind me, or you may just know the quote. It is from ‘Henry VIII by Shakespeare, and the lines are spoken by Griffith adviser to Queen Katherine (Katherine of […]

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Taken by water by Lois

The Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877

“Stockland, Bridgwater & Pawlett, Cannington & Wembdon, West Sedgemoor, Langport and Kings Sedgemoor & Cary Valley were formed under the Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877” Since late medieval times there had been Commissioners of Sewers for Somerset; they had been responsible for a massive area of 160,000 acres. There were ‘officials’ known as ‘viewers and […]

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