Lois Elsden
WRITER
A hundred years ago today… sacrifice
While in St Andrews Church Burnham-on-Sea, we came across this plaque; it’s not very clear, partly because it was in a difficult place for me to photograph, but also because it was darkened by age. ‘To the memory of Cecil William Holt, midshipman, who drowned in action at sea 22nd September 1914, aged 15. Second […]
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Silent Cargo
As we walked around Salford Quays, one lovely summer evening, we saw several urban sculptures made from materials which may have been part of the area when it was a noisy dirty industrial place. We saw these wheels, along with some barrels, boxes, pipes, bits of chain, blacksmith’s tools and materials including an anvil and horseshoes (horses […]
MoreThe old vicarage
If you were making a film and wanted to find an old house which could be the vicarage in your film, this one would be ideal. So attractive, and tucked away at the end of a broad drive, it looks just the right place for a variety of different films, romance, period, crime, drama… In […]
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