Climbing up to the secret tree house.
Tree House
Scarborough Lighthouse
The lighthouse dates from the early 1800’s and was constructed to coincide with Scarborough’s growth in shipping. Originally it was powered by candlelight but was converted to a gas lamp in 1844. Early in 1900’s it was converted to electricity. It is open to visitors daily throughout the year from 8am until 5pm. Admission is free.
Barcelona railway station
The ceiling of Barcelona Railway Station.
Fish
Fish stall at Borough Market, London.
World War II Reenactment
Air crew with Lancaster Bomber at RAF East Kirkby.
Southwark Cathedral
We believe there has been a church on this site since AD 606. There may well have been a church here even earlier. Southwark Cathedral is the oldest cathedral church building in London, and archaeological evidence shows there was Roman pagan worship here well before that.
Significantly, Southwark stands at the oldest crossing point of the tidal Thames at what was the only entrance to the City of London across the river for many centuries. It is not only a place of worship but also of hospitality to every kind of person: princes and paupers, prelates and prostitutes, poets, playwrights, prisoners and patients have all found refuge here.
Private wood
A private wood on the Lincolnshire Wolds.
“Just Jane” Lancaster Bomber
“Just Jane” Lancaster Bomber at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
Tattershall Castle
Tattershall Castle has its origins in either a stone castle or a fortified manor house, built by Robert de Tattershall in 1231. This was largely rebuilt in brick, and greatly expanded, by Ralph, 3rd Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England, between 1430 and 1450.
Brick castles are less common in England than stone or earth and timber constructions; when brick was chosen as a building material it was often for its aesthetic appeal or because it was fashionable. The trend for using bricks was introduced by Flemish weavers. There was plenty of stone available nearby, but Cromwell chose to use brick. About 700,000 bricks were used to build the castle, which has been described as “the finest piece of medieval brick-work in England”.
Of Lord Cromwell’s castle, the 130 foot high Great Tower and moat still remain. It is thought that the castle’s three state rooms were once splendidly fitted out and the chambers were heated by immense gothic fireplaces with decorated chimney pieces and tapestries. It has been said that the castle was an early domestic country mansion masquerading as a fortress. Cromwell died in 1456, the castle was initially inherited by his niece, Joan Bouchier, but was confiscated by the Crown after her husband’s demise. Tattershall castle was recovered in 1560 by Sir Henry Sidney, who sold it to Lord Clinton, later Earl of Lincoln, and it remained with the Earls of Lincoln until 1693. It passed to the Fortesques, but then fell into neglect.
It was put up for sale in 1910. Its greatest treasures, the huge medieval fireplaces, were still intact. When an American bought them they were ripped out and packaged up for shipping. Lord Curzon of Kedleston stepped in at the eleventh hour to buy the castle and was determined to get the fireplaces back. After a nationwide hunt they were found in London and returned. He restored the castle and left it to the National Trust on his death in 1925. Lord Curzon had undertaken restorations on it between 1911 and 1914. It remains today one of the three most important surviving brick castles of the mid-fifteenth century.
The experience of Tattershall pushed Lord Curzon to push for heritage protection laws in Britain, which saw passage as the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913.
World War II Lancaster Bomber
World War II Lancaster Bomber, Battle of Britain/Dambusters aircraft flying at dusk over Lincolnshire. The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force, introduced in 1942.