Any old iron....Hunmanby & Beverley.......
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Tolkien Well Dressing, Eyam
Finally got round to inking this in.....this is roughly what the finished well dressing at Eyam looked like. My contribution was some titchy black seed outlines round the borders
Sunday, 17 September 2017
Dr Funk
This one's for Terry Barnes, whose shoulder surgeon has the rather wonderful name of
Dr Lennard Funk....
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Longnor Well Dressing 2017
Thanks again to Sue and Gaynor at Longnor for letting us join in with your well dressing. I'm plotting a South Crosland version for our own Crab Tree Well, Summer 2018...
Sunday, 3 September 2017
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Hipster Hathersage
Was this the YHA Hathersage ex- Warden sporting a new look in hipster coffee joint???
(As seen by Debbie, YHA room mate)
See post from 2012, below...........
Monday, 28 August 2017
Anglo Saxon tied to a bunk bed
As seen at Hathersage YHA, in the Women's dormitory, Debbie, one of my room mates, tied herself to the bunk bed to demonstrate Anglo Saxon tablet weaving, which turned out to be pretty nifty.....
Icky Picky Lane
As seen in Monyash....the yellow cow drawing was chalked on a stile and cheered me up after being chased by frisky bullocks. As for Icky Picky Lane, what a great name!
Train Vane
Shed-mounted train weather vane, not reflecting the current locomotives used by Northern Rail in Hathersage ...
Beware of the Toad
Bull tethering ring in Foolow marketplace and warning signs for a bull and toads in Youlgreave
Black Rat and Mompesson's Well
Weather Vane in the shape of a Black (Plague carrying) Rat, Eyam. I visited Mompesson's well, where people from surrounding areas left food. Reverend Mompesson and the villagers bravely quarantined themselves to prevent the plague spreading further.
Eyam Plague Village Tomb Carvings
Thought-provoking trip to Eyam, the "Plague Village", where many residents died in 1666...
Little John's Grave
"Care of this grave undertaken by the Ancient Order of Foresters", Little John's grave in Hathersage churchyard' reputedly excavated in the 19th century, a huge femur bone was unearthed......
Milestones in Hope
Got the train to Hope- first stop Castleton, but not by road, up over Lose Hill, Mam Tor and down Cave Dale, great walk!
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Whosoever Well
Can't remember where I saw this one.... it would probably be called the "Whatever" well now
Well at Netherton
I don't think the Law directs anyone to look after this well anymore.
Holmfirth D of E group tidied it up a while back though!
Yorkshire Water 1864
Cottage dwellers at Holmfirth paid to mend their own well by public subscription, back in the day. The well at Holmfirth trickles away down the hillside, to be bottled and sold by enterprising souls further down the valley.....
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Rubbing Fail
My failed wall rubbing of graffiti on newton College, Cathedral Close , Lichfield. My photo of the schoolboy in his cap failed too, so here's a sketch instead.....
Heel Ball
Mum had some dating from circa 1958/9 when she did some rubbings at Middleton parish church......my efforts to do rubbings of graffiti in Lichfield weren't so impressive!
Friday, 4 August 2017
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