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Monochrome Madness: Backlighting
Posted on August 6, 2025
This is ‘Fred’, a sculpture who sits gloomily on a bench, looking out to sea, in the town of Scarborough. In the county of Yorkshire, where he finds himself, he would probably be described as ‘a reet miserable bugger’.
Even with the warm afternoon sun on his back, as here, he doesn’t look happy, and no doubt if the sun was in front of him, he’d complain that it was getting in his eyes. Yorkshire, eh?
Lens-Artists Challenge: Gratitude
Posted on November 19, 2024
This week’s challenge is a bit of a toughie – as are most that whose title consists of an abstract noun.
Of course there is plenty for me to be grateful for – and I hope I am – but I was looking for a slightly different angle that doesn’t parade too much of my personal life.
Back in August, while on holiday in the UK, we went to a village cricket match in Yorkshire. There was nothing at stake apart from local pride, but I’m sure that the captain of the winning side expressed his gratitude to the person who handed him the trophy..
Rural layers
Posted on September 11, 2024
This image, captured in a rural area of north Yorkshire, not only pays due deference to the ‘rule of thirds’, but also meets the brief of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week:
Cellpic Sunday: Sound of an English summer
Posted on August 18, 2024
A sunny summer’s day in Yorkshire, and the sound of willow on leather…
Thursday Doors: Cherry Burton
Posted on August 9, 2018
Cherry Burton is a small village just outside Beverley, in East Yorkshire. My daughter and her family live there.
It’s far enough away from town to have something of a rural feel, although there are modern developments on either side of the road that runs through the centre of the village, where the oldest buildings, and most interesting doors, are to be found.
Any village with an ounce of self-respect needs a Village Hall:
The oldest residential buildings have a late Georgian/early Victorian feel to them:
Although there are some interesting exceptions:
And finally, for something completely different, here’s my son-in-law’s parents’ garden shed:
Thursday Doors 9 August 2018
Thursday Doors: Beverley
Posted on September 7, 2017
This week, a brief respite from the usual diet of characterful old French rural doors, with a selection from the mix of historic and modern architecture in the attractive market town of Beverley, in East Yorkshire.
This is probably the oldest door still standing, from the early 16th century. It was the gateway to a Dominican friary that once stood in the centre of the town:
The most characteristic architecture is Georgian, however, and there are quite a few interesting examples still to be seen:
This little cottage lies on a narrow street right in the town centre:
And finally a triple-whammy – three architectural styles in a row:
Thursday Doors 7 September 2017
Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular
Posted on November 22, 2014
This is the very imposing (and very angular) exterior of St Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
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