The Old & The New
© Martin Humphreys (view gallery)
Whilst on holiday in the Lincolnshire wolds ... we stopped by RAF Coningsby home of the Battle Of Britain Memorial flight & though taken through the wire mesh fence, this shot of a modern Typhoon fighter taking off past this beautiful Spitfire came out ok I thought ? Image cannot be loaded
A Letter From Home. Dutton Massey Hall, Cheshire.
© Rod Burkey (view gallery)
This year, Dunham Massey Hall is running a commemoration of when it was turned into a hospital for wounded soldiers, from April 1917 to February 1919. On entering the Hall, one is advised that actors will be filling the roles of patients, doctors and nurses and that there should be no interaction between them and the visitors. It was all very moving during our visit there on 16th September 2014, seeing the room turned into a ward, and also another, a place for the recuperating men to relax. My picture captures a scene when a soldier, blinded and bandaged, is read a letter from home by his nurse. She has to read the sad news of his younger brother “B” having fallen on his birthday “Going over the top”. At the end of the reading the nurse presses the letter into the poor young man’s hands. If you are lucky, a trip to the Butler’s Pantry and the Dining Room will be rewarded by being greeted by a housekeeper and the butler.
I can recommend a visit. Image cannot be loaded
Corfe Castle in the winter sun
© Graham Rains (view gallery)
'One of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit' Apart from the destruction of the castle by Oliver Cromwell in 1646AD it is said that many of the old cottages in the village were built from stone 'salvaged' from the ruins over the centuries. The National Trust now ensures that what is left of the castle is preserved for posterity. Image cannot be loaded
The Cenotaph detail, Lime Street, Liverpool
© Rod Burkey (view gallery)
I took this a few minutes after the close up of Wellington on top of his column on 5th August 2014. This shot gives some perspective to the column and is very much a stock shot, one of a set I took of this rather special cenotaph. Image cannot be loaded
Church of St. Michaels and All Hallows, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
© Charles Moorhen (view gallery)
The much-restored Church of St. Michaels and All Hallows, on a hill overlooking the River Thames at Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, contains an ancient font.
In the Churchyard is the grave of one of the bomber crews who took part in the 'Dam Busters Raid' over Germany in World War Two. Image cannot be loaded
A tribute in Woolton
© Rod Burkey (view gallery)
Every year, Woolton Village takes great pride in looking full of blooms, including various floral displays during the summer months. A new one now graces the top of Kings Drive in the form of a tribute to those who went to serve in the carnage of WWI. I like the lack of defined facial detail. Image cannot be loaded
All Together Now at St Luke's Liverpool.
© Rod Burkey (view gallery)
This is a statue by Andy Edwards entitled “All Together Now” which for the next few days will be on display in St Luke’s, Liverpool’s famous “bombed out church”. The figures are about to shake hands standing over a football which relates to the time that British and German soldiers paused, apparently to play football on Christmas Day 1914.
The hands do not quite meet which allows one to place a hand between them, joining the act of all too brief sanity on that day. The figures will leave Liverpool and finally rest in Flanders.
Picture taken on the stroke of noon 16-12-14. Image cannot be loaded
A picture of Lincoln
© Lincolnian (brian) (view gallery)
St. Matthias church on Burton Road, Lincoln, was built in 1890-1 as a chapel of ease to the Anglican St. Nicholas church in Newport. On 28th September 1940 the south side of the church, seen in this shot, including the vestry, was destroyed when a Hampden bomber from 83 Squadron based at RAF Scampton crashed onto it. The damage could have been far worse however, it wasn't until the following day that the area was cordoned off when it was realised that the aircraft still had a live bomb on board which fortunately hadn't exploded. The Hampden had flown home on one engine following a raid on U-boat bases at Lorient in France and was only 5 miles short of the base. The crew of four had baled out, but the pilot - Pilot Officer Dudley Snook (20) in trying to avoid civilian casualties by nursing the stricken aircraft beyond the city limits probably left it too late bailing out too low. His parachute failed to open in time and he landed less than 100 yards away from the crash. He is buried in the churchyard at Scampton. The church was patched up with corrugated iron until the damage was repaired after the war. Despite the damage the church continued to be used every week by the soldiers at the nearby barracks for their Sunday morning church parades. The church is now used for worship by members of The Antiochian Orthodox Church. Image cannot be loaded
Railings at Dover Castle
© Stephen (view gallery)
These are possibly some of the oldest railings in England because like so many others they were not dismantled to be melted down for the war effort. Image cannot be loaded
A picture of Barking
© Peter Evans (view gallery)
Unknown photo Taken in Barking, Essex. Just after or during the war. Found in my fathers house after he died.
Original photos donated to Dagenham and Barking library. Image cannot be loaded
A picture of Barking
© Peter Evans (view gallery)
Unknown photo Taken in Barking, Essex. Just after or during the war. Found in my fathers house after he died.
I donated the original to Dagenham and Barking library Image cannot be loaded
Gun Emplacement, Sandhaven
© Michael Smith (view gallery)
Sandhaven Beach Cannon, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
10/02 /11
Located above Trow Rocks at the southern end of Sandhaven Beach this gun is a replica of the original which was on this site to defend the entrance to the Tyne during the war. Sandhaven Caravan Park is located 10mins away facing the promenade. Image cannot be loaded
Bentley Priory Operations room clock
© Terry Wigington (view gallery)
Here's how it worked.
All incoming reports would be color coded with flags of either red, yellow, or blue according to the time they were received. These color-indicated times were assigned according to the position of the minute hand on the special Operations Room Clock which had its dial painted with triangles in this trio of colors at a succession of five minute intervals around the dial. The color indicated by the minute hand at the time the report was received would be the color given to the message and plotted on the Operations Room map. Because of the speed of these enemy raiders crossing Britain's coastline the RAF's response had to be made in minutes. This color coding process and the elaborate communications network behind it created a highly effective and efficient system. It was possible, according to reports from system veterans, to have fighters in the air and on their way to an intercept within five minutes of the initial contact. Without the simple yet elegant time coding system devised by the RAF, the British might not have been so successful in holding control of the skies over Britain during the crucial Battle of Britain as well as later in the war. Image cannot be loaded
Sculpture depicting Dead Soldier, Lichfield Memorial Aboritum, Staffordshire
© Janice Serginson (view gallery)
Sculpture showing a soldier being directed to the afterlife, through the door ajar which on the 11th of the 11th at 11am the Sun will shines through Image cannot be loaded
A Slideshow of England at War
