AN INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT THE AREA.


English Vampire Folklore



http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/demons/vampires/englishvampfolk.htm

Just a selection of images, not necessarily the best.

Burton-on-Trent, Winshill, Stapenhill and elsewhere.

Date is rough, but I accidently took too many photo's of animals.

Lichfield Cathedral

St Marks, Winshill, Burton upon Trent.

Please do not run a slide show in respect for the war dead.If you would like one of these images on the understanding they are not to be used commercially, leave a private message in my guestbook.

Lest We Forget
What do we forget when we remember
What are the stories left untold
What do we think each November
As we march down that glory road
As we march down that gory road

One hundred million
Don’t come home from war
Another eight hundred million
Who lived to bear its scar
Who lived to bear its scar

Lest we forget
What they were dying for
Lest we forget
What they were killing for
Lest we forget
What the hell it was for

What do we forget when we remember…

Owen Griffiths

Twenty one better examples bought together

Some pics of trains and stuff at the Midland Railway Centre, Butterley.

4 bus connections and a wet day in Crich. This place is extremely difficult to get to on public transport, more so if you are disabled. One bus company in particular will sell you a return ticket but then not appear for the return leg. There is a 1 mile thousand foot climb from the nearest rail station and the bus stop is a lengthy walk to the car park where the entrance is situated.
Although it is a museum I got the impression of being in a theme park, but with plenty of shelter should it rain. Well worth a visit if you have a car and of course anybody can copy these subject to the license. cheers

King John murdered some young children here just because he was in a bad mood, and all sorts of foul deads have happened since. For our foreign which is most, viewers; this is the real Robin of Sherwood Nottingham.

"In 1212 King John held some 28 sons of Welsh noble families hostage in the castle.

The boys, some as young as 12, lived at the castle for some time, and were allowed free rein within the walls.

Then one day, the precise date is unknown, King John ordered all the hostages executed.

A chronicler states that the boys pitiful cries rang around the castle as one after the other they were taken up on the ramparts and hanged in a row.

Their ghostly pleas for mercy are still said to be heard within the castle precincts."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2002/10/creepy_encounters_nottingham_castle.shtml

The original redbrick university, founded by Joseph Chamberlain.

http://www.jquarter.org.uk/webdisk/more1.htm

H2G2 meet; unfortunately I missed them in Trafalger so I went and took a few pics on my own.

Shakespeare's Head. Holborn

Spill over in 2011

Collection of favourites, if you don't want to sift through a lot of average, all here are good images, but it isn't all the good ones.