Category Archives: Personal

Hanbury, Worcestershire – St Mary the Virgin

Posted on May 29, 2019 by admin

Friday 24 May and we are en route for a few days in Worcestershire. Hanbury Hall NT property is on our way – http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hanbury-hall-and-gardens. The Vernon family moved to the estate in the 1570s, and Thomas Vernon started work on … Continue reading →

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Darjeeling via Oxford

Posted on May 25, 2019 by admin

On Wednesday 5 June I am giving a paper at our MA Conference in Derby. My title is ‘The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway – Toy Train, Relic of the Raj, World Heritage Site’. I am excited, Laura is excited (she wants … Continue reading →

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Coventry Cathedral – a personal pause

Posted on December 17, 2018 by admin

My beautiful wife Julie is a Coventry girl, and Monday 3 December 2018 was our 35th wedding anniversary. We drove to Coventry, parked at the west end of the old cathedral and then went in to the new one. We needed … Continue reading →

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Cherry Hinton, Cambridge – St Andrew

Posted on October 23, 2018 by admin

Rob and I continued on a bus to St Andrew’s church in Cherry Hinton, which is at TL 490571, and has a website. At 3 pm we had an appointment with Karin the Vicar and a lady called Isobel. We were … Continue reading →

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Cambridge – photos of Robinson and Selwyn Colleges

Posted on October 21, 2018 by admin

We had a day in Cambridge (Monday 17 September). Julie and Anne did Heffer’s and other bookshops. Rob and I had a walk. We called in at Robinson and Selwyn Colleges, both of which have been blogged before. Rob takes … Continue reading →

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Cambridge – Selwyn College

Posted on July 18, 2018 by admin

In Cambridge for the day. I left northernreader in Heffers bookshop and walked across to Selwyn College. Some of my earliest memories are of staying with Granny and Granddad – Joan and Len Hoskison  – who kept 23 Grange Road … Continue reading →

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Heckington, Lincolnshire – Mill

Posted on July 8, 2018 by admin

Having been to the stunning church, we went to Heckington windmill – a unique eight-sail windmill beside the station, signal box and level crossing (though I still think the new H&S-complaint signal is hideous). The ‘box is 1876 Great Northern … Continue reading →

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Chesterton, Cambridge – St Andrew

Posted on March 1, 2018 by admin

This wall played an important part in the Second World War (or at least a wall like it). I believe that my grandad, Albert Barham, was churchwarden of St Andrew’s church in Chesterton. He was a manager at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, … Continue reading →

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Leeds, Yorkshire – “Skeletons: our buried bones” exhibition

Posted on November 29, 2017 by admin

Julie and I are thoroughly enjoying our MA in Public History and Heritage at Derby University – website – but trying to work full time and do an MA has taken its toll on this blog. We had a great day … Continue reading →

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Bilborough, Nottingham – St Martin of Tours

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

We drove back into Nottingham, through the estates of Bilborough, and found St Martin of Tours church. To quote the HODs paperwork, “St Martin’s Road is a cul de sac opposite the police station on Strelley Road. The church is … Continue reading →

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