D1060018 The Limb Brook, Sheffield, from above Firs Farm. We are looking west of south towards the cairn on Brown Edge. |
D1060001 Hangram Lane Farm, Sheffield, in the foreground; David Lane Farm at the opposite corner of the stripey field with Fulwood Hall and Bole Hill behind; beyond that, a farm above Rivelin. |
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D1050916 A surprisingly stroppy moorhen chases a mandarin duck on Holme Wheel Dam, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. |
D1050836 The river Don at Sheffield, looking towards Blonk Street bridge. The vans are parked in the loading bay of Castle Market; the old Town Hall just behind, the dome of Kemsley House on the skyline. |
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D1050821 Sheffield Town Hall and St Marie’s Cathedral. The Straddle Warehouse (on the canal basin) in the foreground. |
D1050739 Sheffield Town Hall, with the old YMCA building in the foreground, from Fargate. |
D1050687 Dead beech leaves, below Bolehill Lodge, Sheffield. Much thinner and more shrivelled than the ones from mid November. |
D1040934 Cole Brothers, as was, from Bethel Walk. The former Bethel Chapel Sunday school, on the right, is to be demolished (credit crunch permitting) as part of the continuing onslaught on modest well put together buildings. |
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D1040849 Barker Bank from Back Tor, Derbyshire. The path from Hollins Cross to (the cloud covered) Mam Tor goes from right to left in the background. |
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D1040484 Work continues on christmas day evening demolishing the Woodseats Road, Sheffield bridge over the main line to London. |
D1040365-75 A composite picture of Mam Tor, Kinder, Alport Valley and Derwent Edge, from Win Hill, Derbyshire. |
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D1040286 Fairbrook Naze (I believe) from Crookstone Knoll, Derbyshire. The wind chill was pretty impressive here, hanging around snapping wasn’t on the agenda for long. |
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D1030446-50 Composite picture of Abbeydale Primitive Methodist chapel, Sheffield, from South View Crescent. |
L1040789 Locarno Ballroom, London Road, Sheffield. Now a supermarket; latterly a club, open a lot later than midnight. |
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D1020840 The sun falls on the side of North Lees Hall, Outseats, Derbyshire. Stanage Edge is in the background. Grade II* listed, visited by Charlotte Bronte in 1845 and said to be the inspiration for Thorncliffe Hall in her novel Jane Eyre. |
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D1010602 The mighty Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, springs from it’s north hinge. The road deck is at the top of picture. See it as it was being built at misc/TyneBridgeNHinge.jpeg. |
D1010539 Detail of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers memorial, St Thomas, Barras Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne. |
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D1010413 View north west from Wooler Knoll, Derbyshire. En route to Win Hill looking back down the ridge. Crookstone Barn is in the clump of trees to the left, Crookstone Knoll just out of shot on the left horizon. |
D1010405 Jaggers Clough, Derbyshire. Crookstone Moor on the horizon, Crookstone Barn at extreme right. |
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L1040512 The shadow of the roof line falls on the wrapped buildings on the sunny side of New Bond Street, London. |
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L1040488 View from Higger Tor looking slightly west of south. Toad’s Mouth is just out of shot on the left, Froggat Edge slopes down to the valley of the Derwent, Eyam Moor and Sir William Hill Road go off to the right. |
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L1040481 Powder snow pressed between roadstone. Between Ringinglow and Upper Burbage Bridge, if it matters. |
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L1030602 A seagull flies over St Paul’s Cathedral, London. A squall has just passed, we see the the first sun after the rain. Compare with London, From the Surrey Shore. |
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L1020715 Sheffield Town Hall, from the City Hall, looking over Balm Green. The sun shines on Vulcan as he inspects his arrows against a lowering sky. |
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L1020447 The Derwent at Matlock Bath. We’re looking North towards Gilderoy, Tower House and the Heights of Abraham. |
L1010725 On a typically grey day at Salford Quays, some watery sunshine just about lit up a new skyscraper. Spillers Mill in the background, the leaden waters of the Manchester Ship Canal in the foreground. |
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L1010061 One of the cascades in the Peace Gardens, Sheffield. The sheet of water distorts the view of the Town Hall. |
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