D1040591 Railings, Botanical Gardens, Sheffield. The setting sun casts a shadow of the stanchion on the railings. |
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D1040484 Work continues on christmas day evening demolishing the Woodseats Road, Sheffield bridge over the main line to London. |
D1040352 Win Hill from Lose Hill, Derbyshire. Mam Tor is at extreme right, with Rushup Edge behind and to the right. Grindslow Knoll is on the horizon, left of centre, casting a long shadow; below is Broadlee Bank, which disappears behind the northern slope of Lose Hill. |
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D1040351 Mam Tor and Rushup Edge from Win Hill, Derbyshire. The southern slope of Lose Hill is in the foreground, from the the right we see the ridge leading to Back Tor and Hollins Cross, before climbing to Mam Tor. |
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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D1040207 Vale of Edale, Derbyshire, from Ringing Roger. Dalehead is centre of shot, in the trees at the bottom of the valley. |
D1040194 Dark Peak FR Crookstone Crashout competitors heading on to Kinder, in demanding conditions. |
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D1030835-44 Composite picture of the Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin (who was this guy?) Street, Sheffield. |
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D1030446-50 Composite picture of Abbeydale Primitive Methodist chapel, from South View Crescent. |
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L1040789 Locarno Ballroom, London Road, Sheffield. Now a supermarket; latterly a club, open a lot later than midnight. |
D1030017 The dark satanic Information Commons, Sheffield University. Sunset adds a melodramatic blood red tinge to the black cloud. |
D1020996-7 Composite picture of Western Bank Library and the Arts Tower, Sheffield University. |
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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D1010845 The spire of St Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne, from Low Bridge. Compare with an earlier engraving. |
D1010602 The mighty Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, springs from it’s north hinge. The road deck is at the top of picture. |
D1010539 Detail of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers memorial, St Thomas, Barras Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne. |
D1010530 Emerson Chambers, Blackett Street, Newcastle on Tyne. Hard to believe this is the north of England. |
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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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D1010265 Lose Hill, Derbyshire, from the north. Immediately in front of us is a clough leading to Rowland Cote. The railway goes round the foot of Lose Hill on the way to Hope; Win Hill rises up left of shot. |
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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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D0008 A few minutes after D0007, virtually all we can see is the sun’s rays reflected from the top storeys. |
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. |
L1040481 Powder snow pressed between roadstone. Between Ringinglow and Upper Burbage Bridge, if it matters. |
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L1040367 Workstation, Paternoster Row, Sheffield. The violent lighting abstracts and emphasises the elements of the building. |
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L1030967 Clouds reflected in a skyscraper. The Arts Tower, Sheffield University, after it’s refurbishment. |
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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. |
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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. |
L1020447 The Derwent at Matlock Bath. We’re looking North towards Gilderoy, Tower House and the Heights of Abraham. |
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L1020309 Light from a flourescent tube escaping from behind a security fence. Pond Street, Sheffield. |
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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L1010667 A big yellow mobile crane! The road was closed as things were lifted into position for a job at Sheffield University. |
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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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