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2008 Dec 30 | ||||
I set out on 2008 Dec 30 with a rather eclectic photographic agenda.
For navigation I had nothing better than a small scale road atlas -
though I had done my homework and found each location on streetmaps beforehand.
I found my way to each location without hesitation, repetition or deviation and
completed the agenda just in time before the light went.
OK - no great achievement for a cab driver but it was satisfying nonetheless. Talking of Leeds, after years of being ripped off by Vodaphone on a monthly contract for my mobile phone, I have recently switched to Asda pay-as-you-go and am saving a lot. | ||||
d1i("08C785 (1536x2048, 618.5Kb)",682680035,.75); ?> | ewt('We found this tombstone of [[:en:Barbara Jane Harrison|Jane Harrison]]
quite by accident at ');
oscoor_w('SE614488','Barbara Jane Harrison');
ewt(' in Fulford Cemetery, York. When I found that she has a [[:en:Barbara Jane Harrison|Wikipedia article]],
I just had to go back and photograph it.'); ?> |
d1i("08C834 (1536x2048, 573.1Kb)",252728066,.75); ?> | ewt('My niece's house.'); ?> |
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d1i("08C809 (2048x1536, 701.5Kb)",644150431,0); ?> | ewt('The [[:en:York Road Library and public baths]] at ');
oscoor_w('SE316335','York Road Library and public baths');
ewt(' in York Road, Leeds. (Wikipedia article to be revived from
[[:en:User:Samhirst87/sandbox|user space]] once I have uploaded a photo or two.)'); ?> |
d1i("08C803 (1600x1200, 484.1Kb)",913381191,0); ?> | ewt('Tragic mementoes of a child killed near the York Road Library.
(A very poor photo but some of the blobs are soft toys.)
See how they record
road deaths on Crete.'); ?> |
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d1i("08C832 (2048x1536, 772.6Kb)",686611202,0); ?> | ewt('Headingley telephone exchange at ');
oscoor_w('SE280359','Headingley');
ewt(' in Headingley Lane, Leeds opposite Bainbridge Road.'); ?> |
d1i("08C823 (2560x1920, 541.2Kb)",444868749,0); ?> | ewt('Carvings over the south door of the [[:en:Adel, Leeds|Church of St John the Baptist]] at ');
oscoor_w('SE274402','Adel, Leeds'); ewt(' in Church Lane, Adel, Leeds.
The dedication may be to the Baptist but that rather pigeon-like bird is the eagle
used to represent John the Evangelist.'); ?> |
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d1i("08C840 (2048x1536, 695.5Kb)",201570370,0); ?> | ewt('The bear pit at ');
oscoor_w('SE280355','Headingley');
ewt(' in Cardigan Road, Headingley just south of Regency Court.
This is all that is left of the Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens which closed in 1858.
To see still-operating bear pits,
(which were [[:en:bear pit|built a year before]] this pit closed) go to
[http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=bear+pits+bern Bern, Schweiz].'); ?> |
d1i("08C718 (3648x2056, 1497.9Kb)",946248012,1.77); ?> | A couple of days earlier I had also successfully
found my way to the The Whoop Hall inn at .SD 624 773 near Kirkby Lonsdale. When we drove past this when I was little,
I made a point of maintaining a continuous "whoooop" for the length of the building. |
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