One of the most interesting features of this villa is the central dining room and its mosaics. These date from … More
Category: History
Cookham
Cookham is a village in Berkshire not far from the town of Marlow.This is an attractive village which in a … More
Lullingstone Roman Villa (1)
Visited Lullingstone Roman villa which is situated in Eynsford in Kent. photo by Scott (http://www.flickr.com/photos/protactinium/) One of the unique features … More
Edmund Gardner
The Edmund Gardner is one of three large pilot cutters built for the Mersey docks and Harbour board in the … More
Liverpool Overhead Railway (2)
Some posters associated with the Liverpool Overhead Railway including the notice of closure from 1956. These and many other items … More
The Cheapside Hoard
The Cheapside hoard is a collection of around 400 pieces of jewellery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It … More
Liverpool Overhead Railway
The Liverpool overhead railway ran the entire length of the dock front in Liverpool. It was referred to locally as … More
Dionysos
This statue is of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, theatre and vegetation. He can be identified by the fact … More
Theseus
Theseus was a mythical reforming King of Athens. His mother was Aethra, daughter of the king of Troezan and his … More
Lion
The Lion is one of the UK’s earliest railway locomotives, built at Leeds in 1838 for the Liverpool & Manchester … More
