5080 Defiant

A member of the GWR Castle class, 5080 was originally named Ogmore Castle. It was built at Swindon in 1939 … More

Naturelog: Saturday 14th December

A chance to get out of London on an RSPB trip to the WWT reserve at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. The … More

In the mid-afternoon went to Wetland centre at Barn Elms for a couple of hours in the hope of a … More

One of the great delights of walking in the woods during the autumn is the variety of Fungi which appear … More

Cookham is a village in Berkshire not far from the town of Marlow.This is an attractive village which in a … More

The Edmund Gardner is one of three large pilot cutters built for the Mersey docks and Harbour board in the … More

Some posters associated with the Liverpool Overhead Railway including the notice of closure from 1956. These and many other items … More

The Cheapside hoard is a collection of around 400 pieces of jewellery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It … More