Memories of Summer

As I sit here today, looking out over the gardens, it is a grey and miserable day and the rain…

Signs of the Times

One of the things I love about visiting heritage sights is the old advertising signs and there were plenty on…

This wonderful-looking locomotive was built in 1946 at Brighton Works for use on Southern Region mainline trains. In all, 110…

A trip to the Bluebell railway for the Giants of Steam weekend and a chance to see some locomotives from…

This is the magnificent figurehead from HMS Ajax, which can be found in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. HMS…

I recently went to see the Astrophotographer of the Year exhibition at Greenwich. As usual, the photos were stunning. Here…

Whilst exploring the National Maritime Museum, I came across this statue of a Naval Officer and expected it to be…

The first reference to a house on this site was when Humphrey Duke of Gloucester built a manor house in…

I always wondered what a Post Mill was so it was good to be able to visit this example in…

The manor of Framlingham is mentioned in the Doomsday Book (1086) as the property of Roger Bigod, Sheriff of Norfolk.…