Color footage of London in 1927, originally shot by Claude Frisse-Green.
A Brief Pictorial History of the London Tube and its Graphic Legacy (discovered via superstar-watcher but I liked this image better).
Remember, remember the 4th of November.
Does something about that sound wrong to you? I definitely found it a bit strange that all the city bonfires were last night instead of tonight, which is actually Guy Fawkes’ Night. Thus far the only reasonable explanation I’ve heard for the early celebration is that they would have had to pay the city workers overtime to come in and supervise bonfires and fireworks on a Saturday.
As you can sort of see from the foreground of the picture, it was raining like crazy the whole time we were at the bonfire. Cold drizzle always puts one in a festive mood, no?
All that said, I enjoyed getting to celebrate bonfire night here in England. Here’s hoping there’s another fireworks display outside my window tonight!
The Knaresborough train station is ridiculously adorable. It has two tracks: one for trains going to Leeds, and one for trains going to York.
(You can see these and more photos on Flickr.)
I took a gazillion pictures of the Knaresborough viaduct yesterday. The viaduct was built sometime around 1850, and unfortunately collapsed just as they were putting the finishing touches on it, so it had to be built a second time. It’s a good thing the second one didn’t collapse, since trains go over it several times a day on the way to and from Leeds.
(You can see these and more photos on Flickr.)
A couple of my English friends counseled me not to go see Mother Shipton’s cave, saying it was a tourist trap and not worth the trip. They are a bunch of liars, or else they must have had REALLY high expectations.
First of all, it’s a cave. That basically means it’s a rock with a hole in it. Of COURSE it’s a bit of a tourist trap. But the grounds are beautiful, and the dropping well is still really neat to look at. I also made a wish in the wishing well just behind the dropping well. TAKE THAT, CYNICAL ENGLISHMEN.
(You can see these and more photos on Flickr.)
St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Knaresborough
I liked this church the best out of I think any church I’ve ever been to. Even though it is hundreds of years old and full of beautiful antiques, it’s still a living church. I visited it twice yesterday, and both times there were parishioners there sprucing the place up. Pictures of different church events were displayed prominently at the back of the church, and you could just feel all the love everyone their had for their church and their community. Love.
(You can see these and more photos on Flickr.)
Day trip to York: successful! Evensong: magical.
These and more on Flickr.
