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A weekend in Oxford. The weather was not kind but there is much to do indoors. Let's start with the cliched shot...from The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, this is Radcliffe Square with the iconic Radcliffe Camera in the middle, a reading room, part of the Bodleian Library which sits behind it.
A unidentified Class 504 EMU 'Bury Electric' crosses Radcliffe Viaduct with the 19.40 Bury Interchange to Manchester Victoria service a few days before closure of the line as a heavy rail route. Conversion of the line to Manchester Metrolink Tramway was complete by April 1992.
* The original East Lancashire railway route opened in 1846 was via Clifton Junction to a point just North of here. The second part was opened in 1879, in order to connect the growing suburbs of Cheetham Hill, Prestwich and Whitefield. In 1872 the L&Y obtained an act to construct a new line from Manchester to the original ELR line at Radcliffe. Construction began in 1876 and was completed in 1879. Originally the line had only five intermediate stations at Crumpsall, Heaton Park, Prestwich, Whitefield and Radcliffe. Three more stations at Woodlands Road, Bowker Vale and Besses o' th' Barn were added later.
This most memorable of iconic Oxford University buildings is now the principal reading room of the nearby Bodleian Library. It is linked to the Bodleian Old Library by the underground Gladstone Link. It was built from 1737 to 1747, to house the great scientific library belonging to Dr. John Radcliffe. The concept of a rotunda came from architect Nicholas Hawksmoor but after his death the final design was by James Gibbs. The word camera means 'chamber' or 'room'.
I have wanted to see (and photograph) this building for many years and was very happy to finally get the opportunity. 😊😊
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Book on tomorrows trip... 60062 crawls across the flood arches between Colwick & Radcliffe on Trent with 6E02 Bescot-Boston docks steel. At booked time, it was full rain, but the train was stood in a queue due to 6U12 tampers having issues in the Radcliffe area. Had they stood for another 5 mins, the 60 would have been in sun, and once it came out, it didn't dip for nearly an hour...cheers then.
Minolta Dynax 7000i with PB-7; either 50/1.4 or 24-105 AF lenses. Fujicolor Superia 200 film, dev and scan at Snappy Snaps.
Dyxum meetup in Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera from St Mary's tower
The circular dome and drum of the Radcliffe Camera provides one of Oxford's most iconic sights, and is a distinctive landmark in a city full of distinctive landmarks! The camera (the word means simply "room") was built 1737-1749 with 40,000 pounds bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe, the royal physician.
Radcliffe was the most successful physician in England, and in his will he left money to purchase land, build a library, purchase books, and pay a full-time librarian. A site was purchased north of University Church (St Mary's), on a new square created when old houses were torn down.
Designs were called for from several leading architects, including Nicholas Hawksmoor (responsible for much of All Soul's College) and James Gibbs.
It was Gibbs who won the competition, with his elegant Palladian design, though his final plans drew heavily on earlier work by Hawksmoor. Gibbs was also responsible for the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in Trafalgar Square, London. The building was known as the Radcliffe Library, a moniker it enjoyed until 1860.
The library functioned independently of the Bodleian Library, the other main University library. Few readers used its jumbled collection of books, but in the early 19th century a concerted effort was made to focus on natural history and medical books.
In 1860 the Radcliffe Library was taken over by the Bodleian Library and was renamed the Radcliffe Camera. The Camera's collections were gradually moved to other University libraries so that today the Camera functions as the main reading room of the Bodleian.
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737-39
In my search for perfection I've 'flipped' this shot of the famous Radcliffe Camera in Oxford. The view is essentially symmetrical so the flip gives a slightly surreal feel the reason for which isn't immediately apparent.
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From Wikipedia : "The building is the earliest example in England of a circular library. It is built in three main stages externally and two stories internally, the upper one containing a gallery. The ground stage is heavily rusticated and has a series of eight pedimented projections alternating with niches. The central stage is divided into bays by coupled Corinthian columns supporting the continuous entablature. The pedimented windows stand above mezzanine openings, reflecting the interior arrangement. The top stage is a lanterned dome on an octagonal drum, with a balustraded parapet with vases.
The construction used local stone from Headington and Burford, which was then ashlar faced. The dome and cupola are covered with lead. Inside, the original walls and dome were distempered but this was later removed, revealing the decorations to be carved in stone. Only the decorative work of the dome is plaster.
Originally, the basement was an open arched arcade with a vaulted stone ceiling, with Radcliffe's coat of arms in the centre. The arcade arches were fitted with iron grilles: three of them were gates which were closed at night, and which gave access to the library by a grand staircase. In 1863, when the building had become a reading-room of the Bodleian, the arches were glazed, a new entrance was created on the north side in place of a circular window, with stone steps leading up to the entrance."
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(colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin camera, meaning 'room') is a building of Oxford University, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university.
The weather is quite patchy at the moment, making going outside without a rain jacket risky. It also makes shooting at sunset unpredictable. Just as I'd given up and was heading home, the final minutes of sunshine lit up the clouds over Oxford - University College in this case.
Our youngest, Phoebe, goes to University in September to study Law so we are taking a couple of trips for acclimatisation. The Radcliffe Camera.
Another trip to Oxford and more pics of Radcliffe Camera. Trying out a not so new lens but little used. Time to change that.
The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style and built in 1737–1749 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is the earliest example in England of a circular library.
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I believe this may have been the final working from Rectory Junction oil terminal. Colas 70809 gathers pace shortly after departure at Radcliffe with 6E82 12.16 Rectory Jn to Lindsey Oil Refinery. Another local working lost following the decision by Total to close the Colwick site and redevelop for retail use. Pole shot. 14/05/19.
Leauge Division 3 Bury v Sheffield Wednesday, 12 April 1980. Bury won 1-0. Here we see the fairly unusual sight of a dmu crossing the Irwell viaduct at Radcliffe. this is the second dmu set, a BRCW class 104 unit in the lead, returning the disappointed Sheffield fans back to Sheffield. The well filled dmus are just about to tackle the 1:49 climb to Whitefield
On a misty May afternoon the 1600 Bury to Manchester Victoria train composed of two class 504 two car sets, including M77174 and M77176, has just left Radcliffe station and is about to commence the 1:49 climb to Whitefield. For most of the day two car sets sufficed to form the service which was strengthened at peak times to two or even three two car sets.
The line to Bradley Fold on the Bury to Bolton line diverged to the left at the far end of the viaduct. A third line at the far end of the station joined the Bury line to the Bradley Fold line making a triangular formation. The original 1846 ELR line from Clifton junction to Bury approached from the left at a lower level and climbed to join the later 1879 line about half a mile beyond this station, which was sometimes referred to as Radcliffe New to distinguish it from the original station on the Clifton Junction line which became Radcliffe Bridge.
The 1879 line via Crumpsall, Prestwich and Whitefield was electrified using Aspinall's unique side contact 1200 volts DC system by the L&Y in 1916