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Grade 1 listed 18th century manor house, privately owned and now divided into separate residences. Adjacent to, and here seen from, Sheffield Park Gardens, owned by The National Trust and open to the public.
Sheffield Forgemasters is a heavy engineering firm located in Sheffield, England. It is one of the few remaining steel businesses in what was the heart of Britain's steel industry, with origins dating back to the 1750s. The company specialises in the production of large bespoke steel castings and forgings, as well as standard rolls, ingots and bars. The photo here shows the bag fitration plant which cleans the dust and gases from the electric arc furnaces it operates.
In the 1980s, Forgemasters manufactured components for the Iraqi Project Babylon "supergun", which it had believed were for a petrochemical refinery. The British investigation exonerated the company's directors, and the incident became known as the Supergun affair.
The next 40 years saw a rather turbulent period for the company. First, it was divided and sold to American buyers in 1998, although the Sheffield Forgemasters name was retained. Then, in 2003, the new owners went bust and the business was eventually acquired in 2005 by another new owner. In the summer of 2007, severe flooding from the River Don caused a complete work stoppage. However, three weeks after the event, repairs were ahead of schedule and the works were approaching full production.
Forgemasters suffered as the British steel industry declined in the early 2010s. But the company's financial health attracted attention due to its involvement in Britain's nuclear submarine programme and the next few years saw various efforts to secure the company's future. In July 2021, the UK government announced that the Ministry of Defence had launched an offer to take over the company for £2.56 million, and intended to invest a further £400 million over the next decade to support defence outputs. Sheffield Forgemasters is now capable of producing the largest and most technically challenging cast and forged steel components in the world.
Kill the Bill protests, Sheffield.
A young couple offer love and comfort to each other against a backdrop of protesters' sensible footwear. I like this photo, I feel that I have caught a moment of tenderness and also, it is as though the other protestors have formed a protective shield around them. I see this as an image of hope.
Sheffield Park is a Grade I listed garden is a horticultural work of art formed through centuries of landscape design, with influences of 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton. Four lakes form the heart of the garden, with paths circulating through the glades and wooded areas surrounding them. Each owner has left their impression, which can still be seen today in the layout of the lakes, the construction of Pulham Falls, the planting of Palm Walk and the many different tree and shrub species from around the world.
More history here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/sheffield-park-and-...
Happy Bench Monday
P is for Pano - 2022 Alphabet Challenge
The gardens at Sheffield Park ... most of the trees still need a week or so to change to their Autumnal colours.
This is 9 images stitched together in LR.
Looking towards the house in the distance, from the far end of one of the Lakes in the garden.
Taken at Sheffield Park,, Sussex, England.
1951 Oaks Motel on Texas State Highway 290 and the 1920s Old Spanish Trail (OST) auto trail. The OST auto trail linked San Augustine, Florida and San Diego, California. What a drive that must have been! When I-10 was constructed in the 1960s, it bypassed Sheffield, and hurt the small town's economy. Thanks to oil and gas operations in the area and local ranching the town still supported 15 businesses in 2000. Most of those businesses are now gone.
The Tin Cup Cafe sits directly behind the tattered U.S. Flag, and is open 5 days a week for lunch and dinner. Check out their Pancho Burger.
Dachte, wir brauchen alle etwas mehr "Heile Welt" und etwas mildere Temperaturen.
Sheffield Park and Garden ist ein informeller Landschaftsgarten fünf Meilen östlich von Haywards Heath in East Sussex, England. Er wurde ursprünglich im 18. Jahrhundert von Capability Brown angelegt und im frühen 20. Jahrhundert von seinem damaligen Besitzer Arthur Gilstrap Soames als Waldgarten weiterentwickelt. Es ist jetzt im Besitz des National Trust.
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Thought we all need a little more “perfect world” and slightly milder temperatures.
;-) ...
Sheffield Park and Garden is an informal landscape garden five miles east of Haywards Heath in East Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown and further developed as a woodland garden in the early 20th century by its then owner, Arthur Gilstrap Soames. It is now owned by the National Trust.
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