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A line up of Plaxton bodied Volvo Coaches at our Sutton on Trent yard, they are (left to right):
VL70 (PM05JAM) a Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther, new in 2005.
VL42 (H3YRR, H836AHS) Volvo B10 Plaxton Paramount 3500, new to Parks of Hamilton and now with Compass Royston.
VL66 (YN04HJV) Volvo B7R Plaxton Profile, new in 2004 - now with Richards Coaches in Norfolk.
VL59 (R3YRR, R919HTW) Volvo B10M Plaxton Excalibur, purchased from Biss Bros in 2001 and sold in 2011 in part exchange for VL88.
The 4th of July 1985 and 4-EPB (Class 415) 5403 is approaching Sutton Station from Cheam with another 4 car EMU. It is operating service 83 for London Bridge via Mitcham Junction.
Image from a slide in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
Sutton High Street. Card states looking north, but actually looking towards south Sutton. The Cock Hotel can be seen at the top of the High Street.
Ashley Sutton,Adrian Flux Subaru Racing through Hawthorns at Croft closely pursued by Colin Turkington,Team BMW and Mat Jackson,Team Shredded Wheat with Duo,during the first BTCC race of the day. He managed to ward off the close attention of Colin Turkington for the race win.
Fast forward from the two previous photographs and a RT type on Route 164A from Sutton(A)Garage navigates along the High Street. (CollectionFB)
Sutton Scarsdale Hall, or at least what is left of it, is just across the M1 from Bolsover Castle. It's owned by English Heritage and is free to wander around.
It's that time of the year that I can delve into my archives and top up some of my historic Flickr albums.
I made several visits to Taylors Coaches of Sutton Scotney before they ceased trading at the end of 2004.
En route to Waterloo, I almost always end up walking through this little tunnel under the railway lines.
A fun day out in Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Looking at the beautiful landscape that covers the famous National Trust area.
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Florence Sutton
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows American tennis player Florence E. Sutton (1883-1974). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Tennis
Women
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09655
Call Number: LC-B2- 2278-7
98908 & 98958 spray their way through Sutton Coldfield working a West Midlands RHTT cirucit based on Kings Norton
A grey wet walk today at Sutton Bank, shame as when the weather is fair the views are amazing.
For those who don't know, Flickr as new owners, Smugmug, let's hope they invest in the service and don't forget about it like Yahoo did.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall was built in the Baroque style on the site of an existing house between 1724 and 1729 for the 4th Earl of Scarsdale. The architect for the new hall was Francis Smith of Warwick, who skillfully incorporated the earlier building of about 1469 within his design.
Notable craftsmen were employed here. Edward Poynton of Nottingham carved the exterior stonework and the Italian master craftsmen Arturi and Vasalli carried out the fine stucco (plasterwork) detailing in the principal rooms, remnants of which can still be seen.
Grinling Gibbons is believed to have contributed some of the interior wood carvings. The cost of this splendid building left the Scarsdale heirs with depleted funds and they were eventually forced to sell the hall in the 19th century.
John Arkwright, a descendant of the industrialist Richard Arkwright, bought the hall, but in 1919 the family sold it to a company of asset strippers.
Many of its finely decorated rooms were sold off as architectural salvage and the house was reduced to a shell. Some rooms still exist: three interiors are displayed at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia.
A pine-panelled room is at the Huntington Library, California. It was offered to the Huntington by a Hollywood film producer who had used it as a set for a film, Kitty, in 1934. He had bought it from William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate and well-known collector.
The ruins of the hall were saved from demolition by the writer Sir Osbert Sitwell, who bought it in 1946 after he had heard of the impending sale to dismantle the stonework. In 1970 descendants of the Sitwells persuaded the Department of the Environment to take the building into guardianship and preserve it for the nation.
A recent programme of works has been undertaken by English Heritage to preserve and protect the fragments of the original stucco interior.
The ruins of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, with tantalising remnants of a once majestic interior, offer the visitor an opportunity to view the ‘skeleton’ of the building – impossible in more complete country houses. The approach to the hall today is along a narrow driveway. Its spectacular location on a hillside is immediately apparent.
The roofless hall is built of mellow sandstone and stands to its original parapet height. Some areas of stonework have been lost at this level, giving an almost castellated appearance from a distance.
The hall was built with two impressive façades. The eastern front is the grandest, with exuberant Baroque detail typified by attached giant Corinthian columns topped with a central pediment. The central bays housed the formal drawing room. Elements of the 15th century structure such as blocked window openings in earlier brickwork can be seen in this room and in the one behind it.
The slightly plainer north elevation housed the entrance hall, which contains remnants of stucco work. The remains of the paired Ionic pilasters with wreathed swags are clearly visible, as are the remains of the chimney pieces incorporating carved figures.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/sutton-scarsdale...
The park is mainly comprised of grassed areas with areas of woodland and avenues of trees. The lake is located in the south east of the park, and is well used by anglers and walkers. Rumbles café is located to the west of the site and is located close to the play areas, a skate park, ball court and outdoor gym. The site also has bowling and tennis clubs.
The Lawn Pleasure Grounds encompass the grounds of the former Sutton Hall, built as the residence of Samuel Unwin, a merchant hosier, and the land associated with his nearby Cotton Spinning Mill and Mill Lake. Sutton Hall and most of the Mill complex no longer exist, but the Mill ruins and adjacent lake form the focal feature of the park today.