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I planted this unimpressive looking Chilean guava 'Ka-pow' Myrtus ugni today. I bought it online from Suttons, who say they look like blueberries and taste like wild strawberries and that they don't need a lot of aftercare. They even come with sweetly scented, powder pink lily-of-the-valley type flowers. I doubt if it will bear fruit this summer but I'm hoping for endless bumper harvests over the years to come.
File name: 10_11_000099
Title: Water running under wooden planks
Date created: 1880-1889 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print ; 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Physical description note:
Genre: Photographic prints
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated
The Sutton Hoo helmet at the British Museum in London, United Kingdom.
The 7th century Anglo-Saxon helmet which was found at a ship burial site at Sutton Hoo is one of the most famous archeological finds from the early Middle Ages.
Some indentify the Sutton Hoo site as the grave of Rædwald, King of the East Angles. Rædwald held a large overlordship in southern England and is named as one of the powerful Bretwaldas in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
GB Railfreight Class 73 No. 73141 'Charlotte' passes Sutton at the rear of the Sutton to Epsom Downs section of the 3W91 09:30 Tonbridge West Yard to Tonbridge West Yard RHTT
Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century, one of which contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance.
This clock is above Top Shop in Sutton, on the pedestrianised High Street (Next to the St Nicholas Shopping Centre).
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This is Charles Gardner who was the Station Master at Sutton station. He joined the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway company in May 1870 as a booking clerk at Clapham Junction with a weekly wage of £1.00. He worked at different stations in South London rising to become Station Master at Old Kent Road in 1881, earning an annual salary of £110. By 1891 he was working at Purley with a salary of £130, and by 1901 he was in charge at Sutton. Working alongside him were telegraph clerks, booking clerks and parcel clerks - all male until the war years. Charles retired at the end of 1913 - his salary was now £180. His retirement was recorded in the Sutton Advertiser and the London Evening Standard. Charles married Harriet Calham in 1875 and they had two children. Charles stayed in the area until his death in 1938.
All research carried out on behalf of the HLF funded Past on Glass/Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times projects at Sutton Archives is the work of volunteer researchers and is unverified by the Sutton Archives team. All sources have been credited where possible. If you notice any errors or discrepancies in this work, or can add to the research, please contact local.studies@sutton.gov.uk
Sutton Bridge over the River Nene. The 3rd bridge to cross the river was a dual purpose rail (until the line closed in 1965) and road bridge opened in 1897 and erected by A. Handyside & Co. Ltd. It is grade 2* listed.
Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England - the Bridge.
May 2017
Conrad Pugsley, wizard man, pagan chief priest, striding through Sutton High street with his cat and dog. Friday 3rd Oct 13:15. Truly a legend.
7th century helmet from the ship burial excavated at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, in spring and summer 1939, just before the outbreak of World War 2. The person buried here is unknown, however, from the artifacts buried with him he must have been an important person in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
On the A38 in Sutton in Ashfield on 29-03-12 is former Go Ahead Northern Leyland Olympian B741 GCN seen working an Ashfield School run for Redferns.
Architects: Curl la Tourelle, 2010. Built under some controversy, the new centre's exterior doesn't do much to appease its critics. Note also the bicycle shed, looking as if it's been sourced from a local DIY store. And in the brief time I was there, I saw a child almost have an accident on the treacherous steps. On the positive side, it is reported to have cost only GBP8M and to have a BREEAM "excellent" rating. London Borough of Sutton.
Image: Copyright ©2011 George Rex Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Sutton Coldfield's ancient parish church of Holy Trinity had long been on my 'to do' list, having failed to gain entry on my last visit a couple of years ago. I'd been able to enjoy it's red sandstone exterior, with it's mixture of 15th century and Victorian elements, but it's internal appearance and contents largely remained a mystery to me, until now.
I was very impressed by the interior with it's rich jumble of furnishings and painted ceilings, a real gem with plenty of interest. The church itself is quite restored (the outer north aisle is a Victorian extension), and the arcades are all curiously rounded from mid 16th century and later rebuildings and reveal galleries in the aisles. It all looked quite gloomy with so much red stone and dark woodwork, but C.E.Bateman's early 20th century ceiling decoration (nave, chancel and north chapel) is gorgeous and does much to cheer up an otherwise sombre interior. There is some fine post-Reformation woodwork in the chancel screens and stalls, much having been ejected from Worcester Cathedral during Scott's restoration.
There is some good glass, the east window is very fruity 1850s by Gibbs, but my favourite glass was the fine 1907 Supper at Emmaus by Mary Lowndes, along with the Yoxall & Whitford windows nearby in the south chapel. There are some interesting monuments, several fine tablets, a big Baroque piece with busts and the tomb and effigy of Bishop Vesey, supposedly the original 1550s figure but looking so thoroughly renewed I was convinced it was a modern pastiche (Pevsner attributes too much tlc!). There is also a fine Norman font, originally in nearby Nether Whitacre church prior to it's rebuilding.
I had heard good things about this church after my first attempted visit, so after concluding my business in neighbouring Streetly I came straight here. It is unfortunately still generally kept locked, so I tried asking at the parish centre opposite, and after an initially slightly lukewarm reception (perhaps more warning would have helped) a lady kindly offered to open up for me. I mentioned I was eager to see the church and it's furnishings as they are, having heard about plans for a major reordering, though owing to the huge costs involved this was dismissed as being some way off, perhaps 5 or so years, so no concrete plans just yet.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall sits about a mile West of the M1 motorway, just North of J29, from where it looks northeast, across the valley, towards Bolsover Castle. The Hall’s history and how it came to be an empty shell are far too complex to summarise. Rather, just Google it. It makes for some fascinating reading!
Wing Commander Robert Bob Foster born Clapham, London May 14th 1920 He worked for Shell and BP after leaving school and joined the RAFVR on May 1st 1939. After completing his training he was sent to Sutton Bridge to convert on to Hurricanes. On July 6th 1940 he was posted to 605 Squadron at Drem but on September 27th whilst in a fight with Bf110s his Hurricane was damaged and he had to crash land at Gatwick. He went on to claim a Bf109 destroyed on the 7th October a share in a Ju88 on the 8th a probable Bf109 destroyed on the 15th and another Bf109 damaged on the 8th November. After the Battle of Britain he was posted to 55 OTU at Usworth as an instructor and then to 54 Squadron on the 14th April 1942. The Squadron was then posted overseas to Australia and on January 17th 1943 moved to Night Cliff, Darwin. Between March and July 1943 he shot down four Mitsubishi Bettys and probably destroyed two others and was awarded the DFC on 13th August 1943. He returned to the UK in in February 1944 and was posted to Fighter Command HQ in October. He stayed with the RAF until release in 1947.
Of note is that one of Bob's Hurricanes, R4118 that he flew during the Battle of Britain is airworthy today (2017) after initial restoration by Peter Vatcher. see www.hurricanedisplay.co.uk for more details. Peter then sold the aircraft to Hurricane Heritage who base it at Old Warden (2017.
Bob Foster passed away July 30th 2014. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11019066/Wing-Command...
Kings Sutton is the first station south of Banbury on the Great Western mainline to London Paddington. It opened in 1842 and once boasted an attractive station house on the up side, roughly in the position of the current bus shelter. It also had a lattice footbridge just beyond the now demolished station building, which was removed in the 1960s with passengers then having to use a foot crossing. This being a busy mainline an inevitable near miss occurred which led to the down platform being closed. Local pressure resulted in it being re-opened under supervision. A new footbridge was provided in 2006. There remains a gem on the down platform, a typical Great Western brick-built waiting shelter, which despite it's odd blue colour scheme remains a joy to the eye. On 21st July 2016 a Cross Country Class 221 Voyager speeds through with 1O22 1427 Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all right reserved
This image originated from a box of personal slides taken by Muriel Sibley and recently discovered in our archive. However of the 600+ images found many are of Formby past and this is just one of them. FCS September 2018.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall sits about a mile West of the M1 motorway, just North of J29, from where it looks northeast, across the valley, towards Bolsover Castle. The Hall’s history and how it came to be an empty shell are far too complex to summarise. Rather, just Google it. It makes for some fascinating reading!