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The part of the Templer Way that meets the road at Haytor Vale that passes over Black Hill. The standing stone/granite gatepost is visible in the distance.
Its hard to imaging what used to pass through these gates. As featured in Ealing Comedy's finest - The Titfield Thunderbolt.
This used to be sort of a landmark/gatepost for a nearby marina. I don't remember if there was ever a light in the top or not. It's kind of rusty and in disrepair now. Without using off-camera flash, you could only see the tower in silhouette. This lets you see how rusty the metal is.
I metered manually for the sunset and then let the camera take care of the flash using the SB800 as a remote and the pop-up as the commander with both in TTL mode. The SB800 is just out of the frame, opposite the boat. You can see the spill of light on the grass on the left side of the frame. It is aimed about halfway up the tower, set to a wide angle zoom.
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Lens: Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Flash: SB800 off-camera
GALLERY NOTES:
"This tower was actually built from a mail-order kit that was sold in an attempt to enlist the citizens of our country to aid in spotting enemy aircraft. After the war, it was promoted for use as a fire observation tower. It now stands as a local landmark at the entrance to the Hancock’s Harbor Marina."
A concrete gatepost with the remains of the gate, still attached to rusted hinges, at the entrance to Blaen Bran Reservoir. I remember the gate as a child when the Water Board still maintained the reservoir. With the number of holes in the perimeter fence they may as well have left the gates wide open.
I spotted this padlock on a circular walk from Grindleford, taking in Padley Gorge and other parts of the Longshaw Estate!
And it's posted here just because it's a photo I love!
St James' Road, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire, England
TWO East Lancashire churches are to close because of dwindling and ageing congregations.
St James ‘Church Kirk’, in Hyndburn, dating from 642 AD, with a medieval tower, will shut its doors later this month.
St Bede’s, in Nelson, founded after the First World War at the request of local people, will close some time next year.
The news that two places of worship are to be lost has saddened church leaders, politicians and their congregations.
Bishop of Burnley Philip North has warned that more churches may have to close as the Church of England in East Lancashire responds to changes in population and patterns of worship, but he said each closure was a matter for the congregation, not for the Diocese of Blackburn.
Bishop Philip, who will take the final service on Sunday, November 22, said the part-medieval Grade II-listed Church Kirk and 800-year-old tower were simply too expensive to repair and maintain.
It will be replaced by a new congregation at the nearby St Nicholas’ Primary School in St Nicholas’ Road, Church, on Friday evenings, aimed at younger worshippers and families.
Older, more traditional High Anglican worshippers at Church Kirk, in St James’ Road, Church, will be welcomed at churches nearby.
Hyndburn council Labour leader Miles Parkinson described the closure as “disappointing” and his Tory predecessor, Peter Britcliffe, said it was “very sad”.
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A wonderful sculpture to top one's gateposts. Think they would look a bit pretentious on my modest terrace house in outer suburban London but here they look fantastic
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost
Knoxville, Tennessee
Listed 12/18/2013
Reference Number: 13000949
The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost are being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C for their excellent representation of the Tudor Revival architectural style and under Criterion C for their contribution to the development of the Westmoreland Heights Subdivision as the source of water and electricity prior to city services. The Westmoreland Wheelhouse (built in 1923) and the Gatepost (built in 1925) were designed by noted local architect Charles I. Barber of the firm Barber and McMurry. Prominent local landscape architect, Charles F. Lester provided the landscape design for the structures. The Water Wheel is a steel overshot wheel purchased by Edward T. Manning, President of the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company from the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania and installed by R.A. Calloway, an employee with the Tennessee Mill & Mine Supply Company. The use of East Tennessee marble is the most notable exterior architectural feature of these structures; other architectural materials worth mentioning are wood, slate, and iron. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost retain a high degree of architectural integrity and are an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style in Knox County and meet the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places. The Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost also meet the registration requirements in the Historic and Architectural Resources of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee Multiple Property Listing under the historic context of Suburban Growth and Development in Knoxville, 1861-1940.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Westmoreland Water Wheel & Gatepost, Knoxville, Tennessee, Summary Page
A wonderful sculpture to top one's gateposts. Think they would look a bit pretentious on my modest terrace house in outer suburban London but here they look fantastic
Decoration of the gateposts outside the Natural History Museum - all containing sculptures of animals.
The Natural History Museum forms part of 'Albertopolis' (a complex of buildings including the V&A, Science Museum, Imperial College, Albert Hall and Albert Memorial, to name but a few). The NMH itself grew from a collection belonging to Sir Hans Sloane. The current building came about in the mid-nineteenth century with the purchase of land in South Kensington, and an architectural competition in 1864 (won by Richard Waterhouse); work began in 1873, completed in 1880, and the museum opened in 1881.
There is a blue plaque at King Edward's School on the new brick gateposts on the Bristol Road in Edgbaston.
Near Vince House and The Andrew Brode Sports Centre .
For The U.S. Women's Army Corps 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion who was stationed here in 1945.
They were African American postal workers.
Plaque unveiled in 2019.
Gateposts, ca. 1910
Northeast Corner of Holliston Avenue and Palm Street
An impressive boulder entrance to an old ranch.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Altadena, No. 13
This is close to Vauxhall Railway Station and Vauxhall Bridge in Great Yarmouth. Someone added a comment to a previous photo of this of mine saying that this is a railway relic. I'll add a link to the other photo. Does anyone know if it was a railway gatepost please?
Cast iron gatepost, similar to railings that once surrounded the bandstand in the Hollow.
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Photo by Barry Moynes
In the main street of Witton Park, County Durham is a memorial garden and corten steel sculpture "The Ball and The Bradford Boy" by artist Ray Lonsdale (b.1965). In a comforting gesture, a civilian figure rests one hand on a soldier's shoulder whilst handing him a football. This simple gesture symbolises the handing back to the soldier the life he enjoyed before he went off to war. The Bradford Brothers of Witton Park - Thomas, George, James and Roland - were amongst the most decorated families of World War One. Two Victoria Crosses, one Distinguished Service Order and two Military Crosses were theirs. Three brothers were also Mentioned in Despatches.
George Bradford was killed on his birthday 23rd April 1918 and James was killed in May 1917, just six months after his marriage. Roland Bradford was killed six months after James. Goege and Roland's Victoria Crosses were awarded posthumously and received by their mother from King George V. Thomas Bradford, the sole survivor, was knighted in 1939 and became High Sheriff of County Durham in 1942. The memorial garden was commissioned to mark the centenary of Roland Bradford's gallantry in the face of the enemy.
In memory of: Col Sir T A Bradford DSO - DLI (1886-1966), Lieut-Commander G N Bradford VC - Royal Navy (1887-1918), Second-Lieutenant J B Bradford MC - DLI (1889-1917), Brigadier-General R B Bradford VC MC - DLI (1892-1917).
There is a blue plaque at King Edward's School on the new brick gateposts on the Bristol Road in Edgbaston.
Near Vince House and The Andrew Brode Sports Centre .
For The U.S. Women's Army Corps 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion who was stationed here in 1945.
They were African American postal workers.
Plaque unveiled in 2019.