Baedeker Travel Guide 1910
My purchase has arrived… an almost mint condition copy of the 7th edition Baedeker Great Britain travel guide from 1910! Time to go and be a 1910 tourist…
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| 22 September 2010, 8:28 pm |
| 19 September 2010, 12:51 pm |
Heritage Open Days – Sneinton Hermitage
Sneinton Hermitage, originally comprising buildings fronting the sandstone outcrops with a series of rooms carved inside was predominantly destroyed when the local railway line was constructed. What remains is only open to the public twice a year due to Health & Safety / Insurance issues. There is only one underground room left with steps carved into the sandstone and a well / pit in one corner.
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| 19 September 2010, 12:08 pm |
Heritage Open Days – Rock Cemetery
North of Nottigham City Centre, up Mansfield Road is Church Cemetery (more commonly know as Rock Cemetery). It is situated in an old sand quarry and given that there are sandstone outcrops protruding through the ground level all over the site, it is a fascinating place to see and photograph. There are also numerous tunnels running through the outcrops some from the times of the quarry, and others carved later forming catacombs.
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| 19 September 2010, 11:56 am |
Heritage Open Days – G H Hurt & Son Ltd
Next door to the Vintage buses was another event, at a Knitwear manufacturer – G H Hurt & Son Ltd. It was interesting to see the process that involves Shawls being manufactured, but for me, an Apple IIe computer in the corner of one of the workshops was the highlight.
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| 17 September 2010, 7:36 pm |
Heritage Open Days – Vintage Barton Buses
Bartons PLC, formerly Barton Transport had a display of old vehicles at their head office in Chilwell, Nottingham last weekend. On show was charabanc No.1 which once operated the Nottingham – Beeston – Long Eaton route. Also there was the latest bus to operate the same route supplied by the company who bought the transport operations part of the company from Barton in 1989. Now known as Trent Barton, but not related to Bartons PLC, a purple coloured “Indigo” bus.
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