History

Posts which tell the story or history behind a place or location.

St. Gregory’s Primary School, Camberley

England galleries / History
Tuesday, 6th April, 2010No comments

When I heard of the great ruckus surrounding the potential demolition of my pre-junior school in Surrey, I decided to return while I was in the U.K. to make sure that I had some photos to remember it by.

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Sulgenbach Park, Bern

History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Friday, 5th February, 2010No comments

One of my favourite finds during my lunchtime walks around the city of Bern, this park is a haven of quiet and surrounded by a mix of views and architecture from the earlier part of the 20th century and onwards.

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Marzili, Bern, Switzerland

History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Saturday, 24th October, 2009No comments

A view at sunset of the low-lying area of Bern called “Marzili”.

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Frosty golf morning

By other people / History
Friday, 16th October, 2009No comments

Many, many, many years ago, I used to play golf and enter competitions with my father. One winter, we rose especially early and headed down to the coast at Bournemouth for a father and son tournament, at which I remember we both played shockingly badly.

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Pollara Lighthouse

History / Italy galleries / Travel
Saturday, 10th October, 2009No comments

A small gallery of a ruined and abandoned lighthouse on the main road from Malfa, atop three hundred metre high cliffs on the north western corner of Salina amongst the Aeolian Islands.

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Death of a cemetery

History / In the Media
Thursday, 10th September, 20092 comments

Sad news comes today for the family and fans of the “Autofriedhof”: the site must be cleared. Here’s an article about the closure, which I’ve translated from the German article at the Swiss newspaper “Tagesanzeiger”.

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Rütli

Design / History / Internet / Work
Monday, 6th July, 2009No comments

Details of the new website for Swiss national historic location Rütli, combined with a brief explanation of the meadow’s history.

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Duomo from the Campanile, Florence

History / Photography / Travel
Wednesday, 4th March, 2009No comments

We are small and there is so much to see, that we should get on with it and not let smaller things than us get in the way.

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Lorraine Bridge, Bern, Switzerland

History / Photography / Travel
Thursday, 11th December, 20085 comments

A wintry view of the Lorraine Bridge, near the main train station in Bern, Switzerland.

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Zytglogge, Bern, Switzerland

History / Photography
Sunday, 7th December, 2008No comments

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Kirchenfeldbrücke, Bern, Switzerland

History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Sunday, 30th November, 2008No comments

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Dalguise Viaduct

History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Saturday, 4th October, 20081 comment

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Tay Bridge and west Dundee from The Law

History / Individual photographs / Travel
Tuesday, 30th September, 20081 comment

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Whitewash and Brick

History / Individual photographs / Travel
Wednesday, 19th September, 2007No comments

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The View from Spiez Station

History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Photography
Tuesday, 12th December, 2006No comments

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