Author: Brian Ward
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Winter Jazz on Sea
WINTER JAZZ IN DEVON A small but perfectly formed group of our members set off from Market Rasen station one morning at the end of January, to travel to Paignton for a weekend of jazz and socialising. Checking in to our hotel on a wet Friday evening, we were re-vitalised by the first of the…
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Afternoon tea on a wet Friday in November …
What better way to spend such a wet afternoon! Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, I’m pleased to say.
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Oddity spotting around West Wolds ….
If you come across something that members may think is interesting, amusing, informative … then let others know about it here. Caistor billboard. Viking Agri Sculpture, Claxby.
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Visit to the Forest of Dean, October 2015.
Some pictures from this trip are here but more are in the Gallery.
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Visits & Trips 2016
The Programme for 2016 is now available to view under this section. I hope you will find something to interest you there!
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park visit.
A fine August day recently found a dozen of us visit the YSP, just off the M1, near Wakefield. Originally the country estate of Bretton Hall, which still stands, the extensive grounds have for long been home to the works of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, both from this area of Yorkshire. As well as…
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Lincoln Signalling Control Centre.
A recent sunny August morning saw a small group of us assemble at the Network Rail Signalling Control Centre, at Lincoln. Numbers had been limited by our hosts, so as not to disturb the work of the signallers on duty. Our host was the Deputy Operations manager, Simon Young, who welcomed us and gave an…
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Don’t get cross at bridge …
When the digi. photo group was out and about in Market Rasen recently, a quick peep was taken through the open door (it was a sunny afternoon, for once!) of the Cricket Clubhouse where the Bridge Group under the firm control of Bryan Storey meets to play … Some of the players noticed us watching…
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Digital photography group out and about in Market Rasen.
We met on a Monday in the Market Square, to see if we could look at our normal surroundings from a different angle. Whilst some of the group members delight in manipulating their images on the pc when they get back home, others of us try to see the subject in a different light. Our…
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Bradford Industrial Museum & Saltaire Village. May 2015.
This day out took us firstly to the little known Bradford Industrial Museum, created in redundant textile mills. You get the impression that the Council, having cut back by removing the working horses and their attendant costs, runs the Museum on a shoestring. However, the content does show a range of Jowett cars and vans, Bradford’s…