“What goes up, must come down.” The old saying certainly applies to a landmark in Richard Ewing’s one-place study. Rugeley B Power Station is coming down in stages – the main, 600 foot tall chimney was demolished on the morning of Sunday 24 January at 8.30am. Watch the demolition via the embedded YouTube video here, […]“What goes up, must come down.” The old saying certainly applies to a landmark in Richard Ewing’s one-place study. Rugeley B Power Station is coming down in stages – the main, 600 foot tall chimney was demolished on the morning
As you will know from our directory of member studies, and from posts on this blog, many Society members have set up websites or blogs to share data and stories relating their one-place studies. More of our members want to join their ranks and would like some guidance, judging by feedback from our online meetings […]As you will know from our directory of member studies, and from posts on this blog, many Society members have set up websites or blogs to share data and stories relating their one-place studies. More of our members want to
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ‘landmark’ as ‘an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognised from a distance’ or, historically, ‘the boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this’. In view of this, I’m not sure my choice from Moreleigh really qualifies as a landmark […]The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ‘landmark’ as ‘an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognised from a distance’ or, historically, ‘the boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this’. In
Landmarks are odd things, really. You initially think they are something physical, fixed, defined in space, available to all and experienced much the same by all. But what they define is more ephemeral – they define movement, they define emotion. They are the blackened tree, split by lightening decades ago, standing in the field you […]Landmarks are odd things, really. You initially think they are something physical, fixed, defined in space, available to all and experienced much the same by all. But what they define is more ephemeral – they define movement, they define emotion.
This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Our last day of these is Day Twelve where the True Love gives Drummers Drumming. A slightly disappointing end to this challenge as there appear to be no Drummer, […]This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. Our last day of these is Day Twelve where the True Love gives Drummers
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