An Egyptian entrance in North Wales!
Bangor Tunnel portal is one of few remainders of Egyptian style on Britain’s railway, from a trend which swept the land in the C19th. Francis Thompson, a prolific railway architect of eclectic output, designed this & others; it opened in 1848.
🎥🍿Britain’s last railway cinema coach is BACK! Restored by my friend Steve Foxon @FoxOnFilms, and volunteers of @S_C_Railway, after 37 years, it’ll now screen films again (with the original projector he tracked down!) in Swindon. It re-opens this weekend https://t.co/hDonpBYep0
A dramatic new 6-metre fox sculpture now leaps through our Georgian Ride woodland. Lowarnes, Cornish for vixen, is crafted from around 600 pieces of wood, gathered from a 150-year-old rhododendron tree that fell here at Heligan during Storm Darragh in December 2024.
Calling renegade archivists!
Author and broadcaster Emma Warren invites you to explore different ways of capturing and telling the stories of your communities and spaces.
@DeptfordLounge Sat 9 Aug, 2-3:30pm. All ages, free, book here: https://t.co/hXrIwwug5T
Momentum is building, not only on case of the Whitewebbs Oak, but on fixing the wider 'gaping void' in tree protection that this outrage has highlighted so shockingly.
https://t.co/MS8H8pYOzQ
NEW report from us @WildJustice_org today – #LostNature – which details how housing developers are failing wildlife across the board on every measure . 🧵
This is the land next to a community play space. Land owned by AA Homes & Housing/Ansari. Council took them to court after a yr of fires, squatting & drug dealing. Astonishingly court decided site is secure & tidy enough. The law is messed up. @JackHardy9@robjfirth
The old lock-up in Lewisham village (the Watch House) was close to the current site of the clock tower.
In 1824, a terrible accident saw a detainee and his brother burned to death inside.