Archive for December, 2007

The no-man’s land of Christmas

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

We are well into that strange period of time between Christmas Day and New Year's Day. In this period of time the days fly by. I forget what the day actually is and anywhere I visit seems different in a way that is hard to describe.This year is no exception ...

Positive

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Over the weekend my dad & I had a blitz on my garage. It is now a picture of order and safety. This momentum continued into Sunday when I built some flat pack furniture to equip the new bedroom for our imminent delivery from the stork. On Monday I got a ...

Some local history

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

A few weeks ago I managed to take some pictures of Hatfield Main Colliery. This picture was taken from Bootham Lane Industrial Estate. Across the fields (and railway line) is a good shot of the winding towers (see below). Three generations of my family have worked at the above site. This ...

Bletchley - A magic place of numbers

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Whilst doing research for my undergrad project I came across a seminar that was being given at a place called Bletchley Park (down near Milton Keynes). I'd had a previous inkling about Bletchley being linked to some Top Secret work in World War II. Whilst procrastinating I went on to sign ...