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Small Welsh train on display at Kings Cross railway station.

#train

The spallation neutron facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the snow.

#oak ridge #spallation neutron source #oak ridge national laboratory

Knoxville airport. I had forgotten that it provides rocking chairs in departure lounge.

#knoxville #Knoxville airport #airport #rocking chair

Leeds railway station. More northern grandeur.

#leeds #leeds railway station #train

Manchester Piccadilly rail station. Victorian grandeur in the north of England.

#Manchester #manchester piccadilly #train #railway station

Cranes at night.

#crane #night

Bartlow hills, one of the secrets of Cambridgeshire. Four large mounds she two small ones, build as burial mounds in the Romano-British era of around 2000 years ago. One of the mounds is the second-highest artificial mound in England, the highest being the much better known Silbury hill in Wiltshire. But like Egypt's pyramids, to which Silbury is sometimes compared, here there is a group.

#bartlow #bartlow hills #Iron Age #Romano-British #burial mounds

Inside Bartlow parish church. It contains three medieval wall paintings in good condition. One shows St Christopher carrying Jesus, one shows St Michael judging souls (to make church members ever mindful of the need to behave well), and one of a dragon but missing St George. The windows also contain medieval stained glass.

#bartlow parish church #bartlow #cambridgeshire #medieval wall painting #wall painting #medieval #medieval church #english parish church

Bartow church, Cambridgeshire. The main part of the church dates from the 13th century, as can be discerned from the tracery in the windows, but the tower is earlier. It is a round tower, which is a rare form except in East Anglia. As delightful as the exterior is, the real gems are inside, as I show in my next post.

#Bartow #bartlow parish church #medieval church #medieval #church architecture #english parish church #round tower

Night views of the Queens' building, Queen Mary University of London

#queens building #queen mary university of london

Farm Hall, Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire. A large Georgian house, it was the place where 12 German scientists were held immediately after the end of the Second World War in Europe. The number included two Nobel laureates (von Laue and Heisenberg), and one who would be awarded the prize whilst being held there (Hahn). During their captivity they were secretly listened to by a set of hidden microphones. The captives thought this might be possible but decided that the British would not do so. The transcripts are fascinating. I came across them in a Canadian government laboratory soon after they were declassified (I read them in 1993).

#godmanchester #heisenberg #von Laue #hahn #operation epsilon #farm hall

Godmanchester on Boxing Day 2015. Lovely set of historic buildings and riverside. More on the large brick building in the next post.

#godmanchester

Hertford at night. Atmospheric.

#Hertford #night

I often thought that I should visit the historic town of Hertford. Now I have done so. Positive things captured here are the first Quaker meeting house, some old individual buildings, a traditional sweet shop, and the river bank. Less positive is that the castle site is not so picturesque, and the medieval churches are no more. I think it looks better at night actually; see my next post.

#Hertford

Some evening images from within Jesus College, Cambridge.

#Jesus college Cambridge #cambridge

I finally succeeded in taking a photograph of a goal bring scored. Here is Cambridge United's equaliser against Wimbledon, albeit ending the game losing 1-4.

#football #goal #cambridge united

York railway station; rather larger than the town probably needs!

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