Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
Happy, funny, serious. Something that caught my eye this week.
Pictures from my walks this week This week I felt a tiny bit of spring in the air, and I’ve been out about with my camera and Bruce the Dog. Here are a few pictures taken around Birdsall and Acklam. A rare find were the Yorkshire Wolds long necked sheep: a rare breed and difficult …
A quick trip to the seaside on a windy day A couple of weeks ago we paid a quick visit to Flamborough Head near Bridlington. It was quite windy and, as I was recovering from surgery, we didn’t stay long. But the coastline and the lighthouse are spectacular to look at. I want to go …
What better way to spend a couple of hours than watching steam trains go by A couple of weeks ago Liz and I had a brief trip out to Pickering Railway Station to watch the trains. In true British Railways style, the service was late, but it gave us plenty of time to photograph the …
This week’s picture is of my maternal grandfather, Wilfred Bradley. I believe this photograph was taken around 1915, when my grandfather joined the royal navy. Although there’s more research to do, it’s possible that Wilfred was too young to join the navy, so may have lied about his age. He served in the navy during …