York Day 2

York Castle Museum

Now that’s what I call a toilet!

Civil War!

Civil War Photographer!

Victorian Parlor c1870

007 elastic bands!

60’s chair.

Clock Watcher

Duck in the bush

First Day in York.

Fancy a Donut!

Very clever man cutting names signs

with a cycle powered fret saw.

See all the plasters on his hands!

Who are you looking at!

We had lunch here, excellent gluten free soup.

De Grey Rooms, or as the bus driver put it.

They were till some Muppet from the council painted them white.

Nice Habitat.

Lots of police action today!

What Red Light!

Don’t worry about sat nav I have the map!

Welcome to Nottingham

 We are in Nottingham at the moment, it’s just like Bath 

they greet visitors with a £50 parking ticket in the 

first hour to ensure they don't stay!

 

The streets have a mixture old and new buildings, 

I don’t think they would get away with this in Bath. 

  

 It seems all Trams and Ferris Wheels!

This is for Nicky and Helen.
Off to York on Tuesday, hope we get a better welcome there! 

Bath Theatre Royal complete with audience.

An unusual picture of Bath Theatre Royal

complete with audience.

China Clay Factory in Cornwall.

A china clay factory near St Austell 

from a transparency taken in the 60s.

Log Cabin in Bath!

 

The main building of Combe Down school is a 

log cabin, very unusual for a school in Bath!

 

It was Tabitha’s Arts and Maths week at Combe Down school today.

  

Tabitha with the giant bee hive.
 

Tabitha shows Lottie her portrait.

Doesn’t time fly! Was it really April 1992.

It only seems yesterday when I went for breakfast with Baths new MP Don Foster and his wife Victoria, the day after his election.

Kids in the snow.

While I was at Chinese New Year celebrations.
David and Wendy  were playing and taking pictures in the snow.

Wendy's pictures are below

Chinese New Year Celebrations at Bath

I was lucky enough to attend the Chinese New 
Year Celebrations at Bath on Sunday.

 

The Dragon meets Councillor Paul Crossley!

 

Pretty Connie Wong danced beautifully with a 
team of dancers, organised by her Mum Winnie.

 

 

Fires in Australia

 

 

The dreadful fires in Australia have reminded us of our visit early last year.
In particular the trip to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve where the trees still show signs of the fires of January 2003.

The visitors centre has the remains of a fire fighters bag left on the footpath.

 

The Canberra Museum has a dishwasher from one of the thirty five homes destroyed on Somerset Street Duffy less than 7 miles from Parliament House in Canberra. 

pictures Copyright Sam and Wendy Farr

Ted Heath

Former Prime Minister the late Ted Heath

conducting in Bath Abbey.

Some More Combe Hay Snow Pictures.