Album Bits and pieces from Herb Riddle

HWW ~ Altogether –after three …

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 20 May 2026 06:27:51 +0000

“ One, two, three – ♪ we’re all going on a summer holiday –no more working for a week or two...♪ ”.

Seen outside a house in the Scottish village of Tarbet. We are on our holidays, travelling north from here. (Apr24/2026)

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An Erdigg Hall gate and fence

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:13:02 +0000

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When we go to different new places we can never be so sure what we may see. Here is an impressive ornamental gateway in Erdigg Park, Wrexham

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"It's a bit thin out here!"

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:02 +0000

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Seen atop a narrow canal boat on the Llangollen Canal.

ps the saying "It's a bit thin out here!" is a local saying for" it's feeling cold!"

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In memory of Alan

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:16:19 +0000

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Seen in the centre of the Lake District village of Hawkshead. This memorial bench dedicated to Alan Hardisty did make me think that perhaps he was an Everton football club player and my later research shows he did work behind the scenes for decades, particularly in kit and equipment roles, where he became a familiar and trusted presence to generations of players, managers, and staff at Goodison Park. Though not a player, he was widely regarded as part of the fabric of the club — one of those people who quietly keep everything running.
When he passed away in 2022, Everton paid tribute to him as a dedicated servant of the club, and many former players and colleagues shared memories of his loyalty, professionalism, and warmth.
Since it is near Christmas here that would explain the decoration and the blue – well that is the kit colour of Everton football club-naturally.

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Gallery 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:27:44 +0000

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Manchester’s new floating gallery!

A different view of the Manchester Art Gallery -perhaps! PiP's

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Classic busses

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:15:43 +0000

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Seen on our walk up to Harter Fell near Ravenstonedale. It looked like this was a service garage for a company called ‘Cumbria Classic Coaches’ and were available for hire. No doubt popular for classic films nowadays.

The image features two vintage Leyland Tiger buses, likely PS1 models from around 1950.
The bus on the left, registered CWG 286, is a Leyland Tiger PS1/1 with Alexander C35F bodywork, first registered in June 1950. The bus on the right is registered CRN 80 and is also a Leyland Tiger PS1, introduced into a fleet in 1951.
Both vehicles are preserved and available for private hire for events like weddings and television/film props.
They are part of a collection of classic and vintage vehicles, often displayed at transport museums and events.

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The Great Bookcase

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:55:44 +0000

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This is the Burges escritoire, also known as the "Great Bookcase," a famous piece of Victorian painted furniture designed by architect William Burges and made by William Gualbert Saunders between 1865 and 1867.

Painted wood escritoire with brass fittings and ceramic tiles. The architectural design influenced by French Gothic styles with its gabled roof and arched recess. Painted decoration includes two central allegorical figures representing Historia (history) and Poesia (poetry and five men representing the five occupations in medieval society: a peasant (Rusticu), a knight, king and bishop, and mercator (a merchant). The cabinet also deals with the passing of time, featuring a boy with his tutor (left hand side), an adolescent, a man in the prime of life (virilitas) and an old man. The mounted clock has the Latin inscription "The clock warns of the passing of time, let everything that is written beneath it, Be an offering to the peace of God"

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Captive Andromache

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:44:57 +0000

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A visit to Manchester Art Gallery and museum reveals to me some interesting pieces.
This is the Captive Andromache by Frederic Leighton is one of the galleries largest and best known paintings. It took Leighton around a year to complete but we also know that the idea for the painting was germinating in his mind for more than ten years: an early sketch of the subject exists and dates back to the beginning of the 1870s. The finished painting was exhibited in 1888 and purchased by the Gallery in 1889.
The PiP shows another exhibit: This is the Burges escritoire, also known as the "Great Bookcase," a famous piece of Victorian painted furniture designed by architect William Burges and made by William Gualbert Saunders between 1865 and 1867.

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2nd Place Jan 2026, CWP: 'Views in the museum'

The British Museum and The Rosetta Stone.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:13:42 +0000

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Just four years ago we visited this museum, as a Christmas present. Our few hours here was nowhere near enough to see even a small selection of the exhibits but for me this stood out the most as I was reading some Egyptian based novels at that time. It is the most famous object in the museum.

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous archaeological artifacts in the world. It is a granodiorite stone slab dating to 196 BC, created during the reign of King Ptolemy V of Egypt.
It is important because it was the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, a writing system that had been a mystery for nearly 1,400 years. Its discovery allowed scholars to finally understand ancient Egyptian language, history, and culture.
The same inscribed text appears on the stone in three different writing systems:
Hieroglyphs – used for religious and ceremonial texts
Demotic – the everyday script of ancient Egypt
Ancient Greek – the language of government under the Ptolemies
Because scholars already understood Greek, they could use it to decode the other two scripts.
Discovered in 1799 by French soldiers in Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt and found during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign
Jean-François Champollion, a French scholar, successfully deciphered the hieroglyphs in 1822. He proved that hieroglyphs were a combination of phonetic (sound-based) and symbolic signs
How it came to the British Museum : After the British defeated the French, the stone was acquired under the Treaty of Alexandria (1801). It has been part of the British Museum collection since 1802 and is one of the museum’s most visited and iconic objects.
Physical details: Height: 112 cm (3 ft 8 in) x 76 cm (2 ft 6 in), Weight: about 760 kg (1,680 lb). The artifact sits in a glass case, hence the light and reflection oddities.

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Peace and Joy to All

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:54:14 +0000

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Christmas afloat, is a reality for many people each year. In this photo we were ourselves taking a Christmas Cruise to Scandinavia. Here we are in the atrium of the ship on Christmas day 2012 listening to and singing Christmas Carols with the ships crew.

I wish you all A Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

HWW ~ Walled in

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:32:55 +0000

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Seen in the back-streets of King’s Lynn behind the old St George’s Guildhall (King Street). This used to be an old Shakespearian theatre.

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Warning -Halloween is coming!

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:54:59 +0000

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Seen on one of my local walks, I guess he only means well!

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Sailor’s lament

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:15:15 +0000

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The lot of sailors and fishermen throughout time memorial has been a dangerous one. Our seas and Oceans have always been dangerous, especially in bad weather. Nowadays, things are somewhat safer with modern design and instrumentation but life on the high seas still cannot be taken for granted.
This gravestone seen in the churchyard of the Norfolk village of Happisburgh is a stark reminder.
“The barque 'Young England' of Middlesbrough was wrecked in 1875 off the coast of Winterton, Norfolk. The six crewmembers who lost their lives are buried at Happisburgh Churchyard. Their gravesite features a stone cross and an anchor, which were erected by public subscription initiated by the local "beachmen". The memorial at Happisburgh Churchyard honours the sailors, who came from several different countries, reflecting the international nature of seafaring life in the 19th century. The nationalities of the buried crew included men from England, Holland, Norway, and Sweden.” ChatGPT

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HFF ~ Dovestones overflow

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:14:37 +0000

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As the waters start to fill up this big reservoir again we see a different view of the corner water overflow. The water level is still a few metres below the edge where it often runs over down to the local river. The PiP shows the overflow in normal conditions.

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HWW ~ Smardale Kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:28:54 +0000

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Situated just between the Smardale Gill viaduct and humpback bridge is this double lime kiln. They produced lime mortar for the construction of the viaduct. The kilns are constructed from limestone blocks (likely from the nearby quarry) to a height of about 30ft. Both kilns have two draw holes set within semi-circular draw arches. A railway siding (to the viaduct) enabled trucks to be shunted into position and burned lime could then be shovelled directly into the trucks. To the rear is an extensive quarry containing numerous spoil heaps, which is believed to have been exploited for building stone as well as lime burning.

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HFF ~ Dunham Massey oddments

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:34:40 +0000

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A walk around the old stable block reveals this storage space which not only houses an old horse- drawn cart but these strange wheeled scaffolding devices. It looks like the central laddered tower may be lifted much higher, gaining access to high parts of the internal rooms of the house?

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Morning coffee

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 07:40:06 +0000

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“Excuse me waiter – do you know there is cacti growing out of my coffee”

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HFF ~ Music in the park

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:07:17 +0000

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Well not really! but we could imagine it from this old Viennese Organ grinder here in the Prater Park of Vienna. Somehow, I imagine that there might well be piped music to the inside of the barrel organ via an inside wired speaker at times . Of course Wiener schrammelmusik or Strauss waltzes (˚◡˚)

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Dinner is served M'lord

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 27 May 2025 07:06:21 +0000

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All ready for the daily ritual of dinner here at Penryn Castle. Seating for Lord Penryn and nineteen of his guest here . Strange that the table is set with sweet cakes and fruit but maybe that is how thing were done in the day.

The paintings here form part of the collection of Dutch, Venetian and Spanish paintings. Great names included Canaletto, Rembrandt, Wouwermans, Ruijsdael, Belotto and Palma Vecchio. Many of these pictures can still be seen in the Castle and the collection gave Penrhyn its reputation of being ‘the Gallery of North Wales’ at that time.
PiP shows the castle.

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HWW ~ Pöstlingberg Zwerg

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:09:21 +0000

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Seen near the Grottenbahn on the hill of Pöstlingberg, Linz. Its actually a pointer to the nearby children's attraction grotto, presumably maned by these folk.

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