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A Bit Of Olde England #2
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A few more ancient buildings on the Wirral.
Willaston Windmill, 80 feet high was built in 1805 and has been converted into a house (in 1958) after becoming disused following storm damage in 1930. It was the largest of the Willaston windmills.
The Hadlow Road Railway Station closed to passengers in 1956, and closed altogether in 1962. The track was converted into a footpath, the Wirral Way, and the station turned into a museum and visitor centre. My husband took this one with a 3mp camera (yes that is me striding ahead)
The pretty cottage is Bishop Wilson's Cottage, Burton, the birthplace in 1663 of Thomas Wilson who became Bishop of the Isle of Man. He was also a Physician, and founded a school in Burton in 1724, which still exists.

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.gonedigital
07/04/14 4:11 PM GMT
A fine photo montage of Britains past Lyn, I hope you enjoyed your visit. An informative narrative btw, it was Dr Beeching who cut over 4,000 miles of the Uks railways during a major British Rail economy drive. Many of those disused railway tracks have now been converted to cycle/pedestrian walkways.
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Don't be a square . (o:
.GIGIBL
07/04/14 4:49 PM GMT
Excellent collage Lyn,well done.
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.picardroe
07/04/14 4:56 PM GMT
Beautiful capture and collage.
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::biffobear
07/04/14 5:23 PM GMT
You're getting homesick..Lovely nostalgic memories for you...R.
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::braces
07/04/14 5:39 PM GMT
Makes me glad I live on the Wirral near all these wonderful buildings.
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::tigger3
07/04/14 6:19 PM GMT
Another superbly written narrative to go with your wonderful collage. =^..^=tigs
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.vangoughs
07/04/14 8:21 PM GMT
Nice.....
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::corngrowth
07/04/14 8:48 PM GMT
Nostalgia pur sang! To me it's a pity that they haven't refurbished the traditional windmill like they use to do it in Holland. Would be wonderful to see this mill grinding again, because it's a relative tall one. Think it was a matter of lack of money.

Regards, Cornelius.
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::Ramad
07/04/14 10:10 PM GMT
I haven't had Bovril in the last 4o years or so :) Interesting shots o Old England put together.
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.icedancer
07/09/14 1:26 AM GMT
Such beautiful buildings and trail station.
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