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Month: July 2017

Mobile Phone Photos

Posted on 29/07/201704/08/2017 by Dragon Handler

This post is about using your mobile phone to take photographs and videos, the idea for it came from watching several videos that were posted on-line that could have been really interesting and informative but were spoilt by a very simple mistake, and it’s one that the photographer can see when they take the picture.

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Old Sarum

Posted on 22/07/201729/07/2017 by Dragon Handler

The hilltop at Old Sarum is one of the more important ancient monuments that are to be found on Salisbury plain, it’s not as well known or famous as its neighbour Stonehenge and probably doesn’t get as many visitors but

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Sanford and Banwell station.

Posted on 16/07/201722/07/2017 by Dragon Handler

The station was opened as Sandford in 1869 as part of the broad gauge line from the main line station at Yatton to Shepton Mallet. The line passed through such places as Congresbury, Axebridge and Cheddar and was converted to standard gauge sometime in the 1870s, about the same time that Continue reading “Sanford and Banwell station.” →

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50 Not Out!

Posted on 11/07/201716/07/2017 by Dragon Handler

Sorry, cricket fans this post has nothing whatever to do with cricket, it just seemed an appropriate title.

50 years ago on 9th July 1967 steam locomotives ceased running on the Southern Region of British Railways.  The once proud gleaming products of British engineering were towed away to scrap yards to be cut up.  Continue reading “50 Not Out!” →

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Launceston Steam Railway

Posted on 03/07/201716/07/2017 by Dragon Handler

The Launceston Steam Railway is a narrow gauge line that runs for two and a half miles from Launceston to New Mills.  Its main station at Launceston is just full of that special character that makes narrow gauge railways so appealing and the whole site looks like it has been there for the last 150 years or so. Continue reading “Launceston Steam Railway” →

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