Posted in Architecture, Art Deco at 20:00 on 26 July 2022
Ponteland is a largish village in Northumberland, just northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Beside the A 696 road into the town from the northwest lies an Art Deco style church building, St Michael’s Catholic Church.
Curved wall, rule of three in nearer windows, styling of cross:-
Curved exterior, canopy and roof line, styling of cross:-
Posted in Baltic Cruise, Dundee, Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 26 May 2019
This impressive monument greets you as soon as you leave Langelinie Pier in Copenhagen, Denmark, the second* stop on our recent Baltic cruise.
The winged female figure of Remembrance (modelled on Nike of Samothrace) is dedicated to those Danish merchant mariners who lost their lives in the First World War.
*(Our first stop was actually in Dundee. For some reason the trip cost £200 less – each – from Newcastle even though the ship was doing exactly the same journey.)
Posted in Curiosities, Nostalgia at 20:48 on 1 May 2013
There is a full set of shelves in my local supermarket selling Irish products.
This includes for some reaon – third shelf up extreme left – Irish shortbread. Irish shortbread? On sale in Scotland? That seems a bit coals to Newcastle.
Anyway here is a close-up on the Cadbury shelf.
Caramello, Tiffin, Mint Crisp, Golden Crisp and Snack Bars. Fair takes you back. The 95p price for a vending machine sized bar might be thought a bit steep.
I bought the Mint Crisp this week, though. As good as I remembered.
