On one of the side walls of Peterborough Cathedral are the colours of the Royal Anglian Regiment (the 2nd Battalion I think.)

Just as a reminder, this is what Peterborough Cathedral looks like from outside:-

This is the entrance from inside – and the stained glass windows above it:-

Stained glass in side chapel:-

Stone vaulting:-

There is another stone-vaulted chamber at the cathedral’s further end:-

Main ceiling – painted wood:-

Mosaic Floor – altars beyond:-

Altar with older stone altar behindr:-

Stone altar, reverse angle:-

The day after Bletchley Park we visited Peterborough again.

Unlike last time, we managed to get to see the inside of Peterborough Cathedral, my photograph of which is here.

There’s a lot to see there – including a Boer War Memorial:-

On the way back up from Peterborough we stopped at Wooler in Northumberland (Northumbria as was.) It’s one of our favourite places.

It being 2018 the local church was hosting an exhibition on the aniversary of the Great War’s end, featuring photographs and information about local lads who had served.

The church itself contained two War Memorials – one was a Roll of Honour for Wooler Church School, inscribed at top, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”

The other was dedicated to members of the congregation. There were two name boards, the first inscribed, “To the glory of God and in memory of the men of …” The inscription carries on to the next board.

Inscription carried on from previous board, “… the Parish of Wooler who gave their lives in the Great War AD, 1914-19.”
Next board says, “In memory of those who fell in the Second World War 1939-45.”

Stained glass in church:-

Grave of J Stothert, Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers, 12/8/1917, aged 45:-

O tempora! O mores!

A timber framed building in Peterborough; with statues – and a Pizza Express outlet.

Less incongruent in appearance is Peterborough’s Bishop’s Palace (which is not really curved as this is a stitch of two photos):-

Peterborough Cathedral, bathed in late evening sunlight:-

Another old building in Peterborough’s Cathedral precincts. Pity about the traffic cones and tape in front of it:-

This memorial in Peterborough’s town centre looks modern, probably erected for the 100th Anniversary of the Great War.

This side is inscribed, “Lest We Forget.”

Reverse:-

We were in Peterborough in Sep 2018 to attend an antique fair. Cruising round the town centre the evening we arrived I found some Art Deco buildings.

Minor deco, brick-built:-

The Burton’s was hard to photograph due to trees in the way:-

Close-up shows the typical deco styling:-

Edward’s, however, was a stunner:-

Horizontals, verticals, rounded corner, canopy…:-

Note windows with streamlined and canopied decoration:-

As the post’s title says, I’ve been away.

To England this time. One night in the Lake District, one in Cheshire and two in Peterborough where I and the good lady went to a huge antiques fair.

Plenty photos taken to add to the list of those I’ve not got round to posting yet.