Last March we had to take a trip across to the west to Tarbet which is on (freshwater) Loch Lomond side. A narrow stretch of land (and hill) separates it from Arrochar on (sea) Loch Long. There’s only about a mile between them.

The Vikings once dragged their boats over the pass on rollers in order to stravaig up and down Loch Lomond.

The War Memorial lies beside the A 83 a bit nearer to Arrochar than Tarbet but covers both villages.

Reverse view:-

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The dedication is unusual in using Roman Numerals. “In memory MCMXIV-XVIII. MCMXXXIX-XLV”

At the base of the memorial this plaque reads, “The villagers of Arrochar and Tarbet Commemorate 50 Years of Peace VE and VJ Days 1995. With gratitude to those who served.”

The building once housed Ruskins but is now occuoied by Furness Building Society.

The rectangular windows now look double-glazed. I’m not so sure about the curved ones.

Kendal’s War Memorial, a statue of a standing soldier with slung rifle, is set beside the main street.

The inscription reads, “In honour of the men of Kendal who loyally served in THE GREAT WAR and in proud and grateful memory of those named hereon who gave their lives for their country this monument is erected by their fellow townsmen.”

The lower panel here bears World War 2 names:-

World War 1939-1945:-

From south. Great War names:-

World War 2 names. Upper plaque bears one name for the Koran War:-

From north. Great War names:-

Stepped wall with central pillar surmounted by strolling soldier with slung rifle.

From banks of River Avon. Evesham Abbey Belltower behind:-

Reverse view. River Avon below:-

Closer view. Evesham Abbey Belltower again visible.:-

Incsription. “To the enduring memory of the Glorious Dead of the Borough of Evesham who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1920.” That “1920” is unusual.

Great War Memorial Plaques:-

Second World War Memorial Plaques:-

Art Deco style cinema in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Not perhaps as high deco as the Regal, Rochdale, or the Embassy, Braintree, this is still clearly deco with its rounded corner, the rule of three in windows to left and chevron patterned doors:-

Central portion:-

Doors:-

From left. Rule of three in windows again:-

There is a lovely bridge over the river Avon at Evesham, called the Workman Bridge after the mayor under whose auspices it was built.

Workman Bridge from banks of River Avon:-

Roadway, Workman Bridge, looking towards Evesham centre. Belltower of Evesham Abbey to left:-

Weir Seen from Workman Bridge:-

I meant to put this photo of a war dead dedication in St Lawrence’s Church, Evesham, in my previous post. 2nd Lt Ernest Geoffrey Crisp, 15th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, killed in action in France 16/12/1915, aged 24:-

I’ve covered Evesham before but this time we parked in a different place and were able to explore different parts of the town and so we found this shop with Deco windows:-

This is on the main street and probably isn’t deco but more on the cusp:-

And this has changed ownership – or at least its name – since we were there last (see second link above):-

The rooms in the house are quite small, as was the case at the time.

Dining area:-

A fireplace:-

Tudor-style window:-

There are words etched/written into the glass of this one:-

Bedroom:-

Shakespeare’s childhood bedroom:-

Is this like the second-best bed he left to Ann Hathaway?:-

Unfortunately the crib in this one, though cute, isn’t original:-

An upper chamber:-

Kitchen storage:-

Fire/cooking range:-

We had a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon again on our trip south in February 2018.

As well as Shakespeare’s House:-

behind which (you have to pay to get in) were actors parading about and declaiming lines from his plays,:

I spotted this Art Decoish building. It’s the stepping on the roofline and I suppose the rule of three in the windows below the diamonds that gives a deco feel:-

Cressage is a village in Shropshire we passed through on our onward journey from Oswestry and Shrewsbury.

The War Memorial is a Celtic Cross and stands at a road junction in the village.

The base is inscribed, “To the glory of God and in honoured memory of the following men who died on active service in the Great War 1914 – 1918.”

Reverse View. Inscribed, “1939 – 1945. In memory of A. Manning. F. Roberts.”