Apart from Edinburgh, Alfred Buckham also photographed from the air other British cities and landmarks.

Durham:-

Lincoln:-

Oxford:-

Forth Bridge:-

Windsor Castle:-

His work is also a chronicle of early aviation (see R101 and R100 in the link above.)

This one’s a Fairey Napier in flight:-

Buckham’s Camera. It was specially constructed to be easier to use than ground based ones:-

On the way down on our trip we stopped off at Wetherby just to have a bite to eat and stretch the legs. I didn’t spot much in the way of Deco but there was a nice bridge over the River Wharfe.

As you can see the river was quite high, in fact flooding the banks so that you couldn’t walk on the bank underneath the bridge.

Just to the right of the above photo Wetherby War Memorial stands on the bridge parapet – see photo on the left below. I’m not too keen on the ones which feature angels like this. (Edited to add, figure of Victory/Nike.) A day later I also photographed Lincoln’s War Memorial, on the right below, a more intricate and to my mind more æsthetic design. A couple more photos of Wetherby are on my flickr.

Lincoln’s most striking architectural feature is of course its cathedral.

The cathedral can be widely seen from miles off. When we got to the city it was obvious why. It’s at the top of a very steep hill up from the main street. Once through the gateway it’s too close to get the full facade in one shot. This is a stitch of two photos.

Also on the hill’s summit is Lincoln Castle. The picture below was taken by turning 180 degrees from the first shot of the cathedral.

On the way up the hill we stopped into an antique shop. From its window I noticed the building across the street. More particularly its name.

It’s now host to a second-hand book shop. You can just about see the steps up to the main floor level through the doorway. On the fronts of two treads it says BOOKS, NEW & SECONDHAND.

The next house down has a similar startling title (to modern eyes.)

This is no doubt a true reflection of mediæval Lincoln. In those times, Jews were not present in England to a great extent and were restricted by law to a very few occupations – specifically money lending (which was forbidden to non-Jews.) They would also have been required to live close together to avoid mixing too much with their Christian neighbours.

Thank goodness we’re more enlightened, open and friendly nowadays to people who may be different from us. Or even just foreign. (Oh! Hang on.)

We were in England last week visiting places we’d never been before (and one where we’d had a house.)

Our first main stop was in Lincoln. Quite a lot to see but I happened on a street where there were three – Three! – Art Deco buildings within fifty yards of each other.

This was Claskergate (if I am reading Google Maps correctly.) I saw this one first. It’s on the corner with Butchery Court.

Edited to add. Looking at it in retrospect could this once have been a Woolworths?

Before I’d even taken the above photo I noticed this directly across the street.

The white rectangle is actually a display screen which didn’t come out well. You can see it better on Google Maps.

Just along the street was this.

I couldn’t get far enough back to get a central view.

This is the former Ritz cinema on High Street.

It’s now a Wetherspoons pub.

You can see the nice diamondoid brickwork and the Deco glazing on the above and below which also shows off the curved portico on the High Street frontage

Quite a contrast with the mediæval Cathedral and Castle higher up the town.