Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 6 April 2024
Euston is a small village in Suffolk, about two miles south of Thetford. The War Memorial is a Celtic style cross in a green area by the side of the A1088.
Dedications and names. Sadly the names were obscured by the wreaths but they can be found here:-
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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Modern Architecture at 20:00 on 7 November 2016
Bury St Edmunds has a smattering of old buildings in the Gothic style but also some Art Deco. This is a very thirties Marks & Spencer:-
Betfred has Art Deco leanings in the slight overhangs:-
But the exemplar has to be The Works, which exhibits the rule of three in the windows which in addition have great deco glass, with sunburst effect above:-
Detailing:-
End window detail:-
The Works was right beside this Tudor/mediƦval style building which now houses W H Smith’s:-
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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 10:00 on 7 November 2016
From Thetford we travelled on to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
Almost the first thing I spotted was an elaborate Memorial which on closer inspection turned out to be for the (Second) Boer War, or South African War as it’s sometimes known:-
I was only in Bury an hour or so and didn’t manage to find a memorial to the World Wars of the last century. I found this picture on the net thouhgh.
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