History Through Photos

07/09/2018

Clouds Hill is in Bovington , Dorset. It was once the retreat of T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and is now run as a museum by the National Trust. A very interesting museum. You can almost feel his presence with a lot of the original contents such as the music room and the bunk room with the foil lined walls. Unfortunately it was very dark inside so photography was very difficult. Sadly Lawrence was fatally injured on the Bovington Road just outside Clouds Hill when he came off his beloved motorbike. Passing away in hospital a few days later. A 6 mile nature walk links Clouds Hill with the spot where Lawrence was fatally injured and the church in Moreton where Lawrence was buried.

31/08/2018

Thomas Hardy's Cottage is the birthplace of Novelist Thomas Hardy. He was born here in 1840. It is located in Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester. The cottage is a typical 19th century rural thatch cottage and was built by Thomas Hardy's grandfather in 1800. It was here that Thomas Hardy wrote Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd.

30/08/2018

St Nicholas Church is a parish church in the village of Moreton, Dorset. During the second world war the church suffered significant bomb damage. In the 1950s the church was refurbished and the stain glass windows were replaced with green glass. The congregation didn't like the green glass and Sir Laurence Whistler a poet and artist from Eltham in London was commissioned to add 13 engraved glass windows. These were added over the years from 1955 with the last being added in 2014. Aside from the windows the church is also famously known for being the burial place of T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) who is buried in the cemetery across the road from the church.

30/08/2018

Athelhampton House is a 15th Century English Tudor Manor House located in Puddletown, Dorset. It dates from 1485.

30/08/2018

A selection of images from our visit to Portchester Castle. I like to find shapes in old buildings and use them to frame an image.. Something different to the standard photo of the castle.

30/08/2018

Fort Brockhurst is one of 5 similar forts known as the Gosport Advanced line. It was built in the 19th Century to protect Portsmouth Harbour. It now belongs to English Heritage and is a SAM (Scheduled Ancient Monument).

30/08/2018

It was lovely to see the Wave of Poppies at Fort Nelson.

The Wave of Poppies opened to the public yesterday at Fort Nelson. It is in it's final year of a UK tour after originally being on display at the Tower of London in 2014 to commemorate a hundred years since WWI (1914-1918).

30/08/2018

Southwick D-Day Revival is always a great weekend. The whole village get into the 1940s spirit.

Always a good day at the Southwick D-Day Revival. Sadly there was no flypast on the Sunday as the aircraft was grounded.

30/08/2018

I have a real passion for historic aircraft. My favourite is the Spitfire. You just can't beat it. This is a photo of a Spitfire MKXVI which at the time (June 2016) was the latest addition to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight taken at Southwick D-Day Revival 2016.

30/08/2018

St Thomas the Apostle Church is a Grade II listed building in the parish of Elson in Gosport. It was built in 1845.

30/08/2018

St Mary's Church, Alverstoke is a Grade II listed building. It is one of three churches of England in the Parish of Alverstoke. There is some belief that it was originally a Saxton church, This was replaced by a Norman Church in 1625. The current church was rebuilt between 1863 and 1885.

30/08/2018

I love the curvature of these Grade II listed buildings Crescent Road, Gosport.