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The issue of the features of planet Earth’s features way back in geological times interests but I have not systematically taught myself about them. Evidence in the rocks has been analysed by geologists and paleontologists to the extent that standard maps have been drawn showing the Earth’s surface in the Ordovician geological era (s.p.b.). At […]

A photo from the 190s showing evidence of slate quarrying in North Wales in the distance. Slate originated as mudstones about 450 million years ago during the Ordovician geological era. Mudstones were formed by silt filtered by marine deposition, often at the mouth of large rivers. The flow of river water carrying silt in suspension

On the recent ‘houses’ walk round Pearson Park one thing we noted was that all the properties we looked at had roofs of Welsh slate. 90% of roofing slates come from the mines and quarries of the Snowdonia region of North Wales and are characterised by being grey, although can be of varying shades. Where

This black and white photo, undated but probably inter-War, is a favourite of mine. It shows a carriage of the Snowdon Light Railway pulled by a steam driven locomotive ascending the line from Llanberis to the peak of Mount Snowdon. Snowdon is the highest mountain peak in Wales at approx. 3500 feet above sea level,

After some years of gathering evidence I have started to compose a book about Hull’s municipal parks and cemeteries in the national context between c. 1850 and 1950, hopefully with a final chapter summing-up what has happened since 1950 . The overall plan runs to 11 chapters including an Introduction, and so far I’m in

Andrew Robinson of Barton on Humber first alerted me to the surviving menagerie building in the grounds of Burton Constable Hall in Holderness (s.p.b.). He has since added to my knowledge by bringing my attention to the surviving menagerie building at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield . On the face of it this building seems very