Today’s photo shows a huge white willow tree stump just before the path from the end of Beverley Beck reaches the aquaduct which carries Beverley Beck across Barmston Drain. This must have been a massive specimin before being reduced to its present size. Willows, like horse chestnuts, have quite a short main trunk before the […]

The photo above shows a section of Oak Road Playing Fields/Park, looking west and with a section of the bank of the River Hull off picture 20yards to the right. Across the River is Sutton Fields Industrial Estate. East of where this photo was taken is the shallow lake created when the playing fields were

The ‘ruins’ were clearly meant to suggest a pre-modern building such as a church, manor house or monastic ruin. However, were they genuine? No evidence exists in council minutes that I have seen as to their origin although the ‘ruins’ are just so-called in the Committee minutes of the late 1920s. Were they, possibly, artificial

Following on from the last post (blog, s.p.b.) today’s picture shows two old postcards showing scenes in Pearson Park, Hull, both showing what was known as ‘The Ruins’. The top picture is an artist’s (unknown) impression and, as such, its location in relation to the current Park is unclear. The lower one is a photo

The photo above, attributed to James Mollison – James Mollison, CCBY-SA2, shows a section of the Khyber Pass on, or near, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. This road and rail pass through the Himalayan range mostly comprises a succession of interlocking spurs around which the road has to twist and turn, as well as

Above is an image of Kabul city in Afghanistan etched in the 1880s by an Italian artist. Amongst other things it shows the Himalayan backdrop and the ancient walled city. Afghanistan is a remarkable country with a history of little more than hostility over the last two centuries with countries wishing to control power therein;