Little things
Little things brightening a winter’s day walk into town.
More …Little things brightening a winter’s day walk into town.
More …Before leaving the subject of clocks, I wanted to include a photo sent to me by Ian Dixon.
It’s not the type I’ve included on earlier pages, which were all street clocks or factory clocks. This too is a factory clock, but it lived inside, and once controlled factory time at the glassworks in York.
Ian would be interested in hearing from anyone who remembers the clock in the factory.
More …Moving on from the stopped clocks, which were arranged by the date of the building they were on, to a selection arranged by the time they told — which was, in all cases, the right time. Captured on camera during recent evening wanderings.
More …Since writing about the Rowntree clocks I’ve been noticing other clocks around the city, particularly those no longer functioning. These four may be temporarily stopped, or permanently stopped. They’re all on premises built for particular businesses, decades ago.
More …‘Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day’ — as the saying goes.
Here’s one I’ve only recently noticed. It’s small, and rather grubby and faded, and in fact barely visible. The photo needed some digital enhancement to make it obvious that there’s a clock face in there. The clock stopped at around 6.20, decades ago by the look of it.
More …King’s Square isn’t somewhere I sit, but somewhere I pass by, pass through, on the way to Barnitts or Tullivers. There are usually people sitting on the benches. Which is perhaps why I’d never really noticed these small plaques.
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As we approach the longest day of the year I’m appreciating, as I do every year, how the longer hours of daylight mean more opportunities to take photographs. I love the evening … More …
It’s not really a quiz, but it’s the usual ‘have a go at guessing or just look further down the page for the answer’ format. These usually involve two different details, but this page has just one. Three images of it, zooming further out.
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