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I was working in Chelmsford the other week and took the opportunity to pop across to the Cathedral to create some HDR pictures of it. This was originally a church built arond 800 years ago. It became a Cathdral in 1914 and, as with many Essex churches, has a section
Continuing the short series of images taken from the Dunmow Lock-Up this is an old shoe last: Each shoe last is designed for a particular heel height, toe shape, and type of footwear. Many styles of shoes can be made on the same shoe last , but the toe shape
Broxted Church was the local church of journalist John McCarthy. He, along with Terry Waite and Brian Keenan, was taken hostage in Beirut on 17th April 1986 and held for more than 5 years, being released on 8th August 1991. The Church has two specially commissioned stained glass windows –
It’s always quite interesting what you find in old “abandoned” buildings. This is probably my favourite shot from the series I took in the old Dunmow lock-up. For those of you who care about such things this is an HDR shot taken from a bracket of 3 shots.
Great Dunmow has a fabulous little old, disused jail or lock-up. The plaque on the wall sums up some of its history: “This small single cell prison ceased its function in 1843 when the Dunmow police station opened. During the 1890’s this disused Lock-up was adapted to be a Soup
Living in Great Dunmow we are about an hours drive away from the nearest coast line. We popped over to Mersea Island earlier this year…it was a particularly grey, cold and wet day but I was able to capture this picture of the Brightlingsea Beach Huts from across the water.
Between Great Dunmow and Little Easton as you drive out towards Thaxted you may have noticed a couple of derelict buildings – just next to the by pass from Tesco’s through the Woodlands Park development. I had a little rummage around these a few weeks ago and picked up some
Tilty Church was originally a chapel to the Cistercian Abbey of Tilty, ruins of which can still be seen a short way from the Church. The Chapel was outside the Abbey which meant it could be used by local people, including women who were not allowed within the precincts of
