The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Badger_Boom]

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Back Lane, Hardingstone.. I've ridden past this numerous times and nit noticed it! The sun was at exactly the correct angle to cast a shadow across the mark ti spot it!

I had a similar experience with the light recently. I spotted this one at the back of St Margaret's Church (The Early Music Centre) on Navigation Road in York.

 

[biggs682]

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Back Lane, Hardingstone.. I've ridden past this numerous times and nit noticed it! The sun was at exactly the correct angle to cast a shadow across the mark ti spot it!

I have seen the one on the pub but don't remember seeing that one

 

[PeteXXX]

I have seen the one on the pub but don't remember seeing that one

It's about there, on the north side of Back Lane.
Not sure what the 7 ft refers to, though.. 🤔
Maybe get @Drago on the case!! 👌

 

[PeteXXX]

I had a similar experience with the light recently. I spotted this one at the back of St Margaret's Church (The Early Music Centre) on Navigation Road in York.

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Some cut marks are quite weathered, especially around Hamtun as the local stone is quite soft and erodes easily.

 

[biggs682]

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It's about there, on the north side of Back Lane.
Not sure what the 7 ft refers to, though.. 🤔
Maybe get @Drago on the case!! 👌

Don't think I have been down back lane just along from the A45 junction to the little green where the old cross is from memory

 

[PeteXXX]

Don't think I have been down back lane just along from the A45 junction to the little green where the old cross is from memory

It's about 100yards from that green. 👍

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 18th
1.

@Badger_Boom
Work is pressing on at The Counting House
Stone-masons are in, dressing the boundary wall

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 18th
2.
Carnegie Library
Salter Row
Pontefract

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101313268-pontefract-museum-pontefract-north-ward

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/429777

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 18th
3.

Dolly
Public Library
ShoeMarket
Pontefract

I 'have all the time in the world' for Dolly, whilst not being a fan of her 'Rhinestone' era ('Jolene'/'9 to 5'/'I Will Always Love You'/etc...), I like her earlier recordings & the later Bluegrass influences
BUT... her philanthropy is what really raises her in my mind!
- 'DollyWood', where locals are employed
- College Funds, for kids where she was raised to attend College, who might not be able to afford to go otherwise
- the Book Funds

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2357201

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollywood_Foundation
https://mymodernmet.com/dolly-parton-charity-philanthropy/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 18th
4.

NewLands Hall Stable-Block
NewLands Woods
Altofts

I've featured this quite a few times in this thread, but I've never walked down the side of it
It's wrongly perceived by some locals to be the Hall itself, granted it was lived in for quite a few years (when the bay window was added?)

Looking inside the 'window' pictured above

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The rear facade

The side (as I walked along)

The main facade

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...rmer-newland-hall-newland-with-woodhouse-moor
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2416200

Late 1890s/pre WW1 (the stable-block is the building to the north); https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.2&lat=53.69764&lon=-1.44657&layers=168&b=1

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/190194
http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_yorkshire_newlandhall_info_gallery.html

The Hall was demolished in the 1920s, but the stables were lived, into the (I understand) 1970s
I've seen this photograph in a local history book before, but (until now) never seen it online
Taken late 60's/early 70's?

This is possibly circa 1900-1910?

 

[Badger_Boom]

Wednesday 18th
2.
Carnegie Library
Salter Row
Pontefract


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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101313268-pontefract-museum-pontefract-north-ward

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/429777

I've spent many happy hours there over the years, and am even old enough to remember (just) when it was still the library.

I'm also a fan of Poulson's new library next door, or I was before the council ruined it with cheap replacement windows. As a kid it seemed madly futuristic, and is till an example of 'peak 70s' in my mind.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've spent many happy hours there over the years, and am even old enough to remember (just) when it was still the library.

I'm also a fan of Poulson's new library next door, or I was before the council ruined it with cheap replacement windows. As a kid it seemed madly futuristic, and is till an example of 'peak 70s' in my mind.

John Poulson, the disgraced architect
I pass his (old) house every so often, between Carlton & Darrington

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2642266

 

[Badger_Boom]

John Poulson, the disgraced architect
I pass his (old) house every so often, between Carlton & Darrington

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2642266

Manasseh, an interesting but not particularly attractive place even compared to some of his own projects.

He was crooked for sure, but he and T. Dan Smith were also the scapegoats for their more powerful political connections none of whom served time.

His wife Cynthia was my first year teacher at primary school back in the 70s. Fast forward to 1993 when I open a supplement to The Observer in my student bedroom to be confronted by a picture of her welcoming him home on his release from prison. It was connected with his obituary which was published within.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 23rd

Twisty Tree
Altofts
Wakefield

Along the bridleway between Lee Brigg (by Patience Lane allotments) & The Miners Path (that runs from NewLands Lane to Birkwood Road)

It’s not too far from the stone pillar; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2034484

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 24th
2.

Metal sign
‘Pylon Pond’
NewLands Lane
Normanton
Wakefield

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3516037
https://go-fish.co.uk/venue_24600_pylon_pond_(pylon_angling_club).htm