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Midlander
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A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England’s great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937. Restoration work to the West Wing has made several new rooms accessible to the public. The vast and rambling remains of the palatial 19th-century mansion are surrounded by magnificent landscaped gardens – the ‘Monster Work’ of William Nesfield – which still contain huge stone fountains. The largest, representing Perseus and Andromeda, which has been restored, was described as making the ‘noise of an express train’ when fired. Before 1846, when William Humble Ward (later first Earl of Dudley) inherited Witley Court, the land surrounding the house was laid out in the English landscape style of the mid-18th century. As part of Ward’s transformation of the estate, he called in the leading landscape designer of the time, William Andrews Nesfield, whose skills in designing intricate and elegant parterres were complemented by his great ability as an artist and engineer. Nesfield started work in 1854, creating the south parterre with its great Perseus and Andromeda fountain. His scheme involved elegantly designed plantings of clipped evergreens and shrubs, with parterres enclosed by more clipped evergreens. The central avenue of planting from the house led to the fountains terminating at the south parterre. The east parterre garden with its Flora Fountain was designed in the Parterre de Broderie style, meaning that it was intended to have the appearance of embroidery, with box-edged shapes filled with coloured gravel and flowers. Following the disastrous fire in 1937 the Witley Estate, including its gardens, fell into long decline. English Heritage has restored the south garden. In addition, funding from the Wolfson Foundation has assisted English Heritage with major restoration works within the East Parterre garden, enabling us to repair steps and balustrades, and to plan development of the formal gardens based on the original Nesfield designs. The Woodland Walks in the North Park pass many different species of tree and shrub, acquired from all over the world to create a showpiece. A new garden in ‘the Wilderness’ is part of the Contemporary Heritage Garden project. This provides yet more opportunities for walking within Witley Court’s grounds. Site graphics include information on recent conservation work, and there is a new audio tour including information on local flora, wildlife and birdcalls. A terrain guide is available on the website. Attached to Witley Court is Great Witley Church, which has an amazing Italianate Baroque interior (not managed by English Heritage).
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A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England’s great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937. Restoration work to the West Wing has made several new rooms accessible to the public. The vast and rambling remains of the palatial 19th-century mansion are surrounded by magnificent landscaped gardens – the ‘Monster Work’ of William Nesfield – which still contain huge stone fountains. The largest, representing Perseus and Andromeda, which has been restored, was described as making the ‘noise of an express train’ when fired. Before 1846, when William Humble Ward (later first Earl of Dudley) inherited Witley Court, the land surrounding the house was laid out in the English landscape style of the mid-18th century. As part of Ward’s transformation of the estate, he called in the leading landscape designer of the time, William Andrews Nesfield, whose skills in designing intricate and elegant parterres were complemented by his great ability as an artist and engineer. Nesfield started work in 1854, creating the south parterre with its great Perseus and Andromeda fountain. His scheme involved elegantly designed plantings of clipped evergreens and shrubs, with parterres enclosed by more clipped evergreens. The central avenue of planting from the house led to the fountains terminating at the south parterre. The east parterre garden with its Flora Fountain was designed in the Parterre de Broderie style, meaning that it was intended to have the appearance of embroidery, with box-edged shapes filled with coloured gravel and flowers. Following the disastrous fire in 1937 the Witley Estate, including its gardens, fell into long decline. English Heritage has restored the south garden. In addition, funding from the Wolfson Foundation has assisted English Heritage with major restoration works within the East Parterre garden, enabling us to repair steps and balustrades, and to plan development of the formal gardens based on the original Nesfield designs. The Woodland Walks in the North Park pass many different species of tree and shrub, acquired from all over the world to create a showpiece. A new garden in ‘the Wilderness’ is part of the Contemporary Heritage Garden project. This provides yet more opportunities for walking within Witley Court’s grounds. Site graphics include information on recent conservation work, and there is a new audio tour including information on local flora, wildlife and birdcalls. A terrain guide is available on the website. Attached to Witley Court is Great Witley Church, which has an amazing Italianate Baroque interior (not managed by English Heritage).
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Jerry Mathers was at the Dow Diamond In Midland Michigan for 50’s night. He was out doing things on the diamond like throwing the first pitch. / He signed autographs and took pictures with his fans for over 1 hour and a half . Great job Jerry! Glad we could see you again. Looking forward to the next time. / / Camera:Pentax K200d / Focal Length: 70mm / f/stop: f/4 / Shutter:1/90 sec. / ISO: 400 / / Adobe Photoshop CS3 – Fine adjustments / Dynamic Photo HDR /
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Watercolour
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Wherever I may roam, / whatever places I may see – / this landscape of my childhood / will always be / the most beautiful place on earth / to me. I had the geat privilege of growing up on this beautiful sugar-cane farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa. This land has been in my family since 1856, and is very close to my heart. The Dutch name “Mooiplaats” means “beautiful place”.
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Yet another oil painting of a steam locomotive. This time we’re in about 1912 or so, and one ofg the (then) new Midland Railway compounds is pulling a train of clerestory stock.
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Stormy view across the cornfields. / Oldnall Road, Lye in the West Midlands.
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A solitary tree awaits the coming storm
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I shot this image early one morning in February 2006. The snow had been falling overnight and the temperature had been low enough to freeze the canal over at Bratch Locks, Womburn, in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK. / I shot off first thing, mainly in search of a Mandarin Duck, which had found it’s way onto that stretch of the canal. When I got to the lock, the canal boat was in the lock, preparing to travel up towards Wolverhampton. As it exited the lock, the ice cracked with a sound like high tensile steel being beaten with a stick. Anyway, the shot for me seemed to turn out rather nicely. / I didn’t hang around too long, as my wife phoned to say that she had pranged her car on some black ice.
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Another shot from along the Shropshire and Worcestershire Canal
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I was walking along the canal yesterday, trying to shed a few tonnes of Christmas Turkey. It was late afternoon and the sun was setting over the town, turning the drab building golden in its’ glow. As I headed home, I saw the Chip Shop sign and the boy running home with the family tea, smelling of warm vinegar and fried fish. By the time I got home, Arsenal were about to kick off against Portsmouth on the telly, so I nipped off down to the pub, to watch the game over a few beers. It would have been a great night, if the arseholes had won, but they had to put on one of those frustrating performances, that just want to make you get hammered, which I proceeded to do. Hense, I’ve only just managed to grt to work on this image. Hope you like it.
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Another painting in the style of old ‘Hornby Book of Trains’ Catalogue covers. This one is well and truly in the Hornby Dublo era of the 60’s A similar loco, but as scene in the pre-war era can be seen in ‘Duchess at Speed’. / I like to contrast the two paintings, both inspired by the general style of those old Hornby catalogues.
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A solitary tree awaits the coming storm
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Dovedale, Peak District – close to The Stepping Stones – on a frosty/ misty February morning
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Twiggy spends all of her life on the canal, with her owner in their narrow boat. The lucky swines.
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Acrylic on Canvas 20×17” Part of a series of paintings that i have enjoyed doing immensely. I feel I have achieved what I set out to do, splat paint onto the canvas with abandonment, not worrying about waste, thickness or direction of brush strokes, all forming abstract shapes that come together to form the whole. I’ll not lie the initial stages are produced digitally but you’ll find the end product is all me….
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Taken late afternoon on walk home from work in suburbs of south Leicester.
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A night time shot of vehicles driving along a road in the midlands (UK) using a slow shutter speed to create movement and a sense of time.
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