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Events On This Day In History Introduction Every day there are anniversaries of events that have taken place throughout Britain and Ireland over the years. Sometimes Geograph has displayed a picture marking a particular anniversary as ‘Picture of The Day’. This article is intended to use Geograph ...

Introduction The discussion topic "This day in history" has now been running for over 10 years. Initially it generated a lot of interest and attracted a lot of contributors. But latterly interest has dwindled to such an extent that there are only four contributors still in the game - namely John ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/185_front.jpg TransPennine Express 185 No.185133 York Railway Station] Class 185 Pennine is a class of Diesel Multiple Units (DMU's) that were built in Germany by Siemens for the train operating company First ...

Before YOMP I have put together this article as a show piece to illustrate the variety of subjects and the wide geographical distribution of my contributions to Geograph and as a reminder of the many happy times I have spent acquiring these images. The YOMP competition as such was not established ...

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Almost from the beginning of our railways, attempts have been made to preserve examples of the most significant locomotive designs. By the end of mainline steam in 1968, there was a reasonable mix of public and private preservation (mainly on static display in museums) together with a selection of ...

A: A runningman to Albert Bridge ...

A: A Holmes to AlastairG ...

A: Adam Ward to AlastairG Adam Ward (6363) 8 652124 653759 836599 881748 1039680 1108211 1108514 1110124 Adie Jackson (14680) 1 ...

A: A Holmes to Alan Walker A Holmes (13178) 1 416970 Adam Brooks (7979) 1 427118 Adam Ward (6363) 5 ...

A: Aaron Thomas to Andrew Longton Aaron Thomas (8220) 2 281207 299922 Adam Ward (6363) 4 187325 187847 267786 274467 ...

A: Adam Ward to Alan O'Dowd Adam Ward (6363) 9 5647469 5646719 5651809 5652442 5652733 5709727 5710539 5901188 5957810 ...

Manufacturers in the United States and mainland Europe had started building diesel locomotives from the late 19th century and in large numbers from the 1930s onwards. In the UK, most of the pre-grouping companies experimented with them. The LMS produced a successful series of diesel shunting ...

Page 1 An attempt to illustrate the football stadia of the British Isles, old and new, using some of the excellent photos from our Geograph contributors. I have started with the senior clubs from England and Wales. More countries and levels of the 'pyramid' to follow! Please let me know if you can ...

Introduction This is a photographic record of the coast of north-east England and south-east Scotland. The end points are Bridlington and Broughty Ferry. I didn’t set out with any intention of making a continuous and extensive record of this sort. In the early years of the Geograph project from 2005 ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/142_front.jpg Northern Rail Class 142 - Retford Railway Station] Class 142 diesel multiple units were conceived during hard times at British Rail in the early 1980s. Based on an original bus design they were ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/144_front.jpg Northern Class 144, No. 144008 Carnforth Station] British Rail Class 144 "Pacer" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL Derby between 1986 and 1987. Twenty-three Class 144 units were ...

Introduction 3153816 1375197 The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom, covering over 13,000 miles of signed cycles routes, with 70% of these on roads. There are nine primary routes crossing the UK, and 50 other secondary routes. A thousand cast iron ...

-------------------------------- During my years contributing to the Geograph project I have cycled the entire distance between Land's End and John o' Groats (split over many rides) and photographed every grid square between the two places in a contiguous track. Here is a record of the journey told ...

A gallery depicting the various types of vessel with steam plant, both self-propelled and dumb, as photographed by Geograph contributors around the UK.I personally have machinery space photographs of some 150 steam vessels and a ready to run digital presentation on steam ships. If anybody wants a ...

Introduction Drill halls were built from 1860 for the local Rifle Volunteer Corps funded by public subscription or local benefactors. This became more formalised with the 1863 Volunteer Act. The units required a secure armoury and place to train. Initially this may have been found in the town hall, ...

Introduction As a collaborative project Geograph contributors have many diverse interests and over the last decade have taken photographs of the Great War sites, memorials and centenary commemorations throughout the British Isles. This article will try to bring together for a larger audience the ...

INTRODUCTION This article takes a little look back at the history of postal addressing, especially the period in the 1970s when the postcodes became national. We look at post towns, postal counties and postcodes and the way these have developed. Following this, an album displays a photograph from ...

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A selection of Geograph photos tweeted or retweeted in October. The first image for each day is the Picture of the Day from the Home page. Regular tweeters are Bob Harvey, Richard Humphrey, Roger Jones, Julian Osley and myself. Inclusion in this gallery ensures that you'll be notified if one of ...