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

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 17th
1.

Church Of All-Saints
High Street
Normanton
Wakefield

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bacon,_Baroness_Bacon

She also has a Blue Plaque on the Town Hall


I knew the Geoff Lofthouse, who's mentioned in this 'Yorkshire Post' obituary;
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...-from-mining-community-to-westminster-1787000

In later years, he became Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Lofthouse
Circa 2009 - 2010, he was our Non-Executive Chairman, & an utterly splendid chap to talk to, get him talking about industrial heritage (for example) & you had a friend!! (not even Consultants/Board Directors wanted to interrupt him!!)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 17th

2.

Church Of All-Saints
High Street
Normanton
Wakefield

Penbank Lock & keepers house
The lock was superceded/fell into dereliction, when that section of the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal opened in the late 1830s
The m/way shown on the OS map, is the M62, between jcts 30 (north-west) & 31(south-east)
The later 'cut' can be seen passing east-west
The Keepers House can be seen to the east of the M62, between the Calder & A&CNC
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6481904
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6481896


Foxholes Tavern, named after the Lock opposite, that connected the River Calder to the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Foxholes Lock; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6717586


There isn't a photograph of the Tavern on Geograph, but it stood opposite the lock; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1941714
The buildings shown aren't part of the tavern, but.... when our daughter was at junior school (they called it a 'prep school' in all literature/circulars) the 2 daughters of the family that owned that house was in the same form
Not seen them for a long time, but I sometimes see the mum driving, if I ride down to/back from the Canal

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 17th
3.

Wakefield Road/A636
Denby Dale

The Pie Hall, & more appropriately the 'Pie Dish' is a landmark in the village

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9jq779kq7o


https://traditionalcustomsandceremonies.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/customs-occasional-denby-dale-pies/
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/980210
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2845422

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 18th
1.

NewLands Lane
Normanton
Wakefield
I think, after 20 years of riding/running/walking various dogs around here, I know where to go

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3516028

The sign is left from last weekends; https://nggonline.org.uk/wordpress/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 18th
2.

Central Market Buildings
Altofts Road
Normanton
Wakefield
RJ ('Bob') Burgess is a local funeral director, they own most of the building, as offices/garage/chapel of rest

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/363075

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 18th
3.

Coronation Clock
Altofts Road (junction with Lower Station Road - to left)
Normanton
Wakefield

The green shuttering, under the scaffolding was the main Post Office, which was one that closed under the Horizon scandal
The cream coloured portion was the Yorkshire Bank

Yorkshire Bank; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959956
Post Office; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/853973
Clock; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/363008

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 18th
4.

TSB (as was)
Altofts Road
Normanton
Wakefield

Very much a 1930s design

Circa 1955 (so it states)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 19th
1.

Boundary Stone
Halifax Road/A61
Wadsley Bridge(?)
Sheffield
South Yorkshire

En-route home, from a visit to Decathlon

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6561315

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 18th
2.

Finger-Post
Halifax Road (turns into Penistone Road, north of this crossroads)
Grenoside
Sheffield
South Yorkshire

The city was entirely within the West Riding, before it was abolished in 1974

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6546851

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 18th
3.

MileStone
Penistone Road/A61
Grenoside
Sheffield
South Yorkshire

(less than 50yards north of #2)

It's got even crustier, since this photograph was taken in 2006; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6742730

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 20th

Royal York Hotel
George Street
Ryde
Isle Of Wight

My wife sent this to me, as she (& her sister) were on the island yesterday
It's look rather neglected

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101033352-royal-york-hotel-ryde
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/173062

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 21st

Ringway Road
(with a drop-off at Terminal 3)
Styal(?)
Manchester

A reminder of the original name of the airport, & how l still refer to it

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5348279

We left here, at 16:15, as daughter & friend both drove here, as I was taking for a long weekend abroad
(wife's picking them up 'early hours', Monday morning)

I got home at about 19:00, as to my delight, the congestion was nowhere near as bad whilst returning as l expected, even around the M60 at Stockport (where the brick railway viaduct crosses the valley)

Our daughter is; Amelia Jayne
Coincidentally, the friend is; Amelia Jane……

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 22nd

Whilst walking Doris


Between Goosehill Pond & Goosehill Road
Normanton
Wakefield

The bridge seems to work as a filter, for the iron oxides too
‘Upstream’

‘Downstream’

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/366401

 

[biggs682]

A couple of new to me benchmarks this morning.

First is Guilsborough

Then Hollowell which I think @PeteXXX posted a while ago

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 23rd

Church Of All-Saints
High Street
Normanton
Wakefield

During a walk through the graveyard, l spotted 2 that l’d not noticed before

I know that there’s a few military graves in there, some WW1 (Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, for example) & a trio of RAF graves
One ‘KOYLI’ grave is also marked as a Military Medal holder

This one is poignant, 3 brothers?

I know there’s 2 CBEs in there
One of those is also a Baroness (sits in the House Of Lords)

However, l didn’t realise we had a Count!!

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/99353