Showing posts with label Heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heritage. Show all posts
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Gronez Castle Ruins
Gronez is a ruined castle from the 14th century, on the Gronez headland in St ouens and was held by Phillipe de Carteret, against the French when they held half of Jersey, possibly as a shelter for the farmers and people from that side of the Island, between 1461 and 1467, it was built by Sir john de Roches in 1330, at the start of the 100 years war as a place of refuge for the locals from French attacks
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Prisoner in the tower
The artist who carved this statue of the prisoner has captured such a look of sheer misery on the face of this statue that I had to take a photo
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
hands of the dyer
A close up of the wooden hands of the dyer, sometimes I think you can tell a lot with just a small part
The Dyer
This is part of one of the many wooden carved statues around Mont Orgueil castle on the East coast of Jersey, this is the Dyer, taken on my Canon 7
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Tudor Broom maker and seller
We had a Tudor market here a while ago, and this one of the Characters there, a very happy and jolly Mrs Bezel, the brush maker and seller, taken on my Autorange 1620
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Toddlers Victorian Horse, the Merchants House
The toddlers Victorian Rocking Horse in the Merchants House at the Jersey Museum, taken on my Contina using bounced flash
The Play Room,the Merchants House Jersey Museum
The Victorian Rocking horse in the Children's play room in the Merchants house, a Victorian house that was once the Jersey museum, and is now attached to the new museum and art gallery, and has been restored to how it was in the Victorian era. this was taken on my Zeiss Ikon Contina folding 35mm camera using bounced flash
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Neolithic Hut
A closer look at the neolithic hut, with a dug out canoe made some years ago on a neolithic day, again taken on my old rolleuflex
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