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

Shackled feet of the Prisoner

The shackled feet of the Tower Prisoner

Prisoner in the Tower 2

A closer look at the wonderful face of the Prisoner

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

The Tudor Boot make

The tudor boot maker with his leather,tools and some boots for sale

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

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 1

The Morris Musicians at La Hougue Bie, under the trees, taken on my Rolliecord VA2

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 8

The singer/Guiter player at La Hougue Bie Spring Festival taken on my Rolleicord VA2

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 7

The first guiter man at La Hougue Bie

La Hougue Bie spring festival 6

Singer and guiter man at La Hougue Bie Rolleicord VA2

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 5

A family group toasting marshmallows on the bonfire at the spring festival. Rolleicord VA2

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 3

The Jersey Lilies lady's morris team

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 2

The second shot of the Morris muscians at the Spring Festival taken on my Rolleicord VA2

La Hougue Bie Spring Festival 1

The Morris Muscians Rolleicord VA2

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

Neolithic Hut at La Houge Bie

The Neolithic hut at La Hougie Bie taken in early spring on my Rolleiflex