Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

United Kingdom: Jodrell Bank Observatory

Jodrell Bank Observatory  in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the university, to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War. It has since played an important role in the research of meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses, and was heavily involved with the tracking of space probes at the start of the Space Age.


Thanks to Ms S. Montgomery. The stamp on the right is from 2008 and taken from set of 8. Stag Beetle is featured on the stamp. On the left is definitive Machin.
 

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

United Kingdom: Bath

Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century.

Thanks to Ms Nat. She has used classic science friction character Frankenstein by Mary Shelley issued in 2021. On the right is one stamp taken from set of 12, issued in 2020, showing Micheal Burnham from Star Trek series.

United Kingdom: Skara Brae

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Consisting of ten clustered houses, made of flagstones, in earthen dams that provided support for the walls; the houses included stone hearths, beds, and cupboards. A primitive sewer system, with "toilets" and drains in each house, carried effluent to the ocean. The site was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village. Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The Heart of Neolithic Orkney".


Thanks to Tiara Xiara. She has used one stamp from set of 8 on Battle of Wakefield. 
 

Saturday, July 21, 2018

UK: Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened in June 2000.

Thanks to Dr Kiran Acharya.

Thursday, June 28, 2018

UK: Cotswolds Villages

The Cotswolds is home to some of the most unspoilt, historic and famous towns and villages in England. The honey-coloured stone buildings provide a quintessential English charm found no-where else in the world. Beautiful villages such as Snowshill and Painswick nestle in the Cotswold Hills, are sure to delight any visitor. Historical market towns such as Cirencester, Tetbury, Stroud and Tewkesbury offer excellent local shopping with thriving markets bursting with local produce. For those visitors looking to enjoy the countryside from a more urban base the larger towns of Gloucester, with its historic waterfront, and Regency Cheltenham Spa offers impressive architecture, stylish shopping and world-class horse racing.


Thanks to Dr Kiran Acharya

Friday, June 15, 2018

United Kingdom: Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.


Thanks to Ms Laura. The card shows The John Madjeski Garden.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

United Kingdom: St Paul's Cathedral (Wooden Card)

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present cathedral, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Admiral Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill and Baroness Thatcher; jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer; the launch of the Festival of Britain; and the thanksgiving services for the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees and the 80th and 90th birthdays of Elizabeth II.


Thanks to Dr Kiran Acharya for sending this wooden Card.

United Kingdom: The Falkirk Wheel

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The lift is named after the town it resides in of Falkirk in central Scotland. It opened in 2002, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s as part of the Millennium Link project. The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft), but the Union Canal is still 11 metres (36 ft) higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel. Boats must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and one of two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton Boat Lift.



Saturday, June 2, 2018

United Kingdom: Castlerigg Stone Circle

The stone circle at Castlerigg is situated near Keswick in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. Every year, thousands of tourists travel to the site, making it the most visited stone circle in Cumbria. This plateau forms the raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells and from within the circle it is possible to see some of the highest peaks in Cumbria: Helvellyn, Skiddaw,Grasmoor and Blencathra.


Thanks to Dr Kiran Acharya.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

United Kingdom: Stamp on Card

This Butterfly stamp was designed by Mr Gordon Beningheld and was issued by Post Office on the 13 May 1981.

Thanks to Terry.

Friday, September 19, 2014

United Kingdom: Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, United Kingdom. It is the most populous British city outside London.


Thanks to Jean Lee.

England: Nottingham

Nottingham is a city in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. Nottingham is known for its links to the legend of Robin Hood and for its lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.


Thanks to Rachel.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

United Kingdom: Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, stands in a romantic park created by the famous landscape gardener 'Capability' Brown. It was presented by the English nation to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory in 1704 over French and Bavarian troops. Built between 1705 and 1722 and characterized by an eclectic style and a return to national roots, it is a perfect example of an 18th-century princely dwelling. 



Thanks to Ms Maria of UK.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

United Kingdom: Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church

Canterbury, in Kent, has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury's other important monuments are the modest Church of St Martin, the oldest church in England; the ruins of the Abbey of St Augustine, a reminder of the saint's evangelizing role in the Heptarchy from 597; and Christ Church Cathedral, a breathtaking mixture of Romanesque and Perpendicular Gothic, where Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170.




Thanks to Adam of UK.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

United Kingdom: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports and harbours, and their ancillary industries together reflect prolific innovation which, in the early 19th century, enabled the region to produce two-thirds of the world’s supply of copper. The substantial remains are a testimony to the contribution Cornwall and West Devon made to the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Britain and to the fundamental influence the area had on the mining world at large. Cornish technology embodied in engines, engine houses and mining equipment was exported around the world. Cornwall and West Devon were the heartland from which mining technology rapidly spread. 
On the card Top left :Botallack, near St just; Top right: Levant beam engine, near Pendeen; Bottom left: Wheal Coates, near St Agnes; Bottom right: Risney, near Praa sands. 



Thanks to Ms Feb for the nice Multiview card. 

Sunday, November 15, 2009

England: Westminster Abbey

Westminster abbey is mainly a Gothic church and a traditional place of coronation and burial site for English. Some famous personalities buried here include Issac Newton, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin.



Thanks to Gibralatr ( his nick Name). Unfortunately card arrived without cancellation.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

United Kingdom: Flag

The Present design of flag dates from the Union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1901. It consists of red cross of Saint George ( England ), edged in white, superimposed on the cross of St Patrick ( Scotland ), which are superimposed on the Saltire of St Andrew ( Wales ).




Thanks to Valevie and Mathew.