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Events from British history that took place ..... on this day |
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Downloadable desktop wallpaper 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1680x1050 |
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(downloadable jigsaw - 2 sizes available) |
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With regularly updated background picture |
Downloadable desktop wallpaper |
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Change your wallpaper every day! (Size 1024x768) |
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Wallpaper images from previous weeks |
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More images from the previous weeks |
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1024x768 wallpaper from our home town |
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The East Lancashire Railway - Ramsbottom |
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How to adjust brightness / contrast for better viewing |
Preview all the screensaver images |
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Four spring images from Beautiful Britain |
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Four summer images from Beautiful Britain |
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Four autumn images from Beautiful Britain |
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Four winter images from Beautiful Britain |
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The four seasons images dissolve and merge |
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Three merging images, all from Scotland |
Preview the available jigsaws |
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(downloadable jigsaw - 2 sizes available) |
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(downloadable jigsaw - 2 sizes available) |
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(downloadable jigsaw - 2 sizes available) |
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Photograph by Les Schofield from Rossendale |
National Trust garden - Biddulph - Stoke on Trent |
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Spectacular gardens in Bodnant - North Wales |
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The Isle of Bute - Argyll and Bute Scotland |
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Unspoilt National Trust for Scotland village |
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Hidden gardens in the Peak National Park - Derbyshire |
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The world famous and spectacular 'biomes' in Cornwall |
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The story of the Great Plague - Eyam village, Derbyshire |
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Yorkshire village, famous for Emily, Anne and Charlotte Bronte |
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North Wales village used in the cult TV series 'The Prisoner' |
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England's prettiest counties. Based on a survey by Country Life magazine. Plus, why American author Bill Bryson loves Britain. |
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Where to find Britain's smallest house, its shortest street, the highest inn, its largest lake etc. etc. |
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Quirky & humorous signs collected whilst 'Out & About' |
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Sign Language - page 2 |
More humorous signs & pictures collected whilst 'Out & About' |
Lincolnshire - Flower decorated floats in an annual parade |
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The end of an era as the Flower Parade is axed |
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This page contains images from the North of England used as film & TV locations |
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The superb isolation of Wast Water in the Lake District |
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Candlelit carol concert at Hardcastle Crags |
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Delightful Yorkshire town on Britain's east coast |
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Spring time flowers in deciduous woodland |
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Delightful Lancashire village with Bronte associations |
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Thumbnail images and links to each of the pages above |
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On screen or printable crossword. All the information required to complete this crossword can be found in the Out & About section of this website! |
Former Lancashire mill town - Rossendale Valley |
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Cowm Reservoir and Healey Dell Nature Reserve |
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Watercolours by local amateur artist Brian Clegg |
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The badger image was created for this web site by Brian Clegg |
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The Heritage Museum & The Whitworth Historical Society |
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'Old' Whitworth - trams, omnibus, steam train, etc. |
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Winter programme - Whitworth Heritage museum |
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Can you help these people trace their roots to the Rossendale valley? |
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Views of Whitworth available for download as 1024x768 wallpaper |
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Whitworth Community website |
Thumbnail pictures of pond construction |
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Yes! The benefits of building a pond are outlined here |
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Young children? Consider the safety issues |
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Ponds for fish are rarely compatible with wildlife ponds |
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Choices - Flexible liner or pre fabricated pond? |
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But read this page first! |
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Liner types and pond underlay |
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Random stone or grass edges? Plus other tips |
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Oxygenators and floaters, with some recommendations |
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Marginal plants and deep water aquatics |
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Before and after pictures of the wildlife pond |
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Pond problems. Frequently asked questions |
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Frogspawn, tadpoles and frogs - Frequently asked questions |
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The frogspawn and its development |
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Spawning time. This year we had 40 adult frogs our small pond! |
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Prevents tadpoles being sucked into the pump gauze |
Bird Boxes, Bird Food & Feeders
Bird box building and installation - Frequently asked questions |
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Construction plans for making your own blue tit / great tit nest box |
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The completed box, ready for hanging and eventual occupation |
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Help to reverse the decline of the once common house sparrow |
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Cutting plans for this 3-in-one sparrow bird box |
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It was a cold wet spring. The mealworms were a true lifesaver |
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How to keep your garden birds healthy in spring & summer |
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How to keep your garden birds healthy in autumn & winter |
Images from the bird boxes - Nest building |
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Images from the bird boxes - From chicks to fledglings |
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How to install a mini camera in a bird nesting box |
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Captured images of the nest building and the clutch of 11 eggs |
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Pictures of the newly hatched chicks |
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The eleven tiny chicks being fed their live mealworms |
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Two weeks old. How they've grown! |
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But for the eleven blue tits, it's just the beginning |
For children (or the young at heart!) |
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More about these fascinating, nocturnal mammals |
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Rossendale - a stronghold for badgers |
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Badger watching in our Whitworth garden |
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Photograph by Les Schofield from Rossendale |
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Ever present in many gardens |
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Night time images captured with an infra red camera |
Wildlife Gardening & Humane Mouse Traps
Hints on how to attract a variety of wildlife to your garden |
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Native British flowers in our Rossendale garden |
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Relevant links to other wildlife web sites |
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Consider humane traps or chemicals as an alternative to traditional spring loaded traps and poisons |
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Two humane traps reviewed |
Cruising Britain's canals in a Wilderness trailable boat |
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Canal & Riverboat test review of the Wilderness Beaver boat |
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Wilderness Beaver Boat - Interior photographs |
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Britain's highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel |
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Housed in the rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse |
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Location map and brief details of the canal's history |
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Pictures taken shortly before the canal was reopened |
A Cruise on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal - "The Impossible Restoration"
A cruise on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal - page 1 of 6 |
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Stalybridge & the canal - completely transformed |
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Mostly rural. The Diggle flight leads to Standedge Tunnel |
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Diggle & Marsden pictures, plus The Standedge Experience |
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Pleasant section with a new canal channel at Slaithwaite |
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At Huddersfield the canal is tunneled under factories |
Pictures of a former Norfolk Broads hire cruiser. The boat's owner would appreciate any further pictures or history. |
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The story of Broad Ambition and her on-going restoration. (Broad Ambition is a former Norfolk Broads hire cruiser, previously named Star Supreme 1) |
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The history of Monarch, a 1938 former Norfolk Broads hire cruiser. Pictures and history by the boat's owners |
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An ex Norfolk Broads hire boat from the 1940s, in private ownership since 1974. Pictures and history by the boat's owners |
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Scanned images and boat info. - Blakes catalogue 1947 |
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Sepia toned holiday pictures from the 1950s |
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More about the Norfolk Broads in the 1950s |
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Colour pictures from the 1960s - Broads wooden cruisers |
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More Norfolk Broads boats + Horning village 1920s-1930s |
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External links to other relevant sites |
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