Poole (Twin Sails) Lift Bridge, Poole, Dorset, England
The Twin Sails Scaffold (otherwise called The Subsequent Harbor Crossing) is a twofold leaved bascule span in Poole, Dorset, Britain. The scaffold gives a subse…
UK
UK landmarks and the stories behind them, from piers and railway stations to churches, engineers and remembered faces across England, Scotland, Wales and…
Dinton Castle, Buckinghamshire, UK
Dinton Castle (also known as Dinton Folly) is located north of the village of Dinton, Buckinghamshire and was built as a successor to Dinton Hall, designed by S…
Kitley Show Cave, Devon, England
Kitley Show Cave is a solution cave in Yealmpton, Devon, England. Originally discovered by quarrying, it used to be open to the public as a show cave, but is no…
Bulmore Lido, Caerleon, Wales
Bulmore Lido, on the banks of the River Usk, became Newport's favourite out-of-town resort in the 1930s. Built in 1934, a private company acquired land on part…
Abertillery Lido, Wales
In 1910, the Abertillery open air pool was built high up on the hillside in the trees. In the picture below, the pool awaits its first bathers. By the 1950s, th…
Pontllanfraith Baths, Wales
The open-air swimming baths in Pontllanfraith opened in the 1930s and remained in use for much of the rest of the twentieth century. It was the only baths in th…