STEAMING OUT OF THE PAST

MEMORIES OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM TRAINS

VIRTUOUS WELL TRELLECH

THIS IS ST ANNE'S WELL OR VIRTUOUS WELL, IN TRELLECH, MONMOUTHSHIRE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HOLY WELL FOR MANY CENTURIES BEFORE 1680. IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, IT WAS COMMON FOR PILGRIMS TO TIE STRIPS OF CLOTH TO NEARBY TREES, A TRADITION WHICH SEEMS TO CONTINUE TODAY.

CHURCH LANE

PICTURESQUE CHURCH LANE

LEDBURY

TWEENTOWN

IF YOU ARE BETWIXT AND BETWEEN, MAYBE THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE

PRIEST ROW

THE NAME, "PRIEST ROW" AT THIS END OF THE STREET, MAKES ONE WONDER WHY SUCH A NAME.

DID PRIESTS OCCUPY THE HOUSES HERE?

THE SIGN AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE STREET REVEALS THE SECRET OF WHY THE STREET IS NAMED

SKIPP ALLEY

IS THIS STREET SIGN A COMMAND OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GO DOWN IT, WAS IT WHAT CHILDREN DID IN IT OR WAS IT A WARNING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE SHALL NEVER KNOW.

DOG HITCH

A HORSE HITCH YES, A DOG HITCH,

WELL, THAT'S A NEW ONE ON ME

UNUSUAL SIGNS

OVER THE NEXT FEW POSTS, I HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE SOME UNUSUAL SIGNS I HAVE COME ACROSS IN MY TRAVELS. I HOPE YOU FIND THEM ENJOYABLE AND AMUSING.

YE OLDE JAIL

THE CITY ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE

WELLS.

IN 1549, IT WAS THE OLDE CITY JAIL AND STILL RETAINS THE ORIGINAL BARRED WINDOWS, CHAINS, LOCKS AND SOLITARY CELL

THE WYE VALLEY

SCENIC WYE VALLEY

MONMOUTHSHIRE

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

THE THRILL OF THE RIDE

SUMMER SEASIDE FUN

ENJOYING DONKEY RIDES

ON THE BEACH

LEDBURY

LEDBURY MARKET HALL

HEREFORDSHIRE

BOOT BATH

AROUND THE 1700's, THIS BOOT BATH WAS USED FOR THE POOR, PARTICULARLY AT ALMSHOUSES, IN LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE. IT WAS TAKEN FROM DOOR TO DOOR WHERE THE OCCUPANT CAME OUT AND CLIMBED IN. AT THE NEXT HOUSE, SOME WATER WAS LET OUT AND FRESH ADDED BEFORE THE NEXT OCCUPANT CLIMBED IN.

SCENIC HEREFORDSHIRE

ROSS ON WYE

HEREFORDSHIRE