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KILLERTON, WEST COUNTRY UK :
Photographs and descriptions of Killerton, a National
Trust property in Devon, UK.
Part of the West Country 2014 Website Series.
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KILLERTON
WEST COUNTRY
2014
A visit to
Killerton,
National Trust Property
in
Devon, UK.
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Killerton and
District
Main Index
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Website Pages
Main Index Page
Introduction
House and Gardens
House Interior
Killerton Chapel
Broadclyst
Clyston Mill
Broadclyst Church
Marker's Cottage
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STOURHEAD, WEST COUNTRY UK :
Photographs and descriptions of Stourhead, a National
Trust property in Wiltshire, UK.
Part of the West Country 2014 Website Series.
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STOURHEAD
WEST COUNTRY
2014
A visit to
Stourhead Estate
National Trust Property
in
Wiltshire, UK.
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Stourhead and
West Country
Main Index
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Website Pages
Main Index Page
Introduction
Stourton Village
St Peter's Church
Estate and Gardens
The Grotto
The Pantheon
Stable Block
Walled Gardens
Stourhead House
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ALAN TURING, HIS LIFE AND 'THE INVESTIGATION GAME' FILM :
Photographs and descriptions of Alan Turing and a Science Museum Exhibition
of his work and life.
A criticism of the film, 'The Imitation Game'
from 'The Guardian' Newspaper.
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ALAN
TURING
EXHIBITION
A visit to
the London Science Museum
and Bletchley Park
and
a description
of the life of
Alan Turing,
cryptographer.
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Alan Turing
Page 1 of the website
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Website Pages
Alan Turing Part 1
including
Early Years
The Imitation Game
Bletchley Park
Bombes
Logic Machine
Alan Turing Part 2
including
Tunny Machine
Colossus
Pilot Ace
DH Comet Aircraft
Homosexuality
Death
Pardon
'The Imitation Game'
'The Guardian' newspaper critique
Portrayal of Alastair Denniston in
'The Imitation Game'
'The Guardian' newspaper critique
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KRAKOW, POLAND :
Photographs and descriptions of historical Krakow, Poland in 2013
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KRAKOW
POLAND
2013
A visit to
Krakow, Poland
including
the City,
Castle and Churches,
Kazimierz,
Oskar Schindler Factory,
Podgorze,
Plaszow and the
Wielicska Salt Mine
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Krakow and Environs
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Introduction
Krakow City (Daytime)
Krakow City (Nightime)
Churches
Castle and Cathedral
Weekend Fete
Kazimierz, Oskar Schindler
and Podgorze etc.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
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BEAULIEU MOTOR MUSEUM, ABBEY, PALACE HOUSE AND
JAMES BOND EXHIBITION :
Photographs and descriptions of buildings
and exhibits in the Beaulieu Estate, Hampshire, UK.
in 2013
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BEAULIEU ESTATE
HAMPSHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
2013
A visit to the
Beaulieu Estate
including the
National Motor Museum
'Bond in Motion' Exhibition,
Abbey,
Palace House,
SOE Exhibition.
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Beaulieu Estate
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Introduction
National Motor Museum
SOE Exhibition
Estate and Gardens
Beaulieu Abbey
Palace House
'Bond in Motion' Exhibition
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AUSCHWITZ VISITED 2013
: Photographs and descriptions of buildings
and exhibits relating to a visit to
Auschwitz Concentration and Extermination
Camp in Poland in 2013.
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AUSCHWITZ VISITED
2013
POLAND
A visit to
Auschwitz
Concentration
and
Extermination Camp
in Poland.
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Auschwitz
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Introduction
Auschwitz I :
Admin and Plan
Entrance and Block
11
Block 11 and Death
Wall
Crematorium I
Assembly and
Admin
Museums
Auschwitz II-Birkenau :
Introduction
Men's Camp
Disembark and Women's
Camp
Gas and
Crematoria
Liberation
Air Reconnaissance
Photo
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DUXFORD AIR MUSEUM, IWM
: Photographs and descriptions of buildings
and exhibits relating to a visit to the
Imperial War Museum, Duxford,
Cambridgeshire, UK in 2013.
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WAR MUSEUM
DUXFORD
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK.
A visit to the
Imperial
War Museum
in Duxford UK.
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Duxford War Museum
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
History of IWM
History of Duxford
IWM
Map and Display
Details
Airspace
Flying Planes and
Restoration
Air and Sea
Battle of
Britain
First World
War
Operations
Room
American Air
Museum
Land Warfare
Hall
Outdoor
Exhibits
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UNITED KINGDOM
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
visits to the UK in 2008 and in subsequent
years. Places visited on those occasions
include a Flower Festival in Woburn
(Bedfordshire).
Apart from the Flower Festival, this
section is presently incomplete.
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UNITED KINGDOM
2008 onwards
Visits to the United
Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
St Mary's Church,
Woburn
Flower Festival
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FRANCE and GERMANY
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
a Travelsphere (UK} tour to Reims, Metz,
Kork and destinations in the Black Forest :
Triberg, Donaueschingen, Staufen, Titisee
and Freiburg in June 2011.
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FRANCE
AND GERMANY
JUNE 2011
A visit to Reims, Metz
and Black Forest
with Travelsphere
based in UK.
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France and Germany
Tour
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Journey to
Reims
Reims
Metz
Kork
Triberg
Donaueschingen
Staufen
Titisee
Freiburg
Homeward Bound
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BELGIUM and FRANCE
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
a Travelsphere (UK} tour to Lille, Bruges,
Ypres and Ghent in June 2011.
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BELGIUM
AND NORTHERN FRANCE
JUNE 2011
A visit to Lille, Ypres,
Bruges and Ghent
with Travelsphere
based in UK.
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Belgium and France
Tour
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Lille
Ghent
Bruges
Ypres
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AUSTRIAN LAKES AND CZECH REPUBLIC
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
a Travelsphere (UK} tour to Austria and
including a short visit to the Czech
Republic in June 2009.
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AUSTRIAN LAKES
AND CESKÝ KRUMLOV
JUNE 2009
A visit to the Austrian
Lakes
and Southern Bohemia
with Travelsphere
based in UK.
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Austrian Lakes Tour
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Journey to and from
Weyregg
Weyregg, Attersee (1)
and Hotel
Mondsee and
Wolfgangsee
Hallstatt
Ceský
Krumlow
Salzburg
Vienna
Vöcklabruck
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THE DOLOMITES AND LAKE GARDA
: Photographs and descriptions of a
Travelsphere (UK) tour to the Dolomites and
Lake Garda in Northern Italy in June
2009.
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ITALY
DOLOMITES AND LAKE GARDA
JUNE 2009
A tour of the Dolomites,
a boat ride on Lake Garda
and a visit to Verona
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The Dolomites and Lake
Garda
Index to site pages
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Website Pages (under
construction)
Home Page
Malosco and Hotel
(under construction)
Dolomites (under
construction)
Verona (under
construction)
Lake Garda (under
construction)
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NEW SOUTH WALES
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
a visit to New South Wales in Australia in
2007. Places visited on that occasion
include: Sydney, Hunter Valley, Botany Bay,
and the south east coast and hinterland
with Bishops' Adventure Tours.
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AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
A visit to New South
Wales
including exploration of
the South East with
Bishops' Adventure Tours
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New South Wales
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Sydney (under
construction)
Botany Bay
(complete)
Bishops' Tour of the
South East
(complete)
Hunter Valley (under
construction)
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CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND
AUSTRIA
: Photographs and descriptions of Christmas
in London, Devon, Paris and Austria
(Fieberbrunn, Salzburg, Innsbruck,
Kitzbüel, Rattenberg) in 2006.
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CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND,
FRANCE AND AUSTRIA
Christmas experiences
in England, France and
Austria 2006/7
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Christmas 2006 in
England
France and Austria
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Austria,
Fieberbrunn
Austria,
Salzburg
Austria,
Innsbruck
Austria,
Kitzbühel
Austria,
Rattenberg
England,
London
England, Devon
France, Paris
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A TASTE OF TUSCANY and
PORTOVÉNERE
: Photographs and descriptions relating to
a tour based in Tuscany in 2006. Places in
Italy visited on that occasion include:
Barga, Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, the
Apuan Alps and marble quarries, Castelnuovo
di Garfagnana, Castiglione di Garfagnana
and Portovénere.
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ITALY
A TASTE OF TUSCANY
A tour of Tuscany
including Florence, Pisa,
Lucca, Barga and Siena
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A Taste of Tuscany
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Barga
Pisa
Lucca
Portovénere
Florence
Siena
Castelnuovo di
Garfagnana
Castiglione di
Garfagnana
Apuan Alps and marble
mines
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FRANCE - PART ONE
: Photographs and descriptions of Paris,
Normandy (including the D Day Beaches,
Deauville, Bayeux, Orléans, Monet's
Garden, Mont St Michel), Loches, Orleans,
Angers and Fontainebleau, taken in 2004.
FRANCE - PART TWO
: Photographs and descriptions of Albi,
Carcassonne, Sarlat, Najac, Cordes sur
Ciel, Payrac, Rocamadour, Castres, Cahors,
St Cirq Lapopie, La Roque Gageac, St
Antonin Noble Val, Bruniquel etc. resulting
from a Page and Moy (UK) tour that took
place in the autumn of 2005.
FRANCE - PART THREE
: Photographs and descriptions of places in
Provence including Gréoux-les-Bains,
Aix-en-Provence, Gorges de Verdon,
Bonnieux, Cassis, Gordes and the Lavender
Museum in Coustellet resulting from a Page
and Moy (UK) tour that took place in the
summer of 2006.
FRANCE - PART FOUR
: Photographs and descriptions of Annecy,
Montenvers Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Lac du
Bourget, Chanaz, Beaune and Paris resulting
from a Travelsphere (UK) tour that took
place in June 2008.
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FRANCE
PART ONE
Photographs and
historical description of
places in Normandy
Touraine and Paris
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France
Part One
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Paris Home
Page
Giverny
Rouen
Normandy (D Day
Beaches, Bayeux, Deauville and
Honfleur)
Mont St Michel
Fontainebleau
Eiffel Tower
Eurostar and Gare du
Nord (Paris)
Loches
(Touraine)
Musee d'Orsay
(Paris)
Orléans
Angers and Tours
(Touraine)
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FRANCE
PART TWO
Recent photographs and
historical description of
selected places in
Langedoc and Dordogne
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France
Part Two
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Albi and Payrac -
Hotels etc.
Albi
Najac
Cordes sur
Ciel
Bruniquel
St Antonin Noble
Val
Castres
Carcassonne
St Cirq
Lapopie
Rocamadour
Sarlat
La Roque
Gageac
Cahors
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FRANCE
PART THREE
Recent photographs and
historical description of
selected areas of
Provence
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France
Part Three
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Home Page
Gréoux -
Hotel
Gréoux
Cassis
Aix-en-Provence
Bonnieux
Gordes
Coustellet Lavender
Museum
Gorges de
Verdon
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FRANCE
PART FOUR
Photographs and
historical description of
Annecy, Mont Blanc,
Beaune and Paris
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France
Part Four
Index to site pages
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Website Pages
Setting Out
Beaune
Annecy
Montenvers and Mont
Blanc
Lac du Bourget and
Chanaz
Homeward Bound
Paris
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BEDFORD AND DISTRICT
: The site contains a number of photographs
of Bedford Town and School and parts of the
surrounding locality taken in 2003. The
recent (1930s and '40s) history of the now
derelict airfields at Twinwood Farm and
Tempsford, and the village of Cardington is
documented in some detail.
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BEDFORD
AND
DISTRICT
Recent photographs and
historical description of
selected areas of
Bedford and
local villages.
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Bedford
Home Page and links
to site pages
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Pages in the Bedford
and District Site
Bedford Town
Bedford School
Tempsford
Cardington
Twinwoods
Airfield
Cranfield, Bow
Brickhill
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THE LONDON EYE
: Opened officially on the last day of 1999
to commemorate Millenium Year. Pictures of
the Eye and views over London taken from
this very popular tourist
attraction.
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LONDON EYE:
AERIAL VIEWS
OF LONDON
WITHOUT FLYING
London's Millennium
Tourist Attraction.
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London Eye :
Home Page with History and Pictures of the
Observation Wheel
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Pages in the London Eye
Site
History of the
Eye
Pictures of the
Eye
Views from the Eye
1
Views from the Eye
2
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BLETCHLEY PARK, ENIGMA AND ULTRA
: An extensive site devoted to Bletchley
Park in England. 'Britain's Best-kept
Secret' refers to the Estate and Mansion in
Buckinghamshire where the secrets of the
German 'Enigma' machine were unravelled in
WWII. 'Ultra', Alan Turing's bombes and
'Colossus' are all described in this site
and there are many photographs.
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BLETCHLEY PARK:
ENIGMA AND ULTRA.,
BRITAIN'S BEST-KEPT
SECRET
A visit to the WWII
secret location where German coded messages
were decrypted and analysed. History and
pictures of the world's first computer,
'Colossus', and the German 'Enigma' and
'Lorenz' machines.
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Bletchley Park
Home Page with maps, an aerial view of the
Park and details of the pages in the
site.
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Pages in the Bletchley
Site
Bletchley Park Estate
to 1939
Enigma and
GC&CS.
The Poles and
Enigma
Turing and the
Bombes
The Huts: An
overview
German Naval
Codes
Huts 3,4,6 and
8
Blocks A,B,C,D,E and
F
Views of the Estate
(1)
Views of the Estate
(2)
Lorenz and
Colossus
Links,
Bibliography
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AMERICA WEST
: A major Travelling Days (Traveling Days)
site, 'America West' includes a tour of the
western states of the United States of
America and Canada, with photographs,
history and descriptions of:
California
(including Disneyland, Big Sur, Crystal
Cathedral, Yosemite, SanFrancisco),
Arizona (Grand
Canyon, Tombstone, Titan Missile, Lake
Havasu, etc.),
Nevada (Las
Vegas, Rhyolite and Tonopah),
Idaho and Montana
(Sun Valley, Craters of the Moon),
Washington and
Oregon (Skagit Tulip Fields, Newport,
Rainforest),
Utah (including
Monument Valley, Arches National Park,
Canyonlands and Salt Lake City).
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AMERICA WEST
An automobile tour of the
Western States of North America
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Arizona
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Morenci Copper
Mine
Tombstone
Titan Missile
Base
Grand Canyon
London Bridge and
Lake Havasu
Tom Mix
Petrified Forest
and Painted Desert
Cochise
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California excluding
Disneyland
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Crystal
Cathedral
Hollywood and
Mann's Chinese Theater
Big Sur
Coloma
Death Valley
Desert Center and
General George Patton
Jamestown and
Sierra Railway
Los Angeles and
Fisherman's Village
RMS Queen
Mary
San
Francisco
Yosemite National
Park
Sequoia National
Park
Joshua Tree
National Park
Sonoma
Valley
Monterey
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Disneyland
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Walt Disney
History of
Disneyland
Disneyland
Tour
Night Events
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Idaho and
Montana
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Lemhi Mountain
Range
Idaho Country
(Challis Region)
Lake
McDonald
Flathead
Lake
Sun Valley
Logging
Craters of the
Moon
Arco and Atomic
Power (EBR1)
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Nevada
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Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Rhyolite
Tonopah
|
Oregon and
Washington
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Skagit Tulip
Fields
Newport
Rain Forests
|
Utah
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Canyonlands
National Park
Newspaper
Rock
Monument
Valley
Arches National
Park
Mexican Hat
Bridal Falls
Salt Lake City and
the Mormons
Colorado
River
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Canada
(British Columbia)
Still under construction
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Vancouver
Rockies
Fort Steele
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KIMBERLEY OUTBACK
: An Australian site traces a journey
through the 'Kimberley Outback' in Western
Australia (including the Bungle Bungles,
Broome, the Ord, Wyndham, Geikie Gorge,
Kununurra and Gibb River Road).
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KIMBERLEY OUTBACK
(AUSTRALIA)
A four-wheel-drive coach
tour of the Kimberley region of Western
Australia
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Introduction
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Alice
Springs
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Starting Off
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Stuart and Buchanan
Highways
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Halls Creek
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Halls Creek
China Wall
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Bungle Bungles
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Bungle Bungles
approach road
Cathedral
Gorge
Campsite
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Geikie Gorge
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Geikie Gorge
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Broome
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Cable Beach and
Camels
Crocodile
Park
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Derby
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Boab Tree
Prison
Derby
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Gibb River Road
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Windjana
Gorge
Manning River
Gorge
Jack's Water
Hole
Pentecost
River
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Wyndham
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Five Rivers
Outlook
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Kununurra
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Ord River Dam and
Irrigation Area
Lake Argyll and
Dam
Ord River
Hidden
Valley
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Katherine to Alice
Springs
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Mataranka
Daly Waters
Pub
Devil's
Marbles
Tour Group
Photos
Finale
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THE 1940s AND 1950s (BEDFORD AND UK)
: This site describes Bedford in England
(with its association at the time with the
BBC) and Bedford School during the WWII
years. The author's experiences during
National Service in Bodmin, Cornwall at the
end of the decade are also included.
The site contains a large
biography/autograph section relating to
famous (and lesser known) personalities
from the 1940s and 1950s including Glenn
Miller, Sir Adrian Boult, Eileen Joyce,
Myra Hess, Eisenhower, Trevor Huddleston,
David Gentleman, T. Howard Somervell,
Rawicz and Landauer, Moisewitsch and many
others.
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THE 1930s, 40s and 50s:
MEMORIES OF
BEDFORDSHIRE
AND CORNWALL
People and places in
England before, during and after WWII.
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Bedford
An Overview
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A brief description of
Bedford with particular reference to the
1930s onwards.
History
John Bunyan
Bedford School
History
Bedford School in the
1940s
Laxton's
Nursery
World War II
events
Photographs of
Bedford
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The BBC in Bedford
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The BBC used Bedford as a
base for its music and religious departments
in WWII.
Bristol to
Bedford
Bedford School and
the BBC
Promenade
Concerts
Sir Henry Wood
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Bedford Miscellany
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The Granada Cinema and
WurliTzer Organ
History of the
organ
Present
location
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The BBC Orchestras
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Personalities in the BBC
Orchestras in the 1940s.
Paul Beard
Marie Wilson
Frederick
Thurston
Sidonie
Goossens
Jack
Mackintosh
Julian Herbage
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Bedford School
during the 1940s
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Memorabilia (classes,
personalities etc) from the 1940s.
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Conductors
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Sir Adrian
Boult
Albert
Coates
George
Thalben-Ball
Basil
Cameron
Clarence
Raybould
Stanford
Robinson
Maurice
Miles
Leslie
Woodgate
Berkeley
Mason
Julius
Harrison
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Composers
|
Anthony
Collins
John Ireland
Constant
Lambert
Matyas
Seiber
Elizabeth
Maconchy
Elisabeth
Luyens
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Singers
|
Eva Turner
George Baker
Owen
Brannigan
Astra
Desmond
Janet Howe
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Pianists
|
Benno
Moiseiwitsch
Leff
Pouishnoff
Louis
Kentner
Moura
Lympany
Rawicz and
Landauer
Myra Hess
Eileen Joyce
The Trimbles
York Bowen and
Harry Isaacs
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Instrumentalists
(Early 1940s)
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Harry
Mortimer
Berkeley
Mason
Teddy Brown
Henry Holst
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Religion
and Drama
(Early 1940s)
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James Welch
Cyril Taylor
Peter
Creswell
Edward
Sackville-West
Cast of
L'Arlesienne
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Glenn Miller
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Glenn Miller and
the
Band of the AEF.
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Personalities
(1940s and 1950s)
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General
Dobbie
Frank Adams
T. Howard
Somervell
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Trevor
Huddleston
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The Late 1940s
Events, Places and
Personalities
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Army service in Cornwall.
RAEC Bodmin
Truro
Helston and
Looe
A.L. Rowse
David
Gentleman
The BBC Symphony
Orchestra in Cornwall.
Sir Adrian
Boult
Stuart Hibberd
Alvar Lidell
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