Stratford Upon Avon

Stratford Upon Avon

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date . . . . Sonnet 18 1-4 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

Men of Belfast

Men of Belfast

We gaze from the Cavehill’s summit, The pride in our eyes aglow, As we look on a slumberless city, That stretches her arms below.

 

The Diagonal Steel Trap

The Diagonal Steel Trap

An’ he welds it all on till the engine, An’ he says to the wonderin’ mob, As long as that gauge is at zero, The Steam Trap is doin’ it’s job!

 

Coventry

Coventry

95 miles (153 km) northwest of London, 19 miles (30 km) east of Birmingham, and further from the coast than any other city in Britain

 

Ulster Museum, Belfast

Ulster Museum, Belfast

yesterday and today

 

Botanic Gardens & Avenue, Belfast

Botanic Gardens & Avenue, Belfast

A sunny afternoon in September

 

The Gasworks

The Gasworks

I met my love by the Gasworks wall, dreamed a dream by the old canal, kissed my girl by the factory wall, dirty old town…..you dirty old town.