Wings and Wheels, Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk, England, August 2014

Heritage Wings and Wheels....

Tibenham airfield. situated among the arable lands of the British country side and is of some historical importance to Norfolk Its a former WW2 bomber base that had a connection with a movie actor famous during and after the WW2 era - James Stewart. Norfolk. being closest to to Nazi occupied lands was the logical place to build airbases for bombing missions and so there plenty of them constructed from 1942 onwards. Since the end of WW2, most have been returned to farmland but Tibenham for the most part has survived - well, the runways are still there which is the important aspect, and is now home to a thriving gliding club with a handful of light aircraft based.

Tibenham is quite an appropriate location for holding a heritage event. Long runways ideal for landing those historic WW2 fighter planes and also for showing off some historic Lotus racing cars. Here's a flavour of the days events in pictures.....

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Old British Money, Norwich, England, July 2014

240 Pence was equal to 1 Pound Sterling in the Twentieth Century....

Here's a look at grandpa's collection of old coins. "Nothing extensive just some loose change", he explains as I try to understand British monetary concept before decimalization in the early 70's. Coins back then were heavier, bulkier and more of them.Take for example the one penny, almost four times the size of its 21st century equivalent and a fraction bulkier too. So try to get your head around this kids! 240 pennies made £1 and 12 pennies made a shilling - nowadays of course, a shilling is equivalent to 5 pennies. Unsurprisingly, a 3 penny coin did actually have the same value of 3 pennies, so there was some logic to the system!

here are some examples of old British coins with the earliest dated 1944 - old indeed! Oh, I've included the pound note because that's something I think most British readers will remember during the 80's and 90's.

City Moocher Strikes Again, Norwich, England, July 2014

Yes, the 'Norwich City Centre Moocher' strikes again, mooching around with camera in hand. This time some nice summer scenes and someone with views on current world affairs.....

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City Lion outside the City Hall with a rather colourful background

Tourists a-plenty...



This chap certainly has plenty to write about over Gentleman's Walk  - current world affairs it seems.

A view of St. Peter Mancroft whilst loitering beside Starbucks.

 

Traffic Control Nepali Style, Pokhara, Nepal, April 2014

Traffic......

There's plenty of it in downtown Pokhara, Nepal. Colourful and noisy, it all adds vibrancy to the rhythm of the city....

Here's a short VIDEO showing how one traffic cop is, well, keeping it all moving.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO or this link ---> http://youtu.be/dXT69qQXqmA