John Sheldon's photos
14 Jun 2023
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Victorian Clock at Broadstairs, Kent
Broadstairs is a popular British coastal holiday town. It developed in Victorian days and the novelist Charles Dickens found inspiration for some of his books there.
14 Jun 2023
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Telephone Cable in Kent
Between Ramsgate and Broadstairs, Kent, England.
14 Jun 2023
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The E W Pugin bust at Granville House
At Ramsgate, Kent, England.
A bust of Edward Welby Pugin stands before the building, formerly known as the Granville Hotel, that he designed. A W Pugin was the son of Augustus Pugin (famed for the Palace of Westminster interior and the Big Ben clock tower in London).
14 Jun 2023
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Molecule hands at Ramsgate #4
A pair of hands, 8 feet tall, emerging from the ground and cradling a molecule is located on the Westcliff Promenade, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. The sculpture was funded by David Barnes and funded by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It was unveiled in June 2000 to mark the opening of the National Cycle Network (Route 15) in Thanet, Kent.
14 Jun 2023
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Molecule hands at Ramsgate #3
A pair of hands, 8 feet tall, emerging from the ground and cradling a molecule is located on the Westcliff Promenade, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. The sculpture was funded by David Barnes and funded by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It was unveiled in June 2000 to mark the opening of the National Cycle Network (Route 15) in Thanet, Kent.
14 Jun 2023
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Molecule hands at Ramsgate #2
A pair of hands, 8 feet tall, emerging from the ground and cradling a molecule is located on the Westcliff Promenade, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. The sculpture was funded by David Barnes and funded by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It was unveiled in June 2000 to mark the opening of the National Cycle Network (Route 15) in Thanet, Kent.
14 Jun 2023
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Molecule hands at Ramsgate #1
A pair of hands, 8 feet tall, emerging from the ground and cradling a molecule is located on the Westcliff Promenade, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. The sculpture was funded by David Barnes and funded by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It was unveiled in June 2000 to mark the opening of the National Cycle Network (Route 15) in Thanet, Kent.
16 Aug 2023
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Calm sea at evening on the Solent
Brittany Ferries' Mont St Michel approaches Portsmouth.
The large structures to the port side of the ship are forts built to defend the coast from naval attack.
13 Jun 2023
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Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial, Kent, England
At the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum at Manston, Kent, England. It is a museum dedicated mainly to the Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft that played a huge role in the 'Battle of Britain' in the 2nd World War.
Next door to this is the RAF Manston Museum.
The poem on the statue plinth can be read if this picture is enlarged on screen.
