The parish church of St Michael in Ufton, Warwickshire has 13th century origins. There were additions to the church made in the next two centuries. The church has a four bay aisled nave and a two bay chancel. A clerestory was added in the 16th century. The west tower has three stages which were added over time, the third being added in the 15th century.
The church is built from squared coursed lias and limestone with sandstone dressings.
The first piece of retro office technology to be procured this month is this rather pleasing, if a bit basic, Canon Palmtronic 8 calculator. Although the calculator shows signs of a long life, plenty of scuff marks and so forth, it does work still though some of the keys are a little hestitant.
Both station tracks are now fastened down on the new layout. I have decided to use a ballast mat on this layout as will be a lot less messy. Initially, i planned to use glue to stick the track down but it didn't work so well so i have gone back to track pins. Next will be to secure the goods yard, then we can run some trains and start on the scenery!
At the weekend i headed down to Hertfordshire, to Apsley. This was once a centre for paper manufacture (and still has a rather nice Basildon Bond clock on display) though is nowadays a suburb of Hemel Hempstead and leisure and residential accommodation has replaced the old paper factories. I did a canal walk along the Grand Union Canal, other Apsley photos can be seen here.
Then we jump straight into a police procedural after the crime has taken place. The investigation is nicely complicated and involves investigating into the secrets of the victim's past to establish a motive and hence identify the perpetrator. A good read.