Cream 706L

Another General Post Office dialphone has joined the collection, and another 706L. This one is in cream and has a clear dial unlike my original black 706L, the dial also works on this phone too. A lovely looking telephone.

Warwickshire Places (26) : Long Itchington

The village of Long Itchington is east of Leamington Spa in central Warwickshire.

The village takes it's name from the river Itchen which flows past it. The village has existed since Saxon times, it is said to have been the birthplace of Saint Wulfstan in 1012. The parish church has existed since the early Norman times. A Tudor house in the village was stayed at twice by Queen Elizabeth it is believed in the early 1570s.

To the south of the village was a cement works, a model village being built to house the workers. The cement works has now closed but quarrying continues at the site. The village has no railway station though once was a stop on the Weedon to Leamington Spa Line which closed to passengers in 1958.

Hartford and Lostock Gralam

Yesterday, i headed up to revisit Hartford which i have not been to for some time. My plan though was to walk the mile to Greenbank station and then take a short local train trip to a new Cheshire village. That village was Lostock Gralam. I didn't spend a lot of time there due to needing to get the train back to Greenbank but i saw the interesting church. You can see my photos here.

Churches (243) : St Peter, Elworth

The parish church of St Peter in Elworth, near Sandbach in Cheshire was built in 1845-6, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott whose other work included St Pancras railway station! The church has a nave, chancel and a north porch. To the west is an open turret with one bell. The church has two small vestries.

The church has a stone exterior and a dark stained deal roof with oak mountings.

Arriving at Collingham

In Nottinghamshire.