Tag: Tamworth

• Underneath the Arches….

  This week’s Saturday Snapshot hasn’t moved far from Tamworth Station, because on this day (August 4) in 1839, railway pioneer George Stephenson drove one of his engines across the newly constructed 19 Arches spanning the Anker Valley at Tamworth. Behind the engine (which was named after the town) were six carriages packed local VIPs and…

  chrisharding53

  August 4, 2012

  George Stephenson, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Tamworth, The Arches, trains, viaduct

• Saturday Snapshots of a Warrior Queen

  I took this picture of Tamworth Castle a couple of years ago,and some of the trees have been cut back, but it shows themound (said to have been built by Ethelfleda) fairly clearly. I am feeling sad today, because my elder daughter left this morning to set up a home of her own with her…

  chrisharding53

  June 16, 2012

  Castle, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Saturday Snapshot, Saxons, Tamworth, Vikings, Warrior Queen