It may be functional but the Victorians knew how to make something pretty as well

Derbyshire 33 -Day minus 19/have we enough money/ hop on hop off bus/wedding venues and wedding fayres/Gawsworth Hall /Butterley railway

April 2nd 2017
When I was younger I used to think that time passed by slowly. I remember as a child being told not to waste my time but thought nothing of frittering away a whole 24 hours doing nothing but stay in bed all day and sleep through the night. I must have wasted hour after hour as a teenager doing nothing more than sit around. My mum and gran used to advise me that Time waits for no man. Well at the t ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

12th April 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I love that
As you say, back in the days they knew how to make it both functional and grand looking. You are not the only one who loves wrought iron /Ake

JenGog
Jennifer Jones

wrought iron
Hello Ake - I love the Victorians - they knew how to build something both beautiful and perfecly functional. Why build it ugly when you can make it something special? I loved this footbridge and also the water tower . A trough decorated even though it was just a box on legs . Jennifer

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