A Little More Web Kipple
Time for another round of photographs from the Middlecave Yard demolition and rebuild.
I’ve also managed to dig out a target site plan, something that should help contextualise some of the pictures below. As always, bigger images are just a click away.
Continue reading “The Middlecave Yard Demolition and Rebuild – Mid September 2025”
Period Sites in Period Browsers has just thrown up another interesting little oddity – very early server stats from HM Treasury’s web server.
Continue reading “HM Treasury Web Server Statistics (1994 – 1997)”The Ministry of Truth building as represented in the 1954 Nigel Kneale adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
It’s a lovely bit of matt painting that really emphasises the scale of the Ministry of Truth when compared to the wreckage of the Houses of Parliament.
It also feels like a useful image to have kicking around.
Another one that (currently) doesn’t seem that easy to Google (even though it should be!)
Some photos of the Canal and River Trust’s workboat ‘Gawburn’ moored at Naburn Locks. These were taken at the end of August…
The hoardings for the Kemps Stores expansion from 11 to 13 have gone up!
Happy Autumn Equinox 2025!
If I’ve managed to get my timings right, then this post should go up just as we tick over into autumn.
This is rather nice – every Thunderbird Three launch in Thunderbirds.
Continue reading “Every Thunderbird 3 Launch in Thunderbirds”Righto.com has a rather delightful introduction to and teardown of a Globus INK – a Soviet-era mechanical navigation aid for spaceflight.
A little on the nose, but I found it amusing.
