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New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometres) from Lanark, in Lanarkshire, and some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1785 and opened in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. We had a fascinating time in this well preserved and functioning village. Two historical homes were also open to the public. The PiP shows the interiors of a worker's home. There is also a trip through one of the the mills with holograms on the walls to indicate what was going on in the area. Very educational. Courtesy of Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Lanark

Today's Sunday Challenge is: A photo collage The photos were taken at Ellesmere and then travelling to Ruyton XI Towns. From top left clockwise: Oxlip, Ducklings, Small Bronze Figurine, Blackthorn Blossom, Grape Hyacinths and Lathyrus vernus, Stained Glass Window, and Hot Air Balloon.

The birds are very territorial during breeding season, and will fight with other members of their species, as well as other water birds such as ducks and coots, to drive them out of their territory. This bird had chased off quite a few contenders for territory, and I think the exposed white rump was an indication of aggression.

The back of the Lady Lever art gallery. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The clickable PiP is part of the ceiling decoration in the Chinese room, devoted to Lord Leverhulme's collection of artifacts from Asia.

Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever); work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight. Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and was declared a conservation area in 1978. Port Sunlight has been informally suggested for World Heritage Site (WHS) status to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for future generations; however, it is not yet on the current UK "tentative list" for future consideration as a WHS. In 1887, Lever Brothers began looking for a new site on which to expand its soap-making business. The company bought 56 acres (23 ha) of flat unused marshy land in Cheshire, south of the River Mersey. It was large enough to allow space for expansion, and had a prime location between the river and a railway line. The site became Port Sunlight, where William Lever built his works and a model village to house his employees. William Lever (who was created a baronet in December 1911, and was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as The 1st Baron Leverhulme in June 1917, and was further advanced to being The 1st Viscount Leverhulme in December 1922) personally supervised planning the village, and employed nearly thirty different architects. Between 1899 and 1914, 800 houses were built to house a population of 3,500. The garden village had allotments and public buildings including the Lady Lever Art Gallery, a cottage hospital, schools, a concert hall, open air swimming pool, church, and a temperance hotel. Lever introduced welfare schemes, and provided for the education and entertainment of his workforce, encouraging recreation and organisations which promoted art, literature, science or music. The historical significance of Port Sunlight lies in its combination of model industrial housing, providing materially decent conditions for working people, with the architectural and landscape values of the garden suburb, influenced by the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Each block of houses was designed by a different architect. Courtesy of Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sunlight William Leverhulme was a forward thinker, a philanthropist and way ahead of his time.

Today's Sunday challenge 39 is: Open door

The German eagle taken from Minden barracks in Germany the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry is now in the gardens of Shrewsbury castle and Shropshire Regimental Museum. It was taken from Minden Barracks, Cologne, Germany, while the King's Shropshire Light Infantry were there as part of the British Army of the Rhine in 1925

When the leaves of the Aesculus hippocastanum fall, the stalk breaks away from the twig it was attached too. As they detach, the stalk leaves a scar on the twig which is said to perfectly resemble the shape of a horseshoe. The scar is even complete with nail holes. Here it is possible to see the horseshoe shaped scar left by last year's leaf on the twig. The rings on the bark shows how much the twig has grown in a year. The amount of growth in 2022 is greater than that of 2021.

Today's' Sunday Challenge is: SC38 BOKEH The PiP shows a more advanced stage of the horse chestnut. Note that it is possible to see the horseshoe shaped scar left by last year's leaf.

Severn Bridge Junction signal box in Shrewsbury is Grade II listed and the largest mechanical signal box in the world that is still operational, has just received its biggest refurbishment in more than a decade. The 117-year-old signal box retains its original 180 levers, with 89 of them still in use today, and is responsible for signalling around 280 trains every day. 117-year-old railway signal box refurbished in Shrewsbury The first PiP is taken from Platform 3 in the station. The second PiP is taken from the Dana footbridge and one can see Shrewsbury Abbey from here