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Subject: [Leica] Northamptonshire churches : Sywell, West Haddon and Newnham
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon Nov 21 19:47:04 2005
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You could add to your repertoire other rural buildings that you see on your 
walks -- farm buildings, sheds, pens, shelters and any other structures that 
are there.   I think that would make very interesting subject matter and 
would make a very worthwhile collection to go alongside the churches.


>> Graham,
>>
>> I find your catalogue of Northhamptonshire churches immensely 
>> interesting,
>> creative, and practical.   That's a great accomplishment.   Have you
>> catalogued any other types of buildings?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> > For those interested in this sort of thing:
>> >
>> > Updates for Sywell, West Haddon and Newnham. Pity the bell ringers at
>> > Newnham when it's windy and wet.
>> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/Northamptonshire_Churches/M-Z/index.htm
>> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Bob,
>
> I started shooting the village churches when I was posting a set of shots
> with text each week to document my latest walk.  I stopped doing the 
> weekly
> text/shots combination but because of the interest expressed in the church
> shots I carried on shooting them as a record more than anything else. I 
> know
> there are at least two men of the cloth on the lists who were particularly
> interested and my own interest grew as I realised that each church is 
> little
> time capsule, usually 12th to 14th century, of local and occasionally
> national history.
>
> As I already post more than my fair share of shots the church shots 
> started
> to stack up but the recent blitz to get up to date is almost done and I 
> will
> start to take more when I have cleared the backlog completely.
>
> I haven't specifically shot any other types of building in the area ( the
> rush of air you just heard was a collective sigh of relief from those who 
> do
> not like the church stuff :-) )
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
>
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