Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>wrote: >Very nice set, Alan. >The "outbuilding" at Whitby Abbey was, by the way, the >mansion and banqueting hall of Lord Cholmley. Built in >1672, it lost much of its roof in a storm in 1790 and >was partly demolished. In 1866 supporting arches were >installed. It was taken in hand by the Ministry of >Works (now National Heritage) who did further >structural repairs to preserve it and it finally opened >as a museum, shop and visitor information centre in 2002. >Cheers, and thanks for posting them >Douglas ========================================================================================================== Thanks for looking at the set, and thank you for the information. I didn't know what to call the building, and now I can update the metadata. I've picked about twenty more UK favorites to scan in the coming weeks (or months). -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt