{"id":2365,"date":"2014-06-12T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:34","slug":"march-2014-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2014\/06\/march-2014-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2014 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>National Glass Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCradiometers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2366\" title=\"Radiometers, Sunderland Glass Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCradiometers-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCradiometers-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCradiometers-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCradiometers.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGChall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2372\" title=\"Main hall, Sunderland Glass Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGChall-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGChall-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGChall-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGChall.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Main hall of the <a title=\"Wikipedia on NGC\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Glass_Centre\">National Glass Centre<\/a>, Sunderland. (L) It would have been good to see the chandeliers made of radiometers with some sun on them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCdemo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2371\" title=\"Demo at Sunderland Glass Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCdemo-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCdemo-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCdemo-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NGCdemo.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former employees of a now-closed local glass factory demonstrating their skills, making a large cylinder of coloured glass. Sunderland used to have a number of glass factories, but these have all closed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keighley &amp; Haworth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Haworth_bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2367\" title=\"Bridge, Worth valley\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Haworth_bridge-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Haworth_bridge-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Haworth_bridge-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Haworth_bridge.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abandoned bridge in the <a title=\"Wikipedia on River Worth\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Worth\">Worth valley<\/a> near Haworth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_curve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2368\" title=\"KWVR engine on curve\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_curve-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_curve-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_curve-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_curve.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the train between Haworth and Keighley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_station.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2370\" title=\"KWVR, Keighley station\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_station-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_station-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_station-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_station.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_engine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2369\" title=\"KWVR engine\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_engine-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_engine-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_engine-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/KWVR_engine.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Keighley terminus of the <a title=\"Wikipedia on KWVR\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keighley_and_Worth_Valley_Railway\">Keighley and Worth Valley Railway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skipton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCanal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2379\" title=\"Skipton canal\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCanal-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCanal-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCanal-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCanal.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCastleRear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2376\" title=\"rear of Skipton Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCastleRear-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCastleRear-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCastleRear-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonCastleRear.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) The short <a title=\"Wikipedia on Thanet canal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanet_Canal\">Thanet canal<\/a> runs from a junction with the Leeds-Liverpool canal and behind (R) <a title=\"Wikipedia on Skipton Castle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skipton_Castle\">Skipton castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2377\" title=\"View from Skipton parish church\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2378\" title=\"View from Skipton parish church\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView2-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView2-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SkiptonChurchView2.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views from the tower of the parish church of Skipton over the castle. The tower happened to be open for tours and demonstrations of bell ringing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rochdale canal summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CanalRailway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2375\" title=\"Railway bridge over canal\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CanalRailway-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CanalRailway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CanalRailway-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CanalRailway.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Railway viaduct over the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Rochdale Canal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rochdale_Canal\">Rochdale canal<\/a>, south of Todmorden. Later modes of transport were not so accommodating; the building of the M62 motorway cut the canal in two, and an alternative route needed to be built when the canal was gradually re-opened for navigation in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenCanal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2383\" title=\"Leeds-Liverpool canal\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenCanal-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenCanal-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenCanal-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenCanal.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLSummit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2381\" title=\"Leeds-Liverpool canal summit\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLSummit-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLSummit-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLSummit-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLSummit.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(R) Looking towards the summit pool, 600 ft (183 m) above sea level, contrasting with other canals across the Pennines which use tunnels e.g. the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Huddersfield Narrow Canal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huddersfield_Narrow_Canal\">Huddersfield Narrow Canal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenGoats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2382\" title=\"Goats at Todmorden\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenGoats-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenGoats-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenGoats-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TodmordenGoats.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLCanalMadGoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2380\" title=\"LL canal goat\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLCanalMadGoat-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLCanalMadGoat-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLCanalMadGoat-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LLCanalMadGoat.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goats seemed to be popular along the route!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Glass 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