{"id":3048,"date":"2016-02-08T21:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:26","slug":"october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2016\/02\/october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short set of pictures from October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MOSISSEM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MOSI SSEM\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MOSISSEM-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Replica of the <a title=\"Wikipedia on the SSEM\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchester_Small-Scale_Experimental_Machine\">Small-Scale Experimental Machine<\/a> at the <a title=\"Wikipedia on MOSI\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Manchester)\">Museum of Science and Industry<\/a>. Built to test fundamental ideas in computing, and completed in mid 1948, the SSEM was the world&#8217;s first stored-program computer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs2larger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3053\" title=\"Britannia stairs\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs2larger-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs2larger-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs2larger-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs2larger.jpg 1685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3054\" title=\"Britannia stairs\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BritanniaStairs.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staircase at the Britannia Hotel. Booked at the last minute (on the way to Manchester!), the Britannia was the epitome of faded grandeur with its magnificent staircase and dated rooms. Unfortunately we had picked a weekend when the Conservative party were holding their annual conference in Manchester, and the night was disturbed by so-called &#8220;rave against austerity&#8221; by protesters in nearby Piccadilly Gardens. Sigh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PenistoneCountryPark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3056\" title=\"Penistone Country Park\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PenistoneCountryPark-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PenistoneCountryPark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PenistoneCountryPark-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PenistoneCountryPark.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Penistone Country Park near <a title=\"Wikipedia on Haworth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haworth\">Haworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BrancepethChurch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brancepeth Church\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BrancepethChurch-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BrancepethChurch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brancepeth Church\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BrancepethChurch2-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a devastating fire in 1998, the restoration of St. Brandon&#8217;s church, <a title=\"Wikipedia on Brancepeth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brancepeth\">Brancepeth<\/a>, was completed in 2014. The result is magnificent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WakefieldCathedral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wakefield Cathedral\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WakefieldCathedral-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wikipedia on Wakefield Cathedral\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wakefield_Cathedral\">Wakefield cathedral<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short set of pictures from October. 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