Tag: history

  • Spiru Haret

    Spiru Haret

    Continuing with our Romanian theme, here’s a picture of Spiru Haret (well, a picture of his statue near the university). Spiru (1851 – 1912) was a scientist and mathematician who revolutionised the education system in Romania by setting up schools for young children as well as adults.

  • Old Reflections

    Old Reflections

    This shot shows the first bank in Bucharest reflected in the windows of a nearby modern building. I liked the way the bank is carved up into different sections as each window reflects its image in a slightly different way. Old and new combined.

  • Head and Shoulders

    Head and Shoulders

    Corneliu Coposu was born in Transylvania in 1916, he played a key role in uniting Transylvania with the Romanian state. He was a keen proponent of tolerance and inclusivity, which lead him into a political life. He spent many years in prison for his beliefs, including an eight year stint in solitary confinement.

  • The Gravestone of Flora MacDonald

    The Gravestone of Flora MacDonald

    Flora MacDonald is famed for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape, after the Battle of Culloden. She helped whisk him away to the Isle of Skye. However, she was eventually arrested for her part in this historical story, and was sent to the Tower of London. That wasn’t the end for Flora though, instead she was…

  • Scottish Old Houses

    Scottish Old Houses

    These two buildings stand within the grounds of the Skye Museum of Island Life. These buildings represent a very ancient way of living, in some of the most remote parts of Skye. People lived in these buildings until the end of the 19th Century.

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    Here’s a historical re-enactment character. He was parading around a castle in Wales, several years ago.

  • Jacobite Memorial

    Jacobite Memorial

    Built in 1815, this tower and the statue that stands at the top, is a perpetual tribute to the Jacobite clansmen who fought and died for (deep breath)… Prince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (20th December 1720 – 30th January 1788) – though you may know him as Bonnie Prince Charlie.

  • Abstract Abbey

    Abstract Abbey

    Here’s an unusual shot of Glastonbury Abbey, looking straight up between some of the highest parts of the ruined abbey. I could go on at great length about Glastonbury Abbey and Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, but to be honest many other people have written about it before me (and in far more eloquent…

  • The Old Silver Mine

    The Old Silver Mine

    This rickety structure still stands in Calico, an old, long-abandoned silver mine town in the Mojave desert. At the height of its mining days (which, admittedly, didn’t last too long) between 1883 – 1885, the town had over 500 mines and a population of 1,200 people. These days Calico is a tourist destination, involving gold-panning…