Lancaster

Here’s just a few photos from our #wander round Lancaster while Wombette Major was being interviewed, to go with the previous Lancaster #Wander. Hopefully this will flex my blogging muscles, and a few more will follow shortly.

I have no idea what this house (the one on the left)is up one of the back streets of Lancaster, but I did enjoy the crenellations, the arched windows, and the creeping ivy. Shame about the traffic cones in the front garden, but I suppose they keep the vans away. And yes, that’s @little_mavis wandering past.

 

Here’s another impressive pile, the Girls Grammar School. They don’t build ‘em like that any more, do they? Impressive pillars, and sweeping steps leading up to the front door.

 

This photograph shows Penny’s Hospital Almshouses, which are opposite the indoor market, and were built under the will of William Penny in 1720 to provide homes for twelve old people, and included a chapel at the end of the courtyard. In 1974 they were restored and modernised, and are now serving their original purpose again. An inscription above the chapel door reads “FORGET NOT THE CONGREGATION OF THY POOR”

 

Carving and inscription above the door of Windermere House – “This school was rebuilt and ???? by the bounty of R. Newsham Esq. of Preston…. 1849”. The babe on the left is rather attractive, and jutting her hip in a suggestive manner. Or is that just me being a pervy old git?

 

 

 

I couldn’t resist including an alley, since Thom likes them so much. This one leads to the enticing Whaletail Café and a shop selling organic produce

 

 

And finally – not really a true Wander-type shot, but I couldn’t resist the thought that Poundworld (where everything costs just a pound) were having a Sale. As if they needed to!