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Calling prospective cadets!

29 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Mewata Armoury is, to me, one of the signature buildings on the west side of Calgary’s city centre. There’s nothing else quite like it. (Also, what a hoot to see signage in French! The English message was on the other side.)

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On its last legs

05 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The city of Calgary says the 9 Ave. bridge connecting Inglewood and Ramsay to East Village has reached the end of its useful life and is due for replacement this year.

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From the trenches

27 Friday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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London, England, U.K.

These signs, recovered in the aftermath of the First World War and now displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London, helped soldiers navigate the maze of trenches on the front lines.

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Hazards of the job

20 Friday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, journalism, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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London, England, U.K.

This armoured Land Rover, used by Reuters in Gaza, was damaged in a rocket attack in 2006, injuring two journalists. It is displayed in the atrium of the Imperial War Museum in London.

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Letter from King George V

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

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London, England, U.K.

A letter from King George V to U.S. soldiers joining the war effort in Europe in 1918. This artifact is housed in the First World War gallery at the Imperial War Museum.

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Ode to flight

15 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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Imperial War Museum, London, England, U.K.

A Spitfire, foreground, a Harrier, background, and a V1 flying bomb bottom right of frame, hang from the ceiling in the atrium of the Imperial War Museum London. The museum produced a video in 2014 to show how they got the Harrier into the building and suspended it for exhibition.

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Chandelier

30 Saturday Jun 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Cardiff, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Looking up, an opulent chandelier hangs from the high ceiling inside the summer smoking room at the top of Cardiff Castle’s clock tower. Along the walls closer to floor level, of which a small portion is visible in this image, the story of the mythical gods in the 12 zodiac signs is depicted in paintings and sculptures.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, Ninth Edition

27 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Cardiff, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Some of the old books on display as part of the historical exhibit in the residence at Cardiff Castle. (Google tells me the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published in 1889.)

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Castle keep

26 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Cardiff, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

The first set of stairs to the keep at Cardiff Castle.

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Baths and Abbey

21 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in England, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Bath, England, U.K.

The other day, I posted a photo shot while looking down at the Roman Baths from the top of Bath Abbey. This image shows the other perspective — standing on the original Roman ground floor level at the Roman Baths, looking up at Bath Abbey’s clock tower.

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