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PICTURES

In response to a request for a higher-profile link to the various pictures that we have published in the past, we’ve gathered together on one page links to all the pictures we have been involved with since mid-2002 when we moved to our present host.

These are grouped into eight categories:

Photo Comp   Wildlife   Profiles   Norman's Leaving Do   Other Events   Birds   Wellesbourne Past and Present   Wildlife in Indonesia

Note that since we lost the site, some pages have not been restored, and pages from May 2007 and earlier are not available. Added to that, we are up to our free storage quota (25mb) so anything over 2 years old will gradually start disappearing to make room for recent news and pictures.
Rather than delete references entirely, I am showing with a grey background anything which is currently unavailable. I am trying to find an alternative site to store the earlier material: the one I found isn't working very well. Please let me know if you want any unavailable material - Peter.
  1. 2002 Photo Comp - a set of 4 pictures of Wellesbourne, presumably part of a competition. We featured a set of links to them over several months. Go there.

  2. Wildlife pictures - these are line drawings; Pam submitted one a month over a few months. For more of her sites see More About Wellesbourne. You can look at the picture on its own (enlarged in some cases) or in context.
    Date Type Name and Link Context
    Sep 2002 Flower Calvary Clover (announce)
    Dec 2002 Butterfly Marbled White (announce)
    Jan 2003 Fungus Shaggy Inkcap (announce)
    ??? 2003 Flower Yarrow (none)
    Jun 2003 Flower Cowslip page 3
    Jul 2003 Flower Bee Orchid page 5
    Jun 2004 Flower Scurvy Grass + Sea Spurry page 4
    Oct 2005 Sheepdog Toby (by MAC) page 9
    Feb 2006 Bird Kingfisher page 5
    Apr 2006 Bird Green Woodpecker page 9

  3. Profiles - each month we showcase a member of the community who deserves recognition. Here’s a summary with pointers back to the original articles so you can read all about them.
    Date Occupation Name and Link
    Jul 2003 Sailor Neil Macdonald
    Aug 2003 Cricketer Solly Ndima
    Sep 2003 Shopkeeper, Roundabout Eileen Bishop
    Oct 2003 Butcher Keith Russell
    Nov 2003 Garage Mechanic Joy Cole
    Dec 2003 Retired Firefighter Alan Bull
    Jan 2004 Architect, Sculptor, Ch'warden MAC Parry
    Feb 2004 Methodist Minister Rev Heather Taylor
    Mar 2004 Fishmonger John J Smith
    Apr 2004 Animal Worker, Verger Ron Perkins
    Jun 2004 Greengrocer, Councillor Chris Baker
    Jul 2004 Cook, Chorister, Sacristan Vera George
    Aug 2004 Choir Master, Organist George Faulkner
    Sep 2004 Pet & Plant Shop Owner Duncan Stringer
    Oct 2004 Youth Group Leader Dave Brown
    Nov 2004 Roman Catholic Parish Priest David Condron
    Jan 2005 Village Postman David Evans
    Feb 2005 Kennel Owner Pat Goode
    Mar 2005 Community Beat Officer Jill Atkinson
    Apr 2005 Teacher & Church Worker Joyce Brandon
    May 2005 Writer Jackie Andrews
    Jun 2005 Artist Pixie Warburton
    Jul 2005 Firefighter Matt Turvey
    Aug 2005 Green Politician Mick Davies
    Sep 2005 Photographer (cartoon!) Thom Watson
    Oct 2005 (Obit/Memories, photo) Thom Watson
    Dec 2005 Pest Controller Huw Williams
    Jan 2006 Hairdresser Yvonne Busby
    Mar 2006 Pattern Maker, Hockey Umpire Ken Wood
    Apr 2006 Curate and Teacher Andy+Cathy Shearn
    Jul 2006 Carpenter and Churchwarden Ken Olorenshaw
    Aug 2006 Teacher, Musical Director Margaret Cox
    Sep 2006 Surveyor, Barbecue Host Gordon Nicholls
    Oct 2006 Parish Councillor Mark Keogh-Bywater
    Nov 2006 Parish Councillor John Grantham
    Dec 2006 Catholic Deacon Rev. Ralph Watkins

  4. Norman’s Leaving Do - when our previous vicar, Canon Norman Howes retired in February 2003, we had a big party, and his son Simon took lots of photos, 40 of which he put up on Ofoto . The album is now unavailable, so if you want to see them, ask me and I'll see if Simon can show you them. Meanwhile you can look at a selection here (click on a picture to see it enlarged).
    Hiking Sketch 2 Norman Laughing Group Norman Close Up
    Norman's Speech Group Seated Norman In Robes Norman in Pulpit Side-On

  5. Other Events - photo opportunities which we captured and wrote about - you can go back and read about them:
    Date Where Event and Link
    Aug 2003 Wellesbourne CE School Children having fun
    Sep 2003 St Peter's Road 2nd Best Kept Large Village
    Oct 2003 Recycling Centre Shop running for a year
    Nov 2003 Walton Scarecrows
    Dec 2003 St Peter's Church Remembrance Day
    Jan 2004 King's Head Dene River Jazzmen 28 Years
    Mar 2004 West's Bakery Heavenly Bread
    Apr 2004 Wellesbourne Welcome Kate, Lynda; bye Sue
      Hamiltons' Tennis Court 1998 Flood
      Hastings House Dr Rivers on the Medical Centre
      Wellesbourne Introducing Rev Kate Mier
    Jun 2004 Wellesbourne (in Bloom) Anita picking up litter
    Jul 2004 Compton Verney Opening details; Inside Story
      St Peter's Churchyard Not forgotten: Czech Patriots
      St Peter's Churchyard Swarm of Bees
      Chedham's Yard History
    Aug 2004 South Warwickshire John Grantham wins Parrott
      River Avon Fresh Shakes in Raft Race
    Sep 2004 Lawrence Mackie House Age Concern organises Bargain Lunches
    Oct 2004 St Peter's Church Centre Going Forward Together;
    Kate's Karaoke: Reaching Up
      Walton Gallery Mac and Jenny Exhibit
    Nov 2004 Grand Cayman Hurricane Ivan
    Dec 2004 Wellesbourne Library Book Boom: New titles
      St Peter's Church Centre African Evening
    Jan 2005 Wednesday Club New Resolutions
      On the Settee Gemma's Song
    Feb 2005 An Indian Ocean Shore After the Tsunami
      Imperial War Museum The Barbed-Wire Fence
      Walton John Clarke & family
      Dovehouse Estate Dovehouse Deliveries
      Walton Cicely Berry & Scarecrows
      Nahonda, Namibia A Month in Africa
    Mar 2005 Wellesbourne Citizens Advice Bureau opens
    Apr 2005 Wellesbourne Watermill Enterprise reopens
      St Peter's, Wellesbourne Ask the Vicar
      In the bath First Class Friend
      Imperial War Museum The Barbed-Wire Fence Part 2
      Warks & Northants Air Ambulance
      A Table in Wellesbourne WWN: Invisible Team
    May 2005 Wellesbourne Watermill 'WWW' coracling
      Church Bishop visits
      St Peter's Church Christmas Tree/Easter Cross
      Wellesbourne Tall Tales Evening
    Jun 2005 J Arch Barford to C Sq. Joseph Arch Trail
      Ecumenical Lunch Church Birthday
    Jul 2005 Wellesbourne Chedham's Yard
      Touchdown Café Best Breakfast in Britain
      Heli-air,
      Wellesbourne Airfield
    Michael & Suzanne Neath
      Marriage celebration
      Chestnut Square John Ellis on Joseph Arch Day
      Coventry Cathedral Confirmation 2005
    Aug 2005 Walton Hall New phase: Paramount Hotel
    Sep 2005 The Village Hall WADS is Alive and Well
    Oct 2005 Walton Scarecrow News
      On the Road to Stretton The Barbed-Wire Fence Part 4
    Nov 2005 Wellesbourne Bill & Helena Hemming
      Wellesbourne Airfield New Garden Designers
    Dec 2005 Wellesbourne (in Bloom) Brilliant Beginnings
      A Playroom Children Enjoying Boyse Grant
    Jan 2006 Wellesbourne Extreme Puppetry
    Feb 2006 (Cartoon by MAC) Happy 100th Birthday
      The Church Rooms Bridge Birthday
      Wellesbourne MAC & S. Parry Silver Wedding
    Mar 2006 Walton Noticeboard Democracy: Wendy Bryan
      Bodysense, Walton Hall Buggyfit classes
    Apr 2006 St Peter's, Wellesbourne Pancake Party
      R. Dene, Wellesbourne Wellington Bomber
      W. CE Primary School Girlguiding World Thinking Day
      Lawrence Mackie
      Gardens
    Cecil and Irene Bingham
      Diamond Wedding
      Compton Verney A Female Saint
      MAC Cartoon & poem Rt Hon Noble Lord Pussy Cat
    May 2006 A Karate School WISC up and WAG
      Wellesbourne Funeral of Mrs Stella Cox
      Village Hall W&W Hort. Soc. Spring Show
    Jun 2006 Wellesbourne (Cartoon) The PCC in Session
      Not the 9 O'clock News Gryff Rhys Jones: Chedham's
      WWN's Tribute Anita Macaulay
    Jul 2006 Cartoons Phone Complaint; At the Fair
      C'ton Verney + Walton Art by Van Gogh + Murphy
      Walton Leisure and Luxury at Walton
      Church Street Street Fayre
      Chedham's Yard BBC2 filming Restoration
    Aug 2006 Coventry Cathedral Andy Shearn ordained priest
      BBC2/Chedham's Yard Restoration: Watch and Vote
    Sep 2006 Chedham's Yard We Won!!! (the heat)
      Wellesbourne CE School In Bloom with Hedgehog
    Oct 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Lisa Wright: Tales of London
      Someone's back garden Travelling Lunch
    Nov 2006 W'bourne Village Hall Wellesbourne Pre-School
    Dec 2006 A Church Nativity Scenes
      The Royal British Legion George Hawkes & Chris Parnham
      Compton Verney Cassatt: Anonymous Woman
      An Elfin Grotto Christmas Crossword
      Fun @ Children's Church Cartoon: Sinned again!
      Newbold Pl./Kineton Rd Christmas lights; planting bulbs

  6. Birds: Indonesia - life for our residents isn’t always confined to Wellesbourne: Alicia Leow-Dyke has ventured much further afield and has brought back some colourful pictures of some of the birds native to that region. We reported on her adventures in January and February 2004.
    Click on the Thumbnail to see a close-up image; click on the English Name for the original picture in context.
    Thumbnail English Name Latin Name
    Red-backed Thrush Red-backed Thrush
    (16k)
    Zoothera erythronota
    Great-eared Nightjar Great-eared Nightjar
    (19k)
    Euristropodus macrotis
    Great-eared Nightjar at the Padi Fields Great-eared Nightjar
    at the Padi Fields,
    Tuesday 29th July '03
    (28k)
    Euristropodus macrotis
    Crimson Sunbird Crimson Sunbird
    (31k)
    Aethopyga siparaja
    Pale-bellied White-Eye Pale-bellied White-Eye
    - see NG article
    (28k)
    Zosterops consobrinorum
    Olive-backed Sunbird Olive-backed Sunbird
    (34k)
    Nectarinia jugularis
    Yellow-sided Flowerpecker Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
    (33k)
    Dicaeum aureolimbatum
    You may be interested to know that the team Alicia worked with in Indonesia went on to some more islands and on one, Wangi Wangi, they may have discovered a new species, similar to the Pale-bellied White-Eye and the Lemon-bellied White-Eye (Zosterops chloris), but with slightly different markings and features; they are carrying out DNA tests to determine whether it is a new species. See the article “Mystery Bird Discovered...” in the National Geographic.

    Birds: Local - closer to home a Wellesbourne resident has sent in a picture of some thrushes. “Generally thrushes are scarce but in our garden we have frequently had one since January; in February we had two, and in March we have THREE - one on the table, one on the fence and one by the lamp.” Click on the Thumbnail to see a medium-sized image; click on the comment for a screen size image.
    Thumbnail Comments
    Thrushes Three Thrushes in full context, screen size (164k)


    Birds: Glossary - no pictures, but a whole lotta birds: ever wanted to cross-reference bird names in English/ Latin/ French...? Well, here is a list of birds as spotted in a marshland in Charente Maritime, south west France, with their names in 5 languages.

  7. Wellesbourne Past and Present - more of Simon Howes' photos: click on a picture to see it enlarged. We don't have much detail on these, so if you can identify dates and exact places, please let me know - Peter.
    Wellesbourne Warwick Street, Wellesbourne Chestnut Square, Wellesbourne Warwick Road, Wellesbourne
    Wellesbourne Church Street, Wellesbourne Bridge Street, Wellesbourne The Talbot Hotel, Wellesbourne
    The Stag's Head, Wellesbourne The Women's Institute, Bridge Street, Wellesbourne Anslow's Grocery, Wellesbourne Chestnut Square, Wellesbourne
    Chestnut Square, Wellesbourne The Stag's Head, Wellesbourne St Peter's Church, Wellesbourne  
    Bridge Street, Wellesbourne in flood, 2007 Wellesbourne Hastings in flood, 2007 Wellesbourne Hastings in flood, 2007 Bridge Street, Wellesbourne in flood, 2007
    Poppies Robin Bird on Feeder, Wellesbourne Grey Bird on slat, Wellesbourne

  8. Wildlife in Indonesia - more of Simon Howes' photos: click on a picture to see it enlarged.
    Woman in Tub Ape Ape Ape
    7 on a bike Plantation Working the field Ploughing
    Riding Elephants Woman in headdress A bikeload Temple and palms
    Woman sifting A lonely load Trees, Clouds, Mountains Horse silhouetted against the sky
    In the Clouds Bananas    

Following the death in 2005 of Thom Watson, photographic duties are shared by Norman Biddington, Eric Lomax and Andy Sheppard, who runs a photo studio in Wellesbourne.

I was offering space to upload more pictures, but now that the site is full, I can’t - sorry! There are now, however, lots of other sites for storing photos - let me know if you want them linked. Peter


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Last updated 16 Aug 2009