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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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 |
- 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).
- Other Events
- photo opportunities which we captured and wrote about - you can go back and read about them:
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Wildlife in Indonesia
- more of Simon Howes' photos:
click on a picture to see it enlarged.
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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