INTRODUCTION

This year’s Heritage Open Day (Sunday 16th September) came in the middle of a very busy period for me. I was scheduled to cover the Bank House for two hours, and imagined spending a bit of time both before and after that taking in the rest of the event. As it happened I was laid up for the whole of the Saturday with a bug, and still not completely recovered by the Sunday morning.

THE DAY ITSELF

Eventually, at just after 10:30AM, I set off to visit Hampton Court, reassure my aunt that I was well on the way to recovering and then make a fairly leisurely trip round to the Bank House. I took in an arts exhibition and made myself known to the photographers there. I also visited a solicitor’s office which is set in a Norman house. I arrived at the Bank House a bit early, and after reminding myself what the cellars looked like I spent a few minutes watching my predecessor handle things before I relieved him a little early because he was doing another session immediately afterwards. After two hours of what was basically a crowd control job (right in the slot for an autistic person – natch) I was quite tired, so after a brief visit to a club on Ferry Lane where I could consume some lqiuid refreshment while looking out over the river I went home to chill for a while before having supper with my aunt.

PHOTOGRAPHS

I will be giving the solicitor’s office a post to itself, and will also be giving the Bank House extended coverage, so this pictures are from elsewhere:

Special Bus — This is an old red bus, made by Leyland who manufactured the iconic old London buses, but it is not a genuine London bus.

HC Plans — The passgeway leading in to the Secret Garden featured a historical display put together by the indefatigable Hendrina Ellis.

The secret garden — The series of arches at the rear of this shot were a warehouse frontage which in those days looked directly out on the river (now almost 100m distant from them)

rowing race — A rowing regatta was happening on the river.

Militia unit, Custom House — A militia company were stationed near the Custom House (the rifles were loaded with blanks btw)

Art Exhibition 1 — The first of a number of pictures from the art exhibition.

Modern day mosaics — Creatures made using tessarae

Butterfly set in mosaic frame — This butterfly set into a mosaic frame particularly impressed me.

TMP — A glimpse of the Tuesday Market Place

Walking boat — A walking boat – and no this is not the West Stand at Headingley on a Saturday!

Kings Lynn views — Two riverside views on display at Ferry Lane.

Author: Thomas

I am a founder member and currently secretary of the West Norfolk Autism Group and am autistic myself. I am a very keen photographer and almost every blog post I produce will feature some of my own photographs. I am an avidly keen cricket fan and often post about that sport. View all posts by Thomas

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