City of St Albans Clock Tower

On a recent visit to the city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, with its many interesting buildings, one of which is the clock tower. I am afraid the view is a bit obscured by the ever present 21st century motor car.If you can enlarge the picture you will notice the walls are made of flint, which is known as napping, nothing to do with a quiet half hour on the sofa!


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New Church at Ayot St Lawrence
On a recent visit to Ayot St Lawrence,which was the home of the playwright George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950, I previously showed a picture of the old church which was partially demolished in 1775 by Sir Lionel Lyde who thought it obscured his view from his new house. But he was stopped by the Bishop of Lincoln. So he had a new church built in the neo classical style with a Palladian frontage with Doric columns. Also in the village is the Brocket Arms a 17th century building supposedly haunted so having a pint of beer makes it that more interesting!