Jan Ford's World

Jan Ford talks about the history of Brewood Hall. On the 13th October 2011, around 40 members of the local branch of the National Associ...

On the 8th October 2011 I lost my dog Tai to the inoperable tumour that had been growing for the last four years. There's an earlier...

In the early 1960s, I was a regular visitor to a number of signal boxes in the West Midlands and there's a series of posts about my exp...

The London and North Western Railway called itself 'The Premier Line' for some years. The railway could not be accused of false mod...

Clockwise from left front: Phil, Mick, Ian, Dave, John, Keith. My friend Phil arranged for Keith to give a slideshow on 18th March 2011 t...

Jan at the summit of Hyana Picchu, Machu Picchu in 2005. In applying for a Russian visa for my trip in 2011, I had to list the countrie...

Thomas waits patiently as passengers board the train. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MOSI) first ran 'A Day Out w...

Mike and 3803 ready to come 'off shed' at Shackerstone. Former Great Western 2-8-0 locomotive number 3803 has been a popular per...

The Steaming Bays at Chelmsford The 2011 'Lionsmeet' was held on Saturday, 30th July at the Chelmsford Society of Model Engineer...

Tuesday 26th July 2011 The ship had made arrangements for transport at appropriate times to ferry the departing passengers to St. Petersbur...

Monday 25th July 2011 Various optional tours (chargeable) were offered on the Monday. I'd elected for the Catherine Palace in Push...

Sunday 24th July 2011 The Auditorium of the Hermitage Theatre, just before the performance. Sunday had already been quite busy (Peterhof ...

Sunday 24th July 2011 Route Map of the Saint Petersburg Metro. ( Larger image ). After the morning organised visit to the Peterhof...

Sunday 24th July 2011 The day started dull, became very wet and then, in the afternoon, became warm and sunny. After my usual 7.0 a...

Saturday 23rd July 2011 'Vodohod' berths for cruise ships and hyrofoils on the north bank of the River Neva at Utkina Zavod, St. ...

Friday 22nd July 2011 When I got up, the ship had already left Lake Onega and was sailing downstream on the Svir River. Near Podporozhye...

Thursday 21st July 2011 Lake Onega is the second largest lake in Europe and its shape is said to resemble a clawed lobster. The lake con...

Thursday 21st July 2011 On Thursday morning, I woke around 5.0 a.m. as we were entering the second lock on the Volga – Baltic Canal (Loc...

Wednesday 20th July 2011 The Sheksna Lock being filled to raise our ship. We left the Rybinsk Reservoir and entered the winding Lower...