Weston on the green always seem to me to be a few houses along the side of the what was the old A43 to Northampton. We would pass through on our way to Silverstone and it never looked much of a place to stop. It did have an RAF parachute training base there as you could see the balloons taking them up in baskets to jump out of. When they built the A34 dual carriageway to the M40 the village got bypassed. Last week I went to visit the church at Weston on the Green and knowing the A34 might be very busy I took a route that would take me over it to see how bad it was. Turned out very as the traffic was slow from Oxford the the M40 junction. I decided to take another way and came in the back of the village
I parked by the church near this old Phone Box, it is now used as a library which is quite common to see in villages, this is our version of the little library
Looking down the road towards the old main Northampton road you not help notice the thatched houses
This was the village show which sold bread and fresh produce as well as other groceries and some hot food, I went away with a very tasty pasty
Sadly is is under threat as this sign tells you. I hope it is saved villages need shops
Going back the way I came I stopped to take this shot. It was only when I processed the photos I noticed something
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A bird and bee had flown past when I took the photo. I've not been photo bombed by a bee before.
As I will be useing this on SkyWatch Friday
Happy Skywatch
Take Care
Wonderful photos, Bill. I love that red phone booth library. It's really great. And getting a bee and bird in the same photo is grand!
ReplyDeleteI love that little phone box library! It's nice to see these icons of England used even as we've switched to mobiles are rarely see a phone booth. I love to see repurposed historical buildings and so forth.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2023/06/it-has-begun.html
Love how the old call box is turned into a little library. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteAren't we lucky to have little backwaters like this to explore, just off the main roads? I hope they manage to save their shop, several around here have been taken over by the local community.
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy seeing these lovely photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Very quaint village. i hope it wins its fight to preserve its beauty and appeal. Love the phone booth library and the great depth of focus on the bee and the bird.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of the village.
ReplyDeleteWow, what are the chances of being photobombed by a bird and a bee in the same photo? Fun post!
ReplyDeleteA very quaint looking village.
ReplyDeleteI love the free library. A sturdy structure. We have a few of those phone boxes around. They are great places to hide a geocache.
I love the recycled phone box. I have a Little Free Library in front of my house, but it's getting a bit dilapidated. Wouldn't it be lovely to use an old phone booth?!
ReplyDeleteSomeday I hope to get a chance to visit your beautiful country. Many (49.7%) of my ancestors called Great Britain home.
A very appealing village.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a charming village!
ReplyDeleteThe Village looks so nice with all them old houses. The Library is a novel idea, never seen anything like that. Not even in photos.
ReplyDeleteLove a red phone box
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a really lovely, traditional English village. I can think of a few very similar ones near to us in Gloucestershire.
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I love the picture of the old style telephone box - they were so bright against the landscape, I really miss them! Thanks so much for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
ReplyDeletegreat conversion of those iconic boxes.
ReplyDeletemmmm, I wonder what happened to all of our phone booths here. Haven't even thought of it. Nice a telephone booth is being used for a little library.
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