The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, known affectionately as 'The Middy', was a classic case of a rural railway that never paid its way. Built in the Edwardian era, it was a late-comer to the railway scene, at a time when mechanized transport was making an appearance on the roads. It effectively went broke before it opened but still managed to struggle on for almost 50 years! This fine example of quirky English history is remembered in Suffolk's only railway museum, also called the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Co., which is dedicated to keeping alive the memories of the Middy by conserving historical documents as well as preserving the hardware which goes to make up a working railway. The collection of rolling stock is heavily biased towards the Great Eastern Railway, being the mainline railway with which the Middy connected at Haughley and our passenger carriages all date from the 19th Century.

Beach Huts, Dawlish Warren, Devon 2010 | Black & White Film Photography

Architecture, London | Black & White Film Photography

The story of the estate unfolds over a thousand years. The landscape with its hedges and narrow tree-lined lanes has changed little over the centuries and is quintessentially Norfolk.

Treeline, Beccles, Suffolk

Rocks III, Combe Martin, North Devon | Black and White Infrared Film Photography

Poppies, Suffolk

Havana Harbour, Cuba 2010 | Black & White Film Photography

Havana Coast, Cuba | Black & White Film Photography

The Streets of Havana, Cuba | Black & White Film Photography

Gondolas, Venice, Italy | Black & White Film Photography

Ickworth was home to the Hervey family for just over five centuries, 1432 - 1956. However, the Rotunda as we know it has only been around for the last 200 years or so. Previously the family lived in a Tudor manor house beside Ickworth church which eventually fell into decay through lack of upkeep and had to be demolished. The building of the Rotunda began in 1795 but it wasn't completed until 1841. Its design was the vision of the Earl-Bishop, who only lived long enough for the exterior to be completed. The interior was an empty shell and the curving corridors and wings were just a few feet off the ground. It was left to the Earl-Bishopu2019s son, the future 1st Marquess of Bristol, to make what he could of his fatheru2019s extraordinary plan and to do start work on restoring the Earl-Bishop's collection which had been confiscated by Napoleonic troops in 1798. The Rotunda basement, now restored to its 1910 appearance, offers a real insight into what it was like to live and work in this extraordinary place.

Architecture, Venice, Italy | Black & White Film Photography

Wickham Skeith, Suffolk | Black and White Film Photography

Water Reeds, Lopham Fen, Suffolk, 2009

Canals, Venice, Italy | Black & White Film Photography

Stubble, Suffolk | Black & White Film Photography

Croyde Beach, North Devon | Black & White Film Photography

Market, Havana, Cuba | Black and White Film Photography

Coconut Trees, Havana, Cuba | Black & White Film Photography

Paris, France | Black & White Film Photography

Gorleston (also referred to as Gorleston-on-Sea) is adjacent to the town of Great Yarmouth, in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated to the south and west side of the River Yare which separates it from Great Yarmouth.

El Morro Fort, Havana, Cuba | Black & White Film Photography

A Short History of the Fort Harwich Harbour, at the mouth of the River Orwell, has always been the best safe haven for large ships between the rivers Thames and Humber. The rivers Orwell, Stour and Deben stretch several miles inland and were ideal highways for trade and raiders. Landguard Fort dominated the navigable channel on the northern bank of the River Orwell, whilst the Redoubt at Harwich guarded the harbour entrance along with a large battery at Shotley. There have been a number of fortifications built on Landguard Point over the years. In 1543 Henry VIII had two blockhouses built which rapidly deteriorated, so in 1552 the guns were returned to the Tower of London. In 1628, a new Fort was built of earth revetted with wood. It was square with a bastion on each corner. In 1666, under Charles II, repairs were completed and a brick wall constructed around the Fort. In 1667, during the second Dutch War, on the orders of Admiral de Ruyter, 1500 Dutch marines (musketeers, pikemen, sailors (as grenadiers) and small cannon) landed at Cottage Point (now Cobbolds Point) and under the command of Colonel Thomas Dolman (an English officer who had served with Cromwell and, like many professional soldiers, had changed sides) attacked the Fort from the landward side. The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, commanded by Captain Nathaniel Darell, repulsed the Dutch assault.

Walberswick, Southwold, Suffolk | Black & White Photography

Greenwich, London - Berkeley Gallery Exhibition | Black & White Film Photography

Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire 2017

War of the Worlds | Black & White Film Photography

Parasol, Santa Maria Beach, Havana, Cuba | Black & White Film Photography