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Dorian Stretton

Dorian Stretton

@dorians.bsky.social

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Ageing British nerd. Photographer. GM/DM. Whovian. Linux user. Democratic Socialist with Anarcho-Syndacalist tendencies. Life-long weirdo. All photographs are my own, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

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Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 8d

Classicism.
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The Harpur Suite, Harpur Square, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 10d

Sweep.
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Part of a flowerbed of in the Embankment Gardens, The Embankment, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 11d

Climbing Roses.
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Some climbing roses in my Mum's garden.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 12d

Foxgloves.
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Foxglove flowers beside a drystone wall.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 13d

Castleside.
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Castleside, Newnham Street, Bedford. A Victorian house central to the beliefs of the Panacea Society. A small, but wealthy, religious organisation, ( Cult ), founded in Bedford in the early 20th Century. Now owned and run as a museum by the Panacea Charitable Trust, the successor organisation to the now defunct Panacea Society.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 14d

Church.
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The church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Cuthbert, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 26d

Historic House.
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John Howard's House, Mill Street, Bedford. John Howard ( 1726 - 1790 ) a former High Sheriff of Bedfordshire is famous as an early prison reformer.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 26d

That's a lovely description, thank you ☺️

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · 27d

Massively Reflective.
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The massive welded steel sculpture, "Reflections of Bedford" at the junction of Silver Street and High Street, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 21

Brook Land.
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A view downstream along Elstow Brook.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 20

Clubhouse.
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A view of the Bedford Rowing Club clubhouse on the South bank of the River Great Ouse, from the Town Bridge, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 17

Creepy House.
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A creepy shuttered house on London Road, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Bull.
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The Bull, London Road, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 15

Bell Tower.
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The Bell Tower of the Abbey Church of St Mary & St Helena, Elstow, Bedfordshire. AKA Elstow Abbey.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 9

A Classic?
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Harpur Suite, Harpur Square, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

Double Scull.
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A pair of rowers sculling along the River Great Ouse, Bedford. Sculling is when a rower, or rowers, uses two oars rather than just one to propel a boat. In competition there are one-man, two-man, three-man and four-man sculls

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 7

Still Chillin'.
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A Mallard drake resting beside Longholme Boating Lake, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 6

Let Me Take You By The Hand.
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A woman sitting on concrete steps smoking a cigarette. Spitalfields, London 2012.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 5

Swanning About With The Kids.
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A swan with its newly born cygnets on the River Great Ouse, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 5

A Lake View.
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Part of Longholme Boating Lake, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 4

Taste Italian.
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A food truck on Midland Road, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 3

Weir.
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Part of the Boat Slide Weir on the River Great Ouse, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just Chillin'
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A Mallard drake resting beside Longholme Lake, Bedford.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Corner Stone Of Freedom
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A carved block of limestone on the Embankment, Bedford, presented to the town by Bedford, Indiana, USA. In commemoration of Bedford's hosting of US Airmen during WW2.

Dorian Stretton @dorians.bsky.social · Aug 31

A Beggining.
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This was my very first home. Where I spent the first six years of my life.
2 Manor Cottages, Podington, Bedfordshire.