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Memories

Radley in Pictures

A selection of images from 2005

   

February 2005

Snowdrops herald the end of winter

Snowdrops, February 2005. Photograph by B Crowley
   

March 2005

Harrow at work, Lower Radley

Spring harrowing, March 2005. Photograph by L Pasquire
   

April 2005

Roadside daffodils, Lower Radley

Daffodils by L Pasquire
   

May 2005

Bluebells, Radley Large Wood

Bluebells, Radley Large Wood, 2 May 2005. Photograph by B crowley
   

May 2005

Now you see it, soon you won't... RWE Npower announce plans to fill Bullfield Lake and Thrupp Lake with ash from Didcot Power Station. The campaign to save them begins.

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Bullfield Lake, May 2005, photographed by L Pasquire
   

July 2005

Demolition work begins on the old village shop, which finally closed in March, to make way for a block of flats incorporating a new shop.

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The old village shop in 2004
   

July 2005

Thrupp Lake

A planning application to fill this lake, and the neighbouring Bullfield Lake with ash from Didcot 'A' Power Station goes to public consultation. [Story]

Thrupp lake, 15 July 2005, photographed by B Crowley
   

August 2005

The sun sets over Thrupp Lake while the campaign to save it hots up.

Sunset over Thrupp Lake, photographed by J Cartmell 21 August 2005.
   

September 2005

Bullfield Lake - still under threat at this time.

Bullfield Lake, photographed in September 2005 by D Price
   

November 2005

Sunrise over Thrupp Lake. A new day brings new hope. The first planning application to destroy the lakes fails, but that is only the opening skirmish. The story continues...

Sunrise, Thrupp Lake. Photographed 27 November 2005 by J Cartmell

 

 
     
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