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Pickleman's Cottage - Methwold - April 2014

bassboyjoe

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This place, despite a lot going missing inbetween this report and previous ones is still such an incredible place to visit. I could easily have spent a day here as there is so much to look at, and photograph. I also had a rather fustrating moment when I got home after a 2 hour drive to realise that I had been shooting the entire day in JPEG, and not RAW, so my editing leaves a little to be desired. Visited with Sentinel, hide_and_seek, and Secretdoor.

History

There is not a lot known about this, except it was a small freeholding that was owned by an USAF serviceman whilst he was based over here. He may have had family living with him, but it is not certain. There are various artifacts around the place with his name and service number written on them, and from this and a quick google search, it appears the gentleman in question may have recently passed away back in the states, as I did find an obitury listing for someone with the same name, and relatives of the same initials. I did try and contact the RAF base that he was stationed at over here to see if I could find a bit more information out about him, but only recieved a polite F off!

The photos

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Standard 'I forgot' outside shot at the end

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Tonnes of spiders in here - Don't look up!

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I just fell in love with this bread bin.

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I wonder if this still works?! It looked like it might. Could be worth a trip back with a couple of LPs :p

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This was my favourite room in the house. Things get moved around a lot here, but this looked as though the occupant had upped and left, leaving everything behind.

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A close up of the hat and suitcase.

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Back to the living room!

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A keen cyclist? One of the two bikes there.

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One of my personal favourites from this trip, and the second cycle!

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I love how the light falls on the tv screens in this photo!

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Plenty of framed pictures just, hanging, around (please excuse the pun!)

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I'm a poor excuse for the stereotypical male as I know nothing about cars, but it looked awesome in the undergrowth.

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In the back of one of the vans

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And finally, inside the cherry on the top of this place. A wonderful car, looks incredible, and still to this day smells absolutely amazing! A really rich leathery smell, I could have sat in there for hours had it not been for the absolutely huge spiders hanging around!!

Thanks for looking!

 

bassboyjoe

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It is indeed, I think there are a couple of names going round. I've only heard it called this, but if it needs changing then thats cool :)

 

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Good to see the place is still standing and nice shots. (y)

Any sign of the sewing machines ?

 

Lara

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Love seeing this place posted, thanks for sharing and you got some quality shots :)

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something like this in the uk !?, damn that's rare. nice set !!

 
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