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Our Lovely Essex: it’s time to draw the feature to a close and remember those we have lost to the pandemic

Our Lovely Essex: it’s time to draw the feature to a close and remember those we have lost to the pandemic

Thursday 2 July 2020

Back in April, in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, we asked the people of our extraordinary county to send us images and thoughts of what made Essex so special to them. The idea was to dream and share memories of happier times that we knew would ultimately return once that troubled period came to an […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: another winning treble from Ken McDonald

Our Lovely Essex: another winning treble from Ken McDonald

Tuesday 30 June 2020

Ken McDonald is another supporter whose photographs have helped make Our Lovely Essex such a success. Here are three more. As ever, thanks Ken! Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: a productive stroll with the camera

Our Lovely Essex: a productive stroll with the camera

Thursday 25 June 2020

Ken McDonald took this series of shots “while out recording some new walking routes that will be added to the Hundred Parishes website in due course”. Read more >

Our Lovely Essex through a (smaller) lens

Our Lovely Essex through a (smaller) lens

Monday 22 June 2020

Manuden Church has featured before in Our Lovely Essex, but this shot taken from the bridleway between Stansted and Manuden by Janet Harris proves you don’t need hugely expensive cameras with giant lenses to capture something rather special. “I used my Panasonic TZ70 for this shot,” says Janet. “I can’t take my Olympus camera – the […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: how things have changed in Saffron Walden!

Our Lovely Essex: how things have changed in Saffron Walden!

Friday 19 June 2020

Gordon Ridgewell’s shot of Castle Street in Saffron Walden reminds us how much things can change. “In the early 1900s, 1,200 people lived in this street and it had five pubs, according to the 1911 census,” says Gordon. “When I was at school in the 1940s I was told not to walk here and policemen […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: of vigilance and vipers

Our Lovely Essex: of vigilance and vipers

Thursday 18 June 2020

The word ‘Essex’ is, for those lucky enough to live here, interchangeable with ‘Paradise’, but of course we must never be naïve or complacent… after all, even the Garden of Eden had its viper. Joanna Campora lives in the south of the county and sent us two images that show how quickly we can lose […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: rural life in sepia

Our Lovely Essex: rural life in sepia

Friday 12 June 2020

Wonderful! This enchanting picture of a bygone rural Essex comes from Gordon Ridgewell, although he didn’t take it himself. It was taken at New House Farm, Ashdon, near Saffron Walden, in 1924. “I have got inspired to update my life history and found this shot of my grandfather,” says Gordon. “He worked on the same […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: a rather special collage

Our Lovely Essex: a rather special collage

Wednesday 10 June 2020

Jane Elwood contributes a first for Our Lovely Essex today in the form of a photographic collage. There’s also a selection of other pictures from this richly talented photographer. Thanks, Jane! Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: Gordon Ridgewell, a man of film in more ways than one

Our Lovely Essex: Gordon Ridgewell, a man of film in more ways than one

Monday 8 June 2020

Photographer Gordon Ridgewell has been one of the most enthusiastic contributors to Our Lovely Essex. He’s 85 years young, but Gordon is not going to let modern trends leave him behind. “With a half-hour to spare, I did a selfie the old-fashioned way. I put one of my Nikons on a tripod and, after remembering […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: with landscaped gardens out of bounds, it’s back to nature

Our Lovely Essex: with landscaped gardens out of bounds, it’s back to nature

Friday 5 June 2020

Jackie Damary-Homan graces today’s Our Lovely Essex with a series of shots that take her a little out of her natural habitat. “Normally I am leading coach outings for Saffron Walden Horticultural Society and taking pictures of landscaped gardens, but this year it’s all back-to-nature shots,” says Jackie, who has been a member of CPRE […] Read more >

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