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Twelve days of Christmas: beware of the bears

Twelve days of Christmas: beware of the bears

Morris and Co., Shrewsbury, with a distinctive and striking set of Christmas decoration for their building by the Severn at Welsh Bridge. Some of the night-time shots were taken with a camera phone, and don’t do the bears justice.

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Twelve days of Christmas: lion misericord, Coventry

Twelve days of Christmas: lion misericord, Coventry

Misericord, lion with face rather defaced. Now on display at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.

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Twelve days of Christmas: demonic doorknocker

Twelve days of Christmas: demonic doorknocker

Doorknocker if the form of a demonic face. Not, in my opinion, as threatening as the famous one on the main door at Durham Cathedral. This one is from the cathedral (Dom) at Trier, Germany, and is still scary enough to ward off any malicious spirits associated with the turn of the year.

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Twelve days of Christmas: blacksmith at work

Twelve days of Christmas: blacksmith at work

This intricate example of a blacksmith’s art showing a blacksmith at work was at the back of Cologne Cathedral.

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Twelve days of Christmas: tractor

Twelve days of Christmas: tractor

Tractor weathervane, on a farm (where else) in Bishops Castle in the Marches.

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Twelve days of Christmas: turtle

Twelve days of Christmas: turtle

Turtle doorknocker: perhaps the house of a Discworld fan? Southwold – a short row-boat ferry trip across the River Blyth from Walberswick, where the pictures in yesterday’s post were taken.