David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Winchester, UK – the Winchester Cathedral

In 1980, while stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany by USAF, I took a coach tour of Great Britain & the Benelux countries. One of the sites visited was the Winchester Cathedral at Winchester, UK. I took photos both outside and inside this beautiful old cathedral, and a few of them are shown here. (Don't be too critical--these were scanned from Ektachrome slides with a cheap scanner years after they were taken, and have some post processing.)

19-014 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (side view of the cathedral)

19-015 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr

19-016 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (front view of the cathedral)

19-019 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (long view toward the Choir and Altar)

19-020 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (the vaulted ceiling)

19-027 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (part of the Choir screen)

19-036 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (one of the windows)

19-025 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (looking through the Choir at the Altar)

19-033 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (a side chamber)

19-032 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (a side Altar)

19-030 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (the High Altar)

19-037 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (one of the side chambers)

19-023 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (one of the side aisles)

19-024 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (the window in that aisle)

19-021 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (one of the side aisles)

19-031 Winchester Cathedral by David Casteel, on Flickr (one of the side aisles)

19-026 Winchester Cathedral organ by David Casteel, on Flickr (the Organ)

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Thank you. The quality is not my usual standard, but I didn't see many posts about this cathedral.

mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

Very nice. I was there in 1974 and took pretty much the same photos.

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

There was actually a song titled "Winchester Cathedral" by a British band called "The New Vaudeville Band", released In 1966. It was obviously an insprinational location!
Ray.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice architecture shots of a iconic building!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

mvetrano2 , I don't think I've seen you before--thanks for coming, and the nice comment. I suspect that inside cathedrals a lot of folks pretty much shoot the same pictures.

Ray (KindaSpikey), I have heard that song and did think about it. It was popular a long time ago.

Jay (jaymatt), thank you very much. I wish the quality had been better, but did what I could with them.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Beautiful images

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Excellent series, David. I could hear the New Vaudeville Band playing in the back of my mind while inscrolled through the images. I sympathize with you in scanning old Ektachrome slides - I don’t remember the splotchy texture you see in the shadows showing up when they were fresh and projected on the screen, but I’ve seen it in some of my old slides.

Stan

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

J_SPEIGHT, thanks for coming. I'm glad you enjoyed them, even though they weren't particularly good photos.

Hi, StanMac. I appreciate your nice comment. I agree that they photos aren't too good. They were scanned some years ago with a cheap scanner and I've done what I could to PP them with Lightroom.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series, David, thanks for the tour.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Great photos of Winchester Cathedral. They do show their age but at least you have those photos. I have lost many photos through the years from that time period.

I looked up the song, Winchester Cathedral, and found,


What artists have covered Winchester Cathedral?
Artists to cover this song include Petula Clark, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Conniff, Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Welk. Stephens was inspired to write this song after staring at a picture of Winchester Cathedral on his calendar. This won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Rock & Roll Recording.

I arrived in Vietnam in 1966 and have to say I was in good company back then with Petula Clark as well as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Band.

Dennis

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Earnest, I'm pleased you enjoyed my photos. Thanks very much.

Dennis, I appreciate your nice comment. I don't remember much about the song, but I do remember having heard it.

DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

Thanks for posting that series. Whenever I see examples of what our ancestors built it reminds me that present day engineers and artisans don't have much on those of the past.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Very nice series, but now I can't get that song out of my head.