Can You Tell What It Is Yet? 2

Ok, I will give you another clue, another photo and here is a local newspaper article from 2005 news. Bearing in mind today is last day of 2008 what should be behind the photo?

Can You Tell What It Is Yet?

Ok I sound a bit like Rolf Harris, but can you tell what it is yet?  One clue, ignore the red and white traffic things.  Tomorrow I will give the answer.

Head On Victoria Hall Saltaire

I love the detail in the workmanship shown on Victorian buildings, it is often wonderful. This head is just one of several different ones above each window.

Cygnet Saltaire

I saw this almost fully grown cygnet waiting patiently for some bread by the towpath in Saltaire. Funny how memory works but the song from my childhood came to mind... "There once was an ugly duckling With feathers all stubby and brown"

Victoria Hall Saltaire

Originally built by philanthropist Sir Titus Salt in 1869 as the Victoria Hall and Institute it offered a library, dance hall and lecture theatre, meeting rooms, billiards room and gymnasium. The Institute was built as a centre of recreation, culture and learning and still fulfills the same function to this day.

Saltaire United Reformed Church

Saltaire United Reformed Church built by Sir Titus Salt in 1859 is a unique example of Italianate religious architecture.   It boasts many architecturally and historically important features and has been described as a classic "Cathedral of Congregationalism".

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from Saltaire, nr Bradford, Yorkshire.

Hello Mr Magpie, Magpie Verse, Saltaire near Bradford

 
Magpie photographed in Saltaire.  I had been trying to take a decent photo of a magpie for some time but they are quite elusive birds, go anywhere near one with a camera, take the lens cover off and look up just as bird flies off.
Magpies are common in European Folklore with various superstitions surrounding it.
In Britain and Ireland a widespread traditional rhyme with various regional variations is quite well known....
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.

When I was a boy magpies were by no means as common as today, hence the additional mostly forgotten remainder of the verse.  It was common to greet a solitary magpie "hello mr magpie".

Eight for a wish
Nine for a kiss
Ten for a bird that you won't want to miss.