John Scriven’s photographs capturing the cold, snowy 2010 Boxing Day Walk through Old Basing and Mapledurwell’s wintry lanes and village scenes.
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The Soldier on the Wall, painted on a stable at right angles to the road, belongs to Mapledurwell Farm. It probably dates from the Crimean War. The artist knew not only how to paint the smart colourful uniform of the time, but also which pigments to use to preserve it for years against all weathers.
