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Church (place de l')
29560 Argol - France
Insee code of the municipality: 29001
Finistère [29] - Quimper - Brittany
Approximate address taken from GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude):
2 Rue Saint-Guénolé 29560 Argol
Protected elements:
Church and triumphal arch of the cemetery (cad. AB 33): classification by decree of November 12, 1914
History
The triumphal arch with triple arcade, which gives access to the cemetery, dates from 1659. The church, from 1575, has a bell tower of the type of slender bell towers with a single chamber for the bells and whose walls are crowned by gables between which rises an arrow decorated with hooks.
Periods of construction:
16th century, 3rd quarter 17th century
property of the municipality
Built in 1575 , the church was restored in 1617 , then enlarged in 1674 . The side walls were completely redone in 1784 . The bell tower, with its Gothic spire and rectangular base, dates from 1585 . The apse of the building was rebuilt in 1641 . The porch, meanwhile, was redone in 1839 .
The pinnacle which surmounts the west gable under the gallery is dated 1582 on the lintel. On the south facade, at the base of the bell tower, we read the following inscriptions: "B. Merour: Breton Year 1585".
The incumbents of the church are the apostles Peter and Paul . Saint Clément is the main patron of the place and Saint Geneviève , the secondary patroness at least since 1634 .
The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul and the cemetery's triumphal arch have been classified as historical monuments since November 12 , 1914
Description
Exterior
Place de l'Eglise, to the right of the triumphal arch, in front of the entrance to the courtyard of the old presbytery , is a monumental granite statue of King Gradlon made by Patrig Ar Goarnig , measuring 3 m long and weighing three tons. This equestrian statue tells the two versions (the Christian on the right side and the pagan on the left side) of the legend of the city of Ys .
An early address label featuring Santa Claus. He doesn't look too happy about having to deliver all those packages!
Text on label: "To. From. Via Parcel Post. Christmas. Made in Saxony."
NICOMIN / NICOMEN - a station on the C.P.R. 52 miles east of Vancouver in the New Westminster District. The Fraser River is only a mile south and the Sumas Post Office just across the River. Nearest telegraph and railway is at Mission City, 10 miles distant. Mails tri-weekly.
The NICOMIN Post Office was established - 1 November 1890 and closed - 10 June 1911.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the NICOMIN Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
When this postcard arrived at NICOMIN, B. C. the Postmaster was Thomas S. Purdy - he served from - 1 July 1907 to - 7 April 1911.
Thomas Samuel Purdy
(b. 7 June 1859 in Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois, USA - d. 21 November 1945 at age 86 in Essondale, British Columbia)
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 23 November 1945 - PURDY - Passed away on Nov. 21, 1945, after a lingering illness, Thomas Samuel Purdy, of Mission City, B.C. In his 87th year. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving wife, Minnie L. Purdy; 4 daughters, Mrs. John Gourlay, of Duncan, B.C., Mrs. Thomas D. and Mrs. John Northcot, Mission City. Mrs. Albert Slaney, Powell River, B.C.; 6 grandchildren. Funeral service will be held from the Henderson Funeral Home, Mission City. Sunday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m., Rev. H. U. Oswald officiating. Interment family plot, Hatzlc Cemetery.
His wife - Minnie (nee Lewis) Purdy
(b. 26 May 1871 in London, England - d. 15 December 1951 at age 80 in Mission City, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6f...
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 28 August 1937 - Celebrate Golden Wedding Day - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Purdy of Mission celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday. They were married In 1887 at Dresden, Ont., and have four daughters and four grandsons, who were able to be present at their golden wedding. The anniversary was spent at White Rock at a picnic given in their honor by their family and later followed by a dinner at home. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy received many congratulations and gifts during the day from friends and relatives.
- sent from - / KAMLOOPS / OC 15 / 07 (inverted 7) / B.C. / - duplex cancel (Cloutier - DBC-175)
- via - / DEROCHE / OC 16 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring transit - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 29 June 1891 - (RF B).
- arrived at - / NICOMIN / OC 16 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring arrival - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 3 November 1890 - (RF E).
Message on postcard reads: Have found some ink at last. This gives a fairly good idea of this little town, though I think it is rather prettier than the card represents. From Julia - 15 October 1907
Addressed to: Mr. J. E. Scott - Jones / Nicomen / B.C.
Even though the address is in Westford, we are really just outside of Randolph for this view of L593 passing the Wendlandt Farm. This farm is one of the many "Century Farms" in the state meaning that it has been owned by the same family for over 100 years. Family farms, particularly dairy farms, are as quintessentially Wisconsin as beer and cheese. Another view of this farm can be found here.
Took this one out of the ol' Brian Plant playbook. Perfect spot to attempt to hide the lease geep that's been hanging around. As with life, everything can't be sunny skies and all red consists. On the bright side, at least it's clean!
I've created a Cambria Subdivision Album which organizes all the photos in geographical order starting in Horicon and ending in Cambria.
SCOTCH CREEK, British Columbia - located on the north shore of Shuswap Lake opposite Sorrento. It was named after Scottish prospectors who worker this creek for gold in the 1860's. There is still a bit of placer mining done near the creek. Scotch Creek began to significantly grow when the provincial park opened in 1958, welcoming a sudden influx of campers. To take advantage of the summer visitors, Frank and Akiko Imai built the Park Store across the street. LINK - shuswappassion.ca/communities/scotch-creek-was-once-part-...
The SCOTCH CREEK Post Office was established - 14 May 1958 and closed - 30 May 1970. LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/121423773/rural-mail-service-up-t...
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SCOTCH CREEK Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this letter entered the postal system at the SCOTCH CREEK Post Office the Postmaster was Ernest George Cottrell - he served from - 23 March 1961 to - 31 March 1968.
Ernest George Cottrell
(b. 28 June 1898 in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada - d. 18 May 1978 (aged 79) in Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - He was a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces - Staff Sergeant
R.C.A.S.C. - after the WWII he had a taxi business in Nanaimo, British Columbia - LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420479/ernest-george-cottrell/ - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ac... - LINKS to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420546/obituary-for-ernest-geo... and www.newspapers.com/clip/121420774/obituary-for-ernest-geo...
His wife - Laura Emma (nee Van Vlack) Cottrell
(b. 13 March 1917 in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada - d. 20 Jan 1991 (aged 73) in Salmon Arm, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - she took over from her husband and served as Postmistress at SCOTCH CREEK Post Office from - 1 April 1968 to (1970) ? - She was a resident of the Scotch Creek area from 1947 to 1979 and had resided in Salmon Arm until her passing Laura was predeceased by her husband Ernest in 1978. LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420908/obituary-for-laura-emma... LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/80...
- sent from - / SCOTCH CREEK / 3 VII / 61 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF D).
Addressed to (favour cover prepared for) - Mr. W.E. Topping / 3227 West 28th / Vancouver 8, B.C.
William Ellis Topping (1928 - 2017), who died on October 21, 2017, was a prominent philatelist, especially in the field of British Columbia postal history, and the founder and long-time editor of the BRITISH COLUMBIA POSTAL HISTORY NEWSLETTER. He was born in Everett, Washington, and moved to Vancouver at the age of four.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
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Well, you've gotta have one of these to properly address shiny, speedy riddles. I've called it "The Rat" because I think it actually looks like a rat sniffing the trail... which kinda fits the whole idea.
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The Bionicle windscreen provides a generous cockpit which is quickly and easily accessible and fits Batman in normal driving position (I didn't try it, but I think he can even wear the cape without trashing it). I've built most of this one a while back, even before the rat rods I've posted lately, and the "nose" solution (please note, I'm not the first to use it) also provided me with the idea for the prongs of my Falke.
I absolutely love how the canopy turned out - combined with the armored wheels, I think it gives an almost aircraft feel to the whole. Having this developed and work on the Falke makes me think now of a classic shaped Batwing :)
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As always, the awesome copper and silver chromed parts come from Auri's store.
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My mother wrote the following about this photo she took in Colombia in 1952:
"1. Side street in Tunja, capital of the state of Boyacá, Colombia, South America. Tunja is 3 hours by car north of Bogotá, the national capital.
Here, Bolívar and the 2,000 survivors of the death march over the "impossible" Pisba pass, stopped to rest and recruit new forces before defeating the Spaniards at the Battle of Boyacá in August, 1819.
This part of the city has changed very little since the days of Bolívar. The electricity is new.
Taken August 1952 en route to fishing trip to Lake Tota."
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When I reviewed the collection of old family slides for the first time recently, I came across a bulging yellow envelope that my sister had marked "Colombia 50s."
In it were many glassine envelopes, each of which contained one slide and a numbered card bearing a closely-spaced typewritten text.
The text named the subject of the photo and said a bit about it. Below the body of the text was typed my mother's name, the month and year (1952 or 1953), "Argus camera" and my father's business address at the Creole Petroleum Corporation in Caracas.
My family moved from Bogotá to Caracas later in 1953, and I was born there a few years later.
The existence of this collection of photos and descriptive texts was unknown to me until last month. My guess is that my mother compiled the materials so she could put on a slide show for women's clubs in Caracas or in her home state of Kansas.
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"How Simón Bolívar Crossed the Andes"
By Christopher Minster
Updated on May 31, 2019
In 1819, the War of Independence in Northern South America was locked in a stalemate. Venezuela was exhausted from a decade of war, and patriot and royalist warlords had fought each other to a standstill.
Simón Bolívar, the dashing Liberator, conceived of a brilliant yet seemingly suicidal plan: he would take his 2,000 man army, cross the mighty Andes, and hit the Spanish where they were least expecting it: in neighboring New Granada (Colombia), where a small Spanish army held the region unopposed. His epic crossing of the frozen Andes would prove to be the most genius of his many daring actions during the war.
Venezuela in 1819
Venezuela had borne the brunt of the War of Independence. Home of the failed First and Second Venezuelan Republics, the nation had suffered greatly from Spanish reprisals. By 1819 Venezuela was in ruins from the constant warring. Simón Bolívar, the Great Liberator, had an army of some 2,000 men, and other patriots like José Antonio Páez also had small armies, but they were scattered and even together lacked the strength to deliver a knockout blow to Spanish General Morillo and his royalist armies. In May, Bolívar's army was camped near the llanos or great plains, and he decided to do what the royalists least expected.
Nueva Granada (Colombia) in 1819
Unlike war-weary Venezuela, Nueva Granada was ready for revolution. The Spanish were in control but deeply resented by the people. For years, they had been forcing the men into armies, extracting “loans” from the wealthy and oppressing the Creoles, afraid they might revolt. Most of the royalist forces were in Venezuela under the command of General Morillo: in Nueva Granada, there were some 10,000, but they were spread out from the Caribbean to Ecuador. The largest single force was an army of some 3,000 commanded by General José María Barreiro. If Bolívar could get his army there, he could deal the Spanish a mortal blow.
The Council of Setenta
On May 23, Bolívar called his officers to meet in a ruined hut in the abandoned village of Setenta. Many of his most trusted captains were there, including James Rooke, Carlos Soublette and José Antonio Anzoátegui. There were no seats: the men sat on the bleached skulls of dead cattle. At this meeting, Bolívar told them of his daring plan to attack Nueva Granada, but he lied to them about the route he would take, fearing they would not follow if they knew the truth. Bolívar intended to cross the flooded plains and then cross the Andes at the Páramo de Pisba pass: the highest of three possible entries into New Granada.
Crossing the Flooded Plains
Bolívar’s army then numbered some 2,400 men, with less than one thousand women and followers. The first obstacle was the Arauca River, upon which they traveled for eight days by raft and canoe, mostly in the pouring rain.
Then they reached the plains of Casanare, which were flooded by the rains. Men waded in water up to their waists, as thick fog obscured their vision: torrential rains drenched them daily. Where there was no water there was mud: the men were plagued by parasites and leeches. The only highlight during this time was meeting up with a patriot army of some 1,200 men led by Francisco de Paula Santander.
Crossing the Andes
As the plains gave way to the hilly jungle, Bolívar’s intentions became clear: the army, drenched, battered and hungry, would have to cross the frigid Andes Mountains. Bolívar had selected the pass at Páramo de Pisba for the simple reason that the Spanish did not have defenders or scouts there: no one thought an army could possibly cross it.
The pass peaks at 13,000 feet (almost 4,000 meters). Some deserted: José Antonio Páez, one of Bolívar's top commanders, tried to mutiny and eventually left with most of the cavalry. Bolívar's leadership held, however, because many of his captains swore they would follow him anywhere.
Untold Suffering
The crossing was brutal. Some of Bolívar’s soldiers were barely-dressed indigenous people who quickly succumbed to exposure.
The Albion Legion, a unit of foreign (mostly British and Irish) mercenaries, suffered greatly from altitude sickness and many even died from it.
There was no wood in the barren highlands: they were fed raw meat. Before long, all of the horses and pack animals had been slaughtered for food.
The wind whipped them, and hail and snow were frequent.
By the time they crossed the pass and descended into Nueva Granada, some 2,000 men and women had perished.
Arrival in Nueva Granada
On July 6, 1819, the withered survivors of the march entered the village of Socha, many of them half-naked and barefoot. They begged food and clothing from the locals. There was no time to waste: Bolívar had paid a high cost for the element of surprise and had no intention of wasting it. He swiftly refitted the army, recruited hundreds of new soldiers and made plans for an invasion of Bogota. His greatest obstacle was General Barreiro, stationed with his 3,000 men at Tunja, between Bolívar and Bogota. On July 25, the forces met at the Battle of Vargas Swamp, which resulted in an indecisive victory for Bolívar.
The Battle of Boyacá
Bolívar knew that he had to destroy Barreiro's army before it reached Bogota, where reinforcements could reach it. On August 7, the royalist army was divided as it crossed the Boyaca River: the advance guard was in front, across the bridge, and the artillery was far to the rear. Bolivar swiftly ordered an attack. Santander's cavalry cut off the advance guard (which were the best soldiers in the royalist army), trapping them on the other side of the river, while Bolívar and Anzoátegui decimated the main body of the Spanish force.
Legacy of Bolívar’s Crossing of the Andes
The battle lasted only two hours: at least two hundred royalists were killed and another 1,600 were captured, including Barreiro and his senior officers. On the patriot side, there were only 13 killed and 53 wounded.
The Battle of Boyacá was a tremendous, one-sided victory for Bolívar who marched unopposed into Bogota: the Viceroy had fled so swiftly that he left money in the treasury. Nueva Granada was free, and with money, weapons, and recruits, Venezuela soon followed, allowing Bolívar to eventually move south and attack Spanish forces in Ecuador and Peru.
The epic crossing of the Andes is Simón Bolívar in a nutshell: he was a brilliant, dedicated, ruthless man who would do whatever it took to free his homeland. Crossing flooded plains and rivers before going over a frigid mountain pass over some of the bleakest terrain on earth was absolute madness. No one thought Bolívar could pull off such a thing, which made it all the more unexpected. Still, it cost him 2,000 loyal lives: many commanders would not have paid that price for victory.
www.thoughtco.com/1819-simon-bolivar-crosses-the-andes-21...
Mucking about spinning a Bitbanger Labs Pixelstick and waving a white light, various iterations of spin and zoom, all one exposure, no post processing. The anomalous blue dots are light reflected from the wall behind.
Incorporating elements of the work of the mighty Victor Vasarely
Inspired by a conversation with fellow photon-wrangler Auroramovement
Strong people of our indomitable country!
Eight years of war against us. The 20th day of full-scale invasion. Attempts to destroy us all, to destroy Ukraine. We are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for our lives against missiles, bombs, artillery, tanks, mortars and everything else that Russian troops are using to destroy us. Everything else that Russia is destroying itself with now.
Because every shot at Ukraine, every blow at Ukraine are steps towards Russia's self-destruction. Steps to self-isolation, poverty and degradation.
Everyone who just wants to live and has something to think with is leaving Russia. Scientists, artists, businessmen, IT specialists, etc. The Russian state has not experienced such a blow at human capital for decades. A blow, which it inflicted on itself. We do not care. This is not our problem.
Our problem is to save our people. The strength of our society. Its scientists, its artists, its businessmen, its people, its strong people. All our Ukrainians who defend the state and bring closer the peace that every Ukrainian needs.
Last night there were air alarms almost all over our country. The airport in Dnipro was destroyed by a missile strike. Kharkiv. Russian bombs hit residential areas. Artillery. Mortars. Fighting continues in the region - Izyum, Chuhuiv.
Disassembly of wreckage in Rivne after the missile strike on the TV tower is ongoing. As of now, 19 casualties are confirmed.
Ancient Chernihiv and Oster are under such a brutal attack by Russia that it has wiped out any claims to its cultural ties to the times of Rus’. The invaders have no roots, no memory and no soul.
Russian troops attacked Kyiv, attacked Kyiv residents. Four apartment buildings were destroyed. Disassembly of the debris is still ongoing. As of now, five casualties are confirmed.
I will tell you in Russian: this happened in our capital. In the city that you always called “the mother of Russian cities”. That made our nations historical. And that you bombed today. Just people, residential areas. Bombed and bombed again. We don't need such children. No, thanks.
The invaders continue to consider the capture of our capital as their key goal, their political goal. They hope that control over Kyiv will give them control over Ukraine. This is absolute absurdity from all points of view.
To further strengthen the defense of the capital and the Kyiv region, I appointed Hero of Ukraine, Lieutenant General and Commander of the Joint Forces Operation Oleksandr Pavliuk head of the regional military administration.
Dismissed head of the regional administration Oleksiy Kuleba will help the military leadership.
Therefore, the Kyiv direction and the situation in the region will get even more attention.
Major General Eduard Moskaliov became the new commander of the Joint Forces. Professional man, patriotic man. The decree is signed.
Every morning, every evening, I thank the military. I thank all our heroes who bravely defend our state. All who stop the enemy despite the fact that the invaders are many times more. Dozens of times.
And now, today, I want to speak about all peaceful Ukrainians who were taken away by this war.
Eternal memory to everyone who died for Ukraine! Eternal curse to the enemy who took thousands of lives.
Humanitarian corridors have been partially opened today. There is a corridor from Sumy, Trostyanets, Lebedyn, Shostka and Konotop in the direction of Poltava.
The invaders did not stop the shelling and disrupted humanitarian corridors in the Kyiv region.
The convoy with humanitarian cargo for Mariupol also remains blocked. For several days in a row. But still little by little people are leaving the besieged city by private transport.
I want to thank SES officers, police, doctors and everyone else who saves people for this important work. And of course, I am thankful to our military.
Today I spoke at the summit organized by Great Britain, a friend of Ukraine - Boris Johnson. I addressed the United Kingdom Joint Expeditionary Force. Spoke to the leaders of the Baltic states and the countries of northern Europe.
I said what, of course, all our citizens would like to say.
About NATO. About help. About sincerity and... the fact that not everyone took a moral stance in response to the Russian war.
Each of more than 800 Russian missiles that have hit our country is an answer to a long-standing question about NATO. Whether the doors of the Alliance are really open for Ukraine.
If they were open, if it was fair, we would not have to convince the Alliance for 20 days that the sky over Ukraine should be closed. Closed to the death brought by the Russian Air Force. But... They don't hear or don't want to hear us yet. Some Allies have intimidated themselves. Saying that they allegedly can't answer. They cannot collide with Russian missiles and planes in the sky of Ukraine. Because this, they say, will lead to escalation, will lead to World War III...
And what will they say if Russia goes further into Europe, attacking other countries?
I'm sure it's the same thing they say to Ukraine. Article 5 of the NATO treaty has never been as weak as it is now. This is just our opinion.
When some members of the Alliance are afraid to be truly an alliance capable of protecting everything for which it was created. Freedom and democracy. Humanity and justice. We need to look for effective guarantees. Guarantees for us, for our sky. And we will not give up. We need planes. And I will continue to talk about it, I will continue to pursue it.
We need long-term security guarantees for the state. For all Ukrainians.
Concrete things. Concrete guarantees. Legally enshrined. So that there is no doubt in them. And so that no excuses sound. As they sound now, when we turn to those who signed "Budapest" and who... had the power to stop the Russian invasion even before it began. Using preventive measures. By helping Ukraine, which is convincing. Using sanctions that do not allow war.
Ukrainians!
There are more than 40 million of us in our state. And millions more around the world. This is a great force. Plus our friends. Plus many of our partner countries. We all now have a common task, a national task. We must put pressure on Russia so that the price for this war against Ukraine becomes extremely painful. So that everyone in the world takes a moral stance. Not only states, but also companies. I'm talking about business.
Large corporations that still sponsor Russia's military machine and have not left the Russian market, although they should have done so immediately. As soon as the world saw what Russian troops were doing on our Ukrainian land.
You know these brands. They are well known. And there are no secrets here.
Nestle, Mondelēz and other giants of the food industry. As well as Raiffeisen, Societe Generale and other banks. BASF, Samsung and LG. Bayer, Sanofi and other pharma companies.
Unilever, Johnson & Johnson... And dozens of other companies. And that's billions of dollars.
We turn to the world. To states and to people. But this is not just the work of politicians.
I appeal to Ukrainians. To everyone and in any country. Where you can influence it. Everything is in your power. All business with Russia must be stopped. All trade operations.
So that they can't sponsor the killings. Killings of us and our children. So that dollars and euros are not paid for blood. Please contact politicians. Put pressure. Talk to reporters. Boycott their products.
They must feel our strength! They must feel your strength!
Because we have the strength.
Glory to Ukraine!
It was amazing how this looked to the naked eye, I don't think I've ever seen the Milky Way more clearly!
Tipsoo Lake & Naches Peak, Mt. Rainier N.P, WA
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Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. It stands on Cathedral Hill overlooking the town. It is one of two cathedrals in the Diocese of Down and Dromore. Wikipedia
Address: 35 English St, Downpatrick BT30 6AB
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It was my attention that 1st post in 2016 to be for the Address Hotel !
Rubbing Lincoln's nose for good luck.
Info can be found here.
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
More info on the Gettysburg National Cemetery can be found here.
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The Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Memorial is in the background.
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The community of BOUCHIE LAKE, British Columbia is located in the North Cariboo about 6 miles wet of Quesnel.
Following the Second Word War, Brazier Armstrong returned to BOUCHIE LAKE. Under the Veteran's Land Act of 1942, he and his wife, Louise purchased land across from the Farmer's Institute Hall and opened the BOUCHIE LAKE STORE. The store was the site of the BOUCHIE LAKE POST OFFICE. The property was eventually purchased by the Ministry of Highways, and the store was burned down to allow the Blackwater Road to be upgraded to a highway in 1985 - written by - Heloise Dixon-Warren
LINKS to the "History of BOUCHIE LAKE, B.C. - bouchielakefriends.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Othe... and - pub-crd.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=38115
BOUCHIE LAKE Post Office opened - 19 September 1950; closed - 31 May 1962. It was named after William Walker Boucher (Billie Bouchie) and Lizette Allard Boucher who were the first people to pre-empt land in 1902.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BOUCHIE LAKE Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
Thomas Brazier "Bray / Tom" Armstrong
(b. 9 June 1909 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia - d. 20 May 2002 at age 92 in Quesnel, British Columbia) - From it's opening in 1950 until its sale in 1966, he and Louise and the family operated the Bouchie Lake Store and Post Office. He was Postmaster from - 19 September 1950 until - 31 May 1962.
A landmark of Bouchie Lake built by one of the pioneers of Quesnel will shortly disappear. The original Bouchie Lake store was built in 1950 by Thomas Brazier (Bra) Armstrong. The Observer called on Armstrong at his mobile home in the Red Bluff area. He recalls when he, his wife, Louise, and boys operated the store the only time Bouchie Lake area has had a post office. "People came all the way out to Bouchie Lake to mail parcels when there was such a line up at the post office in Quesnel." The store was sold in 1965 and after exchanging hands. LINK to more of the article - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer/12711...
LINK to the newspaper obituary for Thomas Brazier Armstrong - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer-obitu...
His wife - Louise / Louisa Smith (nee MacGillivray) Michaud / Armstrong
(b. 22 January 1913 in Vancouver, B.C. - d. 23 September 1990 at age 77 in Quesnel, British Columbia) - occupation - sales / retail - they were married - 15 September 1946 in Quesnel, British Columbia - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7d... - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3f... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer-obitu...
- sent from - / BOUCHIE LAKE / AM / 20 I / 62 / B.C. / - a cds favour strike on a postcard for collector W.A. Price of Penticton, B.C. - (RF D).
addressed to: H. A. Price Esq, / 1371 Leir St., / Penticton, B.C.
H. A. Price - Harold Alexander “Alex” Price passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015. Alex was born in Vancouver November 18, 1921. He started railway work in 1940, enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, and completed 58 missions overseas; he returned to BC in 1945 and obtained his Engineering degree at UBC. He then went directly to work at Canadian Pacific Railway—a 33-year career. He collected British Columbia postal history with particular emphasis on CPR-related material and on the Vancouver area. His grandfathers were pioneers in North Vancouver (Moodyville) and in the Yukon, respectively. Alex’s talks on BC postal history were marvelous, riddled with many personal experiences. He wrote few articles on his own but assisted many of us when we were writing, insisting on remaining anonymous. His e-mails were long, educational, and enjoyable. He was the person who saved the Bailey correspondence from Ashcroft. He will be long remembered by all those of us who were fortunate enough to know him.
Harold Alexander Price - by Tracy Cooper - It is with great sadness that we note that one of the giants of BC philately closed his albums for the last time on January 18, 2015, in Kelowna, BC. Alex (pronounced “Alec”) was born on Nov 18, 1921, in Vancouver. Others have commented on Alex’s achievements in the Second World War, his community contributions, his love of wife and family, and his long association with the Canadian Pacific Railway in western Canada. I would like to reflect briefly on his passion for history—especially for CPR postal history in British Columbia. - (Link) Read the complete article in - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 24 - Number 1 - Whole number 93 - March 2015 - (page 848) - www.andrew-scott.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BCPHN93.pdf
This article was written by ANDREW SCOTT - MASSETT - The other commercial centre is Masset (or Massett, as the post office name was originally spelled), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north shore of Graham Island. It also got its start in the early 1900s. An application submitted in 1900 by post office inspector W. H. Dorman proposed Charles Harrison as postmaster but was rejected. “Residents at Massett now receive their mail from Port Simpson,” wrote Dorman, “from which place all supplies are obtained, by means of an Indian schooner which makes occasional trips between these places. It is possible that arrangements might be made to have an occasional mail conveyed between Massett and Port Simpson, but there would be no regularity about such a service. I do not consider a post office at Massett is required at present.” The post office was eventually authorized in 1906, it seems, but its opening was delayed until 1909 (Archives Canada lists Jan 6, 1910, as the date of establishment but Aug. 1, 1909, as the date of appointment of the first postmaster). This was Rev. William E. Collison, son of the noted Anglican missionary William Henry Collison. Do a search of "Early Postal History of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii" where you can read the complete article.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - MASSETT - a post office, fishing and lumbering village on the northern part of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 86 miles from Prince Rupert, in Prince Rupert Provincial Electoral District, reached by Grand Trunk Pacific boats from Prince Rupert. Has telegraph office. Anglican church. The population in 1918 was 150. Local, resources: Lumbering, farming, mining and fishing.
MASSETT Post Office was opened - 1 August 1909. The spelling adjusted to MASSET Post Office - 28 May 1948.
LINK - to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the MASSETT / MASSET Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
- sent from - / MASSETT / AU 25 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 25 June 1909 - (RF C).
- arrived at - / SOUTH HILL / AU 28 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring backstamp (poor strike) - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 15 September 1908 - (RF D).
The South Hill Post Office was established - 1 October 1908 - it became Vancouver Sub Office South Hill - 1 July 1914.
Addressed to: Miss Dora Erlindsson / South Hill / B.C.
Halldóra Maren (nee Erlandsson) Glenzer / (Dora Marie Erlandson)
(b. 22 April 1894 In Winnipeg, Manitoba – d. in Washington, USA)
Her father - Vigfies Erlindsson
(b. 1859 in Iceland – Deceased)
Her mother - Oddbjorg (nee Saemundsdottir) Erlindsson
(b. 1857 in Iceland – Deceased) - they were married - 28 November 1885 in Stokkseyri, Árnessýsla, Suðurland, Iceland.
Her husband - John William Glenzer
(b. 20 February 1882 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States – d. 31 March 1944 at age 62 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States) - they were married - 23 May 1917 in Bella Bella, Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada. Occupation - Mill worker.
Cleaning up 2 cubic meters of mulch that was dumped on my driveway by mistake. A bit of on-line sleuthing and fuzzy images from my neighbor's security camera helped me track down the garden center that screwed up. Once I contacted them they showed up in 15 minutes to clean up the mess. They brought me a 25 kilo bag of lawn fertilizer as a gift and offered me the mulch at no charge, if I wanted it. Class act!! Lucky they weren't a wrecking crew!
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - McMURDO - a post office, farming and mining district in the Columbia Valley, reached by Kootenay Central branch of the C. P. R. to Mons, and south of Golden, in Columbia Provincial Electoral District. Has Methodist church. Local resources: Mixed farming and mining.
McMurdo was named after Archie McMurdo, prospector and first white settler in the district.
The McMurdo Post Office was established - 1 September 1904 and closed - 2 November 1953.
Distributing point - Cranbrook and Golden
Mail route - McMurdo and Railway Station
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the McMURDO Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
Clipped from - The Golden Star newspaper - Golden, British Columbia, Canada - 23 May 1979 - The McMurdo Post Office was situated then at the site of the Old Proffit house and Edith would walk the five miles to it twice a week. She remembers that if there was a letter to be mailed they would place it in a forked branch on the road and anyone going by would pick it up and mail it at McMurdo.
James Croft served as Postmaster at McMurdo from - 1 July 1906 to - 24 November 1911 and from - 12 February 1913 to - 1920.
James Croft - (had a well-developed ranch at McMurdo)
(b. )
Note - this was not James Whitman Croft (1863 - 1923).
Robert Edgar (Ed) Weston served as Postmaster at McMurdo from - 24 November 1920 to - 15 October 1953.
Robert Edgar (Ed) Weston
(b. 1 July 1888 in England - d. 28 August 1981 at age 93 in Vernon, British Columbia)
LINK to a newspaper article on Robert Edgar Weston - www.newspapers.com/clip/118645367/robert-edgar-ed-weston/
- sent from - Chicago - very weak strike...
- arrived at - / McMURDO / DE 23 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1904 - (RF C) - a tougher / uncommon RF C...
Addressed to: Mrs. H. Wellstead / McMurdo / B.C. / Canada
Harry W. Wellstead
(b. 1873 in London, England - d. 27 May 1942 at age 69 in Parson, British Columbia) - owned a farm in McMurdo - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/118664660/harry-wellstead-obituary/
His first wife - ?
His second wife - Mary Anne (nee West) Wellstead
(b. 31 December 1884 in Chicago, Illinois - d. 29 December 1967 at age 82 in Invermere, British Columbia) - occupation - nurse - they were married - 28 April 1914 in Golden, B.C. - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1c... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/118647181/obituary-for-mary-wells... LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1a...
Message on postcard reads: Why don't you write or are you to busy - we are all well and hope you are in the best of health - to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to hear from you soon. From your friend - Mrs. Schill
In 2016 they erected this statue . Abe Lincoln let an American read the Gettysburg Address."We've had a very vigorously election this year and thought bringing Honest Abe back in the final days of this dialogue we might remind people that one of the most fundamental things we should be striving for is honesty in our political dialogue,
I think nowadays they need Abe more than ever.
Address: 2 Place du Colonel Fabie, 75019 Paris
Office building - Headquarters of French Communist Party (PCF)
Construction: 1965-1971 and 1979-1980
Architects: Oscar Niemeyer + Jean Prouvé (curtain wall)
National Monument (Monument Historique) since 2007
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8ge_du_Parti_communiste_fran...
افكارنا هي التي تنتج احاسيسنا واحاسيسنا هي التي تنتج سلوكياتنا وسلوكياتنا هي التي تحدد انجازاتنا عظيمة او تافهه ............فلو اردت ان تحدث تغيير جذري في نفسك عليك الانتباه لما يدور في عقلك من افكار واحذر لما تقوله لنفس وما تقوله للاخرين وما يقوله الاخرين لك واستمر في تخيل نفسك وانت على قمة المجد........^_^
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The former Bank of New South Wales was built in Gill Street, Charters Towers in 1889, replacing a number of earlier timber bank buildings on other sites in both Charters Towers and nearby Millchester. This two-storey masonry building addressing Gill Street also has a number of additions to the rear which demonstrate the evolution of the banking industry in the town over time. It complements other significant bank buildings in nearby Mosman Street, including the former Australian Joint Stock Bank, now the World Theatre and the former Queensland National Bank building which now serves as the City Hall.
Charters Towers' gold was first discovered in December 1871, by an Aboriginal boy named Jupiter who tended the horses for prospectors Hugh Mosman, George Clarke, and John Fraser. A storm frightened the horses into a gap in the hills, and while retrieving them, Jupiter found a rich vein of gold laden quartz. Mosman travelled to Ravenswood in early January 1872 to register the claim which he named Charters Towers, honouring the Gold Commissioner for the Broughton gold fields. By March 1872, Commissioner Charters had issued 25 prospecting area permits in the vicinity of Mosman's claim, and the rush began.
The earliest settlement grew around diggings at the confluence of Buchanan's Gully and Gladstone Creek and was known as Millchester. A few miles west of Millchester, another settlement evolved which became Charters Towers. It included a number of stores, hotels, and a butcher shop along a track that was to become Mosman Street. The population of Charters Towers was reputedly 3000 by August 1872. There was rivalry between the two settlements, particularly after the courthouse was erected at Millchester in 1873.
In the meantime, it had become evident that the procurement of gold from the deep seams of Charter Towers required substantial machinery to crush quartz and sink shafts. This required working capital to finance machinery and to pay the wages of workers employed on these time consuming processes. The Queensland Gold Fields Act 1874 and Gold Mining Companies Act 1875 allowed for combinations of leases, claims, and syndicates in order to work their leases at great depths. The legislation also underpinned the establishment of permanent settlement which would attract capital investment to the field. The influx of money and the resultant yield of gold were reflected in the growth of the township and the establishment of banks, mining companies, and mining agencies and exchanges. Two banking companies, the Australian Joint Stock Bank and the Bank of New Soute Wales (NSW) established offices on the goldfields by July 1872, only six months after the registration of the first claims.
The Bank of New South Wales was the first bank established in Australia (February 1817) but it was restricted to trading in Sydney until 1850. After restructuring, it opened its first branch outside Sydney, in Brisbane, on the 14th of November 1850, also being the first bank established in Queensland. It continued to expand rapidly with the rush of gold discoveries in New South Wales and Victoria. The bank set up agencies and gold-buying agents at every new mining venture in order to spread its network and consolidate its position. Bank officers were urged on by their superiors to be the first to a new location to set up a gold-buying agency. By 1861 the Bank of New South Wales had grown from a single Sydney office to a network of 37 branches in Australia and New Zealand.
The expansion of the Bank of New South Wales into North Queensland was driven by Robert Towns, one of its directors. Bank establishment followed both pastoral development and mineral discoveries. Port Denison, established to serve pastoralists, became the municipality of Bowen in 1863. By 1864 there was Bowen branch of the Bank of NSW, followed by one in Townsville in March 1866, where Towns and his partner John Melton Black had established a boiling down works. Another branch opened on the Ravenswood goldfields in 1870, one at Cardwell, (the terminus for the gold escort) in 1871 and in Charters Towers and Georgetown in 1872. The Cooktown branch, servicing the Palmer River fields opened in 1876, then Thornborough in 1877 on the Hodgkinson goldfields, followed by Cairns and Port Douglas. The Charters Towers Bank of New South Wales had opened only two days after the Australian Joint Stock Bank, which had opened on the 2nd of July 1872. Then in October 1872, both banks relocated to nearby Millchester.
In Millchester, land on the northern corner of Jardine and Macdonald Streets was formally transferred to the Bank of New South Wales in April 1875, but the actual sale is likely to have occurred prior to the title documentation. The Joint Stock Bank owned land opposite in Macdonald Street, and the Queensland National Bank opened in 1873 adjacent. Then in July 1874, a cottage was reported to have been relocated to Mosman Street, Charters Towers, to be used as an agency of the Bank of New South Wales. Presumably, the main branch remained in Millchester. At the time Charters Towers was described as: ‘solidifying rapidly and is giving undeniable proof that it means to stand. New shops and stores are going up. Buildings are being renovated and painted...'
Charters Towers soon dominated. A town survey was undertaken in November 1874, and marked out allotments in a ‘T' formation, with the mines and provision stores of Mosman Street on one axis, and the road to Millchester marked by Gill Street on the other. In January 1876, the Bank of New South Wales was relocated to Charters Towers, with Millchester becoming the agency office. This relocation was touted by the Northern Miner newspaper, as ‘the beginning of the end' for Millchester. Charters Towers was declared a municipality in 1877 encompassing one square mile centred on Mosman Street. It included new churches, the Oddfellows and Good Templar Lodges, and 21 hotels and 57 shops. The Bank of New South Wales moved into new premises in March 1877, described as a five roomed banking house, bringing solidarity to the top end of Mosman Street.
The wealth of the Charters Towers goldfields grew in the following years, particularly following the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London where specimens of Charters Towers Gold were featured. Almost immediately English investors seized the opportunity to be part of the Charters Towers gold riches. Mining companies were formed, managed by Charters Towers' mining agents and share-brokers, and while some shares were held by English interests, many local people prospered through their investments, which then led to an expansion of banking facilities and mining exchanges. Banks and gold buyers purchased the gold, minted it into sovereigns in Australia and England, which were held in the vaults of banks in Melbourne, London, Berlin, and New York and then shipped to pay international debt. According to the Northern Miner newspaper, there were five banks in Gill Street in mid 1887: the Bank of New South Wales, the Bank of Australasia, the London Chartered Bank, and the Union and Royal Banks. The Queensland National and the Australian Joint Stock Bank remained in Mosman Street.
The Bank of New South Wales gradually improved banking facilities during the 1880s when many new branches opened in Queensland. Most directors were keen for bank premises in country towns to emphasise dignity, size, and solidity in the design of their buildings demonstrating the bank's capacity to survive and consolidate. Consequently, well known architects were employed to design bank buildings in New South Wales, and throughout Australia and New Zealand.
This was the case in Charters Towers. The Bank of New South Wales purchased an allotment in February 1887, diagonally opposite the post office in Gill Street, on which to erect a new substantial brick building. Architects Eyre and Munro called for tenders in the local newspaper in April 1888. The firm had offices in Townsville and Charters Towers. The Charters Towers office was run by William Henry Allan Munro, who had been previously employed in Townsville by architects and builders Rooney Brothers. After winning a competition for the design of the Queensland Hotel, he was taken into partnership with Walter Morris Eyre. In 1887 he became the junior partner, managing the Charters Towers office. Eyre, brother-in-law of architect FDG Stanley, had managed Stanley's Maryborough office between 1882 and 1885 before relocating to Townsville, where he supervised the construction of the Bank of New South Wales in Flinders Street. The Eyre and Munro partnership designed many north Queensland buildings including the 1889 Holy Trinity Church of England in Herberton, the 1890 Bank of North Queensland in Cooktown, the 1890 - 1891 Townsville School of Arts, and the 1892 Burns Philp Building, now part of Bartlam's Store in Charters Towers. They also designed the building on the corner of Deane and Gill Streets for auctioneers Ackers, Wilson, Ayton and Ryan, built in 1888 which later housed the Royal Bank of Queensland.
Construction of the new bank was by contractor Mr Kelleher under the supervision of Eyre and Munro. It opened for business on Monday the 13th of May 1889, and was described as ‘handsome and very pleasing, an imposing structure, superior to anything north of Brisbane' and overshadowing the adjacent Bank of Australasia (no longer extant). While the Northern Miner newspaper reported the cost at £9,000, the bank's archives indicated £6,040. The new building was seen as the way forward in both structure and location. The inclusion of a commodious manager's private apartment was usual for regional banks.
On the ground floor the building comprised banking chamber, fitted handsomely in polished cedar, the upper part of the various partitions being in ornamental ground glass...ample room for the public in front of the counter for the transaction of business, and a table... placed there for the accommodation of those who may desire to fill in deposit slips, requisitions for drafts, &c; a counter...14 ft long by 4ft 6 in [4.2 x 1.4m] wide, with the bill department on the right, and the exchange clerks' office on the left; ledger desks...placed at the back of the counter. To the left of the main entrance to the public hall is the manager's room, ...and opening out of that is the accountant's office... which has a raised floor, so that the official, by simply standing up, can get a good view of all that is going on. There is a passage leading from the manager's room to the dining-room, which, with the exception of the kitchen and servants' offices is the only one of the private apartments on the ground floor. At the rear of the ledger-desks are the strong room (fireproof), a lavatory and a stationery-room. Leaving the dining-room, we come to the private hall, which is approached from the passage to the left of the building. The upper floor is reached by a staircase from this hall...and contains a handsome drawing room...communicating by folding doors with another large room...which will be used by Mr Beattie for his own bedroom. There are three other bedrooms and a dressing room, all of large dimensions, with linen closet and a bathroom. The upper part of the building has a balcony running around three sides...and the internal passages are all proportionately spacious. The servants' quarters on the ground floor comprise kitchen, pantry, wash-house and sleeping apartment, and are furnished with the usual appurtenances for cooking and washing. Stabling has yet to be erected. Gas is laid on in every room and provision is made: for the Burdekin water supply when that scheme is complete. In the meantime there are three 1000 gallon [45 litres] tanks all full. The chimney-pieces and other fittings are in cedar, and are in excellent taste. All the rooms are ceiled, with mouldings, &c., of elegant design, and ventilation and drainage have been specially attended to.'
An economic downturn occurred in 1888, during the construction of the bank, due to a decrease in overseas investment and a continuing drought which led to the closure of crushing machines due to lack of water. The slump was short-lived after the development of the Brilliant Reef, which when mined to a depth of 3000 feet (914 m), became the biggest producer in the field.
Charters Towers was at its economic peak in the late 19th century. According to Government Geologist Robert Logan Jack, Charters Towers was the third largest gold producing area in Australia, after Ballarat and Sandhurst (Bendigo). Many new buildings were completed in this period in Charters Towers. The ‘T' junction of Mosman and Gill Streets became the financial district of Charters Towers. For one block to the east, north, and south were eight banks, the post and telegraph office, two assaying offices, and four solicitor's offices. Share-brokers occupied the Royal Arcade, and other offices were located in Mosman and Bow Streets. The Royal Arcade was built in 1888 for Alexander Malcolm and by 1890 the Stock Exchange operated from the building. Other significant buildings of this era include the 1887 - 1892 Masonic Lodge and the 1892 Post Office. Banks of this era include the 1881 (lowset timber) Bank of Australasia, the London Chartered Bank (which purchased the two-storey masonry building from local builder Hugh Ross in 1887), the former Australian Joint Stock Bank and the Queensland National (QN) Bank, both designed by FDG Stanley and both built in 1891. The Union Bank then occupied the former QN Bank premises in Mosman Street. All of these buildings remain, apart from the Bank of Australasia. The Bank of New South Wales was considered the first financial institution to erect premises worthy of the town and the business conducted there. The North Queensland Register claimed it was the largest banking institution in Australasia in the 1890s.
The banking crisis of 1893, when the Queensland National Bank and the Australian Joint Stock Bank, both suspended trading, led to an increase in business for the Bank of New South Wales in Charters Towers, when successful mining companies transferred their accounts. At that time there were eight banking businesses operating in Charters Towers; the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Bank of Australasia, Bank of NSW, Bank of North Queensland, London Chartered Bank, Queensland National Bank, the Royal Bank and the Union Bank, and all were still operating after the crisis had passed.
In 1899, Charters Towers was the second most important city in Queensland with a population of over 26,000, and an internationally noted goldfield. The gold yield for the state rose dramatically following the development of the Brilliant Reef, and in 1891, rose from 123, 000 ounces (3487 kg) to 218 000 ounces (6181 kg). It reached its all time peak of 319, 572 ounces (9059.7 kg), yielding over £2, 000, 000 by 1899. Gold production contributed between 21.61 and 35.53 percent of Queensland's export income during the 1880s and 1890s. These enormous amounts of gold were purchased by banks, which played a vital role in this process of wealth creation and distribution.
Gold production had been the mainstay of the Queensland mining sector in the 1890s, amounting to 85 per cent to 92.8 per cent of mining production during the decade. Apart from a brief spike in production at Mount Morgan in 1888 - 1889, Charters Towers consistently out-produced the other major gold mining areas of Ravenswood, Gympie, and Mount Morgan between 1880 and 1913. While Gympie peaked between 1901 and 1906, generally figures for all centres declined in the early 20th century. Charters Towers' production of 96, 046 oz (2723 kg) in 1912, fell to 42, 777 oz (1213 kg) in 1916 and was reduced to 8095 oz (22.9 kg) by 1919.
Despite Charters Towers being declared a city in 1909, the downturn in mining from 1914 and its virtual cessation by 1917 contributed to a steady decrease in population during this time. A town that had boasted a population of 25, 000 in 1900, when it was the second largest in Queensland, was reduced to just 13, 000 by the end of World War I (WWI). Between 1914 and 1918 more than 900 homes and business premises were removed from Charters Towers. Many were dismantled and transported by train to Townsville or Ayr where they were re-erected. Others were relocated to various places in Western Queensland. Nevertheless, banking institutions remained in town to service the regional rural economy and included the Bank of New South Wales, the Bank of Australasia, the London Chartered Bank, the Queensland National Bank, the Union Bank and the Bank of Commerce in the early 1920s. The Bank of New South Wales took over the Western Australian Bank in 1927, and then absorbed the Australian Bank of Commerce in 1931.
The Bank of New South Wales occupied the building in Gill Street until 1970 and during this time a number of repairs and small modifications were made. Renovations were undertaken in 1910 included plastering, painting, and general repairs, with further unidentified alterations occurring in 1921 and 1940. A post-1900 photograph of the rear of the bank shows rendering to the face-brick walls of the bank core and service wing; lattice panels fixed to the western verandahs of the manager's apartment and service wing; horizontal battens on the wash house and stables and a lavatory in the far south-western corner. It is likely that the female toilets attached to the northern western corner of the bank were built during WWI when women were employed to make up for the shortfall of men. Following the 1931 merger with the Australian Bank of Commerce, the amalgamated business was carried on in the Bank of New South Wales premises in Gill Street. The former Bank of Commerce building (originally the Joint Stock Bank) was used as accommodation for bank officers. It was sold in 1937.
The Charters Towers Bank of New South Wales played an important role in the Pacific Campaign of World War II, as the New Guinean Bank of New South Wales branches in the towns of Wau, Samrai, Rabaul, and Port Moresby were successively evacuated in January and early February 1942, due to bombing or threat of bombing. The transportable business effects including records, cash, and bullion were taken by boat to Townsville, and a custodian branch was set up in Charters Towers, while the reconstruction of the business was undertaken in Brisbane.
The Charters Towers City Council acquired the Queensland National Bank building in 1949 and relocated its administrative operations there. The building was then known as the Town Hall. A library was established in the old town hall building. The Charters Towers City Council acquired the former Bank of Commerce (AJS Bank) in 1992 and converted it into the World Theatre.
In 1967 a property exchange was made with the Charters Towers City Council, whereby the Bank of New South Wales acquired the old town hall site owned by the council. The old timber Town Hall was demolished in August 1968. The bank continued to occupy its original building during the construction of a new building on this site, which opened on the 16th of March 1970. The Bank of New South Wales acquired the Victorian based Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd in 1982 and then changed its name to Westpac, reflecting the Western Pacific region in which it now operated.
From 1982, the former Bank of New South Wales building was used as the council library and child care centre. The property was formally transferred to the Council in 1984. The council erected women's toilets to the rear of the western side of the building sometime prior to 1980. During the 1980s a restaurant occupied the first floor of the building. In the 1990s it housed the offices of Skill West and Skill Share, as well as school support services provided by Education Queensland. The semi-detached building at the rear has undergone a number of renovations over time. The library was relocated in 2003 and the day care centre ceased operation. The former Bank of New South Wales building has had a number of tenants since that time including a real estate agent and a Bendigo Bank Agency. The Australian Association of Distance Education Schools utilised space on the first floor for training purposes in the 2000s. The building was renamed Wherry House in 2006 to honour a former mayor Paul Wherry and his wife Molly who served the city from 1952 to 1964. Plaques commemorating their community work were installed in the building in November 2006.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
- ex - Melvin 1973...
ARROWHEAD is a former steamboat port and town at the head of Upper Arrow Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Though the initial site has been submerged beneath the waters of the lake, which is now part of the reservoir formed by Hugh Keenleyside Dam at Castlegar, the name continues in use as a reference for the locality, and is sometimes used to refer to the local region. Although the most obvious origin of the name is that Arrowhead is at the head of the Arrow Lakes, another version claims that it relates to the finding of arrowheads in the ground during construction of buildings in the area, left from an ancient battle between First Nations peoples. Another version says that it is because of the arrowhead-shaped appearance of the lake from high ground in the vicinity. The name of the Arrow Lakes is credit to "Arrow Rock", a large cliffside pictograph shot through with clusters of arrows, again relating to an ancient battle (in this case known to be between the Sinixt and the Ktunaxa), which stood above "the Narrows", a stretch of fast-flowing channel connecting Upper Arrow to Lower Arrow Lake.
LINK to postcard views of Arrowhead, B.C. - www.prairie-towns.com/arrowhead-images.html
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - ARROWHEAD, a post village in the district of Yale and Cariboo, B.C., on the Columbia River, and a station on the C.P.R., it is also port of landing for C.P.R. boats. It contains 2 churches (Episcopal and Presbyterian), 4 stores (2 Chinese), 3 hotels, 2 lumber mills capable of turning out 2,500 feet per diem, and a branch of Imperial Bank. The population in 1908 was 400.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - ARROWHEAD - a post office and farming town at mouth of Columbia River, where it empties into the Upper Arrow Lake, in Revelstoke Provincial Electoral District, connected with Revelstoke by C. P. R. and with West Robson, at south end of Arrow Lakes, by C. P. R. lake steamers, distant 106 miles. Has Anglican and Presbyterian church services. The population in 1918 was 100. Local resources: Farming.
The ARROWHEAD Post Office was established - 1 July 1896 and closed - 28 September 1968 due to the resignation of the PM and limited usefulness.
LINK to the list of Postmasters who served at the ARROWHEAD Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this letter entered the postal system at ARROWHEAD, B.C. the Postmaster was George T. Newman - he was the first Postmaster at ARROWHEAD and served from - 1 July 1896 to - 17 March 1903.
George Thomas Newman
(b. 14 July 1868 in London, England - d. 11 June 1929 at age 60 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - occupations - road master for the CPR / Postmaster at Arrowhead, B.C. - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-geor...
His wife - Florence (nee Pinder) Newman
(b. 20 February 1871 in Ropsley, Lincolnshire, England – d. 2 May 1964 at age 93 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - they were married - 24 November 1891 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/25... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-flor...
sent from - / ARROWHEAD / AP 22 / 01 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1896 - (RF C).
- via - / REVELSTOKE STATION / AP 22 / 01 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp - (RF D).
- arrived at - / 13 / TORONTO / AP 27 / 01 / - arrival - Toronto letter carrier mark - LINK to article reference carrier marks - (page 43) - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2023,%20No.%202...
Addressed to - Wm. Rennie / Toronto, Ont. / Canada
WILLIAM RENNIE agriculturist, seed merchant, farm superintendent, and author; b. 15 March 1835 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada, son of Robert Rennie and Elizabeth Fife; m. 13 March 1862 Sarah Glendinning of Scarborough, and they had four sons; d. 24 July 1910 in Swansea (Toronto).
Link to a biographical article on William Rennie - www.biographi.ca/en/bio/rennie_william_13E.html
Remembering seeing this handwritten recipe addressed by Nabokov to Maxime de la Falaise for her cooking book at the NYPL ( New York Public Library).
"Boil water in a saucepan (bubbles mean it is boiling!). Take two eggs (for one person) out of the refrigerator. Hold them under the hot tap water to make them ready for what awaits them. Place each in a pan, one after theother, and let them slip soundlessly into the (boiling) water. Consult your wristwatch. Stand over them with a spoon preventing them (they are apt to roll) from knocking against the damned side of the pan. If, however, an egg cracks in the water (now bubbling like mad) and starts to disgorge a cloud of white stuff like a medium in an old fashioned seance, fish it out and throw it away. Take another and be more careful. After 200 seconds have passed, or, say, 240 (taking interruptions into account), start scooping the eggs out. Place them, round end up, in two egg cups. With a small spoon tap-tap in a circle and hen pry open the lid of the shell. Have some salt and buttered bread (white) ready. Eat."
I recently visited that very PA Dutch Amish farm were this egg came from. For a historical review of the sickness mess we are in, see these comments.
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This Round Robin letter is addressed to the captain of a ship in King Charles I’s employ.
According to the Calendar of State Papers: ‘The centre contains 12 lines of verse to the effect, that if the signers did not receive their allowances, and their ship were not new victualled [stocked with food], they would not raise their anchor. The signatures, to the number of 76, are placed round the lines.’
(Suggested transcript)
Goode Captaine to your wordes wee all give eare
But they unpleasing seame as wee doe heare
And those which are allowed not by the kinge
Thearefore with echoa like wee all doe sing
If that ower [al]lowanse wee receive not dulye
And also staying heare wee victule newlye
The shipe shall ride whilst cables they be rotten
Andso longes wee are whare victules maye be gotten
Unto which saying wee will all apply
Before wele yeld wee one and all will dye
God blesse the kinge and send him longe to rayne
And all such parsons as doe this mayntaine
(Suggested translation)
Good Captain, to your words we all give ear/ but they unpleasing seem as we do hear/and those which are allowed not by the king/ therefore with echo-like we all do sing/ if that our allowance we receive not duly/ and also staying here we victual newly/ the ship shall ride whilst cables they be rotten/and so long as we are where victuals may be gotten/ until which saying will we all apply/ before we yield we one and all will die/ God bless the king and send him long to reign/ and all such persons as do this maintain.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - WADHAMS - a Post Office and cannery at head of east arm of Rivers Inlet, 320 miles northwest of Vancouver, in Comox Provincial Electoral District, served by C.P.R. and Union S.S. Co.'s boats from Vancouver. The Post Office is for convenience of fishermen at the cannery during the summer months, although kept open by the watchman during winter. The residents are transient, and here only for canning season.
The lodge sits on the former site of the largest cannery in Rivers Inlet, Wadham’s Cannery. Founded in 1897 by E.A. Wadhams it was operated by B.C. Packers Company until 1942 when a fire caused an end to canning operations. The buildings served as a camp and net loft before finally succumbing to history. Today, only a few physical traces remain of its former glory but it lives on in the memory of those who spent their lives there. LINK - www.uniqueproperties.ca/brochures/CIM-Wadhams-Outpost-Lod...
Edmond Abraham Wadhams
(b. 28 March 1833 in Lake Champlain, New York - d. 17 October 1900 at age 67 in Portland, Oregon) - he founded Wadhams Cannery in 1897.
His son - William Albert Wadhams was the Cannery Manager and Postmaster at WADHAMS and served from from - 1 June 1903 to - 17 February 1904.
William Albert Wadhams
(b. 6 May 1868 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - d. 30 December 1949 at age 81 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/85...
The WANBOROUGH Post Office was established - 1 June 1896 - it became the WADHAMS Post Office - 1 June 1903 - closed - 29 August 1967 due to its limited usefulness.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the WANBOROUGH Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record... and the WADHAMS Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...
When this postcard was posted at the WADHAMS Post Office the Postmaster was Herber Beriah Barton (he was also the Cannery Manager) - he served as Postmaster from - 1 April 1906 to - 18 December 1911. He was the father / husband of the sender of this postcard...(her mother Eveline Barton wrote the message for their daughter Bernice)
Herber Beriah Barton
(b. 29 November 1871 in Queens County, New Brunswick - d. 10 February 1934 at age 62 in Vancouver, B.C.) - occupations - cannery manager and Postmaster at Wadhams, B.C. / hardware manager.
LINK to his newspaper obituary - H. B. BARTON DIES - Well Known Hardware Man in Marpole Area Dies - www.newspapers.com/clip/112616989/obituary-for-h-b-barton/
His wife - Eveline Elizabeth (nee McCleery) Barton
(b. 2 April 1881 in Vancouver, B.C. - d. 18 August 1959 at age 78 in Vancouver, B.C.) - they were married - 8 October 1904 in Eburne, British Columbia. LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112676208/obituary-for-eveline-ba... LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1b...
- sent from - / WADHAMS / SP 17 / 09 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1 / first hammer) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1903 - (RF C) - tougher to find.
Message on postcard reads: (written by her mother - Eveline Elizabeth Barton as she was only four years old) - Dear Grandma, I will be very glad to get home to see you. I am not a bit frightened of whistles now. (steamship whistles) Little Bernice
Bernice Eveline Barton
(b. 9 July 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia – d. 11 March 1979 at age 73 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - her occupation - school teacher - she taught grade 10 at King George High School in Vancouver, B.C. - later she taught at the Semiahmoo High School in White Rock, B.C. - she never married. LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/43...
- from her 1926 U.B.C. yearbook - BERNICE EVELINE BARTON - Bernice appears to be one of the quiet members of our class; but, in her case, appearances are very deceiving. To those who know her well, she displays a keen sense of humor, as well as a ready wit. When not absorbed in French honors, Bernice finds time to attend "La Causerie." She also takes a great interest in the Women's Literary Society. Her cheerful manner and agreeable disposition have made many friends for her. Favorite expression: "Such is life.
Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 26 August 1926 - Miss Bernice Barton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Barton, who will accompany Miss Sadie Boyles and will take the same course at the Sorbonne in Paris. They will sail on September 22 from New York, and en route they will visit in Winnipeg, Montreal and Toronto. LINK to Miss Sadie Boyles postcard - www.flickr.com/photos/allmycollections/52343505836/
Addressed to her Grandma - Mrs. W. F. Stewart / Eburne / B.C.
Jane Annie (nee Evans) McCleery / Stewart
(b. 20 May 1849 in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada – d. 30 March 1928 at age 78 in Vancouver, B.C.)
Her first husband - Samuel McCleery
(b. 1839 in Down, Ireland – d. 18 October 1882 at age 43 in Kamloops, British Columbia) - they were married - 9 June 1880 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Her second husband - William Francis Stewart
(b. 2 June 1857 in Pictou, Nova Scotia – d. 30 August 1926 at age 69 in Richmond, British Columbia) - they were married - 19 September 1888 in British Columbia. LINK to - newspaper obituary for Captain W. F. Stewart - www.newspapers.com/clip/112616538/obituary-for-w-f-stewart/
VICOSA - a Post Office located in South Vancouver, British Columbia.
One new Post Office has been opened in South Vancouver, is be known as VICOSA, and is to be under the Vancouver Post Office jurisdiction. It will be served every day in the week except Sunday, at the same time as the Janes Road Post Office.
(The Greater Vancouver Chinook newspaper - 3 May 1913 -- A NEW POST OFFICE in South Vancouver has been christened "VICOSA" by the Dominion postal powers that be. The name is pretty and euphonious, but will it "help any" towards better mail distribution?
The VICOSA Post Office was fist located in "Jackson & Bowes Grocers" store at the corner of 52nd and Victoria Road in South Vancouver. The address was 6602 Victoria Drive in South Vancouver. The Postmaster was Harold Tasman Jackson and his business partner was Joseph Alfred Bowes.
The VICOSA Post Office was established - 1 May 1913 - it became VANCOUVER SUB 28 - 1 May 1922 and closed in 1972.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the VICOSA Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... and the VANCOUVER SUB OFFICE No. 28 - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this postcard entered the postal system at VICOSA the Postmaster was Harold Tasman Jackson - he served as Postmaster from - 1 May 1913 to - 5 July 1920.
Harold Tasman Jackson
(b. 6 October 1884 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - d. 17 September 1922 at age 37 in South Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - occupations - Storekeeper / Postmaster - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-obituary...
His wife - Ethel Mary / May / Marie (nee Britton) Jackson
(b. 27 March 1884 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia - d. ?)
His grocery business partner - Joseph Alfred Bower
(b. 10 September 1886 in Durham, County Durham, England – d. 27 September 1946 at age 60 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/179071252/joseph-alfred-bowes - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for...
- sent from - / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C / DEC 24 / 5 30 PM / 1914 / - machine cancel
- arrived at - / VICOSA / DE 25 / 14 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 23 April 1913 - (RF E now is classified as RF D).
Message on postcard reads: Wishing you a very happy Xmas - E. J. Rowling
Elizabeth Jane Rowling
(b. 24 August 1874 in Vancouver, British Columbia - d. 22 November 1961 at age 87 in Surrey, British Columbia / New Westminster, British Columbia) - occupation - housekeeper - she never married - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b5...
Addressed to: Miss McNab / Vicosa / B.C.