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#189 in TEAMPHOTOBLOG 2011 = Collar ties. One of my favorite parts of the addition are the oak beams with lights hidden in them.
Master suite bedroom gives interest with coffered details of beams on the ceiling. Light blue ceiling blends nicely with the soft pastel yellow walls and hardwood floors. Photography: John Umberger; Real Images
Contractor of the Year Award for Additions 2005
Chrysalis Award for Additon 2006
Featured in Simply Perfect Additions - Better Homes & Gardens Mag Spring 2007
"Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under 2 square miles (5 km2), it is also one of the most densely populated.
As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill rises near the center of the District of Columbia and extends eastward. Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, as he began to develop his plan for the new federal capital city in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress House" (the Capitol building) on the crest of the hill at a site that he characterized as a "pedestal waiting for a monument." The Capitol building has been the home of the Congress of the United States and the workplace of many residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood since 1800.
The Capitol Hill neighborhood today straddles two quadrants of the city, Southeast and Northeast. A large portion of the neighborhood is now designated as the Capitol Hill Historic District.
The name Capitol Hill is often used to refer to both the historic district and to the larger neighborhood around it. To the east of Capitol Hill lies the Anacostia River, to the north is the H Street corridor, to the south are the Southeast/Southwest Freeway and the Washington Navy Yard, and to the west are the National Mall and the city's central business district.
The Capitol building is surrounded by the Capitol Hill Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Capitol Hill Historic District was expanded in 2015 to the north to include the blocks bordered by 2nd Street, F Street, 4th Street, and just south of H Street, NE, collectively known as the Swampoodle Addition.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as just Washington or simply D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S. with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.
The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.
The city is divided into quadrants centered on the Capitol, and there are as many as 131 neighborhoods. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,545, which makes it the 23rd most populous city in the U.S. as of 2020, the third most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and gives it a population larger than that of two U.S. states: Wyoming and Vermont. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest (including parts of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia), had a 2020 estimated population of 6.3 million residents; and over 54 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the District.
The three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the district: Congress (legislative), the president (executive), and the Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profits, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the American Red Cross, and others.
A locally elected mayor and a 13-member council have governed the district since 1973. Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. The District of Columbia does not have representation in Congress, although D.C. residents elect a single at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives who has no vote. District voters choose three presidential electors in accordance with the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.
4000 square feet large H0 layout.
In addition to the numerous, well-designed trackmodules showing mountains and valleys and running along fields, farms and houses, you also find industrial areas and stations with shunting activities on this almost 4000 square feet large layout.
In addition there are a number of highlights such as the self-built Bietschtalbridge, a replica of the ruin Windeck, the wine festival in the Geist Inger vineyards or a replica of the Moselle bridge Bullay.
To give our model figures a destination there is the large station Siegenthal. this is located in an arc with a radius of 11 meters and has a total length of 9.20 meters. It is an understatement that you cannot find a factory made suitable roof for the station in this size. Here too we modelled with wood and brass.
This large layout consists of various themes and gauges:
• two-track main line with two stations
• Stops, various self-built bridges (brass)
• Industrial areas with shunting
• 1-track sidelines with intermediate station and terminal station and connection to the main track s
• H0e narrow sideline with an intermediate station and terminal and connection to the main track H0 In total there are 8-9 Operation places that are constantly occupied. "The operators'' communicate via a telephone central.
Carlinville is the seat of Macoupin County, and is located about 40 miles south of Springfield on Illinois Rt. 4. The population of Carlinville was 5,685 at the 2000 Census.
For more images of Carlinville, visit my "Carlinville IL" (Set).
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You are invited to stay and browse through my photostream. Here's a quick index to my Flickr site:
Central Illinois (except Springfield): Central Illinois (except Springfield): Photos relating to the middle section of the "Land of Lincoln" (except for the Capital City of Springfield) may be found in this collection. Every city and town I've photographed is contained within its own set, and rural (as in "counrtyside") photographs are grouped by county.
Springfield, Illinois: All of my photographs of Springfield and the Abraham Lincoln Sites are in this collection. For the City of Springfield, there are separate sets for the Capitol Complex, Downtown (including the Old State Capitol), Neighborhoods, Parks, Illinois State Fairgrounds (and past State Fairs), and more. Photographs of Lincoln sites include the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln Tomb, and so on. Also in the Lincoln "All About Abe" (Set) are a few Lincoln sites not located in Springfield.
Beyond Central Illinois: Other locales in the United States and Canada including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle.
In addition to my location-based sets, here are links to some "topical" collections and sets I've put together:
Automobile Photograph Collection: This is a very large collection of images whose primary, but not exclusive, focus is on American automotive classics. Images are organized by decade, by manufacturer, and by topics (such as convertibles, station wagons, muscle cars, etc.)
Barbers & Barber Shops: Traditional barbers and barber shops are on the endangered species list. But there are still plenty to be found if you go looking for them.
Almost Everything Else. Check It Out!!!: Included topics range from man's first walk on the moon to small town schools and churches, and from Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers (our favorite breed) to things that are abandoned, neglected, weathered, or rusty.
Thank you for visiting my photostream - myoldpostcards
The launch of the second addition of the book "Blackpool by Tram". The authors Steve Palmer and Brian Turner with members of the Fylde Tramway Society on Dreadnought tram 59, in Blundell Street, Blackpool. Saturday 25 November 1978.
People on the tram include:
Top deck: Terry Daniel, Graham Weaver, Martyn Weaver and Vernon Linden.
Left side steps: Peter Sharpe, Mr Halliwell.
Right hand steps: ?, Nicholas Entwistle, Ian, David Wilson, David Evans.
Drivers platform: Lillian Blackburn, ?, Jack Nicholas (FTS founder member)
Front steps: Jim Ingham, Brian Turner, Steve Palmer, Simon Rawkings and ?
I think it's interesting how the camera had so much less trouble capturing the actual colors this time. In the same room, at the same time of day, with approximately the same weather. I'm going to take it to mean that I've come up with a more balanced composition of colors. Shall I proceed, partner?
P.S. I'm planning to put these on a lv background. Scrappy, I think. Do you prefer scrappy or a single background fabric?
Habits
In addition to landing on the points set out to hunt, draw attention by whistling joke, fast. A bird answers another, after an interval. Very active in the early morning and late day, disappear during the hottest hours, moving to perches on the top, hidden by foliage. Territorial, living alone or in pairs, always in dry forest, riparian forest or cerrado. It is common in small clearings in forested areas, forest edges and clearings, usually on top of dead trees.
For many years I have lived around the retelling of the Huskar Pit Disaster, I have heard different ideas and seen many additions as the commemorations have taken place. The historic accounts of the disaster are often directed to give evidence towards making judgements and they do seem to move the flood from fast melting unseasonal hail to be a very unusual natural occurrence. The avoidable death of 24 children in coal mining accident was reported in the national press and it is said that the idea of children’s welfare was pushed further into the national conscience and this disaster was a factor in framing the Mines and Collieries Act 1842. The result of this act was small step towards better welfare for United Kingdom citizens as it outlawed females from being employed underground, boys less than 10 years old were not to be employed underground, yet Parish apprentices between the ages of 10 and 18 could continue to work in the mines. Children should never have been in the mines and it is not something we could countenance now in U.K. yet there is child labour still around our world. In some accounts the children in the House Carr Colliery, pronounced locally as Huskar, were stated to be at fault, mischief, or acting up when they choose to take to small passages to escape their wait for the steam engine to be relit and brought to working pressure after the deluge. The children working their way in the dangerous dark, cold and damp underground disused worked out seams went through fire door that sealed behind them until they struggled at door they thought stiff through little use and the older stronger children came to free the door, all the time water working with an increased discomfort and impending danger into the depths they sought to escape. The stiff door was heavy with flood water and in opening the door debris and water rushed in keeping the door open to the flood. In the tight narrow confines of the mine the inrush of water knocked the children back and against each other tumbling on towards the door closed and now water sealed behind them. Some the group lived to tell their story of how in trying to escape the mine 26 of their friends never came above ground again alive. The children were finally laid to rest in Silkstone Churchyard with girls at the feet of the boys one brother being laid above his sister. The monument was moved once to allow for the modern road to widen and the corner around the churchyard to be driven around more easily.
On a bright sunny day our travels through and out of our parish of Silkstone lead us past a Sun struck All Saints’ and St James the Great Church of Silkstone. This impressive church is often referred to as The Minister of the Moors as sits on the edge of the Pennine moorland and serves as beacon to those seeking a church. At the North West corner of the churchyard backed towards the main road through the village stands the Huskar Monument.
On 4 July 1838 26 children were drowned when the Huskar Pit flooded. Here is a transcript of the monument. The words chosen and the attitudes portrayed tell a story of the people and their times.
Beginning at the East side the inscription reads as follows.
Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know
not when the time is. Mark XIII Chap 33 Verse
THIS MONUMENT
was erected to perpetuate the re-
membrance of an awful visitation
of the Almighty, which took place
in this Parish on the 4th day of July 1838.
On that eventful day, the Lord sent forth His Thunder,
Lightning, Hail and Rain, carrying devastation before
them, and by a sudden irruption of Water into the
Coalpits of R.C. Clarke Esqr. twenty six human be-
ings whose names are recorded here were suddenly
Summon’d to appear before their Maker.
READER REMEMBER!
Every neglected call of God will appear against Thee
at the Day of Judgement.
Let this Solemn Warning then sink deep into thy heart &
so prepare thee that the Lord when He cometh may find thee
WATCHING.
[North face]
Boast not thyself of tomorrow.
Proverbs XXVII Chap 1 Verse
The mortal remains are deposited in the Graves as undernamed.
1st. Grave beginning at the North End,
George Burkinshaw Aged 10 Years
James Burkinshaw Aged 7 Years, Brothers.
Isaac Wright Aged 12 Years
Abraham Wright Aged 8 Years, Brothers.
2nd. Grave,
James Clarkson Aged 16 Years.
Francis Hoyland Aged 13 Years.
William ATick Aged 12 Years.
Samuel Horne Aged 10 Years.
3rd. Grave,
Eli Hutchinson Aged 9 Years.
George Garnett Aged 9 Years.
John Simpson Aged 9 Years.
4th. Grave,
George Lamb Aged 8 Years.
William Womersley Aged 8 Years.
James Turton Aged 10 Years.
John Gothard Aged 8 Years.
[West Face]
There is but a step between me and death.
1st Samuel XX Chap 3 Verse.
[South Face]
Therefore be ye also ready.
Mathew XXIV Chap 44 Verse
The mortal remains of the Females are
deposited in the Graves at the feet of the
Males as undernamed.
1st Grave beginning at the South end.
Catherine Garnett Aged 8 Years.
Hannah Webster Aged 13 Years.
Elizabeth Carr Aged 13 Years.
Anne Moss Aged 9 Years.
Elizabeth Hollings Aged 15 Years.
Ellen Parker Aged 15 Years.
Hannah Taylor Aged 17 Years.
3rd Grave
Mary Sellars Aged 10 Years.
Elizabeth Clarkson Aged 11 Years,
She lies at the feet of her brother James Clarkson.
Sarah Newton Aged 8 Years.
Sarah Jukes Aged 10 Years.
The above is a transcript of the Huskar Memorial recording the death of 26 children in the House Carr Colliery Disaster 4th July 1838 sited in All Saints’ and St James the Great Church of Silkstone.
PHH Sykes copyright 2018
phhsykes@gmail.com
In addition to drawing their houses, many children also included schools on their maps. Because of national and global efforts to make universal basic education available to all children, most children in George enroll in primary school.
Stephen shows himself heading to school wearing a backpack (bottom of page).
**This drawing is part of the Children as Caregivers art gallery.
Learn more about the Children as Caregivers project in Jean Hunleth's book, Children as Caregivers: The Global Fight against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia.
Twelve people were arrested during police raids at properties across Wigan borough between 13 and 19 September 2010.
In addition to the arrests, police executed 14 search warrants and shut down a £500,000 cannabis farm in Orrell.
Officers also seized £6,500 in cash, cocaine worth £8,000, four firearms and a large amount of white powder thought to be mephedrone.
Chief Inspector Clara Williams of Greater Manchester Police’s Wigan Division said: “These raids were another step towards cracking down on those who choose to engage in drug-related crime and break the law. We are determined to work tirelessly to improve community safety and would urge the public to get in touch to report any drugs-related intelligence they may have.”
The recent crackdown on drug-related crime was organised as part of the multi-agency campaign ‘Tackling Drugs – Changing Lives’, which involves the police, council, NHS and other agencies working together to stem the damage caused by drugs to local communities.
Kevin Anderson, Wigan Council’s cabinet champion for neighbourhoods, said: "For the third year running, the Rat on a Rat campaign has again generated support from members of the local community who are committed to helping us put drug dealers behind bars.
"Drug dealing at street level causes untold misery and affects the entire community, not least because of the strong link between the misuse of drugs and acquisitive crime.
"I urge people to continue supporting this campaign, and to carry on providing invaluable intelligence which helps us make our streets safer for everybody."
Anyone with information about drug dealing should call police on 0161 872 5050 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity that will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
If you’ve got a policing issue in your area please contact your local neighbourhood policing team:
To contact the Pemberton Neighbourhood Policing Team call 0161 856 7188 or email: pemberton.apt@gmp.police.uk
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Arriva London:
Alexander-Dennis Enviro400H City (10.2m)
An interesting addition to the 2015 ADL family, with a combination of 2 newly-launched products, the double-decker E400MMC and single E200MMC. Main styling comes from the current E400MMC, which can be seen in service in London with Abellio and Go-Ahead, with the lower front panels lifted from the E200. Some influence from the current Wrightbus-built New Routemaster is evident, namely the glazed staircase, the curvature of the front blind-box panel and the roof dome. It is also worth noting the overall height of this model is 14'2", which is 4" shorter than most TFL-spec'd vehicles. The bus is being offered in 2 lengths, 10.4m and 11.1m. Power comes from a 4.5L Euro 6 Cummins ISB4.5E6 four-cylinder, coupled to the BAE Systems HybriDrive. There is a choice of 2 gearboxes, either the 4-speed Voith D854.6 W53 or the 6-speed ZF 6HP1203B.
Coach & Bus Live 2015
NEC Halls 17-19, Birmingham
Wednesday 30th September 2015
Vienna Concert House (2006)
The Wiener Konzerthaus was opened in 1913. It is on the 3rd Viennese district road (Lothringerstraße) at the edge of the Inner City between Schwarzenberg Square and City Park .
Architectural History
Ludwig Baumann planned Olympion Art Show 1908, the main building Concert Hall, detail
1890 for a planned house music festivals should be considered as multi-purpose building to address a broader public than the just 200 meters away traditional Viennese Musikverein. The design by architect Ludwig Baumann for a Olympion contained several concert halls except an ice rink and a Bicycleclub. In addition, an open-air arena should offer 40,000 visitors. The skating rink and its adjacent buildings were realized in 1899 by Baumann plans, the Art Nouveau ensemble but fell in 1960 to a construction of the InterContinental Hotels Group to the victim. The Vienna Ice Skating Club is located on the then reduced by about a third place today. The popular freestyle wrestling at the Haymarket took place here.
Organised by Gustav Klimt and his friends art exhibition Vienna 1908 was held in a temporary exhibition building on the undeveloped site of the later concert hall. The Wiener Konzerthaus was finally built 1911-1913 by the Europe-wide Viennese theater architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer Younger (Office Fellner & Helmer ) in collaboration with Ludwig Baumann.
The theme of the concert hall was:
A facility for the care of fine music, a collection of artistic aspirations, a home for music and a house for Vienna.
On 19 October 1913 the Concert Hall in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I with a gala concert of the Vienna Concert Society was opened (now the Vienna Symphony Orchestra ). Richard Strauss composed this be Festive Prelude Op 61. Was combined with this modern work Beethoven's 9th Symphony - the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity should be so much in the first concert of the house.
The disintegration of Austria-Hungary brought tremendous social upheaval and financial crises - and thus flexibility and versatility was also necessary for lack of money. In addition to classical repertoire, there were in the 1920s and 1930s, important world premieres (including Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold ), concerts with jazz and pop songs, speeches from science to spiritualism and poetry readings (including Karl Kraus ). Dance and ballroom events, some large conferences and world championships for boxing and fencing completed the program.
After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the program for impoverished "non- degenerate entertainment operation ", to many artists remained only the emigration.
After 1945, the concert hall also had the secondary task , " prop up " the bruised Austrian self-confidence in a musical way. In addition to the standard repertoire of classical and romantic and the Viennese Waltz , there were still premieres (eg Schoenberg's oratorio The Jacob's Ladder 1961) and international jazz and pop concerts. From May 1946 spaces for recording studios and administration at the German and in Vienna living music producer Gerhard Mendelson were rented, who is considered one of the most important pop producers in Austria in the postwar period.
After several modifications that changed the original Art Nouveau decoration slightly , the house was restored from 1972 to 1975 to the only slightly altered original plans. From 1998 to 2001 the house was renovated by architect Hans Puchhammer and expanded to include a new concert hall (New Hall) .
From 1989 to 2002 the Vienna Kathreintanz also took place in the concert hall .
Building
Saw the concert at the House of Lorraine Street (Lothringerstraße), the Schwarzenbergplatz
The floor plan approximately 70 x 40 meters large concert hall with the main entrance at the Lothringerstraße and other inputs in the Lisztstraße includes Haymarket (Heumarkt) since the opening three concert halls:
Large hall with 1865 seats
Mozart Hall with 704 seats
Schubert Hall with 366 seats
The new hall (with 400 seats) was not established until the general renovation of 1998 to 2002. The new hall was renamed at the start of the 2009/2010 season in Berio-Saal.
On the home front, the right and left of the entrance, is the inscription
Honor your German Masters, then you are storing good spirits.
Here is a quote from the final chorus for the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner.
In all rooms the same time can take place, since they do not affect each other acoustically different concerts.
Inside stands in the foyer of the original model created in 1878 by Kaspar von Zumbusch Beethoven Monument, which is situated opposite the Concert Hall at the Beethoven place. At the staircase there is a relief homage to Emperor Franz Joseph (1913 ) by Edmund Hellmer . Furthermore, a bust of Franz Liszt by Max Klinger to mention in 1904.
The complex of the concert hall and the building is part of the K. K Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (now the University of Music and Dramatic Art). Adjoining rooms for academic teaching purposes this part of the building also contains the Academy theater with 521 seats, which is used as a secondary stage of the Burgtheater world premieres among other modern plays.
Great Hall and Organ
The Great Hall has a capacity of 1116 visitors (ground floor) and additional 361 balconies and boxes, and 388 in the gallery. The auditorium is 750 m2 and 170 m2 of the podium. In the 1960s the hall was optimized by Heinrich Keilholz.
The organ was built in 1913 in the Great Hall of the Rieger organ (Rieger-Orgel) (Jägerndorf, Silesia) built. The instrument is located on the end wall of the big room, but has no visible Prospectus. The organ is located behind a grid and is thus hidden from the visitors. The cone-chest-116 instrument has five registers on manual and pedal works and is the largest organ in Austria. The special features of the organ counts, firstly, that the four manual divisions are swellable. In addition, the organ comprises a (swellable ) remote work with separate pedal. Stylistically, the organ is "Alsatian Organ reform " aimed at the so-called ideal of where along the lines of major instruments of Aristide Cavaillé -Coll, the strong voices are divided into two manuals. The tracker action is electro-pneumatic. For the inauguration of the instrument Strauss had the " Festive Prelude " for organ and orchestra composed. In 1982 the instrument was restored.
I Hauptwerk C
Principal 16 '
16 drone '
Principal 8 '
Gedackt 8 '
Flute hollow 8 '
Harmonique Flûte 8 '
Fugara 8 '
Gemshorn 8 '
Dulciana 8 '
Nasatquinte 51/3 '
Octave 4 '
Reed flute 4 '
Viola 4 '
Superoctave 2 '
Noise Quinte II 22 /3 '
Cornet III-V 8 '
Mixture V 22 /3 '
III cymbals 2 '
Trumpet 16 '
Trumpet 8 '
Clarino 4 '
Manual II ( swellable ) C-
Viola 16 '
Quintatön 16 '
Principal 8 '
Bourdon 8 '
Flauto Traverso 8 '
Clara Bella 8 '
Viola da Gamba 8 '
Salicional 8 '
Unda Maris 8 '
Octave 4 '
Octaviante Flûte 4 '
Gemshorn 4 '
Quintatön 4 '
Waldflöte 2 '
Sesquialtera II 22 /3 '
Progress . harm. III - V 22 /3 '
Mixture IV 22/3 '
8 'Clarinet
Krummhorn 8 '
Glockenspiel
tremulant
III . Manual ( swellable ) C-
Lovely - Gedackt 16 '
Violin Principal 8 '
Reed flute 8 '
Still Covered 8 '
Vienna Flute 8 '
Quintatön 8 '
Echo Gamba 8 '
Aeoline 8 '
Vox coelestis 8 '
Octave 4 '
Octaviante Flûte 4 '
Delicate flute 4 '
Aeolsharfe 4 '
Gemsquinte 22/3 '
Flautino 2 '
Third, 13/5 '
Larigotquinte 11/3 '
Seventh 11/7 '
Piccolo 1 '
Harmonia aetherea IV 22/3 '
Basson 16 '
Harmonique Trompette 8 '
Oboe 8 '
Vox Humana 8 '
Harmonique Clairon 4 '
tremulant
IV solo work C
16 drone '
Clarinophon 8 '
Double - Gedackt 8 '
Concert Flute 8 '
Solo Gamba 8 '
Fifth tube 51/3 '
Octave 4 '
Solo Flute 4 '
Quinte 22/3 '
Superoctave 2 '
Wholesale Cornett III - V 22 /3 '
Tuba mirabilis 8 '
Ophicleide 8 '
Harmonique Clairon 4 '
V Fernwerk ( swellable ) C-
Delicately Gedackt 16 '
Horn 8 'Principal
Lovely - Gedackt 8 '
Reed flute 8 '
Viola d' amore 8 '
Vox Angelica 8 '
Gemshorn 4 '
Flute 4 '
Piccolo 2 '
Mixture IV 22/3 '
Shawm 8 '
Vox Humana 8 '
tremulant
C- pedal
Principalbaß 32 '
Principalbaß 16 '
Violon 16 '
Subbass 16 '
Echobaß 16 '
Salicetbaß 16 '
Quintbaß 102/3 '
Octavbass 8 '
Gedacktbaß 8 '
Bass flute 8 '
Cello 8 '
Dulcianbaß 8 '
Octave 4 '
Flauto 4 '
Campana III 102/3 '
Mixture IV 51/3 '
Bombard 32 '
Trombone 16 '
Bassoon 16 '
Trumpet 8 '
Basset 8 '
Clarino 4 '
C- pedal distance
Subbass 16 '
Octavbass 8 '
Pairing :
Normal coupling : II / I, III / I , IV / I , V / I, P / I , III / II , IV / II , V / II, I / II , IV / III , V / P, I / P, II / P III / P IV / P
Superoktavkoppeln : II / I, III / I , IV / I , V / I , III / I , IV / I , III / II , IV / II , IV , V, I / P , IV / P.
Suboktavkoppeln : III / II .
Game Help: Free combinations (5 banks by 1000 = 5000 general memories ), storage rack (roll on, Pair of roller coupling to IV of roller, Manual 16 ' down, Reeds off (as buttons ), the main pedal off, remote pedal off (as flip switches ), Einzelzungenabsteller ), Tutti (push button), principal pedal down, Fernwerk pedal from, sills V in expression pedal II coupled (toggle button), kicks, interact with flip switches (switching I-IV of P, normal couplers II-IV to I, roll off ) Registercrescendo (roller for the organist, coupled with a second roller for the registrant ) .
Program
The concert hall is the main venue of the Vienna Symphony , the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Sound Forum. Since 1913 the Vienna Academy of Music has its permanent home of the Konzerthaus. In separate events at the Wiener Konzerthaus other international orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles in addition to the Vienna Philharmonic regular guest. In addition, there are also numerous other events organizer at the Konzerthaus. So for example the Bonbon Ball, but also concerts in jazz and world music.
The program of the Vienna Konzerthaus also includes some festivals , such as
the Early Music Festival in January resonances
the Vienna Spring Festival
the International Music Festival
Wien Modern in autumn
Between 2003 and 2006, gave the series with the latest music generator .
From 2008, a year early in the season with a festival held focus " on a particular region or cultural community ". The first event in September 2008, the two-day festival Spot On : Yiddishkeit , in which a cross section is presented by the diversity of Jewish music creation.
Yep.. They did take the Kodachrome away. One roll that will never be developed unless I find a way to just do it in b&w
I love the rich colours in this side aisle. I used the canvas texture again to match the photo of the main aisle.
From my 1984 album of this trip: St Paul, a tiny mountain village near Vence.At the entrance to it, is a cannon ready to shoot down any intruders. Three were many mountain villages built. During the day the people worked in the valleys & at night they retired behind the safety of the walls.
Interior of the church in St Paul. Aisle to left of main aisle.
From official website: Parish Church de Saint-Paul :
Located at the highest point of the village, the church is topped by a square bell tower which served as the château's belfry dungeon. Constructed in the 13th century - as confirmed by the Roman choir - it possesses a single nave whose square appearance is accentuated by the gothic side aisles added during the 15th century. Its chapels house some remarkable pieces including an alabaster Virgin dating from the 15th century and a baptistery in Carrare marble. Thanks to Antoine Godeau, Bishop of Vence, the parish church became the Collégiale de la Conversion de Saint-Paul (Collegiate Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul) in 1666. Louis XIV gave is approval on 20 June 1667.
I actually got this off a poster at my old job. I told my daughter that the fairy is her, which she likes.
Another new addition to the First York fleet today is Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini YJ06 XLV, which has been transferred to York from Halifax as replacement for ALX400 YJ51RAX (I believe, I didn't spot it despite being around the city for over 2 hours) which has now gone to Manchester. To be honest, I am a little dissappointed that it is the older Gemini's that are being transferred here - it would have made more sense to transfer B9TL's to York, especially if all the ALX400's are going, as then the inventory of spare parts would be much lower and it'd slightly reduce emissions in the city. Having already been through 8 years of use in hilly West Yorkshire and Calderdale, it'll be interesting to see how reliable these turn out to be.
In it's first day of service, the bus is on route 1 to Wigginton as it turns into Queen Street from Blossom Street.
Prehistory
From 13th Century on a wall surrounded the city. After the first Turkish siege of 1529 and the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), this fortification was further expanded and strengthened. In addition, outside the fortifications a glacis, a strip of meadow, was created that can not be obstructed and the defense impeding growth is not allowed. The strip with construction ban was originally 95 meters wide and has been extended till 1683 to 450 meters width. The with projecting gun terraces - so-called bastions - equipped city walls proved during the second Turkish siege in 1683 very much, but then lost in importance and were from the late 18th Century outdated military technology.
Therefore, Emperor Joseph II from 1770 let add pedestrian walkways and driveways on the glacis, lanterns set up in 1776 and since 1781 about 3,000 alley trees plant. The glacis was now an open-air workshop for artisans, stalls were set up. 1809, the castle bastion was blown up by Napoleon's troops, in 1820 the outer castle gate in this area erected, which served the representation.
After the revolution of 1848, the city walls and outlying forts were also standing the urban development of the rapidly growing metropolis in the way: Because 1850, the suburbs were incorporated as districts II to VIII (from 1861 II -IX), so that the fortifications constituted a noticeable obstacle to traffic. The park-like Glacis, with its refreshment pavilions, however, was widely appreciated as a recreational area.
Demolition of the city wall and laying ot the ring road
On 20 December 1857 took Emperor Franz Joseph I. the decision to "abandon the ramparts and fortifications of the inner city, like the ditches around the same" and he ordered the construction of a boulevard at this point. In his "Most High Handwritten Letter" to Interior Minister Alexander von Bach, which begins with the oft-quoted words, "It is my will" and on 25 December was published in full on page 1 of the official "Wiener Zeitung", the Emperor decreed the exact size and use of the area newly acquired and announced a design competition. In March 1858 began at the Rotenturmtor by the Danube Canal the demolition work that was completed only in 1874. By the summer of 1858 85 projects for the basic plan of the ring road had been received.
The new road was planned as a representation Boulevard; therefore for the load carts has been provided a parallel "load road". This traffic control exists until today. The originally different names bearing load road is now known as a two line, the from the tram operation borrowed name referred to the herein till 1980 running tram lines E2, G2 and H2 and is since then the between Karlsplatz and Alserstraße under the street passing subway line U2.
After conflicts of competence between the government and the city council in 1858 the city expansion fund was created, who belonged to the Aerar, managed by the Government Treasury. In 1859 it received the order to take over the project, sold the by the demolition of the city walls and the elimination of the defense become vacant land to private investors, which financed with it the representational buildings of the state. Only the New Town Hall, as it was called until 1960, was planned by the city administration. Because the city went empty-handed away with this large-scale real estate operation, it represented with even greater determination the partial preservation of the existing recreation areas. Up to the present, there are comparatively large green areas with City Park, Castle Garden, Public Garden, City Hall Park and Sigmund Freud Park along the ring road.
The expansion of the Stubenring stood for a long time the Franz Josef Barracks in the way, that with the north of the old city situated Rossauer Barracks should control the city center. Construction began in 1854 and was completed in 1857, the same year the emperor chose the conveyance of the fortifications. The Aspern Bridge as a connection from the Stubenring to the Leopoldstadt, the 2nd District, was indeed already opened in 1864, but not until 1900/1901, the barracks were demolished. On its former area standing the until 1913 built quarter around the former Imperial Post Office Savings Bank (built from 1904 to 1906, later extended), 1909/1910, the Urania was put as completion of ring road next to the Aspernbrücke, only in 1913 vis-à-vis the Post Office Savings Bank the new imperial War Office opened and the Stubenring with this completed.
The ring road was on 1 May 1865 by Emperor Franz Joseph I inaugurated in the presence of Empress Elisabeth, many Archdukes, ministers and representatives of the City of Vienna, Mayor Andreas Zelinka at the top. The ceremony took place in front of the castle gate outside the castle ring, in the subsequent voyage of the guests of honor for the royal table in the Prater, more than 100 carriages have been involved. At the time of the opening of the road (today's name) Stubenring, Burgring, Dr.-Karl -Renner-Ring, Universitätsring (former Dr.Karl-Lueger-Ring) and Scots ring (Schottenring) were still largely undeveloped. From the wool line (Wollzeile) to Babenbergerstraße, however, builders of aristocracy and bourgeoisie had already many "stately" homes built.
Buildings
Along the ring road numerous public and private buildings were erected. Aristocrats and other wealthy individuals who hastened to build representative Palais (Ringstraßenpalais).
One of the first buildings was the Heinrichhof (historical spelling without s) of the brick manufacturer Heinrich von Drasche-Wartinberg, who, lately damaged by war, stood till 1954 opposite the Opera House.
Noteworthy are most of all the K.K. Court Opera (now the State Opera ) in the Neo-Renaissance style by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Null, the Parliament in neo-Attic style (a reference to the altathenische (pertaining to ancient Athens) democracy) and the Palais Epstein of Theophil von Hansen, the then New Town Hall in the Flemish Gothic style by Friedrich von Schmidt , the Burgtheater by Karl von Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper and the new university building by Heinrich von Ferstel . The Votive Church is the only religious building in neo-Gothic style (by Heinrich von Ferstel), which was founded in 1853 on the occasion of the deliverance of the Emperor Franz Joseph of assassination and for decades was under construction.
Cross to the ring road should be built before the historic Hofburg, the imperial residence, the monumental imperial forum to demonstrate the power of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the project remained a torso. Was built up to the First World War within the ring road, the Neue Hofburg, in which now the Austrian National Library, the Ethnographic Museum, the collection of ancient musical instruments, the Ephesus Museum and the Collection of Arms and Armory are housed. Other parts of the realized Imperial Forum are outside the ring road, the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) and the Natural History Museum.
According to the original opposite the New Hofburg should have been built a symmetric wing to the older parts of the Hofburg, which ought to connect with the Natural History Museum. Thus, the Heldenplatz and the Maria-Theresien-Platz would have been part of the from the ring road through archways between the museums and the new parts of the Hofburg crossed Imperial Monumental Forum. This plan came to a halt for lack of money, furthermore was at the beginning of the First World War not even the interior of the "New Castle" completed. The changed political situation after 1918 made the project obsolete.
The completion of the representative construction activity on the ring was not until 1913 with the finalisation of the Imperial War Department achieved, as the Ringstrassen style had become a bit unfashionable, as the about at the same time by Otto Wagner in Art Nouveau style built facing Post Office Savings Bank shows.
The biggest disaster of the ring road was the fire at the Ring Theatre in 1881, which claimed hundreds of lives. In lieu of the theater was built the Sühnhaus (expiation house), which in turn was destroyed in the Second World War and was offering space for the new construction of the Vienna Police Headquarters (Schottenring 7-9) to replace the existing as well destroyed police headquarters (Scots ring 11).
The latest addition to the truro minibuses fleet is Mellor bodied Vario R998 WYE. Although been in the fleet a while not seen a pic of it. Seen here in the yard at Godolphin prepared for MOT awaiting test. Previously with Oakleys Plymouth.
Olive Bistro, the latest addition to A D Singh’s chain of Olives, is located in Gurgaon’s budding Cyber Hub. It is located on the first floor, placed strategically in front of the Cyber Hub auditorium. It just felt delightful in walking into its Outdoor seating. The picket white fences, the garden feel type of seating made way to a feeling of mushiness and warmth. I have always been a fan of alfresco dining. Be it the warmth of the sun on a wintery afternoon or a breezy sultry evening, the ambience does make a difference for me! So this place, in the heart (almost) of Gurgaon definitely bowled me over.
The staff were friendly, courteous and polite and took extreme care to reach out when needed. Well informed about the dishes and were giving ample suggestions when asked for.
We were there for the Sunday brunch and that is one lavish spread. There are multiple options for Appetizers and drinks with ample vegetarian selects. The course started off with The Olive special Caesar salad which is a must try, a mezze platter of Pita n Nachos with dips of hummus, babaghanoush, tashi and drinks. The mock tail that I had ordered “Litchi tornado” tasted artificial and nothing like Litchi, but the “Mojito” was perfect. Rest of the cocktails tasted good but the Red wine Sangria was the best of the lot for me.
The others included Potato & Jalapeno poppers (one that was immensely loved by all), batter coated pickled vegetables which gave out a hint of tanginess to the fried vegetables, crumb fried fish (being a fish lover, I really liked it), cottage cheese sliders and chicken sliders. The Cottage cheese and Chicken sliders came with portion of twos and the chicken burger was one of the best we have had in quite a while, crunchy patty with lettuce, onion and tomato. We also ordered for the Eggs Benedict with spinach – and this one took the prize, subtle with sautéed spinach, tasty and exactly the way Eggs Benedict should be made.
Done with the starters we decided on to try out on few of the items on the mains menu. Ordered for “Grilled Lemon Mustard Basa”, “Herbs roast chicken”, “BBQ pork Spare ribs” and “Garlic & Dill marinated Grilled prawns” along with one helping (read big) of Penne in white sauce with grilled chicken. The one word to describe each dish should be “amazing”. Every dish was cooked to perfection and just as beautifully served, with accompaniments of Mashed Potato and buttered vegetables, mushy peas, pesto and sundried tomatoes. The contrasting flavours were an absolute delight.
Dessert platter consisted of Flourless Chocolate torte, Lemon Tart, Blueberry Cheesecake, Banana moist cake and Waffles with Maple syrup. Waffles were fresh, warm and crispy as needed and tasted yummy with maple syrup. The lemon tart was bursting with a bitter, sweet, tangy flavor all at one go when taken a bite into.
It was a very nice experience, well who wouldn’t love good food with an amazing ambience. Will be definitely, making a visit here again. All in all the place is a must go!
Adam was born to a multi-talented beauty queen Mother and a Father who, in addition to being a US Army Spy and a Counter-Intelligence Special Agent, was also a highly accomplished entrepreneur. Adam was taught at a young age that, in both life and business, loyalty is a requirement for success. He’s had the honor of working directly with his father in several of the family businesses. In fact, this is where he learned crucial entrepreneurial skills and honed his talents with international business strategies and venture capitalism.
Adam earned his Bachelors of Science Degree in International Business and Marketing from the University of Utah. He was hand-picked by the President of the University’s renowned School of Business to compete with dozens of other ambitious nationwide-graduates for the opportunity to secure a lucrative job within a prestigious Fortune 100 company.
Adam‘s hard work and creativity helped him land this job of a lifetime. He obtained incredible business experience there and spent years innovating, improving processes and setting sales records. Although this dream job in Traditional Corporate America was a fun challenge for him, and something he truly enjoyed mastering, Adam’s natural entrepreneurial spirit kept nudging him to do something more significant with his time and talents.
Since 2001, Adam has been involved in the Health and Wellness Industry as a successful Entrepreneur, Broker, Product Developer and Manufacturer of Cosmeceutical products. During his career, he has worked with some of the most recognizable Fortune 500 businesses along with many top international Network Marketing companies. Adam has consistently proven his unique ability to help his clients achieve their goals through creative Distribution-Channel Placement, innovative Product Development and custom Manufacturing. Adam currently owns three profitable businesses.
Admittedly, Adam was not initially a fan of Network Marketing. He did not understand the business model because it was new to him. However, once he learned that the REAL focus of Direct Sales is to help average people get a taste of entrepreneurialism --- with minimal risk and at a low cost --- Adam was absolutely convinced of the potential with Multi-Level Marketing.
Since joining the company as one of the original 11 founding distributors, Adam has discovered that many of his life-goals truly do align perfectly with Network Marketing. Adam enjoys helping others find significance. Adam is most grateful for the complete time-freedom he has with his fantastic wife and five children. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Adam Paul Green, MXI Corp Ambassador and Multi-Millionaire Earner.
About MXI Corp: Established in 2005, Marketing Xocolate International Corporation (MXI-Corp) is the world leader in great tasting, healthy, dark, chocolate products. MXI Corp was founded upon the same solid foundation that the Brooks’ family used to build their enormous Pure Delite Low Carb Chocolate company (circa 2000) which had retail sales in Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven, Rite-Aid and Walgreen’s of over $300,000,000. All MXI products are focused on potent doses of delicious, antioxidant-rich Belgian cacao. MXI-Corp believes that the high levels of natural antioxidants and Polyphenols that are found in its cacao can provide a viable solution to individual nutritional needs. The Xoçai™ (sho-sigh) line, which currently includes nine products, is manufactured utilizing a cold-press process, which preserves the nutritional values of the company's proprietary blends of vitamins and minerals. MXI is recognized as the category creator and world leader in healthy chocolate. The vision of Xoçai is to transform and improve individual lives worldwide through its unique chocolate products. One unique element of the company’s formulations is their proprietary high-antioxidant blend of cacao, açaí and blueberries, called XoVita™. The Xovita ingredient combination is exclusive to Xoçai. Nevada-based MXI-Corp is a privately held company. Xoçai's nine chocolate products have the highest ORAC (antioxidant-measuring test) and flavonoid rich products available on the market. The Brooks family, owners and operators of MXI-Corp, have total combined chocolate sales of more than $1 billion. MXI Corp is now operating internationally in 38 countries.
In addition to the most-awesomest tray-cake, she made me a pie (I will be surprised at the flavour when I unwrap, thaw and heat it... ;o) ) and some mini-quiches... Yes, that's right, Hux eats quiche!
I'm still a real man... I think... @_@
For my first photo, I went to Fullersburg Woods which located in Oakbrook, Illinois. In addition to being a regular forest preserve, Fullersburg also serves the purpose as a nature education center. I went here on Tuesday, March 24th. This picture depicts an environmental solution to human passivity regarding trees. The earth offers many great ecosystem services to us human beings, but many of them go overlooked if they are not associated with a numerical value. In the photo, a “price tag” is attached to the tree in the background to help the passersby associate trees with more than just aesthetic value. If we are able to get an idea of how much one single tree contributes to the world, then the magnitude of an entire forest becomes easier to understand. This sign helps the general public understand why deforestation and other environmental threats are relevant to our everyday lives. Based on the leaf litter found below, I believe this particular tree to be an oak, part of the beech family in the genus Quercus.
Another addition to my photo life list. I am trying to photograph all the birds on my life list, and this is my first warbling vireo photograph. Spring migration time is great. Go birding!
This architectural drawing was prepared for Mrs. F. Wilson by J. W. Pender. The plan consists of the ground plan, cross section and front elevation of the George & Dragon Hotel, East Maitland. The tender notice was put out on the 13/7/1905, and Joseph Cook took the contract for construction on the 7/7/1905. The work on the hotel is thought to have been completed during 1906. This copy of the plan is not the copy used in the building contract.
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Bead board siding was designed for the wainscoted walls of this master bath. Whimsical details such as the contrasting shaped mirrors and funky drawer pulls are charming against the classical marble countertops and traditional lighting. Photography: John Umberger; Real Images
2002 Chrysalis Award - Addition Over $250K
Junior League Tour of Kitchens 2002
Featured in Sept 2003 Better Homes Gardens Magazine
Sunny Dispositions
Featured in Oct 2006 Atlanta Home Improvement Mag -Mad About Mudrooms
13 November
This adorable little bear is Emtec...
A recent present from Craig...
And new addition to the Bear Clan! %-)
She's has a secret little transport key in her tummy!
She is SOOO tiny... and SOOO cute!!! %-)
Ted's a little wary... cos he doesn't like to have to compete for my attention!
But Kiwi is definitely intrigued by her...
He's also pleased to meet someone who is smaller than he is! %-)
Adam was born to a multi-talented beauty queen Mother and a Father who, in addition to being a US Army Spy and a Counter-Intelligence Special Agent, was also a highly accomplished entrepreneur. Adam was taught at a young age that, in both life and business, loyalty is a requirement for success. He’s had the honor of working directly with his father in several of the family businesses. In fact, this is where he learned crucial entrepreneurial skills and honed his talents with international business strategies and venture capitalism.
Adam earned his Bachelors of Science Degree in International Business and Marketing from the University of Utah. He was hand-picked by the President of the University’s renowned School of Business to compete with dozens of other ambitious nationwide-graduates for the opportunity to secure a lucrative job within a prestigious Fortune 100 company.
Adam‘s hard work and creativity helped him land this job of a lifetime. He obtained incredible business experience there and spent years innovating, improving processes and setting sales records. Although this dream job in Traditional Corporate America was a fun challenge for him, and something he truly enjoyed mastering, Adam’s natural entrepreneurial spirit kept nudging him to do something more significant with his time and talents.
Since 2001, Adam has been involved in the Health and Wellness Industry as a successful Entrepreneur, Broker, Product Developer and Manufacturer of Cosmeceutical products. During his career, he has worked with some of the most recognizable Fortune 500 businesses along with many top international Network Marketing companies. Adam has consistently proven his unique ability to help his clients achieve their goals through creative Distribution-Channel Placement, innovative Product Development and custom Manufacturing. Adam currently owns three profitable businesses.
Admittedly, Adam was not initially a fan of Network Marketing. He did not understand the business model because it was new to him. However, once he learned that the REAL focus of Direct Sales is to help average people get a taste of entrepreneurialism --- with minimal risk and at a low cost --- Adam was absolutely convinced of the potential with Multi-Level Marketing.
Since joining the company as one of the original 11 founding distributors, Adam has discovered that many of his life-goals truly do align perfectly with Network Marketing. Adam enjoys helping others find significance. Adam is most grateful for the complete time-freedom he has with his fantastic wife and five children. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Adam Paul Green, MXI Corp Ambassador and Multi-Millionaire Earner.
About MXI Corp: Established in 2005, Marketing Xocolate International Corporation (MXI-Corp) is the world leader in great tasting, healthy, dark, chocolate products. MXI Corp was founded upon the same solid foundation that the Brooks’ family used to build their enormous Pure Delite Low Carb Chocolate company (circa 2000) which had retail sales in Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven, Rite-Aid and Walgreen’s of over $300,000,000. All MXI products are focused on potent doses of delicious, antioxidant-rich Belgian cacao. MXI-Corp believes that the high levels of natural antioxidants and Polyphenols that are found in its cacao can provide a viable solution to individual nutritional needs. The Xoçai™ (sho-sigh) line, which currently includes nine products, is manufactured utilizing a cold-press process, which preserves the nutritional values of the company's proprietary blends of vitamins and minerals. MXI is recognized as the category creator and world leader in healthy chocolate. The vision of Xoçai is to transform and improve individual lives worldwide through its unique chocolate products. One unique element of the company’s formulations is their proprietary high-antioxidant blend of cacao, açaí and blueberries, called XoVita™. The Xovita ingredient combination is exclusive to Xoçai. Nevada-based MXI-Corp is a privately held company. Xoçai's nine chocolate products have the highest ORAC (antioxidant-measuring test) and flavonoid rich products available on the market. The Brooks family, owners and operators of MXI-Corp, have total combined chocolate sales of more than $1 billion. MXI Corp is now operating internationally in 38 countries.
I've been doing well on my self-imposed toy/plushie diet, and haven't bought almost anything for the last three months! :0 That's a huge step for me, LOL! But here are a couple of recent purchases... ;)
ah, Pinypon! I've seen photos of these cuties for several years on Flickr, and was thrilled when I heard they'd been spotted at Target! There were lots of different styles, but I only bought 2. ;)
I hope to continue with my "toy diet"--I find it is getting easier to resist those impulse buys! The only thing that's not off-limits are Lalaloopsies (but even those I haven't bought in several months!)
Our newest addition to the HR team, Danielle, having fun with Cara and Dustin's new golf clubs- ready to enjoy this great weather!
Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire.
Grade l listed.
South or Garden Front.
Detail: The Swimming Pool.
Asymmetrical, with eleven bays to the main ranges, and a five bay centre incorporating the remnants of the C17 gabled house.
The house was originally built in 1625 by George Sitwell (1601â1667), The Sitwell fortune was made as colliery owners and ironmasters from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Substantial alterations and the addition of the west and east ranges were made to the building for Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet (1769-1811) by Joseph Badger of Sheffield between 1793 and 1808.
The formal garden was laid out from 1879 by Sir George Sitwell (1860-1943).
The-principal flight of steps lies on the central axis to the garden, with the steps linking the first and second levels, and becoming wider as they descend. The piers support full size statues of Neptune and Diana, each with accompanying dog.
The steps, walls & statues are Grade ll listed.
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Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall is a country house in Renishaw in the parish of Eckington in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years. The hall is located south-east of Sheffield, and north of Renishaw village, which is north-east of Chesterfield.
History
The house was built in 1625 by George Sitwell (1601–67) who, in 1653, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire. The Sitwell fortune was made as colliery owners and ironmasters from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
Substantial alterations and the addition of the west and east ranges were made to the building for Sir Sitwell Sitwell by Joseph Badger of Sheffield between 1793 and 1808 and further alterations were made in 1908 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Renishaw had two owners between 1862 (when Sir George Sitwell succeeded in his infancy) and 1965, when Sir Osbert Sitwell gave the house to his nephew, Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell brother of Edith and Osbert and owned the hall from 1965 until 2009 when he bequeathed it to his daughter, Alexandra Hayward. The house and estate are separated from the Renishaw baronetcy for the first time in the family's history. Sir George Sitwell lives at Weston Hall.
Architecture
The house was built in stages and has an irregular plan. It is constructed in ashlar and coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with crenellated parapets with pinnacles. It has pitched slate roofs.
Gardens
The gardens, including an Italianate garden laid out by Sir George Sitwell (1860–1943), are open to the public. The hall is open for groups by private arrangement. The park is listed in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England as Grade II*.
The 1980 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice used footage shot at Renishaw Hall. D. H. Lawrence is said to have used the local village of Eckington and Renishaw Hall as inspiration for his novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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Renishaw Hall
Heritage Category: Park and Garden
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1000683
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Derbyshire
District: North East Derbyshire (District Authority)
Parish: Eckington
National Grid Reference: SK4345978378
Details
Gardens and a park of the late C19 and early C20 with C17 origins which were laid out by Sir George Sitwell.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
The Sitwell family appear in records of 1301 when they were resident at Ridgeway, c 2km from Renishaw. The family settled in Stavely Netherthorpe in the earlier C16 and the site at Renishaw was acquired by Robert Sytwell in the mid C16 when he bought fields and common land. By 1600 it had become the family seat. The family acquired wealth through their ironworks which by the end of the C17 were the largest producers of iron nails in the world. The estate passed through marriage to the Hurt family who changed their name to Sitwell in 1777. Sir George Sitwell (1860-1943), fourth baronet, was responsible for the layout of the formal gardens and wrote On the Making of Gardens in 1909. The estate has remained in the Sitwell family since that time and is in private ownership (1998).
DESCRIPTION
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING
Renishaw Hall lies to the west of the village of Renishaw from which it is divided by a railway line. The village of Eckington lies to the north-west, there are open fields to the north-east and west, and an opencast mine to the south. To the north and west the boundary is formed by Staveley Lane, the B6053, and to the east by the A616. Fencing divides the south side of the park from an opencast mine. The c 100ha site is on land which falls to the east.
ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES
The main entrance is on the north-east side of the site where gates lead to a drive running south-west from the A616. Some 100m south-west of the entrance there is an early C19 lodge and entrance archway (listed grade II) which was designed by Sir Sitwell Sitwell and moved to this position in the mid C19. The drive turns north-west up a hill and continues westwards to the Hall and stables. An entrance with gates on the north side of the site runs south from the B6053. On the south-west side of the site there is an entrance from Staveley Lane from which a track leads north through Chesterfield Approach Plantation. The track continues north-east from the edge of the Plantation and from this point trees alongside it are the remains of an avenue shown on the large-scale OS map of 1875 which was probably part of a system of avenues shown on an C18 estate map.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
Renishaw Hall (listed grade I) was built in c 1625 by George Sitwell as an H-plan house. The building was altered and extended 1793-1808 by Joseph Badger for Sitwell Sitwell, first baronet. Edwin Lutyens (1866-1944) was responsible for interior alterations in 1909. The Hall is in use as a private residence (1998).
Stables (listed grade II*) by Badger are ranged around a courtyard c 100m north-west of the Hall.
GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS
On the north side of the Hall there are lawns in an area shown on the C18 estate map as an enclosure. There are views north over parkland and agricultural land beyond. Formal gardens lie on the south side of the Hall axially aligned with its south front. They consist of rectangular compartments divided from one another by clipped hedges which are terraced down to the south in three stages, as well as occupying different levels as the land falls to the east. A terrace running along the front of the Hall overlooks a square lawn lined with topiary on the east and west sides which divides it from two smaller lawns called the First Candle on the west side and the Second Candle to the east. Each of these areas has a fountain, the appearance of which gave rise to the name. A bank divides the First Candle from an area of higher ground called Top Lawn where a lime avenue runs north/south along the length of the gardens. This is one of several avenues shown on the C18 estate map and probably represents one of the only surviving features of a layout instituted in c 1698 by George Sitwell which included walled orchards and yew hedges. To the west of the avenue, c 60m south-west of the Hall, there is a gothick temple (listed grade II) which was designed by Joseph Badger in the early C19 as an aviary and is now used as a pet cemetery (1998).
A second terraced walk lined with clipped hedges runs east/west across the garden, c 50m south of the Hall. At the east end the walk leads through a gateway into woodland called Broxhill Wood which is marked 'Little Old Orchard' on the C18 estate map. A classical temple of late C20 date lies c 120m south-east of the Hall in the woodland. The walk overlooks a central lawn with a circular swimming pool. In a compartment to the east called Lower Lawn there is a water garden which consists of a central sub-rectangular island with clipped hedges within a rectangular water-filled enclosure. On the west side of the swimming pool an enclosure with lawns is called the Buttress Garden for the buttressed wall which divides it from Top Lawn to the west. Clipped hedges divide these areas from a grass walk running along the top of a ha-ha, c 100m south of the Hall, which runs east/west across the bottom of the garden. This overlooks a central semicircular lawn divided from the park by railings. There are views to the south of the lakes and parkland.
The C18 map shows the Hall surrounded by gardens laid out in geometrical patterns with quartering paths, and the area south of these is marked 'Great Old Orchard'. The layout shown probably represents that instituted by George Sitwell in c 1698. The 1875 OS map shows that apart from a small area on the south-east side of the Hall, the formal gardens had been swept away, and a lawn, divided from the park by a ha-ha and flanked by the lime avenue, is shown on the south side of the Hall.
PARK
There is parkland on all sides of the Hall. To the north the land falls and the north-east part of the park is laid out as a golf course which was created in the early C20. Old Waterworks Plantation shelters part of the north-east boundary, and North Wood, which is to the west of the drive from Eckington, separates the golf course from parkland to the west. Some 350m west of the Hall is a set of walled paddocks, shown on the 1875 OS map, which probably originated as a stud farm and are now (1998) vineyards. Chesterfield Approach Plantation lies immediately south of the paddocks and in the area between this and the gardens there are the remains of at least one lime avenue, shown on the 1875 OS map, which survives from the formal layout shown on the C18 estate map and runs parallel to the avenue within the garden.
East and south of the Hall the land falls and in the valley there are two lakes. The northernmost is the smaller of the two, and the southern lake, which has an island near its south-east shore, is c 500m in length. Sir George Sitwell was MP for Scarborough and conceived of the scheme to construct the lakes as relief for the unemployed in his constituency and they were duly created by unemployed fishermen in the closing years of the C19. To the north of the lake is Renishaw Wood and Broxhill Wood, and along the east boundary Willowbed Plantation, designed to screen the railway and ironworks. The planting in this and possibly in other areas of the park was directed by William Milner who was employed by Sir George in 1890. The land rises up to the south and west from the lake with Halfmoon Plantation sheltering the south-east boundary. A patch of woodland on the sloping land c 800m south-west of the house is called Milner Plantation.
KITCHEN GARDEN
Some 200m south-west of the Hall are the remains of a kitchen garden. An orangery entered from the north side from a door with a pedimented doorcase is in ruinous condition (1998), as are the attached walls which have arched entrances. A tennis court lies south of the orangery. The 1875 OS map shows the garden with two compartments, the southern of which occupied the tennis court area. Another kitchen garden, also shown on the 1875 OS map, lies immediately west of the stable block. It is walled and has a number of free-standing glasshouses, some of which are probably of late C19 or early C20 date.
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 1674
Legacy System: Parks and Gardens
Sources
Books and journals
Jellicoe, G, Jellicoe, S (at al), The Oxford Companion to Gardens, (1986), 519-20
Sitwell, R, The Garden at Renishaw Hall, (c1995)
Sitwell, R, Renishaw Hall, (c1995)
Other
Country Life (14 May 1948), pp 506-11
Country Life, 162 (1 September 1977), pp 522-5
Country Life, 83 (7 May 1948), pp 476-80
Estate Map, probably early C18 (private collection)
OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1875
OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1874-5