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FAGA - Majer Hairstyle / VIP Group Gift
03 Colors Pack Huds / 396 Colors Fullpack
Materials / Fullbright / Glow Tint Hud
02 - Head Sizes
Style Pack Includes
02 Customizable Styles / 03 Optional Bangs / Color Chace For Accessories
DAZZLING - Eva Platform Boots
Legacy / Maitreya / Belleza / Kupra / Reborn
Available Single
10 Colors
Fatpack
30 Colors + Patterns
Control Hud
Base / Platform / Lace / Pearl / Metals
Exclusive to KUSTOM9 Event round (April 15th to May 10th)
BONDI - Flea Sunglasses Unisex
Unrigged with Resize Script
Lens opacity control
Specular Frame
On/Off Materials
04 Lens Specular Materials
Options with on/off controls
Parts available Frame / Metal / Lens
CACTUS TATTOO - TETO / BOM System
Intensities : Fade / Fresh / Regular
ᶫᵒᵛᵉᵧₒᵤ ᑉ³
♡ Style on Me ♡
Outfit
Melody Cordoba// FATPACK
20 colors skirt 20 colors jacket
Sizes:Maitreya-Legacy-Reborn-Belleza
Gen X Classic&Curvy-Kupra-Khalene Erika
Available at @☪♥Melody MS
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Shoes
RAYON x The New Ones by BINGE Events
April 15th - May 5th
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Choker
CHLORISH CHOKER
May24 x The New Ones by BINGE Events
April 15th - May 5th
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Hair
TRUTH Collective x Faga
(HUD.Unpack)
Promise - Fatpack
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Skin
Nuve. Ellen skin (Lelutka Evo X) - milk
@mainstore
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Dimple
Nuve. Chin dimple LeL Evo X 100% milk
Mainstore release - Unisex - BOM and tintable -
Available in 15 skin tones - 2 opacities - 75% and 100%
@mainstore
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Countour
Nuve. Contour 50% merged - LeL Evo X
Contour pack for Lelutka Evo X - Mainstore release
@mainstore
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Highlighter
Highlighter pack for Lelutka Evo X - Mainstore release
@mainstore
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Nails
NEW: Avada Bento Nails (B) - Spring
Spring Bento Nails at Biggirls event, open April 15th - May 10th
Ballerina or Stiletto
Includes 4 lengths!
***Nails are semi-transparent***
[*] 4 sizes included (M, L, XL,XXL)
[*] polish all nails or pick & chose which to color;
[*] rigged for GenX, Kupra, Legacy, Maitreya
Reborn, mesh bodies
[*] original mesh and textures
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Eyes
NEW: Avada Rachel Eyes
Rachel Eyes @ Tres Chic, open April 17th - May 10th
[*] 18 colors/tones
[*] Normal and Bloodshot
[*] Lelutka Evo(X) applier
[*] BOM layers
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NEW: flory. - Ivy Wall - Spring
Available in-world store
and Marketplace
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Head
LeLUTKA Avalon EVOX 3.1
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Body
eBODY - REBORN
@Mainstore
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Happy Shoppings 💞💞
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⫷ ASTEROIDBOX ⫸
【ʟᴇᴏɴᴀ ᴛᴀɴᴋᴛᴏᴘ】 available at @ Kustom9 event APRIL 15th - MAY 10th, 2022.
✧ Compatible with:
- Maitreya Lara.
- Maitreya Petite.
- Maitreya Flat.
- Legacy F .
- Legacy Perky.
- eBody Reborn .
✦ Finishing the event you can get it in ➵ ASTEROIDBOX Mainstore
【ᴇᴠʟɪɴ ᴘᴀɴᴛꜱ】 available at @ Mainstore
✧ Compatible with:
- Maitreya Lara.
- Belleza freya.
- Legacy F .
- eBody Reborn .
⫷ OMY ⫸
【ᴅᴀɴɴᴀ ᴘᴏꜱᴇ】 available at @ LEVEL event MAY 1st, 2022.
✧ 4 different animations with breathing.
✦ Finishing the event you can get it in ➵ OMY Mainstore
⫷ ENDLESS PAIN TATTOO ⫸
【ᴍᴀʟᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ】 available at @ Fantasy Fair APRIL 21th - MAY 8TH, 2022.
✧ Fresh and faded.
✧ Neck only.
✧ Sleeves only.
✧ EvoX only.
✧ BOM/Omega/Legacy.
✧ Unisex tattoo.
✦ Finishing the event you can get it in ➵ ENDLESS PAIN TATTOO Mainstore
⫷ SIX FEET UNDER ⫸
【ʜᴀᴅᴇꜱ ʙɪɴᴅɪ】 available at @ The Ritual event APRIL 22nd, 2022.
✧ Texture HUD (8 metals/2faces).
✧ Materials.
✧ Resize.
✦ Finishing the event you can get it in ➵ SIX FEET UNDER Mainstore
⫷ FAGA ⫸
【ᴅᴏʀɪ ʜᴀɪʀꜱᴛʏʟᴇɪ】 available at @ Mainstore
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Namilia Outfit
Crop Shirt / CoreBody / MaxBody / Shoes
Legacy + Perky + Bombshell / Maitreya + Petite X / Reborn + Waifu / Belezza GenX (Curvy / Classic) / Kupra
Mix & Match in Megapack
Crop Shirt
31 Colors
Customize: Buttons
CoreBody
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Straps/Borders
7 Metals Colors
MaxiBody
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Straps/Borders (On-Off)
7 Metals Colors
Shoes
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Sole
7 Metals Colors
Exclusive to ACCESS
Event round (April 12th to May 8th)
Olivia Outfit
Dress / Shirt / Pants / Boots
Legacy + Perky + Bombshell / Maitreya + Petite X / Reborn + Waifu / Belezza GenX (Curvy / Classic) / Kupra
Mix & Match in Megapack
Dress
31 Colors
Customize: Lace
Shirt
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Belt / Buttons / Buckle / Lace / Dress (On-Off)
Pants
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Cutes
7 Metals Colors
Boots
31 + 1 Extra Colors
Customize: Straps / Sole / Side A-B
7 Metals Colors
Exclusive to KUSTOM9
Event round (April 15th to May 10th)
FOLLOW ME ➤ PRIMFEED
Tove Skin
Lelutka EvoX / Akeruka ADVX / Catwa EvoX
2K BOM
Skin and Shape
Available in Fatpack
12 Skin Tones
◾7 Eyebrow options (browless included)
◾Makeup Kit
◾Neck blend built in
◾Hairbase option on skin
◾HD Ears
Exclusive to KUSTOM9
Event round (April 15th to May 10th)
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Sundae Hair
2 Head Sizes
Hud Control
Basic Pack
180 Colors
Roots: On/Off
Full Pack
180 Colors
Styles: Everything/Primary/Secondary
Roots: On/Off
Customize
4 Customizable Styles For Your Hair
Hairbase / Script / Materials / Styles AO
Modifiable (tintable)
Exclusive to ACCESS
Event round (April 2th to May 8th)
FOLLOW ME ➤ PRIMFEED
My Sponsors
pOOnsh - Agnes Heart Dress. - ABSTRAKT Event - 15th April - 5th May
Zibska - Tanzi Eyemakeup 14 (in 14 colours) - Fantasy Faire (Tenpyo sim) - April 21st - May 8th
Zibska - Desda Adornment (20 colours for petal sections 1/2/3 & bead orbits via HUD)
Zibska - Miko Lips 12 (in 15 colours)
.:tHc:. Heart Hand Orb Floater - Holyweird Designs by .:: The Holyweird Cult ::.
Others
Foxy - Maddy Hair (Natural Ombre) - Kustom 9 - April 15th - May 10th
Nuve - Charlie skin (Lelutka Evo X) - rosy
Make A Mark - Japanese Sakura Riverside -available at Sakura Matsuri - April 8th - May 1st
Meadow Skybox
Specifications:
53 Landimpact
10x25x11
Exclusive to KUSTOM9
Event round (April 15th to May 10th)
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Bethany Set
Top / Short / Shoes
Legacy / Maitreya + Petite X / Reborn + Waifu
Mix & Match In Fatpack
Top
45 Solid Colors + 25 Bonus Pattern Colors
Customize: Buttons
Short Fabric
45 Solid Colors
Customize - Metals
Short Denim
25 Jean Colors + 15 Jean Pattern Colors
Customize - Metals
Shoes
45 Solid Colors
Customize - 6 Parts / Metals
Exclusive to COSMOPOLITAN
Event round (April 28th to May 11th)
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Pomeranian Long Hair Animesh
Rezzable & Wearable / Holdable
Wander/Follow/Idle
Fur - 3 Colors + White In Fatpack
◾ Animations: Play/Static/Toggle
◾ 10 Static Animations
◾ Advance Material On/Off
Settings: Phantom / Name / Sound
FOLLOW ME ➤ PRIMFEED
◥◣ STRAY DOG (Mainstore . Marketplace . Facebook . Flickr) Talitha Skin (L005) @ Equal10 Event April 10th - May 5th
◥◣ DOUX (Mainstore . Flickr . Facebook . Instagram) Freya Hairstyle @ Access Event (Website . Facebook . Instagram . Flickr) April 12th - May 8th
◥◣ LeLUTKA (Blog . Mainstore . Marketplace . Flickr . Facebook . Instagram . YouTube) Avalon Head EvoX @ mainstore
♡♡♡
✨ Layla Outfit By MeHoney ✨
☆ Top & Pants ☆
➳ Can be found at Collabor88 (April 8th - May 6th)
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/8%208/24/207/1086
➳ Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Floating%20Paradise/161/68/22
✨ Euphoria Hairstyle By Faga ✨
➳ Can be found at Kustom9 (April 15th - May 10th)
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kustom9/149/14/1003
➳ Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galileo/52/99/32
♡ Tulip Bouquet By Littlep
♡ Jenni's Necklace By Kibitz
♡ Paradise Tattoo By Vudu
♡ Persia Ears By Swallow
♡ Elina Necklace By RealEvil
More Details in Redhead Fashion
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HAIR → *Vanity Hair*Jungle Beats-Greedy Pack
[Tres Chic] Open April 17th to May 10th
LIPGLOSS→.:: StunnerOriginals ::. LipGloss Wily - Hud Genus
[Dubai Event]Open April 20th to May 10th
OUTFIT→ [[ Masoom ]] Wren
[Kustom9]Open April 15th
POSE → Synnergy //Crossfire Gift Bento Pose
The Perfect Summer Flat to show off your new pedicture! These flat sandals will be your favorite summer go-to..... from the beach to parties, to shopping! The sandal consists of fun lace-up straps that tie at the ankle with a thick leather toe strap. Multiple color option placements! It Fits Legacy, Maitreya, ebody and Isis.
Enter the CONTEST on our Facebook Page for a chance to win. You can also enter here on Flickr by leaving your SL name along with your comment, two ways to win!
Kustom9 runs from April 15th to May 10th
❧ TAXI to Kustom9: bit.ly/2UOuYPP
~ Paragon Dance Animations ~
Madison Jazz Funk V2 Pack
Available at Kustom 9
Runs April 15th through May 10th
Jazz Funk is a hot commercial style of dance - a hybrid style of hip hop and jazz dance with foundational movements from jazz. As an elite protege to legendary choreographer Brian Friedman, a pioneer of Jazz Funk, Madison brings her excellent technique and unique moves to give the dance her own style.
Music used One More Night by Maroon Five
~ Spoiled ~
Tinderella Set
Available at Equal 10
Runs April 10th through May 5th
For bodies: Freya & Push-Up, Legacy & Perky, Maitreya & Petite, Kupra & Kups A&B
💕 LAQ💕
💕 Era2
Elle Head (UHD edition)
💕 LAQ 💕
💕Freckles - Era2 UHD
💕 LAQ 💕
💕 Moles - Era2 UHD
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LAQ/118/108/77
💕 Pure Poison 💕
💕 Queen Nails and Rings
Animated diamond textures that shimmer with life
Crown-inspired rings that speak of sovereignty
Dramatic jewel-toned claws for a bold, commanding look
PBR + Non-PBR Options included
Compatible with:
Legacy • Maitreya • eBody Reborn
Kustom9 runs from April 15th to May 10th
TAXI to Kustom9: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kustom9/149/14/1004
Kustom9 CAM SIM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kustom9%20Cam/149/231/1003
Sponsor: B.D.R
★ Valeria -Dress
New @ #BIGGIRL | April 15th to May 10th.
Compatible with Maitreya + Petite, Legacy +Perky, Reborn.
HUD Texture Options● x 20 Solid Colors
- Comes with optional panty and C-string.
- Alpha blending, alpha masking and solid option included (via HUD).
★ Valeria -Stockings & Garter-HUD Texture Options
x 20 Solid Colors● x14 Metals
- Colors for Left and Right leg change separately, can also be worn separately.
- Garter is compatible with MAZE Soft Thighs only.
- Stockings are BOM and have been customized for Maitreya, Legacy and Reborn thighs and feet. 2 styles included: Sheer and Faded.
★ Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/AMERICAN%20BAZAAR/201/180/28
Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH)
Military history
WV-740 that was rolled off the Hunting production line at Luton on March 2nd 1955. Built to Air Ministry contract 6/AIR/6847/CB5(a) of June 5th 1951, she was given construction number K66/027, also quoted as P66/41 which would tie in with the issue of the RAF batch of serial numbers (WV-699 to WV-740). She flew for the first time on March 12th 1955 and was delivered to Number 9 Maintenance Unit at RAF Cosford on March 14th 1955, and allocated to the Middle East Air Force on April 15th. Arriveing at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on April 20th she joined the Aden Protectorate Support Flight. On December 20th 1956, WV740 was damaged in a Category 3R accident, repaired, and joined Number 84 Squadron at Khormaksar on January 22nd 1957. It was not long before trouble occurred again, and she was badly damaged in a further Category 3R accident on May 30th 1957. She moved into the repair shops of the Aden Repair Squadron on June 1st, and rejoined the Station Flight at RAF Khormaksar on December 3rd, before being transferred to Number 78 Squadron in Aden on June 13th 1958, before flying off to RAF Eastleigh in Nairobi, where she joined the Station Flight on December 15th 1958. Just under a year later, on November 27th 1959, she made the long ferry flight home to UK where she entered a period of storage at Number 5 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Kemble, where she remained until September 28th 1961. She then joined the Metropolitan Communication Squadron at RAF Northolt. Through the next five years she spent her life with various communications flight in UK, being with Bomber Command Communications Squadron at Booker on May 1st 1962, Number 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble on June 6th, the Maintenance Command Communications and Ferry Squadron August 9th 1962. With the latter organisation, she met with a further Category 3R accident on February 20th 1963 and was repaired on site by personnel of Number 60 Maintenance Unit for a week before being returned to the Maintenance Command Communications Squadron. The highlight of this period of her life occurred on June 26th 1963 when she flew Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to Gatwick. She was transferred to the Western Command Communications Squadron at
RAF Andover on April 1st 1964 and was loaned to the Ministry of Aviation on February 15th 1965 before being returned to N°5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Kemble on March 24th 1965, then to Andover on May 28th 1965.
On February 13th 1967 she flew eastwards again, and back to her old haunts in Aden when she joined Number 21 Squadron at RAF Khormaksar on February 13th 1967. Her record is not clear, but she must have left Aden later that year with the withdrawal of the British presence, and probably moved with N°21 Squadron to RAF Muharraq at Bahrain. Whatever the case, she was one of the fourteen aircraft chosen to be resparred, and she was returned to the British Aircraft Corporation at Luton on March 8th 1971. Making her first flight after this major work on June 16th 1971, she flew to Wisley in Surrey and was then returned through N°5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble to N°21 Squadron at RAF Andover on June 24th 1971 serving with this unit for five years.
Returning to Number 5 Maintenance Unit for heavy maintenance on March 25th 1976, WV740 was then sent to join the Station Flight (Dragon Airlines) at RAF St Athan on July 30th. On March 29th 1978, she made the short flight to Germany where she joined Number 60 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath, the airfield where she would spend the rest of her service life, and acquire the German instructions written on her fuselage!
At Wildenrath, she joined five other Pembroke's with this unit, and flew extensively throughout Europe. Carrying many VIP’s as well as completing more mundane tasks, this aircraft was, for a time, the personal aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Dennis Spottiswood. Her record shows that from 10th until 30th March 1981 she was attached to Number 5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Brize Norton for a repaint and interior refurbishment, before returning to RAF Wildenrath where she remained until March 23rd 1987 when she was flown to RAF Shawbury for storage and disposal.
Civilian history
On June 24th 1987, together with her sister ship XK-884, WV740 was purchased by Air Commodore John Allison and moved to RAF Benson for storage. Air Commodore Allison together with Mr Mike Searle placed WV740 on the civil register as G-BNPH. Both aircraft were retained for several years until WV-740 was sold to Mr Richard J.F.Parker in mid-June 1991. Mr Parker, a property developer and aviation enthusiast returned WV-740 to her former splendour, refurbished her interior, and flew her for many years at air displays and for pleasure. The closure of both Leavesden and Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1994 forced Mr Parker to consider the future of his fleet of vintage aircraft, and with great regret, he offered WV-740 for sale. March 15th 1994 saw WV740 sold to Captain Martin Willing, a Cathay Pacific pilot now retired who lives in Jersey, and she was flown to that lovely location. WV740 continued to fly, and was based mainly at Duxford, where she was operated by Radial Revelation, a company set up to foster the preservation and operation of radial engined aircraft. In 2003 ownership of the aircraft passed to Andrew and Geraldine Dixon at Bournemouth who operated the Pembroke as a personnel transport and air show duties.
During 2011 WV740 was put up for sale and and acquired by Mr Mark Stott in 2012 along with Sea Prince T1 WP321. Now based at MoD St Athan, WV740 is maintained by Horizon Aircraft Services and is available for display, flight training and corporate events.
Crew: Two pilots
Capacity: 8 passengers
Length: 46 ft (14.02 m)
Wingspan: 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Empty weight: 9,961 lb (4,400 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 13,489 lb (6,124 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Alvis Leonides 127 9-cylinder supercharged radial piston engines, 540 hp (410 kw) each
Maximum speed: 186 mph (300 km/h)
Range: 1,012 nm (1,850 km)
Service ceiling: 7,680 m (22,000 ft)
Why be content with 4 seasons when Japan has 72.
For the last 15 months i have been following a British version using
Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A
British Year in Japan’s 72 Seasons
by Lev Parikian
Below is the Japanese version.
BEGINNING OF SPRING
East wind melts the ice (Feb 4th - 8th)
Bush warblers start singing in the mountains (Feb 9th - 13th)
Fish emerge from the ice (Feb 14th - 18th)
RAINWATER
Rain moistens the soil (Feb 19th - 23rd)
Mist starts to linger (Feb 24th - 28th)
Grass sprouts, trees bud (March 1st - 5th)
INSECTS AWAKEN
Hibernating insects surface (March 6th - 10th)
First peach blossoms (March 11th - 15th)
Caterpillars become butterflies (March 16th - 20th)
SPRING EQUINOX
Sparrows start to nest (March 21st - 25th)
First cherry blossoms (March 26th - 30th)
Distant thunder (March 31st - April 4th)
PURE & CLEAR
Swallows return (April 5th - 9th)
Wild geese wild north (April 10th - 14th)
First rainbows (April 15th- 19th)
GRAIN RAINS
First reeds sprout (April 20th - 24th)
Last frost, rice seedlings grow (April 25th - 29th)
Peonies bloom (April 30th - May 4th)
BEGINNING OF SUMMER
Frogs start singing (May 5th - 9th)
Worms surface (May 10th - 14th)
Bamboo shoots sprout (May 15th - 20th)
LESSER RIPENING
Silkworms start feasting on mulberry leaves (May 21st -25th)
Safflowers bloom (May 26th - 30th)
Whats ripens and is harvested (May 31st - June 5th)
GRAIN BEARDS & SEEDS
Praying mantises hatch (June 6th - 10th)
Rotten grass becomes fireflies (June 11th - 15th)
Plums turn yellow (June 16th - 20th)
SUMMER SOLSTICE
Self-heal withers (June 21st - 26th)
Irises bloom (June 27th - July 1st)
Crow-dipper sprouts (July 2nd - 6th)
LESSER HEAT
Warm winds blow (July 7th - 11th)
First lotus blossoms (July 12th - 16th)
Hawks learn to fly (July 17th - 22nd)
GREATER HEAT
Paulownia trees produce seeds (July 23rd - 28th)
Earth is damp, air is humid (July 29th - August 2nd)
Great rains sometimes fall (August 3rd - 7th)
BEGINNING OF AUTUMN
Cool winds blow (August 8th - 12th)
Evening cicadas sing (August 13th - 17th)
Thick fog descends (August 18th - 22nd)
MANAGEABLE HEAT
Cotton flowers bloom (August 23rd - 27th)
Heat starts to die down (August 28th - September 1st)
Rice ripens (September 2nd - 7th)
WHITE DEW
Dew glistens white on grass (September 8th - 12th)
Wagtails sing (September 13th - 17th)
Swallows leave (September 18th - 22nd)
AUTUMN EQUINOX
Thunder ceases (September 23rd - 27th)
Insects hole up underground (September 28th - October 2nd)
Farmers drain fields (October 3rd - 7th)
COLD DEW
Wild geese return (October 8th - 12th)
Chrysanthemums bloom (October 13th - 17th)
Crickets chirp around the door (October 18th - 22nd)
FROST FALLS
First frost (October 23rd - 27th)
Light rains sometimes fall (October 28th - November 1st)
Maple leaves and ivy turn yellow (November 2nd - 6th)
BEGINNING OF WINTER
Camelias bloom (November 7th - 11th)
Land starts to freeze (November 12th - 16th)
Daffodils bloom (November 17th - 21st)
LESSER SNOW
Rainbows hide (November 22nd - 26th)
North wind blows the leaves from the trees (November 27th - December 1st)
Tachibana citrus tree leaves start to turn yellow (December 2nd - 6th)
GREATER SNOW
Cold sets in, winter begins (December 7th - 11th)
Bears start hibernating in their dens (December 12th - 16th)
Salmons gather and swim upstream (December 17th - 21st)
WINTER SOLSTICE
Self-heal sprouts (December 22nd - 26th)
Deer shed antlers (December 27th - 31st)
Wheat sprouts under snow (January 1st - 4th)
LESSER COLD
Parsley flourishes (January 5th - 9th)
Springs thaw (January 10th - 14th)
Pheasants start to call (January 15th - 19th)
GREATER COLD
Butterburs bud (January 20th - 24th)
Ice thickens on streams (January 25th - 29th)
Hens start to lay eggs (January 30th - February 3rd)
WV-740 rolled off the Hunting production line at Luton on March 2nd 1955. Built to Air Ministry contract 6/AIR/6847/CB5(a) of June 5th 1951, she was given construction number K66/027, also quoted as P66/41 which would tie in with the issue of the RAF batch of serial numbers (WV-699 to WV-740). She flew for the first time on March 12th 1955 and was delivered to Number 9 Maintenance Unit at RAF Cosford on March 14th 1955, and allocated to the Middle East Air Force on April 15th. Arriveing at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on April 20th she joined the Aden Protectorate Support Flight. On December 20th 1956, WV740 was damaged in a Category 3R accident, repaired, and joined Number 84 Squadron at Khormaksar on January 22nd 1957. It was not long before trouble occurred again, and she was badly damaged in a further Category 3R accident on May 30th 1957. She moved into the repair shops of the Aden Repair Squadron on June 1st, and rejoined the Station Flight at RAF Khormaksar on December 3rd, before being transferred to Number 78 Squadron in Aden on June 13th 1958, before flying off to RAF Eastleigh in Nairobi, where she joined the Station Flight on December 15th 1958. Just under a year later, on November 27th 1959, she made the long ferry flight home to UK where she entered a period of storage at Number 5 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Kemble, where she remained until September 28th 1961. She then joined the Metropolitan Communication Squadron at RAF Northolt. Through the next five years she spent her life with various communications flight in UK, being with Bomber Command Communications Squadron at Booker on May 1st 1962, Number 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble on June 6th, the Maintenance Command Communications and Ferry Squadron August 9th 1962. With the latter organisation, she met with a further Category 3R accident on February 20th 1963 and was repaired on site by personnel of Number 60 Maintenance Unit for a week before being returned to the Maintenance Command Communications Squadron. The highlight of this period of her life occurred on June 26th 1963 when she flew Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to Gatwick. She was transferred to the Western Command Communications Squadron at
RAF Andover on April 1st 1964 and was loaned to the Ministry of Aviation on February 15th 1965 before being returned to N°5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Kemble on March 24th 1965, then to Andover on May 28th 1965.
On February 13th 1967 she flew eastwards again, and back to her old haunts in Aden when she joined Number 21 Squadron at RAF Khormaksar on February 13th 1967. Her record is not clear, but she must have left Aden later that year with the withdrawal of the British presence, and probably moved with N°21 Squadron to RAF Muharraq at Bahrain. Whatever the case, she was one of the fourteen aircraft chosen to be resparred, and she was returned to the British Aircraft Corporation at Luton on March 8th 1971. Making her first flight after this major work on June 16th 1971, she flew to Wisley in Surrey and was then returned through N°5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble to N°21 Squadron at RAF Andover on June 24th 1971 serving with this unit for five years.
Returning to Number 5 Maintenance Unit for heavy maintenance on March 25th 1976, WV740 was then sent to join the Station Flight (Dragon Airlines) at RAF St Athan on July 30th. On March 29th 1978, she made the short flight to Germany where she joined Number 60 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath, the airfield where she would spend the rest of her service life, and acquire the German instructions written on her fuselage!
At Wildenrath, she joined five other Pembroke's with this unit, and flew extensively throughout Europe. Carrying many VIP’s as well as completing more mundane tasks, this aircraft was, for a time, the personal aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Dennis Spottiswood. Her record shows that from 10th until 30th March 1981 she was attached to Number 5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Brize Norton for a repaint and interior refurbishment, before returning to RAF Wildenrath where she remained until March 23rd 1987 when she was flown to RAF Shawbury for storage and disposal.
On June 24th 1987, together with her sister ship XK-884, WV740 was purchased by Air Commodore John Allison and moved to RAF Benson for storage. Air Commodore Allison together with Mr Mike Searle placed WV740 on the civil register as G-BNPH. Both aircraft were retained for several years until WV-740 was sold to Mr Richard J.F.Parker in mid-June 1991. Mr Parker, a property developer and aviation enthusiast returned WV-740 to her former splendour, refurbished her interior, and flew her for many years at air displays and for pleasure. The closure of both Leavesden and Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1994 forced Mr Parker to consider the future of his fleet of vintage aircraft, and with great regret, he offered WV-740 for sale. March 15th 1994 saw WV740 sold to Captain Martin Willing, a Cathay Pacific pilot now retired who lives in Jersey, and she was flown to that lovely location. WV740 continued to fly, and was based mainly at Duxford, where she was operated by Radial Revelation, a company set up to foster the preservation and operation of radial engined aircraft. In 2003 ownership of the aircraft passed to Andrew and Geraldine Dixon at Bournemouth who operated the Pembroke as a personnel transport and air show duties.
During 2011 WV740 was put up for sale and and acquired by Mr Mark Stott in 2012 along with Sea Prince T1 WP321. Now based at MoD St Athan, WV740 is maintained by Horizon Aircraft Services and is available for display, flight training and corporate events.
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
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Lucy Jackson (Oct.11, 1867-after 1923)
Known as: Princesse Lucie, La Belle Jackson, Bella Jackson
African-American Singer & Dancer
Lucy Thomas, born c. October 1867 (or 1869) in Charleston, South Carolina had no known relatives besides an uncle Richard Brown from Virginia. At some point in the 1880's, young Lucy Thomas relocated to Savannah, Georgia where she met and married Gilbert Jackson on April 19th, 1886 in a ceremony conducted by the Rev. Harry B. Hamilton. Strangely, the couple doesn't appear in the 1890 US Census, in fact neither of them appear in any records except during their wedding.
In the spring of 1895, talent scout and stage manager Billy McClain, with the financial backing of Nate Salsbury (formerly of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show), thought of the idea of exploiting America's slave heritage by romanticizing it into a sort of human zoo. Over 300-400 African-Americans from Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas were hired and transported up to New York (a young Lucy Jackson amongst them) for this massive production. On May 11th, South Brooklyn's Ambrose Park was completely renovated for the show's production, erecting nearly 100 log cabins to accommodate the cast of 400 negroes. A cotton gin was also constructed, bales of cotton, cotton bushes, poultry and livestock were scattered throughout the park.
Opening May 25th, 1895, "Black America" was promoted as outdoor theme-park extravaganza showcasing the American Negro, "from the jungles of Africa to the civilization of America." For six weeks, the production showcased a Baltimore brass band, jubilee singers, acrobats, foot races, buck and wing dances as well as performances from the star of the entire production, Miss Flowers. On July 15th, the show moved up to Boston, performing in a huge tent along Huntington Avenue and performing in parades on major Boston streets for eight successful weeks. Returning to New York on September 16th, the show performed for the remainder of the month at the Winter Garden Theater. The show later moved on to Philadelphia's Grand Opera Theater (Oct.4-Nov.30) and Washington DC's Convention Hall (Oct.22) before finally falling apart. Unfortunately, the show wasn't financially successful and left the directors in debt. The proposed plan to take the show to London was promptly cancelled and Nate Salsbury moved on to produce his latest venture, "Darkest America".
On April 15th, 1896, the remnants of "Black America" (now composed of 25 members) boarded the Erie 8 train from Marion, Ohio heading east to New York, where a ship awaited to take them to Europe. At some point, Bavarian theater director Ludwig Anwander from Schliersee had taken over the show. In September 1895, during his first trip to America, he witnessed the production and offered to take the production to Europe. Arriving in Berlin by May 25th, the show performed throughout the month at a German Exposition. The following month, the show appeared at Leipzig's Theater Hotel Stadt Nurnberg (Jun.1, 1896) possibly for another month's engagement. On July 1st, the show was back in Berlin at the Theater Neu-Berlin before disappearing. It seems they left for Chemnitz, as Lucy files for a passport at the American Consulate on July 8th, presenting her 1886 marriage certificate to the consul as proof of her American origins. Another detail on this passport was inability to sign her name, signing two X's as her signature. Afterwards, the show returned to Berlin, where it played a week at the Belle-Alliance Gardens. In August, for a week, the troupe performed in the port city of Stettin at the Elysium Theater (this time with only 12 members). Around this point, Herr Anwander sold the show to a Russian Impresario before he returned home to Southern Germany.
Crossing into the Russian frontier during the late summer of 1896, the show's new manager arranged two lengthy engagements in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where the show became a popular novelty act before eventually dissolving. Lucy remained in Russia for the next three years.
On January 10th, 1899, after possibly touring around the Russian Empire, Lucy arrived at the American Consulate to apply for a new passport in preparations for a solo European tour. Ten months later, she appeared at Prague's Olympia Theater (Nov.1-15) for two weeks, where she was billed as the Schwarze Schonheit (Black Beauty) from South Africa's Transvaal. Nearby, the young Arabella Fields was appearing at the Etablissement Sykora. The following year, she returned to Prague, appearing as Princess Lucie Jackson at the K.u.K. Hofbrauhaus (May 16-19).
In April 1901, Lucy was in Berlin engaged at the famous Passage-Theater performing German lieder to enthusiastic audiences.
In December 1903, she was performing at Hamburg's Sagbiel Etablissement (Dec.5-23). On December 18th, during this engagement, she visited the American Consulate for a new passport before crossing the border the following month back home into Russia. Strangely, she listed Montreal as her birthplace.
After a possible St. Petersburg engagement, Lucy (now billed as La Belle Jackson) performed the Cake-Walk at Helsinki's Societethuset, also known as the illustrious Seurahuone Hotel (Feb.21-Mar.18, 1904). This was followed by a lengthy Scandinavian tour. In April, she had a month's engagement in Stockholm's Svea Salen Theater (Apr.9-22). In August, she could be seen at Copenhagen's Vennelyst Variete (Aug.24-Sep.9). Established in 1892, the Vennelyst was a large alloment garden in central Copenhagen, dotted with numerous small allotments and cottages, where the Danish working-class could unwind. On August 28th, after a performance, a Danish man, Mr. Woller attempted to grab and kiss Lucy in the streets, which resulted in her beating the man severely according to local newspapers. The duo were seized and taken to the nearest police station before being promptly released. On September 14th, Lucy moved over to the Apollo Teatret (Sep.14-25) beside the Tivoli Gardens on the Vesterbrogade, where she was billed as the Sorte Nattergal (Black Nightingale) for two weeks.
Late-1905, while Russia suffered from the Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 Revolution, Lucy travelled to Austria, appearing at Vienna's Joh. Weigl's Variete (Jul.1, 1905) and Lemberg's Colosseum Hermanow (Nov.8-15) before disappearing altogether.
On December 16th, 1906, Lucy resurfaced in Switzerland, performing as a member of the "Smith and Bella Jackson" duo at Basel's Cardinal Theater. Her new partner, William Henry Smith (Apr.21, 1879) from Philadelphia. Arrived in Europe in 1903 with the "12 Georgia Piccaninnies", Mr. Smith eventually abandoned the troupe sometime in 1906 to join Lucy.
Early 1907, the couple traveled east to Budapest, where they were engaged for a month and a half at the Nemzetkozi Orfeum (Feb.16-Mar.19). On February 16th, they also secured a new passport from the American Legation. On May 18th, they moved over to the Szinhaz Variete. On July 21st, the couple arrived in the Hungarian city of Szeged (near the Romanian border), appearing at the Tarka Szinpadon.
Early 1908, the duo traveled southeast to Romania, applying for a passport at Bucharest's American Embassy on April 22nd. Interestingly, Lucy had began learning how to sign her name (possibly due to the aid of Smith), as noted by her poorly written signature on the passport application. That summer, Smith and Jackson returned to Russia, appearing in the "Grand Concert Divertissement Cosmopolite" at St. Petersburg's Bouffe Gardens (Jul.4-Aug.11).
In March 1910, the duo were at Hamburg's Flora Theater, where interestingly enough, Bella Jackson was praised for her performance of Tyrolean folk songs. Two months later, they were thrilling audiences in Budapest's Karolyi Gardens (May 26-Jun.1). Throughout the year, they were bombarded with numerous engagements across the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In August, they were at Teplitz's Cursaale Theater (Aug.5), the following month at Budapest's Feher Cabaret (Sep.29-Oct.1). In October, they traveled north to Lemberg's Casino de Paris (Oct.8-15) before heading east to Czernowitz (along the Russian-Romanian border) to perform at the Variete Bellevue (Oct.16-30) for two weeks. In December, they were in Vienna, where they applied on December 29th for a new passport to travel into Romania.
Throughout 1911-1912, the duo toured across Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. During the course of this tour, they became acquainted with the Cousins (an American duo composed of Afro-American singer, Sam Cousins and his Austrian-American wife Bertha). In May 1912, Smith and Jackson were back in Europe, performing at Vienna's Café Trianon (May 1-13). Four months later, they were at Budapest's Kabaret Pannoniaban (Sep.29-Oct.6) and later Kabaret Magyar Kiralyban (Oct.22-31).
Early 1913, the couple found themselves in northern Austria (Bohemia), appearing in Reichenburg's Meiningers Variete (Mar.1-6) and later Prague's Kabarett Wespe (Jul.20). That winter, while engaged in Hamburg, the pair applied for a passport on December 23rd for their plans to return east to Romania and Russia.
During the spring of 1914, the couple were back in Prague, residing at 47 Wenzelsplatz. While there, the couple joined African-American artist Mose Harris, forming the "Philadelphia Trio". The trio spent two weeks at the Alhambra Palais de Danse (Apr.16-30). In June, the trio crossed into the Russian Empire, performing for two weeks at the Majorenhof Sea Pavillon in Riga (Jun.1-15). On June 28, 1914, during their Baltic tour, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, setting in motion the events leading to the outbreak of World War I. On August 4, after Germany invaded Belgium, while simultaneously attacking France, Great Britain declared war on Germany. The Philadelphia Trio arrived in Petrograd on September 17th.
By October 1915, they had relocated to Moscow, settling in the Hotel Boston as noted by their passport application on November 24th. For three months, the Philadelphia trio were among the leading attractions at the Maxim Cabaret (owned by famous African-American businessman Frederick B. Thomas). By the fall of 1916, the Philadelphia Trio had seperated and Smith & Jackson relocated to Petrograd, appearing at the Sirene Cinema (Sep.15-16).
Early 1917, they were performing at the Kino-Palace (Jan.17-22) and later the Kino-Olympia (Apr.18-21). The duo briefly returned to Moscow on April 19th to obtain new passports before returning to the Russian capital.
On March 8, 1917, over seven thousand female textile workers from St. Petersburg's Vyborg district, marched through the streets crying for bread. The shortages had left the lower class starving, cold and desperate. From March 9-15, Cossacks patrolled the streets and machine guns were positioned everywhere. Protesters filled the streets only to be met by gunfire. All the blood spilling in the streets caused many soldiers to mutiny and join the mobs. Prisoners across the city were released into the streets, gendarmes were murdered, courthouses, arsenals, shops, private homes and the Ministry of the Interior were looted and ransacked. Mobs killed any respectable looking men, causing many gendarmes to strip their uniforms and flee the city. On March 16, Tsar Nikolai II abdicated and many aristocrats fled to the countryside. The old order evaporated and anarchy spread.
In August, they were back in Moscow, making sure to renew their passports again on August 21st with fellow entertainer, Peter C. Johnson. Smith and Jackson were last seen in Russia on October 6th, registering with the consulate and preparing to board the Trans-Siberian train east towards Harbin.
Early 1918, after a brief engagement in Harbin, the duo continued south through Peking towards Shanghai, arriving in the Republic of China's largest city by July. After a four month engagement in Shanghai, on October 15th, the pair applied for new American passports before packing up for the Philippines. The duo were engaged for six successful months in Manila, due to the popularity of American Ragtime in Southeast Asia at the time.
On April 25th, 1919, Smith and Jackson boarded the SS Suwa Maru heading towards an engagement in Hong Kong. The following month, they were found in Malaya, at Singapore's Palladium Theatre (May 26-31) and later the Gaiety Theatre (Jun.3-9). That winter, they were engaged in British India, performing in the bustling city of Calcutta. On December 9th, while applying at the American Consulate-General, Smith and Jackson both listed that they were now married. In 1920, the couple appeared across Burma, the Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Siam and French Indochina before returning home to China.
On January 29, 1923, William H. Smith died at Shanghai's General Hospital and later buried at the Bubbling Wells Cemetery. Lucy, who was residing at the Continental Hotel, cancelled their upcoming appearance at Singapore's Stadium and disappeared completely.
Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH)
Military history
WV-740 was rolled off the Hunting production line at Luton on March 2nd 1955. Built to Air Ministry contract 6/AIR/6847/CB5(a) of June 5th 1951, she was given construction number K66/027, also quoted as P66/41 which would tie in with the issue of the RAF batch of serial numbers (WV-699 to WV-740). She flew for the first time on March 12th 1955 and was delivered to Number 9 Maintenance Unit at RAF Cosford on March 14th 1955, and allocated to the Middle East Air Force on April 15th. Arriveing at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on April 20th she joined the Aden Protectorate Support Flight. On December 20th 1956, WV740 was damaged in a Category 3R accident, repaired, and joined Number 84 Squadron at Khormaksar on January 22nd 1957. It was not long before trouble occurred again, and she was badly damaged in a further Category 3R accident on May 30th 1957. She moved into the repair shops of the Aden Repair Squadron on June 1st, and rejoined the Station Flight at RAF Khormaksar on December 3rd, before being transferred to Number 78 Squadron in Aden on June 13th 1958, before flying off to RAF Eastleigh in Nairobi, where she joined the Station Flight on December 15th 1958. Just under a year later, on November 27th 1959, she made the long ferry flight home to UK where she entered a period of storage at Number 5 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Kemble, where she remained until September 28th 1961. She then joined the Metropolitan Communication Squadron at RAF Northolt. Through the next five years she spent her life with various communications flight in UK, being with Bomber Command Communications Squadron at Booker on May 1st 1962, Number 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble on June 6th, the Maintenance Command Communications and Ferry Squadron August 9th 1962. With the latter organisation, she met with a further Category 3R accident on February 20th 1963 and was repaired on site by personnel of Number 60 Maintenance Unit for a week before being returned to the Maintenance Command Communications Squadron. The highlight of this period of her life occurred on June 26th 1963 when she flew Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to Gatwick. She was transferred to the Western Command Communications Squadron at
RAF Andover on April 1st 1964 and was loaned to the Ministry of Aviation on February 15th 1965 before being returned to N°5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Kemble on March 24th 1965, then to Andover on May 28th 1965.
On February 13th 1967 she flew eastwards again, and back to her old haunts in Aden when she joined Number 21 Squadron at RAF Khormaksar on February 13th 1967. Her record is not clear, but she must have left Aden later that year with the withdrawal of the British presence, and probably moved with N°21 Squadron to RAF Muharraq at Bahrain. Whatever the case, she was one of the fourteen aircraft chosen to be resparred, and she was returned to the British Aircraft Corporation at Luton on March 8th 1971. Making her first flight after this major work on June 16th 1971, she flew to Wisley in Surrey and was then returned through N°5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble to N°21 Squadron at RAF Andover on June 24th 1971 serving with this unit for five years.
Returning to Number 5 Maintenance Unit for heavy maintenance on March 25th 1976, WV740 was then sent to join the Station Flight (Dragon Airlines) at RAF St Athan on July 30th. On March 29th 1978, she made the short flight to Germany where she joined Number 60 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath, the airfield where she would spend the rest of her service life, and acquire the German instructions written on her fuselage!
At Wildenrath, she joined five other Pembroke's with this unit, and flew extensively throughout Europe. Carrying many VIP’s as well as completing more mundane tasks, this aircraft was, for a time, the personal aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Dennis Spottiswood. Her record shows that from 10th until 30th March 1981 she was attached to Number 5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Brize Norton for a repaint and interior refurbishment, before returning to RAF Wildenrath where she remained until March 23rd 1987 when she was flown to RAF Shawbury for storage and disposal.
Civilian history
On June 24th 1987, together with her sister ship XK-884, WV740 was purchased by Air Commodore John Allison and moved to RAF Benson for storage. Air Commodore Allison together with Mr Mike Searle placed WV740 on the civil register as G-BNPH. Both aircraft were retained for several years until WV-740 was sold to Mr Richard J.F.Parker in mid-June 1991. Mr Parker, a property developer and aviation enthusiast returned WV-740 to her former splendour, refurbished her interior, and flew her for many years at air displays and for pleasure. The closure of both Leavesden and Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1994 forced Mr Parker to consider the future of his fleet of vintage aircraft, and with great regret, he offered WV-740 for sale. March 15th 1994 saw WV740 sold to Captain Martin Willing, a Cathay Pacific pilot now retired who lives in Jersey, and she was flown to that lovely location. WV740 continued to fly, and was based mainly at Duxford, where she was operated by Radial Revelation, a company set up to foster the preservation and operation of radial engined aircraft. In 2003 ownership of the aircraft passed to Andrew and Geraldine Dixon at Bournemouth who operated the Pembroke as a personnel transport and air show duties.
During 2011 WV740 was put up for sale and and acquired by Mr Mark Stott in 2012 along with Sea Prince T1 WP321. Now based at MoD St Athan, WV740 is maintained by Horizon Aircraft Services and is available for display, flight training and corporate events.
Crew: Two pilots
Capacity: 8 passengers
Length: 46 ft (14.02 m)
Wingspan: 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Empty weight: 9,961 lb (4,400 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 13,489 lb (6,124 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Alvis Leonides 127 9-cylinder supercharged radial piston engines, 540 hp (410 kw) each
Maximum speed: 186 mph (300 km/h)
Range: 1,012 nm (1,850 km)
Service ceiling: 7,680 m (22,000 ft)
Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH)
Military history
WV-740 that was rolled off the Hunting production line at Luton on March 2nd 1955. Built to Air Ministry contract 6/AIR/6847/CB5(a) of June 5th 1951, she was given construction number K66/027, also quoted as P66/41 which would tie in with the issue of the RAF batch of serial numbers (WV-699 to WV-740). She flew for the first time on March 12th 1955 and was delivered to Number 9 Maintenance Unit at RAF Cosford on March 14th 1955, and allocated to the Middle East Air Force on April 15th. Arriveing at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on April 20th she joined the Aden Protectorate Support Flight. On December 20th 1956, WV740 was damaged in a Category 3R accident, repaired, and joined Number 84 Squadron at Khormaksar on January 22nd 1957. It was not long before trouble occurred again, and she was badly damaged in a further Category 3R accident on May 30th 1957. She moved into the repair shops of the Aden Repair Squadron on June 1st, and rejoined the Station Flight at RAF Khormaksar on December 3rd, before being transferred to Number 78 Squadron in Aden on June 13th 1958, before flying off to RAF Eastleigh in Nairobi, where she joined the Station Flight on December 15th 1958. Just under a year later, on November 27th 1959, she made the long ferry flight home to UK where she entered a period of storage at Number 5 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Kemble, where she remained until September 28th 1961. She then joined the Metropolitan Communication Squadron at RAF Northolt. Through the next five years she spent her life with various communications flight in UK, being with Bomber Command Communications Squadron at Booker on May 1st 1962, Number 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble on June 6th, the Maintenance Command Communications and Ferry Squadron August 9th 1962. With the latter organisation, she met with a further Category 3R accident on February 20th 1963 and was repaired on site by personnel of Number 60 Maintenance Unit for a week before being returned to the Maintenance Command Communications Squadron. The highlight of this period of her life occurred on June 26th 1963 when she flew Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to Gatwick. She was transferred to the Western Command Communications Squadron at
RAF Andover on April 1st 1964 and was loaned to the Ministry of Aviation on February 15th 1965 before being returned to N°5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Kemble on March 24th 1965, then to Andover on May 28th 1965.
On February 13th 1967 she flew eastwards again, and back to her old haunts in Aden when she joined Number 21 Squadron at RAF Khormaksar on February 13th 1967. Her record is not clear, but she must have left Aden later that year with the withdrawal of the British presence, and probably moved with N°21 Squadron to RAF Muharraq at Bahrain. Whatever the case, she was one of the fourteen aircraft chosen to be resparred, and she was returned to the British Aircraft Corporation at Luton on March 8th 1971. Making her first flight after this major work on June 16th 1971, she flew to Wisley in Surrey and was then returned through N°5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble to N°21 Squadron at RAF Andover on June 24th 1971 serving with this unit for five years.
Returning to Number 5 Maintenance Unit for heavy maintenance on March 25th 1976, WV740 was then sent to join the Station Flight (Dragon Airlines) at RAF St Athan on July 30th. On March 29th 1978, she made the short flight to Germany where she joined Number 60 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath, the airfield where she would spend the rest of her service life, and acquire the German instructions written on her fuselage!
At Wildenrath, she joined five other Pembroke's with this unit, and flew extensively throughout Europe. Carrying many VIP’s as well as completing more mundane tasks, this aircraft was, for a time, the personal aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Dennis Spottiswood. Her record shows that from 10th until 30th March 1981 she was attached to Number 5 Maintenance Unit at RAF Brize Norton for a repaint and interior refurbishment, before returning to RAF Wildenrath where she remained until March 23rd 1987 when she was flown to RAF Shawbury for storage and disposal.
Civilian history
On June 24th 1987, together with her sister ship XK-884, WV740 was purchased by Air Commodore John Allison and moved to RAF Benson for storage. Air Commodore Allison together with Mr Mike Searle placed WV740 on the civil register as G-BNPH. Both aircraft were retained for several years until WV-740 was sold to Mr Richard J.F.Parker in mid-June 1991. Mr Parker, a property developer and aviation enthusiast returned WV-740 to her former splendour, refurbished her interior, and flew her for many years at air displays and for pleasure. The closure of both Leavesden and Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1994 forced Mr Parker to consider the future of his fleet of vintage aircraft, and with great regret, he offered WV-740 for sale. March 15th 1994 saw WV740 sold to Captain Martin Willing, a Cathay Pacific pilot now retired who lives in Jersey, and she was flown to that lovely location. WV740 continued to fly, and was based mainly at Duxford, where she was operated by Radial Revelation, a company set up to foster the preservation and operation of radial engined aircraft. In 2003 ownership of the aircraft passed to Andrew and Geraldine Dixon at Bournemouth who operated the Pembroke as a personnel transport and air show duties.
During 2011 WV740 was put up for sale and and acquired by Mr Mark Stott in 2012 along with Sea Prince T1 WP321. Now based at MoD St Athan, WV740 is maintained by Horizon Aircraft Services and is available for display, flight training and corporate events.
Crew: Two pilots
Capacity: 8 passengers
Length: 46 ft (14.02 m)
Wingspan: 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Empty weight: 9,961 lb (4,400 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 13,489 lb (6,124 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Alvis Leonides 127 9-cylinder supercharged radial piston engines, 540 hp (410 kw) each
Maximum speed: 186 mph (300 km/h)
Range: 1,012 nm (1,850 km)
Service ceiling: 7,680 m (22,000 ft)
Early 1943: Serial number 9531 was manufactured in Long Beach and delivered to the Army Air Force as USAAF 42-23669
May 20th, 1943. 9531 was transferred to the Royal Air Force, ferried to England, and assigned to RAF no 24 Squadron at RAF Hendon near London. The Squadron Badge is shown on the left. The motto is translated by the Brits as “In all things prepared,” but Yanks would go for the breezier “Ready for Anything.” The RAF serialled it as FD879. The mission of 24 Squadron was VIP transport for the Royal Family and leaders of state, and it was conveniently based at Hendon in North London, now the site of the RAF Museum. Its squadron codes were NQ and U. It follows that there is every possibility that FD879 flew members of the Royal Family as well as Winston Churchill, since that was the single role assigned the four Dakotas assigned to 24 Squadron. Previous owners of the “Flabob Express” claim they have seen the original RAF log books showing flights with Sir Winston Churchill and Princess Margaret as passengers.
July 1st 1943: FD879 was ferried to India where it served with Air Command South East Asia Communication Squadron. Here it serves as the personal aircraft of General Auchinleck who earlier had fought Rommell in North Africa. General Auchinleck (later Field Marshall Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck) named FD879 ‘Orion”
Jan.14, 1947: Upon Auchinleck’s retirement, FD879 was reassigned to India Communication Squadron, RAF.
Aug 14, 1947: Removed from RAF service and assigned to number 6 Squadron, Pakistani Air Force.
April 2nd 1952: Purchased by Lee Mansdorf, shipped by sea to the US. Registered in the US as N2701A.
Later sold to D.W. Connor who registered it as N42F.
1954: Modified as an executive transport by Remert Warner of St. Louis Missouri.
Nov 7th, 1955: Imported to Canada, registered as C-FIKD. Purchased by T. Flahieff.
Sept. 30th 1958: Executive transport for Ontario Paper Company.
April 15th 1965: Sold to Dominion Tar & Chemical Co. Ltd., Montreal.1
August 10th 1967; Sold to Laurentide Aviation Ltd, Montreal.2
Feb. 19th 1971: Sold to Eden Air of Canada.
December 1971
to June 1976: Winnepeg, Canada where it becomes derelict on the ramp.
1984: Purchased and returned to flight by Ilford-Riverton Airways of Canada, a regional carrier in Northwest Canada. Later sold to Air Manitoba another regional carrier out of Winnepeg.
1993: Imported to the US as N103NA and now flying from Flabob Aiport as the “Flabob Express
Lucy Jackson (Oct.11, 1867-after 1923)
Known as: Princesse Lucie, La Belle Jackson, Bella Jackson
African-American Singer & Dancer
Lucy Thomas, born c. October 1867 (or 1869) in Charleston, South Carolina had no known relatives besides an uncle Richard Brown from Virginia. At some point in the 1880's, young Lucy Thomas relocated to Savannah, Georgia where she met and married Gilbert Jackson on April 19th, 1886 in a ceremony conducted by the Rev. Harry B. Hamilton. Strangely, the couple doesn't appear in the 1890 US Census, in fact neither of them appear in any records except during their wedding.
In the spring of 1895, talent scout and stage manager Billy McClain, with the financial backing of Nate Salsbury (formerly of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show), thought of the idea of exploiting America's slave heritage by romanticizing it into a sort of human zoo. Over 300-400 African-Americans from Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas were hired and transported up to New York (a young Lucy Jackson amongst them) for this massive production. On May 11th, South Brooklyn's Ambrose Park was completely renovated for the show's production, erecting nearly 100 log cabins to accommodate the cast of 400 negroes. A cotton gin was also constructed, bales of cotton, cotton bushes, poultry and livestock were scattered throughout the park.
Opening May 25th, 1895, "Black America" was promoted as outdoor theme-park extravaganza showcasing the American Negro, "from the jungles of Africa to the civilization of America." For six weeks, the production showcased a Baltimore brass band, jubilee singers, acrobats, foot races, buck and wing dances as well as performances from the star of the entire production, Miss Flowers. On July 15th, the show moved up to Boston, performing in a huge tent along Huntington Avenue and performing in parades on major Boston streets for eight successful weeks. Returning to New York on September 16th, the show performed for the remainder of the month at the Winter Garden Theater. The show later moved on to Philadelphia's Grand Opera Theater (Oct.4-Nov.30) and Washington DC's Convention Hall (Oct.22) before finally falling apart. Unfortunately, the show wasn't financially successful and left the directors in debt. The proposed plan to take the show to London was promptly cancelled and Nate Salsbury moved on to produce his latest venture, "Darkest America".
On April 15th, 1896, the remnants of "Black America" (now composed of 25 members) boarded the Erie 8 train from Marion, Ohio heading east to New York, where a ship awaited to take them to Europe. At some point, Bavarian theater director Ludwig Anwander from Schliersee had taken over the show. In September 1895, during his first trip to America, he witnessed the production and offered to take the production to Europe. Arriving in Berlin by May 25th, the show performed throughout the month at a German Exposition. The following month, the show appeared at Leipzig's Theater Hotel Stadt Nurnberg (Jun.1, 1896) possibly for another month's engagement. On July 1st, the show was back in Berlin at the Theater Neu-Berlin before disappearing. It seems they left for Chemnitz, as Lucy files for a passport at the American Consulate on July 8th, presenting her 1886 marriage certificate to the consul as proof of her American origins. Another detail on this passport was inability to sign her name, signing two X's as her signature. Afterwards, the show returned to Berlin, where it played a week at the Belle-Alliance Gardens. In August, for a week, the troupe performed in the port city of Stettin at the Elysium Theater (this time with only 12 members). Around this point, Herr Anwander sold the show to a Russian Impresario before he returned home to Southern Germany.
Crossing into the Russian frontier during the late summer of 1896, the show's new manager arranged two lengthy engagements in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where the show became a popular novelty act before eventually dissolving. Lucy remained in Russia for the next three years.
On January 10th, 1899, after possibly touring around the Russian Empire, Lucy arrived at the American Consulate to apply for a new passport in preparations for a solo European tour. Ten months later, she appeared at Prague's Olympia Theater (Nov.1-15) for two weeks, where she was billed as the Schwarze Schonheit (Black Beauty) from South Africa's Transvaal. Nearby, the young Arabella Fields was appearing at the Etablissement Sykora. The following year, she returned to Prague, appearing as Princess Lucie Jackson at the K.u.K. Hofbrauhaus (May 16-19).
In April 1901, Lucy was in Berlin engaged at the famous Passage-Theater performing German lieder to enthusiastic audiences.
In December 1903, she was performing at Hamburg's Sagbiel Etablissement (Dec.5-23). On December 18th, during this engagement, she visited the American Consulate for a new passport before crossing the border the following month back home into Russia. Strangely, she listed Montreal as her birthplace.
After a possible St. Petersburg engagement, Lucy (now billed as La Belle Jackson) performed the Cake-Walk at Helsinki's Societethuset, also known as the illustrious Seurahuone Hotel (Feb.21-Mar.18, 1904). This was followed by a lengthy Scandinavian tour. In April, she had a month's engagement in Stockholm's Svea Salen Theater (Apr.9-22). In August, she could be seen at Copenhagen's Vennelyst Variete (Aug.24-Sep.9). Established in 1892, the Vennelyst was a large alloment garden in central Copenhagen, dotted with numerous small allotments and cottages, where the Danish working-class could unwind. On August 28th, after a performance, a Danish man, Mr. Woller attempted to grab and kiss Lucy in the streets, which resulted in her beating the man severely according to local newspapers. The duo were seized and taken to the nearest police station before being promptly released. On September 14th, Lucy moved over to the Apollo Teatret (Sep.14-25) beside the Tivoli Gardens on the Vesterbrogade, where she was billed as the Sorte Nattergal (Black Nightingale) for two weeks.
Late-1905, while Russia suffered from the Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 Revolution, Lucy travelled to Austria, appearing at Vienna's Joh. Weigl's Variete (Jul.1, 1905) and Lemberg's Colosseum Hermanow (Nov.8-15) before disappearing altogether.
On December 16th, 1906, Lucy resurfaced in Switzerland, performing as a member of the "Smith and Bella Jackson" duo at Basel's Cardinal Theater. Her new partner, William Henry Smith (Apr.21, 1879) from Philadelphia. Arrived in Europe in 1903 with the "12 Georgia Piccaninnies", Mr. Smith eventually abandoned the troupe sometime in 1906 to join Lucy.
Early 1907, the couple traveled east to Budapest, where they were engaged for a month and a half at the Nemzetkozi Orfeum (Feb.16-Mar.19). On February 16th, they also secured a new passport from the American Legation. On May 18th, they moved over to the Szinhaz Variete. On July 21st, the couple arrived in the Hungarian city of Szeged (near the Romanian border), appearing at the Tarka Szinpadon.
Early 1908, the duo traveled southeast to Romania, applying for a passport at Bucharest's American Embassy on April 22nd. Interestingly, Lucy had began learning how to sign her name (possibly due to the aid of Smith), as noted by her poorly written signature on the passport application. That summer, Smith and Jackson returned to Russia, appearing in the "Grand Concert Divertissement Cosmopolite" at St. Petersburg's Bouffe Gardens (Jul.4-Aug.11).
In March 1910, the duo were at Hamburg's Flora Theater, where interestingly enough, Bella Jackson was praised for her performance of Tyrolean folk songs. Two months later, they were thrilling audiences in Budapest's Karolyi Gardens (May 26-Jun.1). Throughout the year, they were bombarded with numerous engagements across the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In August, they were at Teplitz's Cursaale Theater (Aug.5), the following month at Budapest's Feher Cabaret (Sep.29-Oct.1). In October, they traveled north to Lemberg's Casino de Paris (Oct.8-15) before heading east to Czernowitz (along the Russian-Romanian border) to perform at the Variete Bellevue (Oct.16-30) for two weeks. In December, they were in Vienna, where they applied on December 29th for a new passport to travel into Romania.
Throughout 1911-1912, the duo toured across Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. During the course of this tour, they became acquainted with the Cousins (an American duo composed of Afro-American singer, Sam Cousins and his Austrian-American wife Bertha). In May 1912, Smith and Jackson were back in Europe, performing at Vienna's Café Trianon (May 1-13). Four months later, they were at Budapest's Kabaret Pannoniaban (Sep.29-Oct.6) and later Kabaret Magyar Kiralyban (Oct.22-31).
Early 1913, the couple found themselves in northern Austria (Bohemia), appearing in Reichenburg's Meiningers Variete (Mar.1-6) and later Prague's Kabarett Wespe (Jul.20). That winter, while engaged in Hamburg, the pair applied for a passport on December 23rd for their plans to return east to Romania and Russia.
During the spring of 1914, the couple were back in Prague, residing at 47 Wenzelsplatz. While there, the couple joined African-American artist Mose Harris, forming the "Philadelphia Trio". The trio spent two weeks at the Alhambra Palais de Danse (Apr.16-30). In June, the trio crossed into the Russian Empire, performing for two weeks at the Majorenhof Sea Pavillon in Riga (Jun.1-15). On June 28, 1914, during their Baltic tour, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, setting in motion the events leading to the outbreak of World War I. On August 4, after Germany invaded Belgium, while simultaneously attacking France, Great Britain declared war on Germany. The Philadelphia Trio arrived in Petrograd on September 17th.
By October 1915, they had relocated to Moscow, settling in the Hotel Boston as noted by their passport application on November 24th. For three months, the Philadelphia trio were among the leading attractions at the Maxim Cabaret (owned by famous African-American businessman Frederick B. Thomas). By the fall of 1916, the Philadelphia Trio had seperated and Smith & Jackson relocated to Petrograd, appearing at the Sirene Cinema (Sep.15-16).
Early 1917, they were performing at the Kino-Palace (Jan.17-22) and later the Kino-Olympia (Apr.18-21). The duo briefly returned to Moscow on April 19th to obtain new passports before returning to the Russian capital.
On March 8, 1917, over seven thousand female textile workers from St. Petersburg's Vyborg district, marched through the streets crying for bread. The shortages had left the lower class starving, cold and desperate. From March 9-15, Cossacks patrolled the streets and machine guns were positioned everywhere. Protesters filled the streets only to be met by gunfire. All the blood spilling in the streets caused many soldiers to mutiny and join the mobs. Prisoners across the city were released into the streets, gendarmes were murdered, courthouses, arsenals, shops, private homes and the Ministry of the Interior were looted and ransacked. Mobs killed any respectable looking men, causing many gendarmes to strip their uniforms and flee the city. On March 16, Tsar Nikolai II abdicated and many aristocrats fled to the countryside. The old order evaporated and anarchy spread.
In August, they were back in Moscow, making sure to renew their passports again on August 21st with fellow entertainer, Peter C. Johnson. Smith and Jackson were last seen in Russia on October 6th, registering with the consulate and preparing to board the Trans-Siberian train east towards Harbin.
Early 1918, after a brief engagement in Harbin, the duo continued south through Peking towards Shanghai, arriving in the Republic of China's largest city by July. After a four month engagement in Shanghai, on October 15th, the pair applied for new American passports before packing up for the Philippines. The duo were engaged for six successful months in Manila, due to the popularity of American Ragtime in Southeast Asia at the time.
On April 25th, 1919, Smith and Jackson boarded the SS Suwa Maru heading towards an engagement in Hong Kong. The following month, they were found in Malaya, at Singapore's Palladium Theatre (May 26-31) and later the Gaiety Theatre (Jun.3-9). That winter, they were engaged in British India, performing in the bustling city of Calcutta. On December 9th, while applying at the American Consulate-General, Smith and Jackson both listed that they were now married. In 1920, the couple appeared across Burma, the Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Siam and French Indochina before returning home to China.
On January 29, 1923, William H. Smith died at Shanghai's General Hospital and later buried at the Bubbling Wells Cemetery. Lucy, who was residing at the Continental Hotel, cancelled their upcoming appearance at Singapore's Stadium and disappeared completely.
Company H was third and last company of the 2nd Regiment raised in Vermont,it was organised and mustered by December 31st,1861,at Brattleboro,with Gilbet Hart as Captain and Lieutenats Henry Herbert and Albert Buxton.They Quatered at the camp of instruction near the city,as part of the 2nd Regiment until March 19th,1862 they then began duty in the field as part of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell'Army Corps,Brigade Commander was Brigadier General Christopher C.Augur and Brigadier General Rufus King commanded their Division.
Remaining near Washington until April 4th,1862,they then adance towards the Rappahannock River,camped at Bristoe Station April 6th,1862 to April 15th,1862,and at Catletts until April 17th,1862,from there a forced march to Falmouth where they camped until May 25th,1862.When on the way to Richmond after crossing the Rappahannock River,they turned back on May 29th,1862 to Catletts to take the train and went via Manassas Junction to Front Royal,to try to intercept Major General Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's retreat up the Shenandoah.After being held up at Rector town Station when their trains collied (causing loss and injury to the company),marched on and reoccupied their camp at Falmouth,on June 15th,1862.
After a brief spell of duty at and around Spottsylvania Court House from August 5th,1862, th August 9th,1862 they marched to Cedar Mountain on August 10th,1862,passed Ellis's Ford,on the evening of August 11th,1862,they reached the area of the late battle,where they camped until August 19th,1862,when they moved back with the Army of Virginia behind the Rappahannock River.
From August 21st,1862,to September 3rd,1862,they were involved in several battles,marches and counter marches,connected with Major General John Pope's campain,after his retreat from Cedar Mountain.Company H had one man killed in their three days dkirmish near Rappahannock Station,and another during their skirmish at Sulpur Spring on August 26th,1862.During the attack on General King on August 28th,1862,their brigade (now Brigadier General John P. Hatch's)played and important part in the proceedings,and met with no losses,even through the company was under fire,mostly by Artillery.On August 28th ,1862,the same brigade was commanded by Colonel Timothy Sullivan,Brigadier General John P. Hatch having succeeded Brigadier General Rufus King.A battle began at night fall between this and Brigadier General John B. Hood's Division,it lasted until 9:00 p.m. Company H positioned on the Warrenton Pike assisted in holding the enemy until night ended the battle,with two wounded and one captured.They were engaged again the following day,but without and company losses.
In the re-organanisation of the Army of the Potomac their brigade,now under the command of Colonel Walter Phelps,with its division,became a part of the 1st Army Corps under Major General Joseph Hooker.They marched through Maryland to the South Mountain range,they engaged the enemy at Turner's Gap on Septeber 13th,1862,where they took the summit and after routing the enemy and capturing the mountain howitzers,they rested,at day break they advanced to Antietam.
On September 16th,1862,they led the advance of General Hookers Division on General Robert E. Lee's left,they had a slight skirmish that evening,but were in the thickest of the fight in the cornfields at sunrise the next morning.The company sustained four wounded and one killed,the regiment also took heavy losses including Colonel Henry A.V. Post being wounded and its adjutant killed.On September 30th,1862 they recrossed the Potomac River,Colonel Post recovered and returned,but to resign,Captain Homer R.Stoughton of Company E was promoted to Major and took command of the regiment.Captain Gilbert Hart and Lieutenant Henry Herbert also resigned,Lieutenant Albert Buxton and Quater Master Sergeant William P. Shreve were promoted to Captain and First Lieutenant of Company H,and First Sergeant William Newell to Second Lieutenant.
The march towards Fredericksburg on December 9th,1862,was met adverse weather conditions,(snow and ice),but they finally crossed the river at the lower bridge on December 12th,1862.The three days following,they were positioned on the terrace above the river and were subjected to intervals of fire,from the enemy's guns that were positioned along the wooded ridge.They went out on December 13th,1862,as skirmishers and took a redoubt which included capturing several enemy and horses,the tree days skirmishing took past the range of the big guns,where they encountered the enemy rifles.Yet in the whole three days they only received two slightly wounded.
By command of Major General Ambrose E.Burnside,January 14th,1863,1303 the two regiments of shapshooters where formed into a distinct arm of service,comanded by Colonel Hiram Berdan.February 2nd,1863,found them at winter quaters near Stoneman's Switch,until the opening of the Chancellorsville campain.They took a full and active part in the maneuvers and battle of Chancellorsville.They crossed the river below Chancellorsville on May 1st,1863,by means of pontoons,their conduct on this field was quite notewortly,including their part in the capture of the 23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment,they skirmish on Lewis Creek that same day,and bare escape from capture on that disastrous evening,but what is more interesting was proximity to the area of Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wounding.Their skirmihing on May 3rd,1863,was hot and bloody,some of the casualties through were sadly from ras,friendly fire,Division commander Brigadier General William Birney made an especial compliment to the two regiments after this battle.June 24th,1863,Major Stoughton was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
July 1st,1863 Company H reached Gettysburg,July 2nd,1863,found them holding back the charging columns of the enemy on the extreme left of the army,while Little Round Top was in danger.On July 3rd,1863,they double quicked to the scene of Picket's Charge,fired a volley into the ranks of Bigadier General Cadmus M.Wilcox's men and went out in skirmish line push the retreating enemy.July 4th,1863 found them skirmishing again,where they received losses of four wounded and two captured.
Company H supported the 1st Regiment of Sharpshooters at Wapping Heights,and formed rear guard of the Army during most of Major General George G.Meade's retreat,from Rapidan to Manassas an as such engaged in several skirmishes.Supported the First Sharpshooters at Kelly's Ford.
November 7th,1863,at Brandy Station,they engaged and quickly swept away the enemy cavalry,without casualties,through the regiment had one mortally wounded.November 27th,1863 at Locust grove,during the Mine Run Campaign they had four men wounded,when a shell burst in a tree felling it onto the company.The company engaged as skirmishers on Sunday and Monday at Mine Run,their loss at the Run was two wounded and among the regiments wounded was their Captain Chaplain Lorenzo Barber.
December 21,1863,the company and its regiment re-enlist as an organisation.On January 7th,1864,these now veterans received furloughs for home,to return to camp near Culpeper on February 23rd,1864,their company once again numbered one hunderd,just as it did when it first left Vermont.
Because of the re-organisation of the Army March 28th,1864,the 3rd Army Corps was absorbed by the @nd Army Corps commanded by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock,the 2nd Regiment of Sharpshooters became part of the 3rd Division,1st Brigade,Commanded Brigadier General William Birney and Brigadier General John H. HobartWard.The long campaign began with the Wilderness battle and ended with Appomattox Court House.
On May 4th,1864,Company H crossed the Rapidan,on May 5th,1864,they where fired on by flankers on the Brock Road,just soutg of the intersection with Orange Plank Road,resting that night they advanced in sold ranks to Orange Plank Road at the start of the battle that morning,the opening og the battle was bloody with varying success,until,at the burning of the breast-work,the enemy was driven off,Company H losses where eight killed,sixteen wounded and two missing,among the killed and mortally wounded was Captain Albert Buxton.They skirmished to the same field on May 7th,1864,May 8th,1864,they left the bloody field without waiting to hear the outcome,they marched to Todd's Tavern (in the push to Spottsylvania) and skirmished.The next join in Major General Gouverneur K.Warren's assaulting column.Finally on May 12th,1864,at the capture of the Angle,Company H gathered in several times its own number in prisoners,in this battle and the skirmish the next day,the company lost four wounded.
Company H led the charge at North Anna,which captured the Telegraph Road Bridge,the losses ehere one killed and two wounded.Company H and the 2nd Regiment captured several prisoners and the enemy's entreached skirmish line on their next charge at Totopotomoy Creek.
From June 2nd,1864,to June 13th,1864,the company lost one killed and three wounded,during the disastrous charge at Cold Harbor.They then crossed the James River and tried to take Petersburg by direct assault,they where skirmishing incressantly, losses from June 6th,1864,to June 18th,1864,three men killed,no less than five wounded and one capture.They moved against the Weldon Railroad on June 21st,1864 leading Brigadier General Francis C. Barlows Division,captured several prisoners including a Colonel and a Lieutenant,company losses included Lieutenant William Newell wounded,one man killed and Colonel Homer R.Stoughton captured.Sergeant Walter W. Smith took command of the company.Among the losses where two captured from Company H.
Back acroos the James River and Appomattox River,they skirmished and captured a Battery in vicinity of Deep Bottom.They skirmished during the episode of the General Burnside Mine,fighting where ever their rifles would prove most effective.September 10th,1864 with Brigadier General Philippe Regis De Trobriand now their brigade commander,they shared in the capture of the rifle pits on the Jerusalem Road,in front of Fort Hall and Fort Sedgewick.They were then in service in the riflr pits,which though dangerous,olny resulted in tow wounded,this service was varied by marches and battles.On October 1st,1864,on the ground where fort fisher was later bult,and October 27th,1864 beyond Burgess Hill in move against the southside railroad.Captain Willian H. Churchhill and Captain U.Edgar A.Beach who had recently been commissioned,never mustered in such because of wounds and capture at the battle (Captain Churchill's wound being fatal) five other where wounded here.During the night retreat from this field they were rear guard.
Early December 1864,they cross the Nottoway with the 5th Army Corps and assist in wrecking the Weldon Railroad.Durning the winter the company was augmented by seventeen recruits from Company F 1st U.S. Sharpshooters,whose organisation had ended.
Company H deliver their last skirmish as 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters on the Morning of Februay 5th,1865,at the Vaughn Road crossing of the Hatchers Run,capturing the works in the face of of enemy's fire with loss of one wounded.After the Regiments disbandment,Company H became part of the 4th Vermont Volunteers on February 25th,1865,(keepinh the letter H).They were well received by the 4th Vermont and joined them in skirmishes and the capture of entrenched picket lines in front of Fort Fisher.
After General Robert E. Lee's surrender they marched to Danville and returned through Richmond and Fredericksburg to Washington,a few weeks leter they mustered out in the new city of Burlinton.No disaster ever befell a flank of our Army with these men deployed in its front.
2014 and 2015 Class Schedule is now posted on the website: www.SweetTomatoTestGarden.com
JULY 2013 Class Schedule - RSVP Please, 490-5217
"Start Seeds for Your Fall Veggie Garden"
Start 20 veggies of your choice.
Sunday morning at 8 am, July 28
Monday night at 6:30 pm, July 29
Why buy your veggies? Learn how and when to plant the veggies you used to buy at the market. You will start a variety of veggies, in a greenhouse kit. Materials included - Fee $20.
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MAY 2013 CLASS SCHEDULE - RSVP Please - 490-5217
Saturday, May 11th at 10 -11:30 am - Seed Starting Class. $20 Fee includes all materials.
Sunday, May 12th at 10 -11:30 am - Seed Starting Class. $20 Fee includes all materials.
Sunday, May 12th at 2 -3 pm - Slam Dunk - inside where it's cooler
Monday, May 12 at 5:30 pm - How to Grow Your Seedlings, Potting up and Transplanting
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APRIL 2013 CLASS SCHEDULE - RSVP Please. 702-490-5217.
SUNDAY MORNINGS in Apri, 14th, 21st. 28th - Seed Starting, 10 am to noonish
MONDAY NIGHTS in April, 15th 22nd, 29th - Seed Starting, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS in April, 14th, 21st. 28th - Slam Dunk Easy Desert Gardening Class - 2 to 4 pm-ish
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS in April, 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th - Potting up and Planting - 10 am to noonish
Details in are my gardening newsletter.
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MARCH 2013 SCHEDULE - RSVP Please - 490-5217
SUNDAY Class March 10
10 am to noon - Starting Summer Vegetable Seeds - $20 Fee includes all materials
SUNDAY Class March 17, 2 pm to 3:30 ish
Slam Dunk Easy Desert Gardening - $6
SUNDAY Class March 24, 10 am to 11:30 ish
Slam Dunk Easy Desert Gardening - $6
SUNDAY Class March 17
2 pm to 4 pm - Potting-Up. Hands-on working with veggie seedlings. $6
MONDAY Classes March 11, 18
5:30 pm to 7 pm ish - Starting Summer Vegetable Seeds - $20 Fee includes all materials
March 16th, Saturday from Noon 'til about 1:30 ish, I'll be at Plant World on W. Charleston talking about how to Grow Tomatoes in Desert Heat. If I can do it, you can do it. Others are doing it, too.
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FEBRUARY 2013 CLASS SCHEDULE - RSVP Please - 490-5217
SUNDAY Classes in February, 10th, 17th, 24th
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Starting Summer Vegetable Seeds - $20 Fee includes all materials
MONDAY Classes in February, 11th, 18th, 25th
5:30 to 7:30 pm - Starting Summer Vegetable Seeds - Fee includes all materials
Cost is $20 and includes instruction, gardening tips, good varieties recommended at the Sweet Tomato Test Garden, pots, seeds, soiless mix and materials to start and grow a variety of vegetables of your choice to transplant size.
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Private John McKenzie
Regimental Number: 443035
Born June 14th, 1887 in Loch Arron, Rosshire, Scotland. Served five years with Royal Garrison Artillery. Came to Canada circa 1906 and moved to British Colombia circa 1913. Lived in Nelson and worked as a miner and a carpenter in William Siding, Taghum, and Nelson. Enlisted with the 54th Battalion at Vernon Camp on May 20th, 1915. Married Margaret Jane Powell in Nelson on June 10th, 1915. Embarked for overseas service in France with the 3rd Pioneer Battalion on April 15th, 1916. Transferred to the 123rd Battalion on May 8th, 1917, while in the field. Awarded a Good Conduct Badge in May, 1917. Served as a sapper with the Canadian Engineers for some time, in the 8th Battalion. Returned to Canada in January, 1919. Posted to the Casualty Company on February 26th, 1919, in Calgary. Discharged from his majesty’s service on May 1st, 1919. Moved to Vancouver circa 1944 and retired in 1948. Died on December 7th, 1956; 69 years old.
01. May 31st, 2008 - August Burns Red, Circus Circus, Century, Ventriloquist @ Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (August Burns Red “Back Burner” music video shoot)
02. August 30th, 2008 - August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Norma Jean, Flyleaf, Skillet, As I Lay Dying @ Revelation Generation 2008, Frenchtown, NJ
03. October 11th, 2008 - August Burns Red, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, This Or The Apocalypse @ Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (August Burns Red Fall Headliner 2008)
04. December 28th, 2008 - August Burns Red, Circus Circus, Texas In July, An Early Ending, Rest Among Ruins, Lucy, We Were Skeletons @ Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (CI Records Annual Christmas Show #2)
05. April 18th, 2009 - August Burns Red, Motionless In White, With Life In Mind, Myself My Enemy, Vanessa Falls @ The Harmony Grange, Wilmington, DE
06. August 7th, 2009 - August Burns Red, blessthefall, All Shall Perish, iwrestledabearonce @ Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (First Constellations Tour)
07. October 10th, 2009 - August Burns Red, The Acacia Strain, Impending Doom, MyChildren MyBride @ Crocodile Rock Cafe, Allentown, PA (Second Constellations Tour)
08. December 1st, 2009 - Underoath, August Burns Red, Emery @ Crocodile Rock Cafe, Allentown, PA [Not pictured because they took my entire ticket at the door]
09. April 7th, 2010 - A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, Silverstein, Enter Shikari @ The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA (Toursick Tour)
10. November 18th, 2010 - Bring Me The Horizon, August Burns Red, Emarosa, Polar Bear Club, This is Hell @ The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA (Fall AP Tour)
11. December 29th, 2010 - August Burns Red, Balance & Composure, Where The Skye Meets The Ocean, Sudden Ascent @ The Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (CI Records Annual Christmas Show #2)
12. December 28th, 2011 - August Burns Red, Ice Nine Kills, Amateur Theory, In Search of Words @ The Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (CI Records Annual Christmas Show #2)
13. March 3rd, 2012 - August Burns Red, Silverstein, Texas In July, I The Breather @ Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (August Burns Red Winter Headliner 2012)
14. December 27th, 2012 - August Burns Red, Auburn, Carousel Kings, A World Once Silent @ The Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA (CI Records Annual Christmas Show #2) [Not pictured because JB put me on their guest list.]
15. April 15th, 2013 - August Burns Red, Bells @ The Note, West Chester, PA
Name: Mr Ernest Edward Samuel Freeman
Born in London London England
Age: 43 years
Marital Status: Married.
Last Residence: at 5 Hanley Road Southampton Hampshire England - Map
Occupation: Deck Steward
Last Ship: Olympic
Victualling crew
First Embarked: Belfast on Monday 1st April 1912
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 239)
Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Friday 10th May 1912.
Mr Ernest Edward Samuel Freeman, 43, was born in London. When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 5 Hanley Road, (Freemantle, Southampton). His last ship had been the Olympic. He was listed as Chief Deck Steward on the Titanic but he was actually a secretary to White Star chairman J Bruce Ismay. He received monthly wages of £3 15s. Freeman lost his life in the disaster, his body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett (#239).
A grave in Walton Park Cemetery, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool also remembers Freeman. The inscription reads: "Also Ernest Edward Freeman lost in the Titanic disaster April 15th 1912 aged 50 years". Freeman was listed in the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913 as Number 406. His dependant were listed as Maria Jane Freeman, Gladys Dorothy, Colombatti and Helena Josephine. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, also made arrangements for a personal pension to be paid to Ernest Freemans relatives.
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at Las Palmas
a real classic beauty !
a ship with a complex and fascinating history.
She was sunk 3 times in a time span of 3 years.
ex-Albireo
ex-Wuri
ex-Alfa
ex-Butterfly
december 18th 1963
i joined her as radio operator
I was told "she really is a submarine in disguise"
Originally named "Albireo" she was launched in Amsterdam on may the 31st 1940.
Just 3 weeks after the German army invaded and conquered the Netherlands. May 10th .
She was to be one of four sisters, "Algol" "Albireo" "Altair" "Aldabi".
It took one and a half year to complete her.
They were not in a big hurry because of the war.
On january 29th 1942 she was confiscated by the Germans,
renamed "Wuri" with home-port Hamburg.
1)
In august 1942 her short career as a German vessel ended on a mine in the Kattegat Danmark.
The midship section with engineroom and the aftship were salvaged and towed into the port of Kopenhagen.
2)
Three years after this, she was sunk the second time.
By the Danish underground to prevent her from being used as a block-ship by the German occupation.
After the war her original owners NIGOCO were very short of cash and could not pay for the necessary rebuilding, repairs and refitting.
3)
Sold to Swedish owners in 1945 and renamed "Butterfly".
Under tow to Sweden she did sink again.
The 3rd time.
In Gothenburg the engineroom was rebuilt but her Swedish owners also lacked funds to complete the job.
In Gothenburg she remained until NIGOCO finally bought her back in 1948, for next to nothing.
Rebuilt, repaired and refitted by Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, to the original plans and renamed "Alnati".
So It took almost a full nine years before the owners finally put her into the Rotterdam-South America service she was built for.
The date: April 15th 1949 !
Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & co's stoomvaart maatschappij (NIGOCO).
Museum of Western Art
Artist of the Month - Tom Paulson
February 1st - February 28th
Museum of Western Art - Kerrville
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Run, Jump, Fly!
Saturday, February 3rd - Sunday, April 15th
The DoSeum
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The Ants Go Marching At The Pearl
Saturday, February 3rd - Saturday, April 21st
10 AM
Pearl Studios
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San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
Thursday, February 8th - Sunday, February 25th
AT&T Center
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Kid Craft Day
Saturday, February 10th
Museum of Western Art - Kerrville
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Chocolate Fantasy
February 11th
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
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Cotopaxi Questival
Friday, February 16th - Saturday, February 17th
Crockett Park
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Lunar New Year Culture Showcase Performance
Friday, February 16th
6 PM
Trinity University
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2018 Asian Festival: Year Of The Dog
Saturday, February 17th
10 AM - 5 PM
UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures
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Confucius Lanterns On The Water
Saturday, February 17th - Saturday, March 3rd
7 PM - 9 PM
San Antonio River Walk
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San Antonio 1718: A Tricentennial Exhibition Of Art From Viceregal Mexico
Saturday, February 17th - Sunday, May 13th
San Antonio Museum of Art
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Tricentennial Serve 300 SA Day
Infrastructure Improvement
February 17th
SA300 Tricentennial
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Navy Week
Monday, February 19th - Sunday, February 25th
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
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Alamo Tricentennial Lecture Series
Tuesday, Feb 20th
11:30 AM
The Alamo
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Authentic Historic Preservation Of African American History And Place In San Antonio
Thursday, February 22nd
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
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Battle Of The Alamo Commemoration
Friday, February 23rd - Tuesday, March 6th
9 AM - 5:30 PM
The Alamo
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38th Annual Boerne Hill Country Spring Antiques Show
Saturday, February 24th - Sunday, February 25th
Kendall County Fairgrounds
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34th Annual UTSA Diploma Dash 5K
Saturday, February 24th
8 AM
Convocation Center, UTSA Main Campus
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Beginner Bird Walk
Saturday, February 24th
8 AM
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
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SeaWorld Opens 2018 Season
Saturday, February 24th
SeaWorld San Antonio
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In Loving Memory of Joseph beloved husband of Mary Hannah Wood died April 15th 1935 aged 81 years. Also his wife Mary Hannah beloved wife of the above who died December 20th 1940. Thomas Wood born April 20th 1894 fell in the Great War August 1918. Also Benjamin Wood born May 24th 1883 died by accident January 18th 1928. Also Agnes Annie Wood died in infancy
"CORPORAL THOMAS WOOD. Service Number: 306591. Tank Corps, 10th Bn. Died 09 August 1918, age 24 years old. Buried or commemorated at VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Panel 11. France. Awards - Mentioned in Despatches. Son of Joseph and Mary Hannah Wood, of 124, Ayresome Park Rd., Middlesbrough." C.W.G.C.