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Mott Street is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north-south direction in the borough of Manhattan in New York City in the United States. It is best known as Chinatown's unofficial "Main Street". Mott Street runs from Chatham Square in the south to Bleecker Street in the north. It is a one-way street, southbound.
Mott Street existed in its current configuration by the mid-18th century. At that time, Mott Street passed just to the east of the Collect Pond. Like many streets that predated Manhattan's grid, Mott Street meandered around natural features of the landscape rather than running through or over them. It was the need to avoid the now long since paved over Collect Pond that gave Mott Street its characteristic "bend" to the northeast at Pell Street.
Having been previously known as Old Street, as well as Winne Street (also spelled Wynne) for the section between Pell and Bleecker, Mott Street was renamed in the late 18th century to honor the prominent local family of the same name, likely in particular businessman Joseph Mott, a butcher and tavern owner who provided support to the rebel forces in the American Revolution.
During the 19th century the lower portion of Mott Street south of Canal Street was part of the Five Points, a notorious slum neighborhood in New York City. In 1872 Wo Kee, a Chinese merchant opened a general store on Mott Street near Pell Street. In the years to follow, Chinese immigrants would carve out an enclave around the intersection of Mott, Doyer and Pell Streets. At the time, it was the Cantonese immigrants migrating and it first began as a very small Bachelor's Society since it was mostly Chinese males migrating over at the time. It was mostly Cantonese immigrants coming from Taishan, China so as a result it was first a Taishanese community.
I was last here on a cold and grey day at the beginning or March.
Graveney stretches along the road, but All Saints sits on a quiet bend, and felt wonderfully isolated.
And not at all friendly, I have to say. It was locked, as expected, so I took aome outside shots and we moved on eatwards, but somehow I really wanted to see inside here, just to see if it could be warmer than it felt on that March morning.
I parked beside the road, I saw the door of the porch open, and a light filled space beyond.
Looked good....
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The Victorians did not leave too much of a mark here, for the mellow red tiles, box pews and ledger slabs remain. There is a heavy medieval rood screen and the empty north and south aisles allow us to appreciate the building as it might originally have appeared. In the north aisle is a memorial brass to John Martyn (d. 1436) with cathedral-like proportions, being over 56 in long.
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GRAVENEY
LIES the next parish north-westward from Hernehill. It was called in the time of the Saxons, Graven-ea, and afterwards, by corruption of language, Gravenel, in like manner as Oxney, Pevensey, and Rumency, were corruptly called Oxenel, Pevensel, and Rumenel; (fn. 1) the name of it denoting its low and watery situation, and it is now, by contraction, usually called Grainey.
IT LIES about two miles from the high London road, on the north side of it, at the 48th mile-stone, the parish of Goodnestone intervening, in a low country adjoining the marshes, of which there is a large quantity, both fresh and salt within it, Faversham creek and the Swale being the western and northern boundaries of it. The soil of it various, there being in the level part some rich tillage land, and on the rises or small hills in it, a light soil of both sand and gravel. The church stands in the eastern part of the parish, having Graveneycourt, with an antient gateway, and numerous offices, singularly built round it, well worth observation, as denoting its former respectable state. In the western part is Nagdon, adjoining to Faversham creck, having a decoy for wild fowl, and a large quantity of marsh land belonging to it. There is but little thoroughfare here, and no village, the houses being interspersed straggling throughout it. Upon the whole though unhealthy, it has not an unpleasant aspect, being well cloathed with trees, especially elm, which are very thriving here, and in great plenty; the roads are remarkably well taken care of, as are the poor, and the whole parish seems to thrive well under the care of the inhabitants of Graveney-court. There are some parts of this parish separated from the rest by those of Faversham and Goodneston intervening.
There are several scarce plants observed by Mr. Jacob in this parish, and enumerated in this Plantæ Favershamienses.
THE ARCHBISHOP'S paramount manor of Boughton claims over the whole of this parish, as being within that hundred, subordinate to which is the manor of Graveney.
In the year 811, Wlfred, archbishop of Canterbury, purchased this place of Cenulph, king of Mercia, who had made the kingdom of Kent tributary to him, for the use of Christ-church, Canterbury, as appears by the leiger book of that priory, and that it was given L. S. A. that is, Libere Sicut Adisham, with the same liberties, immunities, and privileges that Adisham was. Soon after which, one Werhard, a powerful priest, and kinsman to the archbishop, found means to gain possession of it, and kept it till that prelate's death in 830, when Feogild succeeding to the see of Canterbury, though he sat in it but three months, yet in that time he compelled Werhard to restore Gravene then computed at thirty-two hides of land, to the church; and it was afterwards confirmed to it in anno 941, by king Edmund, Eadred his brother, and Edwyn son of the latter; (fn. 2) and it remained part of the revenues of Christchurch at the coming of archbishop Lanfranc to that see in 1070, when on his division of them, between himself and the monks of his church, this manor fell to his share, of whom it was afterwards held by knight's service. In which state it continued at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, anno 1080, in which it is thus entered, under the general title of Terra Militum Archiepi, that is, land held of the archbishop by knight's service.
In Boltune hundred the same Richard (who owed fealty to the archbishop) held of the archbishop Gravenel. It was taxed for one suling. The arable land is. In demesne there is one carucate, and eight villeins, with ten borderers having two carucates. There are five servants, and ten acres of meadow, and four saltpits of four shillings. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth one hundred shillings, now six pounds, of these the monks of Canterbury have twenty shillings.
Who this Richard was I do not find, though Somner calls him Ricardus Constabularius; however, it is not improbable, but he might afterwards adopt the surname of Gravene, from his having the possession of this place; certain it is, that it was afterwards held by a family who took their name from it. William de Gravene held it in the reign of king Henry III. of the archbishop, as one knight's fee. John de Gravene died possessed of it in the 56th year of the same reign, after which it became the property of the family of Feversham.
Thomas de Feversham died possessed of it in the beginning of the reign of king Edward III. leaving Joane his wife surviving, and in the window of the north chancel were formerly the arms of Feversham, A fess chequy, or, and gules, between six crosses, bottony, or; and underneath, Thomas Feversham, susticiar, & Johanna Uxor. ejus; on the pavement is a stone with two half-figures in brass for them, with an inscription round it in old French, part of which is gone; probably that which Weever mentions. (fn. 3) She afterwards entitled her second husband Sir Roger de Northwood to this manor, during her life; accordingly he paid aid for it in the 20th year of that reign, as one knight's see, which he held in right of his wife, of the archbishop, which was formerly held by Richard de Gravene. After her death her son Richard de Feversham succeeded to this manor, of which he died possessed in 1381, and was buried in this church, having married the daughter of Robert Dodde. His tomb, of Bethersden marble, remains against the south wall. In the south chancel, on the top, were two figures, and four coats of arms, the brasses gone; round the edge is this inscription, in brass, Ora pro aibs Roberti Dodde & Rici de Feuersham filii sui quonda dni de Gravene obiit, &c. Above the tomb, is a recess in the wall, with an antient carved arch above it. He had a daughter Joane, who became his heir, and married John Botiller, esq. and in her right became entitled to this manor, she died in 1408, and was buried in the south chancel here, her figure in brass on her gravestone is gone, but the inscription still remains. By her he had a son of his own name. Either he or his father was sheriff anno 22 king Richard II. John Botiller, esq the son, was knight of the shire in the 1st year of king Henry V.'s reign. They bore for their arms, Sable, three covered cups, or, within a bordure, argent; and John Botiller, probably the father, was esquire to archbishop Courtney, and mentioned in his will, proved anno 1396, being the 20th of Richard II.
There is a gravestone in the south chancel here, which most probably was for John Botiller the son; on it was his figure in brass, now gone, and four coats of arms; the two first are gone, the third Botiller, the fourth Feversham, a fess chequy, between six crosses, bottony, or. The inscription was remaining in Weever's time. This stone, I am informed, was some years ago removed out of the north chancel hither, and in the window of this chancel is this coat of arms, quarterly, first, Botiller, as above; second and third, a fess chequy, or, and gules, in chief three crosses, bottony, or; the bottom part being broken, the fourth is likewise broken. Underneath are these words remaining, Johes er, & Jonna ux ejs. Joane his wife was daughter and heir of William de Frogenhall, by whom he had a daughter and sole heir Anne, who carried it in marriage to John Martyn, judge of the common pleas, the son of Richard Martyn, of Stonebridge, who built much at his seat of Graveney court, where he partly resided. (fn. 4) He died in 1436, leaving his widow surviving, who then became again possessed of this manor in her own right. She afterwards married Thomas Burgeys, esq. whom she likewise survived, and dying in 1458 was buried beside her first husband in the north chancel of this church. His gravestone is of a very large size, and is most richly inlaid with brass, which is well preserved, having the figures of him and his wife, and other ornaments over the whole of it. There were four coats of arms, only the second of which, that of Boteler, is remaining. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a chevron, gules, three talbot bounds, passant, or. Her second husband Thomas Burgeys died in 1452, and was buried in the same chancel, where his gravestone remained till within these few years. At the upper end of the stone are two coats in brass, first Boteler impaling Frogenhall; second, a fess chequy impaling the like. Another coat, at the bottom, is gone, as is his figure.
In the descendants of Judge Martyn, residents at Graveney-court, this manor continued down to Robert Martyn, who likewise resided here, and died in the first year of Edward VI. (fn. 5) leaving his two daughters, Joane, married to Richard Argall, and Elizabeth to Stephen Reames, of Faversham, his coheirs. From them this manor was passed away by sale to John Pordage, of Rodmersham, in whose name it continued till it was at length sold to Daniel Whyte, esq. of Vinters, in Boxley, whose descendant of the same name, about the beginning of king George II.'s reign, alienated it to Mr. Edward Blaxland, who afterwards resided here, and bore for his arms, on a fess, three falcous volant, jessed and belled. He died in 1739. This occasioned this manor to be separated in several divisions and again afterwards in further subdivisions, among his descendants, in which state it now remains; but those of the male line of the name of Blaxland, still continue to reside at it. From the beginning of the last century to the middle of it, the Napletons, a family of good account in these parts of the county, were lessees of Graveney-court, and resided at it; and from that time to the latter end of it, the Houghhams were occupiers of it, and resided here. Many of both families lie buried in this church, as do all the Blaxlands, since their coming to the possession of this estate.
NAGDEN, formerly spelt Negdon, is a noted estate in the north-west part of this parish, consisting mostly of marsh land, which was once part of the endowment of the abbey of Faversham, and continued amongst the revenues of it till its final dissolution in the 30th year of Henry VIII. at which time it was valued at eight pounds per annum.
This estate thus coming into the hands of the crown, was granted by the king next year to Sir Thomas Cheney, lord warden, to hold in capite, who alienated it, in the 36th year of that reign, to Robert Martyn, of Graveney-court, who died in the first year of king Edward VI. (fn. 6) leaving his two daughters his coheirs, Joane, married to Richard Argall, and Elizabeth to Stephen Reames, who jointly possessed this estate. After which both these moieties seem to have been conveyed to Ciriac Petit, of Colkins, in this neighbourhood, who died possessed of the entire see of it in 1591, and in his descendants it continued down to Mr. William Petit, who in 1709 conveyed it by sale to dame Sarah Barrett, of Lee, widow, who died in 1711, upon which this estate came to her only son by her first husband, Sir Francis Head, bart. who died possessed of it in 1716. (fn. 7) He left four sons, who became entitled to this estate on their father's death, as coheirs in gavelkind. On the death of the eldest Sir Richard Head, bart. in 1721, his share devolved to his three brothers. James Head, esq. died afterwards intestate in 1727, and unmarried, on which Sir Francis Head, bart. and John Head, D. D. became possessed of it in undivided moieties, and the latter that same year conveyed his moiety of it to the former, who in 1745 sold the entire fee of it to John Smith, esq. of Faversham, who has since conveyed it to his son, John Smith, junior, esq. of Ospringe, the present possessor of it. The estate of Nagden pays nine shillings per annum, on Lammas day, to the vicar of Graveney, in lieu of tithes.
Charities.
On a tablet in the church, the benefactions of several pieces of land are recorded, amounting in the whole to upwards of four acres. These are put up as benefactions to the church; but by the information of the clerk, they belonged to the poor, to whom the yearly produce of them was distributed till of late. It is now applied to the repairs of the church.
The poor constantly relieved are about ten, casually 25.
GRAVENEY is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Ospringe.
The church is dedicated to All Saints, and consists of three isles and a high chancel, and two side ones formerly called chapels, the south one being dedicated to St. John, and the north one to the Virgin Mary. The steeple, which is a tower, stands at the north-west corner. In it are three bells. The antient gravestones in this church have been removed from where they originally laid, to make room for the present ones. Thus that of John Martyn, as I am informed, has been removed out of the north into the south chancel. In this north chancel they have been likewise still further displaced; there are now two rows of gravestones in it, lying three and three. In the west row are now, the first southward, Judge Martyn's; the second, Mr. Edward Blaxland's, who died in 1739; and the third, Thomas Burgeys, esq. For the making room for Mr. E. Blaxland's, Judge Martyn's stone was removed from the middle or second place to the first, where before his son's lay, till removed to the south chancel. This practice, of disturbing the ashes of the dead, as is but too frequent in churches of late, calls loudly for some authority to prevent it in future.
The church of Graveney, with the advowson of the vicarage, was in very early times part of the possessions of the priory of St. Mary Overies, in Southwark, with which it continued till the final dissolution of it in the 31st year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the hands of the crown, together with all the revenues and estates belonging to it.
The parsonage remained in the crown some years longer than the advowson of the vicarage, as will be mentioned hereafter, that is, till the 3d year of queen Elizabeth, when the queen granted this rectory, being then valued at 7l. 6s. 8d. yearly rent, to archbishop Parker and his successors, in exchange for other premises. (fn. 8) Since which it has continued part of the possessions of the see of Canterbury to this time.
This parsonage has been from time to time demised on a beneficial lease, at the above yearly rent. In 1643 Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, widow, was tenant of it. John Baker, esq. of St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, is the present lessee of it.
But the advowson of the vicarage did not continue so long in the crown, for it was granted, among others, in 1558, to the archbishop and his successors, (fn. 9) with whom it now continues, his grace the archbishop being now patron of it.
This vicarage is valued in the king's books at fifty pounds, and the yearly tenths at 1l. 4s. per annum. In 1578 there were communicants here ninety. In 1640 the communicants were sixty-five, and it was valued at sixty pounds per annum.
In the year 1244 archbishop Boniface, on the presentation of the prior and convent of St. Mary Overies, as appears by an antient book belonging to it, instituted Ralph, the curate of Gravene, to the perpetual vicarage of this parish, so that he should receive and take in the name of it, all fruits and oblations, with all other things belonging to the church, excepting two sheaves of the tithe, and should take the same to his own use.
In the same manuscript, on a dispute between the prior and convent, rectors of this church, and Richard, lord of Gravenel, concerning tithes in this parish, it was decreed in 1283, before the rural dean of Ofpringe, that the vicar should receive, in the name of the religious, as well as in his own right, all tithes arising in future from the feedings and pastures in his own marshes, called North-marsh and Leved-marsh, which should be paid to him without any cavil or exception. (fn. 10)
The vicar has a house and two acres of glebe land.
¶The vicarage is worth about fifty pounds per annum. He is entitled, by the above composition, to all tithes, excepting the two sheaves mentioned in it, and by prescription likewise; which third part of the corn tithes is now usually known by the name of the vicar's third sheaf. But the impropriator's lease being for all the tithes of the parish, without any such exception, has occasioned many quarrels and disputes about this third sheaf, which are now entirely subsided, and the vicar is accustomed to take one shock out of every thirty shocks of corn, in right of his vicarage.
But plenty of novelists, poets, musicians, showbiz types and that idiot Gok Wan.
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When opened in 1929 the Royal York Hotel was not only the tallest building in Toronto, the tallest in Canada but the tallest in the British Empire as well.
The 'Cathedral's of Commerce', not seen in this foto, have long since taken the title from the hotel, the first of which was just months later by the Canadian Bank of Commerce Building.
The hotel originally opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway now is operated by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Being located directly across from Toronto's Union Station with rail links to the Quebec - Windsor corridor of which almost 50 percent of Canadian's reside and work and to Toronto Pearson International Airport, it's in an ideal location.
...and still beautiful.
This is a photograph of the 34th Airtricity sponsored Dublin City Marathon which was held in Dublin, Ireland on Bank Holiday Monday 28th October 2013 at 09:00. There was dry but very blustery conditions for the runners over the famous Dublin Marathon course which seen over 14,000 people participating in the event making it a record participation at the event. Please see the extensive set of links below for more details about the race itself.
This is part of a larger set of photographs available on our Flickr photostream which is available here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157637013735556/].
Photographs were taken at the start of all three waves, near the finish line from the winner to 2:43 finish time, and then some photographs at the 25.5 mile mark of approximately 3:40 finish time participants.
Athlete Tracking and Timing are provided by www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
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The Dublin Marathon Official Web Homepage: dublinmarathon.ie/
The Dublin Marathon Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon?fref=ts (Requires Facebook Logon)
The Dublin Marathon Official Twitter Feed: twitter.com/dublinmarathon
Boards.ie Athletics Forum Discussion Pages on the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056896382
Racepix.com where you are likely to find links to many different photographers' photographs from Dublin Marathon 2013: www.racepix.com/Dublin-Marathon-2013/pictures/1024/
A PDF Document containing the Dublin Marathon 2013 Route: dublinmarathon.ie/s/AT-DM13-ROUTE-MAP.pdf
An unofficial GPS Garmin Trace of the Route from 2012 (same for 2013) connect.garmin.com/activity/243433212
For runners based in the Province of Munster the well known running blog munsterrunning.blogspot.ie/ might have some links to pictures and videos from 2013
William Murphy's Dublin Marathon 2012 Photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/72157631881471894/
William Murphy's Flickr Sets: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/
Pixels Promotions on Facebook have an extensive set of Dublin Marathon 2013 Photographs: www.facebook.com/Pixelspromotions?fref=ts
Action Photography will have photographs available from the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.actionphotography.ie/
Boards.ie Athletics Forum - Dublin Marathon Novices Thread 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056913937
Dublin Marathon 2013 Race Results will Appear Here: www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631880879021/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628021593264/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625240675108/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157622543521201/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157608459477451/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2007: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157602802514024/
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There was never any doubt I would go to Rob's funeral. Rob was born just two weeks before me, and in our many meetings, we found we had so much in common.
A drive to Ipswich should be something like only two and a half hours, but with the Dartford Crossing that could balloon to four or more.
My choice was to leave early, soon after Jools left for work, or wait to near nine once rush hour was over. If I was up early, I'd leave early, I said.
Which is what happened.
So, after coffee and Jools leaving, I loaded my camera stuff in the car, not bothering to program in a destination, as I knew the route to Suffolk so well.
Checking the internet I found the M2 was closed, so that meant taking the M20, which I like as it runs beside HS2, although over the years, vegetation growth now hides most of it, and with Eurostar cutting services due to Brexit, you're lucky to see a train on the line now.
I had a phone loaded with podcasts, so time flew by, even if travelling through the endless roadworks at 50mph seemed to take forever.
Dartford was jammed. But we inched forward, until as the bridge came in sight, traffic moved smoothly, and I followed the traffic down into the east bore of the tunnel.
Another glorious morning for travel, the sun shone from a clear blue sky, even if traffic was heavy, but I had time, so not pressing on like I usually do, making the drive a pleasant one.
Up through Essex, where most other traffic turned off at Stanstead, then up to the A11 junction, with it being not yet nine, I had several hours to fill before the ceremony.
I stopped at Cambridge services for breakfast, then programmed the first church in: Gazeley, which is just in Suffolk on the border with Cambridgeshire.
I took the next junction off, took two further turnings brought be to the village, which is divided by one of the widest village streets I have ever seen.
It was five past nine: would the church be open?
I parked on the opposite side of the road, grabbed my bag and camera, limped over, passing a warden putting new notices in the parish notice board. We exchange good mornings, and I walk to the porch.
The inner door was unlocked, and the heavy door swung after turning the metal ring handle.
I had made a list of four churches from Simon's list of the top 60 Suffolk churches, picking those on or near my route to Ipswich and which piqued my interest.
Here, it was the reset mediaeval glass.
Needless to say, I had the church to myself, the centuries hanging heavy inside as sunlight flooded in filling the Chancel with warm golden light.
Windows had several devotional dials carved in the surrounding stone, and a huge and "stunningly beautiful piscina, and beside it are sedilia that end in an arm rest carved in the shape of a beast" which caught my eye.
A display in the Chancel was of the decoration of the wooden roof above where panels contained carved beats, some actual and some mythical.
I photographed them all.
I programmed in the next church, a 45 minute drive away just on the outskirts of Ipswich, or so I thought.
The A14 was plagued by roadworks, then most trunk roads and motorways are this time of year, but it was a fine summer morning, I was eating a chocolate bar as I drove, and I wasn't in a hurry.
I turned off at Claydon, and soon lost in a maze of narrow lanes, which brought be to a dog leg in the road, with St Mary nestling in a clearing.
I pulled up, got out and found the air full of birdsong, and was greeted by a friendly spaniel being taken for a walk from the hamlet which the church serves.
There was never any doubt that this would be open, so I went through the fine brick porch, pushed another heavy wooden door and entered the coolness of the church.
I decided to come here for the font, which as you can read below has quite the story: wounded by enemy action no less!
There seems to be a hagioscope (squint) in a window of the south wall, makes one think or an anchorite, but of this there is little evidence.
Samuel and Thomasina Sayer now reside high on the north wall of the Chancel, a stone skull between them, moved here too because of bomb damage in the last war.
I drove a few miles to the next church: Flowton.
Not so much a village as a house on a crossroads. And the church.
Nothing so grand as a formal board outside, just a handwritten sign say "welcome to Flowton church". Again, I had little doubt it would be open.
And it was.
The lychgate still stands, but a fence around the churchyard is good, so serves little practical purpose, other than to be there and hold the signs for the church and forthcoming services.
Inside it is simple: octagonal font with the floor being of brick, so as rustic as can be.
I did read Simon's account (below) when back outside, so went back in to record the tomb of Captain William Boggas and his family, even if part of the stone is hidden by pews now.
I had said to myself, that if I saw signs for another church, I might find time to visit. And so it was with Aldham, I saw the sign pointing down a narrow lane, so I turned and went to investigate.
First it looked like the road ended in a farmyard, but then I saw the flint round tower of the church behind, so followed the lane to the church gate.
There was a large welcoming sign stating, proudly, that the church is always open.
St Mary stands on a mound overlooking a shallow valley, water stand, or runs slowly, in the bottom, and it really is a fine, fine location for a church.
I pushed through the gate and went up the path to the south porch, where the door swung open once again.
The coolness within enveloped me.
An ancient font at the west end was framed by a brick-lined arch, even to my untrained eyes, I knew this was unusual.
There were some carved bench ends, some nice fairly modern glass, but the simplicity of the small church made for a very pleasant whole.
I no longer watch TV much, so was unaware of the view and indeed church being used in the TV show, The Detectorists.
One of Suffolk's hidden treasures, for sure.
I had selected the list of churches to visit from Simon's list of 60 best Suffolk churches, choosing the ones that seemed near to Ipswich.
I had one more on my list, one a little bit out of the way, but I thought I had time, so set off for deepest, darkest Suffolk: Kettlebaston.
The trip took me past my old stamping grounds of Bildeston and Kersey, where I used to take Mum and Dad each Easter once I could drive, but once past Kersey, I still had twenty minutes to go.
Up the hill from Brent Eleigh into Kettlebaston, where the village was more of a dogleg in the road than anything else. I drove through slowly hoping the church would be obvious.
It wasn't.
It was playing hide and seek.
I programmed the church into the sat nav, and followed it back to the village, where beyond a small grassed area was a wall of a mature yew hedge, with the only way through a way so overgrown I had to stoop low to get through.
On the buttress at the south eastern corner of the Chancel, a painted panel showed the Coronation of the Queen of Heaven.
Clearly, this wasn't your normal parish church.
I am an atheist, its just the way I am, so these different "flavours" of Christianity do confuse me somewhat.
Even I knew when I walked in that this was a high church, high in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, with two altars either side of the Chancel Arch, the first such I think I have seen in a parish church.
I post these shots here and on a Churchcrawling website on Facebook, I might skip this one as it will draw lots of comments I think, not all positive.
I guess what saddens me is that they worship the same God, no? Is being right about how to do it that important? When wardens ask me what I think of their church, or should they put a glass door in instead of the ancient wooden currently, I say, it is a living church, your church, changes can be reversed if needed too. But it is your church, you have to live with it, it has to be suitable for all.
Despite all the above, there was much evidence of the ancient church: the font, paintings around a window among other features.
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I always look forward to coming back to Kettlebaston. It is likely that anyone who knows the churches of Suffolk well will have Kettlebaston among their favourites. The setting is delectable, in the remote Suffolk hills between Hadleigh and Stowmarket. The building is at once elegant and interesting, the interior memorable, but most fascinating of all perhaps is the story behind the way it is today.
In 1963, in the thirty-third year of his incumbency as Rector of the parish of Kettlebaston, Father Harold Clear Butler sent a letter to a friend. "You are right,"he wrote. "There is no congregation any more." In failing health, he relied on the family of a vicar who had retired nearby to carry out the ceremonies of Easter week that year. In 1964, Father Butler himself retired, and an extraordinary episode in the history of the Anglo-Catholic movement in Suffolk came to an end.
There may have been no congregation, but St Mary at Kettlebaston was a shrine, to which people made pilgrimages from all over England. Here was the liturgically highest of all Suffolk's Anglican churches, where Father Butler said the Roman Mass every day, celebrated High Mass and Benediction on Sunday, dispensed with churchwardens, flouted the authority of the Anglican diocese by tearing down state notices put up in the porch, refused to keep registers, and even, as an extreme, ignored the office of the local Archdeacon of Sudbury. An entry from the otherwise empty registers for October 2nd 1933 reads Visitation of Archdeacon of Sudbury. Abortive. Archdeacon, finding no churchwardens present, rode off on his High Horse!
Father Butler came to this parish when the Anglo-Catholic movement was at its height, and survived into a poorly old age as it retreated, leaving him high and dry. But not for one moment did he ever compromise.
Kettlebaston church is not just remote liturgically. You set off from the vicinity of Hadleigh, finding your way to the back of beyond at Brent Eleigh - and then beyond the back of beyond, up the winding roads that climb into the hills above Preston. Somewhere here, two narrow lanes head north. One will take you to Thorpe Morieux, and one to Kettlebaston, but I can never be sure which is which, or even if they are always in the same place. Finding your way to this, one of the most remote of all Suffolk villages, can be like finding your way into Narnia. Once in the village, you find the church surrounded by a high yew hedge, through which a passage conducts a path into the graveyard. On a buttress, a statue of the Coronation of the Queen of Heaven sits behind a grill. It is a copy of an alabaster found under the floorboards during the 1860s restoration. The original is now in the British Museum.
One Anglo-catholic tradition that has not been lost here is that the church should always be open, always be welcoming. You enter through the small porch, perhaps not fully prepared for the wonders that await. The nave you step into is light, clean and well-cared for. There is no coloured glass, no heavy benches, no tiles. The brick floor and simple wooden chairs seem as one with the air, a perfect foil for the rugged late Norman font, and the rich view to the east, for the fixtures and fittings of the 20th Century Anglo-Catholic tradition survive here in all their splendour.
The two major features are the rood screen and the high altar. The rood screen is the work of several people, having been added to over the years by a roll-call of prominent Anglo-Catholic artists. It was designed by Ernest Geldart in the 1880s. It was painted by Patrick Osborne in 1949, apart from the figures, which are the work of Enid Chadwick in 1954. They are: St Felix as a bishop holding a candle, St Thomas More in regalia, St Thomas of Canterbury with a sword through his mitre, St John Fisher as a bishop holding a book, St Alban in armour and St Fursey holding Burgh Castle.
To one side, the Sacred Heart altar bears the original stone mensa from the high altar. The table itself is the Stuart Communion table. To the other, a Lady altar. All of these are either gifts or rescued from redundant Anglo-Catholic churches elsewhere. The elegant grill in front of the rood loft stairs is by Ninian Comper. Stepping through into the chancel is a reminder of how the clearance of clutter can improve a liturgical space. Here, the emptiness provides a perfect foil for the massive altar piece. The altar itself was the gift of Miss Eleanor Featonby Smith, consecrated by the Bishop of Madagascar in 1956, in one of those ceremonies conducted in the labyrinthine underworld of the Anglo-catholic movement. The altar sports what is colloquially referred to as the Big Six - the trademark six candlesticks of an Anglo-catholic parish. Behind them, the rich reredos is also by Ernest Geldart, and was also painted by Patrick Osborne.
At the west end of the nave is a display case holding facsimiles of the Kettlebaston alabasters, an oddly prosaic moment. But Kettlebaston's medieval past is not entirely rebooted, for the chancel was sensitively restored by Ernest Geldart in 1902 with none of the razzmatazz of his church at Little Braxted in Essex. The east window was rebuilt to the same design as the original, as was the roof. The late 13th Century piscina and sedilia are preserved, and on the north side of the chancel survives an impressive tomb recess of about the same date. The sole monument is to Joan, Lady Jermyn, who died in 1649. Her memorial is understated, and its inscription, at the end of the English Civil War and the start of the ill-fated Commonwealth, is a fascinating example of the language of the time. Is it puritan in sympathy, or Anglican? Or simply a bizarre fruit of the ferment of ideas in that World Turned Upside Down? Within this dormitory lyes interred ye corpps of Johan Lady Jermy it begins, and continues whose arke after a passage of 87 yeares long through this deluge of teares... rested upon ye mount of joye. And then the verse:
Sleepe sweetly, Saint. Since thou wert gone
ther's not the least aspertion
to rake thine asshes: no defame
to veyle the lustre of thy name.
Like odorous tapers thy best sent
remains after extinguishment.
Stirr not these sacred asshes, let them rest
till union make both soule & body blest.
Not far off, and from half a century earlier, a rather more cheerful brass inscription remembers that:
The corpse of John Pricks wife lyes heere
The pastor of this place
Fower moneths and one and thirty yeerr
With him she ran her race
And when some eightye yeres were past
Her soule shee did resigne
To her good god in August last
Yeeres thrice five hundredth ninety nine.
And yet, you notice, we never learn her name. Above, the roofs drip with hanging paraffin lamps, the walls have their candle brackets, for this little church still has no electricity. You sense the attraction of Benediction on a late winter afternoon.
St Mary is loved and cared for by those who worship in it. There are rather more of them than in Father Butler's final days, but they are still a tiny, remote community. Since 1964, they have been part of a wider benefice, and must toe the Anglican mainstream line, as at Lound. But also, as at Lound, the relics of the Anglo-Catholic heyday here are preserved lovingly, and, judging by the visitors book, it is not just the regular worshippers who love it, for Anglo-Catholics from all over England still treat it as a goal of pilgrimage. I remember sitting in this church on a bright spring afternoon some twenty years ago. I'd been sitting for a while in near-silence, which was suddenly broken by the clunk of the door latch. Two elderly ladies came in. They smiled, genuflected towards the east, and greeted me. Together, they went to the Sacred Heart altar, put a bunch of violets in a vase on it, and knelt before it. The silence continued, now with a counterpoint of birdsong from the churchyard through the open door. Then they stood, made the sign of the cross, and went out again. Father Butler looked on and smiled, I'm sure.
Simon Knott, October 2018
Summer Tollwood festival, Munich
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Thanks all
The F-101 Voodoo began its turbulent development as a jet escort fighter designed to replace the P-51 Mustang, designated the XF-88 Voodoo. McDonnell had won the competition in 1947, but when the first XF-88 flew in October 1948, top speed was disappointing, though the range was adequate to escort B-29 Superfortresses into the Soviet Union. Attempts to increase the top speed by installing afterburners shortened the range significantly; faced with this paradox, the USAF cancelled the XF-88 in 1950.
The service rapidly changed its mind during the Korean War, when MiG-15 intercepts of B-29s revealed the need for dedicated long-range escorts, and McDonnell was hurriedly ordered to resume work on an advanced version of the XF-88, called the F-109. Since this designation was out of sequence, it was changed to F-101, making the Voodoo the second of the Century Series.
Though the F-101 shared the same general planform as the XF-88, it was radically different. It was larger, with more powerful engines, allowing it to have both supersonic performance and the range required for the escort mission. It was found that a T-tail was more aerodynamic than the conventional tail of the XF-88, giving the Voodoo a unique appearance. Since most of the flight testing had already been completed in the XF-88 program, the F-101 went immediately to full production—and much to McDonnell’s chagrin, the first Voodoo had barely rolled off the production line when Strategic Air Command made the decision that its fast B-47 and B-52 bombers did not need escort, and cancelled their F-101As.
If SAC was not interested, however, Tactical Air Command was, seeing in the F-101A a good low-level penetration nuclear bomber. Converting a cannon-armed escort fighter to a nuclear attack aircraft was not as difficult as it was thought: the bomb could be carried on the centerline, while the F-101’s fire control system had already proven as adept at air-to-ground operations as air-to-air. While Voodoo pilots adopted a fatalistic view towards the mission—it was doubtful if the F-101 would survive a low-level nuclear explosion, and if so, probably would not have the fuel to return home—it entered service in 1957. The aircraft was reported as generally trouble-free, except for a tendency to pitch up into an uncontrolled stall in any radical flight maneuver; McDonnell was never able to completely cure this problem throughout the Voodoo’s entire career.
With the delays in the F-102/F-106 “Ultimate Interceptor” program, the USAF needed an interim aircraft to supplement the troubled Convair deltas. With the F-101 already in service, McDonnell proposed an interceptor that could enter production quickly and easily. The F-101B replaced the forward fuselage of the F-101A with a larger and more rounded version, containing a two-seat cockpit, the MG-13 fire control system of the F-102, and its weaponry: the four 20mm cannon of the F-101A were deleted in favor of a rotary weapons bay that could carry either four AIM-4 Falcons or two AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped rockets. The engines were upgraded, but were longer than those carried by other Voodoo variants; to avoid having to rebuild the rear fuselage as well, the engine casing and afterburners simply were allowed to stick eight feet out of the aircraft. The inflight refueling probe was removed in favor of an infrared sight. The F-101B was superior to any interceptor then in USAF service, including the F-102 it was supposed to only supplement, and quickly replaced earlier interceptors such as the F-89 Scorpion and F-94 Starfire.
As the 1980s approached, the Voodoo was clearly showing its age. Active duty units had retired their F-101Bs by 1972, but the type would continue with the Air National Guard until 1982, when it was finally withdrawn. Of 807 F-101s built, about 44 survive today in museums and as gate guards, not counting an extensive number of CF-101s preserved in Canada.
F-101B 58-0271 joined the USAF's 75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Dow AFB, Maine in 1959, and would remain with the squadron until 1969, by which time the squadron had transferred to Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan. After the 75th deactivated, 58-0271 briefly flew with the 4756th Air Defense Wing at Tyndall AFB, Florida, where it performed mainly in test duties. It was transferred to the 119th FIG (North Dakota ANG, the famous "Happy Hooligans") at Fargo, and finished out its career there. It was then sent to Lowry AFB, Colorado, where it was used as a battle damage repair aircraft; when Lowry closed, it became part of the Wings Over the Rockies museum collection.
58-0271 was restored in the colors of the 4756th ADW (though I would've gone with the Happy Hooligans of the 119th--personal bias). This picture doesn't do the aircraft justice. Due to coronavirus and the need to restrict the movement of museum patrons, the Wings collection has been crammed together. This made a picture of the entire aircraft impossible--and I tried from every angle possible, including lying on the floor! The weapons bay is displayed open, with two AIM-4 Falcon IR missiles; the cart beneath the right wing is loaded with two AIR-2A Genie nuclear-tipped rockets.
Basque Americans (Basque: euskal estatubatuarrak) are Americans who are of Basque ancestry. According to the 2000 US census, there are 57,793 Americans of full or partial Basque descent, but the real number of Basque Americans could easily reach 100,000 people. Of them, 41,811 people claimed be simply Basque American, 9,296 claimed be originating from Spanish Basque Country, and the other 6,686 claimed be originating from the French Basque Country. The states with the largest Basque-American populations are California (20,868), Idaho (6,637), Nevada (6,096), Washington (2,665) and Oregon (2,627).
Basque immigration peaked after the Spanish Carlist Wars in the 1830s—Ebro customs relocated to the Pyrenees—and in the 1860s following the discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of Northern California. The current day descendants of Basque immigrants remain most notably in this area and across the Sierras into the neighboring area of northern Nevada, then northward, into Idaho. When the present-day states of California, Arizona and New Mexico were annexed by the United States after the Mexican–American War (1848), there were reportedly thousands of Basques of Spanish or mixed Mexican origin living in the Pacific Northwest.
By the 1850s, there were some Basque sheepherders working in Cahuenga Valley (today Los Angeles, California). In the 1870s, the Los Angeles and Inland Empire land rush reportedly attracted thousands of Basques from Spain, Mexico and Latin America, but such reports do not bear out in a current census of Basque persons in the Southern United States where Basque persons are exceptionally rare in US census reporting. By the 1880s Basque immigration had spread up into Oregon, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, with significantly lesser numbers reaching the Southern states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the Southern most region. By 1895 there were reportedly about ten thousand self reporting Basque-Americans in the United States.
There are significant numbers of Mexicans with Basque names, as many as 1 million self reporting Mexicans of Basque racial or surname heritage today.
Thousands of Basques were recruited from Spain due to severe labor shortages during World War II. They came under contract with the Western Range Association between the 1940s until around 1970. The Spanish Right of Return extends Spanish citizenship only to the grandchildren of Basque immigrants who were born in Spain and forced to flee during the Francoist uprising in the mid-1930s.
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Been a bit of a sick mess this week, but I managed to get *some* of the photo work done that I wanted to.
I've decided that I'm going to take some sort of iconic black and white shot of the major cities in Europe, I've got Paris and Rome so far...there's a couple more to do.
Just a few days ago, Xavier exclaimed, "Hey, let's have a party for my real life birthday!" I said ok... when? He said he wanted to do it on Saturday, but I had a rl committment so we pushed it to Sunday, instead.
Are we clueless? Yes... never have I ever had a party on any of my lands. Did I realize how hard this would be? Noooo...
I think its my last party, too. All I did was work non-stop doing building, decorating, sending out notecards and trying my best not to completely ignore my other projects.
The party was a blast! I barely had time to focus on the party because I was the hostess (remind me to tip hostesses big time) who had to greet, meet and send notices for the dj's and to The A List! group.
And as sim owner, I was watching the lag-o-meter, the stats on the particles and trying to patrol the sims themselves. Ack!
Nope, I leave party and event makers to do their job. I just like going to the parties... not making them. It's toooo much work! LOL!
Big up to the following dj's for their incredible work and the donation of their time at such a last minute shout:
djxHalloween Boa from Divaz
djxxMP Mapp from Divaz
dj TinaMarie Beck from Swoon
dj Thomtrance O'Toole from Organica
dj Jen Noel from Club Neptune
dj Healer Ladybird from Piranha
dj Shad Raffke from Piranha
Not only did they help, but our networkers with their own groups helped us tremendously:
Mack's Place
We had a blast and I thank all of you for making Xavier's special event a success! Woot!
Researching but have not found a manufacture date for this machine. Looks built to last for another couple of centuries at least. also rather interesting construction or so it seams and not the usual switch stand that I have seen.
Many Many thanks to PoppaJ who found this information on the above switch machine from a 1917 ad in Railway Maintenance Engineer. Based on a couple of pix I have of the Henderson area, it appears that Seaboard was partial to the Ramapo switch stands as it appears they used #17 also. Need to photograph the base of several of them to get the model.
Fitness shoot with South African model, Adel Vrey taken in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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The winners are back already but other contestants are still trying to get their boats in the water.
... She came with a bad haircut so I improved the child work and I gave her a bob... She kinda reminds me an hair fair but with the nape curl...
. . . seeing as Dave Brubeck died and all . . . but coincidentally I had bought this single a week or so before the event. That’s a hit single, but the jacket was enough to go for, and curiously, though it is a single (Take Five b/w Blue Rondo a la Turk) the 45rpm package mimics the full album cover.
Modern Art paintings seems to have resonated with the Modern Jazzists, as it was not unusual for that genre to be reproduced on album covers (notably Ornette Coleman with Jackson Pollack on the cover). The other painting in my photo is “outsider art” by an unemployed café-going man that my wife started chatting up as he scribbled away in one of the Au Bon Pains in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She got his story and bought his work for a cheap $40. I have the Brubeck cover and the “outsider art” in the same room and my eyes move back and forth between them.
And speaking of Ornette, I also recently came across this BBC documentary that highlights the year Time Out came out (1959) along with three other significant Jazz albums from that year (Kind of Blue/Miles Davis, Mingus Ah Um/Charles Mingus, The Shape of Jazz to Come/Ornette Coleman).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dou3aSZmEg0
I was most informed by the Brubeck section, as the doco tends to ramble from one album to the other and then back again. I smirk at the critic’s hyperbole that makes it seem they were in the same room as Mingus, et all, just “hanging out” when all their information is actually anecdotal. But check Charlie Hayden’s REAL memory of Mingus’ volatility.
I remember first hearing Take Five (back when I was a luke warm jazz fan) and immediately going “ . . . oh, yeah” A hit record. It’s smooth and cool and it exactly hits that intersection, but someone should have also shoved Kind of Blue in my ears (but it was there, somewhere on the soundscape), while it took me years to catch up to Mingus, and as far as Ornette, well, that’s cool but hard. Don Draper (see: Mad Men) might let his girlfriend put Take Five on during a party, but I doubt Ornette would be allowed to disturb his bourbon.
On Thursday afternoon, I walked into Lodhi Colony’s posh and sought after Japanese restaurant Guppy. I looked around intrigued, I had really expected it to be a more formal setting. But Guppy’s fun Asian vibe with a homely decor had me the moment I walked through the restaurant.
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Not being a major fan of seafood, I was slightly apprehensive about eating authentic Japanese food.
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The chef probably wanted to ease us in so the first thing we tried was a smoked pumpkin soup with sakura wood and crispy pumpkin seeds. The smoked flavor overpowered the typical pumpkin taste, which worked well. There were also some leaves thrown in to add to the flavor and give some green to the ochre soup.
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Next we sampled a cold smoked Kampachi, a type of fish that was served on a bed of some salad, again, the dish was smoked to perfection. Because of how close it was to the taste and texture, all of us at the table assumed it was salmon. The chef later told us what it was!
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We tried another type of Kampachi, right after this one.
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Next, our server, smile on his face, walked up to our table with two trays of sushi. Before he had put the tray down at our table, I decided I would pass on the sushi. But within seconds, I was talked into eating it. I was told I couldn’t go to Guppy and not have their sushi. I was afraid but I picked up my chopsticks and bit into the sushi, it had almost all the basics from the sushi bar, a couple of types of fish including salmon, vegetables, rice and of course the skin. I can proudly say, I enjoyed it. Sushi and I are now friends.
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After this, we tried a vegetarian starter; tofu and water chestnut in what seamed to be a slightly tomatoey creamy base, it was close to an Indian curry flavor but the water chestnut of course, made all the difference. Within moments, we had gobbled it up and two large helpings of Eel arrived at our table. It had some basic spices and also some eggplant; it was cooked in a semi gravy.
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The flavor of the eggplant, went surprisingly well with the Eel, which I had not anticipated. Along with the Eel, we tried something called Parch man fish, which was close to a grilled fish served with some spices and lemon. This was my favourite.
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The chef was concerned we had had a seafood overdose, so he told us he would bring us a ‘comfort dish’. While I waited for this dish, that I was very intrigued by, I ordered myself a ‘summer hoedown’ which was a beer cocktail with a punch flavour and mint leaves. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Unlike other places, the alcohol content in the cocktail was more than sufficient! I was quite pleased!
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A couple of minutes later, our comfort food arrived, A semi friend chicken curry dish with steamed rice. This felt like home! The flavours were absolutely perfect and I was more than glad to get a break from all the different types of fish.
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To add to this, we also sampled two different types of cold ramen, one being Udon and the other Soba. This was probably my least favourite dish from the selection but others seemed to enjoy it!
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I didn’t stay for dessert, but I hear it was good! I’d give my Guppy experience a 4 on 5. They will definitely be seeing a lot of me!
XOXO
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Wan't going to post another photo today but then Mychelle sent me this link:
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And I thought JC was in Chicago for January and I didn't even know about it ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I mean, honestly, how could this happen? Could someone explain please!
Oh and I know it's cheesy but something in this gesture makes me think of The Beatles song "Hey Jude":
"So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin,
Youre waiting for someone to perform with.
And dont you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder."
laundromats are a rip-off....
but a necessary evil, perhaps.
i needed to wash a new sleeping bag, so i choked back the pain and inserted 48 quarters (it takes nearly two minutes to insert that many!), then hit the start button and ....
.... nothing.
no signs of life, no movement, no water, no nuthin'
i inquire of the on-duty attendant if there's another step i need to take and she says "no, if you inserted enough money, it would start.''
she comes over and says "it looks like you didn't insert any money."
me: eyeroll.
"and thus it begins..."
since i didn't anticipate having to spend $30 on a wash, i didn't have enough cash, so i had to spend $2 extra on their in-house atm machine to get another thirty bucks, get change in quarters, and start again.
the machine responds this time.
so....
i just spent $24 to wash, $6 to dry, and this on a sleeping bag i just bought for $25.
as i said.... laundromats are a ripoff.
Both have had facelifts, but it looks like The Playhouse and St John's Shopping Centre (and St John's Beacon, just in shot) are the only remaining parts of Williamson Swuare from the late 1960s.
To the left in the 2013 shot is a water fountain ensquared by a poem by Roger McGough
Water
Water is fountains
Is gymnast
Is fun
Water is Mountainous
Is scallywag
Is splash
Water is Mysterious
Is playhouse
Is dream
Water is Serious
Is stargazy
Is steam
Water is Humorous
Is teardrops
Is serenade
Water is Curious
Is careless
Is cavalcade
Water is Sumptuous
Is rainbow
Is ecstatic
Water is Tempestuous
Is baby face
Is erratic
Water is Curvaceous
Is shipshape
Is piggyback
Water is Flirtatious
Is scatterbrain
Is paddywack
Water is Mischievous
Is fidgety
Is chatterbox
Water is Liverpool
Is river
Is paradox
And on the spot where there was (I think) a cold storage facility, is the Liverpool FC Club shop.
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Les Guingampaises n'ont pas vraiment pas été récompensées de leurs efforts. Ce dimanche, elles sont sorties de la Coupe de France face à Lyon (0-5).
La première période timide des Lyonnaises ne profite pas aux Rouge et Noir qui échouent sur le poteau de Fourré (7'). En seconde période, Lyon relève la tête et assomme Guingamp dans la dernière demi-heure.
Si Bremer ouvre le score (0-1, 67'), Le Sommer (84'), Hegerberg (88'), Lavogez (89') et Kumagai sur penalty (90'+3) infligent un lourd score à l'En Avant.
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Arbitre : Mme Bonnin.
BUTS. Lyon : Bremer (67'), Le Sommer (84'), Hegerberg (88'), Lavogez (89'), Kumagai (90'+3 sp).
GUINGAMP : Gignoux - Dinglor, Debever, Lorgeré, Morin (Quentin 59') - Bueno, Nwuaboku (Fleury 59') - Oparanozir, Pervier, Le Garrec - Fourré. Entraineur : Sarah M'Barek.
LYON : Gérard - Franco, Buchanan, Renard (cap.), Henning (Bremer 46') - Kaci, Kumagai - Thomas, Dali (Le Sommer 46'), Lavogez - Hegerberg. Entraîneur: Gérard Prêcheur.
L'OL féminin se déplace sur le terrain de Guingamp, dimanche après-midi (16h40), en 1/8 de finale de la Coupe de France.
Après deux victoires consécutives face à Juvisy (5-2, 1-0), en D1 féminine, les Lyonnaises retrouvent la Coupe de France avec un déplacement à Saint-Brieuc pour affronter Guingamp, en 1/8 de finale. Une équipe chez qui l'OL était allé s'imposer 3-0 en championnat, le 14 janvier dernier, après un succès 9-1 à l'aller.
Lors des tours précédents, les joueuses de Gérard Prêcheur ont sorti l'équipe de DH d'ETG Ambilly (8-0) puis le pensionnaire de D2 Grenoble (6-0), avec des équipes remaniées qui ont permis de donner du temps de jeu à celles qui en avaient besoin. De son côté, Guingamp a obtenu ses qualifications dans des derbys bretons face aux équipes de D2 Saint-Malo (6-0) et Brest (4-2).
Tenantes du titre, les Lyonnaises auront à coeur de décrocher leur qualification pour les 1/4 de finale, tout en préparant au mieux le déplacement décisif à Montpellier, le week-end prochain, en D1 féminine. Mbock, Majri, Houara, Seger, et Morgan sont au repos.
L’OL féminin a décroché son billet pour les quarts de finale de la Coupe de France en allant s'imposer 5-0 dans les Côtes d'Armor.
Les Lyonnaises poursuivent leur route dans la compétition après leur victoire ce dimanche à Saint-Brieuc sur le terrain de l'En-Avant de Guingamp. Une qualification pour les quarts de finale de la Coupe de France qui a été longue à se dessiner.
À la mi-temps le score était toujours de 0-0 et la plus belle occasion était à mettre au crédit des joueuses de Sarah M'Barek qui trouvaient la base du poteau de Méline Gerard sur une frappe d'Adélie Fourre. Durant ces 45 premières minutes, les Lyonnaises avaient eu bien du mal à se montrer dangereuses, si ce n'est sur une tentative de Claire Lavogez sauvée sur la ligne.
Dès le début de la seconde période, Gérard Prêcheur lançait sur le terrain Pauline Bremer et Eugénie Le Sommer. Des changement décisifs puisque Bremer se créait dans la foulée une première occasion. L'attaquante allemande ouvrait finalement le score à la 65e minute sur un corner dévié par Wendie Renard et qu'elle convertissait au second poteau (0-1, 65').
Malgré cet avantage, les Lyonnaises se faisaient dans la foulée une grosse frayeur et il fallait une double parade de Méline Gerard pour éviter l'égalisation guingampaise (70'). Un avertissement sans conséquence car dans la foulée Pauline Bremer mettait fin au suspense en ajoutant deux nouveaux buts : le premier sur une reprise après une déviation d'Ada Hegerberg (0-2) et le second sur un centre de Le Sommer repris de la tête au second poteau (0-3). Dans les derniers instants, Claire Lavogez (sur une passe de Bremer) et Saki Kumagai (sur pénalty) portaient le score à 5-0.
Avec cette large victoire, les tenantes du titre restent en course dans cette édition 2017 et seront attentives au tirage au sort des quarts de finale qui sera effectué ce mardi 21 février. Les quatre rencontres seront jouées le dimanche 12 mars. prochain.
Au Stade Fred Aubert à Saint-Brieuc
CDF féminine (1/8 finale) : EA Guingamp - OL féminin 0-5 (0-0)
Arbitre : Sabine Bonnin. Spectateurs : 800 env.
Buts : Bremer (65', 84' et 87' ), Lavogez (89') et Kumagai (93') pour l’OL
OL : Gerard – Petit, Renard (cap.), Buchanan, Henning (Bremer, 46'), - Kaci (Marozsan, 65'), Kumagai, Dali (Le Sommer, 46'), Thomis - Lavogez, Hegerberg. Entr. G. Prêcheur.
L'EA Guingamp s'est incliné 5-0 contre l'Olympique lyonnais ce dimanche en huitième de finale de la Coupe de France féminine. Les Bretonnes ont craqué en toute fin de match.
e score large de 0-5 ne reflète pas vraiment la physionomie du match entre l'EA Guingamp et l'Olympique lyonnais.
Les Bretonnes ont longtemps tenu tête à la meilleure équipe de football féminin du championnat français. En début de première période, Adélie Fourre a failli donner l'avantage à l'EA Guingamp mais sa frappe a fini sur le poteau.
Triplé de Bremer
Les Lyonnaises n'ont réussi à marquer qu'après l'heure de jeu. Suite à un corner, Renard a dévié le ballon de la tête en direction de Bremer, qui a réussi à passer devant la gardienne guingampaise pour ensuite marquer du pied droit en pivot (0-1, 67').
L'EAG aurait pu égaliser quatre minutes plus tard mais la frappe d'Oparanozie a été repoussée par Méline Gerard, la gardienne de l'OL. Dans la continuité de cette action, la tentative de Fleury est passée de peu à côté du but.
Mais face à l'épuisement des joueuses bretonnes en fin de match, les Lyonnaises ont réussi à prendre le large. Bremer s'est offert un triplé grâce à une reprise de volée (0-2, 84') puis une tête plongeante (0-3, 88'). Claire Lavogez a ensuite corsé l'addition d'une demi-volée en pleine lucarne (0-4, 89') avant que Kumagaï ne transforme un penalty en toute fin de match (0-5, 90'+5).
Les Guingampaises y ont longtemps cru, mais ne sont pas parvenues à faire tomber le tout puissant Olympique Lyonnais. Et ont finalement concédé un lourd score à l'arrivée.
Elles résistent longtemps. Bien plus longtemps que lors des deux confrontations en championnat. Mais en seconde période, les Guingampaises craquent. Pourtant, Wendie Renard et ses partenaires peinent à entrer dans la rencontre. Et elles sont d'ailleurs les premières à se faire peur. La frappe d'Adélie Fourré heurte le montant droit d'une Méline Gérard totalement battue (7'). « Je suis dégoûtée, mais c'est comme ça », regrette l'intéressée, titulaire en lieu et place de Salma Amani, blessée pendant l'échauffement. Si les Lyonnaises mettent peu à peu le pied sur le ballon, elles réalisent un premier acte poussif offensivement. Seule la frappe de Corine Franco dans les six mètres, repoussée par Margaux Bueno, parvient à inquiéter les « Rouge et Noir » (43').
L'ogre lyonnais sort ses crocs
Mécontent de son équipe, Gérard Prêcheur procède à deux changements au retour des vestiaires. À peine entrée en jeu, Pauline Bremer se signale, mais ne trouve pas le cadre (47'). Lyon s'installe dans le camp breton et oblige Gignoux à s'employer sur une tête de Renard (65'). Dans la foulée, Renard reprend le dessus sur la défense guingampaise qui ne parvient pas à se dégager. Dans les parages, Bremer concrétise la domination lyonnaise (0-1, 67'). Loin d'être atterrées, les filles de Sarah M'Barek réagissent immédiatement et se procurent une occasion en or. Sur le flanc droit, Oparanozie bute sur Gérard. Le ballon revient dans les pieds de Fleury. Le stade Fred-Aubert retient son souffle, mais l'Internationale U19 croise légèrement trop sa frappe (71'). Quand l'efficacité n'est pas au rendez-vous, la note est souvent payée cash face à l'OL. L'En Avant n'échappe pas à la règle et plie à nouveau sur une frappe d'Eugénie Le Sommer (0-2, 84').
Guingamp s'écroule, Lyon déroule
Dans les dernières minutes, Lyon se déchaîne et alourdit le score grâce à Ada Hegerberg (0-3, 88') et Claire Lavogez (0-4, 89'). Avant de donner au score son allure finale sur un penalty de Saki Kumagai (0-5, 90'+3). « C'est sévère quand on voit comment on s'est battues et arrachées, concède M'Barek. Mais je suis hyperfière de mes joueuses ». Une défaite globalement logique, mais extrêmement cruelle pour En Avant.
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Mi-temps : 0-0
Arbitre : Mme Bonnin.
BUTS.
Lyon : Bremer (67'), Le Sommer (84') Hegerberg (88'), Lavogez (89'), Kumagai (90'+3 sp).
EA Guingamp :
Gignoux ? Dinglor, Debever, Lorgeré, Morin (Quéro 59') ? Bueno, Nwabuoku (Fleury 59') ? Oparanozie, Pervier (cap.), Le Garrec ? Fourré (Ndolo Ewele 77'). Entraîneur. Sarah M'Barek.
Lyon : Gérard ? Franco, Buchanan, Renard (cap.), Henning (Bremer 46') ? Kaci (Marozsan 67'), Kumagai ? Thomis, Dali (Le Sommer 46'), Lavogez - Hegerberg. Entraîneur : Gérard Prêcheur.
We’re for peace - but as of lately, we have become, well, a bit frustrated.
I mean I am just wondering why nothing is working? I have listened to my conscience tell me that I can’t let this war go on without getting involved. So I became involved. I have listened to the leaders of the peace movement tell me how to go about stopping this war. They told me to take part in their peaceful rallies and protests and to speak out against the war. They told me that if I remain peaceful and take part in state-sanctioned activities, the war will end. The “movement” leaders told me that this is how the Vietnam war was stopped. So I have listened to these leaders and believed that if I followed their guidance, I would be part of a successful movement that brings peace to the world. Unfortunately, I was not told by them that the Vietnam anti-war movement was unsuccessful in stopping the Vietnam war. I wasn’t told that although millions of people were involved in that movement, it still did not come close to forcing the US government to pull out of Southeast Asia. So why are the leaders of the peace “movement” telling the masses of people that the 1960’s anti-war movement succeeded? Why are they telling people that if the same peaceful methods are used today there will be success in stopping the current wars against Afghanistan and Iraq? Why are they giving caring, compassionate people false hope, that by following their lead things will actually change?
Do these peace leaders actually expect to change anything or just consciously or subconsciously hope to appease their own personal consciences? The various tactics implemented by the anti-war movement today have no possible chance of pressuring the US government into stopping the current military conflicts. Meanwhile people internationally continue to suffer and die at the hands of the UK and US governments due to the peace movement’s refusal to confront the UK political system. Well I for one cannot feel good while I am being ineffective and allowing the war to continue. I cannot feel good about myself while this political structure continues intact and unchallenged.
For once I want to really change things... Don’t you?
state of emergency
Kim Kardashian is ultra-glam in tight demure dress as she drags beau Kanye to awards in London… but he skips the red carpet
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I not really a dog person, but I just think this type of dog is awesome!!!!... The Chow Chow is a unique breed of dog thought to be one of the oldest recognizable breeds. I did not know much about these dogs but the owner and did tell me that when you get them as pups in order to avoid aggressive and over-protectiveness as an adult, continuous socialization as early as possible and that they are usually overly protective of one or two main family member. She also said that these dogs were used as temple guards in China and that the Chow Chow is one of the native dogs used as the model for the Foo Dog, the traditional stone guardians found in front of Buddhist temples and palaces. Whether or not that is true I don't know…but after hearing all of that it just made me love them even more.
This particular dog is not very well at the moment and has something wrong with his back and has to rest now again due to the pain its in and you can actually see that in the picture as well…hope he gets better.
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skemono submitted to medievalpoc: I was planning on submitting something different today, but with the recent mention of Les Mis and the French Revolution, this seemed more timely. There were many black people in France around the time of the French Revolution—in fact, a census was taken a little earlier, in 1777-1778, counting the black population. The number reported in 1782 was 4-5 thousand, which admittedly was a small fraction of France’s population of 26 million. Whatever the case, there were many black people all throughout France. From The Negro in France: These reports from the intendants were made out by city and town, so that it is possible to ascertain with relative precision the geographical distribution of Negroes in France. As already stated, they were most densely settled at Paris, and after it in the seaports, especially those of the west coast, like Bordeaux and Nantes. Yet even in the mountains of Burgundy and the Pyrenees were to be found a few stragglers. These people came in all social groups. Although France supposedly did not permit slavery at the time, slaveowners from the Caribbean colonies were allowed to bring their slaves with them, or send them to France for training. (Though even the slaves were not without their options: a few successfully sued for their freedom, as in the 1762 case Lestaing vs Hutteau; some were manumitted; some escaped and could not be caught.) Many were poor, though some were rich, such as the wealthy free people of color in the colonies, who would visit France. Quoth Africa in Europe: [A] man of color named Carstaing was elected to the National Convention from a constituency in metropolitan France in December 1793 to replace another deputy who had been executed. Of note, Carstaing was married to the comtesse Françoise de Beauharnais, the daughter of Claude de Beauharnais, comte des Roches-Baritaud and Anne-Maried Mouchard. Through the first marriage of Carstaing’s wife to comte François de Beauharnais, she was the sister-in-law of Alexandre François Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais, who had fought both during the American and French Revolutions as well as the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, who later married Napoleon Bonaparte and, as a consequence, became the Empress of the French in 1804. Hortense de Beauharnais, who was the half-sister of Carstaing’s wife, was also the mother of France’s Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, who after becoming the President of the first President [sic] of the French Republic in 1848 became Emperor Napoleon III of the French in 1852. There were many servants of French aristocrats and nobles, who through their service could have good food, fancy clothes, even an education. The above is a portrait of Louis-Benoit Zamor, who as a child was kidnapped and sold to Louis XV, who gave him to his mistress, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry. Zamor was educated and well-read, enjoying the works of Rousseau. During the Revolution he joined the Jacobins and worked for the Committee of Public Safety, where he helped to have the Comtesse du Barry arrested, tried, and executed. At the trial, he stated he was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, though the Comtesse was always under the impression he was African. Afterward, he was arrested by one of the other factions of the Revolution for a few weeks, and after some friends got him released, he appears to have left France for some years. In 1815 he owned a house in Paris and was working as a teacher before his death in 1820. None of this should be taken to mean that there was no racism in France, of course. In fact, the above-mentioned census was taken because of the 1777 Déclaration pour la police des noirs, which stated that Negroes had become too numerous in French cities, and especially in Paris, that they were “the cause of the greatest disorders,” and that they returned to the colonies with a “spirit of independence and insubordination” that rendered them “more harmful than useful.” It was therefore provided that thenceforth no “Negroes, mulattoes, or other men of color” might be taken into France, whether male or female, free or slave, on penalty of a fine of 3,000 livres” (The Negro in France, p. 49). Also, The law required all blacks and people of color, whether free or slave, to register with an office of the Admiralty. Those with prior residence could stay in the country, but they were forbidden from marrying whites. In addition, they were ordered to carry cartouche or identification papers. (Chatman, “‘There Are No Slaves in France’: A Re-Examination of Slave Laws in Eighteenth Century France”, pp. 148-9) [X] [X] [X] [X]
Tagged by various (BUT BUGGED BY LAURAS OUO <3
1. What sculpt is/was your first doll?
Volks Syo (HYBRID) but I did buy him around the same time as my old Abio Angel San. Jangy arrived first.
2. Do you still own this doll?
Yas =3= I sold the San though.
3. Was your first doll your grail?
I don't think I knew enough about the hobby to really consider him my grail X3
4. How long did you have to wait from the moment you decided on the doll to actually buying?
About 3 days 8D?
5. Did you buy it or was it a gift?
I bought it but it was with money I was given... so both? 8D
6. Why did you choose the doll you did as your first?
Impulse I suppose. I just loved his big squidgy head.
7. Did you have a character in mind as soon as you saw the doll or did it develop after arrival?
Oh man, IDEK anymore XD At the time I was really into pixel art and I was constantly pixelling a zillion characters. I guess his design was something I planned before but he didn't have much of a personality back then.
8. Do any of your friends own the same sculpt?
No, WHY GUYS? WHY? I think Syo/Shou is really unpopular in general ;_;
9. If you could go back and change your decision to buy the doll you did as your first, would you?
Not really
10. How did you learn about BJDs?
A friend of mine sent me a photo of Jun and Shiro Tachibana and some custom School A's and that was it. XD OBSESSING EVER SINCE
I'm not going to tag anyone cause I think Laura tagged erryones already.... ;_;
I'M SORRY IF YOU DON'T CARE/THIS TOTALLY BORED YOU.ITS LAURA'S FAULT. AND AIN. AIN TAGGED ME TOO