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Photos that were used in my Downpatrick Exhibition over the first 11 days of July. Many thanks to those that went to see it and leave me a comment.
Most of these images are already on my photostream but are either in colour or different in some kinda of way.
The Culloden was built in 1876 by a Mr. William Auchinleck Robinson, JP and former MP. It took two and a half years to complete, and most of the stone came from Scotland by boat, arriving in the County Down fishing village of Portaferry and being brought to the site by horse and cart. Mr Robinson carefully chose his site in Cultra within the townland of Craigavad, and only 6 miles from the centre of Belfast. He was conscious of the fact that its situation on the Eastern side of Belfast Lough had certain climatic advantages. The site benefited from the shelter of the Holywood Hills, and the cold North and North Easterly winds seemed to loose their strength as they crossed the expanse of the Lough before reaching Craigavad. Consequently the locality's temperature was about 3 degrees higher than in Belfast!
Mr Robinson died in 1884, and the property which he had named "Culloden House" in honour of his wife, was conveyed by his widow, Lady Elizabeth Jane Culloden, to the representative Church Body of the Church of Ireland. So at the end of the last Century, Culloden House came to be the official residence of the Church of Ireland Bishop of the Diocese, and was known as the Bishop's Palace. Previously the Bishops had resided at "Ardtullagh", a residence at Knocknagoney near Holywood, but this property was bought in 1886 by the War Department for use as Barracks. The Barracks are still in use today by the British Army, and are known as Palace Barracks.
The Bishop of Down, Dromore and Connor, the Right Reverend Thomas James Willand took up residence in Culloden House in 1898. In subsequent years three Bishops lived at the Culloden, and possibly four, as it is not clear whether Bishop CTP Grierson ever lived there or not! During the tenure of Bishop John Baptist Crozier a private chapel, the Jeremy Taylor Memorial Chapel, was dedicated within the house. During the period when Bishop Crozier was Bishop of the Diocese, the famous musician, Percy French often stayed at the Palace. In fact, Bishop Crozier was actually Godfather to Percy French's second daughter!
During the 1920's, the Church sold Culloden House to the late Sir John Campbell, a celebrated Belfast gynaecologist and Member of Parliament. In April 1959 Culloden House was purchased from Sir John's son, Robert Campbell for the sum of £10,000 by Ulster farmer Mr Thomas C. Reid, who was then Chairman of the Northern Ireland Ploughing Association. The house then was bought in 1962 by Mr Rutledge White of White's Home Bakery Limited, and was opened as a hotel, comprising of 11 bedrooms, the following year under the management of Mr White's son in law, Mr Roberts. The Hastings Hotels Group purchased the premises in June 1967, and over the course of the years, under the enlightened direction of Dr Billy Hastings, the Culloden has been transformed in size and luxury. It is of course pleasing that the extensions have not detracted from the hand-cut stonework of the original building, and the chapel which was dedicated nearly a hundred years ago, is today used as the hotel's bar!
In 1996, the Culloden became the first hotel in Northern Ireland to be granted 5 star status. In due course, a Health Club and Spa were added - offering a wide range of body, beauty and relaxation treatments using the famous ESPA range of products. After several major renovations and extensions, the hotel now boasts 79 deluxe bedroom suites, 11 luxurious self-catering apartments, 6 private banqueting suites and a luxurious Spa. The hotel is the first choice of any VIPs coming to Belfast - politicians, pop stars and sporting heros! Former guests include, Tony Blair, Tom Jones, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir James Galway, Bono from U2, Robbie Williams, Ainsley Harriot, Michael Ball, Chris Rea, Kenneth Brannagh, Dolly Parton, Alan Whicker, John Major, Lionel Ritchie, Westlife, Ronan Keating, The Corrs, Lloyd Grossman, Ben Elton, the 1998 World Cup Winning French Football team, and the English Football team, captained by David Beckham!
The Culloden Estate and Spa, "Built for a Bishop………….Fit for a King!
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I went out with my lovely friend Rebekah and we went into town round a few of the bars and pubs.
The day started for me at Piccolo for an amazing breakfast.
After that I popped down to see my Sister who whowed me the awesome and creepy birthday present they had got for my Niece - a couple of creepy dolls on a see-saw. Brilliant!
The evening, Rebekah and I went to The Star to begin with before heading across to the Freedom Quarter, where we saw some great live acts at Monroe's and finished the night in a new bar, Zinnia. It was a great night!
Some great live acts on in Monroe's.
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I went for a brilliant comedy night with my dear friend Andrew to see the hilarious Nina Gilligan at Cottingham Comedy Club.
As you can see we sat right at the front in front of the microphone - very brave, ha ha!
I had seen Nina before with Gemma in Leeds back in December 2022 and we met her and got pictures back then. So I messaged her on Instagram to tell her I was looking forward to seeing her again.
Nina was the main act and hadn't arrived by the time the show started. She arrived during one of the breaks. When I saw her she was so lovely - she came straight over to me and gave me a huge hug! And when she had finished her set, she stepped off the stage and gave me another huge hug - and she featured me on her Instagram stories the next day. She is so, so lovely!
The other acts were brilliant too and I was even brought on stage to be a part of a mind-reading act. It was an awesome night!
Check out Nina's Instagram - she is absolutely hilarious! @gilligannina
Can't wait to see her again!
Photos downloaded from the Cottingham Comedy Club Facebook page.
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Gemma came to Hull for the weekend and we went for our first visit to the Hull Comedy Lounge to see a few acts, including our friends Chris Lumb and Phil Smith, aka The Halls Of Ridiculous.
These days we generally try to get at the front, and this was no different - we were front and centre!
It was a great show and a really nice venue. We've been a couple of times since!
After the comedy we went for a couple of drinks at The Star.
A friend kindly commented that the Southern aspect of my Moon mosaic looked very sharp so I thought I would go back to the original 1600×1200 panel of that region and mark up a few of the craters.
I have included some objects that are part of Charles Woods’ “Lunar 100″, an observing list of increasing difficulty as the numbers rise.
The link to his article in Sky and Telescope November 2012 is here:
www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/the-lunar-100/
1000/102mm refractor with Skyris 273m CCD camera. 1500 frames stacked in Autostakkert 2 with best 3% chosen. Post-processed in Registax 6.0 and Photoshop CC.
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