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This enormous cock pheasant waddled around the garden at Wingletang for a couple of hours, but this was the only decent shot I managed to get of it in the sunshine.
This image was scanned from a glass negative in the Josiah Cocking Photographic Archive. The archive was transferred to Cultural Collections and stored in archives at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, together with other archival material from the Cocking family.
Josiah Cocking (1867-1960) was a published Newcastle poet, a coal miner and often wrote for local Socialist newspapers. Cocking was a member of the Australian Socialist League and advocate of industrial unionism and Industrial Workers of the World.
Born in South Australia of Cornish descent, poverty frequently surrounded the Cocking household. Three brothers settled in Wallsend in 1886, Josiah gained work in the mines outside the local area. By 1911 he built a house on Billygoat Hill and had five children. In 1914 the family moved near the steelworks.
The photographic collection contains some images of Wallsend, Plattsburg and Pit town, looking east from Billygoat Hill, steam engines and coal trucks. There are also photographs of steam and electric trams. There are also a number of photographs taken of friends and family members.
Part of this archive contains diaries and copies of his writings. Papers include his description of the Australian Socialist League in Wallsend (1893-1896), and his diary ceases and resumes in various years, however is a valuable source of historical information about Newcastle and the Hunter Region.
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"Black clay teapot of cock shape. Seals: Zhang Jing, Jing, Dingshanren Circa 1988" at the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in Hong Kong Park, in Hong Kong.
Use to breed Cocker Spaniels. Dottie is named for the lady
who carried my breeding on and Lena's named for my Mother.
My good friend Sean Padilla - an Austin, TX-based musician who performs under the name "The Cocker Spaniels" - is currently touring. He stopped by Reggie's Music Joint & wrecked shop!
Check him out here:
My good friend Sean Padilla - an Austin, TX-based musician who performs under the name "The Cocker Spaniels" - is currently touring. He stopped by Reggie's Music Joint & wrecked shop!
Check him out here:
18 th Century Cock pit from Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Which was later used as a theatre and coach house. The building has a king post roof.