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Commemorating the delayed opening of 2020 Tokyo Olympic today (July 23, 2021) due to Covid. Good luck to all the athletes!
Wish them a safe and a successful Olympics. Fighting!
Mallard ducks are wild dabbling ducks that breed throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa.
The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on their wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage.
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Statue commemorating childrens writer Zacharias Topelius in Esplanade park in Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Zacharias Topelius (auch Zachris Topelius oder Z. Topelius, * 14. Januar 1818 auf Kuddnäs Gård bei Nykarleby; † 12. März 1898 in Björkudden, Sibbo) war ein finnlandschwedischer Schriftsteller, Dichter, Journalist, Historiker und Rektor der Universität Helsinki.
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Zachris Topelius (14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.
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Pictured left to right: Harold Poole "Cat's Paw" and Sir Qarl Khorman "Stone Eye"
Sir Harold Poole: Born in 691 AV, the son of the famous Sir Dustin Poole, who fought alongside King Davian the Bold in the Great Dragon Extermination campaign that ended in 683AV. Many knights died during this campaign, so many lands and keeps became vacant. Sir Dustin became a landed knight, and took the yellow crowned lion as his sigil, to honour both his liege Lords, the Casterwoods, and the Crown. Sir Harold was knighted himself in 708AV after winning the squire’s melee at the royal tourney commemorating the birth of Prince Dendrick Fielder.
When Sir Dustin died in 715AV, his Keep called Otter Pool was passed to Sir Harold. When Lord Pyrseus called his banners to ride to the Frost Gate in 718AV, Harold hesitated before riding to war against the crown. His father had told him many stories of the King’s legendary exploits, but lately, many rumours spread telling of a King who’d become callus and evil-spirited. Sir Haytham Blythe was an old friend of Harold, and he was convinced that change of leadership was warranted. With the belief that he was fighting for the good of the kingdom, Harold answered the call to arms.
At the Battle of Brothers Blood, Sir Harold charged the Loyalist front lines with Sir Qarl Khorman and their young Lord Pyrseus Casterwood himself. Sir Harold cut down many of House Flint’s knights in a desperate attempt to capture Lord Henry Flint. Once Lord Pyrseus had captured Lord Flint, he sued for peace with the crown, and House Casterwoods forces returned to their lands in Eastern Thronfeld without resistance.
Harold is conflicted about his role in the rebellion, but he wholeheartedly regrets his inaction during the Seven Year Orc War. Lord Pyrseus ordered his knights to protect their own lands and to refuse their King’s call. Harold lies awake at night wondering how many innocent lives were lost because of the feud between his Lord and his King. Sir Harold is also one of the most decorated tourney knights in the kingdom. During a tournament in 714AV, he famously unseated Sir Haytham Blythe in a joust that lasted 21 rounds. As his body has aged, Harold has participated in fewer tournements, but he remains as sharp as he ever was.
Sir Qarl Khorman, (born 689AV) is a knight living in the lands of House Casterwood. His father Jeshua Khorman fled from slavery in Kalarocco and worked as a farmhand for Lord Corbery, a vassal of House Casterwood. In 699AV, two men and a woman, carrying a baby, asked Jeshua to see the Lord Corbery. They brandished a signed invitation from Corbery himself, so Jeshua escorted them to his Lord’s hall. Later that day, Qarl, who was just 10 years old, saw the men rob and kill Lord Corbery. Qarl ran and told his father what happened and Jeshua grabbed his axe and confronted the guests in the storage barn. The men attacked Jeshua, so he killed them both. The woman grabbed Qarl and Qarl bit her hand to get free. The woman yelled at the boy in a deep voice, revealing that she was actually a man. Qarl grabbed his slingshot and launched a stone into the man’s eye and he dropped dead.
Jeshua picked up the baby and removed it’s ragged brown swaddle to reveal a fine linen robe on the boy. Just then, trumpets sounded around the barn. The party of thieves had been tracked by Lord Tyus Casterwood’s men to the barn. Jeshua presented the knights with the child and reported that the men who came with the boy, and killed Lord Corbin, were dead in the storage barn. The Knights took the child and rode back to their Lord. A week later, Lord Tyus and a host of knights appeared at the farm. Lord Tyus announced that Jeshua had rescued his son, young Pyrseus, and killed his kidnappers. He knighted Jeshua on the spot.
When he learned that Qarl had killed one of the men, he knighted the boy as well. The Khormans were informed that Lord Corbery had orchestrated the kidnapping and that he was likely killed in a renegotiation gone wrong. Lord Corbery’s lands were annexed, but his keep and the immediate surrounding lands were gifted to Jeshua and Qarl, making them landed knights. They took the Corbery sigil, a grey and gold hawk, as their own, because they didn’t have the money to change all the banners.
Qarl worked as a page in the Lion’s Den for 6 years and trained with the knights there day and night. When Qarl was 18, his father died of a fever, and Qarl returned to the newly named Khorman’s Keep. Qarl participated as a rebel in the battle of Brother’s Blood in 718AV and fought side by side with the young Lord Pyrseus and Sir Harold Poole as they battled their way to capture Lord Henry Flint in order to avoid calamity and to sue for peace.
Qarl is extremely loyal to House Casterwood, and though he is an older knight, he remains one of their deadliest servants. In his younger years, he enjoyed participating in tournaments. He remains especially gifted in a joust and the melee, though it takes a much bigger prize these days to get him in front of the crowds. He also has a profound hatred for the Vieran, which stems from his family’s northern crossing of the Bloody March. They met a band of Vieran Guerillas and as the fled, a Vieran arrow struck his mother, killing her.
These two knights represent the tight grip that House Casterwood has developed over even the lesser houses in the East of Thronfeld. Liberating these lands will be one thing for the Young King Davian, but converting the inhabitants will be a battle in and of itself.
To commemorate what would have been the 60th birthday of Diana the Princess of Wales, her sons the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, came together to unveil a special memorial statue of their mother in Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden.
The statue was created by Ian Rank-Broadley, a royal-favourite sculptor known for his work on British coinage and on the Armed Forces Memorial. It shows Diana standing among three children, dressed in a stylish shirt and pencil skirt, accessorised with a wide belt. A statement from Kensington Palace stated that the figure ‘is surrounded by three children who represent the universality and generational impact of The Princess’ work’, while the ‘style of dress was based on the final period of her life as she gained confidence in her role as an ambassador for humanitarian causes and aims to convey her character and compassion.’
The new Princess Diana statue is located inside the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace. The Sunken Garden was created in 1908 at the instigation of King Edward VII. The king's plans were inspired by Pond Garden at Hampton Court Palace. The palace opted to give the gardens a makeover before the statue became revealed.
Commemorating 100 years of the East Kent Road Car Company. Stagecoach Enviro 15443, KX 087 KZX, at St Michaels, Tenterden with a Service 2 from Ashford to Tenterden and Hastings.
Commemorating the Panama Pacific Exhibition.
The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, in the United States, between February 20 and December 4 in 1915. Its ostensible purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake.
This was a hastily taken shot taken from a moving trolley just before the building would be blocked by trees. I pointed the lens over my shoulder and fired....hence the reflections of the people (ghosts) and interior of the streetcar.
XA1405 and an Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) tour commemorating the "Great Southern Railway Centenary" train preparing to leave Albany on 7 March 1989. Photo: Phil Melling.
To commemorate the withdrawal from service of the London Underground C stock fleet after 44 years service two Railtours were planned to operate. The second of these, The C stock Farewell, ran on Sunday 29th June and took a C stock train over its regular routes.
During the lunch break unit 5578 stands in Barking Sidings. With some extra signage added for the remaining portion of the tour Paul poses with his own headboard. Goodbye Paul and good luck!!
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Commemorating the huge loss of men from the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallilopoli during WW1
.... A dramatic 12-panel stained-glass window that is partly a visual interpretation of John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", along with four smaller stained-glass windows that depict men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces at wartime. This stained glass memorial is dedicated to members of the University of Toronto who served in the First and Second World Wars ....
Italia - Florencia - Piazza della Signoria - Estatua de Hércules y Caco
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Hercules and Cacus is a white sculpture to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.
This work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525–1534) was commissioned as a pendant to Michelangelo's David, which had been commissioned by the republican council of Florence, under Piero Soderini (gonfaloniere for life), to commemorate the victory over the Medici.
The colossus (height: 5.05 m) was originally given to Michelangelo and meant to complement the David but later appropriated by the Medici family as a symbol of their renewed power after their return from exile in 1512, and again in 1530. Although descriptions of its unveiling in 1534 provided verbal and written criticisms of the marble, most were instead aimed at the Medici family for dissolving the Republic and were not aesthetic. A few of the writers of these hypercritical verses were imprisoned by Alessandro de'Medici, further suggesting a political commentary. The two harshest critics were Giorgio Vasari and Benvenuto Cellini, both of whom were champions of Michelangelo and rivals of Bandinelli for Medici patronage. Vasari lamented the change of hands from Michelangelo to Bandinelli, and the change of design. Cellini referred to the emphatic musculature as "a sack full of melons", forgetting that Michelangelo had received similar deprecation previously by Leonardo da Vinci. Neither Vasari nor Cellini can be viewed as unbiased resources due to their rivalries. The patrons (Medici family) were quite satisfied and rewarded Bandinelli greatly for his efforts with land, money, and he was later placed in charge of all sculptural and architectural programs for the Medici under Cosimo I.
Here, the demi-god Hercules, who killed the fire-belching monster Cacus during his tenth labor for stealing cattle, is the symbol of physical strength, which juxtaposed nicely with David as a symbol of spiritual strength, both symbols desired by the Medici. This marble group shows the basic theme of the victor (the Medici) and the vanquished (the republicans). The pause suggests the leniency of the Medici to those who would concede to their rule, and served as a warning to those who would not, as this pause can be indefinite or simply temporary.
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Hércules y Caco es una escultura de mármol de Baccio Bandinelli situado en la Piazza della Signoria enfrente del Palazzo Vecchio y al lado de lo que hoy es una copia del David de Miguel Ángel en Florencia. La obra se encuentra sobre un bello pedestal con bustos tallados en bajo relieve de unos faunos y la firma del autor. El tema alegórico es la fuerza y el ingenio de Hércules venciendo la maldad de Caco, episodio narrado por Virgilio y otros poetas de Los doce trabajos de Heracles.
Terminada la escultura en 1533 se formó una génesis compleja y problemática. Al principio, había sido encargada a Miguel Ángel en 1505, que tuvo el tiempo justo para hacer un modelo, que ahora se conserva en el Museo de la Casa Buonarroti, acosado por los compromisos más urgentes que tenía por entonces en Roma.
El encargo se quedó solo en papel; en 1525 se hace referencia por primera vez a Baccio, a continuación, en 1528 se volvió a hablar de Miguel Ángel y en esa ocasión se cambió el tema por iniciativa propia, prefiriendo el de Sansón y los filisteos. Con el retorno de los Médicis (1530) el encargo fue asignado definitivamente a Baccio Bandinelli, que lo finalizó en 1534.
Commemorating D-Day's 75th Anniversary, No.340 Squadron Belgian Air Force Component General-Dynamics F-16AM
FA-57/MN-L 'Viper' taxies out on Fairford's vast western apron to both open the Saturday Airshow with two sister ships and to take part in the later NATO 70th Year commemorative flypast
Black & White stripes were hastily applied to all 'Allied' aircraft taking part in D-Day to easily identify them as 'Friendly' to the advancing forces
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Killala Bay, Kilcummin, Co. Mayo looking pristine with a sharp horizon line is todays offering from the Lawrence Collection. Given the size of Killala Bay this could be looking North, South, East or West and we could still have such an horizon but no doubt the cartographers among you will have the shot properly oriented in jig time?
Today's contributors point-out that the main difference between this image and the modern StreetView is that Kilcummin's stone pier/breakwater has not yet been built. There is evidence that this may have been constructed after c.1893, and likely before c.1898 - when a plaque commemorating a French landing in 1798 was seemingly unveiled. This event was (somewhat unusually) marked on the historic OSI maps, along with a label identifying these cottages as part of the local coastguard station. The eagle-eyed amongst our Flickroonies also note that some of the men pictured are wearing coastguard uniforms. By the late 19th century these men were likely more on the lookout for troubled fishingboats than for French invaders.....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue c.1865-1914. Perhaps before c.1890s (pier built)
NLI Ref: L_ROY_06091
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Commemorating the sacrifice of the Maryland Brigade in the American Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn, the Altar to Liberty on Battle Hill in Green-Wood Cemetery, including the bronze statue of the goddess Minerva by Frederick Ruckstull.
A bronze statue to commemorate lives lost at sea and celebrate Brixham’s fishing heritage. The life size Man and Boy stands on King’s Quay, nine years after Fishermen in Sculptural Heritage was formed with the aim of creating the figure. The statue, which was created in clay by local sculptress Elisabeth Hadley, can seen from the inner harbour and from returning vessels for centuries to come.
Commemorating the Civil War battle of Fort Donelson in Dover, Tn. The Fort overlooked the Ohio River and the Confederate batteries defeated the Union fleet sent to attack them on 2/14/1862, However, the Fort fell to the Union Army two days later. (174550)*
The Monument commemorates HMS VERNON and the people who served there both ashore and afloat. It consists of a moored mine and two divers. The mine component of the Monument honours those involved in mine design, mine laying, sweeping and hunting or who served in mine countermeasures vessels, past and present. The two divers, in Clearance Diving Breathing Apparatus, are a tribute to those involved in naval and military diving as well as bomb and mine disposal. The Monument was created by Mark Richards, FRSS.
A Brief History
HMS VERNON was formed in 1876 as a training establishment in ships afloat in Portsmouth Harbour. In 1923 it moved ashore to the site that is now Gunwharf Quays and became a centre for operations, aining and trials of many forms of undersea warfare including mine warfare and diving. It was also a base for Minesweepers, Mine Hunters and Diving Tenders. It was decommissioned as an independent Command in 1986 when ships and organisations moved progressively elsewhere in the Portsmouth area but it continued as a Royal Navy training establishment until its gates closed for the last time on I April 1996.
During both World Wars the UK Armed Forces were heavily involved in locating the enemy's mines, unexploded bombs and other explosive ordnance which, for the Royal Navy, involved dangerous operations both under the sea and on land. Throughout World War II the use of sea mines increased substantially and many ships were sunk or damaged by them. Converted trawlers were pressed into service as minesweepers but for mines dropped by aircraft onto shoals and mudbanks the clearance tasks fell to personnel from HMS VERNON.
In the hours before and during D-Day, Allied minesweepers operated off the coast of Occupied France. In addition, 120 Royal Navy divers, including Reservists and Royal Marines, with a few Royal Engineers and civilians, cleared 2500 mines and other obstructions from the approaches to the Normandy beaches. This dangerous work, which was carried out under fire, significantly reduced the risks to Allied soldiers and sailors and was continued later to make the harbours of Europe safe.
To commemorate the NWFB brand soon no longer existed from 1st July 2023, four buses were "NW Wave" repainted, which is the livery that most new buses painted in NWFB's initial stage.
23 years ago today, service 682 was enhanced to all-day operation. Marking NWFB's success on expand its network to serve Ma On Shan and Shatin. The northern destination extended from Lee On Estate to Wu Kai Sha Station in 2014.
WB4285 (5839) is the final brand-new Alexander Dennis manufactured bus in NWFB's fleet with a vehicle license registered.
Year ending October 2012 I took this picture to commemorate the crossing vessel at Surabaya-Madura Kamal. Once the place is so crowded every day now so lonely since been built over the pedestrian bridge that is faster and cheaper Suramadu bridge name for the cost motorcycle if it passes Suramadu bridge is only 3000 rupiah (3 cent) and for the rate of car 30,000 rupiah (3 dollars). If using a boat Ferry about 37,000 rupaih rate (3,5 dollars) for two people.
The government built the bridge is long but had to stop because of the turn of the previous presidential term, and also constrained by cost. After the turn of the new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bridge which was eventually followed back because they saw many activities Madura people who work in the city of Surabaya.
Work They only exist mostly small traders became traders used and some have become beggars. Why are they a lot to work outside their homeland because of the land they currently departure can not produce farm fields to grow crops because the soil was not good for farming dry.
A lot of the news I've read internet mediated Suramadu bridge after the founding of the Surabaya-Madura, the fate of the ship crossing towards Kamal Ujung Surabaya Madura increasingly uncertain. Only 6 vessels operating.
In fact, before there Suramadu Bridge, the busiest crossing it after Ketapang-Gilimanuk. The number of vessels operated on 12 ships.
Now only 6 vessels operated for 24 hours. With the departure time interval every 20 minutes. Since the Suramadu bridge stands the number of passengers aboard Ferry dropped dramatically. The amount is very down dramatically compared to before the Suramadu bridge could reach more than 25 thousand people per day.
There was a controversy between the government and the people who work on the ship had protested to the government because they fear losing their jobs if the Suramadu bridge built and certainly will keep a lot of ships that will be dismissed operations.
I just think this is a very compleks and dilemma on one hand the people happy with the new development with the establishment of a bridge at least help the economy in Madura more quickly and efficiently to time and on one side of the other people who worked on the ship fear of being fired from her job because many ships are no longer in operation.
After the founding of the bridge sometime in December 2012 I'm trying to get back to the place that ships crossing I used to visit. It is true that now looks a little more quiet and deserted, and I could relax on the boat while smoking.
Time has not been on the bridge when I get up to use the Madura always ship with the crowded conditions in the concentration camps as the war was hot and the smell of pee everywhere and mingled with itinerant merchants hawking wares on board, complete already suffering. This is a life but i need to move on.
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Way in the distance past the old railroad bridge I spotted the townhall tower from a unique viewpoint that haven't seen anyone else in town post.
Shooting at my full 400mm, it wasn't until I got home that I discovered that the flag was flying at half mast.
I then discovered that it was to commemorate the battle of Vimy Ridge.
One hundred and five years ago, from April 09 to 12, Canadian soldiers succeeded in driving the Germans into retreat, but 3,598 of our men lost their lives and 7,004 more were wounded.
Sue's grandad fought at Vimy and lived until he was 105. He did get back for a commemoration when he was around 95 to 100 years old.
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Location: Düsseldorf - 134km from home.
The 50th Anniversary Edition 911 is commemorating the 911's launch in 1963, hence the car is limited to 1963 units, which is a pretty small amount for a Carrera. They look pretty nice with the Fuchs-wheels, but I think black is the nicest color fo this edition.
XA1405 and an Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) tour commemorating the "Great Southern Railway Centenary" train leaving Narrogin heading for Northam then Perth on 7 March 1989. Photo: Phil Melling.
Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the last Routemaster in normal service, one of several Routemasters and RT-family buses (plus TA 1).
Commemorating 100 years of Tynemouth and successive owners providing bus services in the area is Go North East 6101 repainted into a version of the heritage Tynemouth colours, The vehicle was looking resplendent when captured at Whitley Bay on 4th July 2021. The offside carries a more traditional lettering. Behind is a similar vehicle operating route 309 from Blyth to Newcastle via Cobalt Business Park.
Mount Barker Railway Station and XA1405 and an Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) tour commemorating the "Great Southern Railway Centenary" train to Albany on 4 March 1989. Photo: Phil Melling.
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War memorial commemorating 165 of the Soviet prisoners of war who lost their lives in Norway during WWII.
140 of the 165 were exhumed from their graves in five other locations after the war and laid to rest again here.
About 500 prison camps were established in Norway by the German occupying power (1940-45). 150,000 prisoners of war, captured as they sought to fight Hitler's Third Reich elsewhere in Europe, were brought to Norway. They were used as slave labourers and generally subjected to inhuman conditions.
Some 13,700 of the 20,000 POWs who died in Norway were Soviet citizens.
Vinjeøra, Norway, 5th May 2016, © Lise Utne
To commemorate the Centenary of ANZACS, GWA ran a special from Darwin to Pine Creek and return to re-enact the journey taken by Albert Borella in 1915 from Tennant Creek to Darwin. The special consisted of ALF22 with an FDDY crew van and GWU003 trailing seen here heading to Pine Creek for the ceremony passing through Adelaide River 3-3-2015
Doddington is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, 4 miles (6 km) between Chatteris and March. Historically, Doddington was one of the largest parishes in England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 2,181. Under the Doddington Rectory Division Act of 1856 it was divided into seven rectories, Benwick, Doddington, Wimblington, March Old Town, March St Peter, March St John and March St Mary.
In the centre of the village is a clocktower built in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Commemorating the 15,000 Georgians killed by COVID-19.
First Christian Church of Decatur
Decatur (Adair Park), Georgia, USA.
28 February 2021.
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▶ The White Flags of Georgia's COVID-19 Devastation
..." memorial installation illustrates the devastating human and economic cost of the pandemic —and the urgency for local and federal elected officials to act now to meet the real need in our state.
These white flags represent the more than 15,000 Georgians who have already lost their lives to COVID-19. Every person we have lost was loved and needed.
Please join us to honor those who have died. And take action to urge elected officials to take bold action today. No one should have to plant a single flag more.
— American Friends Service Committee.
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...was inspired by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenburg and created by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action.
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▶ Placards displayed at memorial
☞ 15,000 Georgians have died from COVID-19.
☞ 60% of public school students in Georgia faced food insecurity before the pandemic.
☞ 3.9 million Georgians experienced loss of a job or reduced hours last year.
☞ Many Georgians face eviction and mortgage or rent failure due to pandemic-related economic deprivation.
☞ 1.7 million public school children [in Georgia] have had their futures disrupted.
☞ In Georgia prisons: 5,011 COVID-19 cases; 92 deaths (including incarcerated people and prison staff).
☞ No Georgian should die because they don't have access to health care."
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▶ UPDATE 28 February 2021.
Since the display was installed in mid-February, the death toll in Georgia has risen to 17,376. Nationwide, it is 514,660 dead; globally, more than 2.54 million humans have perished.
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A bronze statue to commemorate lives lost at sea and celebrate Brixham’s fishing heritage was unveiled in the port at the end of November 2016.
The life-size Man and Boy stands on King’s Quay, nine years after Fishermen in Sculptural Heritage was formed with the aim of creating the figure. The statue, which was created in clay by local sculptress Elisabeth Hadley before being sent to Shropshire to be cast in bronze, can seen from the inner harbour and from returning vessels for centuries to come, and it will offer local families who have lost or buried loved ones at sea a special place to reflect and remember.
FISH chairman Miriam Pymm described the unveiling as an ‘amazing day’ for the port. “The statue just looks so right,” she said. “It already looks like it has been there for 50 years which it should have been. It’s in just the right place. We always thought that having it next the bench on King’s Quay means that people can sit and reflect about their loved ones. There will also be plaques on the wall in the future to remember the fishermen and this is the perfect thing to go with it. It was an amazing day and so pleasing to see between 300-400 people turn out to witness this statue being unveiled.”
Brixham Town councillor Mike Morey, who helped unveil the statue on Saturday afternoon, said: “Nine years of funding with the help of the community has made this possible. Without them this never would have happened. This is their statue and it belongs to the people. It commemorates both the lives of people who have been lost at sea and the old fishermen who are no longer with us. It is a brilliant day for Brixham and the turnout down on the Quay was massive. Going from the initial concept to be standing here today has been a huge journey but it is a great thing for the town.”
Commemorating Minerva and her half-brother: our much loved, still missed Mr Pip.
Tattoo, as ever, by the superlative Gillian Turner Ink.
(Glasgow, 2018)
Commemorating the toilet roll fights of a couple of years ago much enjoyed in Little England during the Zombie Apocalypse of Doom, Terry Tuttle-Thomas-Smythe is exploring yet another business opportunity. Bets can be placed on who manages to end the bout with the most toilet paper. We’re currently in round 3, as poxy monkeys Sharon & Tracy, champion toilet roll hoarders of 2020 do their best.
Many of our favourite little people are here including Liz and Margo who never miss out on a good flutter. Nasal Nigel is enjoying an elevated position from the top of a beer cask, and already has ideas for a similar competition involving cling film. Maybe we won’t go there.
This triumphal arch was built in 203 AD by the Emperor Septimius Severus to commemorate his victories in battle against the Parthians. Imagery from the campaigns, along with Severan family references supply the arch's decoration. Through the arch would have marched the conquering army, headed by Severus and his sons followed by prisoners and the spoils of war. On the death of Septimius Severus his notorious son Caracalla took control. To secure his position, and out of spite, Caracalla murdered his brother Geta. With Geta's death the Emperor had all images and references to Geta destroyed. So if one knows where too look, you can see the places on the arch where Geta's image and name have been carved out. This was known as Damnatio Memoriae. It was monuments such as this which inspired Napoleon to build the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
To commemorate 25 years of its service in Indian Railways, EMD's home shed, UBL DLS selected this locomotive, WDP-4B 40057 and gave it a special and stunning looking 'Namma Karunadu' livery, which basks in the early morning sunshine sprinting towards Yesvantapur at around 105kmph pulling the 5 hours late running Chandigarh Yesvantapur Karnataka Sampark Kranti express.
Commemorating the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. In June 1928 the seaplane "Friendship", flown from Newfoundland, touched down in the Burry Inlet. It was towed into Burry Port harbour, where the two male pilots and Ms Earhart came ashore to much celebration. Amelia Earhart (born Kansas 1897) went on to achieve great success as an aviator, sadly being lost over the Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.
Roman triumphal column (113 AD.) commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars
La struttura è alta 35 metri (compreso il piedistallo) con un peso complessivo di 53 tonnellate ed un diametro di 3,7 metri.
I 190 metri del fregio istoriato continuo si arrotolano intorno al fusto per 23 volte, come se fosse un rotolo di papiro o di stoffa, e recano circa 100-150 scene (a seconda di come si intervallano) animate da circa 2500 figure. L'altezza del fregio cresce con l'altezza, da 0,89 a 1,25 metri, in maniera da correggere la deformazione prospettica verso l'alto.
The structure is about 30 metres (98 feet) in height, 35 metres (115 feet) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (12.1 feet). The 190-metre (620-foot) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 metres (112 feet) The height of the frieze grows at a height of 0.89 to 1.25 meters, in order to correct the forward deformation upwards
Yearly event commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Six Day War of 1967, in which Israel regained control over their holiest sites. Main part of the day is the Dance and Flag Parade, concentrated in and around Jaffa Street. Some 70.000 people from all over Israel and the world joined in the celebrations.