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I don't want to go out in the cold. Do you see where it says, "Feels Like: -40"? It makes me want to stay in bed all day.
Rufford, Burscough, Lancashire, UK. 19th January, 2015. UK Weather & Wildlife. A Mute swan in the canal basin has broken the ice to allow it passage through the water, and enable it to see food in the icy conditions. Temperatures in have fallen well below freezing during what forecasters say has been the coldest night of the winter so far. © Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
Towards the end of its life as a boozer, the Railway Tavern traded as Cundy's Tavern. This was already a colloquial name for the house as it was kept by Simeon and Elizabeth Cundy from 1890 until just before the First World War. Born in Old Basford in Nottinghamshire, Simeon Cundy had previously served in the Royal Navy as a stoker on a number of vessels, including the Hibernia, Excellent, Penguin and Triumph.¹ On leaving the service he took up residence at the Railway Tavern at Custom House, Canning Town, a pub being run by his brother Thomas. He married Elizabeth Saddington at West Ham in March 1890. ²
Just before their marriage, trouble was brewing at the factory of S. W. Silver and Co., the firm that had evolved into the works of the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Cable Company. Leading the world in cable production and installation, the company was making considerable profits and paying high dividends to shareholders. However, the conditions of the Silvertown workers were poor and the air breathed in by the community at large created health issues. Pay was low and, despite working long hours, there was no overtime. The women in the factory were not paid when the production line failed. Better pay and conditions had been secured by dockers in the East End and other large factories so 1,200 of the labour force at Silvertown started a strike for a better deal in the autumn of 1889.
A key influence in the refusal to negotiate with the workers was the pressure applied by the government and the establishment, many of whom, including the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, held shares in the profitable concern. The managing director was obstinate and refused to negotiate with the workforce. Furthermore, he even refused to discuss terms of settlement with the Mayor of West Ham.³
Led by key activists Fred Laing and Will Thorne, the strike committee held meetings in a club room of the Railway Tavern. ⁴ Leading figures in the bitter struggle included the trade unionist and founding member of the Independent Labour Party, Tom Mann, along with Eleanor Marx, the daughter of Karl Marx.
It was reported that the company were paying dividends of fifteen per cent to shareholders. However, the management, pressured by the government and the establishment, were determined to break the spirit of the strikers. With picketing at the factory entrance, there was palpable anger in the streets. The term "scab" was far in the future, but those who attempted to work were pelted by the women at the neighbouring jam factory. However, the combined interests of the company, shareholders, magistrates, and the capitalist institution, were determined to quash the action. Sadly, the Silvertown workers were eventually starved back to work. Their cause was not helped by the extraordinary action of the Amalgamated Engineers who continued to work at the factory. This was compounded by other work being outsourced, particularly at the company's plant in France where the French socialist Jules Guesde failed to prevent the undermining action of the workers.
With Eleanor 'Tussy' Marx present at all the strike meetings, the solidarity and resolve of the workers gained wider attention with Engels commenting on the resoluteness of the Silvertown workforce. Their efforts would lay the foundations for future industrial action.
It is the understanding of descendants of Simeon and Elizabeth Cundy that they played a key role in the meetings of the strike committee. Apparently, Elizabeth only allowed breweries to deliver beer if the company paid to the strike fund. They used the lounge bar as a soup kitchen for hungry families and, at night, let evicted families sleep in the pub. It is little wonder therefore that a street should be named after this couple.
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References
1. UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, ADM 188: Registers of Services 1853-1924, Registers [Pieces 1-82, 91-244], Piece 095: 1874 [89001-89600]
2. Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, West Ham All Saints', 1854.
3. "The Silvertown Strike" : Woolwich Gazette; October 18th, 1889. Page 5.
4. "The Strike at Silvertown" : Essex Times; October 9th, 1889. Page 5.
Creel washed up during stormy conditions at Reiss Beach.
The creel was seen being dragged along the beach towards Wester River a few days before during stormy conditions. It was subsequently washed further south along the beach and dumped by the sea under the dunes.
Warped Tour 2010
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | Virginia Beach, VA | July 21, 2010
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Mount Antero is typically rated at Class 2, but the ridgeline turns into Class 3+ with snow and ice packed in.
Photo taken of a sign next to the highway while doing the normal 120km/h+ that is common on that road.
The Canal Club | Richmond, VA | May 4, 2012
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Rome Kirby works the traveler in tricky sailing conditions with Tony Mutter on the helm. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Sanya, China to Auckland, New Zealand.
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Enabling conditions – monitoring Plenary Session 4.
Objectives
• Show that different monitoring systems are vital to implementing results-based mechanisms;
• Promote integration between monitoring mechanisms to avoid duplication of efforts.
The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is hosting the Sixth edition of the Mediterranean Forest Week (VIth MWF) at the Grand Hills Hotel, Broumana, on 1–5 April 2019. The weeklong event brings together policy and decision makers, forest administrators, researchers, practitioners, donors, civil society organizations, and social and environmental based non–governmental organizations to share and promote the use of forest–based solutions to assist Mediterranean countries in the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
4 April 2019
Broumana (Lebanon)
Photos by (c) Pilar Valbuena for the Forest Communicators Network for the Mediterranean and Near East