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The Glenmore Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 96-98 Cumberland Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Tooth and Co. resident architects and built in 1921 by D. M. Mitchell. The property is owned by Property NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 10 May 2002.
The subject site is known to have been occupied from the early years of 1800, although it is likely that, like the other ridges of The Rocks, it was occupied by the encampment of settlers in the first weeks of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Originally a residential area for the wealthier people in the colony, away from and above the hospital and its gardens, Meehan's 1807 plan shows a schematic shaded area representing buildings, although these are very sparse in the area of the site. The 1835 Russell Survey of Section 87 Town of Sydney shows part of the site, specifically allotment number 12, was owned by Andrew Coss whose pub, The Punch Bowl, was within the site curtilage between 1832 and 1834. It is thought that a hotel may have been there as early as 1816. Previously Coss had been the proprietor of a pub of the same name in Cambridge Street and after 1834 the license was transferred to Argyle Street. To the north, number 11 is owned by James and Ann Curtis.
In 1864 The Sydney Sands Directory lists Peter Stanton, Grocer, James Harris and George Bainbridge, Master Mariner occupying the houses on the site and Doves plan of 1880 shows three houses, presumably the same ones, at 80-84 Cumberland Street. According to the Sands Directory, they were occupied by Charles William Heydon, Shipwright and John Smith, number 82 being vacant. In the 1870s Belleek Terrace, which was mentioned in the Commission into Chinese gambling and corruption in the police force, occupied the site on Gloucester Walk and was not demolished until the beginning of World War I.
By 1900, Charles Crichton, Storekeeper and Frank Duncan, Boot Maker are listed at 80 Cumberland Street, while 84 was occupied by John Byrnes and Walter L. Whetton was at 86, both of whom lived in the terraces until 1910. The 1901 Darling Harbour Resumption Plan shows block 285 as part of the estate of Francis Smith, Trustees John Powell and Fred K. Smith. At this time the depth of the site at its centre line between Cumberland and Gloucester Streets was only 13 metres.
The current Glenmore Hotel is the second hotel in Cumberland Street to bear that name. The first Glenmore Hotel was located to the north of the current hotel on the western side of the street and had been condemned principally because of the imminent construction of the southern approaches to the Harbour Bridge. In April 1919 the Housing Board wrote to Tooth & Co that the hotel was "ruinous and dilapidated" and "the Board will be glad to know whether you would be prepared to treat for a 50-years building lease of the site occupied by this Hotel, as, if so, then we will be prepared to consider the same." Tooth & Co accepted the offer of the new site next to the Argyle Cut and accepted the stipulation that the new building would cost more than £4,000.
It appears that a contract was let for £6,030 in late 1919 or early 1920 with a builder, D. M. Mitchell. By April 1920 the project had come to a halt due to the tardiness of the Water Board in relaying drains in the vicinity of the site. The Builder claimed £257 damages for the delay but the claim was waived after a restructured contract had been agreed to in which Mitchell would not claim his 7.5% fee on the amount that the contract exceeded £7,500. To counter the extreme topography of the site bisecting the ridge between Millers Point and The Rocks, the cellars for the new building were cut to the level of Gloucester Street, effectively destroying the bulk of the archaeological evidence of any previous subdivisions and earlier buildings.
By June 1921 the project was becoming sufficiently complete for Tooth & Co to accept a quotation from Bebarfald's Ltd for furnishing the hotel. It appears that the new hotel opened in July 1921 as the old Glenmore Hotel was handed over to the Housing Board on 5 July 1921. The final cost of the hotel is recorded as having been £7,905/7/4. Some of this information conflicts with that of the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority.
The subsequent history of the Glenmore Hotel has been fairly uneventful which is typical of other hotels in the Upper Rocks. A few licensees lost their license for in breach of legislation (e.g. trading after hours) and trade fell off during the depression, which coincided with the hotel's loss of clients when the houses opposite were demolished for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Trade was also badly affected for a few years around 1952 when Cumberland Street was blocked off due to the unsafe nature of the bridge over Argyle Street (the bridge bearing similar cracks to the Glenmore Hotel itself).
The fabric of the building remained remarkably intact until the 1950s when significant interior alterations were made, especially the removal of the canopy to the bar. The building suffered structural problems from the outset with a continual record of cracks to the walls and parapets which eventually led to the alterations made by the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority in 1973 when the tiled bar was shortened and in 1975 when the parapets were removed, the Cumberland Street balconies, the kitchen stairs and the roof top laundry were removed, and a reinforced concrete ring beam and metal handrail was installed to the top of the walls to restrain them. Another major exterior alteration is the painting of the south and east walls of the hotel, assumed to be done under SCRA. The hotel was refurbished in 2005.
The Glenmore Hotel and site are of State heritage significance for their historical and scientific cultural values. The site and building are also of State heritage significance for their contribution to The Rocks area which is of State Heritage significance in its own right. The Glenmore Hotel was constructed c. 1921 by prominent Sydney brewery Tooth & Co and was designed in the Inter-war Georgian Revival style of architecture by a Tooth & Co resident architect. The Hotel contributes to the historic, aesthetic and social values of the state significant precinct of The Rocks through its use, architectural style, building form, streetscape contribution and period of construction.
The Glenmore Hotel is significant to the local area for its historic and aesthetic values. It is historically representative of changing hotel operations during the 20th century due to shifting legislation and drinking habits. These changes are embodied in the fabric of the building and are evident in the continuation of the original accommodation uses; the provision of additional facilities such as bathrooms; and the altering of redundant spaces, such as the former parlour, for new uses. The Hotel is historically associated with the prominent Sydney brewery Tooth & Co and its form, fabric and architectural style is representative of Tooths attempt to improve the image of hotels and drinking during the Inter-war period. Aesthetically, the Glenmore Hotel is representative of the Georgian Revival style of architecture that was popular during the Inter-war period for the reconstruction or remodelling of earlier hotels. The characteristic features of the hotel include face brick walling, rendered and painted details, external tiling, regular fenestration, symmetrical facade, and multi-paned sash windows. As with most hotels, the Glenmore Hotel has been altered with the removal of the original facade balconies, parapet and bar although, the internal spaces have remained largely intact.
Glenmore Hotel was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 10 May 2002 having satisfied the following criteria.
Having been repatriated from contract hire use in Spain a line of English Electric type 3's sit gently rotting away in Tyne Yard.
EWS will always be remembered for its modernisation plan that saw the massed ranks of ex BR traction switched off in favour of GM imports but as they say all good things come to an end. To be fair most of what EWS inherited from BR was pretty tired or long in the tooth and replacement was inevitable.
For the record the line up here front to back is: 37 046, 37 221, 37 058, 37 693, 37 196 and 37 891.
The Balfour Beatty drain train, top and tailed by 20905 and 20901 on the move (6J09, 12:20 Sandiacre Ballast Sidings – Crewe, Gresty Road) passes through Long Eaton, 4th March 2026.
Locomotive History
20905 was originally D8325 and was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. It entered traffic February 1968 initially allocated to Polmadie transferring quickly Eastfield and then to Edinburgh Haymarket in May 1969 for Fife coal traffic. Renumbered 20225 under the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme its next transfer was nineteen years later when it left Scotland for Immingham in May 1988. Soon after arriving at Immingham it was withdrawn and was one of six class 20 locomotives sold to Hunslet-Barclay for weedkilling duties and renumbered 20905. It was used on these duties from 1989 – 1998 when the weedkilling contract passed to DRS and 20905 became part of the DRS fleet. In February 2005 it was sold to HNRC and has since moved on to GBRf. Stored in June 2019 it was returned to traffic in May 2023 and is currently operated by Balfour Beatty
ROG seemed to have got the job of taking West Midlands Class 323 units to Doncaster Wagon Works for attention . The latest instalment is signal checked at Rotherham Masbrough and comprises of 57310 with 323240 running as the 5Q23 1122 Soho LMD - Doncaster Wagon Works .
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Hedingham 823 : Scania N94UD Omnidekka. Go-ahead East Anglia acquired three of these former Brighton & Hove Omnidekkas from London General last summer. One is now a driver trainer and the other two are in the Hedingham fleet but only seem to see use on the school contract services to Mersea Island where 823 is seen just coming off the tidal causeway.
New contract - Stagecoach London 37505 (SN67WYS) on route B14 at Bexleyheath on 03/02/2018
After a two week absence, Bromley garage is once again is operating a service to and from Bexleyheath, having taken over the B14 from Go Ahead London.
The B14 is the first Bexleyheath local service to be run by Stagecoach.
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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 14 Coupe (1955-74) Engine 1584cc HO4 OHV Production 445,000 (all Coupes incl. 1500S/1600 to 1974)
Registration Number XPX 793 F (West Sussex)
VOLKSWAGEN SET
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Three companies and numerous individuals came together in the history of the Karmann Ghia. In the early 1950s, Volkswagen was producing its Volkswagen Beetle, and as postwar standards of living increased, executives at Volkswagen were at least receptive to adding a halo model to its range, if not actively seeking an additional model. Luigi Segre was committed to expanding the international reputation of Carrozzeria Ghia. And Wilhelm Karmann had taken over his family coachbuilding firm Karmann and was eager to augment his contracts building Volkswagen's convertible models. Segre covertly purchased a Beetle in Paris and had it taken to Turin. Ghia customized its platform, designed the initial prototype and in five months constructed the model. Segre secretly presented the model to Wilhelm Karmann one year after there first meeting. When Wilhelm Karmann saw the coupe, he expressed an interest in building it, the project Willhelm Karmann would in turn present to Volkswagen.
The styling of the vehicle, however, integrated work by Segre as well as Mario Boano, Sergio Coggiola and Giovanni Savonuzzi — and at various times they each took credit for the design. After Volkswagen approved the design in November 1953, the Karmann Ghia debuted (at the 1955 Paris and Frankfurt Motorshows.
Ghia's pretty curvaceous 2+2 Coupe, based on the earlier
1200 model, but with the larger 40bhp 1285cc engine with all syncromesh gearbox and greased for life steering joints. From 1968 two speed wipers, 12 volt electrics, dual circuit brakes with optional front disc brakes and collapsible steering column. The design was to on virtually unchanged for 19 years. The Type 14 was marketed as a practical and stylish 2+2 rather than as a true sports car. As they shared engines, the Type 14's engine displacement grew concurrently with the Type 1 (Beetle), ultimately arriving at a displacement of 1584 cc
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Shot 05.01.2020.at Bicester Heritage Centre, Bicester, Oxon 144-741
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Find out who is about to draw a contract with the Devil...for the 10th time.
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A16 RNY is a Volvo B9R/Plaxton Elite new as Thames Transit 53701 (OU10 GYH) in July 2010. It was new for National Express contracts and later moved to East Kent, again for National Express contracts before joining the East Scotland fleet in Fife.
After working for the main Fife fleet on express city connect work, it is now in the rennies fleet and is seen here in Edinburgh whilst on standby for Scottish Citylink during the Abellio ScotRail Sunday 'strikes'.
NAS North Island plays host to a rotating group of half a dozen civilian bizjets. All of the other jets are either grey or white, this is the only one with green paint-- and I have to admit, when I first saw it coming in, I thought it was unpainted zinc chromate.
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This wonderful heritage home is situated in the cul-de-sac of Rupert Street, Windsor on the hill and in a swathe of mostly extremely well tendered Queenslanders and other old architecture. This substantial, two-storeyed brick residence was constructed in 1888-9 for John Henry Flower, a Brisbane solicitor and co-founder of the still prominent legal firm of Flower & Hart.
Flower acquired the hilltop site of just over 7 acres [2.8 hectares] in 1885. He commissioned respected Brisbane architect George Henry Male Addison [formerly of Melbourne] to design the hilltop home, and in 1888 raised a mortgage of £4,000 on the property.
Addison advertised for tenders in mid-1888, and a contract for £3,459 was let to Brisbane builder John William Young on 17 July.
Young worked rapidly, employing an average of 50 to 70 men throughout the construction period. Foundations and cellar were commenced in early September and within four months the roof was being slated. By late April 1889 the elaborately decorated interior was sufficiently ready for furniture to be moved in [some had been specially built to complement interior finishes], and in June the Flower family took up residence.
The name of the house was derived from that of Flower's wife, Dora Kirk.
Although John Flower died c1918, the family remained at Kirkston for over 50 years. In the early 1930s the site was subdivided amongst Flower's heirs and the house was bequeathed to Rupert Wickham Flower.
Richard Henry Trotter purchased the house on just over half an acre [.2 hectare] in 1941, and apart from three years during the early 1940s when it housed an American military intelligence unit, Kirkston has remained a family residence. One of the more flamboyant of recent owners was Paddy John Stephens of Paddys Markets fame at Teneriffe [1982-7].
Kirkston remains a local landmark, with the early occupants commemorated by the local street names of Flower and Rupert.
A New Vantage service, there's only one runs on a Monday at 17:16 from Stevenson Square to Leigh Sports Village, returning at 21:58 towards Manchester Stevenson square. It's part of the contract for the Leigh under 21's. Starts next re-write.
Lothian Buses have now lost the running of service 63 and as of Monday 31st August the council have awarded the service to First Bus.
First 63249 at Edinburgh Park on a service 63 working to Riccarton and Balerno. 31st August 2020.
New Adventure Travel Caetano CitySmart-bodied MAN 14.240 OU14 SXO is captured in September 2020 on Nantyffin Road in the Llansamet area of Swansea, when passing between the Great Western main line.
She was operating Service 45 (Morriston Hospital-Clydach-Birchgrove-Llansamlet-Winchwen-Bonymen-Swansea) under contract to Swansea Council, which the company has operated since 2014.
Displaying fleetnumber MC125, this was subsequently corrected to MC124.
mercenary mech contract bounded, payment will be completed at the end of the task, no refunds.
later today you'll see the debut of the Mframe prototype mech.
on a side note: Go buy nexo knights, lets keep this theme alive! it is super awesome
De-regulation of British bus services in the mid 1980s extended the lives of many buses that would have likely been scrapped a few years before. Non PVS use of buses also has the same affect. At life's end, both causations of extended service life are witnessed here.
Former Merseybus AN68 Atlanteans 1546 (OLV546M) & 1527 (GKA527M) were in just excess of 20-years old, so did well.
The former Preston Corporation PD3A No71 (ARN656C) had seen further service with Taylor-Woodrow on works contract services in Lancaster. It then found extended use as a driver training vehicle before it arrived at the breaker's, coming via North's of Sherburn.-in-Elmet.
The AN68s devoid of mechanicals, the PD3 still retains its engine, but it's just a matter of time before all three will meet the cutter's torch.
PVS Carlton, 27th July 1994
On the county lanes near the Venturer Coachways depot in Debach (Suffolk) is this 1983 Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/2R East Lancs EL2000 (WPH135Y) new to London Country TL51 with ECW B51 body. Previously operated for Hedingham & District L148. The bus is now preserved and can see occasional use on the companys school contracts.
The most unlikely destination for a bus in Summer Lane, Birmingham must be Indonesia. The first of a contract for Metsec-bodied AN68 Atlanteans called at West Midlands PTE to demonstrate its potential. I hope the driver fed the parking meters, now themselves a memory.
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Inspired by Mr X's recent series of still lives.
Headless horse courtesy of Moriarty.
Stagecoach Lincolnshire 35138, a 2006 Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 2, was seen laying over in Scunthorpe Bus Station. This was operating the 35 to Keadby, which is usually a seatbelt contract. New to Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes.
The 6E70 BR Railfreight Distribution Contract Services train comprising empty chemicals tanks being returned to Teeside from the West Midlands was recorded passing Milford South. RfD Class 47/3 47349 had charge of the 11:35 Bescot Yard to ICI Haverton Hill Exchange Sidings.
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East Lancs bodied Volvo B10M-50, new to Tayside. Seen here whilst on a months loan to South Lancs to cover increased school contract requirements. It was owned at this time by Roger Jarvis' Preston operation (Rojay), but was sold off early in 2008 to Durbins and eventually ended up with G's contract fleet out on the Fens where it lasted until 2015 - by which time it was over 30 years old.
The new One57 building still under construction at 157 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, NYC.
A crane collapse and other construction incidents caused several evacuations of surrounding buildings.
Multiple units are in contract to be purchased for over 90 million USD. Those apartments have a 360 degree view over New York City.
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