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I spent a night with my friend Sparky who invited me to attend his visit to a local hobby club. It was a fun couple of hours of photo enjoyment for me.
UK’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies speaks at a symposium on infection control at the British Embassy Tokyo on 15 November 2013
When it opened in 1906, Victoria Baths on Hathersage Road, Manchester, was described as the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country and a water palace of which every citizen of Manchester can be proud. Not only did the building provide spacious and extensive facilities for swimming, bathing and leisure, it was built of the highest quality materials with many period decorative features:- stained glass, terracotta, tiles and mosaic floors.
Victoria Baths served the people of central Manchester for 87 years and established themselves in the affections of all those who used the facilities.
The Baths were closed by Manchester City Council in 1993. The Friends of Victoria Baths was formed and began to investigate the possibility of running the Victoria Baths independently.
Various fund-raising attempts failed to bring about a restoration of the Baths, although work to prevent the further dereliction of the building started in 1998.
In September 2003, the Baths won the first series of the BBC's Restoration programme. The building was chosen by a public phone-vote from a short-list of ten buildings in danger of dereliction in the UK. It was awarded £3.4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the money raised through the phone-voting process. The Prince of Wales visited the baths a month later to help celebrate the win.
It was intended that the money would be spent on re-opening the Turkish bath by around 2006, with other parts following later at a cost of around £15 - 20m. However, the redevelopment plans were dealt a blow one year later when quantity surveyors delivered a much larger estimate of £6.3m to restore the Turkish baths. The Heritage Lottery Fund requested further details about the full redevelopment before they would hand over any money for the first phase. Final planning approval to begin a restoration process was not received until September 2005.
In September 2006, as part of a number of events to mark the centenary of the building's opening, the gala pool was filled for the first time in 13 years.
The first phase of restoration work consisting of structural work and repairs began on Monday 19 March 2007 and was completed in September 2008.
In 2011 the Baths were used as a filming location, a concert venue and an exhibition centre.
The interior has been seen in film and TV dramas such as Cracker, Prime Suspect, Bedlam, Life On Mars and Mrs Biggs.
On 7th November 2012, the Marketing team from The Co-operative Insurance spent their community challenge day at Victoria Baths, scrubbing, cleaning, mopping, vaccing and carrying to help the volunteers of the restoration of this fantastic building. This is the photo diary of that day.
A small section of a control panel. These lights are indicating that the main circuit is not energized.
Traffic light controlled roadworks has narrowed the road to a less than ideal width.
By adopting the primary position I have asserted my presence. No traffic can pass. I control the following traffic. I am safer. No cars, vans or busses are squeezing past. This is not about getting in the way, slowing other traffic down or any other reason apart from safety. In this case the traffic was not held up due to my presence (and in any case there was nobody behind me anyway when the photo was taken).
Road cycling is a skill.
"What are the primary and secondary riding positions and when should they be used?
The primary riding position is in the centre of the lane. The secondary riding position is about a metre to the left of moving traffic, but not closer than 0.5 metres to the edge of the road (closer would mean no room for manoeuvre in emergencies and also riding over glass and other kinds of road debris)."
Learn more here: www.britishcycling.org.uk/insightzone/techniques/balance_...
The majority of the times that I have encountered a conflict of space it is because I have not adopted the primary position and controlled the traffic. For example: at mini roundabouts, road narrowings, near pedestrian refuges.
From these conflicts one builds up experience.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone starting, re-starting or has been cycling for a while. It is written by John Franklin and is UK specific.
Buy it here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Cyclecraft-complete-enjoyable-cycling-ch...
I received an invitation to photograph a controlled barn burn this morning with the men and women of the Clayton Fire Company (Station 45) and Townsend Fire Company (Station 26). What a great group of firefighters! Thanks everyone for making me feel so welcome.
The aviation control tower at Cutter Aviation at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the airport's original control tower before it was purchased and moved onto private property.
The restored control tower at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich Suffolk which contains a very interesting museum.
The ergonomic design of Winsted’s Prestige series command centers make them great technical furniture additions to any control room. The Sight-Line offers unparalleled beauty and the functionality designed specifically to meet a controller’s needs. winsted.com/l3_commandconsoles_sightline.htm
View from the controls of Gateshead Tram 10 with Porto 196 in the background.
For more images and a writeup of the event visit the Beamish Transport Blog.
Bored during the technical control of my car (titine). in the window, we can see my car beeing tortured...
Pogo Car Crash Control @ Paléo Festival Nyon, Switzerland, 20.07.2017.
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Terry rides the four wheel fire truck while Ian prepares to set some. The four wheeler has a 25 gallon water tank with a pump sprayer.
CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 28, 2010) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Airman Brandy Phillips, stands watch in primary flight control aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). Bataan is supporting Operation Unified Response off the coast of Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Tony Sisti/Released)
Falconry being used to keep other birds away. It was beautiful to watch this man handle a pair of birds