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Here's the guy digging on the mound...
Pottery shards from the big mound near Jalalabad. Dave and I have been unable to get more information about it.
It's clearly man-made. Look at it in the satellite imagery (link below). Seriously. There used to be a building on the top. You can tell it's man made by the way the rocks and dirt are piled.
None of the locals I've interviewed have any idea who put it there. It's been there for as long as any of them have a verbal history.
What we do know is there's lots of pottery shards... thousands of them.
Last time we were here some of the locals told us after it rains kids search the mound and sometimes find old coins. Further questioning got nowhere.
Dave and I like to hike here, it's got a great view of the valley. This time we found a guy at the top digging for artifacts, and he found one while we were there. It was a large clay bead with designs in it. He offered to sell it to us... and while I wanted to I didn't because we 1) don't want to reward that behavior and 2) it's bad form and if it isn't it should be illegal.
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Potatoes to market
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 31 May 2013.
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Gradients as steep as 1 in 40 tackled by small engines produced spectacular sights on the Nidd Valley Light Railway. A freight train, bound for the Scar House Reservoir construction site and probably carrying bagged cement, is pictured in 1934 by H.G.W. Household. It is double headed and double banked. The location appears to be on the section beyond Lofthouse station, possibly the approach to Scar House Tunnel. The gradient has just eased, indicated by the angle of the rearmost engine. Note the bicycle leaning on the fence. Most likely, the photographer used it to reach this isolated location near the head of Nidderdale. The railway, opened in 1907 and owned and operated by Bradford Corporation Waterworks Department, closed to all traffic in 1937. Passenger services ceased on New Year's Eve, 1929.
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We went outside this morning before it got too hot and played ball, then while I was off taking photos she decided to amuse herself and dig a hole. I had to take a photo of her, she had that devilish look on her face.
Fish and wildlife biologist Chris Dellith helps a team of 9 and 10 year old students dig a spot for their plant in the new Schoolyard Habitat.
There's one workman to work the machine, one to do stuff in the bottom of the hole, and one to chat to his mates on his mobile.
This is the entrance for a beautiful cave.
If you expect a tiger or bear to be in this one, then you are in for a surprise. This is in a beach and is constructed by those who can walk only sideways! This is a cave whose entrance was not more than 1 cm.
Audio is live recording capturing the combination of the sea breeze and the sound of the waves.
Members from the Operators Union, Local No. 302 explain how to run a skid loader during the Try a Trade expo at the Satsop Industrial Park. The event was sponsored by Kiewit-General, design-builder for the 520 Pontoon Construction Project, the Thurston-Lewis-Mason Central Labor Council and Laborers Local No. 252, and gave high schoolers a unique opportunity to learn from professionals while trying out their skills on construction equipment to help them determine potential career paths.
Digging for worms, Penzance
*I think this is the only time I have used a shot, straight from the camera with nothing done apart from re-sizing!
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Our maintenance crews had their work cut out for them digging out from a storm at the I-90 Ryegrass Rest Area.
The boys were digging a latrine behind the health post. At the bottom of a very deep hole a little boys was digging out the dirt
Yesterday was that unusual day we get along about January some years, a day when it seems like nearly every bird we have that visits our yard decides to come visit at once. And on this day, we had a flock of ten or twelve Northern Cardinals working the feeder while the snow gently fell to the ground around them - multiple males and females alike. That's a treat in itself.
Along with the Cardinals, we had Blue Jays, House Finches, a Downy Woodpecker, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Juncos, the Carolina Wren, and a mix of Sparrows of course, all together for a period of about forty minutes. And all the while this was going on, a handful of Squirrels was playing tag among the birds in the trees out back.
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A rather grubby, and somewhat unloved, war memorial found right in Gloucester's City Centre. It's located on the exterior west wall of St Michael's church tower, and it is a little difficult to read in places.
I'm still trying to find out about the two units mentioned on the memorial:
The Volunteer Training Corps was a voluntary home defence militia. A sort of Home Guard.
Not yet found out anything much about the Gloucester VTC, but there's an article on the KORL museum site which explains how things were organised in their Lancashire area.
"The Volunteer movement of 1914-1919 appears to have originated spontaneously, mainly from the action taken by ex-officers and members of the old Volunteer Force in forming Miniature Rifle Clubs and later, “Volunteer Training Corps”, entirely self-supporting and not under War Office recognition."
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"1914 - 1918
Gloucester Volunteer Training Corps and 'A' Company III Volunteer Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
In Memory of those who passed through to the Supreme Sacrifice for Honour and Freedom in the Great War.
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Erected by grateful Comrades"
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R. I. P.
L/Cpl PLY/2444(S) Clifford Andrews (probable match)
06.04.18 Pozières Memorial
1st Royal Marine Battalion, R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
The following information was found on the Great War Forum site (thanks to Somerset Sniper)
Service History:
Enlisted at Gloucester 19/9/17 age 27 ; Embarked RM Brigade 16/11/17 ; Draft for BEF 19/3/18, posted to 1st RM Bn. from Base Depot Calais 24/3/18-6/4/18
Appointed Lance Corporal (paid) 26/1/18
Previous occupation: A Slaughterman
Next of kin:
Mother:- Sarah Andrews, Stoborough, Wareham, Dorset (ADM/159)
Wife:- Eliza E.J. Andrews, 1 Alma Terrace, Bristol Rd., Gloucester (ADM/242)
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09.04.18 Loos Memorial
157th Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery
20.03.17 Rouen
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regt
Age 18
L/Cpl CH/2657(S) Claude A. Browning (possible match)
07.10.18 Buegny, nr Cambrai
1st Royal Marine Battalion, R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Captain Basil V. Bruton Mentioned in Despatches
15.06.18 Boscon, nr Asiago, Italy
1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt
Gunner/Signaller 107017 Francis H. Chubb
01.07.17 Vlamertinghe, nr Ypres
262nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Pte 7/18827 Henry J. Coleman (possible match)
13.04.18 St Omer
96th Battalion, Training Reserve
transferred to (378296) Base Depot, (attached XV Corps School) Labour Corps
01.05.18 Godewaersvelde, nr Poperinge
298th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
formerly Pte (30364) Gloucestershire Regt., and Gunner (13935) RGA
WO 372/5/222385
27.04.18 Robecq, nr Bethune
2/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regt
formerly Pte (46146) Hampshire Regt
WO 372/6/206483
Harold D. Evans
Pte 128339 Kingsley S. Franklin
29.04.18 Villars-Bretonneux
Machine Guns Corps (Infantry)
Age 19
24.10.18 Ramillies, nr Cambrai
'A' Company, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
James C. Jenkins (possible match)
Air Mechanic 263531 2nd Class David L. Kiddle
18.09.19 Wimille, nr Boulogne
91st Wing, Royal Air Force
Age 18
22.10.18 Lijssenthoek, nr Ypres
1/1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regt
04.10.17 Tyne Cot Memorial
1/5th Gloucestershire Regt
WO 372/12/76653
Stanley. W. E. Lewis Military Medal (possible match)
10.08.17 Menin Gate Memorial
7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regt
21.09.17 Tyne Cot Memorial
Bedfordshire Regt (posted to 1/1st Herefordshire Regt)
William A. Palmer
Thomas G. Smith
Pte 61059 Stanley Victor Stubbs
22.10.18 Kalamaria, Greece
78th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps
Henry I. Thomas
Pte 38044 Gilbert G. Trenfield
25.02.19 Gloucester
Labour Company, Hampshire Regt, transf. to (108513) 275th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps
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From The Citizen: Friday 7th December 1917
"Gloucester Volunteer Corps
'A' Company, 3rd Battalion Gloucester Volunteer Regiment
Captain: W. Jarratt Thorpe
Orders for Week Ending 14th December 1947
Officer on Duty: Lieut T. L. Drury
Orderley Sergeant: Sgt J. W. Brown
Orderly Corporal: Corp W. T. Chinery
Sunday 9th December at 2.30pm
Drill Order
If wet, Great Coats to be worn
Band and Recruits to attend
Tuesday 11th
Platoon 3 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm
Wednesday 12th
Platoon 4 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm
Hotchkiss Class at 7.30pm
Thursday 13th
Officers and N.C.O.'s to attend a lecture at City Drill Hall, Brunswick Road at 7.30pm
Friday 14th
Platoons 1 and 2 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm
Recruits to attend Tuesday and Friday at 7.30pm and 8.30pm
Band to attend Wednesday at 8pm
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Gloucestershire Archives:
D11985: William Jarratt Thorpe, soldier, exponent of badger digging: diaries detailing badger digging, terrier breeding and hunt activity across Gloucestershire 1913-1925
See Gloucester Journal around 1st August 1917 for death announcement
A couple of men digging clams in ME Got to admire the people that do this job for a living! Hubby and I walked the shoreline here yesterday for about an hour..both of us fell on slippery rocks....we're OK thankfully...the joys of aging LOL...hope you all have a great day/night..thanks so much for your visits!
Miners work parcels of land which but right up against another man's land. As a result, some mines are carved nearly vertically downward.
More of the story at www.adamcohn.com/thoughts/2008/04/searching-for-diamonds-...