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Some people have said how boring the pictures of Jungle Ops Duke were. Here's some alternative pictures to liven things up a bit.
Several of these little gems were fluttering about today - this one perched just long enough for me to get a few shots. They are tiny, delightful butterlies and a first for me - so a special afternoon.
This is my bike. Her name is Daisy (think Dukes of Hazard). I love this bike to bits. Pity I dropped it about 3 hours after this shot was taken.
A grade II listed building in Great Yarmouth
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/145179...
THE IRON DUKE
The Iron Duke is a Grade II listed Art Deco pub with a fascinating history. The pub was the work of architect Arthur W. Ecclestone, who was responsible for designing several other notable buildings in the local area including the The Clipper Schooner in Great Yarmouth (1938) and the Never Turn Back in Caister (1956).
The pub was built for Lacons Brewery which was based in Great Yarmouth, and at its height produced 25 million pints of beer a year, had 300 pubs throughout East Anglia and 50 in London. It closed in 1968, but the name has recently been revived by a local brewer operating on a much smaller scale. The use of the falcon in relief panels and sculptural decoration on Lacons establishments became an instantly recognisable image for local people.
Construction began in the late 1930s but was halted due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite being incomplete, it was granted a licence in 1940 to serve the soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns on North Denes. Building work was completed in 1948. The pub's counters are made from teak from Admiral Jellicoe’s Dreadnought Battleship, HMS Iron Duke (1912). This was the flagship of the Grand Fleet which led the British fleet in the Battle of Jutland, from which the pub takes its name.
The pub has been vacant since 2008 but in December 2020 Great Yarmouth Borough Council agreed a loan enabling Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust to purchase the building. We have undertaken emergency repairs to ensure the building is wind- and water-tight and are in the process of developing a scheme of repair and sustainable reuse.
From - The Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust website
www.greatyarmouthpreservationtrust.org/the-iron-duke
27 November 2024
Plans to restore a Grade II listed pub back to its 1930s heyday have been submitted for more grant funding.
The Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust (GYPT) wants to reopen the now-derelict Iron Duke pub in the seaside Norfolk town.
The charity has already been handed nearly £300,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, but it applied for a second round of funding on Thursday.
"This is an extraordinarily exciting project which will see a fascinating and beautiful building brought back to life," said Bernard Williams, chairman of GYPT.
"The robust and thorough approach to the development period has left no stone unturned.
"There have been extensive below-ground surveys, historic paint analysis; even unexploded bomb surveys.
"All this work, together with the sensitive architectural design work and business planning, will help get the building restored and back in use."
According to The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), external, the pub was granted a special licence so it could serve locally stationed troops during World War Two.
The pub reopened its doors to the public in 1948, but was boarded up by its former owner in 2007 - the SAHGB said.
GYPT purchased the building in February 2021 and hopes to reopen by 2026.
Carl Smith, the Conservative leader of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, said the local authority was pleased to lend its support to "such an ambitious vision".
The charity and its commercial partner, Zaks, want a pub and restaurant inside what would be an art deco-style building, as well as two holiday flats.
GYPT said it would submit applications for planning permission and listed building consent next week.
However, plans for the Iron Duke have been opposed by the group, Campaign for Pubs.
It said it wanted the pub reinstated as a "traditional pubic house with its original features restored".
In a statement, the group added: "Our view of the Iron Duke is that the pub's location, at the northern end of North Denes, is in an area served by very few public houses and we would expect that the seaside holiday trade coupled with the local population would take advantage of the pub should it be recommissioned."
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BR Standard 8P, number 71000, Duke of Gloucester heads North towards Arley on the Severn Valley Railway having just crossed over Victoria Bridge.
Howdy,
the picture was taken last weekend when the PI (principal investigator)
of our lab, Tobias Egner, invited all of the lab members over for dinner
at his beautiful home in Mebane. After enjoying his home-made lasagne
and excellent Margaritas prepared by his wife, who works at Duke
Hospital's General Surgery, and a few appetizers that the lab members
brought, we did some pumpkin carving. That might not be that special,
but like a lot of other research labs here at Duke, ours too is a rather
international crowd, and for 2 of us the carving was a "first",
including me. Thus, we were extremely proud with the results which are
shown in the picture - and in the background you cam see a few dark
spooky faces of the contributors a.k.a. the Egner Lab.
- Franziska
I am unable to find the exact date for the Estate, but Bagshawes engineering closed in 1972, and the front building burned down in 1978. So 1980's would be a good guess 32 years later it is being demolished for 200 homes.
I surpose they are going to need someone to use the 'Waste Of Money' busway. dunstabelle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/waste-of-money-busway....
Greenpeace and Charlotte community partners rally at Duke Energy headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 7, 2015. The coalition is calling on Duke, a monopoly utility holding its annual shareholder meeting, to stop blocking customer access to solar energy while exposing communities to toxic coal ash. Photo by Jason Miczek/Greenpeace
I am unable to find the exact date for the Estate, but Bagshawes engineering closed in 1972, and the front building burned down in 1978. So 1980's would be a good guess 32 years later it is being demolished for 200 homes.
I surpose they are going to need someone to use the 'Waste Of Money' busway. dunstabelle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/waste-of-money-busway....