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17 Sept 2015 | Lego Challenge 260/365
Elton John thought he was discussing with Russian president Vladimir Putin on the phone about gay rights, but it turns out that the other person on the line was a prankster who shared the same first name as the Russian leader.
The Kremlin had denied that the president had contacted the singer and hinted the call could have been a hoax.
Sir Elton, who had earlier criticised Putin for his "isolating and prejudiced" attitude, told Vladimir Krasnov: "Thank you, you have made my day. This day and this conversation were the most wonderful of my life." Krasnov, also known as Vonan, said that the prank call would be broadcast on the late night talk show on Russian state TV tonight.
Wall memorial: "to the beloved memory of Fydell Edmund Garrett; Born at Elton rectory, July 1865; Died in Devon, May 1907
He gave the too short years of his working life to the service of his Country as Editor of the Cape Times, and as member of the Cape Parliament ..... "
The Cape Times had its origins in the great economic and social boom years that followed the Cape's attainment of "Responsible Government" (local democracy) in 1872. The first edition of the newspaper was published on 27 March 1876. It was the first daily paper in southern Africa, and soon became one of the principal newspapers of the Cape. Modelled on The Times, its primary target was the poor working class, as it attempted to expose early government corruption.
Fydell was one of 8 children of Rev John Fisher Garrett. curate and later rector here from the time of his ordination in 1836 until his death in 1878. His mother was his father's 2nd wife Mary, daughter of Godfrey Gray. The Garretts came from Leiston in Suffolk. The east window is in memory of his mother Mary . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/90eu1X
They lived from 1838 in a new Parsonage House – the previous one having been described as “a small house fit for a decent labourer but not fit for a clergyman.”
Fydell known as Edmund, was educated at Trinity college, Cambridge, and became a journalist on the staff of the Pall Mall Gazette in London. Two years later he was diagnosed with TB and sent to the warmer climate of South Africa for 12 months to report on its industries, people and problems. After 4 years working in London, he returned to Africa in 1895, when he became editor of the Cape Times aged 30, but had to resign 4 years later, returning home and spending several years in a sanatorium near Nayland in Suffolk.
He m 1903 Ellen Marriage 1865 – 1946 one of 4 children of Quaker , James Haworth Marriage 1913, a confectionery maker, and his wife Mary Brookfield , who had also been a patient in the sanatorium at Wiston Essex. Ellen made a full recovery, and it was thanks to her care and devotion that Garrett's life was prolonged for another 4 years — years of great happiness, despite his complete physical prostration.
They moved first to St Ives, Cornwall, then in 1904 to a cottage, Wiverton Acre, in Plympton in Devon, where he died, and was buried in the churchyard at Brixton, Devon.
To the last he occasionally wrote, chiefly on South Africa. Within a month of his death he contributed to the Standard (12 April) an article on "The Boer in the Saddle", which showed no loss of his old brilliancy and force, although the effort involved in writing it was nearly fatal.
He also wrote poems of exceptional merit
His widow Mary returned to the Home Counties after his death, - In the 1920s she was living in Notting Hill, and in the early 1930s she moved to Malvern, Worcestershire, where she died
- Church of All Saints, Elton Derbyshire
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Elton Hoyt 2nd (Michipicoten) entering the Davis lock in the summer of 1955 at Sault Ste Marie. (Unknown Photographer, Gus Schauer collection.)
Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries or other berries, meringue, and whipped cream.
Heraldry / shield - monument to Sir Thomas Proby 1st bart 1532- 1689 son of Sir Heneage Proby and Ellen daughter of Edward Allen, of Finchley
He m Frances 1685 daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bart of Connington & Margaret daughter of Lord William Howard and Elizabeth Dacre. - Church of All Saints, Elton Huntingdonshire
Costume Designer Julian Day Dives Into ‘Rocketman’s’ (2019) Glam Looks.
Rocketman, a musical film about Elton John , looks a lot like a biopic: It traces John’s life from a shy child in London through his stratospheric rise and addiction-fueled lows.
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Church of All Saints, Elton Huntingdonshire - There was a saxon church here recorded in 1086 Domesday survey. (there are saxon graves outside)
The present building was begun in 1250 - the chancel arch is of that date. The chancel, nave arcades and north aisle were rebuilt c1305. The north vestry (sacristy) was added later in 14c and was of 2 stories, access to the upper story being by the rood stairs (now blocked, the stairs and window remaining). c1460 the 2nd and 3rd bays of the south arcade were rebuilt and in 1500 the tower (which has 5 bells) was begun built from stone from nearby Ketton quarry and the aisles extended westwards to enclose the tower. c1505 the south porch was added together with the clerestory windows. (Some of the bells have their original inscriptions "Thomas Norris cast me 1631" "Wm Pix Th Barkar CH WA 1631" & "Iesvs Spede Me Onmia Fiant Ad Gloriam Dei".
Restored in 1886 by L Pearson
Nearby is Elton Hall the seat of the Sapcotes & Probys - later Earls of Carysfort who all have memorials here .
Chancel east stained glass window in memory of Mary daughter of Godfrey Gray; 2nd wife of Rev John Fisher Garrett. curate and later rector here from the time of his ordination in 1836 until his death in 1878.
There is a memorial to her son Fydell Edmund Garrett www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8LmPw5
- Church of All Saints, Elton Derbyshire
Picture with thanks - copyright Basher Eyre CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4642278