My niece and nephew... just adorable.

I love the brassing! In full working order apart from 1/15th and 1/8th second shutter speeds (which I have probably never used anyway!). I use an MR9 adapter with a 386 button battery to power the meter.

in france...

I used to clean these sort of porcelain thrones!

I don´t miss it, it is a dirty and boring profession!

Peace and Noise!

/ MushroomBrain once a cleaning lady!

Jean Nouvel 2011 - Sofitel Vienna

“GEMINI XI D-16 EQUIPMENT -- (Top Left) Tether “clip” proposed for use by Astronaut Richard F. Gordon for extravehicular activities during flight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini XI spacecraft. He will be tethered to the adapter section of the spacecraft during the D-16 experiment by a strap from the knee of his space suit “clipped” to the adapter section. (Top Right) Minimum reaction power tool planned for the D-16 experiment. (Bottom left) Adapter section showing restraint box containing minimum reaction power tool. The box will be put in this position by Astronaut Richard F. Gordon, pilot for the mission, during the D-16 experiment to determine man’s ability to perform work tasks in space and to evaluate tool performance. (Bottom right) Restraint box containing minimum reaction tool inside adapter section of Gemini IX spacecraft. The box will be pulled out to a work position by Astronaut Richard F. Gordon, during the D-16 experiment.”

Due to Gordon’s difficulties during the first EVA of the mission, which was truncated as a result, the D-16 experiment was not conducted.

Unfortunately, this was the final mission that was to have conducted such an experiment during the Gemini program, as attempts during previous missions were also thwarted.

2013

Puss in Boots

Record number: 23051301

Artist: Kubel, Otto (German, 1868-1951)

Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Der gestiefelte Kater / O. Kubel, pinx.

Item caption/descriptive text, back: 5. "Man hat mir versichert," begann der Kater, " daß Ihr die Gabe besäßet, gnädiger Herr, Euch in alle Arten von Tieren zu verwandeln." -- "Das ist auch wahr," antwortete der Zauberer, "um es dir zu beweisen, will ich mich gleich in einen Elefanten verwandeln." Der Kater war erschrocken, als er den Elefanten vor sich sah, und bat den Zauberer, sich in eine Maus zu verwandeln. Das geschah, dia Maus lief plötzlich hin und her, der Kater aber haschte sie und fraß sie auf. = "I have been told," began the cat, "that you have the gift, honored sir, of transforming yourself into all kinds of animals." "That is certainly true," answered the magician, "and to prove it to you, I will transform myself immediately into an elephant." The cat was astounded when he saw the elephant in front of him, and then asked the magician to transform himself into a mouse. That happened: the mouse suddenly ran back and forth, but the cat caught it and ate it up.

Uniform title: Grimm: Der gestiefelte Kater (“Puss in Boots”); Perrault: Le Maître chat ou Le Chat botté ("Puss in Boots" or “The Master Cat”)

Dimensions: 140 x 93 mm.

Date: ca. mid-1920s or earlier

Nationality: German

Publisher: Uvachrom Gesellschaft für Farbenphotographie m.b.H., München [Munich]-Stuttgart, [Germany]

Series: Serie 223 Nr. 4293

Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting

Interpretive notes: The Cat asks the sorcerer to demonstrate his powers. The sorcerer first transforms into an elephant; but when he then changes into a mouse, the cat catches him and gobbles him up!

Subject headings: Cats; Magicians; Monkeys; Elephants

Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design

in a month or so it'll be covered in snow...

Fall inside Thatcher Woods.

Seen in a well restored 1957 Hotchkiss Jeep M201 1/4 ton AWD.

Well restored French Jeep, with new French 1998 license number.

These jeeps are an almost 100% copy of the American Willys Jeep from WWII.

At first Delahaye built the VLR, a Jeep-like but newly designed vehicle, for the French Army. But after Delahaye broke down in 1955, Hotchkiss obtained all the assets and started production of the Willys M201 under license for the French Army.

2199cc,

1160 kg,

Production M201: 1955-1966.

See also: www.m201.com

In addition: www.afcvm.com/hotchkiss-m201/

Number seen: 1

Le Cheylard (07 Fr.), Chemin de Lapra, Aug. 5, 2015.

© 2015 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved

MTV Video Music Awards 30th Anniversary show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York USA

Live performers

Austin Mahone

Ariana Grande

Lady Gaga

Miley Cyrus

Robin Thicke

2 Chainz

Kendrick Lamar

Kayne West

Justin Timberlake

Macklemore

Ryan Lewis

Mary Lambert

Jennifer Hudson

Drake

Bruno Mars

Katy Perry

Moonman Award winners

Video of the year:

Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"

Best male video:

Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"

Best female video:

Taylor Swift — "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Artist to watch:

Austin Mahone — "What About Love"

Best pop video:

Selena Gomez — "Come & Get It"

Best rock video:

30 Seconds to Mars — "Up in the Air"

Best hip-hop video:

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us"

Best Collaboration

Pink (featuring Nate Ruess) — "Just Give Me a Reason"

Best direction:

Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) — "Suit & Tie" (Director: David Fincher)

Best choreography

Bruno Mars — "Treasure" (Choreographer: Bruno Mars)

Best visual effects:

Capital Cities — "Safe and Sound" (Visual Effects: Grady Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson)

Best art direction:

Janelle Monáe (featuring Erykah Badu) — "Q.U.E.E.N." (Art Director: Veronica Logsdon)

Best editing:

Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors" (Editors: Jarrett Fijal and Bonch LA)

Best cinematography

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us" (Directors of Photography: Jason Koenig, Ryan Lewis and Mego Lin)

Best video with a social message

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert) — "Same Love"

Best song of the summer

One Direction — "Best Song Ever"

Best latino artist

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Justin Timberlake

For more on the MTV Video Music Awards visit:

www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/

For more on MTV visit:

www.mtv.com/

Barclays Center

620 Atlantic Ave,

Brooklyn, NY 11217

(917) 618-6700

tickets@brooklynnets.com

www.barclayscenter.com/

Photo

Brooklyn, New York City, USA, North America

08/25/2013

Located in Alsace, France.

On the wharf in Santa Cruz, California, is the Woodies Café, which I-5 Design and Manufacture designed to have a fun, welcoming atmosphere that the whole family could enjoy. In keeping with the ‘Woodies’ classic car theme, we produced an internally illuminated background panel depicting a ‘woody’ on a beach setting, to be centered between the two entry columns, which were wrapped with a thick nautical rope and had authentic surfboards mounted to the face of the pilings. To see more examples of restaurant design visit our project portfolio.

There’s a quote from the TV Show The Office that I love, “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them”. How true that is, and I think while sometimes we I intuitively and subconsciously have an idea when we’re having the time of our life and a time to always be remembered, we often don’t realize just how important the time and place is that we’re living in.

So also is it with helping people. So often we don’t realize how much of an impact we are having on someone, especially when we’re just being who we are- not trying to do something to get anything in return. When just being who we are touches the life of someone you know and helps them in some way, I cannot think of many things greater than that simplistic beauty in life: be who you are, and you will make peoples’ lives better. Wow.

I love helping people because that’s my nature. Whether it’s just listening or giving advice when asked- that’s just my nature, and I’m glad that I could help someone even if just in a small way. It’s a joy for me to get to help people, whether I know them a little or a lot- it is a joy to be able to give back, so thank YOU!!!

Theme: Musings And Ramblings

Year Seven Of My 365 Project

Amputee aphid. It was only when I was processing my shots that I noticed the missing leg.

If you're wondering why this shot has so many more views than most of my others, it's because this description contains the word "amputee". Descriptions with the phrase "mature female" tend to have a similar effect. Flickr's statistics include the terms people use to search for images, so this is not supposition on my part. Apologies to those looking for more titillating images, only to arrive at a shot of an aphid with a missing leg.

Credits: ESA/IPEV/PNRA-B. Healy

#FITN First In Nation Republican Leadership Summit, Nashua, New Hampshire

Crowne Plaza Nashua

Address: 2 Somerset Pkwy, Nashua, NH 03063

Every four years, the political world descends upon New Hampshire to take part in the “First-in-the-Nation” Presidential Primary. On April 17th and 18th that excitement will again percolate in the Granite State for the #FITN Republican Leadership Conference.

Donald John Trump Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, investor, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner, and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known celebrity who was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.

In 2010, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election, though in May 2011, he announced he would not run. Trump was a featured speaker at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In 2013, Trump spent over $1 million to research a possible run for President of the United States in 2016.

I had the opportunity to meet Richard Champagne, a photographer from Montreal Canada, we talked and walked through Havana. It is always really nice to meet photographers from around the world and learn from their experiences and expertise.

Tuve la oportunidad de conocer al fotógrafo Richard Champagne de Montreal Canadá, conversamos y caminamos por la ciudad. Es siempre una oportunidad única a de conocer fotógrafos de otras latitudes, escuchar de sus experiencias y consejos.

Dragonflies are beautiful.

Male Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser and Female Broad-bodied Chaser ( depositing eggs in the water )

The Four-spotted Chaser seen landing is filmed at 240fps and slowed down to 30fps

A shot taken while hiking in the mountians of Colorado a couple years back. A brooding storm rolled in, and it felt like God was showing off his awesome might from the heavens. It was one of many hugely influencial moments for myself as an artist in finding my aesthetic style.

- Dave

maddwarfworkshop.com/

Title: Scene in Native House, Palestine

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1899

Part Of: Banks McLaurin, Jr. Stereograph Collection

Place: Israel

Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: gelatin silver; 9 x 18 cm

File: ag2000_1296_02_d10_palestine_32c_scene.jpg

Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.

For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bml/id/272

View the Banks McLaurin, Jr. Stereograph Collection

A view of Rue Frei Bernando de Brito in the fortified town of Almeida from the fortress wall.

Een kijkje op Rue Frei Bernando de Brito in de vestigingstad Almeida vanaf de vestigingswal.

Happy Window Wednesdays

Jan Lodding, Minister- Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the IAEA in Vienna, hands the Pledge Letter over to Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan, IAEA Director, Division of Nuclear Security, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, with an additional contribution of 1 million SEK to the Nuclear Security Fund. The contribution will support the Agency’s mission of strengthening nuclear security globally. The meeting is joined by Inna Pletukhina, IAEA Outreach Officer, Division of Nuclear Security. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 12 November 2020

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

In the foreground - Housing. In the background - Industry.

Unnamed falls above Hemmed-in Hollow Falls

This summer, we set up a new art studio in our backyard, with the help of our friends at Pataphysical Studios. The first project we created in our studio is a shadow puppet show called Ubu’s Dreams, and the Magic Theater, a mobile stage we built for our storytelling experiments.

To celebrate these new creative projects, we invited our friends to an open house to see the art studio, as well as preview of our puppet show on a rainy Sunday afternoon, on October 16, 2016. For that special presentation, we converted my digital studio office into a small theater, with an audience of 15 people.

Ubu's Dreams stars Père Ubu and many surreal characters from his unconscious: a big face, a raven, a cow and other creatures from the wild ubu-beyond. It explores new ways to tell stories with shadows, combining laser-cut wood figures, mechanical automata, a rich musical soundtrack as well as video and multimedia scenery.

Ubu's Dreams will be performed on November 3 and 5 at the Canessa Gallery in San Francisco, as part of our ‘Pataphysics of Dada exhibit for the Dada World Fest. This experiment was created by Mark Petrakis (a.k.a. Dr. Zboon) and Fabrice Florin (a.k.a. Dr. Fabio). Special props to Edward Janne (Dr. Mekano) for his magical automation skills, to Dan Cantrell (Dr. Bellowhead) for his incredible musical compositions, to Phyllis Florin (Dr. Phylora) and Jean Bolte (Dr. Figurine) for their wonderful set decor — and to all our friends at Pataphysical Studios for their generous support.

Learn more about Ubu’s Dreams:

bit.ly/ubu-dreams-page

Learn more about our ‘Pataphysics of Dada exhibit:

pataphysics.us/pataphysics-of-dada/

View more photos of our Art Studio:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157670244673286

View more pictures of this Magic Theater experiment on Flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157664637863884

Learn more about the Magic Theater project (originally called Théâtre Mécanique):

fabriceflorin.com/2015/01/10/theatre-mecanique/

Learn more about Pataphysical Studios:

pataphysics.us/

Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

Inci Mehmet and In Gee Chun during Wednesday's practice round at the Ricoh Women's British Open Golf Championship 2018.

Mantas. with his great hairdo

We had a weekend in Borrowdale recently, a Christmas present that we tagged a day on to. After calling at work on Saturday morning to open for business we headed up the motorway to Penrith. The road through the central lakes was washed away in the recent floods and it is going to be a long job replacing it. This made the diverted journey around 145 miles but we had a good run up there. We wanted to get walking ASAP so we pulled in at Threlkeld with a view to heading up Clough Head, and subject to conditions, head over the Dodds and back by the Old Coach Road. We had left appalling weather at home, wind, rain, fog and sleet on the tops. Thankfully it was better further north. There was laying snow on the summits, it was fairly calm low down and some summits were cloud free.

We left the car at 11.10 in our winter gear, straight up through the quarries and the steep scree slope (another Red Screes), by now we were into the snow line. The cloud was down, the wind gale force and the summit frozen hard – a different world up here. South next to Calfhow Pike, the wind made it difficult to talk and it was around -4 so the there was a fair wind-chill factor. It was tough going to our next top – Great Dodd, part of the Helvellyn massif – It was to icy to walk in places which meant deviating from the path, and losing our bearings, visibility was around ten yards with spindrift creating a whiteout at times. We battled on to the top and found the summit cairn. Great Dodd isn’t the easiest top to find your way off in low visibility, we would have gone further but in these conditions it was pointless so we retraced our steps to Calfhow and clear conditions. From here we followed Mosedale beck to Mariel Bridge, which is on the Old Coach Road, this gave us a circular route back to our start. The Old Coach Road has been wrecked by the floods and the 4x4 off roaders are making it a lot worse. 9.25 miles in 3 ¼ hours and we were in Brysons Tearooms in Keswick for Coffee and cake by 3.45pm. We carried on to Borrowdale and checked in at our hotel, not a bad day really.

After a poor night in a poor bed we were breakfasted and out for 8.30. We drove the few miles up to Seatoller and we were kitted up and away at 9.10. A bitterly cold and icy morning, there was some sun but not as much as promised. We could see the summit of Great End covered in cloud, we were heading up there on to the Sca Fell massif. We followed the valley to the east of Seathwaite Fell, a new path for us. Once in the snow the going was very icy with the path ice covered in places. The snow was dry and powdery and in places it had blown over the underlying ice. At this point I might add, we do own crampons. After a winter of splashing around soaked we didn’t expect to need them and they were at home – very clever! This was our first real winters day this winter, other than an hour on Sca Fell Pike on Christmas Day, we haven’t seen winter conditions this winter. By the time we got to Esk Hause it was difficult to stay upright and on our way to Great End we had to pick our way very carefully around the worst of the ice. The spindrift made it difficult to see the ground at times, spinning around our feet in a mist. Once on the summit the cloud was thick and the wind speed high. We had been here fairly recently so I knew the layout of the summit and we had little difficulty finding the summit cairn. We were cursing our lack of crampons and the cloud. Instead of heading into the cloud along the Sca Fell Pike path we decided to get under the cloud, back to Esk Hause and head over Allen Crags and Glaramara. At this point we both took some heavy falls, as did others up there, a lot turned around and headed back down, it was deadly. The cloud had thickened, there wasn’t a ray of sun to soften things. Our chosen route was one of the hardest afternoons we had ever had. Everywhere was frozen solid, we had to kick toe or heel holes to move on slopes that we wouldn’t have broken stride on normally. Minor rock scrambles down steep crags had become life threatening in places and we proceeded with extreme care. The knees were creaking on the long descent to Seathwaite. 10.3 miles in six hours, almost half the speed of yesterday. We made it Keswick for afternoon tea – and bought some Micro Spikes for unfinished business to deal with tomorrow. A beautiful day was forecast so fingers crossed we headed back for a soak in the tub.

Day three, a gorgeous icy, sunny winters day. Things looked promising. We left along yesterday’s route at the same start time – with walking poles and Micro Spikes! At the top of the valley we met a guy who had set off before us, two guys known to him were picking their way through the crags, tiny specks on the 800 foot rocky crag. Some appeared to have tried to climb the snow filled chimney that runs to the summit but we heard later that conditions weren’t suitable. Even though it was minus four the sun had softened the snow just enough to get a grip and it was easier to avoid the worst of the ice, unlike yesterday. The summit of Great End was incredible with never ending vistas. We could see a steady stream of walkers on every path by now. Word had got out that we were in for a rare treat today, plus it was school half term so a lot of people were off work. I visited every possible viewpoint as we went to the summit of Ill Crag , Broad Crag and finally Sca Fell Pike. It was 1.00 PM by now and a steady stream of elated walkers were arriving on England’s highest point. It was bitter but beautiful. We had around five miles back to the car along the Corridor Route to Styhead, Stockley Bridge and Seathwaite. Part of this route we had covered recently on Christmas Day and despite the snow and ice we powered along. We would have been back in two hours but! A mile from the car, following the manmade path down Taylorgill Force to Stockley Bridge Jayne Stumbled. It’s not often she walks in front. I normally lead and relay instructions and warnings back to her. She hit the rock path with her head and face really hard, stunned, she rolled off the path over a drop. She was vertical, resting on a rock on her knees and clinging on to the edge of the path with her fingertips. I grabbed her rucksack and held her whilst I checked her injuries. She had a bad bump on her temple, another on her forehead, split the bridge or her nose, her glasses had gone flying but would straighten. Being left handed she had stuck her left hand out and it had been bent back, it was swelling and discolouring pretty fast. When I had established that nothing was serious enough to stop her moving I got her back on to the path to see to her injuries. The pain initially made her think that she was in a worse state than ( I thought) she really was. She could move her fingers and wrist, albeit with some pain but not enough for it to be broken. The wound to the bridge of her nose although very painful wasn’t going to be a problem. The bumps on her head were turning into eggs by now. I gave her Ibuprofen and Paracetemol and she sat and composed herself for the final mile. We made it to the café in Keswick and got a slightly later afternoon break, our first of the day again. 11.3 miles today in 6 ¼ hours and fairly tough going. It was nothing more than a careless, tired perhaps, stumble on one of the horrible ( our own opinion, I might add) manmade paths made out of irregular stones which are laid at odd angles and are a nightmare to descend when wet on tired legs. A few days later and Jayne is sat on reception at the doctors looking like she’s been boxing, with a purple eye and nose, her left hand swollen and purple – otherwise she’s OK. I came down with mild food poisoning during the night and had to drive 145 miles home at 8.00 the morning after feeling extremely ill. I was due to start fasting for a Colonoscopy in three days. I ended up eating six slices of toast over a four day period – Monday evening to Thursday evening- Having had over 40 stomach endoscopies in twenty years the colonoscopy was nothing more than uncomfortable and , subject to biopsy results, everything looked OK. The trapped wind was another matter – for two days! All in all a very traumatic week. Needless to say we didn’t use the Micro Spikes.

Photograph from the Norwich Mercury 23rd June 1917.

Corpl. E. Hammond, Norfolks, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. G. Towler, Bradfield, North Walsham, killed in action in France, May 21st

Probably

HAMMOND, EDWARD

Rank:…………………………Corporal

Service No:……………….17230

Date of Death:………….22/05/1917

Regiment:………………….Norfolk Regiment, 8th Bn.

Panel Reference:………Bay 3.

Memorial:……………………ARRAS MEMORIAL

CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/785067/HAMMOND,%20EDWARD

Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Corporal 17230 Edward Hammond was Killed in Action on the 22nd May 1917 whilst serving with the 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. He was born Antingham, Norfolk and enlisted Doncaster, Yorkshire. No place of residence is shown.

(Note date discrepancy between the newspaper and the other sources).

The Medal Index Card for Corporal 17230 Edward Hammond, Norfolk Regiment, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/8/234076.

He had originally been a Private in the same Regiment when he first entered a Theatre of War.

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6248993

His Service Records appear to have been destroyed in the Incendiary attack during the Blitz on the Warehouse where they were stored .

No obvious Missing Persons enquiry held by the International Red Cross.

No match on Picture Norfolk

No obvious Soldiers Will or Civil Probate for this man.

There is a Percy Hammond, son of John and Laura Bell, and an Ernest Towler recorded on the Bradfield War Memorial.

www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Bradfield.html

Birth ?

There are several Edward Hammonds born in the right areas of Norfolk between 1877 and 1881 – the most likely period of his birth given the various ages given on the censuses.

I could not find a baptism for Edward recorded online, but I did find three of his siblings. Joseph Walter, Emma Jane and Alfred Alexander were all baptised at St Margaret, Paston, Norfolk on the 20th October 1867. Parents were George, an Innkeeper, and Harriet. No dates of birth are given, but Emma was recorded as aged 5, Joseph was age 3 and Alfred was aged 1.

freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818c0ade93790eca3...

freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818c0ade93790eca3...

freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818c0ade93790eca3...

1881 Censuses of England & Wales, and Scotland.

The 3 year old Edward Hammond, born Antingham, Norfolk, was recorded living at the Barge Inn, Antingham. This was the household of his parents George, (aged 51 and a Farmer and Licensed Victualler, born East Ruston, Norfolk) and Harriet, (aged 45 and born Stalham). As well as Edward their other children living with them are:-

Joseph W…aged 16….born Paston, Norfolk…Farm Apprentice

Alfred A….aged 14…..born Paston, Norfolk…Apprentice

Harriet S….aged 12…..born Paston, Norfolk

Laura A…..aged 10…..born Paston

Anthony J..aged 7…….born Antingham

John H……aged 5……born Antingham

James A…..aged 2 months..born Antingham

1891 Censuses of England & Wales, and Scotland.

The Hammond family were still at the Barge Inn, Antingham. As well as parents George, (aged 61, Publican and Farmer, born East Ruston, Norfolk) and Harriet, (aged 55, occupation stated as “Pub”, born Stalham, Norfolk), their other children still single and living with them are:-

Joseph W….aged 27…..Drapers Assistant

Laura A……aged 20

John H…….aged 14..…Cabinet Makers Apprentice

Edward…….aged 12

James A……aged 10….born Antingham

His future wife, the 5 year old Edith Towler, born Brandon, was recorded living in a dwelling on Thetford Road, Brandon. This was the household of her parents George, (aged 36, a General Labourer born “Belvor” Norfolk), and Mary A, (aged 42?, a Fur Culler?, born Brandon, Suffolk). Edith has 5 siblings living with her including a brother Ernest, aged 9, born Brandon).

1901 Censuses of England & Wales, and Scotland.

The 72 year old widower George Hammond, a Farmer and Publican from East Ruston, was recorded as the head of a household on Bradfield Road, North Walsham. Two of his unmarried sons were living with him – Edward, (23, Cattleman on Farm) and James, (20, Drapers Assistant)., as well as his married daughter Laura, (24), her husband John Bell, (27, Horseman on Farm, born “South Repps”, Norfolk) and their 3 children:-

Percy….aged 9….born Antingham

Ellen…..aged7…..born North Walsham

Lilly……aged 5….born North Walsham

(Presumably Percy Bell is the Percy Hammond, son of John and Laura Bell, who is recorded on the Bradfield War Memorial).

The Towler family were still living at Thetford Road, Brandon although married mother Mary A, (aged 50 and working from home as a Fur Clipper), was recorded as the Head of the household. As well as Edith, (15, General Domestic Servant), she has two other unmarried daughters living with her.

1905 – Marriage

The marriage of an Edward Hammond to an Edith Towler was recorded in the Smallburgh District of Norfolk in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1905.

1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911 – Norfolk Registers of Electors

An Edward Hammond was recorded as eligible to vote in Parliamentary, County Council and Parish elections as a result of being a (Male) householder of a dwelling house “Near Ponds”, Bradfield. The 1908 edition records that he had moved there from North Walsham.

1908 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CMK-YV9

1909 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYP-4N1

1910 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CMC-6XK

1911 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CML-GMW

1911 Census of England & Wales

The 30 year old Edward, a Labourer in Bone Mills and born Antingham, was recorded as the married head of a household in the village of Bradfield, North Walsham, Norfolk. He lives there with his wife of 5 years, Edith, (25, born Brandon, Suffolk). So far the couple have had 3 children, all then still alive and living with them.

Doris…….aged 4…….born Bradfield

Audrey…..aged 2…….born Bradfield

Raymond..aged 7 (or 9?) months…born Bradfield

Ediths’ mother, the “57” year old Mary Towler, born Brandon, was recorded as the married head of a household at Bradfield, North Walsham, Norfolk. She states she has been married 30 years and has had 7 children, of which 5 were then still alive. Staying with her as a visitor is the 73 year old widow, Rebecca Towler, born Brandon. Also in the household is her unmarried daughter Maud, (20, Dressmaker, born Brandon), unmarried niece Rose Olby, (36, Dressmaker, born Brandon) and two boarders.

Post August 1911 it became compulsory when registering a birth in England and Wales with the civil authorities to also record the mothers maiden name. A search of the General Registrars Office Index of Births for England and Wales for children registered with the surname Hammond, mothers maiden name Towler throws up one potential additional child of Edward and Edith. The birth of a Vera M M Hammond was registered in the Smallburgh District of Norfolk in the October to December quarter, (Q4), of 1912.

1912, 1913 and 1914 – Norfolk Register of Electors

An Edward Hammond was recorded as eligible to vote in Parliamentary, County Council and Parish elections as a result of being a (Male) householder of a dwelling house “Near Ponds”, Bradfield.

1912 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CM8-1V6

1913 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1P-1LJ

1914 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CMN-XNL

On the day

Battalion War Diary

N.30.d.0.2 18th to 20th May 1917.

Battalion remained in this sector. With the exception of desultory hostile shelling, there was nothing to report.

Operation Order No.7 issued at 1 pm 20th for raid night of 20th/21st – Appendix 14.

(Note the copy of the War Diary held at the National Archive does not include the May appendices. As one specifically lists casualties for the month, this might have given some indication as to the fate of those who died during this month).

22nd to 31st. Battalion remained in this camp and carried out training, etc.

An airman assists in placing over 265,000 U.S. flags at every gravesite, columbarium court column, and niche wall column as part of Flags-In at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 27, 2021.

For more than 50 years, soldiers from The Old Guard have honored our nation’s fallen military heroes by placing U.S. flags at the gravesites of service members buried at both Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery just prior to the Memorial Day weekend. For the first time in 20 years, members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard placed flags alongside soldiers from The Old Guard across the 639 acres of Arlington National Cemetery.

(U.S. Army photos by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

As I wrote earlier, I have been ill.

All day.

Jools is feeling tip top, so while I lay hovering close to death laying in my pit, she went to the gym for a workout, then, on the way back gets me a coffee from Starbucks opposite the hotel. Opposite and down a bit, then to the left. But close enough.

I drink that pretty quick, but I am not feeling very sharp at all.

So after Jools has a shower, she goes out for a wander and I stay in bed, listening to the radio, whilst my stomach empties.

And by one in the afternoon, I was feeling more human, so I began to think about what to do when Jools came back. And at just gone two, I see her in her coat coming back, carrying a huge cup of coffee for me.

She has been out on the L, going to various points she knew not where, as got lost twice, but had a good time.

What did I want to do?

Ride the L of course.

She sighs. Well, she put the idea in my head.

At quarter to three we go out, walk three blocks to the subway, where three bucks gets us one trip, to anywhere in the system.

We take two stops, then get out and go to the street onto the L, where I am happy as anything, standing at the very back of the train, snapping the scene as the train headed south.

After three stops, and going round a tight curve at a junction, of which I get pictures. And I am happy.

We get off and wander along the streets, stopping off at a health food place for a bag of chips and some juice.

I felt a little better.

Walk some more, back over the river, on a road that ran parallel with Michigan, as the designer shops and crowds are so boring.

After a few blocks, I see a tap room, and I am thirsty, so go over for a pint of porter. Which hits the spot, but goes straight to my head.

Of course.

Meanwhile, the dark clouds that had swept over the city in the afternoon were now producing light rain, and we scuttled north getting closer to the hotel.

We come to a bbq place, and I say, shall we eat here? I mean, its nearly five, eat early, back in our room and relax?

So we do.

Jools has a half baby back rib and I have brisket, both of which were good. Stunning to me who had not eaten in some 22 hours.

As ever, the food came with a side, and we also asked for onion rings. A small mountain of those came, which we made a fair dent in.

The ribs and brisket were stunning, the best of either I have had. So a win there.

But we left so much food as we both had had enough. It will get trashed.

The rain had stopped, so we walk back to the hotel in the thinning crowds as the time approached half six, and back in our room soon after.

Tomorrow, things will change, somewhat....

In later years Mr McCann used the fleetname Tony McCann Coaches in preference to Brown Motor Services.

Bedford YRQ / Willowbrook no 4 (LPD 12K), new to Tillingbourne, in Guildford on route 845 in 1981.

Just toying around with 3D. I hear it's the latest fad. Break out those red-n-blue glasses, kids.

Photowalk in Todoroki Ravine. This was at the shrine at the end of the walk. Great late afternoon light and beautiful colours.

japanorama.co.uk/2010/12/15/photowalk-in-todoroki-ravine/

Mamiya 645AFDii

Mamiya 80mm f/1.9

Berlin 2016

A little boat in cambodia can be a house, a shop, everything.

Exposure: 1/2500 s at f/6,3

Focal length: 200 mm

ISO: 400

Full resolution: 4904x3248

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