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DB Schenker class 60 no. 60099 approaches Tamworth on 6E54 10.40 Kingsbury - Humber discharged tanks.
29th June 2012
Added an anit-cant level and a rubber eyepiece to the ZEQ polar scope.
Tested it under the stars last night, love the rubber eyepiece, no more cold metal against your eyebrow...:)
The Bombings of 1940 forced a reappraisal of deep-shelter policy and at the end of October the Government decided to construct a system of deep shelters linked to existing tube stations. London Transport was consulted about the sites and required to build the tunnels at the public expense with the understanding that they were to have the option of taking them over for railway use after the war. With the latter point in mind, positions were chosen on routes of possible north-south and east-west express tube railways. It was decided that each shelter would comprise two parallel tubes 16 foot 6 inches internal diameter and 1,600 feet long and would be placed below existing station tunnels at Clapham South, Clapham Common, Clapham North, Stockwell, Oval, Goodge Street, Camden Town, Belsize Park, Chancery Lane and St. Pauls...Each tube would have two decks, fully equipped with bunks, medical posts, kitchens and sanitation and each installation would accommodate 9,600 people...All the deep level shelters were sub-divided into sleeping areas. Each tunnel was divided into 4 sections with connecting doors between them. Each section was given a name. At Clapham South they were all naval commanders. The northern entrance sections (i.e. those accessed directly from the northern lift without crossing to the other side) were named: Freemantle, Beatty, Evans, Anson, Nelson, Jellicoe, Madden and Inglefield while those accessed from the southern entrance were: Grenville, Hardy, Drake, Oldham, Keppel, Parry and Ley. Each section had bunks fitted longitudinally along the outer wall, a single at the top, a double in the middle and a single at the bottom. Along the inner wall bunks were fitted across the passage forming bays. There were 7.952 bunks in total and each bunk was allocated to a named person. If they didn't turn up one night the bunk remained unused...Although work on them began in November 1940 there were difficulties in obtaining sufficient labour and materials so the first one was only ready in March 1942 and the other seven were finished later that year. Access to them was by ticket in order to help control numbers and prevent disruption to the underground network. There was considerable pressure to open the shelters to relieve the strain on London’s tube stations from people sheltering from the bombing, but the authorities were concerned about the cost of maintaining the shelters once opened and preferred to keep them in reserve in case the bombing intensified. Clapham South was used as weekend troop accommodation from 1943. The start of the attacks on London by V1 flying bombs (commonly known as ‘doodlebugs’) in June 1944, followed by the V2 rocket campaign in September that year, caused many of the deep shelters to be made fully available to the public; Clapham South opened on 19 July 1944. The south entrance, next door to what was the Odeon cinema, was in a small compound that housed administrative offices and ticket printing presses for all eight deep shelters. The shelters were used for their original purpose for less than a year. The north section closed on 21 October 1944 and the shelter was transferred from the Ministry of Home Security to the Ministry of Works on 1 October 1945. Clapham South closed completely on 7 May 1945 and from June 1945 it found a new use as a military leave hostel and for one month in June 1946 it acted as an armed-forces troop billet. At the end of the war, London had a severe labour shortage and the Colonial Office sought to recruit a labour force from Britain’s colonies. At that time there were no immigration restrictions for citizens from one part of the British Empire moving to another part. An advertisement appeared in Jamaica's Daily Gleaner on 13 April 1948 offering transport to the UK for a fare of £28.10s (£28.50) for anyone who wanted to work in the UK. As a result the ship MV Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury later in 1948 carrying 492 worker migrants from Jamaica. However, as there was no accommodation for the new arrivals the Colonial Office decided to house them in the deep-level shelter at Clapham South.
The nearest labour exchange to Clapham South was on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton so the men sought jobs there. As a result Brixton became a focus for West Indian settlers from that point onwards with successive arrivals making their way to the developing
community. The actual time the deep-level shelter was occupied by new arrivals was relatively short as the men all quickly found jobs and accommodation, and successfully integrated into many parts of south London.
[Subterranea Britannica]
Athenry to Claremorris Railway Line - MP Tuam 15 1/2.
Lisduff Level Crossing (XE303) on the N17, Mayo 23rd August 2012.
After a long dry spell that stretched since early summer, the streams are back. Sheep Shearer Brook has settled to a steady flow, gathering power from the surrounding forest and heading in a hurry to the sea. It's a good thing they're beautiful, because I miss the ease of walking up on dry ground, skipping over tiny trickles and wet rocks underfoot. Now it's harder making my way, and crossing between banks is a rarer proposition. The woods are really looking bare now, in the low quarters where leaves were already sporadic sights. The forest floor has a fresh bed of what's fallen; quiet eddies crowded with what currents sift their way. It's a rush I don't mind wanting – a high as true to life as the level-headed lows. Sharp breeze in the rushing hollow, soft warmth in what's left of the light.
October 21, 2022
Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia
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You'll have to wait for my full thoughts on the iPhone 6/6 Plus and their cameras. And I haven't even looked at all of my photos yet. But I'm very pleased with many of shots I came home with today.
(OK, technically, "the shots I came to the Panera a few Green Line stops away" with.)
Note: this photo was published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) Wild Exploration Travel Photography blog, titled "Cool “Digital Photography” Images," with the same detailed notes as what I had written here on this Flickr page. It was also published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) Digital Camera Product Reviews blog titled "Online Digital Photography Course – Take Your Skills to Another Level!" And it was published in a Dec 2, 2010 Photography Method blog, with the same title that I used as the caption on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2011, the photo was published among a collection of other photos in a May 11, 2011 Ruby Jayelle Tumblr page.
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a May 9, 2013 blog titled "Best Portable Toilets in Central Park, New York." And it was published in a Nov 22,2013 blog titled "10 Best Places to Visit in New York," as well as an undated (early Dec 2013) blog titled "Applaud Mayor for Replacing Landfill with Solar Panels."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an Oct 10,2014 blog titled "New York City’s Central Park in Autumn."
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On Nov 6, 2009 a group of roughly 150 members of the NYC Digital Photography Meetup Group (which comprises some 2,556 members, according to its website) assembled at the southeast corner of New York's Central Park for a "meetup" that consisted of a walk through Central Park to capture the fall foliage. A few people knew each other from previous meetups, but most of us were there for the first time, and knew only that we were in the midst of a lot of people with "serious" cameras. Introductions were made, hands were shaken, cameras were compared, but with rare exceptions, names were quickly forgotten -- except for lyman91, who served as the organizer for the afternoon's activities. After all, it wasn't a college mixer; we were there to get some nice photographs...
Once we got started, we walked past the pond in the southeast corner of the park, up to a picturesque bridge, and then along the southern edge of the park until we reached another picturesque bridge by the southwest corner of the park. From there, we ventured north, past Tavern on the Green, past the Sheep Meadow, up to the 72nd Street entrance (where many photos were dutifully snapped of Strawberry Fields, and the Dakota apartment building where John Lennon lived at the time of his death). We then walked around parts of the boat pond, and a little further north into the Ramble ... at which point, the late-afternoon shadows were dark enough that I decided to call it a day and head on home.
As someone observed early in the walk, "fall foliage" in New York City is not the same as it is up in Vermont and New Hampshire. There are no fiery reds, no mountainsides of bright orange trees. Our trees are more subdued: there were a few bright yellow ones (don't ask me what kind they were; I have no idea), but most of the trees were "rust-colored" at best.
Still, it was a pleasant walk; the temperature was a little cool, but the skies were a brilliant blue, and there wasn't a cloud to be seen. I took fewer photos than I would have expected -- only about 300 -- and I'll upload the "keepers" throughout the week, as I edit them and put them in reasonable shape... and I'll look forward to another photo meetup sometime in the future. Next time, hopefully I will remember a few names...
Next Level Fighting held an event at the Spot Bar on Saturday night,
July 29. It had that gritty "old-timey" backroom feel to it
that is lost on so many of the slick events held today. I
helped coordinate the event so there wasn't much time to shoot. I got a
few off though. Boyz were bangin!!
We finally turned Ava’s car seat to face the front that day and tested Evan to see if he was tall enough to ditch the booster seat. Spoiler alert: he was not quite tall enough. He was very very close, but he couldn’t quite sit all the way back and still have his feet flat on the floor. We ended up trading the high-backed booster for the smaller one for now, so at least there was a little sense of progress made.
Uns dels edificis més alts de la City of London. A la planta 42, tot pujant amb un ascensor exclusiu, hi ha un bar amb parets de vidre i unes vistes impressionants. El preu de les consumicions també és impressionant.
Level 42
Uno de los edificios más altos de la City of London. En la planta 42, a la cual se accede mediante un ascensor exclusivo, hay un bar con paredes de vidrio y unas vistas impresionantes. El precio de las consumiciones también es impresionante.
Level 42
One of the tallest buidings in the City of London. You can take a direct lift up to the 42th floor. There is an amazing bar with glass walls and awesome views. The prices are also awesome.