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Our Daily Challenge 5-11 October : Water Drops.
After weeks of lovely summery and dry weather, the arrival of the treemen prompted frequent saturating downpours for two whole days.
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The Grade II * Listed Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Lane, Reepham, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
A parish church built in the early 13th century and mostly rebuilt 1862 by Michael Drury.
Reepham is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln. The village population is approximately 1,250.
The only shop in the village acts as a Post Office, general store and newsagents. There is also a primary school, a Church of England church (St Peter and St Paul), Methodist chapel, and a public house, The Fox and Hounds Inn. The village shares its village hall with neighbouring Cherry Willingham for local meetings and events, and Cherry Willingham Community School serves as the secondary school for the village. A cricket club has its pitch in the village.
A regular bus service provided by the Stagecoach in Lincolnshire (previously Lincolnshire Road Car Company) links the village to Lincoln and the neighbouring villages of Fiskerton and Cherry Willingham. The parliamentary constituency is Gainsborough, where the current MP is Edward Leigh (Conservative).
Although the centre of the village contains very old properties there has been expansion in recent years and in-fill with new houses and bungalows. Oil was discovered a few years ago and nodding donkey oil-wells operate on surrounding farmland as part of the Welton oil field. A gathering station for the oil is situated a few miles outside the village. The oil is transported by railway to refineries at Immingham on the Humber Estuary. There are current plans to store gas underground once the oilfield has stopped producing oil.
The village previously contained a Co-op store, police station, a second pub, doctors' surgery and Reepham railway station, but all have closed. The railway still passes through the centre of the village on the Lincoln/Market Rasen/Cleethorpes line.
The Grade I Listed Packwoood House which is run by the National Trust, near Lapworth in Warwickshire.
The house began as a modest timber-framed farmhouse constructed for John Fetherston between 1556 and 1560. The last member of the Fetherston family died in 1876. In 1904, and the house was purchased by Birmingham industrialist Alfred Ash. It was inherited by Graham Baron Ash (Baron in this case being a name not a title) in 1925, who spent the following two decades creating a house of Tudor character. He purchased an extensive collection of 16th- and 17th-century furniture, some obtained from nearby Baddesley Clinton. The great barn of the farm was converted into a Tudor-style hall with sprung floor for dancing, and was connected to the main house by the addition of a Long Gallery in 1931.
In 1941, Ash donated the house and gardens to the National Trust in memory of his parents but continued to live in the house until 1947 when he moved to Wingfield Castle.
The famous Yew Garden containing over 100 trees was laid out in the mid-17th century by John Fetherston, the lawyer. The clipped yews are supposed to represent "The Sermon on the Mount". Twelve great yews are known as the "Apostles" and the four big specimens in the middle are 'The Evangelists'. A tight spiral path lined with box hedges climbs a hummock named "The Mount". The single yew that crowns the summit is known as "The Master". The smaller yew trees are called "The Multitude" and were planted in the 19th century to replace an orchard.
The Yew Garden is entered by raised steps and a wrought-iron gate. The garden path follows an avenue of trees, which leads up a spiral hill where a wooden seat is placed beneath a yew tree. This vantage point provides views of the house and the Yew Garden.
Some of the yews at Packwood are taller than 50 feet (15 m). The soil on the estate has a high level of clay, which is detrimental to the trees during wet periods. As a result, parts of the garden are often closed to the public while restoration work is undertaken. The house and gardens are open to the public throughout the whole year since 2013.
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For The Rogue Players, JLovely asked us all to make a bucket list of 10 items.
I knew when I saw the theme for today, that my photo was already perfect for it! I took photos at a local cemetery today.
So, here we go...10 things I want to do before I 'kick the bucket'.
I'm going to do my list the same way Mike_B did - a travel list.
I want to travel to....
1. Holland (my dad was born there and I was only there once - when I was little.)
2. Atlantis, Bahamas (went there once on a vacation - it was awesome!)
3. Switzerland
4. Africa, on a photography trip
5. Japan
6. Alaska
7. France
8. Australia
9. Winnipeg (to visit my dad)
10. England
Also - for FGR and the 80s theme.
"Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men"
"Forever Young" by Alphaville
Dutch postcard, 1967 by 't Sticht, Utrecht, no. AX 6305.
Today, it was announced that Dutch singer and actress Liesbeth List (1941) passed away last Wednesday, 25 March 2020. List was known as the Grande Dame of the Dutch chanson, thanks to songs like 'Pastorale', 'Aan de andere kant van de heuvels' (On the other side of the hills), and 'Kinderen een kwartje' (Children a quarter). She became popular during the 1960s and frequently collaborated with Ramses Shaffy. List sang Jacques Brel's chansons in a Dutch translation, and also acted in a few Dutch films. Liesbeth List was 78.
Liesbeth List was born Elisabeth 'Elly' Dorathea Driessen in 1941 in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Her parents were separated in 1942 when during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, her father was forced to work in coal mines. List and her mother were sent to one of the many camps set up exclusively to contain Dutch occupants of Indonesia. Such camps were known under the Dutch nickname 'jappenkamp' (Jap-Camp). The circumstances in which List and her mother lived in the camp were very hard on her mother, who developed depression. Four years later, the Netherlands freed the East Indies of the Japanese occupation, and List and her mother were set free. They were reunited with their father and husband, but a few weeks later, List's mother committed suicide. List and her father returned to the Netherlands, where her father remarried. His new wife, however, frequently clashed with List. At the age of seven, the child's services took List away. It was thought List's father was deceased, and she was placed in an orphanage. After it was revealed List's father was still alive, she was placed back with her father and stepmother. In 1948, during a trip to Dutch island Vlieland, List's stepmother was told that the owner of a hotel on Vlieland and his wife were seeking to adopt a child. Liesbeth List was subsequently given up by her father and adopted by this couple, whose surname was List.
As a teenager, Liesbeth List was very interested in culture and music. She moved to Amsterdam in 1959, aged 18, where she did a fashion study and had a job as a secretary. She appeared on TV in the talent show Nieuwe Oogst/New harvest, after which she was signed to collaborate with legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy in the theatre show 'Shaffy Chantant'. They first started this show, in which they performed well-known chansons, in 1964. In 1965, the duo was awarded at the Knokke Song Contest in Knokke, Belgium. Their duet 'Pastorale' became a hit at the charts and has grown into an evergreen in the lowlands. This success caused List to focus on a musical career and to release her debut album in 1966. In 1967, Mikis Theodorakis asked her to collaborate on an LP of his Mauthausen Ballad, describing the persecution of Jews during the Second World War in dramatic chansons. The LP was a critical and commercial success. List was also successful with an LP containing cover versions of songs by Jacques Brel: the LP was certified gold.
In 1969, Liesbeth List was awarded a press prize at a television festival in Montreux. The prize was awarded to her for a television show, directed by Bob Rooijens. This foreign acclaim caused List to focus more on international success. She started recording more cover versions of well-known artists, such as Gilbert Bécaud. List's success continued with the release of more LPs and continued acting career in television, film, and stage. In 1972 she made with the American singer, songwriter Rod McKuen the album 'Two against the morning'. In 1973 she recorded in England the album: 'Meet lovely Liesbeth List.' Her album: 'Liesbeth List sings Jacques Brel' was released in the USA in 1972. In 1976, she recorded an album with songs of Charles Aznavour 'Charles Aznavour presents Liesbeth List'. She sang with him the duet 'Don't say a word.' As an actress, she became known for such films as the Dutch thriller To Grab the Ring (Nikolai van der Heyde, 1968) with Ben Carruthers and Françoise Brion, the German drama Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen/Goodbye with Mums (Florian Furtwängler, 1974) with Maria Furtwängler and Christine Kaufmann, and the Knut Hamsun adaptation Mysteries/Evil Mysteries (Paul de Lussanet, 1978) starring Rutger Hauer and Sylvia Kristel. She also appeared in several TV films and series, including the Dutch TV film De liefdeswacht/The love guard (Dimitri Frenkel Frank, 1974) with Ramses Shaffy, and Een heel dun laagje goud/A very thin layer of gold (Dimitri Frenkel Frank, 1978) with Robert Long.
Liesbeth List took a short break when she became pregnant with her first child. She and her husband Robert Braaksma had a daughter, Elisah, in 1983, when List was 41. List ceased her activities to care for her child for six years. Hence in 1988, List made her return to the public eye, starring in a theatre programme titled 'List NU'. In 1990, she started another, similar show, but it gained neither critical nor commercial success, causing List to accept her career had ended. Producer Frank Boeijen revived List's career. She released three more albums since she first contacted him. In 2009 she released a new CD called 'Verloren & Gewonnen'. Liesbeth List has also appeared in musicals, such as 'Eindeloos' (Endless) in 1997 and 'Piaf' in 1999. In the latter production, she played the title role of the legendary French singer Edith Piaf. Ten years later she played Piaf again, but then at a later age. She was awarded a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award for both performances. In 2014 her husband Robert Braaksma passed away. In 2017 there was a musical about Liesbeth List herself, 'Liesbeth de Musical'. The main role was played by Renée van Wegberg. In the same year List announced that she stopped performing, partly because she suffered from a form of dementia. During her long career, List received several major Dutch awards including two Edisons (1971 and 1995) and a Gouden Harp (Golden Harp, 1998). Liesbeth List passed away in her hometown Soest, the Netherlands, at the age of 78.
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Bennerley Viaduct, Ilkeston, a panoramic stitch of four images. Designed for the Great Northern Railway, by Samuel Abbott and Richard Johnson, the viaduct opened in January 1878 and crossed the marshy Erewash Valley, which is a former coal mining area. This meant that the land could not carry the weight of a traditional stone or brick bridge, and the "iron giant" was the solution. The railway closed as a result of the Beeching cuts, with freight continuing until 1968. Most of the line quickly disappeared, but the Viaduct proved too expensive to demolish and was left to deteriorate. It was grade 2 listed in 1974, later upgraded to Grade 2*, which ultimately saved the structure from demolition in 1980, and it was restored as a route for pedestrians and cyclists, reopening in January 2022. Work is ongoing to further improve access. The viaduct is over a quarter of a mile in length and over 60 feet high.
Ilkeston, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England - Bennerley Viaduct, Awsworth Road, Erewash Valley
March 2023
Haltwhistle box, opened around 1915 consists of a timber top mounted on a narrow brick base.
The narrow base was to allow the box to fit in the limited space available. The join between the narrow and wide portions is neatened by curved timber panelling, through which the point rodding and signal wires emerge to reach ground level.
The signal box (along with those at Wylam and Hexham) is listed ensuring that it should survive, perhaps one day looking over narrow gauge trains arriving from Alston on the South Tynedale Railway.
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Category A listed historic townhouses designed in 1791 by Robert Adam. They were constructed 1803-07.
"Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended to mirror St. Andrew Square in the east. The gardens are private and not publicly accessible.
Initially named St. George's Square in James Craig's original plan, it was renamed in 1786 after King George III's Queen and first daughter, to avoid confusion with George Square to the south of the Old Town. Charlotte Square was the last part of the initial phase of the New Town to be "completed" in 1820 (note- the north-west section at Glenfinlas Street was not completed until 1990 due to a long-running boundary dispute). Much of it was to the 1791 design of Robert Adam, who died in 1792, just as building began.
In 1939 a very sizable air-raid shelter was created under the south side of the gardens, accessed from the street to the south.
In 2013 the south side was redeveloped in an award-winning scheme by Paul Quinn, creating major new office floorspace behind a restored series of townhouses.
Edinburgh Collegiate School was located in Charlotte Square.
The garden was originally laid out as a level circular form by William Weir in 1808.
In 1861 a plan was drawn up by Robert Matheson, Clerk of Works for Scotland for a larger, more square garden, centred upon a memorial to the recently deceased Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria.
The commission for the sculpture was granted in 1865 to Sir John Steell. The main statue features an equestrian statue of the prince, in field marshal's uniform, dwarfing the four figures around the base. It was unveiled by Queen Victoria herself in 1876. The stone plinth was designed by the architect David Bryce and the four corner figures are by David Watson Stevenson (Science and Learning/Labour), George Clark Stanton (Army and Navy) and William Brodie (Nobility). The statue was originally intended to go in the centre of the eastern edge of the garden, facing down George Street.
This remodelling featured major new tree-planting which took many years to re-establish.
The central open space is a private garden, available to owners of the surrounding properties. For the last three weeks in August each year Charlotte Square gardens are the site of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The railings around the gardens were removed in 1940 as part of the war effort. The current railings date from 1947.
On the north side, No. 5 was the home of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881–1947), who bought it in 1903 and gave it to the National Trust for Scotland on his death. It was the Trust headquarters from 1949 to 2000. Bute did much to promote the preservation of the Square.
Nos. 6 and 7 are also owned by the National Trust for Scotland. No.6, Bute House is the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. In 1806 it was home to Sir John Sinclair creator of the first Statistical Account of Scotland. No. 7 was internally restored by the Trust in 1975 to its original state, and is open to the public as The Georgian House. The upper floor was formerly the official residence of the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The building includes one fireplace brought from Hill of Tarvit in Fife in 1975.
West Register House, formerly St. George's Church, forms the centre of the west side. It was designed by the architect Robert Reid in 1811, broadly to Adam's plan. The church opened in 1814 and was converted to its current use in 1964. It is one of the main buildings of the National Records of Scotland.
The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. A masterpiece of city planning, it was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor Loch. Together with the Old Town, the New Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
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Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1270180
Date First Listed : 20 June 1972
Originally built around 1865 as a bank with attached manager's house, later a bank and offices, it is in limestone with slate roofs. Both parts have three storeys, the former house has four bays, the left bay recessed, and with a pediment above the other three bays, and the bank has three bays. Most of the windows in both parts are sashes. In the centre of the bank is a recessed porch flanked by Tuscan columns and pilasters, and with a modillioned cornice. The windows in the middle floor have pediments, and in the middle floor of the former house they have cornices.
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1292237
Date First Listed : 11 April 1994
Bank with offices above. c1853.
Calciferous sandstone ashlar with polished granite dressings, sill bands and bracketed eaves cornice. Slate roof; shared end brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 4 bays on each facade; on a corner site facing onto Lowther Street and Devonshire Street. Angle C20 doors and overlight in granite columned surround under segmental pediment. Similar off-centre doors on both facades in paired columned surrounds. Large ground-floor casement windows within original paired column surrounds under overall cornice. Paired sashes in fluted pilaster surrounds on first floor and in stone architraves on second floor; single sashes over doors; all under cornice hoods with stone panels between first and second floors. INTERIOR covered by modern fascias. .
Grade I listed historic cathedral.
"The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster, devoted to Saint Peter, has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
A bishop of York was summoned to the Council of Arles in 314 indicating the presence of a Christian community in York at this time; however, archaeological evidence of Christianity in Roman York is limited. The first recorded church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the decade of the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfrid ascended to the See of York. He repaired and renewed the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of the most substantial in Northern Europe.
In 741, the church was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt as a more impressive structure containing thirty altars. The church and the entire area then passed through the hands of numerous invaders, and its history is obscure until the 10th century. There were a series of Benedictine archbishops, including Saint Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan and Ealdred, who travelled to Westminster to crown William in 1066. Ealdred died in 1069 and was buried in the church.
The church was damaged in 1069 during William the Conqueror's harrying of the North, but the first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, arriving in 1070, organised repairs. The Danes destroyed the church in 1075, but it was again rebuilt from 1080. Built in the Norman style, it was 111 m (364.173 ft) long and rendered in white and red lines. The new structure was damaged by fire in 1137 but was soon repaired. The choir and crypt were remodelled in 1154, and a new chapel was built, all in the Norman style.
The Gothic style in cathedrals had arrived in the mid 12th century. Walter de Gray was made archbishop in 1215 and ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to compare to Canterbury; building began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures; completed in the 1250s, both were built in the Early English Gothic style but had markedly different wall elevations. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. Building continued into the 15th century.
The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. The wide nave was constructed from the 1280s on the Norman foundations. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s, but the vaulting was not finished until 1360. Construction then moved on to the eastern arm and chapels, with the last Norman structure, the choir, being demolished in the 1390s. Work here finished around 1405. In 1407 the central tower collapsed; the piers were then reinforced, and a new tower was built from 1420. The western towers were added between 1433 and 1472. The cathedral was declared complete and consecrated in 1472.
The English Reformation led to the looting of much of the cathedral's treasures and the loss of much of the church lands. Under Elizabeth I there was a concerted effort to remove all traces of Roman Catholicism from the cathedral; there was much destruction of tombs, windows and altars. In the English Civil War the city was besieged and fell to the forces of Cromwell in 1644, but Thomas Fairfax prevented any further damage to the cathedral.
Following the easing of religious tensions there was some work to restore the cathedral. From 1730 to 1736 the whole floor of the minster was relaid in patterned marble and from 1802 there was a major restoration. However, on 2 February 1829, an arson attack by Jonathan Martin inflicted heavy damage on the east arm. An accidental fire in 1840 left the nave, south west tower and south aisle roofless and blackened shells. The cathedral slumped deeply into debt and in the 1850s services were suspended. From 1858 Augustus Duncombe worked successfully to revive the cathedral. In 1866, there were six residentiary canonries: of which one was the Chancellor's, one the Sub-Dean's, and another annexed to the Archdeaconry of York.
During the 20th century there was more concerted preservation work, especially following a 1967 survey that revealed the building, in particular the central tower, was close to collapse. £2,000,000 was raised and spent by 1972 to reinforce and strengthen the building foundations and roof. During the excavations that were carried out, remains of the north corner of the Roman Principia (headquarters of the Roman fort, Eboracum) were found under the south transept. This area, as well as remains of the Norman cathedral, re-opened to the public in spring 2013 as part of the new exhibition exploring the history of the building of York Minster.
York is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the council area which includes nearby villages was 208,200 as of 2017 and the population of the urban area was 153,717 at the 2011 census. Located at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss, it is the county town of the historic county of Yorkshire. The city is known for its famous historical landmarks such as York Minster and the city walls, as well as a variety of cultural and sporting activities, which makes it a popular tourist destination in England. The local authority is the City of York Council, a single tier governing body responsible for providing all local services and facilities throughout the city. The City of York local government district includes rural areas beyond the old city boundaries. It is about 25 miles north-east of Leeds and 34 miles north-west of Kingston upon Hull. York is the largest settlement in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.
The city was founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD. It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and later of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík. In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained. In the 19th century, York became a major hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing centre, a status it maintained well into the 20th century. During the Second World War, York was bombed as part of the Baedeker Blitz. Although less affected by bombing than other northern cities, several historic buildings were gutted and restoration efforts continued into the 1960s.
The economy of York is dominated by services. The University of York and National Health Service are major employers, whilst tourism has become an important element of the local economy. In 2016, York became sister cities with the Chinese city of Nanjing, as per an agreement signed by the Lord Mayor of York, focusing on building links in tourism, education, science, technology and culture. Today, the city is a popular tourist attraction, especially for international visitors from America, Germany, France and China. In 2017, York became UK's first human rights city, which formalised the city's aim to use human rights in decision making." - info from Wikipedia.
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The Grade II Listed Blackburn Railway Station, in Blackburn, Lancashire.
There has been a station on the current site since 1846, when the Blackburn and Preston Railway (a constituent company of the East Lancashire Railway) was opened - the contract to build the station having been awarded in November 1845. This route was extended eastwards to Accrington in March 1848 and subsequently through to Burnley and Colne by February 1849.
Meanwhile, the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe & West Yorkshire Railway had built a line through to Bolton from the town by 1848 but were refused permission to use the ELR station and had to open their own station at Bolton Road, a short distance south of the junction between the two.
The Blackburn company subsequently extended their line northwards along the Ribble Valley to Clitheroe in 1851, but it was not until both railways had amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that traffic was concentrated at the main station (the Bolton Road station closing in 1859).
The first of two major upgrades to the facilities came the following year, but the opening of the Lancashire Union Railway from St Helens Central and Wigan North Western in 1869, the Great Harwood Loop in 1877 and the extension of the Clitheroe line to Hellifield in 1880 to give the L&Y a through route to Scotland via the Settle-Carlisle Line led to significant increases in traffic that put the station under major strain.
The 1923 Grouping saw the station pass into the hands of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, but it wasn't until after nationalisation in 1948 that traffic and services began to decline. The Great Harwood line was the first to lose its passenger services in 1957.
The biggest losses came through in the 1960s - Wigan trains were withdrawn in January 1960, those to Hellifield in September 1962 and the Southport line & Blackpool Central station both fell victim to the Beeching Axe in 1964. By 1970, the through links to Skipton and Liverpool had also gone, leaving only the Manchester via Bolton & Colne to Preston lines along with a few seasonal trains between Leeds and Blackpool North via Hebden Bridge and the Copy Pit route to serve the station.
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Le Mans 2004
New regulations are coming which means 2004 and 2005 are transitional years, phasing out the grid of first-generation, flat-bottom LMP cars over safety concerns about their tendency of blow-overs and back-flips. A "hybrid" set of rules allows existing cars to be adapted in the interim, while any all-new cars need to be on the new spec.
No manufacturer fields a factory team this year.
From the UK, the mighty Lister Storm LMP returns with Essex sponsorship. British team Rollcentre bring the Dallara back to Le Mans after a year hiatus. Team Kondo’s Advan-sponsored Dome S101 is essentially unchanged from last year.
Pescarolo continues to evolve his cars, now only loosely based on the Courage C60 chassis. He’s made the switch from Peugeot power to Judd.
Cadillac and Chrysler are long gone. Panoz’ LMP1 roadster is done, but he enters a resurrected version of his original late-90’s closed-top GTP coupe before moving on to the GT class. Bentley is out as well, their program had achieved its ultimate goal of overall victory at Le Mans.
Audi leaves the racing to a brace of customer teams running the increasingly regulated but still adaptable R8. New "hybrid spec" rules slim the rear wings to cut downforce, and restrictors attempt to strangle the mighty twin-turbo V8. Minor revisions to the adapt the R8 to these challenges ensure it’s faster than ever. The race largely plays out as a scuffle amongst the Audis.
Follow along as I retrace the important and interesting prototypes of the Le Mans "LMP" era and the story of Audi's legacy. #legolemans
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1210343
Date First Listed : 13 March 1995
A late 18th century house, later used as offices, in sandstone with a slate roof. It has three storeys over a basement and a front of three bays. The doorway in the right bay has a moulded architrave, an inscribed frieze, and a cornice on fluted consoles. The windows are sashes with plain surrounds.
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1210343
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Lancaster,_Lancashire
/ Decorate the Christmas tree
/ Watch more Christmas movies
/ Go to a Christmas market in Germany
/ Bake cookies
/ Look up some Christmas recipes and make a Christmas meal
/ Write and send Christmas cards
/ Watch a Harry Potter marathon
/ Look for an ugly Christmas sweater
/ Photograph more!!
So what's on your bucket list? :)
The Grade II Listed Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station, in Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester. It opened as Store Street in 1842 and renamed Manchester London Road in 1847, it became Piccadilly in 1960. It serves intercity destinations such as London (Euston), Birmingham, Bristol, Southampton, South Wales and Glasgow as well as other destinations throughout Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York. The station consists of 14 platforms; 12 of which are terminal platforms, the other two are through platforms situated to the south of the train shed. Piccadilly is also a major interchange of the Metrolink light rail system, two platforms used by Metrolink trams are located in the station's undercroft, under the railway platforms.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group ahead of Oxford Road, Victoria, Salford Central and Deansgate. With over 25 million passenger entries and exits between April 2015 and March 2016, it is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London. In total, six train operating companies operate services to and from Piccadilly. It is the second busiest interchange station outside London, with almost 3.8 million passengers changing trains at the station annually.
The station received a five-year £100m refurbishment in 2002, which was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. According to an independent poll carried out in 2007, Manchester Piccadilly has the highest customer satisfaction level of any UK station, with 92% of passengers satisfied compared with the national average of 60%. An TWAO application to build two new platforms was made in October 2016 and construction is expected to commence upon completion of the Ordsall Chord in January 2018.
To accommodate High Speed 2 (HS2), an extension to Piccadilly would have four platforms and a 7.5 miles (12.1 km) tunnel would be built under south Manchester to join the West Coast Main Line at Ardwick. Journey times to Manchester Airport would be reduced to 9 minutes, Birmingham 41 minutes and London 68 minutes – from 18 minutes, 86 minutes and 128 minutes respectively. Station upgrades could include enhanced Metrolink services, improved road access and car parking. The line is planned to be completed by 2032.
A major redevelopment of Piccadilly station and the surrounding area has been proposed to complement the HS2 plans; the project would involve the construction of a large new canopy over the HS2 platforms, the creation of a new entrance to the station, and new office, retail and residential buildings. Architectural designs indicate that the derelict Mayfield Station and the curved Gateway House office block will be demolished.
The Grade II Listed Halifax Railway Station, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
The original station was built at Shaw Syke, approximately 220 yards (200 m) west of the current location and opened on 1 July 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway as the terminus of a branch off their main line from Manchester to Normanton. With the opening of the line between Halifax and Bradford on 7 August 1850, a new station was opened on the current site; this had temporary wooden buildings. The station at Shaw Syke was then extended and used as a goods depot. The permanent buildings at the current site were designed by Thomas Butterworth and opened in 1855.
A new line was constructed by the Great Northern Railway in the mid-1870s from the main station over a long viaduct to a station at North Bridge, and then across and indeed partly in tunnel beneath the hilly terrain north of the town to an unusual triangular station at Queensbury, where the line divided into track for Keighley (and Skipton, Carlisle, and Morecambe) to the north-west, and Bradford in the east.
Halifax station was redesigned during 1884–85, and completely rebuilt during 1885–86. Part of the new station opened on 25 October 1885, and the remainder on 30 May 1886. The new station had separate accommodation for LYR and GNR trains, the latter being on the west side.
The Halifax High Level Railway was a related branch line opened in 1890, leading from Holmfield near Ovenden, on the line to Queensbury, through a half-mile tunnel through the ridge and across the Wheatley Valley on a ten-arch viaduct past Samuel Webster's brewery, to Pellon, where there were sizeable goods facilities and then to St Paul's railway station in Queens Road. This branch line gradually fell into disuse, losing its regular passenger service as early as 1917. The last goods train ran in 1960 and the line was then dismantled, leaving the viaduct standing as a reminder of the former freight link.
The Queensbury branch was closed in stages from 1955 onwards although many of its engineering features remain. The route has lately been adopted and to an extent brought back into public use and attention by Sustrans as a walking and cycle route. The principal structure on the line, Queensbury Tunnel, was, at its opening, the longest on the GNR system. It is currently derelict, partially flooded, and impassable.
To distinguish it from Halifax St. Paul's and Halifax North Bridge stations, the main station was known from 1890 as Halifax Old Station. In 1951 the name was changed again to Halifax Town, and in 1961 it reverted to Halifax.
Information Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_railway_station_(England)
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101259136-halifax-railway-st...
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1270200
Date First Listed : 20 June 1972
Two early 19th century shops with living accommodation above, they are rendered with a slate roof, and have three storeys. No. 64 on the right has two bays, and No. 66 has one. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and No. 66 has a timber cornice. In the upper floors is one sash window, the others being casements.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Ulverston
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/127020...
Carlisle Castle - the Inner Courtyard and Barracks. Grade 1 listed and in the care of English Heritage. King Henry I visited Carlisle in 1122 and ordered that it be ‘fortified with a castle and towers’. This is probably the start of the keep, in what had been a mainly earthwork fortification built by the Romans. After 1538 King Henry VIII ordered a review of Carlisle’s defences after Scotland formed an alliance with France. The result was the largest campaign of building that the castle had seen since the 12th century, directed by a Moravian engineer, Stephan von Haschenperg. Following the last great battle here in the Jacobite Rising 1745, the castle became increasing derelict until it was transformed into Barracks in the C19th, with the destruction of some historic parts and the building of the barrack blocks. It was not until 2000 that the Military ceased operations at Carlisle and the building's chief function switched to tourism.
City of Carlisle, Cumbria, Lake District, North West England - Carlisle Castle, Castle Way
May 2023
WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre PA program listings from January 1953, the station's first month of broadcasting.
this was not easy at ALL... but, in my initial run through of who to bring to blythecon....... here's where i'm at.
margaux and her giant hair have no business at all making such a trip... but, we'll see....
if you have any special requests.... lmk. i'm trying not to bring any stock girls, beyond miss a and parco... b/c with the # of people attending i'm sure that all the stock girls will be covered!
um... crap, i already noticed two girls who were on my handwritten list that somehow got overlooked while i was doing this..... FML