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Two Nottingham NET (Nottingham Express Transit) trams passing each other in Market Square. The nearest one is named after the Nottinghamshire and England cricketer Stuart Broad MBE. Having ridden this tramway network I must say I'm highly impressed with it.
John McGuinness MBE, on a factory Honda during TT 2025. One of the all time greats of the IOM TT course. I have always struggled to get good, focused pictures of him (he really doesn't hang around), but on this occasion I got a few of him on the back wheel further down the road and managed to hold focus until he was almost filling the frame.
There is a gallery of IOM TT 2025 images if you want to see more bikes and riders: www.flickr.com/photos/188881666@N04/albums/72177720327213...
Freightliner 66528 recently named "Madge Elliot MBE" approaching a dull and damp Carlisle station on 4z54 Daventry - Coatbridge on 07/10/2015
Awarded in June 1984, for his dedicated service to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. At the end of the war he was offered a position with the Commission and had numerous postings throughout Europe, remaining with them until he retired at 64. Sadly he was diagnosed with cancer soon after retirement and died within a year. See first comment below.
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'Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Awarded for an outstanding achievement or service to the community. This will have had a long-term, significant impact and stand out as an example to others.'
Celebrating the award of an MBE to Kay Johnson at The Larder for her work on food poverty and food equality for all.
FHH Powerhaul liveried class 66 66528 'Madge Elliot MBE' heads towards Berkley Lane overbridge near Frome with the 6A16 Whatley Quarry to Oxford Banbury Road stone train
GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotives 66798 and 66749 "Christopher Hopcroft MBE"
6D44 11.12 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings to Toton North Yard
Haselour Lane, Elford, Staffordshire
As seen recognised on Nottingham NET tram 229 as it traverses the City's Old Market Square. Viv was a Nottingham Forest and England footballer. Nottingham's Council House is in the background. Here's an interesting link celebrating his achievements:- www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/viv_anderson.html
1987 Fatima Whitbread - Great Britain’s Fatima Whitbread gold medal throw in the javelin event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. LINK - i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/...
Fatima Whitbread - Dr Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. She is also a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She won the same medals, respectively, in the Commonwealth Games of 1982 and 1986.
Whitbread was runner-up to Nigel Mansell in the 1986 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, and won the title the following year. She was named the Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours, for services to athletics. Whitbread received the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, for "outstanding achievement in the face of adversity". She was awarded Freedom of the Borough by the mayor of Thurrock Sue Shinnick and leader of Thurrock Council Lynn Worrall in 2025, alongside her mother Margaret. In September 2025, Whitbread was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university of Roehampton.
LINK to video - FATIMA WHITBREAD 77,44 m. WR (1986) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dax1uLu9X1s
LINK to video - Fatima Whitbread predicting to beat world record - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp4SFXvxwh8
LINK to video - Fatima Whitbread sets a world record in the qualifiers | 50 Golden Moments - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dei3F6s50Tk
"Odessa. - Port et douane". Carte postale, 1910.
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Chris Boardman riding and winning the first RTTC Circuit Time Trial Championship on Saturday 8th September, 2000.
Chris's time for the hilly 26 mile course at Astley near Stourport in Worcestershire was 55 minutes 26 seconds.
This was his last competitive ride on British roads before his successful hour record attempt and retirement in October 2000.
66528 "Madge Elliott MBE - Borders Railway Opening 2015" is seen heading south approaching Old Alder Lane Bridge, Winwick along with 66508 out of sight on the rear working 6Y11 09:45 Shap Hardendale Quarry Jn to Crewe P.A.D. on the 21st March 2021.
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park was officially opened by Justin Fletcher, MBE on 4 April 2009.
In February 2010, the park rescued 13 lions from living in very poor conditions in a dilapidated Romanian zoo and released them into the newly built 10-acre Lion Country enclosure.
In 2011, Land of the Tigers was opened, with pools and waterfall built next to a vast wetland reserve.
In March 2012, Leopard Heights opened as one of the largest leopard reserves in the world.
July 2014 saw the opening of Project Polar, with the first bear being 500 kg male Victor; a second arrived in March 2015 called Pixel; Victor's grandson.
In 2018 the park rescued four Brown Bears from a Japanese museum. Riku and his brother Kai, along with Amu and Hanako, were rescued from a tourist attraction on the island of Hokkaido. Yorkshire Wildlife Park took them from tiny cages, concrete floors and school dinner scraps to a huge grassy reserve, lakes, toys, hay beds and shelters.
In 2018, Yorkshire Wildlife Park also saw planning permission granted for the development of a new 150 acre site at YWP. 3 years later in 2021 the development was complete and opened to the public, bringing more ground-breaking animal reserves and new species to the Park. The brand new Sea Lion reserve opened featuring two naturalistic lakes, with one holding an incredible 1.9 million litres of filtered water making it the largest purpose built habitat of its kind in the world!
In 2021 the brand new Yorkshire Hive also opened to the public, introducing themed restaurant 'Evolution' and indoor play area 'UpRoar'. As well as new retail outlets, gift shop and entrance gateway, enhancing visitor facilities and providing a huge boost for the local economy.
Still going strong on the Honda Racing UK superbike, Thursday practice at Ballysally roundabout. The Supertwin and Superstock practice sessions were plagued with tricky, wet conditions but the sun and wind dried the track for the Supersport and Superbike sessions allowing for some great entertainment.
