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The first big test of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and of Samuel Woods as a Member of Parliament, came with the “Miners' Lock-Out” of 1893. During the 1880s the unions had been able to capitalise on the rising price of coal and increased profits flowing to the mine-owners. Eventually, prices reached a peak and then began to fall back sharply. Naturally the employers now sought to claw back some of the ground they had conceded, arguing for the imposition of a “sliding scale” which would more closely link wages with prices. Addressing its national conference in January 1892, Woods made the Federation's position clear:
“We have pledged our word and honour, and have determined that so long as our organisation exists we shall have nothing to do with sliding scales. We are prepared to maintain our independence and to depend on our own strong hand and our own right arm.
We hold it as a matter of life and death that any condition of trade ought to render the working man a living. We hold it to be a vital principle that a man by his labour should live, and notwithstanding all the teachings of political economists, all the doctrines taught by way of supply and demand, we say there is a greater doctrine overriding all of those, and that is the doctrine of humanity.
We believe that the working man is worthy of his hire, and hold at the present moment that wages are as low as they ever ought to be.”
On 30 June 1893 the mine owners gave notice of a reduction in wages of 25% off the advances of 40% given since 1888. When the colliers showed signs of resisting, the owners responded in the last week of July 1893 by closing the mines. The dispute lasted 16 weeks, causing severe hardship to the 300,000 miners represented by the Federation, their families and the communities in which they lived.* Tensions were heightened when, on 7 September, soldiers fired on the crowd gathered outside a colliery at Featherstone, Yorkshire, killing 2 men and wounding 16 others.**
Following intervention by the Government, the mine-owners agreed on 17 November to maintain wages at pre-strike levels. They also accepted the authority of a Conciliation Board, comprising 12 of their own number and 12 miners' representatives (including Samuel Woods), to determine future pay claims.
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A commemorative brochure entitled “Peace With Honour” was issued at the conclusion of the dispute: Samuel Woods is seen (holding his hat in the centre of the main photograph on the front of the brochure. Either side of this I have included illustrations from contemporary issues of the Illustrated London News-
Left (photographs by Isaac Wilson Lawrence of the Ince Coal and Cannel Co), from top: “Gathering Waste Coal at Ince Near Wigan”; “Children Waiting At The Soup-Kitchen at Ince Near Wigan”; “Miners' Children Waiting for Dinner at the Ince Collieries”; “Dinner to Children at the Ince Collieries”;
Right (sketches by N D Almond), from top: “At A Colliery Meeting”; “An Orator of The Colliery Strike”.
*Donald Anderson writes in “Blundell's Collieries: Wages, Disputes and Conditions of Work”, Trans Hist Soc Lancs & Ches Vol 117 (1965): “Union funds were low, and all the money that could be scraped together only amounted to two weeks' strike pay… Strike committees were established at Lamberhead Green, Highfield, Goose Green and Worsley Mesnes, and arrangements were made to feed children at the various chapels, Sunday schools and some day schools in the district. At Highfield, soup kitchens were set up in the Blundell Arms, Railway Hotel, Pony Dick Inn, Halfway House, Hare and Hounds and Castle Inn, and the men and older children were fed there with soup, hot-pot and potato pie. The women and young children were fed at Mount Zion Sunday school, and old people at home.” Isaac Lawrence included with his photographic submissions to the Illustrated London News an appeal to readers to subscribe to the Lower Ince Central Relief Fund. In the early stages of the lockout, no doubt thinking that the crisis would soon pass, some grocers allowed their customers to have goods on credit; not a few of them, such as James Turton at Haydock, were in consequence driven to “an honorable bankruptcy”: “We were in the midst of it, for I believe we had not one customer but worked in or about the mine. Many of our customers left us, some owing £10, some £50… Well, I had been a collier myself, and I helped them all I could to win the battle but they proved treacherous, and instead of stopping with me they left” (“Turton's Pillar: A Memorial of the Wonders of Grace in the Regeneration and Pilgrimage of James Turton”, London: C J Farncombe & Sons Ltd, 1913).
**On the motion of Samuel Woods, the MFGB conference on 14 September expressed “their deepest sympathy with the relatives of the unfortunate men who were shot by the military at Pontefract, in Yorkshire. While we strongly denounce all who take part in rioting as the worst enemies of the miners' cause, yet we cannot help believing that the pressure of imported police and military in such large numbers acts as a forcible incentive to rioting and disorder, and hereby urges on the Government to withdraw at once all newly imported soldiers and police from the various Counties affected”.
Two professional Musicians, singers from the Classes of 1975 and 1976 are re-uniting in Salisbury for an event. Jerrod Sanders a seasoned pro from New York City is flying in from New York to sing with Salisbury’s professional Neal Wilkinson. The event is happening May 2nd, 2015 at 6pm at 223 N Fulton Street at The First Baptist Church. You don’t have to be a holy roller to enjoy professional entertainment. To top things off all proceeds will go to The South Rowan chorus. The chorus will be backing up Neal and Jerrod. So if these guys get sloppy the chorus will be sure to cover them. I want you to think. The last time Jerrod and Neal got together, a former Miss World America came to the event along with Dr Lynne Scott Safrit. There were other drop dead gorgeous members of our class to show up. Some of our class members clean up pretty well. Please remember, that all of us don’t have the same groups of friends even though we are from the same School and same era. We all support each other by sharing information. In cases like this it doesn’t matter if we see the same information 50 times. Face it. We are dropping like flies and we need to take advantage of the hard planning and work it takes to plan events where we can look at each other, scratch our heads and say who is that! Put this on your calendar. Our class groups have bonded and been life long friends. We are almost 60 and can trace our photos and memories back to kindergarten. I bet we are second to none in sticking together. So please share. If this turns out good maybe we could convince Jerrod and Neal to make a regular thing of it. Maybe we could get them to play in a seedy club and corrupt them. I’ve seen Neal’s mug shots!
Neal Wilkinson, Bill Scott, Bill N Karen Baldwin, Becky Lippard, Tammy Cook, Julie B. Deal,Scott Wagoner, Bryan Faggart, Dana Bryan, Doug Wellmon, Tonya Shepherd, Lynne Safrit, Chuck Stockford, Tim Goodman, Curtis Adams Sr.,Teresa Fite Goodale Teresa Eller Bowlin,Saberina Marine Wilson, Joan Freeze Small...Spread out, Share tag and repeat! Please and Thank You! I am limited to 1000 photos per album with no sorting. So the best place to see all of my South photos is here: www.flickr.com/photos/shanesflyingdiscshow/collections/72...
Nice sized utility sink, salvage from a hospital shutdown/remodel. It's all about recycling. I just hope it was never used in the morgue.... :)
USAF B-1B Lancer flyover at supersonic speed.
This is part of a set I'll be adding to as time permits over the next couple of days. Please visit the whole set when you get a chance.
Enniscorthy edged by battling Bangor by Roger Corbett
Bangor produced an excellent performance against a strong Enniscorthy side to once again come from behind and secure a semi-final place by 14-10.
In contrast to last week, the weather and pitch conditions at Upritchard Park were good. However, Bangor’s preparations got off to a bad start when centre Mike Aspley aggravated an injury in the pre-match warm-up and was unable to play. A quick re-shuffle saw Chris Morgan come in from full back as his replacement, and Adam McCusker taking up the full back role. For Enniscorthy’s part, they came to this fixture on the back of a good run of results in the Leinster League Division 1A, and sitting in second place in that table.
A mistake by Bangor right from the referee’s whistle at kick-off looked to have handed the visitors an opportunity to take the initiative. However, having won the ball back, McCusker put a superb kick deep into the Enniscorthy twenty two that left the defence no option but to put it into touch. The Bangor line-out was taken cleanly by Curtis Stewart, and a maul was formed that surged towards the Enniscorthy line before Jamie Clegg dropped with the ball and scored the game’s first try after just 4 minutes. Mark Widdowson made the conversion, and the score was 7-0.
Within 3 minutes the lead could have been extended when Enniscorthy were penalised for a high tackle. However, this time Widdowson’s kick drifted wide of the posts.
If Bangor thought things were going their way, this soon changed as Enniscorthy gathered themselves and started to gain confidence through a lengthy period of possession, aided in some part by Bangor’s readiness to kick when in possession themselves. The Enniscorthy attack was now causing Bangor headaches, with the result that the penalty count started to rise. Eventually these repeated infringements around the breakdown led to a yellow card being shown to James Henly. Enniscorthy saw this as their opportunity to capitalise, and laid siege to Bangor’s line. Bangor doggedly held their line despite conceding further penalties, and having to defend the resulting line-out and drive combination by Enniscorthy. As Henly’s 10 minute period in the sin bin came to an end, Bangor had somehow managed to hold off the Enniscorthy attack, and had actually managed to turn over the ball, giving them a chance to clear their lines and gather their breath. However, in a bizarre series of events, Ricky Armstrong’s clearance kick was charged down and bounced back towards the Bangor line, only to be gratefully accepted by one of the big Enniscorthy forwards who was still getting to his feet from the preceding ruck. With barely two steps to the line, he touched down for the try, leaving the Bangor players confused and dejected after working so hard to prevent the score. The conversion was missed, keeping Bangor narrowly ahead by 7-5, after 23 minutes.
For most of the remainder of the first half, Enniscorthy kept play in Bangor’s half. Bangor looked dangerous on the counter attack, with some good runs by the wingers Davy Charles and Mark Widdowson. For Enniscorthy’s part, they had several good scoring opportunities but either knocked-on or missed a pass at the crucial moments. A half time score of 7-5 would have been gladly taken by Bangor but, as 40 minutes approached, a lapse in concentration while in their own twenty two, led to a missed tackle which was clinically exploited by Enniscorthy, allowing them to run in for their second try which, although unconverted, gave the lead by 7-10 as the sides turned around.
As has been the case in many other games, Bangor’s second half performance moved up a gear, and it was now the visitor’s line that was coming under attack. Within the first 10 minutes, Bangor looked to be in a good scoring position, but the Enniscorthy defence was equal to Bangor’s first half display. Although unable to break through at this time, Bangor were now looking more confident as the initial Enniscorthy charge appeared to be stuttering. This certainly looked the case when, after 25 minutes had elapsed, the Enniscorthy kicker elected to go for the posts from close to the half way line – a strange decision given the relatively poor conversion attempts earlier. Once again the kick was missed, but Bangor had at least been pushed back into their own half.
As the game entered the final 5 minutes, it was beginning to look like Enniscorthy would hold firm and take the win. However, in a repeat of the exemplary performance displayed at Clonmel in the previous round, Bangor simply lifted their game again and mounted a surge against their tiring opponents. With just 2 minutes of normal time remaining, Jamie Ball gathered the ball at the half way line, and then passed it to Clegg on his left. Leading by example, Clegg went straight, taking the ball past the 10 metre line and drawing the approaching Enniscorthy defender. A well-timed pass to his left was equally well-received by Widdowson on the wing, who rounded his opposite number and sprinted for the line. With little space to work with and the full-back still to beat, Widdowson produced the speed and footwork necessary to take him over the line, to the left of the posts. He then managed to add the icing on the cake with another well-struck conversion which put Bangor ahead by 14-10.
The moments immediately after scoring are particularly dangerous, and with Enniscorthy now throwing everything they had, the remaining couple of minutes were incredibly tense – for both sets of supporters. To Enniscorthy’s credit, they skilfully kept recycling the ball – almost like sevens rugby – bringing the game back into Bangor’s twenty two. But in the end, it was just too much, with Bangor eventually managing to turn the ball over and close out the game, bringing despair and delight in equal measure on the faces of the opposing players.
To the Bangor supporters who had been unable to travel to the game at Clonmel, and who had not fully appreciated the performance there, this brought everything that had been said into focus, and with it the realisation that Bangor now have the ability to go all the way in this competition. With Ulster rivals Clogher Valley and CIYMS, and Leinster high-fliers Dundalk now joining Bangor in the semi-finals, the next hurdle will be equally challenging, but having beaten two of the strongest junior sides in Ireland, confidence is high and everything is now to play for.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, G Irvine, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, J Morgan, M Widdowson, C Morgan, M Weir, D Charles, A McCusker
Subs: O McIlmurry, F Black, M Crockford, J Ball, M Thompson
Bangor scores: J Clegg (1T), M Widdowson (1T, 2C)
I set out to get some star shots, but didn't consider the moon- of course it was full. I made good of the situation and shot my rental car, which was being lit by the low moon on the horizon, and added a little bit of light with my cell phone to get some detail in the grill.
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: 60mm
Post work: Lightroom 2.0 and PSCS
Strobist info:
B800 behind jewelry firing at around 1/16th power and bouncing off a sheet of foam core.
LP160 front/left of camera and firing at around 1/8th power through a softlighter II.
Styrofoam column on it's side and just out of frame on camera right.
Flashes were triggered via Cactus V4s.
Jewelry was placed on a sheet of high gloss white plexi.
12th February 2011. Sinar Norma, Aero Ektar 178mm lens .
Kodak Kodalith film @approx 6ISO, 1/4s f/2.5.
Developed in Dektol 1+2 2 minutes.
High contrast pictorial negative printed to 10x8 on Ilford Multigrade IV paper, with grade 0 filtration. Developed in Dektol 1+2. Burning in on hightlights especially white flower heads. Straight scan.
Seatruck Power heading out into the Irish Sea with Perch Rock Lighthouse and Fort in the foreground......
An employee or a boss, we all yearn for a small break from work, every now and then! In today’s fast-paced world, office parties are the need of the hour. They are the much-needed breath of fresh air for your employees. An Office Party is a great way to acknowledge and appreciate their efforts. It’s the perfect excuse to get your employees to mingle. When they get back to work, they are more comfortable while working on tasks that need a joint effort. But, great food and a good time come a close second. Express your gratitude in a unique way with these out-of-the-box venues for corporate events. Here’s a list of unique corporate party venue ideas; take your pick and let’s get the party started
Raleigh police closed down Durant Road Saturday after a winds from a powerful storm snapped telephone poles and downed trees throughout the area.
Yuki figured out that she can climb up on a chair and look out the window - here she's watching kola in the field
Flash Gordon in Shackles - Former Polo Player Sportsman - Current Adventurer Dimensional parallel universe traveler future astronaut brandishing a laser gun against Ming the Merciless galaxy villain Newspaper Science Fiction Sci-Fi comic strip hero action figure spaceman flight void cutout cut out silhouette white background shadow Captain Action Man mask toy toys King of the Impossible film movie serial
The girls volleyball team played Heritage Christian Academy on October 2, 2018 at The Barstow School. (Photo by Todd Race)
I did this shot a few days ago, when I was under the weather. I then created a new canvas in CS5 copied and paste a single image 4 times. I then flipped images to create an equal pattern and added a blur effect to the three shot glasses to give a DoF out of focus impression. The yellow liquid is actually banana jelly.
Original image shot on a glass plate, on grey card. white mount card used as the background. flash fired via trigger and receiver system manual at 1/2 power at background. camera set in Manual ISO 100 / f 13 / 1/125 secs. Lens Sigma 24-70 f2.8
I had a few parts lying around and decided to make a turret out of it. The 2x2 jumper plates are less than ideal, but I got a bunch of them from my holiday Pick-A-Brick boxes, so I just used them.
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The model is Ivonna Grase. She is one of the Smooth E models that you see on Thai TV Channels. I got lucky she posed for a couple of shots for me. She does have a nice skin and a beautiful smile too.
PP: Cloned out some of the freckles. Added a tan tone to her skin as she was really white. Dodge and Burn. Added some vignette to emphasize the subject. Sharpened.
Critiques and Comments are always Welcome.
Tomorrow, I will post the same photo with different effect/pp. :)