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GSJ 311 at the Trinty Fair 2022, Rayleigh, Essex. This 100E version of the Ford Popular was in production from 1959 until 1962. A revamp of the earlier 1950's Ford Anglia. An 1172 cc side valve engine and 3 speed gearbox carried over from the early 1930's provided the powertrain.
It looks fairly standard, but has a 5.9 litre V8 engine.
Car: Ford Popular.
Year of manufacture: 1955.
Date of first registration in the UK: 9th November 1955.
Place of registration: London.
Date of last MOT: No online MOT history available.
Mileage at last MOT: No online MOT history available.
Date of last change of keeper: 30th August 2022.
Number of previous keepers: 5.
Date taken: 9th April 2023.
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Vienna Tonkunstler and Linz Symphony Orchestra
Plymouth Records/USA (1953)
P12-30
Cover by Curt John Witt
Car: Ford Popular.
Year of manufacture: 1953.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st December 1987.
Region of registration: Kincardineshire.
Latest recorded mileage: 5,214 (MOT 13th June 2012).
Date of last V5 issued: 2nd September 2020.
Date taken: 8th February 2015.
Location: Queen Square, Bristol, UK.
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"The Man in the High Castle" takes a glimpse into an alternate history and what life may have been like had the Allied Powers lost WWII. The first hardcover edition of the book was published in 1962 by G. P. Putnam.
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The novel was adapted by Amazon into an original series that was released on November 20, 2015. Here are links to the TV trailers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzayf9GpXCI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjs8xVaAC98
In addition to 44 published novels, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, eleven popular films based on his works have been produced, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, The Adjustment Bureau and Impostor. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series.
Vladimir Nabokov: Spring in Fialta.
Original title: Nabokov's Dozen.
Popular Library Books 1959.
Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg.
1952; You can't catch me by Lawrence Lariar. Cover art by Willard Downes. 'She had a wicked past and no Future'
1956; Her French Husband by Phyllis Hastings. Cover art by Ray Johnson. Published by Popular Library G 177
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, literally "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
The Golden Pavilion (金閣 Kinkaku) is a three-storey building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex.[11] The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf.[11] The pavilion functions as a shariden (舎利殿), housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes). The building was an important model for Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple) and Shōkoku-ji, which are also located in Kyoto.[2] When these buildings were constructed, Ashikaga Yoshimasa employed the styles used at Kinkaku-ji and even borrowed the names of its second and third floors.[2]
Architectural design
The pavilion successfully incorporates three distinct styles of architecture, which are shinden, samurai and zen, specifically on each floor.[8] Each floor of the Kinkaku uses a different architectural style.[2]
The first floor, called The Chamber of Dharma Waters (法水院, Hō-sui-in), is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the 11th century Heian imperial aristocracy.[2] It is evocative of the Shinden palace style. It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster.[8] This helps to emphasize the surrounding landscape. The walls and fenestration also affect the views from inside the pavilion. Most of the walls are made of shutters that can vary the amount of light and air into the pavilion[8] and change the view by controlling the shutters' heights. The second floor, called The Tower of Sound Waves (潮音洞, Chō-on-dō ),[2] is built in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. On this floor, sliding wood doors and latticed windows create a feeling of impermanence. The second floor also contains a Buddha Hall and a shrine dedicated to the goddess of mercy, Kannon.[8] The third floor is built in traditional Chinese chán (Jpn. zen) style, also known as zenshū-butsuden-zukuri. It is called the Cupola of the Ultimate (究竟頂, Kukkyō-chō). The zen typology depicts a more religious ambiance in the pavilion, as was popular during the Muromachi period.[8]
The roof is in a thatched pyramid with shingles.[12] The building is topped with a bronze hōō (phoenix) ornament.[11] From the outside, viewers can see gold plating added to the upper stories of the pavilion. The gold leaf covering the upper stories hints at what is housed inside: the shrines.[9] The outside is a reflection of the inside. The elements of nature, death, religion, are formed together to create this connection between the pavilion and outside intrusions.
Garden
The Golden Pavilion is set in a Japanese strolling garden (回遊式庭園 kaiyū-shiki-teien, lit. a landscape garden in the go-round style).[6] The location implements the idea of borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") that integrates the outside and the inside, creating an extension of the views surrounding the pavilion and connecting it with the outside world. The pavilion extends over a pond, called Kyōko-chi (鏡湖池 Mirror Pond), that reflects the building.[5] The pond contains 10 smaller islands.[8] The zen typology is seen through the rock composition; the bridges and plants are arranged in a specific way to represent famous places in Chinese and Japanese literature.[8] Vantage points and focal points were established because of the strategic placement of the pavilion to view the gardens surrounding the pavilion.[10] A small fishing deck (釣殿 tsuri-dono) is attached to the rear of the pavilion building, allowing a small boat to be moored under it.[5] The pavilion grounds were built according to descriptions of the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida, intending to illustrate a harmony between heaven and earth.[6] The largest islet in the pond represents the Japanese islands.[5] The four stones forming a straight line in the pond near the pavilion are intended to represent sailboats anchored at night, bound for the Isle of Eternal Life in Chinese mythology.[5]
The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.[11] The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.[10] The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period.[10] It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose and a distinct setting.[13] A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.
Commentary.
This beach, popular with me since the 1970’s,
shot to fame as the archetypal West Coast gem in the 1983 film, “Local Hero.”
Like so many others its shell-sand glistens white against a turquoise and azure sea.
The dune path to it from the old main road is like a mini-gorge through the marram grass-clad sand hills.
Then this view is revealed as we tip-toe across the stream to the main beach, fascinating vistas to Skye and Rum.
The highest peak, Sgurr Alasdair, one of my favourite viewing platforms, that I have happily climbed three times.
Amazingly in this telephoto image, it is nearly 25 miles away, across the Sound of Sleat, the Sleat Peninsula, Loch Slapin, the Strathaird Peninsula, Loch Scavaig and the ten-mile horseshoe of delectable peaks that make up this glorious mountain range.
The rocky headlands smothered in rock-pools thronging with life and the pure unspoilt nature of this Morar Bay.
There is a fantasy magic in these views of beach, ocean, cliff, hill, mountain and island that simply mesmerises.
A total delight to those souls who venture this far,
a Shangri-La……………….reward indeed!
The remains of Whitehaven's Iron making past is evident on both sides of the Cumbrian coast line here at Redness Point on 18 May 2015. This was the first day of Northern's partnership with Direct Rail Services to create more capacity on the route and free up units for elsewhere. 37423 heads 2C34, the 14:35 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 37609 on the rear. I rarely visit this location nowadays but with reported timekeeping giving the chance of having this train held at a signal - whilst a similar northbound passed it - brought me there. It never happened of course, these things don't, but I did meet a small gallery of photters there, Paul, who had a mystical knowledge and control of the weather, and the two Tom McAtees (senior & junior).
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