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A leaflet published to coincide with the summer 1990 rail timetable, promoting rail travel on the Sheffield to Huddersfield route.
On this 1990 timetable there were a mere four trains each way on Sundays. Today there are twenty-two Sunday passenger services on the route, six of which are extended to Lincoln Central.
i have been interviewed by a lovely internet magazine (who found me through their flickr group).
go look while i cringe with embarrassment/excitement :D
LOOKING OUT AT THE NORRIS COTTON BUILDING ENTRANCE.
THE NORRIS COTTON FEDERAL BUILDING IS ONE OF MANY FEDERAL BUILDINGS BEING RETROFITTED WITH LIFE-CYCLE, COST EFFECTIVE ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES. DOE DIRECTS, COORDINATES, AND SUPPORTS THE CONSERVATION EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT AND HAS PUBLISHED GUIDELINES FOR A UNIFORM METHODOLOGY FOR LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS. ALL FEDERAL BUILDINGS WITH 1,000 OR MORE SQUARE FEET ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RETROFITTED BY 1990.
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I received my 'proof of publication' copies in the mail this evening ... I had totally forgotten their request earlier in 2009 ... a very nice surprise!
my original photo here (taken from the window of my soon to be departing plane):
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 8th of May 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 4th of May 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
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Il giorno del giudizio è arrivato.
Ilaria, Lorenzo, Madh e Mario saliranno sul gigantesco palco (1.600 metri quadrati!) del Mediolanum Forum di Assago per sfidarsi in tre manche al cardiopalma, circondati da tanti fantastici ospiti. In attesa di goderci la Finale di questa edizione incredibile, ripassiamo i brani scelti dai finalisti per l'ultima manche... e che vinca il migliore!
Una Finale incredibile, con tanti ospiti sensazionali e tre manche al cardiopalma per incoronare la nuova popstar del 2014.
Alessandro Cattelan, Fedez, Mika, Morgan e Victoria vi aspettano giovedì alle 21:10 in diretta dal Mediolanum Forum per l'incredibile Finale di #XF8!
PRIMA MANCHE
Ilaria - Sere nere (con Tiziano Ferro)
Lorenzo - Sei nell'anima (con Gianna Nannini)
Madh - Moon (con Malika Ayane)
Mario - La notte (con Arisa)
SECONDA MANCHE
Ilaria - My Name
Lorenzo - The Reason Why
Madh - Sayonara
Mario - All'orizzonte
TERZA MANCHE
Ilaria - You've Got the Love (dei Florence + The Machine)
Lorenzo - Rewind (di Paolo Nutini)
Madh - Heartbreak (di Nneka)
Mario - Use Somebody (dei Kings of Leon)
Per celebrare l'incoronazione, X Factor ha deciso di invitare tanti ospiti, italiani e internazionali, che divideranno il palco del Mediolanum Forum insieme ai nostri talenti.
#XF8 è iniziato con lui e con lui doveva terminare. Dopo la sensazionale performance del primo Live Show sulle note del suo ultimo singolo, Senza scappare mai più, Tiziano Ferro torna a regalarci grande musica d'autore su un palco ancora più grande: quello di Assago!
Per la prima volta a X Factor diamo il benvenuto a una delle rocker più importanti della musica italiana: Gianna Nannini! Con alla spalle 40 anni di carriera, centinaia di live e un album, Hitalia, appena uscito, Gianna Nannini ha scelto il palco di X Factor per regalarvi la Finale più spettacolare di sempre.
Da giudice ad amica e ora ospite della Finale, anche Arisa delizierà il pubblico della sua presenza. Reduce da un tour (Se vedo te tour) per molte tappe sold out, da un film, Colpi di fulmine e da un romanzo edito Mondadori Tu eri tutto per me, Arisa torna a X Factor per portare la sua musica.
L'ultimo ospite italiano che si esibirà sul palco del Medionalum Forum per la Finale di #XF8 è una cantautrice con all'attivo 3 album, un disco multiplatino, sette dischi di platino e due dischi d'oro. Stiamo parlando di Malika Ayane, la cantautrice classe '84 che dal 2008 fa impazzire il pubblico con brani del calibro di Ricomincio da qui e Come foglie.
Ma non è finita qui, vi avevamo parlato di ospiti stranieri... Il primo che vi sveliamo è un dj e produttore di fama internazionale, con oltre 8 milioni di album venduti in tutto il mondo e vincitore di 2 Grammy Awards: David Guetta! Per la prima volta in Italia con la sua band, eseguirà live durante la Finale il singolo Dangerous, il brano certificato platino e contenuto in Listen, il suo primo album di canzoni che vede la partecipazione di artisti del calibro di Emili Sande a John Legend, SIA, Nicki Minaj, The Script, Magic!, Ryan Tedder di One Republic.
I secondi ospiti internazionali sono la “New band of the day” come li definisce il Guardian: "Ogni loro canzone si annuncia con un fiorire e molto slancio, e c'è una leggera spolverata di ritmi caraibici, sapori tropicali e salotto-jazz." Loro sono i Saint Motel, che dal 2009 a oggi sono riusciti a suonare in tutti gli Stati Uniti aprendo i concerti degli Arctic Monkeys e degli Imagine Dragons. Durante la Finale di #XF8 canteranno il loro singolo My Type, che, dopo avere conquistato l'Inghilterra è ora ai vertici delle classifiche radio e di iTunes anche in Italia.
Il diciannovenne siciliano Lorenzo Fragola batte Madh nella finalissima del talent show in onda su Sky che registra record di ascolti e di interattività.
One of my pics from The Fall's Mark E Smith at their last Dublin show was published in a Swiss newspaper today.
Postcard. Postally unused.
Frith's Series. Published by F. Frith & Co. Reigate.
One of a related pair bought from an eBay seller in Poynton, United Kingdom.
Dated from The Francis Frith Collection.
Always nice to be published. And very cool that they wanted a drone shot! This one is for the Svenska kyrkan (swedish church) Husie församling.
Published by F W Holloway, Neath.
Posted to Peterborough.
From the hillside above the Lion pub. Villiers Street can be seen crossing the view diagonally
Being published in the Birmingham Evening Mail August 2012
You can take him a walk and then he still wants to play. It a great ball that takes shape once Ben gets his head off it. Wish I had removed the weeds now
New Zealand Heritage magazine is a quarterly publication by the NZ Historic Places Trust / Pouhere Taonga. Their Summer 2006 issue just published this week features four of my photographs of Masterton in its Travel Feature entitled Centre of Attention by Gareth Winter.
And, they found them on Flickr. How cool is that?
Original photos:
well, not in a book, but it's a start:
Nordiska muséet
www.schmap.com/stockholm/sights_djurgrden/p=235652/i=2356...
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 6th of May 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
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Zakk Wylde, alla nascita Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt, noto chitarrista di Ozzy Osbourne e leader di Black Label Society, in occasione del 20° anniversario del suo primo album solista “Book Of Shadows”, si esibirà in un tour particolare nei teatri che farà tappa in Italia al Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano il 9 giugno prossimo.
Lo stile musicale di Wylde trae ispirazione da musicisti di vario genere. Le sue maggiori influenze provengono da chitarristi heavy metal, specificamente Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi e Randy Rhoads. Tuttavia, Zakk ha ampie vedute musicali ed è appassionato anche di generi come jazz, blues e country e segue altri chitarristi come Frank Marino, Albert Lee, John McLaughlin e Al Di Meola.
Il suo stile è, tipicamente, caratterizzato dal preponderante utilizzo di armonici artificiali, i quali permettono di emettere suoni simili a dei fischi. La sua tecnica di solo si contraddistingue per l'utilizzo della scala pentatonica minore che esegue a plettrate alternate creando un distintivo attacco inatteso, comparato allo stile più "fluido" di altri chitarristi.
Una ulteriore caratteristica dello stile tecnico di Zakk è l'uso frequente del chicken picking, una tecnica chitarristica che è solitamente utilizzata nella musica country, difficilmente riscontrabile nel genere heavy metal. Probabilmente egli è stato ispirato nell'uso di questa tecnica da Albert Lee, uno dei suoi artisti di riferimento.
Zakk è rinomato anche per l'uso delle chitarre Gibson Les Paul con un singolo marchio di un "bersaglio - bullseye" riportato sul corpo, un design che egli utilizza per differenziarsi da Randy Rhoads, che utilizzava invece una Les Paul bianca. Ironicamente, uno dei setup di chitarra che Zakk preferisce è proprio il "Flying V" di Rhoads.
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c1910 postcard view of a small picnic shelter and a few rowboats at "Hammond's Grove" in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hammond’s Grove was located along Fall Creek near the State Fairgrounds northeast of Indianapolis.
A detailed history of Hammond’s Grove was published in 2013 at Historicindianapolis.com (historicindianapolis.com/hi-mailbag-hammonds-grove-2/). That article included a plat map of the area from an 1889 atlas showing Allisonville Pike, Fall Creek and the Millersville Gravel Road all running from southwest to northeast through the Hammond property. A second map presented in that article was part of a 1900 Marion County Bicycle route map. It shows the State Fair Grounds and the intersection of the White River and Eagle Creek Pike (actually, the correct name was White River and Fall Creek Pike) and the Allisonville Pike northeast of the fairgrounds. That map also shows a “cycle path” originating near that intersection and running northeast along the northwest side of Fall Creek for a short distance before crossing the creek and then continuing northeast along the southeast side of the creek to Millersville. At Millersville, a covered wagon bridge carried the Millersville Gravel Road across Fall Creek.
The location where the cycle path crossed Fall Creek was probably the new bridge mentioned in an 1899 announcement of the letting of a contract for a "wooden bridge over Fall Creek east of Hammond's Grove."¹ If the announcement was accurate, Hammond's Grove was on the west side of Fall Creek along Allisonville Pike at the time. This was northeast of the State Fair Grounds. However, the new bridge may have facilitated expansion of the park to the east side of Fall Creek and thereby provided additional access to the park from the Millersville Gravel Road southeast of Fall Creek.
Another postcard showing this same shelter structure suggests the photographer was looking north or northeast toward the south end of the shelter when this photograph was taken. If that was the case, the shelter was located on the northwest bank of Fall Creek.
1. Municipal Engineering Index, Volume 17, Number 5 (Indianapolis, IN: Municipal Engineering Company, 1899), page 325. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=PDtCAQAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
From the collection of Tom Hohman.
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The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by Byron Harmon of Banff, Canada. They state on the back that the card was produced in Canada.
Château Lake Louise
The 550-roomed Château Lake Louise is a Fairmont hotel on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta.
The Château's Initial Years
The hotel was first conceived by Canadian Pacific at the end of the 19th century, as a vacation destination to lure travellers into taking trains and heading West.
By the time aeroplanes and automobiles had displaced the trains, it had gained sufficient renown to have a life of its own.
The Painter Wing, built in 1913, is the oldest existing portion of the hotel.
The hotel's wooden Rattenbury Wing was destroyed by fire on the 3rd. July 1924, and was replaced by the current Barrot Wing one year later.
The natural areas around the hotel were incorporated into Banff National Park, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Winterisation
Originally built to function only in summer, the hotel was winterized in 1982, and now offers all the regular ski resort facilities during the winter months.
In addition to the usual skiing, ice skating and snowboarding, there are sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests and snowshoe excursions.
The Mount Temple Wing, opened in 2004, is the most recent wing, and features modern function facilities including the Mount Temple Ballroom.
Dining Options
The Château Lake Louise holds seven dining options. These include Fairview, Lakeview Lounge, Wallister Stube, Château Deli, Poppy Brasserie, Alpine Social (formerly the Glacier Saloon), and the seasonal Italian cuisine kitchen Lago.
Lake Louise (Alberta)
Lake Louise (named Ho-run-num-nay (Lake of the Little Fishes) by the Stoney Nakota First Nations people) is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
The lake is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the Hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).
Lake Louise is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
The turquoise colour of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake.
The lake has a surface area of 0.8 sq. kilometres (0.31 sq. miles), and is drained through the 3 kilometre long Louise Creek into the Bow River.
Moraine Lake and Lake Agnes are also accessible from Lake Louise.
Activities Associated With Lake Louise
A variety of hiking trails exist around the lake. Hiking trails include trips to Saddleback Pass, Fairview Mountain (2,744 metres, 9,003 feet), Mirror Lake, Lake Agnes, Big Beehive, Little Beehive, Devils Thumb, Mount Whyte, and Mount Niblock. Some of these trails are open to mountain biking and horseback riding.
The surrounding mountain faces offer opportunities for rock climbing. Kayaking and canoeing are popular activities during summer, and a boat launch and rental facility are maintained on the north-eastern shore.
The area is however plagued by traffic jams and parking shortages due to out-of-control tourism.
The nearby Lake Louise Ski Area, formerly known as Lake Louise Mountain Resort, offers amenities for alpine and Cross-country skiing, as well as heli-skiing and snowboarding.
The lake can be used for ice fishing and ice skating in winter, while the surrounding area offers settings for snowmobiling, dog sledding, snowshoeing and ice climbing.
Lake Louise Statistics
TypeGlacial Lake
Primary inflowsLefroy Glacier
Primary outflowsLouise Creek
Max. length2.0 kilometres (1.2 miles)
Max. width0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles)
Max. depth70 metres (230 feet)
Surface elevation1,750 metres (5,740 feet).
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 17th of May 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
The Postcard
An image of the wharf or landing stage at Port Said on a postally unused postcard published by the Cairo Postcard Trust of Cairo.
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 604,000 (2010).
The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look.
Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the canal. The two cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal. The only other metropolitan area in the world that also spans two continents is Istanbul.
Rudyard Kipling once said:
"If you truly wish to find someone you
have known and who travels, there are
two points on the globe you have but
to sit and wait, sooner or later your man
will come there: the docks of London
and Port Said".
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal offers a significantly shorter passage for ships than passing round the Cape of Good Hope.
The construction of the Suez Canal was favoured by the natural conditions of the region: the comparatively short distance between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the occurrence of a line of lakes or depressions which became lakes (Lake Manzala in the north, and depressions, Timsah and the Bitter Lakes, part way along the route), and the generally flat terrain.
Ferdinand de Lesseps
The construction of the canal was proposed by the engineer and French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who acquired from Said Pasha the rights of constructing and operating the canal for a period of 99 years.
The Opening of the Suez Canal
The Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was formed. Construction took 11 years, and the canal opened on 17 November 1869. The canal had an immediate and dramatic effect on world trade.
Nationalisation of the Canal
In July 1956 the Egyptian government nationalised the Suez Canal Company, which had been run by the French and owned privately, with the British as the largest shareholders.
The Suez Crisis
The Israeli–British–French invasion of Egypt which followed is known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression, but elsewhere as the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Closure of the Canal
Following Israel's invasion and occupation of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the Six-Day War of 1967, the Canal was closed, and did not reopen until 1975.
The Canal Today
Today, the Canal is a vital link in world trade, and contributes significantly to the Egyptian economy; in 2009 the income generated from the canal accounted for 3.7% of Egypt's GDP.
Alexis Mag Vol.004
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Photography: Shavonne Wong (zhiffyphotography)
Styling: Raudhah Hanafi
Assistants: Ravinder Kaur
Hair and Makeup: Julyen Z L.
Model: Ksenyia Vasylchenko (Avenue)
Published in 1882.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 14th of September 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
I'm so excited to share with you that my Gratitude Pages have been published in the April issue of Art Journaling Magazine! More at my blog.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle August 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by La Pensée. The card, which has a divided back, was printed by Baudinière of Paris.
Cambrai
Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt River.
Cambrai was the Duke of Wellington's headquarters for the British Army of Occupation, from 1815 to 1818.
Occupied and partly destroyed by the German army during the Great War, Cambrai saw unfold in its vicinity the Battle of Cambrai (20th. November 1917 – 3rd. December 1917) where tanks were massively and successfully used for the first time.
A second Battle of Cambrai took place between the 8th. and 10th. October 1918 as part of the Hundred Days Offensive.
The Reconstruction of Cambrai After the Great War
When the Germans retreated from Cambrai in October 1918, all they left their Canadian successors was a ghost town with a burned-out centre.
The architect Pierre Leprince-Ringuet was given the job of rebuilding the town. He gave Cambrai new squares and streets, and concentrated the administrative buildings and shops into specific areas.
He also designed a brand new town hall. Today the architecture in Cambrai’s centre is a mixture of traditional regional styles and more modern Art Deco buildings.
A Poem About the First Major Tank Attack
'A Vickers Light Gun on my shoulder,
Two machine-gun belts on my back.
Was ever man could be bolder,
A pawn in the first tank attack!
Other details that I carried,
Field-dressing, gas mask, and a pack,
By every impediment harried,
Iron rations, steel helmet alack!
There lumbering over Bosche lines,
Steel monsters use enfilade fire,
Dazed Germans surrend’ring betimes
Cry Kam’rad, as others expire!
Bombers now blast out each dug-out,
As tanks attack the next system.
Capture each strong-point and redoubt,
Prisoners galore! We arrest ‘em!
What of these steel cruising monsters,
Some temporarily halted.
Others still mobile giant ogres.
To Germans, surprised, so assaulted!
How are the Infantry fairing,
Following in the wake of the tanks?
Here we shall need all our daring,
The enemy’s thinning our ranks!
Their third trench system resisting,
The enemy holds our attack.
Fierce fire from machine-gunners raking,
Many tanks made immobile, alack!
Our loved Colonel shot in the leg,
Falls in a near shallow crater.
Too late now, more cover to beg.
Shot through the head seconds later.
At this stage the missiles increase,
Zip! Round my tense body spraying.
I pray for a safe quick release,
Rejecting the idea of dying!
A thump on my right arm, terrific!
Down drops the Light Vickers Gun.
A deep crater shields me, it’s magic!
Comes one of my mates on the run.
Quickly retrieving the weapon,
He hails me with ‘You lucky sod!’
Grabbing the gun’s ammunition,
Vanished, not bothering to nod!
Lying deep down in my crater,
I poured iodine on my wound.
Waiting for our lads to capture,
Finish the machine-gunning hound.
Saddened to lose Colonel Benson,
Comparing our separate state.
The depth of the crater, the reason
For each, and our ultimate fate!
Protecting the wound with a bandage
Secured around the wrist and the thumb.
Consid’ring the size of the damage,
That bullet, no doubt, a dum-dum!
No further resistance from ‘Gerry’,
Quick or you’ll run into a barrage.
From tanks and battlefield hurry.
Now home to ‘Blighty’ you’ll manage'.
The Citadel of Cambrai
The Citadel of Cambrai is built on the highest point of the city: the "Mont des Bœufs". It is here that Saint Géry founded the Church of Saint Loup and Saint Médard, which was to later become a place of pilgrimage around his own tomb. Throughout the Middle Ages, this abbey contributed to the fame of Cambrai.
Construction of the Citadel
Charles V wanted to impose himself on the neutral territories between the Kingdom of France and its territory. He therefore wanted to build a citadel in Cambrai.
He brought in Italian architects and decided to sacrifice the Abbey of Mont-des-Bœufs. This and hundreds of houses were demolished to make way for the fortress formed by a quadrilateral and terminated by four bastions.
The French Contributions
After the capture of the city by the French in 1677, Louis XIV entrusted Vauban with improving the citadel. Vauban added half-moons, redoubts, improved the bastions and added embankments to improve the citadel's defences.
The Dismantling and Remains of the Citadel
During the dismantling of the fortifications at the end of the 19th. century, the citadel was not spared. Almost all of the structures surrounding it were knocked down or buried. The citadel is now stripped of its bastions, and most of the barracks buildings have not survived.
The citadel gate was classified as a historical monument in 1932.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 5th of February 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by the Valentine-Black Co. of Toronto.
Casa Loma
Casa Loma (Spanish for 'Hill House') is a Gothic Revival style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for the financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, who designed several other city landmarks. Casa Loma sits at an elevation of 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level.
Due to its unique architectural character in Toronto, Casa Loma has been a popular filming location for movies and television. It is also a popular venue for wedding ceremonies, and Casa Loma can be rented in the evenings after the museum closes to the public.
History of Casa Loma
In 1903, financier Henry Pellatt purchased 25 lots from developers Kertland and Rolf. Pellatt commissioned architect E. J. Lennox to design Casa Loma, with construction beginning in 1911, starting with the massive stables, potting shed and Hunting Lodge (a.k.a. coach-house) a few hundred feet north of the main building.
The Hunting Lodge is a two-storey 4,380-square-foot (407 m2) house with servants' quarters. As soon as the stable complex was completed, Pellatt sold his summer house in Scarborough to his son and moved to the Hunting Lodge.
The stables were used as a construction site for the castle (and also served as the quarters for the male servants), with some of the machinery still remaining in the rooms under the stables.
The house cost about $3.5 million and took 300 workers three years to build. Due to the start of the Great War, construction was halted.
With 98 rooms covering 64,700 square feet (6,011 m2), it was the largest private residence in Canada. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, a central vacuum, two secret passages in Pellatt's ground-floor office, a pool, and a bowling alley in the basement.
Most of the third floor was left unfinished, and today it serves as the Regimental Museum for The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Pellatt joined the Regiment as a Rifleman, and rose through the ranks to become the Commanding Officer. He was knighted for his dedication to the Regiment.
During the depression that followed the war, the City of Toronto increased Casa Loma's property taxes from $600 per year to $1,000 a month, and Pellatt, already experiencing financial difficulties, auctioned off $1.5 million in art and $250,000 in furnishings. Pellatt was able to enjoy life in the castle for less than ten years, leaving in 1923.
The city seized Casa Loma in 1924 because of unpaid taxes, and for years, the building was left vacant.
In the late 1920's, investors operated Casa Loma for a short time as a luxury hotel. During Prohibition, it became a popular nightspot for wealthy Americans.
The Orange Blossoms, later known as Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, played there for eight months in 1927–1928. Shortly thereafter, they went on a tour of North America and became a major swing era dance band.
In the 1930's, CFRB broadcaster Claire Wallace spent a night at Casa Loma to gather material for a story about ghosts and supernatural phenomena, and she later broadcast an appeal to save the old building from demolition.
Her broadcast was heard by the vice-president of a local Kiwanis Club, and subsequently Casa Loma was leased in 1937 to the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, later the Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma (KCCL), which began operating the castle as a tourist destination until 2011.
During World War II, the stables were used to conceal research and production of sonar, and for construction of sonar devices (known as ASDIC) for U-boat detection. The area was closed, behind an 'Under Repairs' sign. The suggestion that the stables were under renovation allowed workers of the secret facility to come and go without suspicion.
From 1997 until 2012, the castle underwent a 15-year, $33-million exterior restoration largely funded by the city, which also created a new board of trustees in 2008, including seven KCCL members and seven city appointees.
The city's renewed management agreement included a stipulation that KCCL would use the castle's net revenues to help pay for upgrades; however, the organization used the fund to cover operating shortfalls instead, and there was only $335,000 in the account by 2011, rather than the $1.5-million originally projected.
As a result, in 2011, the city temporarily resumed management of Casa Loma and began welcoming bids from the private sector in its search for a new operator.
In January 2014, the city entered a new long-term lease with Liberty Entertainment Group, led by CEO Nick Di Donato, which agreed to spend $7.4 million to continue the castle's upgrades. The company's plans also included a fine dining facility. The restaurant, Blueblood Steakhouse, opened in the summer of 2017.
The Postcard
A postcard published by Rotary Photo of London E.C. The photography was by Lilian Beel of Bristol. The card is a glossy real photograph.
The card was posted in Ilford on Thursday the 3rd. August 1905 to:
Miss E. Head,
Mascotte,
Westcliff.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Sunday.
Don't Lose This.
Thanks for P.C., it is a jolly
pretty one.
You haven't answered
about tennis yet, don't
forget.
I am going to try for a
weekend for Lil, but I
don't know if it will come
off.
One thing for certain is
you haven't wasted all
those stamps I sent you
on us at home.
Much love,
Dick".
Mr. Kennerley Rumford
Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford (2nd. September 1870 – 9th. March 1957) was an English baritone singer of the 20th. century.
He was first known for his performances of Oratorio, but following his marriage to the well-known contralto singer Clara Butt, he toured with her throughout the English-speaking world, singing repertoire of a more popular type.
He was twice mentioned in dispatches while serving on the Western Front during the First World War.
Kennerley Rumford was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Joseph Kennerley Rumford who was related to Count Rumford the celebrated scientist. He was educated at King's School Canterbury and also in Frankfurt and Paris.
On the 26th. June 1900 he married the contralto singer Clara Butt. They had one daughter and two sons before Clara died in 1936. In 1941 he married Dorothy Jane Elwin.
Rumford made his first appearance in 1896 at St James's Hall in London. He went on to sing at the Birmingham and Handel festivals, and at nearly all the principal London and provincial concerts and festivals.
He made his reputation with works of a serious kind such as Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' (Bach Festival at Queen's Hall 6th. April 1897) and Brahms's 'Ernste Gesänge' (St. James's Hall Popular Concert 31st. January 1898). He also appeared before both Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.
After his marriage to Clara Butt he performed with her in concerts of a more popular kind – they performed "Grand Concerts" at the Royal Albert Hall in London and in tours all over the English-speaking world.
During the First World War, Rumford served in France where he was twice mentioned in dispatches; later (from 1917) he worked in the Special Intelligence Department of the War Office.
Rumford's earliest recording dates from 1899, when he recorded 'Night Hymn at Sea' with Clara Butt on a 7-inch Berliner disc. Between 1909 and the mid-1920's he made a number of recordings for HMV and the Columbia Graphophone Company, some solo but many with Clara, for example:
- 'The Yeomen of England' from Merrie England (Edward German) in 1909 (solo)
- 'Abide with Me' (Liddle) in 1909 (with Clara)
- 'O That We Two were Maying' in 1925 (with Clara)
Kennerley died in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, on the 9th. March 1957 aged 86. He is buried in St Mary's churchyard, North Stoke, Oxfordshire.
Elizabeth Fleischman
So what else happened on the day that Dick posted the card?
Well, the 3rd. August 1905 was not a good day for Elizabeth Fleischman, because she died aged 38 on that day. Elizabeth, who was born on the 5th. March 1867, was an American radiographer who was an an X-ray pioneer.
Fleischman was the first woman to die from the effects of working with X-rays.
Her gravestone states simply:
“I think I did some good
in this world.”