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Crestwood Local Schools 41 - 1983 Wayne Chevrolet - Retired; Myers Equipment Corp. - Canfield, Ohio. Replaced with a 2000 Thomas Freightliner. Bus has since been crushed.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
It was foggy at London-Gatwick on this particular morning. I had the whole fleet at Manchester, G-GCAL was around the corner.
These aircraft were parked out on a taxiway opposite the Fire Station and where the new Control Tower is located. My ramp car didn't have a radio so I had to get a lift out there with the Servisair guys.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 22-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 06-Aug-23.
Taken at Penticton, BC, Canada.
Originally allocated the United States Air Force serial 60-9301, this aircraft was transferred the Royal Canadian Air Force and delivered direct from Grumman Aircraft serialled 9301 in 1960.
It was withdrawn from service in 1970 and stored before being returned to Grumman Aircraft as N9425 in 1971.
It was sold to the Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy) serialled 572 (or 251 ?) in 1972 It was written off on 01-Nov-73.
Note: The aircraft was operating in a mountainous region of Chile, near Quilpe and suffered an engine failure. It was unable to climb high enough to clear the surrounding terrain en-route to the coast and impacted a mountain side. Three of the six crew were killed.
Replacing the usual A321 on the afternoon Istanbul / Manchester service.
Named: "Erzurum"
This aircraft was delivered to Turkish Airlinjes as TC-JJJ in Jan-11. Current (Sep-18).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Mar-17 (DeNoise AI 24-Aug-22).
'Raffles' logojet livery.
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SPK in Jan-97. Sadly, the aircraft was destroyed at Taipei (Taiwan) on 31-Oct-00 when it struck construction equipment during take-off on a runway that was closed for maintenance.
It's sister-ship with the 'Raffles' livery, 9V-SPL, was very quickly repainted back into standard livery.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 25-Oct-15.
Court Line also had One-Elevens painted in yellow, green and lilac pastel shades. They were Luton (LTN) based and so I never got the opportunity to photograph the other colours.
Delivered new to Court Line in Mar-70 as G-AXMI, the aircraft was repossessed and stored by the British Aircraft Corporation when Court Line ceased operations in Sep-74.
It was re-registered G-BDAE in Feb-75 and sold to Dan-Air London the following month. Dan-Air operated it for 17 years and then sold it to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation in Nov-92.
They immediately leased it to BAF British Air Ferries and it was re-registered G-OBWD in Jan-93. In Apr-93 BAF were renamed British World Airlines.
The aircraft was sub-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines several times in 1995 for short periods (May/Jul, late Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, late Oct/Nov), It was also sub-leased to Air Nostrum (Iberia Regional) in Nov/Dec-97 and Mar-98.
Debonair leased it in May/Jun-98 and CityJet leased it for the summer of 1999 (Mar/Oct-99). Air Nostrum leased it again over Christmas/New Year Oct-99/mid Jan-00 and again for a few weeks over Easter 2000 (Apr/May-00). It was finally retired and stored at Southend, UK, in Nov-00 after 30 years service.
While stored at Southend the aircraft was painted with 'Fresh' titles for a TV drama in 2004 and with "Support the British Heart Foundation" in 2006 when it also carried the fictitious registration G-OBHS. It was broken up at Southend later in 2006 (thanks to Richard Church for the additional info).
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 20-Feb-15, Topaz DeNoise AI 27-Apr-23.
Slightly blurred.
A post war built DC-4, delivered new to National Airlines in Apr-46 as N33682. It was sold to Resort Airlines in 1952 and was leased to Trans Continental Airlines before being sold to Great Lakes Airlines in 1955.
It became G-APEZ when Starways bought it in Sep-57 and served with them until Starways was bought by British Eagle in Dec-63 when it was transferred to Starways engineering company, Aviation Overhauls.
It was stored at Liverpool until it was leased to ACE Freighters in Aug-64. ACE Freighters bought it later that year and operated it until it was retired at Coventry, UK, in Jul-66 (ACE Freighters ceased trading 2 months later). It was broken up at Coventry in early 1968.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 15-Jun-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Sep-24.
Operated by Comair on behalf of Delta Connection.
Fleet No: "7111".
No history!
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 13-Dec-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 29-Aug-25.
Korean Air Lines Cargo, leased from & operated by World Airways.
The Boeing 707-320C aircraft was fitted with a main deck cargo door as standard and could be operated with passengers or cargo.
Delivered to World Airways in Aug-67 as N370WA, this aircraft was leased to Korean Air Lines Cargo in Apr-71 and returned to World Airways in Jun-77. In Aug-77 it was leased to BMA British Midland Airways in passenger configuration and sub-leased to Kuwait Airways (still operated by World Airways).
It was returned to British Midland in Jan-78. It was sub-leased to Air Algerie for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Jun/Aug-78 and returned to World Airways in Jan-79. The following day it was sold to Sobelair (Belgium) and re-registered OO-SBU.
It was immediately leased to Cargo Airlines, Israel and returned to Sobelair in May-79. In Nov-87 it was leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines and returned to Sobelair in Dec-89 before being sold to Omega Air in Jan-90.
Omega Air immediately leased it to Florida West Airlines as N760FW. In Jan-91 it was wet-leased to SAM Colombia, returning to Florida West in Aug-91. In Apr-92 it was returned to Omega Air and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, USA.
It was sold to Grumman Aerospace in May-92 and converted to a C-137C. It was delivered to the United States Air Force in May-95 serialled 67-30054. In Feb-95 it was converted to an E-8C 'J-STARS' and re-serialled 94-0285.
It was transferred to the 309th AMARG (Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis Monthan AFB in May-23. Presumably stored. Updated 29-Aug-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 16-Feb-19, plus DeNoise AI 21-Dec-22.
My one regret is that I never saw these aircraft on the water or flying.
Named: "Hawaii Mars".
Delivered to the United States Navy in 1945.
Stagecoach have replaced Powells as the operator on SYPTE-funded Bradfield School workings 760, 762, and 766 for this school year. The 760 and 762 serve the rural area around Bradfield and had been operated by Powells respectively since 2011 and 2010. These routes were rationalised in 2018 which saw the withdrawal of a third service – the 761 – and with it the loss of some of the further-flung deviations to locations including Onesmoor, Thornseat, Bradfield Dale, and Holdworth. Nonetheless, the routes still serve a number of roads which are omitted from the public 61 and 62 Bradfield services which coincidentally passed from TM Travel to Powells earlier this month.
Ughill is one settlement lacking a conventional bus service, and Solo M850 YN06UGR (47319) was captured this afternoon approaching the hamlet with the return 762. The 760 and 762 are being serviced using a Solo each from Ecclesfield depot, contrasting with the full-sized vehicle which Powells deployed on the 762. Stagecoach have operated school work in this area before, as Chesterfield depot previously held the contract for service 662 which was inherited following the takeover of Whites of Calver. The vehicle pictured was new to Chesterfield however moved to Barnsley around a year ago and appears to have pitched up at Ecclesfield to cover an increased Solo requirement associated with newly-acquired SYPTE contracts.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-17, plus DeNoise AI 26-Feb-23.
Named: "Long Beach".
This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABC in Mar-83. It was sold to British Aerospace in Dec-94 in part-exchange for B.Ae 146-RJ70's. British Aerospace immediately sold it to a leasing company who leased it to Air New Zealand as ZK-NAG later that month.
It returned to the lessor in Dec-95 when it was immediately leased to TEA Cyprus (Trans European Airways) as 5B-DBF. TEA Cyprus wet-leased the aircraft to Pacific Airlines (Asia) the following day. It returned to TEA Cyprus in May-97 and was wet-leased to Air Afrique five days later.
It was returned to TEA Cyprus in Dec-97 and returned to the lessor in Feb-98. It was leased to Winair as N118RW the same month. Winair bought it in Mar-98 but apparently didn't keep up the payments as it was repossessed by the lessor in Jun-99.
In Jul-99 the aircraft was leased to Frontier Airlines. The registration N276FL was reserved by Frontier but wasn't used. It returned to the lessor in Oct-03 and was stored until May-04 when it was leased to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras as HR-ATN. The aircraft was permanently retired at La Ceiba, Honduras in mid 2008.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 28-Dec-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 12-Jul-24
Named: "City of Glasgow".
First flown with the deHavilland Canada test registration C-GEOA, this aircraft was delivered to Brymon Airways as G-BRYI in Mar-91. Brymon was merged with Birmingham European Airways to form Brymon European Airways in Nov-92.
It didn't last long, the company was split again in May-93 with the jet aircraft going to Maersk Air UK and the turboprop aircraft being transferred to Brymon Aviation, now owned by British Airways.
The aircraft was operated for British Airways Express by Brymon in full BA livery from Jul-93. In Mar-02, Brymon was merged with another BA franchisee, British Regional Airlines to form British Airways CitiExpress.
The aircraft was sold back to Bombardier Inc as C-FFBG in Jun-05 and was stored at North Bay, ON, Canada. In Mar-06 it was leased to Air Southwest (UK) as G-WOWE. It was briefly wet-leased to Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey, CI, UK) in May/Jun-11.
In Jul-11 Air Southwest was taken over by Eastern Airways (UK). The aircraft was returned to Bombardier Inc in Jan-12 and stored (at Calgary, AB, Canada ?). It was sold to Avmax Aviation Services as C-GRUR in Sep-12 and leased to CMA Central Mountain Air in Nov-12.
It was withdrawn from service in Nov-17 and stored at Calgary, AB, Canada. It was returned to Avmax in Jun-19 and remained stored until it was ferried to Luanda, Angola in early Dec-22. It was leased to Fly Angola as D2-FDX later that month and continues in service.
However, as of 12-Jul-24, the aircraft continues to appear on Flightradar 24 as C-GRUR! I assume the box has never been changed to a new ADSB code... Updated 12-Jul-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "St. Flannan / Flannan".
First flown with the Fokker Aircraft test registration PH-EXG, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKD in Apr-90. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Feb-01.
It was re-registered to Fokker Services as PH-EXG and leased to Denim Air in Nov-03. It was sub-leased to VLM Airlines as OO-VLY, initially operated by Denim Air, in Dec-03. The aircraft was briefly leased to Fokker Services as PH-ZFC in Jan-04, returning to VLM as OO-VLY in Feb-04.
VLM was taken over by CityJet in Oct-09 although the companies continued to operate separately and it was operated for CityJet by VLM. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-13 and stored until it was leased to Hunnu Air (Mongolia) in Jul-13 as JU-8883.
The aircraft was sold to VGAS Vermeer Global Aviation Services (Netherlands) as 2-MIES in Jul-19 and sold to Gomair (Democratic Republic of Congo) as 9S-ABG the following week. Current, updated 22-Sep-21.
replaced with a pic fixed by adrian - lightened in the front, it really improved it. Thanks Adrian!! www.adrianwarren.com
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Mar-16, plus DeNoise AI 29-Nov-22.
First flown in Feb-92 with the Airbus test registration F-WWCL, this aircraft was delivered to Balair Switzerland as HB-IPL in Apr-92.
Balair merged with CTA in Jan-93 to form Balair/CTA. It was renamed Balair CTA Leisure in Nov-97. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Nov-99 and leased to Oman Air in Dec-99 as A4O-OC.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-02 as N640KS. In Jul-02 it was leased to Air Plus Comet as EC-IHV and in Nov-03 they sub-leased it to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-AIV.
It was repossessed by the lessor in May-10, re-registered N391LF and permanently retired at Walnut Ridge, AR, USA the following month. It was last noted still at Walnut Ridge in Sep-11. The aircraft was broken up there in late 2011. Updated 29-Nov-22
A wintery scene at Whitchurch in February 1984 as Class 47530 passes through with a Cardiff Central to Crewe service. Today the signal box and most of the outbuilding have been demolished and replaced with housing
ORIGINAL SLIDE TAKEN WITH A CANON A1 CAMERA
[I continue uploading photographs from my “Grand Tour 2022”, a 10-day road trip around France undertaken at the beginning of June 2022.]
Continuing our visit of the Benedictine abbey in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, founded in 855 by local lord Raoul (or Rodolfus) de Turenne. To further warrant the development of the budding abbey, Raoul gifted it the relics of three saints, Prime, Félicien and Félicité, which he had obtained in Rome. During the Middle Ages, the veneration for saintly relics was such that possession of them would guarantee a steady flow of pilgrims. Very few of those were wealthy (although some were), but their sheer numbers created richness wherever they congregated, regardless of the amount spent individually by each pilgrim. Additionally, the abbey was on a side itinerary to Compostela, although not on one of the main routes, which also brought a steady inflow of pilgrims who needed to be sheltered for the night and fed.
The abbey church as we see it now was begun in the early 1100s and replaced an earlier one. Parts from the 800s and 900s still remain. Listed very early on as a Historic Landmark in 1843, the church was strongly influenced by architectural traits from the neighboring province of Limousin. It was affiliated with Cluny in 1076, which is certainly what prompted the design and erection of a new, larger church, which consequently retains many characteristics of Cluniac architecture and art as well.
During this “Grand Tour” of 2022, I visited at least half a dozen first-class masterpieces of Romanesque architecture and art, and Beaulieu ranks easily among them, even though it is probably the less well-known.
These three high reliefs have been attached to the façade of the southern porch in modern days. No one knows where they were supposed to be originally. They illustrate some of the Sins: on the left, Gluttony with the empty plate; in the center, Avarice holding its full purse; and on the right, Lust with a female body bitten by a toad and a pair of snakes.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jul-24.
Bit too much ground equipment really!
This aircraft was delivered to the Polish Air Force serialled '102' in Apr-66. It was transferred to LOT Polish Airlines as SP-LSI in Mar-75.
The aircraft was sold to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines as LZ-BEH in Jul-91 and re-registered LZ-ZAH in 1999. It was sold to Phoenix Aviation as EX-75905 in 2000 and sold to Intal Air in 2003. Withdrawn from use and stored by 2006. No further information.
Replace HR Wells with Malcolm Merlyn. Im not changing it.
Honorable Mentions
Deathstroke
Firestorm (Both)
Replaced an earlier scanned photo with a better version 18-Mar-16, plus DeNoise AI 10-Jan-23.
Named: "Cosmic Girl".
Delivered to Virgin Atlantic Airways as G-VWOW in Oct-01, the aircraft was sold on delivery to GECAS and leased back to Virgin Atlantic. It was returned to GECAS in Oct-15
It was immediately sold to JACM Holdings Inc and leased to Virgin Galactic as N744VG. It was stored at San Antonio, TX, USA, in Nov-15. It was modified for use as the launch vehicle for Virgin Galctic's 'LauncherOne' satellite.
In Jul-17 the aircraft was transferred to Virgin Orbit. The first test launch took place in the USA on 25-May-20, it failed. The second launch took place on 17-Jan-21. It was a success, as were the next three launches.
Launcher One's first launch from it's UK base at Newquay-Cornwall Airport was on 09-Jan-23. While the launch was successful, the rocket second stage malfunctioned and didn't achieve it's planned orbit to release the nine satellite's on board. Updated 10-Jan-23.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 26-Jan-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 26-May-25.
The Iconic Concorde. G-BOAB was first flown on the 18-May-76 and was delivered to British Airways on 30-Sep-76. The aircraft was re-registered G-N94AB/N94AB in Jan-79 for joint services with Braniff Airways and returned to British Airways as G-BOAB in Sep-80.
It continued in service for another 20 years before being retired in Aug-00 and stored at London-Heathrow Airport. The aircraft was gifted to the British Airports Authority by British Airways in Jan-04 with the intention of it being displayed outside Terminal 5.
However that never happened and it's currently hidden behind the British Airways Engineering Building at London-Heathrow, slowly rotting away. (Updated Jan-17).
Store and Post Office was located at 1234 Harris Avenue in Cove Cliff / Deep Cove, North Vancouver, B.C.
The store was demolished and replaced with a house built c. 2009 - LINK to photos of the house - www.charliecameron.com/showlisting/214405/1234-Harris-Ave...
COVE CLIFF - Located between Dollarton and just south of the community of Deep Cove in British Columbia. It is on the west side of the entrance to Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet within the North Vancouver municipality.
The COVE CLIFF Post Office was established - 1 March 1950 - it became VANCOUVER COVE CLIFF (sub office) - 17 October 1960 and closed - 11 July 1966 due to the lack of a suitable person being available to assume charge of the office.
LINKS to a list of the Postmistress' who served at the COVE CLIFF / VANCOUVER SUB - COVE CLIFF Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; and www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
The COVE CLIFF Post Office was located in the Gillis Grocery Store on Strathcona Road / 1234 Harris Avenue. The Postmistress was Christena Gillis who served from - 1 March 1950 to - 23 July 1963. LINK to a photo of the Gillis Store where the Post Office was located - deepcoveheritage.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F2C1776C-DED...
Christena (nee MacPherson) Gillis
(b. 27 August 1897 in Prince Edward Island - d. 15 January 2003 at age 103 in North Vancouver, B.C.) - She was born in P.E.I. 1897 and moved to North Vancouver 1923. A true pioneer living in a log homestead her husband built on Strathcona Road, North Vancouver. She was a feisty lady and a real inspiration to those who knew her. LINK to her obituary - www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=ch...
Her husband: John "Jack" Ernest Gillis
(b. 1 August 1898 in Prince Edward Island - d. 3 December 1965 at age 67 in North Vancouver, B.C.)
LINK to "The Gillis Photo Collection" - deepcoveheritage.pastperfectonline.com/photo?utf8=%E2%9C%...
Martha Cordelia (nee Otterbine) Reid was the Postmistress at COVE CLIFF from - 15 August 1963 to - 11 July 1966.
(b. 24 January 1910 in Elkton, Alberta - d. 24 February 1990 at age 80 in Parksville, B.C.) - her occupation during most of her working life was a nurse.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 06-Sep-17, plus DeNoise AI 19-Nov-22.
This aircraft was delivered to the GPA Group Ltd (later to become GECAS) and leased to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines as EI-CKD in Sep-94. It was returned to GECAS in Oct-99 and stored.
In Jan-00 it was re-registered N683TW and leased to TWA Trans World Airlines the following month. TWA was merged into American Airlines on Dec-01, the aircraft continued in service until it was stored at Greensboro, NC, USA in Nov-02.
It was returned to the lessor in Apr-03 and remained stored until it was leased to euroAtlantic Airways in Nov-03. The aircraft was sub-leased to Southern Winds (Argentina) as LV-AIX in Jan-04. Southern Winds ceased operations in Mar-05 and the aircraft was 'parked' at Rio de Janeiro - Galileo.
It was returned to euroAtlantic as CS-TLQ in Jun-05. In Feb-07 it was wet-leased to Air India, returning to euroAtlantic in Jan-08. It was wet-leased to GMG Airlines (Bangladesh) 5 days later and returned to euroAtlantic in Apr-08.
In Aug-08 the aircraft was returned to the lessor and sold to the Fuerza Aerea de Chile (the Chilean Air Force) serialled FAC985. Current, updated 19-Nov-22.
Note: euroAtlantic Airways are an ACMI operator (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) and provide aircraft on short and long-term lease to other airlines, as well as operating their own charter services.
Construction of the current castle started around 1325. This served to replace an older castle (known as 't Oude Huys ), which stood a few hundred meters west of the present castle, and whose excavations in 1981 have revealed the foundations of a stone keep and objects.
In the twelfth century, the area around Helmond was part of the possessions of the van Hornes. The current castle was initially owned by the van Berlaer family. In 1433 this family was succeeded by the van Cortenbach family. In 1683 the castle passed into the hands of the Arberg family by marriage. The mint master Carel Frederik Wesselman bought the manor with the castle Helmond in 1781.
In 1549 a fierce fire raged in the castle, in which especially the west wing and the roofs of the building were damaged. Complete destruction has certainly not taken place. Evidence of this was found in later renovations in the 20th century .
In 1921, the ownership of the castle was transferred to the municipality of Helmond by the widow of the last lord of the castle Carel Frederik Wesselman van Helmond, jkvr. Anna Maria de Jonge van Zwijnsbergen and her two daughters, on the condition that the castle was only used for the municipal administration. or intended for other public use. After a thorough renovation, the castle was taken into use as a town hall from 1923. The space became too small in the 1970s. A new town hall was put into use. Of the municipal functions, two wedding halls and the council chamber remained in use. In 2001 the council chamber moved to a new location in nearby Boscotondo . Museum Helmond has been in the castle since 1982.
The current castle was designed as a square water castle with a round tower at each corner and no central residential tower or keep, very similar in ground plan to similar castles such as Muiden Castle, Radboud Castle, or Ammersoyen Castle. These square castles turned out to have better defensive qualities than older round castles. The ground plan of the castle measures approximately 35 X 35 meters. The diameter of the corner towers is approximately 8 meters. The entrance is on the north side through a gatehouse that is almost integrated with the adjacent buildings.
The castle used to have a double ring of moats, only the moat around the building itself remains. The castle also included some outbuildings and entrance gates. Apart from two square towers and one entrance gate, these have to make way for the construction of the Kasteel-Traverse (a bridge crossing straight through the center of Helmond). Over the centuries, the building was adapted several times to the then current use. During the major renovation in 1923, a system of corridors was built in front of the original rooms. The cellar vaults have remained virtually authentic. Almost nothing remains of the original interior. A few authentic fireplaces can still be seen.
Source: wikipedia.org
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 13-Oct-19.
Special livery for '15th Asian Games, Doha 2006'.
Named: "Semaisma" (applied in Arabic only).
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYK, this aircraft was delivered to Qatar Airways as A7-AEE in Dec-05 in Orange '15th Asian Games Doha 2006' livery.
It was repainted into standard livery in Jun-09. The aircraft was stored at the old Doha International Airport (DIA) between Mar/May-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and again between early Jul-20 and late Jul-21. Current, updated 01-Jan-22.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 03-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
Arriving after a non-stop ferry flight from Hong Kong. This was the 22 year old aircraft's penultimate landing. The following day it ferried to Bruntingthorpe, UK, on it's final flight to a date with the scrap-mans axe.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N60697, this aircraft was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUE in May-93. It became B-HUE in Aug-97 when Hong Kong became an autonomous region of China.
In Jan-15, after 22 years in service, the aircraft ferried from Hong Kong via Manchester to Bruntingthorpe, UK where it was permanently retired. Updated 03-Jan-22
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 30-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
With additional '38/98, 60 years of excellence' titles.
2015 Blue Bird Vision
Hood was replaced due to collision - the license plate and bumper still appear dented. The hood now doesn't have a unit number after being replaced.
Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.
The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church, was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site. Initially the castle was a wooden structure which was replaced with stone over time. The Domesday Survey of 1086 recorded "Ilbert's Castle" which probably referred to Pontefract Castle.
Robert de Lacy failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother, and the King confiscated the castle from the family during the 12th century. Roger de Lacy paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, but the King retained possession of the castle. His successor King John gave de Lacy the castle in 1199, the year John ascended the throne. Roger died in 1213 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. However, the King took possession of Castle Donington and Pontefract Castle. The de Lacys lived in the castle until the early 14th century. It was under the tenure of the de Lacys that the magnificent multilobate donjon was built.
In 1311 the castle passed by marriage to the estates of the House of Lancaster. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (circa 1278–1322) was beheaded outside the castle walls six days after his defeat at the Battle of Boroughbridge, a sentence placed on him by King Edward II himself in the great hall. This resulted in the earl becoming a martyr with his tomb at Pontefract Priory becoming a shrine. It next went to Henry, Duke of Lancaster and subsequently to John of Gaunt, third son of King Edward III. He made the castle his personal residence, spending vast amounts of money improving it.
In the closing years of the 14th century, Richard II banished John of Gaunt’s son Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, from England. Following the death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399, Richard II seized much of the property due to Bolingbroke. Richard then shared some of the seized property around among his favourites. The castle at Pontefract was among such properties which was under threat. These events aroused Bolingbroke to return to England to claim his rights to the Duchy of Lancaster and the properties of his father. Shakespeare's play Richard II (Act 2, scene 1, 277) relates Bolingbroke’s homecoming in the words of Northumberland in the speech of the eight tall ships:-
NORTHUMBERLAND
Then thus: I have from Port Le Blanc,
A bay in Brittany, receiv’d intelligence,
That Harry Duke of Herford, Rainold Lord Cobham,
Thomas, son and heir to th’ Earl of Arundel,
That late broke from the Duke of Exeter,
His brother, Archbishop late of Canterbury,
Sir Thomas Erpingham, Sir John Ramston,
Sir John Norbery, Sir Robert Waterton, and Francis Quoint—
All these, well furnished by the Duke of Brittany
With eight tall ships, three thousand men of war,
Are making hither with all due expedience,
And shortly mean to touch our northern shore
When Bolingbroke landed at Ravenspur on the Humber, he made straight way for his castle at Pontefract. King Richard II, being in Ireland at the time, was in no position to oppose Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke soon deposed Richard and took the crown for himself as Henry IV.
Richard II was captured by Henry Bolingbroke's supporters in August 1399 and was initially imprisoned in the Tower of London. Sometime before Christmas that year he was moved to Pontefract Castle (via Knaresborough) where he remained under guard until his death, perhaps on 14 February 1400. William Shakespeare's play Richard III mentions this incident:
Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison,
Fatal and ominous to noble peers!
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the second here was hack'd to death;
And, for more slander to thy dismal seat,
We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.
Various chroniclers suggest that Richard was starved to death by his captors, and others suggest he starved himself. A contemporary French chronicler suggested that Richard II had been hacked to death, but this is, according to the ODNB, "almost certainly fictitious"
Richard III had two relatives of Elizabeth Woodville beheaded at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483 – her son, Sir Richard Grey, and her brother, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.
n 1536, the castle's guardian, Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy handed over the castle to the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Catholic rebellion from northern England against the rule of King Henry VIII. Lord Darcy was executed for this alleged "surrender", which the king viewed as an act of treason.
In 1541, during a royal tour of the provinces, it was alleged that King Henry's fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, committed her first act of adultery with Sir Thomas Culpeper at Pontefract Castle, a crime for which she was apprehended and executed without trial. Mary, Queen of Scots was lodged at the castle on 28 January 1569, travelling between Wetherby and Rotherham.
On his way south to London, King James rode from Grimston Park to view Pontefract Castle on 19 April 1603 and stayed the night at the Bear Inn at Doncaster. The castle was included in English jointure property of his wife, Anne of Denmark.
Royalists controlled Pontefract Castle at the start of the English Civil War. The first of three sieges began in December 1644 and continued until the following March when Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale of Holme arrived with Royalist reinforcements and the Parliamentarian army retreated. During the siege, mining and artillery caused damage and the Piper Tower collapsed as a result. The second siege began on 21 March 1645, shortly after the end of the first siege, and the garrison surrendered in July after hearing the news of Charles I's defeat at the Battle of Naseby. Parliament garrisoned the castle until June 1648 when Royalists sneaked into the castle and took control. Pontefract Castle was an important base for the Royalists, and raiding parties harried Parliamentarians in the area.
Oliver Cromwell led the final siege of Pontefract Castle in November 1648. Charles I was executed in January, and Pontefract's garrison came to an agreement and Colonel Morrice handed over the castle to Major General John Lambert on 24 March 1649. Following requests from the townspeople, the grand jury at York, and Major General Lambert, on 27 March Parliament gave orders that Pontefract Castle should be "totally demolished & levelled to the ground" and materials from the castle would be sold off. Piecemeal dismantling after the main organised activity of slighting may have further contributed to the castle's ruined state.
It is still possible to visit the castle's 11th-century cellars, which were used to store military equipment during the civil war.
Little survives of what "must have been one of the most impressive castles in Yorkshire" other than parts of the curtain wall and excavated and tidied inner walls. It had inner and outer baileys. Parts of a 12th-century wall and the Piper Tower's postern gate and the foundations of a chapel are the oldest remains. The ruins of the Round Tower or keep are on the 11th-century mound. The Great Gate flanked by 14th-century semi-circular towers had inner and outer barbicans. Chambers excavated into the rock in the inner bailey possibly indicate the site of the old hall and the North Bailey gate is marked by the remains of a rectangular tower.
The castle has several unusual features. The donjon has a rare Quatrefoil design. Other examples of this type of Keep are Clifford's Tower, York and at the Château d'Étampes in France. Pontefract also has an torre albarrana, a fortification almost unknown outside the Iberian Peninsula. Known as the Swillington Tower, the detached tower was attached to the north wall by a bridge. Its purpose was to increase the defender's range of flanking fire.
Wakefield Council, who manage the site, commissioned William Anelay Ltd to begin repairs on the castle in September 2015, but work stopped in November 2016 when Anelay went into administration. The Council then engaged Heritage Building & Conservation (North) Ltd, who began work on the site in March 2017. A new visitor centre and cafe were opened in July 2017; but in April 2018 the council announced that they had terminated the contract with HB&C (North) Ltd, as no work had been done since mid-March, and they had not had any reassurances that the work would restart. On Yorkshire Day 2019, the restoration was completed, and the castle was removed from Historic England's "Heritage At Risk" list.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 12-Aug-18.
'Waves of the City', USA World Tail livery.
This aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BNLV in Feb-92. It was ferried to Cardiff, Wales, UK in Oct-09 for pre storage maintenance and stored at Victorville, CA, USA in Dec-09. The aircraft returned Cardiff in Jul-10 and returned to service in Dec-10. It was permanently retired at Teruel, Spain in Aug-16.
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Previous 1936 x 1296 image replaced with full size 3872 x 2592 image.
2019 British Formula One Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 14th July 2019.
Some hours before the start of the F1 race, I walked all the way around the circuit, attending food stalls, exhibits, funfairs, and souvenir stalls.
This is a helicopter landing area, at the south part of the circuit, approximately slightly on the east side. I like helicopters and I’ve seen them at air shows and museums. I’ve touched those that are on display, but that was the first time I’ve been close enough to feel the rotor downwash. I just reach for my camera, why not take photos, after all the best thing about digital cameras is that the bigger the memory card you have, the more photos you can take. In the old days of using film, you’re limited by how many rolls of film you have available.
Please note that I like helicopters, but I’m not an expert on helicopters. I can recognise the manufactures and mostly the models, but not the variants. All I know is that this is an AgustaWestland AW109, but I wouldn’t know which variant. According to the Internet, this helicopter register G-MUZZ is supposed to be AW109SP.
At that time of taking the photos, those helicopter are used as charter flights, ferrying rich customers to the circuit, to beat the traffic jams.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 19-Jun-23.
Delivered new to Continental Air Lines in Oct-58 as N249V, it was sold to Channel Airways in May-67 as G-AVNJ.
The aircraft was leased to Air Ferry in Jan-68 and returned to Channel Airways in Nov-68. Only 11 years old, it was permanently retired at Southend, UK in Oct-69 and broken up there in Jun-72.