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Camera: anamorphic coffee can, 360 degree view
Paper: Ilford Ilfospeed 6x21 cm
Exposure: 2-3 min, partly overcast
Developer: D-76 1:1
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Basel Minster / Switzerland
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www.oldstpatrick.org/ Saint Patrick's Catholic Church built 1875, Kansas City, Missouri (This Church will reopen as a Latin Mass parish) www.oldstpatrick.org/nav_page.html
Purchased by Duluth tourist railroad LS&M a few years ago, former Santa Fe RPO 57 was intended to be converted for use as a handicap accessible car. Given the uncertainty of LS&M's future I'm not sure the car will have any work done to it.
This Avro Sheckleton MR3 undergoing a full restoration at the Duxford museum in preparation for its redisplay.
It served with RAF's 201 and 203 Squadron between 1959 and 1972. In 1972 it arrived at Duxford for permanent display.
It's a shame I couldn't restore the loco itself on Photoshop!
D1001 Western Pathfinder with the 1A05 12.00 Paignton to Paddington passing Sprey Point Teignmouth on 2-8-75.
This was a very grotty transparency which I have managed to drag back to life.
Not one of my slides so part of the Tom Derrington Collection with photographer unknown.
Trinity Church, Wall Street
The church has undergone extensive cleaning and repair work in the interior and exterior. Updated wiring, electrical systems and all controlled with 21st Century technology. Seen on a tour as part of Sacred Sites Open House Weekend by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Estimated completion of the project should be by the end of the year.
The church was consecrated in 1846 and designed by architect Richard Upjohn. It's the third building on the site. Trinity's history begins in 1697, the original building burned in a great fire during the American Revolutionary War.
A dilapidated old chair for sale at the same shop as the Singing Fish (see photo in first comment below). Both the singing fish & the toolbox appear to have been sold since my last visit HWW!
Taken for 117 Pictures in 2017 #68 A Piece of Furniture
125 Picturs in 2025 #81 Restoration
The Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi, Texas was severely damaged in 2020 by Hurricane Hanna. It was only back in May 2025 that a plan for rebuilding the new pier was finalized and construction began. This is how it looks today. Hopefully they will finish before the heat death of the universe.
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Friday’s Food for Thought
In life we find that to make it to the next level it takes all we have physically, mentally, and spiritually in us to get there. But once we are there, we see things in us that have been damaged, worn down, cracked, or lacking. For example, for a mother to give birth to a child it takes all she has and then some but the joy on the other side no one can describe. Months later she see things are not where they use to be. Business is the same way. It takes all you have to get your business bring forth fruits of your labor. But then you recognized that the person you are now has lost something. It could be communication with friends and family, meditation, prayer, or time for self. That is when a season of restoration is needed to restore those foundations to make you stronger for the next level in life. If you forget to strengthen your foundation chances are you won’t make to the next level that is waiting for you.
At Shantytown, New Zealand, railway equipment waiting for restoration,
Taken from my slide collect of the early 1980s.
I posted a couple of photos earlier that were rather cryptic and did not fully explain that work has been underway with restoration of ex Abbotts of Blackpool AEC Reliance / Harrington Grenadier 487 GFR. Perhaps it is time to catch up with what is going on. The coach was restored for preservation in 1989 and last repainted in 1995 when it re-entered commercial service with Prestige Tours' Scottish Heritage operations and then on to MCT Travel in Motherwell, before retiring again in 2000. In short, it has easily had its design life time again and has now become a bit down at heel. I was pursuaded by my two colleagues who were invaluable help in the restoration of Dennis Lancet UF YYB 118 that since mechanically and electrically it was sound (hmmm...) a modest amount of attention could see it back on the road and prevent furthur deterioration. The jury is still out on what constitutes a modest amount of work.
It is suffering at least four of the aliments known to afflict Harrington Cavalier and Grenadiers. The first is that the window rubbers have detriorated and water has leaked into the gap between the inner and outer panel. Fortunately the main structural parts below the window pans are aluminium and largely unaffected, but the support sections for the exterior bright trim were for some reason made of steel. Rust hastened by disimilar metal corrosion has set in. In 1989 some of these metal sections were replaced by wood, but not all. Presumably the remaining ones were in good condition 28 years ago, but not now. There are various reasons why I don't think wood is the best solution so the whole lot are being replaced in aluminium - the material they would have been in older styles of Harrington coachwork. In this photo the wood and steel supports are both visible, plus the polystyrene blocks that prevented the panels from drumming.
Finally some better weather, had to move our shed around so the Commer was moved out into the yard.
All the welding is now finished on the cab, plenty of rot has been cut out, fabricated and welded. Onwards with filling and rubbing down.
The next step. My mechanic friend Dave, pulling the engine out of a 1975 Aston Martin Vantage. The Aston Martin is undergoing a complete restoration for a client in Vancouver BC Canada. Dave will rebuild the engine bumping the horsepower up, replacing the automatic transmission with a Tremec 5 speed gearbox, lowering the suspension and upgrading the disc brakes to a larger size. While he is working on that the body will go to Coachwerks, a shop well known for restoring mid 50's Mercedes Gull Wing cars for the world! They will give it a complete make over and repaint while the existing leather upholstery will be replaced with new burgundy leather by another local artisan in Victoria BC Canada. The restoration will take close to a year. We have a wealth of specialists in our city who restore cars of all descriptions.
Scenes from the edge of the world - The Lizard, Cornwall 2004-2017
A view from the cliff top coastal path on a beautiful summer day. The Lizard Lifeboat Station at Kilcobben Cove can just be glimpsed in the distance, with the flat headland of Bass Point behind, Taken on our first holiday on The Lizard back in the summer of 2004. We have been going back to The Lizard every year since!
Further information on the Lizard Lifeboat Station can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lizard_Lifeboat_Station
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Taken with a Nikon F-501 camera and 75-200mm zoom lens. Scanned from the original negative, with no digital restoration.
I have been waiting for years for the restoration to start on this house in Silver Islet. I am glad it has finally begun.
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A beautiful wooden sailboat, built over 40 years ago in Denmark, is being lovingly restored in Mystic, Connecticut.
Back Shot from April 2017
On a walk around the city April 27, 2017 Christchurch, South Island New Zealand.
History and heritage
Because classroom space was in short supply, a hall was considered a luxury for Canterbury College. The Great Hall opened to both acclaim and controversy on Diploma Day 1882.
In its early years, it housed the College’s small library and was used for public lectures and formal graduation ceremonies. Over time, the University allowed greater use of the hall for events such as music recitals, student dances and society gatherings. Prior to the earthquakes, the great hall held a wide range of events and performances year-round.
The Great Hall provides a strong reflection of local heritage and culture. It makes rich use of native timbers, with kauri and rimu panelling, along with rewarewa, totara and matai lozenges.
It provides space for memorial plaques and icons, the first of which was dedicated to Helen Connon, the first woman to graduate with honours in the British Empire.
In 1938, a large stained glass window was dedicated to the sacrifices of College students in the First World War. This Memorial Window was rededicated in 2016 after its restoration following the Canterbury earthquakes.
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Plaza Mayor, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
La plaza medieval sufrió una notable transformación a lo largo del siglo XVI, coincidiendo con la llegada a Almagro de los Fúcar - castellanización del apellido flamenco Fugger -, banqueros súbditos del emperador Carlos V, a quienes se les había arrendado las minas de azogue de Almadén como privilegio por el apoyo económico de la banca familiar durante las guerras de Europa. Se levantaron nuevos edificios en la plaza y se debe a ellos la influencia de las galerías acristaladas, con recuerdos septentrionales, que ennoblecen y dan un aspecto singular a los dos lados mayores de esta Plaza Mayor de Almagro, denominación con la que tradicionalmente se le ha conocido, aunque en distintos momentos haya recibido otros nombre como de la Constitución, de la República, Real o de España, tras la última Guerra Civil. En la década de 1960 se comenzó su restauración que concluyó en 1967, tal como figura en una placa colocada en el edificio del Ayuntamiento. La obra, dirigida por el arquitecto Francisco Pons-Sorolla, devolvió al singular conjunto la nobleza y el esplendor del siglo XVI.
De planta rectangular irregular, uno de sus lados mayores se abre en la parte correspondiente al Palacio Maestral, y según planos antiguos tiene 125 varas de longitud por 44 de anchura, es decir, 104,5 por 37 metros, aproximadamente.
La mayor singularidad de esta plaza se centra en sus lados mayores, donde se levanta un armónico conjunto de viviendas que se disponen sobre soportales en dos alturas, sostenidas por ochenta y cinco columnas de piedra de orden toscano, sobre las que descansan las gruesas zapatas y vigas de madera pintadas de almagre. Estas edificaciones de modestos materiales tienen su mayor originalidad en el doble piso de galería acristalada, que proporciona un característico sabor y notable originalidad al conjunto por tratarse de un caso singular de la arquitectura castellana. Estas galerías estuvieron inicialmente abiertas, eran de carácter público y se utilizaban para presenciar los espectáculos que tenían lugar en la plaza. Posteriormente, fueron cerradas. Sus ventanas balconcillos, al igual que los barrotes torneados, debieron de estar pintados de almagre, pero posteriormente, con motivo de la proclamación del rey Carlos IV en 1788, se pintaron de verde turquesa . Sobre las galerías, sencillos canecillos soportan el alero, y en el tejado, cubierto con teja árabe se levantan buhardillas encaladas, blancas chimeneas y algunas veletas de hierro.
En el lado norte de la plaza, a la derecha desde el Ayuntamiento, se abre el callejón del Villar, donde puede observarse la estructura de la construcción de las viviendas, además de otros elementos, como una columna con capitel tallado en el que figura una jarra con azucenas. En el lado sur se localiza la antigua calle del Toril, hoy del Capitán Parras, en recuerdo de un hijo de este pueblo que murió en 1924, durante la Guerra de África. En esta calle se encuentra la casa de Diego de Molina el Viejo. El soportal y las galerías acristaladas se truncan con dos grandes columnas de granito que sostienen zapatas y una poderosa viga con escudos familiares. La portada enmarcada de piedra, de finales del siglo XVI, presenta un escudo con las armas de Molina, Dávila y Fajardo. Otras edificaciones mantienen algún tipo de interés, como dos casas con dinteles de piedra o la casa de los Rosales, con fachada de fines del siglo XVII.
The medieval square underwent a significant transformation throughout the 16th century, coinciding with the arrival in Almagro of the Fúcars - the Spanish version of the Flemish surname Fugger -, bankers subject to the Emperor Charles V, to whom the Almadén mercury mines had been leased as a privilege for the financial support of the family bank during the wars in Europe. New buildings were built in the square and it is to them that the glass galleries, with northern reminders, which ennoble and give a unique appearance to the two largest sides of this Plaza Mayor de Almagro, the name by which it has traditionally been known, began to be restored, such as the Constitution, the Republic, the Royal or Spain, after the last Civil War. In the 1960s, its restoration began and was completed in 1967, as shown on a plaque placed on the Town Hall building. The work, directed by the architect Francisco Pons-Sorolla, restored the nobility and splendour of the 16th century to the unique complex.
With an irregular rectangular floor plan, one of its larger sides opens onto the part corresponding to the Maestral Palace, and according to old plans it is 125 yards long by 44 wide, that is, approximately 104.5 by 37 metres.
The greatest uniqueness of this square is centred on its larger sides, where a harmonious group of houses is built, arranged on arcades on two levels, supported by eighty-five Tuscan stone columns, on which rest the thick wooden foundations and beams painted in red ochre. These buildings made of modest materials have their greatest originality in the double-storey glass gallery, which provides a characteristic flavour and notable originality to the complex, as it is a unique case of Castilian architecture. These galleries were initially open, were public and were used to watch the shows that took place in the square. Later, they were closed. Their small balconies, like the turned bars, must have been painted red ochre, but later, on the occasion of the proclamation of King Charles IV in 1788, they were painted turquoise green. Above the galleries, simple corbels support the eaves, and on the roof, covered with Arabic tiles, there are whitewashed dormers, white chimneys and some iron weather vanes.
On the north side of the square, to the right of the Town Hall, is the Villar alley, where you can see the structure of the construction of the houses, as well as other elements, such as a column with a carved capital depicting a jar with lilies. On the south side is the old Toril street, today called Captain Parras, in memory of a son of this town who died in 1924, during the African War. On this street is the house of Diego de Molina el Viejo. The arcade and the glass galleries are truncated by two large granite columns that support footings and a powerful beam with family shields. The stone-framed doorway, from the end of the 16th century, features a shield with the arms of Molina, Dávila and Fajardo. Other buildings maintain some kind of interest, such as two houses with stone lintels or the Rosales house, with a façade from the end of the 17th century.