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Detail of the upper half of the west window depicting the Last Judgement. The Last Judgement is Fairford's most celebrated window for its dramatic composition and graphic depiction of the horrors of hell in the lower half. The window sadly suffered badly during the great storm of 1703 with the upper half depicting Christ in Judgement and the surrounding company of saints and angels the most seriously affected part.
A substantial amount however still remained until it was unfortunately 'restored' in 1860 by Chance Bros of Smethwick, whose approach was to substitute all the surviving glass in the upper half of the window with a carefully created replica. It is clear that the design is a faithful copy of what was there originally, but none of the surviving material was reused, parts of it being secretly kept by the studio and probably sold (some elements have resurfaced much more recently).
St Mary's at Fairford is justly famous, not only as a most beautiful building architecturally but for the survival of its complete set of late medieval stained glass, a unique survival in an English parish church. No other church has resisted the waves of iconoclasm unleashed by the Reformation and the English Civil War like Fairford has, and as a result we can experience a pre-Reformation iconographic scheme in glass in its entirety. At most churches one is lucky to find mere fragments of the original glazing and even one complete window is an exceptional survival, thus a full set of 28 of them here in a more or less intact state makes Fairford church uniquely precious.
The exterior already promises great things, this is a handsome late 15th century building entirely rebuilt in Perpendicular style and dedicated in 1497. The benefactor was lord of the manor John Tame, a wealthy wool merchant whose son Edmund later continued the family's legacy in donating the glass. The central tower is adorned with much carving including strange figures guarding the corners and a rather archaic looking relief of Christ on the western side. The nave is crowned by a fine clerestorey whilst the aisles below form a gallery of large windows that seem to embrace the entire building without structural interruption aside from the south porch and the chancel projecting at the east end. All around are pinnacles, battlements and gargoyles, the effect is very rich and imposing for a village church.
One enters through the fan-vaulted porch and is initially met by subdued lighting within that takes a moment to adjust to but can immediately appreciate the elegant arcades and the rich glowing colours of the windows. The interior is spacious but the view east is interrupted by the tower whose panelled walls and arches frame only a glimpse of the chancel beyond. The glass was inserted between 1500-1517 and shows marked Renaissance influence, being the work of Flemish glaziers (based in Southwark) under the direction of the King's glazier Barnard Flower. The quality is thus of the highest available and suggests the Tame family had connections at court to secure such glaziers.
Entering the nave one is immediately confronted with the largest and most famous window in the church, the west window with its glorious Last Judgement, best known for its lurid depiction of the horrors of Hell with exotic demons dragging the damned to their doom. Sadly the three windows in the west wall suffered serious storm damage in 1703 and the Last Judgement suffered further during an 1860 restoration that copied rather than restored the glass in its upper half. The nave clerestories contain an intriguing scheme further emphasising the battle of Good versus Evil with a gallery of saintly figures on the south side balanced by a 'rogue's gallery' of persecutors of the faith on the darker north side, above which are fabulous demonic figures leering from the traceries.
The aisle windows form further arrays of figures in canopies with the Evangelists and prophets on the north side and the Apostles and Doctors of the Church on the south. The more narrative windows are mainly located in the eastern half of the church, starting in the north chapel with an Old Testament themed window followed by more on the life of Mary and infancy of Christ. The subject matter is usually confined to one light or a pair of them, so multiple scenes can be portrayed within a single window. The scheme continues in the east window of the chancel with its scenes of the Passion of Christ in the lower register culminating in his crucifixion above, while a smaller window to the south shows his entombment and the harrowing of Hell. The cycle continues in the south chapel where the east window shows scenes of Christ's resurrection and transfiguration whilst two further windows relate further incidents culminating in Pentecost. The final window in the sequence however is of course the Last Judgement at the west end.
The glass has been greatly valued and protected over the centuries from the ravages of history, being removed for protection during the Civil War and World War II. The windows underwent a complete conservation between 1988-2010 by the Barley Studio of York which bravely restored legibility to the windows by sensitive releading and recreating missing pieces with new work (previously these had been filled with plain glass which drew the eye and disturbed the balance of light). The most dramatic intervention was the re-ordering of the westernmost windows of the nave aisles which had been partially filled with jumbled fragments following the storm damage of 1703 but have now been returned to something closer to their original state.
It is important here not to neglect the church's other features since the glass dominates its reputation so much. The chancel also retains its original late medieval woodwork with a fine set of delicate screens dividing it from the chapels either side along with a lovely set of stalls with carved misericords. The tomb of the founder John Tame and his wife can be seen on the north side of the sanctuary with their brasses atop a tomb chest. Throughout the church a fine series of carved angel corbels supports the old oak roofs.
Fairford church is a national treasure and shouldn't be missed by anyone with a love of stained glass and medieval art. It is normally kept open for visitors and deserves more of them.
Roger emailed me these photos of my brunette pt 3. He rerooted her and touched up her paint just a bit. Her bangs are original. Looking forward to having her home and back on a body.
During the campaign, President Obama argued that his election would help restore the image the rest of the world has of United States.
In the six months since his election, his approval ratings at home have slipped, though they remain high. Around the rest of the world, opinion is mixed. A recent study by WorldPublicOpinion.org asked people in 21 countries whether they had confidence that Obama would “do the right thing” when it came to world affairs. Our latest Transparency is a look at their responses.
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Almost a quarter of a million glazed tiles cover the Cathedral's roof. They were restored following damage at the end of WW2
The Northbound Washington Court House turn passes the newly repainted sb fixed approach CPL in Madisonville. 9/15/23
The fine Alec Issigonis designed British classic Mini. Nearest the camera is F295AHG, an Austin Mini Mayfair 1000 Auto. This immaculate 'old style' Mini was first registered in 05/1989. Supplied by Syd Brown & Sons, Longridge, Lancashire, the owner would have you believe, according to a label in the rear window, that it was supplied by Croker & Bridger, who have branches in London and Turin! Alongside is no less immaculate TDU606W, an Austin Mini 1000. First registered in 06/1981, this was a one family owner from 1982 to 2020 and hardly went out. So much so, little restoration work was needed to bring it up to the standard that it is today. These Minis are seen here at Whitehaven Harbour, on display during the Workington Transport Heritage Trust's car display at their 'Leyland National 51' event on 29/04/2023. This event was to commemorate fifty-one years since the entry into service of the first National to be constructed at the Lillyhall plant that is situated near Workington. This event was organised due to the success of the 'Leyland National 50' event. © Peter Steel 2023.
Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace International, Netherlands speaking during the Session: Restoring Ocean Resources at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
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All this time I've wandered around searching for the things I'll never know
I've been searching for this answer that only will be found in your love
And I feel it
My heart is being mended by your touch
And I hear it
Your voice that's shown my purpose in this world
You have restored me from my feeble and broken soul
You have restored me
I've only come to realize my strength will be made perfect at your throne
Laying all reflections down to see the precious beauty that you've shown
And I feel it
My heart is being mended by your touch
And I hear it
Your voice thats shown my purpose in this world.
Laying all these questions down you've answered what I need
You've given more than I deserve your making me complete
You give me all these open doors I'm humbled at your feet
To show me what you've done for me.
All this time I've wandered around searching for the things I'll never know.
Jeremy Camp
Restored in October 2020 are several historic neon signs along the 395 highway in Lone Pine. The restored neon signs are vintage joy, bright and glorious! They are the Mt. Whitney Motel, Margie's Merry-Go-Round Slater's Sporting Goods and Gardner's
After being sat for a year doing nothing i have decided to fix all the things wrong with it and bring it back to the road!
Canon 7D | 35L 1.4 USM
. I never was much a Lions fan, even before they achieved major suckage, althouth I did have season tickets for years. But I was always a Cory Schlesinger fan. #30 was the ultimate football player.
I'm still a Houstan Texans fan. Always will be, but I will always be proud to wear the #30
I do love the Lions fans. Loyal. Loyal. Loyal. Tormented. Suffering. But Loyal. The city could use a boost. I hope they do well this season.
16 people were shot in the last 24 hours in Detroit. 7 were killed. Human life has no value to so many people. It's sad
stephencurtain posted: " In 1955, 24,000 hectares of South West Tasmania, including the isolated and beautiful Lake Pedder, was proclaimed as the Lake Pedder National Park In 1965, I moved to Tasmania's north-west coast to teach at Ulverstone High School. The following year"
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In 1955, 24,000 hectares of South West Tasmania, including the isolated and beautiful Lake Pedder, was proclaimed as the Lake Pedder National Park
In 1965, I moved to Tasmania's north-west coast to teach at Ulverstone High School. The following year, I moved to Launceston and taught at Riverside High School, while my husband to be Lindsay moved to Launceston from the Blue Mountains. We met and both became members of the Launceston Walking Club. We had many trips into Lake Pedder
The Launceston Walking Club bus, full of eager walkers, would depart Launceston on a Friday at 5 pm and drive through the night to South West Tasmania, where it would park by a walking track. This track became accessible after the building of the Strathgordon Road. By moonlight, at midnight, the party would put on their packs, walk into Lake Pedder and pitch their tents. Saturday was for exploring the area and climbing the fringing mountains. We walked out to the bus on Sunday and at 2pm left for Launceston in order to be back at work on Monday morning. Lake Pedder was an inspiring place of great beauty and tranquility. I will never forget the first long midnight walk, by moonlight, into Lake Pedder. We all believed Lake Pedder was protected by its National Park status.
However, by 1967 it became clear that the government, led by Eric Reece and Hydro Electric Commission by Commissioner Allan Knight, had plans to modify the National Park and that Lake Pedder would become inundated. Members of The Launceston Walking Club and The North West Walking Club had some keen and vibrant young conservationists. We established the Save Lake Pedder National Park Committee led by Peter Sims of Devonport. Lindsay and I were very active on this committee. Through articles in the local paper and slide presentations of the magnificent Lake Pedder the committee raised money. Some of this money was used to fly politicians into Lake Pedder from Launceston airport. I interviewed them on their return and wrote stories about their impressions of Lake Pedder, which were published in the Launceston Examiner.
Road access for dam construction was first established via the Strathgordon Rd. Once the Scotts Peak Dam Road was built, members of the Save Lake Pedder National Park Committee set up a large tent on the side of the road on several weekends and handed out information and hot drinks to passers by to educate them about the scheme. I remember one freezing winter night camped by the side of the road expecting the new NASA space blanket to keep me warm – it didn’t.
In Hobart, the South West Committee was established to alert the public to the beauty of this lake and the importance of saving it from inundation. This committee later became the South-West Action Committee, which in 1976 became the Tasmanian Wilderness Society.
Many brains were focused on trying to find another solution to drowning the lake. Alternatives were proposed that would have avoided flooding the lake, with only a small loss of power generation capacity, but these never received serious consideration. Despite the community being behind the efforts to save the lake, the Premier, Eric Reece, and Allan Knight of the Hydro-Electric Commission were determined to proceed.
Lindsay and I married in August 1969 with many of our friends from the Save Lake Pedder National Park Committee in attendance. After the birth of our child Georgie, we left Tasmania in 1970 with heavy hearts that we had, so far, not managed to save the lake. Lindsay had obtained a surveying job in Gladstone, Queensland. We followed the Lake Pedder saga from Queensland.
During this time opposition to the flooding of Lake Pedder extended well beyond Tasmania and spread throughout Australia and internationally. The focus on the South West Tasmania Wilderness area as an environmental battleground increased interest in the area, and many travelled to Lake Pedder before it was flooded to see what the issues were about.
In December 1971 we returned to Launceston so that Lindsay could continue his study and complete his qualifications to become a surveyor, which he had begun in Tasmania. We took Georgie walking with the Launceston Walking Club and joined the continuing protests to stop the scheme.
The Federal Government was inundated with petitions. Whitlam flew to Tasmania to see the situation for himself. In July, the Federal Government recommended a moratorium on the flooding but achieved little other than infuriating the Tasmanian ALP Premier Eric Reece.
In 1972, Premier Reece approved the flooding of Lake Pedder, which proceeded despite a determined protest movement and a blank cheque offer from Prime Minister Gough Whitlam to preserve the Lake Pedder area. Reece refused Whitlam's offer, stating that he would "not have the Federal Government interfering with the sovereign rights of Tasmania”.
Lindsay and I have always been conservationists and it was an interesting situation in our household when we were fighting the drowning of Lake Pedder while my father was manager of Humes Steel Ltd. He had spent many years working closely with the Hydro Electric Commission helping to establish the Power Stations in Central Tasmania, which so efficiently provided power to Tasmania and attracted international companies, which used the cheap power. We could see the value of Hydro Power but wanted Lake Pedder eliminated from the Upper Gordon River hydroelectric generation scheme.
In March 1972 on the last weekend aircraft were permitted to land on the beach, Lindsay and I decided that we would fly into Lake Pedder taking Georgie with us. Dad decided he would like to come too. So, we booked the flight and packed our tent, clothes and food.
On that magnificent long weekend in March, we left Hobart airport in a light plane and flew to Lake Pedder to camp for the last time before the dam gates were closed to fill the Serpentine River plain and drown Lake Pedder.
This was history in the making. Light planes landed on the pink quartzite beach all weekend and flew back to Hobart and Launceston airports to collect more people.
Newspaper cameramen and television cameramen recorded the final days of splendour for this unique lake in the Tasmanian South West Wilderness. Everyone was aware of the momentous occasion, as the fight to save the lake had been spread, via the news, all over the world.
We flew back to Hobart knowing there was nothing more that could be done to save this gem in the wilderness. Despite his association with the Hydro Electric Commission, my fatherwas mesmerised by the beauty of the lake and agreed that it should not be flooded.
In 1973, our growing family left Launceston for Maroochydore, Queensland, where Lindsay, now a fully licensed surveyor had obtained an excellent job. We discovered magnificent Fraser Island in 1974, joined FIDO (Fraser Island Defenders Organisation) and worked to ban sand mining and logging on the island. Lindsay created a slide presentation with music and commentary, which he showed at various places on the Sunshine Coast. Malcolm Fraser was responsible for the World Heritage listing of Fraser Island and the stopping of sand mining in 1977. This was a joy to achieve after the disappointment of losing Lake Pedder.
In 1976, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society was formed by members of the South West Action Committee and fought to stop the Franklin Dam. A young doctor, Bob Brown, who had arrived in Launceston in late 1972, joined the group and was a founding member of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society. He was a major player in the fight to stop the damming of the Franklin River. Lake Pedder had laid the groundwork for one of the best-known environmental wins in Australian history – the blocking of the Gordon-below-Franklin dam in 1983. It was under the Bob Hawke government that the Franklin Dam was halted.
Lindsay has been a member of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society for many decades and we follow the progress of their conservation achievements with great interest.
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Formerly plastered in insipid Arriva turquoise, the LMS iron work around Llandudno station has been beautifully restored into traditional house colours. A nice touch.
26 July 2014
The original and restored framed photo of my great uncle in WW1.
This is a promotion brochure with the shots from a company called photowonder
I supplied the photo for the 100 anniversary of the outbreak of WW1 and they kindly sent the finished result.
Good people to deal with. Just look 'em up
Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace International, Netherlands speaking during the Session: Restoring Ocean Resources at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
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I spent many hours lovingly restoring this receiver. I replaced all the lamps with LEDs, completely cleaned and polished the inside and out. I also replaced the plastic feet on the bottom, de-oxed all controls and set amp bias.
Dominic Kailash Nath Waughray, Head of Public-Private Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, Greg Stone, Executive Vice-President and Chief Scientist for Oceans, Conservation International, USA , Nishan Degnarain, Member, Monetary Policy Committee Central Bank of Mauritius, Mauritius, Mari Ella Pangestu, Professor of International Economics University of Indonesia, Indonesia, Peter Thomson, President of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Wu Hougang, Chairman and President, Zoneco Group, People's Republic of China capture during the Session: Restoring Ocean Resources at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
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Impression from the Session: Cyber War at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
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Fabulous Vintag(old) necklace that I have embelished with an oxidized Sterling Silver wrapped Chalcedony briolette and Amazonite squares and round beads~
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Perhaps my favourite aircraft at Flying Legends this year was this Supermarine Seafire in Far East colours which only flew for the first time in preservation in June 2015.
It was restored at the former USAF base at Bentwaters in Suffolk, and was in early post war years with France's Aeronavale.
Duxford, Cambridgeshire
11th July 2015
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A biologist from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary uses a glue gun to reattach a piece of living coral broken lose when a boat went aground on the shallow coral reef.
To learn more about coral reefs and marine sanctuaries, visit:
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Corals Tutorial, (National Ocean Service Education)
What is a National Marine Sanctuary?, (Diving Deeper audio podcast)
(Original source: National Ocean Service Image Gallery)
Built in 1975 but first registered in 08/1976, this modified VW is seen here on Dalton Road, Barrow-in-Furness, on 17/07/2021, on display at the Barrow Festival of Transport. © Peter Steel 2021.
Thinking back, this was the only Mk V AEC which we noted during last week's trip. The still reasonably tidy old girl is seen adjacent to a quarry's workshops just outside Naxxar. The premises also played host to Ergo cabbed 'internal user' AECs, a Scammell (Handyman?), a K series Dodge, a Dodge Commando and a couple of examples of Leyland's T45 range