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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. - Dr. Seuss
"characterised by quiet thought or contemplation"......... quiet unlike me at the moment with my studies. more like OVERLOAD... "
I dont know how much I'll be able to post for the next 4 weeks, my employer has told me I must study for a degree, a dictate that fills me with horror, as I am such a dinnosaur. As if thats not bad enough the university want me to complete 4 written assignments (at degree level) by 12th November ! is this humanly possible I ask myself .
Will try to drop by time and sanity allowing, this picture depicts how I am feeling at present.
Here I am back in my room, reflecting on who I met, the things that I learned at Be All. We girls come in all types; full time,part time; in the closet,out of the closet. One thing for sure, we are unique and we all share a very special bond.My heart is wide open to all of you. It's not easy, but tell me what is more fun?
Moored Boats in the Conwy Estuary, with very still waters. Taken during a Welshot Photographic Academy evening in Conwy.
Avanti West Coast Class 390 'Pendolino' No. 390010 eases into Wolverhampton while forming service 9M51 0800 Glasgow central - London Euston on 3rd March 2020. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Another collage made with Joel's beautiful lady.
Everything else, background, elements etc. made with Finecrafted's newest kit.
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Pioneer House:
Improved economic conditions and business confidence during the 1920s contributed to one of the CBD’s (central business district) most significant building booms. Built in 1924, Pioneer House is a surviving example of the changes wrought to the CBD as a result of this building boom.
Hoey, Fry Limited began commercial life as a Brisbane-based engineering supply company situated in 150 Edward Street in 1913. The firm’s establishment date is reflective of the development of the engineering profession in Brisbane. In 1874, the Queensland Post Office Directory (POD) listed only a handful of “Civil Engineers”. By 1890s, the number of engineers and the categories under which they fell had quadrupled. By 1900, there were six categories of engineers listed in the POD, occupying two pages. The categories included “milling”, “mining”, “refrigerating” and “electrical”. In the 1910 - 1911 POD, “Engineers’ Suppliers” is listed for the first time. This inclusion provides a useful context for the establishment of Hoey, Fry Ltd in 1913. The steady growth of the engineering profession reflected the broader growth and development of Brisbane in this period, especially the expansion of an electricity grid through the CBD and across into South Brisbane, the growth of secondary industry and the appearance and rise in popularity of the motorcar.
Hoey, Fry Ltd were clearly successful, for within a decade of its establishment, it was able to purchase the allotment adjacent to Invicta House, which was then under construction. The company planned to erect a multi-storey building in Edward Street at an approximate cost of £15,000. Construction on the building began in 1923 and was completed in 1924. Hoey, Fry Ltd was the exclusive representative of ‘Pioneer’ Belting & Mechanical Leathers, thus providing a likely explanation for the naming of the company’s building as ‘Pioneer House’.
The construction of the building contributed to the further development of the CBD’s principal warehouse precinct. The eastern portion of the CBD, roughly bounded by Elizabeth, Edward, Alice, and George Streets, developed as a warehouse and light industry precinct in the late nineteenth century. This section of the city was once known as Frogs Hollow because it was a low-lying, marshy area prone to flooding. In the mid to late nineteenth century the area was largely filled with small residences, boarding houses, and small businesses. From the 1880s, warehouses and small factories that were attracted to the area (as it was close to the wharf facilities located along the Town Reach of the river) progressively replaced many of these earlier buildings. This process reached its apogee in the 1920s.
Brisbane’s CBD also experienced a substantial building boom during the 1920s. According to the editor of the Architecture & Building Journal of Queensland, 1923 was the year that “The Building Boom” was manifestly apparent. Pioneer House, construction of which began in 1923, made an early contribution to this building boom.
As an important new building, Pioneer House was featured in some detail in an article that appeared in the Architecture & Building Journal of Queensland in July 1924. The article begins by describing the building’s height of five storeys and a basement. The floors and stairs were made with reinforced concrete and attention was drawn to how well lit the premises was. The building had an electric lift, which by “an ingenious device…will be able to serve the basement through the roof over the ground floor area”. Some attention was also paid also to the interior: “Handsome swing doors of silky oak and bevelled glass lead to each floor”. Pioneer House was the visible symbol of the company’s success, with even the Architecture & Building Journal of Queensland commenting that Hoey & Fry were “to be congratulated on their enterprise”.
The architectural firm of Atkinson & Conrad designed the building. This firm (1918 - 1937) was one of the more prominent architectural firms operating in Brisbane in this period and was responsible for a number of significant buildings in Brisbane, including the Masonic Temple in Ann Street (1930), Brisbane Boy’s College (1931), and the Courier-Mail Building in Queen Street (1937). Atkinson & Conrad also designed Invicta House, the building adjacent to Pioneer House. Walter Taylor, who is best known for construction of the Walter Taylor Bridge in Indooroopilly, constructed the building. The use of reinforced concrete in the construction of Invicta House was a hallmark of Taylor’s construction method in this period.
Hoey, Fry Ltd occupied the ground floor and continued to do so until at least the 1950s. The upper floors of Pioneer House were leased as offices to a variety of businesses over time. In 1986, Hoey, Fry Ltd was taken over by the major Australian company, Pacific Dunlop.
As with most retail premises within the CBD, Pioneer House has undergone a number of internal changes over the years to accommodate the requirements of its different commercial tenants. Alterations were carried out on the shop front in 1959 and office space in 1959 and 1979. Still, Pioneer House, along with Invicta House and the neighbouring Hotel Embassy (1928), give a distinctive, modern appearance to the Elizabeth and Edward Street intersection within the CBD.
The Brisbane History Group identified Pioneer House as part of Brisbane’s commercial heritage in 2002, when they included it in their publication Walking Tours – Brisbane’s Commercial Heritage 1900 - 1940. Of the nearly 90 buildings erected in the CBD during the important interwar building boom, more than half have since been demolished. Pioneer House is one of the few remaining buildings that is indicative of the changing landscape of the CBD that occurred during this period.
Invicta House:
Hooper & Harrison Ltd, woollen merchants, based in Sydney, operated from Elizabeth Street premises from 1895. The company was one of a number of woollen merchants operating in the city at this time. Initially, an agent represented the company. In 1919, however, the company opened a Queensland office and was thereafter known as Hooper & Harrison (Queensland) Ltd Woollen Merchants. By 1914, Queensland was the largest supplier of wool in Australia and Brisbane the principal centre for wool sales in the state, providing a reasonable explanation for the establishment of a Queensland office by the company in the CBD.
The company progressively purchased a parcel of land on the corner of Elizabeth and Edward Streets between 1919 and 1922, after which work was begun on the construction of a purpose-built warehouse building with office space. The building was completed in 1923 and was given the name of ‘Invicta House’ after the ‘Famous Invicta’ brand of clothing of which Hooper & Harrison was the sole proprietor in Brisbane.
The construction of the building contributed to the further development of the CBD’s principal warehouse precinct. The eastern portion of the CBD, roughly bounded by Elizabeth, Edward, Alice and George Streets, developed as a warehouse and light industry precinct in the late nineteenth century. This section of the city was once known as Frogs Hollow because it was a low-lying, marshy area prone to flooding. In the mid- to late-nineteenth century, the area was largely filled with small residences, boarding houses, and small businesses. From the 1880s, warehouses and small factories that were attracted to the area (as it was close to the wharf facilities located along the Town Reach of the river) progressively replaced many of these earlier buildings. This process reached its apogee in the 1920s.
Brisbane’s CBD also experienced a substantial building boom during the 1920s. According to the editor of the Architecture & Building Journal of Queensland, 1923 was the year that “The Building Boom” was manifestly apparent. The article stated: “Among the architects’ offices a very fine assortment of work is to be found either actually commenced or on the board” with Invicta House being one of the examples mentioned. The construction of Invicta House was considered integral to the beginning of the CBD building boom.
Following the construction of Invicta House, the Architectural & Building Journal of Queensland published an article drawing particular attention to the fact that the building was fireproof, serviced by a lift and particularly well lit, even in the basement. The qualities of the interior were thus described:
The reinforced concrete stairs are rendered to the first floor level in Terrazzo with wrot iron palisading and maple handrails. The entrance hall has a panelled dado in Queensland maple wax…The offices and mouldings to doors are similarly treated and give a most pleasing effect.
In February 1924, it was reported that Invicta House was a “handsome warehouse, occupying one of our most promising business centres.” The cost of the building was given as approximately £25,000. With its modern appearance, the building made a distinctive contribution to the warehouse precinct in the eastern part of the CBD.
The architectural firm of Atkinson & Conrad designed the building. This firm (1918 - 1937) was one of the more prominent architectural firms operating in Brisbane in this period and was responsible for a number of significant buildings in Brisbane, including the Masonic Temple in Ann Street (1930), Brisbane Boy’s College (1931) and the Courier-Mail Building in Queen Street (1937). Atkinson & Conrad also designed Pioneer House, the building adjacent to Invicta House. Walter Taylor, who is best known for construction of the Walter Taylor Bridge in Indooroopilly, constructed the building. The use of reinforced concrete in the construction of Invicta House was a hallmark of Taylor’s construction method in this period.
Hooper & Harrison continued to operate from the first floor of Invicta House until at least the 1950s, while the other floors were leased by a variety of different tenants. The most prominent kind of business activity was warehousing, consonant with the building’s original design. By the 1940s, however, an accountant and the real estate agent, Ray White had offices there.
Ownership of the building passed to Labor Enterprises Pty Ltd, the commercial arm of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), in 1961, though they occupied the building from 1958. The then Labor-owned radio station, 4KQ, also operated from Invicta House from the late 1950s. Invicta House was, until 1972, the state ALP headquarters. Political conditions for the ALP were mixed during their period of occupancy of Invicta House. On the one hand, the federal and state branches of the Party had fallen into disarray following a split in Labor ranks in the 1950s. This split effectively stymied ALP re-election both federally and in Queensland in this period. At local government level, however, the situation was much different. A Labor administration, headed by Clem Jones, was elected in 1961. The Jones era of municipal government (1961 - 1975) in Brisbane is historically significant. According to one historian: “Clem Jones will be remembered very much for bringing Brisbane into the modern era”. As Lord Mayor of a Labor administration, this legacy reflects the broader significance of the ALP and its state headquarters in Brisbane.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.
Pont Saint-Pierre (in English: "Saint Peter's Bridge") crossing the Garonne River and the cupola hall of the Hôpital de La Grave (a former hospital) on the left riverside, Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Some background information:
The Garonne is a river in southwest France and northern Spain. It has a length of 602 kilometres (374 miles) and flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux. The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees. According to the United States Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution the source of the Garonne are the Ratera-Saboredo cirque (the head of the upper Garonne valley) and its upper lake at 2,600 metres.
The Garonne follows the Aran Valley northwards into France, flowing via Toulouse and Agen towards Bordeaux, where it meets the Gironde estuary. The Gironde flows into the Atlantic Ocean (at the Bay of Biscay). Along its course, the Garonne is joined by three other major rivers: the Ariège, the Tarn, and the Lot.
Toulouse is the capital of the French region of Occitanie and also the one of the department of Haute-Garonne. The city has about 470,000 inhabitants and is situated on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from the French capital city of Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France and with its almost 1,315,000 inhabitants its metropolitan area is also the fourth-largest French metropolitan area, after Paris, Lyon and Marseille, but ahead of Lille and Bordeaux.
Toulouse is also called the "Pink City" (in French: "La Ville Rose") because of its unique architecture made of pinkish terracotta bricks. It counts two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Canal du Midi (designated in 1996 and shared with other cities), and the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, the largest remaining Romanesque building in Europe, designated in 1998 because of its significance to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route.
Since at least the Iron Age, the Garonne Valley was a central point for trade between the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The historical name of the city, Tolosa, was first recorded in the 2nd century BC, when the settlement became a Roman military outpost. After the conquest of Gaul, it was developed as a Roman town. In the 5th century AD, Tolosa fell to the Visigothic kingdom and became one of its major cities. In the early 6th century it was even serving as the Visigothic kingdom’s capital, before it fell to the Franks under Clovis in 507, after the battle of Vouillé. From this time, Toulouse was the capital of Aquitaine within the Frankish realm.
In 721, Duke Odo of Aquitaine defeated an invading Umayyad Muslim army at the Battle of Toulouse. Odo's victory was a small obstacle to Muslim expansion into Christian Europe, and the Muslims finally occupied a large territory including Poitiers. However, a decade later, Charles Martel won the Battle of Tours. Martel’s victory is widely believed to have stopped the northward advance of Umayyad forces from the Iberian Peninsula and have preserved Christianity in Europe during a period when Muslim rule was overrunning the remains of the Byzantine and Persian Empires.
The Frankish conquest of Septimania followed in the 750s, and a quasi-independent County of Toulouse emerged within the Carolingian sub-kingdom of Aquitaine by the late 8th century. The Battle of Toulouse of 844, pitting Charles the Bald against Pepin II of Aquitaine, was key in the Carolingian Civil War. During the Carolingian area, the town eventually became the capital of the County of Toulouse.
In the Treaty of Paris of 1229, Toulouse formally submitted to the crown of France. Also in 1229, the University of Toulouse was established after the Parisian model, intended as a means to dissolve the heretic movement. Contemporaneously a long period of inquisition began inside the Toulouse walls. The inquisition lasted nearly 400 years, making Toulouse its focal point.
In 1271, Toulouse was finally incorporated into the kingdom of France and declared a "royal city". In 1323 the poetic academy Consistori del Gay Saber was established in Toulouse to preserve the lyric art of the troubadours and the city became the centre of Occitan literary culture for the next hundred years. The year 1320 brought a pogrom against Toulouse's Jewish population by crusaders. But the 14th century also saw the beginning of the Hundred Years' War in 1337 and the onset of the Black Death in 1348. Despite strong immigration, all these events made Toulouse’s population diminish. That’s why by 1405 Toulouse had only 19,000 residents.
However, the situation improved in the 15th century. King Charles VII established a parliament. Reinforcing its place as an administrative center, the city grew richer, participating in the trade of Bordeaux wine with England, as well as cereals and textiles. Another primary source of income was the production and export of pastel, a blue dye made from woad. During the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century, the city backed up the Roman Catholic cause. In 1562, about 4,000 Huguenots were killed.
The next centuries remained more or less calm but in 1814, the Battle of Toulouse took place, one of the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars, just four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the nations of the Sixth Coalition. During the battle the city proved stoutly defended by Marshal Soult. One British and two Spanish divisions were badly mauled in bloody fighting on 10th April, with Allied losses exceeding French casualties by 1,400. Soult held the city for an additional day before orchestrating an escape from the town with his army, leaving behind some 1,600 of his wounded men, including three generals. Wellington's entry on the morning of 12th April was acclaimed by a great number of French Royalists. That afternoon, the official word of Napoleon's abdication and the end of the war reached Wellington and on 17th April Soult finally agreed to an armistice.
In 1856, Toulouse was connected with the French rail network and in 1917, the aircraft factory of Pierre-Georges Latécoère was founded. Down to the present day, the city is ranked as the number one hub of aircraft and even aerospace industry in all of France and also in all of Europe. Starting in the 1960s, the Aérospatiale company produced the Concorde airliners in Toulouse.
Today, the biggest European aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. has important factory premises as well as its corporate headquarters on the company site next to the international airport of Toulouse-Blagnac. Of course, Airbus is also Toulouse’s dominant employer. In Toulouse, the final assembly of the types of aircraft A380, A320, A330 and A350 takes place.
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I was taking a macro of a horse's eye today at a local farm and due to the lovely sunshine saw how great the reflection was. I'm not keen on self portraits so thought this one was a bit different. Hope you like.
This view looks out from under Bryer Court across Beech Gardens with a partial view of the other two courts around the garden's edge, Bunyan Court on the right and John Trundle Court on the far side.
All three courts were completed in the Phase IV construction of the Barbican: John Trundle Court in October 1972, Bunyan Court in December of the same year and Bryer Court the following February.
John Trundle Court is a terrace block in the north-western corner of the estate, running north-south along Aldergate Street; it has 133 residential units over eight floors, mainly studio flats, with some penthouse duplexes on the top. Bunyan Court runs east-west and has 69 maisonettes across seven floors. Bryer Court has 56 studio flats over seven floors. All of the flats are above the podium level I was standing on when I took the shot.
The pool in which I captured the reflection is partially under Bryer Court. The pool used to be home to about 100 Ghost Carp. Unfortunately, the water is very shallow and as the fish grew, their fins and backs were often out of the water and they got sunburn. They had to be moved into the Barbican's big lake (which contains some big fish!).
The pond also featured bulrushes. Moorhens and their young were able to nest there in complete safety because, although the water is only a few inches deep, the urban foxes couldn’t get at them - they won’t go into water.
Beech Gardens is designed as a pleasant square combined with a garden and the Bryer Court pool. It is described as having interestingly-shaped gardens set in the brick surface, which is itself at different levels. The bricks have been laid in patterns which lead you through bushes to stepped areas where there are seats. Commercial facilities and garages are to be found at lower levels.