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Schedule of Deeds and Documents relating to the Reverend Hugh and Mrs, Humphreys Marriage Settlement. Dated 29th March 1899 received from Pomeroy and Son on behalf of the new Trustees.
Correspondence re new Trustees to marriage settlement of Hugh Humphreys and Louisa Charlotte Catherine Evans-Lombe and a dispute by Reverend Hugh Humphreys about who should pay the Death Duty due on £15000 to be paid into the marriage Trust of himself and his wife Louisa covering the period 1898-9
The Reverend Hugh Humphreys was the son of William Humphreys of Ballyhaise House, Co. Cavan born 10th November 1838 at Cavan. Formerly a Captain in the Royal Irish Fusiliers and a Major of Cavan Infantry Militia. He was Ordained as a Deacon (Ossory) in 1885 and a priest in 1886.
He married Louisa Charlotte Catherine Evans-Lombe on 27th April 1875 at St Peter Eaton Square, Middlesex.
Louisa Charlotte Catherine Evans-Lombe born 1854 at Eriswell, Suffolk was the daughter of the Reverend Henry Evans Lombe and Louisa Evans
Various papers relating to Mr.Thomas Wheeler my late Grandfather.Sadly he died when I was just eleven years of age.I do however recall it was he that took me on my very first fishing trip using the first fishing rod and reel that he bought me.The images here are from WWII papers when he was an active serviceman and I only recently found these in an old album of my late father`s.These are the first twenty images in nigh on eighty images of both his army papers and my Great Grandparents (to come later) images.Some images are somewhat the same but have different focus points and apertures,mainly to suit prospective customers on Alamy.com stock images.I sincerely hope you enjoy the images and hope you see,as I did,what I think is one of many of the Identity Card issued during WWII.As you can see my Grandfather first signed up in September 1940 and seved right up until the end of the war 1945.He was then signed up for the reserves.Do Not Use Without Express Permisison From Peter Wheeler.
Relates to UNDP-supported LDCF-funded project ‘Enhancing National Food Security in the Context of Global Climate Change’ www.adaptation-undp.org/projects/kiribati-denhancing-nati...
Relating the growing discord of today's America into a historical context. These quotes closely relate to the feelings of the modern political climate in our country, and the growing anger and discord our nation as a whole must confront head on if we are to avoid the mistakes of the past. This is the only political photograph i have ever done.
History is more then where we have been, It's how we got to be who we are.
“Central Perspective” is not an everyday phrase to be coined up. It relates much to the orientation of a picture or image despite of our naked eyes would see such as well in the real life. Central perspective is actually governed by a single vanishing point where its fundamental visual characteristic is recession in depth or perspective convergence. Thus, it creates depth illusion in it.
Perhaps this image lives up to the idea of “central perspective”. It caught my attention when I was passing through this pedestrian bridge with those supporting structures that make a nice depth illusion for my capture.
Have a good day folks!
Ancient Art Week! Black-Figure Vase with The Departure of Memnon for Troy Greek, circa 550-525 BC. Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium. Modern scholars all relate this simple scene to one of the last moments of the Trojan War. The black man is Memnon, the great warrior said to be from “Aethiopia,” who is briefly mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, the epic account of the struggle between Greece and Troy. The story of Memnon was greatly enlarged upon by subsequent writers, who relate his arrival at Troy with innumerable troops. Although Achilles slays him in battle, in the manner of the Greek epic, Memnon’s fame only increases, and he is made immortal by the gods. Read More at TheRoot.com This work is an example of something that I’ve had to explain to people who thought they were being extremely clever. A lot of people, including art history teachers, will tell you that “Black figure technique” has nothing to do with depicting race. And it doesn’t necessarily, except for when…you know…it does. Memnon is a canonically Black character from Greek literature, depicted above on a vase in which he is shown to be Black, with this technique, and obviously contrasted with two figures who aren’t Black. And yet, even given the evidence of their own eyes, people will still argue that Memnon is fictional, and that somehow “doesn’t count” towards *ahem* “proving” whatever they have decided my point is supposed to be. Expect, well, you also have the surviving portrait bust of a real man who was also called “Memnon” (he was a student of philosopher Herodes Atticus) specifically because of his Ethiopian ancestry and his perceived resemblance to the Memnon of legend. Too much of what we conceptualize around the aesthetics of Ancient Greece and Rome is actually from the European Renaissance, with its focus on “Classical” virtues, values, and aesthetics. Then, you have the Enlightenment, with its scientific racism, racial-cultural claim-making, and philosophical justifications for enslavement, genocide, and colonialism. The imposition of whiteness onto the past, and “cleaning it up” (I’m talking dunking the Elgin Marbles in acid) to better fit a misconception of the past, can be related to Western chromophobia. What we think of as our own personal, “aesthetic” choices are actually shaped by these massive social and historical forces. And that doesn’t even begin to go into how Greco-Roman cultural achievements are perceived in the United States as belonging to whiteness and as evidence to support white supremacy, as opposed to being culturally-specific to the people descended from Greek and Roman cultures in antiquity. And before you start to think, “oh, well, not ME, I haven’t been affected by these ideas” take a look at Augusta Prima Portia’s original color scheme and let me know whether it bothers you: It’s a source of aggravation for me that we lie so much to ourselves and others when it comes to just how much we project OUR ideals onto the past, and then throw up our hands and say, “it’s not ME, it’s history!” Too much of art history writing approaches its subjects with the assumption that we can somehow know the intricacies of the society and culture, much less the individual(s), that produced the art we see before us today. And even so, this massive cultural arrogance would be less destructive if it didn’t also cut off other lines of speculation and research. So, how many exceptions does it take to show that the rule is wrong? How many things can be “the only”, or “an anomaly” or “just an artistic convention” or other terms that mean the same thing, in essence? How much “cherry picking” can I truly be doing if I am pretty much buried in flipping cherries? But that doesn’t matter when you come to the research table with the preconceived notion that whiteness is the default, and every human figure you’re going to see “from history!” is white until “proven” otherwise, in a field where “proof” is irrelevant to actual evidence. Anyhow, I’m going to be posting more black-figure works I think are relevant to the topic at hand. And as always, it is up to you to decide what you see.
This lantern slide relates to a photograph taken by Clement Lindley Wragge (b.1852, d.1922), dated 5 April 1905.
This slide is a red tinted plate depicting an illustration of an explosion of a large swirling red mass from surface of the sun.
Inscription Details: Handwritten in black ink at top of plate, 'Eruption in Sun'. Handwritten in blue ink in lower left corner of plate, 'U aux'. Handwritten in blue ink in lower right corner of plate, 'CLW Aug'22'. Handwritten in blue ink on right side of plate, '(Ideal)'. VERSO Handwritten in blue ink on left side of plate, 'Negative specially Treated.'.
Credit: Shared by Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira, as part of the Clement Lindley Wragge collection.
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
Reference: 236020|PH-1984-1-LS78-4-13
For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1033196
La ministra de Justicia, Javiera Blanco, recibió a Maina Kiai, relator especial de Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho a la Libertad de Reunión Pacífica y de Asociación. 21.09.2015
Foto:Claudia Basaure P.
"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well." - Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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Image from 'A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with other ancient & modern ballads and songs relating to this celebrated yeoman. To which is prefixed his history and character, grounded upon other documents than those made use of by ... “Mister Ritson.” Edited by J. M. Gutch', 001726444
Author: HOOD, Robin.
Volume: 01
Page: 321
Year: 1847
Place: London
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans
Following the link above will take you to the British Library's integrated catalogue. You will be able to download a PDF of the book this image is taken from, as well as view the pages up close with the 'itemViewer'. Click on the 'related items' to search for the electronic version of this work.
Debate sobre a MP 651 no Senado Federal cujo o relator é o dep. Newton Lima (PT-SP.
Brasília, 02/set/2014
Foto:Gustavo Bezerra
Relates to UNDP-supported LDCF-funded project ‘Enhancing National Food Security in the Context of Global Climate Change’ www.adaptation-undp.org/projects/kiribati-denhancing-nati...
Small relates to the size of the original well and not this present day panel which is large sized and better quality and far better presented than the Main welldressing back along the road from the village centre.
This was taken a few months back, but relates to something kind of funny/strange that happened last week. First of all, it is not our cat, but that is our side yard fence. The cat belongs to the house behind us. He is staring at another neighborhood cat that was in our front yard at the time.
So, the other night I wake up around 5am and go to the bathroom. I hear water running in the pipes below. Very loud. I go downstairs and look around thinking maybe a pipe burst, but can't find anything, so I turn off the water main to the house to make the noise stop. After lying awake for 2 hours until the sun came up, which included going down to check around the house with a flashlight for leaking water, including outside, I finally get up again and use the bathroom. Afterward, I turn on the water main to fill up the toilet tank. This time, I quickly traced the sound of the water from the pipes below our room to the hose bib on the side of the house right below where this cat is sitting in this photo. Sure enough, the faucet is on. At first I was at a loss to explain it. Finally arrived at the possibility of an animal turning on the faucet by bumping into it, since I've actually done that a few times. Sure enough, lots of scratches on the fence boards next to the faucet. Yeah, the house is weird in that the pipes to that faucet go up through the center of the house to the attic and then down the side wall. It is like they forgot to plumb for it when they poured the foundation. Most of the pipes are there instead. I never hear that faucet from inside when it is on since I'm the one using it outside normally.
Short story long, I think this cat had used the faucet as a spring board enough times to climb up the fence that it had finally nudged the water on. It can't have been on for long, since there wasn't any puddling yet. It had rained the night before, though, so I didn't notice it when I waved the flashlight around earlier. All I can say is that I'm glad we didn't have a leak in the house like I was originally imagining in my fog of sleep. That, and I'm glad the water was only on for a little while. I don't think it would have done any damage since the water would have run off into the yard and down the street, but it would have been a huge waste if it had happened a few days previously, when we were away for the weekend.
Cute cat, though. He is a roamer. Kind of surprised the coyotes haven't gotten him yet. We still haven't gotten any new cats. Still strange to not have any in the house anymore. We're thinking maybe in the spring.
Various papers relating to Mr.Thomas Wheeler my late Grandfather.Sadly he died when I was just eleven years of age.I do however recall it was he that took me on my very first fishing trip using the first fishing rod and reel that he bought me.The images here are from WWII papers when he was an active serviceman and I only recently found these in an old album of my late father`s.These are the first twenty images in nigh on eighty images of both his army papers and my Great Grandparents (to come later) images.Some images are somewhat the same but have different focus points and apertures,mainly to suit prospective customers on Alamy.com stock images.I sincerely hope you enjoy the images and hope you see,as I did,what I think is one of many of the Identity Card issued during WWII.As you can see my Grandfather first signed up in September 1940 and seved right up until the end of the war 1945.He was then signed up for the reserves.Do Not Use Without Express Permisison From Peter Wheeler.
An Art Installation relating to the Cusp Conference which is a Conference relating to people with good ideas, and art. www.cuspconference.com
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立法會中醫藥發展事宜小組委員會參觀香港標準及檢定中心
立法会中医药发展事宜小组委员会参观香港标准及检定中心
LegCo Subcommittee on Issues Relating to the Development of Chinese Medicine visits the Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre (2015.04.27)
The Problems Relating to the Management & Excavations of the Archaeological Ruins of Herculaneum / Pompeii as Reported in Foreign Press (1904-2002). [Prof. Ugo Ojetti] "Italian Antiquities Withholding Of In Formation Criticized," The Times, Nov. 19, 1931. p. 11.
S.v.,
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2021. Inchiesta su Pompei, parte II. Pompei shock, comunicazione roboante: si pensa alla conservazione? Finestre sull'Arte (18/01/2021); S.v., "Pompei - Italian Antiquities Withholding of Information Criticized," The Times London (19 Nov. 1931): 11. S.v., Finestre sull'Arte (11/01/2021) & Mi Riconosci (20/02/2020). wp.me/pbMWvy-11L
Various papers relating to Mr.Thomas Wheeler my late Grandfather.Sadly he died when I was just eleven years of age.I do however recall it was he that took me on my very first fishing trip using the first fishing rod and reel that he bought me.The images here are from WWII papers when he was an active serviceman and I only recently found these in an old album of my late father`s.These are the first twenty images in nigh on eighty images of both his army papers and my Great Grandparents (to come later) images.Some images are somewhat the same but have different focus points and apertures,mainly to suit prospective customers on Alamy.com stock images.I sincerely hope you enjoy the images and hope you see,as I did,what I think is one of many of the Identity Card issued during WWII.As you can see my Grandfather first signed up in September 1940 and seved right up until the end of the war 1945.He was then signed up for the reserves.Do Not Use Without Express Permisison From Peter Wheeler.
"Sustainability can relate to the memory and preservation of the traditional craftsmanship and in 1.26, we see an extremely innovative way of preserving a craft that might be seen as obsolete by most. Janet Echelman has been inspired by the traditional craftsmanship of fish net weaving and lace making in the construct of her urban sculptures and has re-intepreted the technique to new heights through the technology that she had utilised, allowing all to appreciate traditional crafts in a new form.
In the piece for i Light Marina Bay 2014, Janet Echelman’s luminous 1.26 sculpture will suspend over the floating platform. The form and content has been drawn from observing Earth’s interconnected systems. Echelman used laboratory research from NASA and NOAA which documented the effects of the 2010 earthquake in Chile — the historic shock resulted in the shortening of the earth’s day by 1.26 microseconds, which became the influence for the installation’s name. The colorful volumetric piece takes the shape of a tsunami sweeping across the ocean. In her studio, she generated a three-dimensional model of the tsunami that resulted from Chile’s earthquake, then used software to create an outline of the rendering’s highest amplitude area, realising the silhouette as a sculptural form. The material underscores connectivity — Echelman’s work utilises Honeywell Spectra fibre, a material that is 15 times stronger than steel by weight. The knotted mesh can withstand high winds, but is engineered specifically to imitate the intricacy of handmade lace.
This piece not only reminds us of today’s ever changing face of the earth and the effects natural disasters have on people, but it is also a piece that highlights the courageousness of the survivors and the interconnected populations who are fighting against these effects of climate change in today’s context."
STATEMENT OF INTENT
SECTION 1 – Final Major Project Guide What is the title of this project? What will you work towards producing and what is your proposed end point? Explain how this relates to your work and ideas from Pathway and how it extends your knowledge, understanding and creative ability.
For my Final Major Project I want to explore social and personal themes such as violence and what can lead to it, such as a misunderstanding of mental health, equality for women and differences in political/religious beliefs. I would like to do this in the form of an animated music video. In pathway I animated a digital collage, perhaps I could do something like this again or at least draw some inspiration from it, this time I could include abstract and freeflow drawings, like the ones I practised in exploratory and lay them over the top of a collage background? That is just one of my ideas.
SECTION 2 – Influences, Research, Sources and Ideas What are the influences, starting points and contextual references and why are they relevant to your ideas? Indicate the subject areas you intend to research and the likely sources of information e.g. performances, galleries, specific locations you plan to visit.
Music is a massive influence in my life so one of my goals is to use a song that I feel like I can be expressive with and/or that means something to me. The significance of representation is something that I have always found interesting, for example I see everything in black and white with the positive things in bright colour so that they stand out – this is something I want to try and capture in my animation, however colours also have opposing meanings, such as red meaning ‘love’ or ‘anger’ which can be applied to the themes I want to explore. I am planning on looking at various places for my research such as contemporary art in public areas, animated music videos for research and gigs to understand how music connects people to one another and the band performing.
SECTION 3 – Techniques, Processes and Timescale Refer to any techniques and processes you intend to use, such as the range of media and materials relevant to your project and how you may use them to explore and develop your ideas. Include studio practice and/or use of particular equipment/software. Provide a timescale which indicates the manner in which you intend to divide your time.
I am aware that my time management in Pathway was not the best and I need to improve on that for this final project. I have a breakdown of the basic things I need to get done in the following months and I will put together a week by week plan in my year planner. I taught myself how to use Adobe Animate for my Pathway project and intend to use it again for this final, and potentially explore more of its features such as drawing directly into the software, making it entirely digitally based.
SECTION 4 – Method of Evaluation How will you critically review/analyse your work and determine if it is successful? How will you identify directions for ongoing development? Do you have a method to record the critical response to your ideas? How do you propose to assess the success of your Final Major Project and what will be your methods of evaluation?
I will record any errors and setbacks that I encounter as well as how I worked around and fixed them in my reflective journal. I am going to make a weekly plan of what I will be doing in college and after it ends as I usually stay late to get more work done, I will also make check lists daily about what I specifically have to do each day. I will also do my best to regularly ask for feedback on my work and ideas from my teachers and peers and try to take their words on board as best as possible. These will also be recorded as notes in my reflective journal. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, peer feedback will be done via skype or zoom and I will maintain in contact with my tutors via email and upload my work to moodle.
REVIEW OF EXPLORATORY AND PATHWAY
What I learnt from exploratory
The exploratory stage taught me to let go and relax a bit. Before this course I never realised how strict and stressed I got over my art because I wanted it to be perfect and it actually made me not enjoy it as much. Exploratory taught me that art can be anything and that perfection isn’t something you achieve, it’s when you make something you are most proud of and you believe it is your best. The exercises such as drawing a stick with a stick were so simple but it really helped to open my eyes to this. This freedom and abstract is something I want to try and bring into my Final Major Project.
What I learnt from pathway
I became a lot more independent during pathway which I really value as it also made me more confident in talking to teachers about my ideas and getting their advice on various things regarding what I wanted to do, such as getting Judy’s opinion on whether she thought using my plaster mouths in my animation was a good idea or not, and going through Alexa’s collage booklet to find inspiration which actually lead to my final idea for the piece. I also taught myself how to use the Adobe Animate software, which not only gave me confidence in myself but also gave me access to a tool that I can now use in my Final Major Project.
Strengths
- My experimental/test animations were fun to make and as a result they turned out well
- I think I was able to incorporate a lot of my tests (plaster mouths) and research (collages) into my final piece
- I was not too fixed on an idea, I just had a message that I wanted to attempt to deliver and it wasn’t what I had originally planned it to be but I am happy with the result
Weaknesses
- I did not annotate as I went along and had to recall my thoughts at some points
- A lot of my work I tend to not write down and I keep it all in my head, so when the teachers looked through my book they saw inconsistency in my developmental stages where I thought it was perfectly fine (I corrected it)
- I tended to get flustered and would go through highs lows with my work, sometimes getting artists block for a few days to a week, to overcome this I will engage regularly with my peers and tutors via zoom and check in on moodle to read any comments left for me
All I know about the Horse and Jockey pub is that there is a reference to it in court transcripts relating to a case involving Solomon Head, aka Solomon Troke, a local poacher and rogue, held at the Christchurch Town Hall in 1864.
Redhill at that time was a small hamlet and remained so into the early 1900s when Pascoe Marshall was a young lad growing up there, a time he recalls in his memoir 'My Story', where he also refers to the Horse and Jockey, stating that it was rebuilt, presumably as the above structure, in the 1890s.
It is likely the original building was a modest affair, probably a thatched cottage, a business run from somebody's home prior to modern licencing laws.
Confusingly, an advert in the Daily Echo, when the pub was taken over by new management in 2012, says the pub was built in the 1920s, yet the web site states 'Dating back to 1926' at the top of the home page but underneath refers to it as 'an attractive Victorian pub...'
Another avenue of research indicates that the current building dates from 1906
It is often implied that the pub got it's name in relation to the Ensbury Racecourse that opened nearby in 1925 but it would appear not to be the case.
Obviously i'm no expert on the history of the Horse and Jockey and I don't have time to research it in any depth, but if anyone does know anymore please feel free to comment below, I for one would be extremely interested to know more.
This lantern slide relates to a photograph taken by Clement Lindley Wragge (b.1852, d.1922), dated 24 March 1905.
The slide shows the surface of the moon, with details of craters and ridges visible, depicting Mercator and Campanus craters.
Inscription Details: Handwritten in black ink at top of plate, 'Mercator and Campanus'. Handwritten in black ink in lower left corner of plate, 'U 115'. Handwritten in black ink at bottom of plate, 'CLW March '10'. Handwritten in black ink on right side of plate, 'Tinted and Mounted Pt Albert'. Handwritten in black ink on top, bottom, left and right edges of plate, 'M and C.'.
Credit: Shared by Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira, as part of the Clement Lindley Wragge collection.
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
Reference: 236019|PH-1984-1-LS78-4-12|115
For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1033197
This concentration photo relates to the current pandemic we are in. This photo shows the extreme and preventative measures we do to stay safe. Many feel as if they are invincible to the virus which causes numbers of infections to rapidly grow. I had my model wear a glove and sanitize his other hand showing that even though he wore gloves he still needs to sanitize. I also had him wear a mask in context to COVID-19. I edited this photo to have a greenish tint giving off the feeling of illness and a dark eerie tone. (For my reshoot I used the feedback and changed the background to the front door to show that they could be leaving or entering their home. I also used an almost empty bottle of hand sanitizer to create a feeling urgency.)
Title
Letter to Rev Frederick Evans from I G Mudge (Reference Librarian)
Date
5 Jan 1923
Description
I G Mudge asks Frederick to confirm the assertions made in a New York article by a Mr Bernard Taylor, retired silk weaver, that he knew George Eliot as a child, and that Mr Tulliver, (Mill on the Floss) was based on a local character named Tom Hollick, Felix Holt being based on local labour agitator, John Farn. [Mudge quotes from the article.] Mudge also adds that this information was intended for the 'George Eliot Dictionary'. Written from the Columbia University, New York. Signed I G Mudge.
NB. Letter is accompanied by the original envelope.
All Right's Reserved. All images are subject to copyright restrictions. Contact Warwickshire Libraries for further details. Part of Warwickshire Libraries' George Eliot Collection.
Original held at Warwickshire County Record Office.
Possibly relating to the Gale Bros' who operated throughout the Shire of Whittlesea stone crushing and operated blasting operations at a quarry in Humevale. They carried out road repairs in the form of reforming and gravelling works for the Whittlesea Shire. Volcanic bluestone was quarried thoughout the area and used for buildling construction and road surfacing.
In addition local stone was used for dry stone wall construction.
Unknown location and date.
Fay Thomas Collection
Moses Thomas (1825-1878) was a significant figure in the history of the area now known as the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia. Thomas and Ann and their family lived at "Mayfield", Mernda, Victoria.
Permission to use or share this image is granted provided the orignal URL link is provided along with the image and an acknowledgement to Yarra Plenty Regional Library.
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Title: Gymnastics for youth, or, A practical guide to healthful and amusing exercises : for the use of schools ; an essay toward the necessary improvement of education, chiefly as it relates to the body
Creator: Guts Muths, Johann Christoph Friedrich, 1759-1839
Creator: Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf, 1744-1811
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed for P. Byrne ...
Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Contributor: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Date: 1803
Language: eng
Description: Erroneously attributed to Salzmann. Attributed to Guts Muths. Cf. NUC pre-56
Translation of: Gymnastik für die Jugend
Signatures: A-3K⁴
Includes bibliographical references
Shaw & Shoemaker
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Note: The colors, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.
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This image relates to my question "Can you tell a person's sexuality by their clothes?" because it is of a woman saying that the man is gay because he is wearing a tighter pink shirt and has his hair fixed neatly. This directly relates to my project because it shoes how people view men (in this case) that wear the color pink in their wardrobe and in this case the woman views him as being gay. And with the look on her face she does not seem to happy about it, she seems concerned that he is gay or the fact that he is wearing a "gay" shirt in public. I wanted to focus on this question because I have been given looks like this and wondered why, just to find out that is was because of how I was dressed. People nowadays are more comfortable with people being gay, but this project is also an examination of people's comfort with homosexuality.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
This relates to my I am poem because the three images at the top all
represent my siblings.(the rose means my older sister Angel, the boat means
my brother Noah, and the monkey means my little sister Samantha) The hand
represents I love you in sign language because I love all my siblings, and
the heart represents the same thing. The two bunnies in the bottom are my
friend's(Natalie S.) their names are Kyrie(the brown one) and Midnight(the
white, grey, and black one.)I am most proud of how well the colors turned
out on the project, and how well the images that represent my siblings
turned out.
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Author: BARBER, John Warner.
Page: 339
Year: 1856
Place: New Haven
Publisher: Durrie & Peck
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Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Badbury Clump, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire.
HINGEFINKLE'S LOGBOOK (Twelfth Instalment)
The Ways of the Wodehouse
Were I to describe every single adventure which Gladys Sparkbright and I experienced on our northward journey from I-slip, I fear I should rapidly run out of parchment. But these were adventures of a rather different order from those I have chosen to relate in this little tome, mainly on account of the homeliness of the landscape in those parts. Although there are great heathland “forests” and wonderful, windswept moors, there is little woodland, and there are very few swamps, so that the monsters which have been my lifelong specialism, being deprived of their natural habitats, are comparatively scarce. One day in early Beltane, as we came down from the moorlands and entered a pleasant, green valley inhabited by nothing but cows, sheep, cowherds and shepherds, I remarked as much to Gladys.
“Hum,” I said, munching on some of the local bread and cheese as we sheltered from the summer sun in a cleft in the hillside, “I must confess to being a little disappointed. The local fauna seems to be prosaic in the extreme. No Hydrus hingefinklii; no Draco terribilis pyromanicus! And no sign whatever of cockatrices or harpies. Fiddlesticks!”
And then, as I should have predicted, Gladys cast aside her pickle-pot, threw her hands up in despair at my ignorance, dug about in her little black bag for her latest miniaturised short-range telescope, and dragged me by the forearm to the bank of the stream.
“Raht,” she ordered, “shut yer gob a minute an’ look at them thare damsel-flies. Thar be nowt prosaic abaht them!”
I spent the remainder of that balmy afternoon pursuing various airborne invertebrates through the marginal vegetation, with Gladys’s telescope clapped to my eye. Twice I fell into the river whilst attempting to get a good view of an iridescent member of the genus Agriidae as it perched like a black-bewinged sapphire on a yellow-flag iris. Three times, I fell over backwards with surprise among tufts of Potomogeton and aquatic Ranunculii as I found myself confronted by the magnified compound eyes of a Coenagrion, gazing insolently at me through the lenses of the telescope. Once, I waded out up to my knees to watch a great, green-eyed Cordulegaster as it hovered above the surface of the stream, depositing eggs with its elongated, gold-daubed abdomen. And all around me, members of the aptly-named order Ephemeroptera undulated obsessively in mid-air like a thousand miniature marionettes on invisible strings.
It was dusk by the time I returned, caked with mud and dried algae, to where Gladys was perched with a cup of tea in her hand, on a high knob of rock overlooking the dale.
“Eee,” she said with a satisfied air, “This’d be a raht good spot ter build a castle, me duck. An’ a nahce wee village dahn on t’ banks o’t’stream. A good place fer Gnomes, Ah reckon. No disturbances, lahk - just peace an’ quiet. Perfect fer thinkin’ an’ inventin’.”
“Hum,” I said, lighting my pipe. “What would you call it?”
Gladys looked at me quizzically. “Why - Ah suppose Ah’d call it Castletown, if it ‘ad a castle. Wot else?” Then she paused and looked towards the north. “But it’ll ‘ave ter wait. We’ve got more travellin’ ter do.”
I found myself reflecting, not for the first time, that the determination with which Gladys had pursued our northward course, and the meticulousness with which she had kept us walking along the Zeroth degree of longitude in spite of all meanderings, suggested that she had some kind of premonition about what lay ahead of us - but as always, something in her eyes prevented me from asking. Not knowing what to say, I handed the miniaturised short-range telescope back to her, and was about to begin enthusing about the glories of the Odonata when she tucked the little contraption back into my pocket.
“Ah won’t be needin’ that ol’ thing any more,” she chuckled with a dismissive wave of her hand.
“Hum, whyever not?” I asked, unable to conceive how one could do without such a fine piece of apparatus once one had tried it.
“Wot d’yer think Ah’ve bin doin’ fer t’last six hours, ‘Ingefinkle?” she said with an exasperated look. “Ah’ve been makin’ a new improved model, that’s wot. Twahce th’ magnification, an’ nowt by way o’ colour fringes! Wot else is a woman ter do while t’ol’ codgers’re off chasin’ damsel-flies? Twiddle ‘er thumbs?”
*
Since I was afraid of appearing stupid, I refrained from asking Gladys how that little black bag of hers could possibly be capable of carrying all her provisions, the perfect pocket-watch, and all of the equipment required for the making of a telescope. We spent the night in the great stone cleft above the valley, before moving on with the rising of the sun.
“Tha’ll be gettin’ yer monsters soon enough,” said Gladys as we climbed the opposite hillside. “Tha knows what’s beyond these ‘ills, Ah suppose?”
“Hum,” I said. “No indeed. I have never been this far north before, so how should I know?”
“Eeee,” said Gladys, “tha’s nowt but a great daft owd bugger sometimes. Call yerself a monsterologist, duss tha? Well! We’ve an ‘undred mahles ter go t’th’Arp River, an’ between ‘ere an’ there - thar’s nowt but Wild Lands. Thar’ll be monsters starin’ at yer from every dark corner, you mark mah words, an’ yer won’t see nowt of ‘em but their eyes, glarin’ in t’ darkness! An’ it won’t do no good ter use yer astrolabe; yer won’t be able ter see t’stars fer vegetation!”
I was about to express my enthusiasm in response to this description, but my breath was quite taken away, for at that moment we cleared the brow of the hill, and I saw at once the truth of Gladys’s claims. The Wild Lands stood before us, a countless army of oak and hazel trees, stretching as far as the eye could see to east and west. Wind whistled mournfully through the gnarled branches, and a great flock of rooks soared into the air and circled mournfully above our heads. Before the woods there was a great ditch and rampart, and I could not avoid the impression that the people of those parts had dug the earthworks as a first line of defence against whatever lurked beyond. The first few rows of trees had been pollarded or coppiced some time in the past, but as Gladys tugged me by the sleeve and led me beneath the gnarled oak boughs, I perceived that, not far beyond the rampart, the trees were wild and untended, their trunks swathed at the base, where light permitted, with impenetrable brambles and nettles. The branches hung thick with grey-green lichens, and the fallen timbers were encrusted with fungi, spewing their black spores into the musty currents of air which swept across the forest floor. And as we walked deeper into the Wilds, there was nothing to be heard but the creaking of ancient bark in the wind, and our own footsteps seemed like distant echoes in the dank and mouldering semi-darkness. There was something unnatural about that darkness, but to this day, I would be flummoxed if you asked me what it was.
As Gladys had predicted, creatures watched us from the shadows as we pressed onward hour after hour. Or at least, I presumed that they did, for I would only ever see them in the corner of my eye - a movement in the undergrowth or the glowing of a slitted pupil - and then, when I swung around to face whatever it might be, there would be nothing there, and Gladys would tut and grab me by the arm once more, dragging me further into the spreading blackness. Sometimes, I could have sworn that we were surrounded on all sides by little pinpoints of light, but wherever I directed my gaze, they would extinguish themselves, leaving me confusedly rubbing my eyes.
“Gladys! Wait!” I whispered hoarsely. “I think I see some tracks!” They were quite unmistakable in the light of my lantern; the naked footprints of a large hominid, freshly impressed on the mould. I observed with some dismay that the prints culminated in deeply-scored grooves, suggesting claws of considerable ferocity. “Fiddlesticks! It’s not Goblins, is it? But I can’t smell them!”
Gladys stooped over the great footprints - which, as I noted with some alarm, were roughly twice the size of my own - first looking through her spectacles and then squinting above them. “Nay!” she said at last. “Tha’s got no need ter get all aeriated. No Goblin were ever that big! That thare is a wodehouse footprint. Daft owd clumsy buggers, they be, but they only ever kill people by accident. Nowt ter worry abaht at all!”
“This is - this is absolutely fascinating!” I cried, and realised with a start that my voice seemed to be echoing throughout the entire forest. But I must confess that enthusiasm had quite driven away all fear. The wodehouse is described in great detail in the bestiaries (though some are marred by their erroneous insistence that wodehouses only live in the Indies, where they do battle with centaurs - a quite ridiculous assertion, since centaurs are the purely mythical products of the over-indulged and under-utilised imaginations of Keltia’s former oppressors). It would seem that a far better summary is that contained in the bestiary owned by Druid Agrimony - admittedly not always a reliable source, but in this case at least, well deserving quotation:
Beware the wodehouse of the woods
Who pilfers packs and steals the goods
Of unsuspecting passers-by,
In lands where none may hear their cry
Of disgruntled, dread dismay!
A wodehouse pelt is grizzled grey,
It dangles down about his knees
And oft is thick with grime and grease.
Hairy too his feet and paws
All four of which do end in claws.
His face is fit to curdle milk
For all creatures of his ilk
Possess a most upsetting scowl.
He slobbers oft, his breath is foul,
And gutteral his gurgling gripe.
He may be caught with bits of tripe
Hung upon a simple trap -
Or failing that, a piece of crap
Will entice him just as well
(But once he’s caught, he’ll give you hell).
A wodehouse walks on his hind feet,
His hands reserved to choke and beat,
Batter, bruise, belay and belt:
The fight’s not worth it for his pelt.
You fool! Flee faster while you can!
Don’t rouse the wrath of the wild man!
I was not, needless to say, particularly interested in the wodehouse’s pelt - unless perhaps to determine whether the proverbial greasiness of wodehouse hair is the product of some uropygial gland, or merely a consequence of unrefined eating habits - but the opportunity to observe the creature at close quarters was enticing for other reasons. There was the question of auricles and ventricles, for a start; by means of my stethoscope I hoped to learn something of the relationship between the wodehouse and the other hominid races. I also hoped to be able to determine whether, in addition to walking on its hind legs, the creature was capable of swinging from overhead branches with its hands. My mind reeled with questions: does the wodehouse possess a tail; does its dentition suggest an omnivorous diet or one composed entirely of tripe and manure; does the creature have recourse to the use of tools; does it recognise archetypal gestures such as laughing, frowning or weeping; is its “gurgling gripe” savage and inarticulate - or does it contain the rudiments of language? In short, I could not contain my excitement - and indeed did not attempt to do so, but instead poured all my energies into communicating that excitement to Gladys Sparkbright, inventor of the Humane Hydra Trap.
“Eeee - Ah don’t rahtly know whether Ah should encourage you, ‘Ingefinkle. Ah’m able ter invent a pocket watch wit’ no friction, a high-resolution oil-immersion mahcroscope, a miniaturahsed short-range telescope - an’ all tha wants from me is traps. Rahtio, then - but this trap’ll be t’ trap ter end all traps - you mark mah words!” And with that, Gladys industriously set about building a wodehouse trap. In the meantime, since our provisions did not appear to include any tripe, I went about the business of procuring a stool (and the means by which I did so must remain my secret). I returned in time to be thrown to the ground by a large explosion which hurled earth up from the forest floor to a height of seven ells. By the time I had staggered to my feet, Gladys was walking towards me, dusting off her hands and cramming her hair back into place with a knitting needle.
“Raht. ‘Ast tha got t’ bait? Eeee! Well done, ‘Ingefinkle - but Ah think Ah’ll let you attach it - to that wee ‘ook hangin’ from that thare bough.”
As I impaled the bait on the hook indicated by Gladys, I surveyed the scene with amazement. Never was a trap so complex, nor so fail-safe: any one of the multitudinous mechanisms of Gladys Sparkbright’s Wodehouse Trap would have been sufficient to secure our quarry. My eyes boggled at the formidable array of trip-wires, bent boughs, greased tree-trunks and divers other contraptions made of chiselled oak-boughs and held together with pieces of knotted string. I deduced that the trap was triggered by the trip-wire, which would cause a piece of twined ivy to wrap itself around the wodehouse’s legs in response to the merest vibration. This in turn would cause one of the bent boughs to swing into the air, carrying the wodehouse with it, where the creature would dangle upside-down above the large, circular pit which had been formed by the explosion.
“Hum,” I said. “An admirable trap, Gladys. If the wodehouse escapes from the ivy rope, it will promptly drop into the pit, which, I perceive, you have smeared with dripping. Well, I doubt whether the dripping will damage the pelt. But you don’t think, do you, Gladys, that the wodehouse might have been frightened away by your explosion?”
“Nay!” Gladys waved her arm dismissively. “Wodehouses’re as deaf as posts. ‘E’ll be in t’ trap bah mornin’, raht as rain!”
*
We retreated into the forest until we were sure that our movements would not frighten our quarry, and then, oblivious to the gaze of a thousand elusive eyes, we sat down and waited. Gladys rummaged about in her little black bag, rearranging things until her ball of string would fit inside. I fiddled with my tinder-box and lit my pipe, and Gladys remarked that she ought to invent an improvement on flint-striking for the making of fire. My smoke rings curled into the darkness; I emptied my pipe and refilled it - once, twice - I know not how many times. Now, the darkness was total, and lighting my lantern, I perceived that Gladys had fallen asleep, exhausted as she was from her exertions.
“Hum,” I said to myself. “I wonder if we’ve caught the wodehouse yet?” and raising my lantern, I wandered off to check the trap.
My dear little Alias - if ever you should find yourself in the environs of the Harp River, do not underestimate the power of the darkness to distort one’s sense of direction. I wandered this way and that, groping on the forest floor in search of the pegs which held the trap, but all I found was mould, mushrooms, and the grooved and pitted bark of ancient treetrunks. At last, I gave up hope, and had just set my mind to finding Gladys again, when there was a loud twang, and my sense of disorientation was magnified by the fact that, so far as my befuddled mind could deduce, I appeared to be hanging upside-down somewhere in the middle of the Wild Lands, my eyes staring into pitch-darkness. To make matters worse, the myriad glowing eyes appeared to have abandoned their furtiveness, and were now gazing hungrily at me to the accompaniment of the licking of a multitude of lips.
“Gladys?” I called, somewhat forlornly at first, but as the eyes increased in diameter, more loudly and with greater urgency. “Gladys? I appear to have met with a mishap. Gladys? Oh fiddlesticks, do wake up!”
But it seemed that Gladys was slumbering blissfully on, and as time crept by and the creatures crept closer, I could feel the blood slowly accumulating at the top of my cranium until my feet felt as though they were encased in ice. Water dripped on me from an overhanging branch, and its inexorable rhythm was driving me to distraction. “Gladys!”
“Eeee! ‘Ingefinkle! What hast tha been up to?” came Gladys’s voice from the darkness. “Yer’ve missed t’ wodehouse, tha knows!”
“What do you mean, I’ve missed the wodehouse?” I cried, feeling quite dizzy and not at all myself.
“Well,” said Gladys, “Ee were with me just now, plain as t’ nose on yer face!”
“Hum. You mean - you caught a glimpse of him?”
“Glimpse? Nay, ‘Ingefinkle, Ah ‘ad meself a nahce long chat with ‘im.”
“You chatted with a wodehouse?” I squeaked. “What did he say?”
“Oh, nowt as could be understood,” replied Gladys consolingly, “an’ ee were a bit deaf - Ah ‘ad ter shout down ‘is lug ‘ole ter make ‘im understand me.”
“I see,” I said, gallantly maintaining my composure, “and what precisely did you do with this wodehouse?”
I could hear Gladys rolling up the sleeves of her cardigan in the darkness. “We ‘ad a nahce ‘ot cup o’ tea, that’s wot!” she said.
“Oh,” I said, because there was very little else worth saying.
“Raht, then,” laughed Gladys. “Well, we’d best be off. Tahme ter be headin’ north again.” The blood at the top of my cranium pounded as I realised that she was walking back the way she had come.
“Gladys!” I blubbered, for I confess that by that stage I was feeling a wee bit of vertigo.
“Eh?” said Gladys’s receding voice. “Wot’s tha gettin’ all aeriated abaht, ‘Ingefinkle?”
“Hum,” I replied. “I don’t suppose you could start inventing a way of getting me down from here, could you Gladys?”
It is at times like those that I wish I had been less ambitious, and chosen to specialise in the Odonata.
This lantern slide relates to a photograph taken by Clement Lindley Wragge (b.1852, d.1922), dated 11 March 1905.
The slide is a composite plate showing 9 images of Venus at different phases. Transitions from 1/4 phase to 3/4 phase with some detail of surface.
Inscription Details: Handwritten at top of plate, 'Venus 1897 [Flammarion?'. Handwritten in ink in lower left corner of plate, 'E.H. 102'. VERSO: Handwritten in ink at bottom of plate, 'VENUS in 1897 Flammarion 1.June 11th 2. June 23rd 3. July 12th 4. July 12th 5. July 14th 6. July 14th 7.July 14th 8. July 24th 9.Aug 30th. Handwritten in black ink on left side of plate, ' 1. June 11th 2. June 23rd. 3. July 12th.' Handwritten in black ink on top of plate, 'July 12th 5. July 14th 6.July 14th 7."" 8. July 24th.' Handwritten in black ink on right of plate, '9.Aug 30 7.01 H.
Credit: Shared by Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira, as part of the Clement Lindley Wragge collection.
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
Reference: 235998|PH-1984-1-LS78-3-123|102
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