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As I photographed this abandoned restored church I thought what a beautiful way to think about Good Friday and Easter and the true meaning.....we can get restored, there no distance in prayer. Happy Easter my Flickr friends.
Race prepared straight 6 cylinder (NO Supercharger) Jaguar engined 1952 XK 120, timed at 172.4 MPH in '53 !!!! Looking aggressively mean, at speed on Hiway 1 south of Carmel California. Restored to race prep specs, and now owned and cared for by a Swiss gentleman, Kurt A. Engelhorn, St. Moritz, and co-piloted by a rugged gentleman who looks like he has been transported from the '30s Germany......
The "120" in the name referred to the aluminium car's 120 mph (193 km/h) top speed (faster with the windscreen removed), which made it the world's fastest production car at the time of its launch. In 1949 the first production car, chassis number 670003, was delivered to Clark Gable.
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(3 image HDR)With a little twist of 'olli-ort'..
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INFO 'The Domesday Book records Ringmore as a Devon Manor known then as ‘Ronmore’. Stephen de Haccombe, and his successors are know to have built three chapels in the area, two survive as chapels today, one at Haccombe, and the other is St Nicholas in Ringmore, Shaldon.
The third local chapel is only a ruin. Church Architects are of the opinion the St Nicholas is of 13th Century origins, a fact borne out by the East end Wall with it’s Lancet window-a fact accepted as proof.
Records of various events refer to this church, and the Register of Baptisms was started in 1616, prior to that, Baptisms had taken place at Haccombe. About this time, the Carew family –now Lords of the Manor of Haccombe, carried out repairs to St Nicholas, but the fabric of the building, and it’s architectural features were kept intact. Haccombe Church supplied the Clergy to the Church until 1621 when the first Clergy signed the Baptism register - Elezeus Coke.
Burial and Marriage registers were than started –and in 1671 Lord Clifford bought several local estates including the Manor of Ringmore with St Nicholas Parish. Bishop Keppel visited the church in 1768 and decided that care was needed to restore the Church.
By 1790 a large extension had been added, and a gallery built, along with various other improvements. Mention of a Church organ was made in 1827, but was then replaced with an early version of the Harmonium called a ‘Seraphine’. 1839 saw a gallery added to the North wall for the Sunday School, and a new roof with a domed skylight and wooden Bell tower added in1841. The original font had been removed, and replaced by the existing font-which is Saxon or early Norman.
Reverend Richard Marsh-Dunn cancelled plans for any more changes to St Nicholas, as he had decided to build a new church on the reclaimed land on Riverside in Shaldon.
This was consecrated and dedicated to St.Peter, and became the new Parish Church of St.Nicholas, South Devon in 1903. St Nicholas was subsequently renovated with funds generated by a generous benefactor, and was given the official title of Chapel of Ease.'
The Greyhound station was built in 1938, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its architectural significance. It was restored in 2018 and now used as a venue
St George in the East
Situated in Cannon Street Road, Whitechapel, London E1 0BH.
It was built between 1714 and 1729 with the funding from an Act of Parliament. It is one of the six London churches designed and built by famous architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church was very expensive to build, at the cost of nearly £20k, it was designed to seat over 1,000 people.
In and around 1800, major work was done on the entrance steps. In 1820 a new vault was added, also the churchyard was drained. In 1829 the church was re-roofed. In 1871, box pews were removed in order to install new seating.
In 1880, 5 Venetian glass mosaics were installed in the apse, illustrating passion and resurrection scenes. The organ which was in poor state had to be rebuilt and between 1881-1886 this was completed by the firm Gray and Davidson.
In 1941 during the blitz the church received a direct hit from a bomb. The interior was destroyed by a severe fire that swept through the building. Fortunately the walls and towers survived intact. The mosaics were also saved but had to be restored.
A new interior was completed in 1964, designed by Arthur Bailey. The design, a much more simple plan.
Scenes from the film ‘The Long Good Friday’ were filmed in and around the churchyard.
Encountered in Prague. VB must be for Veřejná bezpečnost, the Public Security service (thanks Wikipedia !).
Antibes, France: arge sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa on the site of a restored waterfront fortress.
A tourist at Riddarholmen, photographing one of the old palaces. In the background the old town with the Great Church, Storkyrkan now restored to its former glory.
Bardstown Kentucky's Pioneer Village Cabins.
Thank you all for your visit comments and faves much appreciated!
Have a nice Monday keep well.
we are taking a weekend away at the beach. time to reconnect with each other and ourselves. so relaxing and much needed. you will see shots here and there throughout the weekend, but commenting will be kept to a bare minimum. happy weekend.
today's positive thought... the restorative power of the ocean...
this is my picture for april 23, 2010
font: Cavalier.
texture and effects by Remember Remember.
Detail of some restored machinery at Henwood Mill.
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Isaac Bickerstaff.
There dwelt a miller, hale and bold,
Beside the river Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night -
No lark more blithe than he;
And this the burden of his song
Forever used to be:
“I envy nobody – no, not I -
And nobody envies me!”
“Thou’rt wrong, my friend,” said good King Hal,
“As wrong as wrong can be;
For could my heart be light as thine,
I’d gladly change with thee.
And tell me now, what makes thee sing,
With voice so loud and free,
While I am sad, though I am king,
Beside the river Dee?””
The miller smiled and doffed his cap,
“I earn my bread,” quoth he;
“I love my wife, I love my friend,
I love my children three;
I owe no penny I can not pay,
I thank the river Dee,
That turns the mill that grinds the corn
That feeds my babes and me.”
“Good friend,” said Hall, and sighed the while,
“Farewell, and happy be;
But say no more, if thou’dst be true,
That no one envies thee;
Thy mealy cap is worth my crown,
Thy mill my kingdom’s fee;
Such men as thou are England’s boast,
O miller of the Dee!
Amsterdam - Meidoornplein.
DDD / TDD.
Van der Pekbuurt (neighbourhood).
During the entire renovation of this neighbourhood, the historic appearance of the outside of the houses has been restored. The new wooden doors, windows and frames have the original colours from the 1920s: ocher yellow, dark green and red brown.
De Van der Pekbuurt is gebouwd tussen 1918 en 1926 en is daarmee een van de eerste tuindorpen van Amsterdam. Architect Jan Ernst van der Pek ontwierp de stedenbouwkundige en architectonische opzet in 1916. Rode bakstenen muren, geglazuurde gele bakstenen banden en portieken die uit de gevels springen kenmerkten het straatbeeld. De wijk geldt als beschermd stadsgezicht.
De woonblokken hadden door de vele aanpassingen in de loop der tijd hun oorspronkelijke charme verloren. Door kunststof kozijnen en verdwenen originele details zoals dakkapelletjes, tuinmuren en voordeuren hadden de blokken een armoedige uitstraling gekregen. Ook de originele kleuren waren verdwenen.
Binnen de gehele renovatie van de wijk is aan de buitenzijde de historische uitstraling van de woningen van de Van der Pekbuurt teruggebracht. Zo hebben de nieuwe houten deuren en kozijnen de oorspronkelijke kleuren uit de jaren 1920: okergeel, donkergroen en roodbruin (architectenweb.nl).
close to a well visited museum. If only all Istanbul houses were maintained like these......might be a bit boring though :)
This 1956 Studebaker Hawk hood, came with a 170hp V8 engine. It could be upgraded to 180hp with the 4 barrel addition. The very talented restoration mechanic named Robert, told me of his passion to work on such vehicles. This piece of perfection sat idol for one year in a garage as it went through its beauty treatment.
Considering the Shuswap Car Show was held at an outdoor museum, it seemed appropriate to add a local flavour. So, I combined the rare scoop with the reflection of an old and also restored wooden building.
Renoma (formerly Powszechny Dom Towarowy Renoma, Wertheim) is a shopping mall in Wrocław, Poland. Inaugurated in 1930, it was once the largest and most luxurious department store in the city. Now beautifully restored.
Design (1927): Herman Dernburg
The restored Tolman / Loveland house is one of my favorites in the agricultural ghost town of Chesterfield, Idaho. The snow drifts against the fence made a great place for a rabbit to leave tracks around the corner of the property. This was taken in 2002 and scanned from a slide.
Sporting a "restored" nose logo, BNSF 9653 swings into the curve at Valmont with an empty coal train bound for Wyoming. While its neat to see a BN logo on the nose of an executive mac, this one definitely looks better from a distance.
One of the former warehouses along the west side waterfront, being redeveloped. Beautifully restored and open to the public soon.
The door seen in the photo, partially restored, was part of a defensive system called "bend entrance" that forced the invaders to turn 90º to lose all speed and be more easily attacked from the wall with thrown weapons or rocks.
In the background you can see the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña, from the 16th century, classified as late Gothic.
I have deleted, using Photoshop ("Remove Tool") a horrible graffiti painted by that type of terrorists who do not even respect historical monuments.
Also called "Cornel Castle", in reference to one of its several owners, the castle is of Muslim origin, built around the 10th century AD.
Being then located in a border area between the Muslim and Christian (Aragonese) kingdoms, it was conquered and reconquered several times until it finally passed to the crown of the kingdom of Aragon around the year 1141.
The king of Aragon gave the castle successively to several nobles and as it lost its strategic importance, as the reconquest advanced towards the south of Spain, its ruin began.
The current state is deeply ruinous, given the low quality of the construction materials and that, like many other castles in Spain, they have been used as "virtual quarries" to construct other buildings.
Some urgent restoration work has been carried out on walls, towers and two cisterns that stored water in the event of a siege.
PUERTA PRINCIPAL DEL CASTILLO DE ALFAJARIN, ZARAGOZA, ESPAÑA, 2023
La puerta que se ve en la foto, parcialmente restaurada, formaba parte de un sistema defensivo llamado de "entrada en recodo" que obligaba a los invasores a girar 90º para perder toda la velocidad y ser más facilmente agredidos desde la muralla con armas arrojadizas o rocas.
Al fondo se observa la Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña, del siglo XVI, clasificada en el gótico tardío.
He borrado, usando Photoshop ("Remove Tool") un horrible graffiti pintado por esa especie de terroristas que no respetan ni los monumentos históricos.
El también llamado "Castillo de los Cornel", en referencia a uno de sus varios propietarios, el castillo es de origen musulmán, construido hacia el siglo X de nuestra era.
Al estar situado entonces una zona fronteriza entre los reinos musulmán y cristiano (aragonés) fue conquistado y reconquistado varias veces hasta que pasó finalmente a la corona del reino de Aragón hacia el año 1141.
El rey de Aragón cedió el castillo sucesivamente a varios nobles y al ir perdiendo su importancia estratégica, a medida que la reconquista avanzaba hacia el sur de España, comenzó su ruina.
El estado actual es profundamente ruinoso, dada la baja calidad de los materiales de construcción y que, al igual que muchos otros castillos en España, se han utilizado como "canteras virtuales" para construir otros edificios.
Se han practicado algunos trabajos de restauración urgentes sobre muros, torres y dos algibes que acumulaban agua en caso de asedio.
Following my recent Snap of thirsty Lucy,
Here's one of "Madam" Dior, posing.
Or watching the Gulls go by ?
Either way - its her turn !
This horse is 180ft tall and 170ft wide, when viewed from a distance it looks perfectly balanced whereas with those dimensions you’d expect it to look rather tall and out of proportion. It’s clearly been in position for a good length of time as it was restored in 1778!
You can read a detailed history here :-
In this post I told the story about my last minute pilgrimage to Montana Rail Link on the cusp of its flag lowering: flic.kr/p/2nLhAy6
So continuing with the series featuring one photo of each train in chronological trip order here is the fifteenth train of the trip and the fourth of Day 4. This was also the fourth and last non MRL powered train I'd photograph. An unidentified BNSF manifest rolls west through Billings Yard on MRL's First Subdivision, but the pair of orange GEs are obviously not the focus of this image.
BNSF 6989 is a decade old GE ES44C4 and contrasts greatly with number 84, an EMC SW-1 that is 73 years her senior! The little switcher was built by Electro-Motive Corporation and completed June 15, 1939 on OQrder E259 and was originally Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 9139. It later became Burlington Northern 84 until retired by the BN in November 1975. It then spent another decade on the Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern until coming to Billings Grain Terminal. Now privately owned by friends of mine, getting to see 84 in person was another reason I wanted to make the trek over to Billings. He and his business partners hope to restore her to operation and eventually find a home on a tourist railroad or museum where she can run. To support the effort and learn more check out this link and even buy yourself a shirt, I've got one!
Billings, Montana
Wednesday September 7, 2022
Hadlow Road Station on the Wirral Way footpath between Hooton & Neston Cheshire restored to look and feel at the time of closure in 1956. Opened by the Birkenhead Railway in 1866 later run by the joint GWR & LNWR the original track lasted until 1966 due to BR DMU driver training.
The station incorporates a museum and is looked after by Friends of Hadlow Road Station, the signal box is not the original having been obtained from Hassel Green Northants, devoid of track since 1966 a length was relayed to complete the restoration by 2011.
14th March 2024. The little pool under Bryer Court used to be home to about a hundred Ghost Carp. Unfortunately, the water is so shallow, and the fish got so big, that their fins and backs were often out of the water and they got sunburn. They had to be moved into the big lake and then they were moved with all the other fish in 2004 when the main lake was ‘refurbished’.
The Bryer ‘pond’ used to be full of bulrushes. Moor hens and their young were able to nest there in complete safety because, although the water is only a few inches deep, the foxes couldn’t get at them – they won’t go into water.
The Bryer Court pond was emptied and resurfaced as part of the major repairs to the surface of Beech Gardens, but has since been restored, albeit with less attractive vegetation.
Since 2019, Bryer Court pond looks more like a municipal swimming pool than a lake because the bottom has become an unnatural shade of blue. This is caused by a vegetable dye which is being put in the water. The purpose is to get rid of ‘blanket weed’ which, if left unattacked, can take over the lake. It works by filtering the sunlight and this prevents the weed from photosynthesising which it needs in order to grow.