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9th July 2011 at Bull's Head, Barnes, London SW13.
Archtop Electric Guitars have a relatively broad hollow soundbox, with a violin style arched top and back. The first Archtop was the Gibson L5 introduced in 1922, and the first Electric Archtop the Gibson ES150 introduced in 1935. The latter was the model for many of the Jazz Guitars which followed.
The instrument in the photo was made by the Japanese company Aria (it is an Aria FA71).
Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
One of my favourite Scottish hauliers is A. & F. Grant of Ballindalloch, so I was delighted to capture this 2013 registered DAF XF returning north on the A9 at Blair Atholl on 8th May, 2015.
Known for a long time as a recording studio, now a boutique cinema and a cafe/restaurant next door. (It was originally a cinema until 1953.)
Address: 117-123 Church Road.
Owner: (website).
Former Name(s): New Vandyke Cinema; Plaza Cinema; Barnes Super Cinema; Ranleigh Cinema; Barnes Theatre; Picture House; Byfield Hall.
Links:
(1982)
(2018)
Here we see The Terrace and the entrance to Barnes Bridge station on the left.
The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) on 12 March 1916. The opening coincided with the electrification of the Hounslow Loop which had been open since 1850.
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Posted to Guess Where London on 18-05-21.
These three posts bring my total GWL entries posted as Chrysis to 100.
GWL99: Meadow next to the WWT London Wetlands Centre, Barnes, Richmond, SW13.
DRS Belmond Northern Belle Brush/GM Class 57/3 - 57312 (47330) + 57305 'Northern Princess'
5Z70 12:06 KENSINGTON (OLYMPIA) - 13:42 WEMBLEY INTER CITY DEPOT on 08/11/2014 at Barnes, London SW13 0NR
GBRf GM Class 66/7 - 66774
4Y19 12:02 MOUNTFIELD SIDINGS (GBRF) - 16:32 SOUTHAMPTON W DOCKS (GBRF) on 07/09/2019 at Barnes, London SW13 0NR
These are the screws removed to reveal the broken switch, plus that odd shaped bit of plastic in the middle, which is the broken switch actuator itself.
The rectangular black body to the left of L2 is the switch body, SW13.
Here's a close view of SW13, showing the slot in which the actuator used to slide.
The remainder of this sequence is missing, pending me finding a replacement SW13...
The Postcard
An Artistique Series postcard that was published by the Inter-Art Co. of Florence House, Barnes, London SW13. The artwork was by A. A. Nash, and the card was printed in Great Britain. The card would have been published during the Great War as a morale booster.
It did come right in the end, but too late for the vast numbers of men and women (and children) who died in the conflict.
The card was posted on Monday the 25th. November 1918, two weeks after the end of the Great War. It was sent to:
Miss Babie James,
Agra Ville,
Kings Road,
Fleet,
Hants.
The message on the divided back was as follows:
"I know a little girlie and
her name is Babie-Boo,
and I think she loves her
Daddy and her Mummie,
Tootle Loo.
For Dear Babie, with heaps
of love and sweetie kisses,
From Daddy and Mummie."
A Ceasefire at Abercorn
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 25th. November 1918, General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of German forces in German East Africa, signed a ceasefire at Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia.
His was the last German force to end hostilities in the Great War.
Philip Streczyk
The day also marked the birth of Philip Streczyk. He was a technical sergeant in the 1st. Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II.
Streczyk was born to Polish parents Andrzej "Andrew" Streczyk (born 1876 in Austria-Hungary) and Marya (born 1886 in Austria-Hungary). Streczyk was a native of East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. He had nine siblings.
Streczyk quit school in eighth grade to help support his family, working as a truck driver until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1940 at the age of 21. Streczyk was able to speak Polish and German, and used this ability during D-Day.
-- Philip Streczyk and D-Day
Streczyk is famous for being one of the first men off the beach at Omaha Beach. He served in the 1st. Infantry Division under Lieutenant John M. Spalding.
Streczyk and his men helped make the D-Day breakthrough at Omaha Beach possible. His platoon landed on the Easy Red sector, and made it to the shingle embankment largely intact, unlike most of the first wave.
However instead of attacking up the beach exits, as was planned, Philip instead helped to find and clear a path up the mined bluffs, left of Exit E-1. Streczyk courageously exposed himself to intense enemy fire and utilized antitank grenades to silence two enemy guns, thereby enabling his unit to continue its advance.
Once at the top, he attacked the enemy fortifications from the rear, clearing out trenches and pillboxes along Exit E-1 and taking prisoners.
He was able to interrogate several of the Ost battalion POWs because he spoke fluent Polish, German, and English. Later on D-Day, he was involved in actions further inland.
For his actions on D-Day, Streczyk was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Great Britain's Military Medal. His company commander later called him:
"The greatest unsung
hero of World War II".
He saw action in five other major battles during World War II, including Tunisia, Sicily, and Hurtgen. He was awarded the Silver Star four times. His six theaters earned him six Bronze Stars.
One of Philip's children, Ron Streczyk later recounted:
"After D-Day, during the Normandy fighting,
one of Tech Sergeant Streczyk's men was
severely wounded in a firefight.
The stricken soldier's jaw was gone and he
begged for death. The sergeant obliged,
and put him out of his misery. Later he felt
guilty about it."
-- Philip Streczyk's Subsequent World War II Service
Streczyk continued to fight through Normandy, the Mons Pocket, Aachen, and finally the brutal Battle of Hürtgen Forest. In total, he logged 440 days of combat.
During the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, Streczyk reached a breaking point. He shook uncontrollably and babbled incoherently to the point where he had to be evacuated from the front lines with a suspected case of combat fatigue.
His case was so severe that he needed to be evacuated to the United States Army General Hospital, Camp Butner, in the United States. In an interview with a journalist during his convalescence, he called his unit:
"The best platoon
a man ever had".
He was subsequently discharged from the U.S. Army. His Distinguished Service Cross was pinned onto him by Dwight D. Eisenhower on the 2nd. July 1944. Field Marshal Montgomery also personally awarded him the British Military Medal about a week later.
-- Philip Streczyk's Post-War Life and Suicide
Streczyk became a builder in Florida. He married Sophie Karanewsky, and they had four children.
Philip had frequent nightmares, and was in persistent pain from the physical and emotional wounds he sustained during his time in combat. This ultimately led to his suicide at the age of 39 on the 25th. June 1958, a delayed casualty of the horror of D-Day.
Philip was laid to rest at the Church of Religious Science in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The church is no longer active. The cemetery is on private property and not easily accessible.
Philip's brother John and their father Andrew are also buried there.
-- The Traumatic Death of John Spalding
Philip's commander John Spalding also came to a traumatic end. On the evening of the 6th. November 1959, Spalding’s wife shot him with a brand-new .22 caliber rifle.
The bullet entered his left side below his ribs, tearing his aorta, and he bled to death on the bedroom floor of their modest one-story home. Spalding, a hero of history’s greatest invasion, was dead at the age of 44.
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Alto Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Soprano and higher than the Tenor.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Long exposure shot of cars waiting at traffic lights on North Esplanade West, Aberdeen.
Note the headlight trails from the car that entered the frame from the side road on the left, crossed in front of the stationary cars, and then turned and exited the frame to the right.
I also love this because the road is slightly damp and reflects the tail lights. And the narrow f/22 aperture means sunburst patterns around the lights too!
22-1-2013 - A young male fallow deer stays close to the herd, which at all times were surrounding him. Lucky to get away with even one un-hampered shot of him.
4th December 2010 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
The terracotta-clad building is more usually known as the Harrods Furniture Depository, although it has now been converted to residential apartments. Designed by W G Hunt, 1914, using a reinforced concrete frame (Kahn system), with this baroque facade facing the river Thames. Grade II listed. Photographed from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
Country: Britain. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Peter King (as), Steve Melling (p), Mick Coady (b), Mark Fletcher (d).
Peter King played with John Dankworth, Tony Kinsey, Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey before leading his own band. Frequently described as the best British alto player. He has recently published an autobiography: Flying High: A Jazz Life and Beyond.
More information: peterkingjazz.com/bio.html.
During the Florida East Coast Railway Society 2015 Convention in West Palm Beach, there was a Bus Trip on September 25, 2015 to the Port of Palm Beach, Florida. Unfortunately, no one was allowed off the Bus for Security reasons (aka: Homeland Security), s some of the photos that I took have reflections from the Bus Windows.
I was able to clean up most of the reflections, however not entirely. If you look closely at Photo 1 (of 2), there is a reflection starting at the side cab window of the locomotive and running diagonally upward to the right to just above the Large Tank in the left background. Photo 2 (of 2) has a bad reflection on the bridge column behind the Locomotive on the right. These Photos were taken under the US Route 1 Bridge over the Port of Palm Beach Rail Yard.
Locomotive PPBD #1311 is an (First Generation Diesel) EMD SW13 Endcab Switcher, which belongs to the Port of Palm Beach. Port of Palm Beach Switcher Number 1311 has recently been retired and replaced by a newer Second Generation Locomotive, which I could not get a satisfactory photo of, because the Bus could not maneuver into a location with a clear view of the locomotive.
You can find another photo that I took on October 1, 2007 of the Port of palm Beach Switcher #1311, just East of the Port at the Florida East Coast Railway Yard in Riviera Beach, Florida at:
www.flickr.com/photos/aem-7_alp-44/14158739509/
The Florida East Coast Railway also delivers and receives Railcars (mostly Containers) from the Port of Palm Beach Railyard.
Text of signage at Leg o'Mutton Nature Reserve
Welcome to Leg o' Mutton Nature Reserve
The Leg o' Mutton Reservoir was built in 1838 for Thames Water with a capacity of 102,000m³ of water; increased to 260,000m³ in 1879. It supplied local water until 1960, when it was decommissioned. Housing was planned for the site but was fiercely opposed by local residents through several public enquiries. The Council purchased the area from Thames Water in 1970 and it was managed as a public space until 1990 when it was re-designated as a Local Nature Reserve. In 1993 it was registered as a Site of Borough (Grade 1) Importance for Nature Conservation. The reserve is 800m long and 100m wide. It is owned and managed by Richmond Council (with an Advisory Committee made up of representatives from local organisations).
The Reserve is home to a wealth of wildlife from teal to terrapins. Its invertebrate residents include stag beetle, oak bush cricket, speckled wood and other butterflies. Insect residents include stag beetle, oak bush cricket, speckled wood and many other butterflies. Birdlife includes shoveler, pochard, grebe, tufted duck, teal and cormorant on the water, with sparrowhawk, kestrel, tawny owl, warblers and woodpeckers nesting in the trees and reedbeds. Herons nest both on the rafts and in the trees. The flora includes many common species such as hawthorn, bramble and common reed, but also the rarer ploughman's spikenard and dark mullein. The imposing hybrid poplars are believed to be 170 years old.
Management of the Reserve includes an annual topping-up of water, regular coppicing to maintain vistas reedbed management, pollarding of the poplars and removal of the self-sown sycamore, norway maple and common ash. In preparation for the eventual demise of the hybrid poplars, some black poplars, which are significant indigenous trees, have been planted.
Management is undertaken by LBRuT contractors and the Advisory Committee. For more information please contact the Parks Department on 0845 6122 660 or email parks@richmond.gov.uk
Network Rail BR MPV - DR98965 + DR98915
3S85 05:32 EFFINGHAM JN. C.H.S. - 14:14 EFFINGHAM JN. C.H.S. on 28/11/2014 at Barnes, London SW13 0NR
The Harrods Furniture Depository buildings flank the South bank of the River Thames near Hammersmith Bridge in Barnes, London SW13. The Harrods Depository was built on the site of an old soap factory in 1894 as a storage centre for the larger items that could not be taken into Knightsbridge to the world famous Harrods department store. The present salmon-pink terracotta clad buildings date from 1914. The architect was W G Hunt.
The buildings, which are Grade II listed, are no longer owned by Harrods but retain many of its original external features. In 2000 the conversion to a residential estate was completed, consisting of 250 townhouses and penthouse suites (Harrods Village). William Hunt Mansions, the main river front building, is a key marker post on the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race between Putney Bridge and Chiswick Bridge.
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
Country: Britain. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Peter King (as), Steve Melling (p), Mick Coady (b), Mark Fletcher (d).
Peter King played with John Dankworth, Tony Kinsey, Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey before leading his own band. Frequently described as the best British alto player. He has recently published an autobiography: Flying High: A Jazz Life and Beyond.
More information: peterkingjazz.com/bio.html.
Address: 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13.
Dates: 1959 to date.
Capacity: 100.
This is held in a pub, rebuilt on the site of an earlier one in 1845. In 1959 the new landlord Albert Tolley removed the snooker tables in the backroom and introduced jazz. This is continued until today with the current landlord Dan Fleming. In 2004 a noise complaint from a neighbour threatened the venue with closure. There is jazz seven nights a week. The policy is a mixture of modern and mainstream. Mostly British performers with the occasional American artist - Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster played here. Many artists do a monthly slot. Some for many years. For example residents in both the 1970s and today include Peter King and Art Themen. On Mondays bookings are handed over to another promoter, Pete Feenstra, for some alternatives to jazz (often blues based) as the “Stormy Monday Club”.
The venue is at the back of the pub and seating is in rows (apparently at one time it was around tables). There is a small bar in the room. I have always found it to have amongst the least audience noise of any of the London jazz venues.
Bull’s Head performers I’ve seen include Stan Tracey, Peter King, Don Weller, Humphrey Lyttleton and George Melly (most of them several times). Also amongst those at the “Stormy Monday Club”: Bill Kirchen and Diz Watson.
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
Country: Britain. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Peter King (as), Steve Melling (p), Mick Coady (b), Mark Fletcher (d).
Peter King played with John Dankworth, Tony Kinsey, Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey before leading his own band. Frequently described as the best British alto player. He has recently published an autobiography: Flying High: A Jazz Life and Beyond.
More information: peterkingjazz.com/bio.html.
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
Country: Britain. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Peter King (as), Steve Melling (p), Mick Coady (b), Mark Fletcher (d).
Peter King played with John Dankworth, Tony Kinsey, Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey before leading his own band. Frequently described as the best British alto player. He has recently published an autobiography: Flying High: A Jazz Life and Beyond.
More information: peterkingjazz.com/bio.html.
Charles Company 1 RCR sets up a observation post outside of Iqaluit, as part of Op Nanook on August 20, 2018.
Photograph By: Avr Tanner Musseau-Seaward SW13-2018-0760-117
(year unknown)
(2018)
This view is looking across the west side of Hammersmith Bridge from the Hammersmith side towards the Barnes side.