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Il clima piovoso non è mai stato un grosso problema per me. Abitando in pianura padana ha quel che di rassenerante, mi da quella sensazione di casa. Di quando è inverno e piove per giorni interi e il cielo è coperto.
Di quando da piccolo, mentre pioveva, mia madre mi metteva l'impermeabile e mi accompagnava a scuola.
After Visiting Famous sights in London including the 'London Eye' the next stop was Coventry and the Bombed out Cathedral from WW2, Notice the Three Lions Teddies in the Grille and Signatures written on the tank!
watch the video!!!!
Picture By Budweizer Promotion team and permission off Hoyer
4325 R The Studenica monastery Манастир Студеница Manastir Studenica sent 21. VII. 1971.
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The Studenica monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Студеница, Manastir Studenica,) is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery situated 39 km southwest of Kraljevo, in central Serbia. It is one of the largest and richest Serb Orthodox monasteries.
Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the medieval Serb state, founded the monastery in 1190. The monastery's fortified walls encompass two churches: the Church of the Virgin, and the Church of the King, both of which were built using white marble. The monastery is best known for its collection of 13th- and 14th century Byzantine-style fresco paintings.
Studenica was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and in 1986 UNESCO included Studenica monastery on the list of World Heritage Sites, with the description:
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Manastir Studenica (srpski: Манастир Студеница) je samostan Srpske crkve koji se nalazi 39 km jugozapadno od Kraljeva, u središnjoj Srbiji. On je jedan od najvećih i najbogatijih srpskih pravoslavnih manastira.
Manastir Studenica iz zraka
Crkva Djevice Marije
Stefan Nemanja, osnivač srednjovjekovne srpske države, osnovao je ovaj manastir 1190. godine. Zidovi manastira uokviruju dvije mramorne crkve: Crkva Djevice Marije i Kraljeva crkva. Manastir je najpoznatiji jer posjeduje kolekciju fresaka bizantskog stila iz 13. i 14. stoljeća.
Godine 1986. upisan je na UNESCO-v popis mjesta svjetske baštine u Europi.
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Манастир Студеница је један од највећих и најбогатијих манастира Српске православне цркве. Налази се 57 km од Краљева, а основао га је Стефан Немања 1190. године.
Утврђени зидови манастира окружују четири цркве: Богородичну цркву и Краљеву цркву (цркву светих Јоакима и Ане), обе изграђене од мермера, цркву Никољачу (цркву светог Николе) и још једну цркву, очувану у темељима. Манастир је познат по својој колекцији фресака из 13. и 14. века.
УНЕСКО је 1986. уврстио Студеницу у листу Светске баштине.
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Fort Sumter( a short cruise away) and the Start of the Civil War.
This National historic site is the spot where the Civil War began. The Sth Carolina militia, under the command of the first Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire and bombarded the Fort on 12th April 1861. Had Lincoln “forced” the South into starting the Civil War? Upon secession he had advised Southern states that federal property would be defended and the mails sent through. Sumter was a federal fort. Major Anderson had run out of supplies and Lincoln advised Anderson that he would re-provision the fort with supplies but no troops. Major Anderson advised the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis that he would evacuate the fort on 15th April if new supplies had not arrived by then. The Sth Carolinians got itchy. At 4:30 am on April 12th they bombarded the fort. It continued for 40 hours until Anderson surrendered. The war had begun. Southerners expected it to be over by September.
Boone Hall Plantation.
What is special about Boone Hall? It has a wonderful Virginian Live Oak alley which was planted from 1743 to 1843. The plantation has been continuously producing crops since 1681. It especially focuses on Gullah culture and the slave quarters with presentations by black Americans. Eight slave cabins (1790-1810) depict different aspects of Gullah culture and history. The plantation style homestead was only built in 1936 but the original house was built around 1700. It has beautiful flower gardens and the azaleas should be at their best. In the 1850s the plantation had 85 slaves with many involved in red brick production. Its main crops in early years were indigo and then cotton from the early 1800s. Its structures include the round smokehouse (1750); and the cotton gin factory (1853).
Gullah Culture and Language and Blacks in Charleston.
Gullah language is recognised as a distinct language and the black American population of coastal Sth Carolina and Georgia recognise themselves as Gullah people. But where did this culture originate? American historian Joseph Opala has spent decades researching the connections between Sierra Leone in Africa and Sth Carolina. A majority of the coastal black slaves arriving in Sth Carolina in the 1700s came from Sierra Leone where the area was known as the “Rice Coast” of Africa. The slaves brought with them the knowledge and skills for rice cultivation in Sth Carolina; their rice cooking methods; their West African language; their legends and myths; and their beliefs in spirits and voodoo. The Gullah people are thought to have the best preserved African culture of any black American group. Few have moved around the USA and black families in Charleston are now tracing their family history (and having family reunions with relatives) in Sierra Leone and Gambia, despite a break of 250 years in family contact! Many can trace their family links back to the Mende or Temne tribal groups in Sierra Leone. The Gullah language is a Creole language based on English but with different syntax more akin to African languages and with many African words and a few French words. The word Gullah is believed to be a mispronunciation of the African word Gora or Gola which came from several tribal groups in Sierra Leone. The direct links with Sierra Leone have been supported by the discovery of an African American funeral song which is identical to one sung by villagers in Sierra Leone.
The Gullah women in Charleston are also known for their weaving- the Sweetgrass basket sellers who can be found in several locations around the city. The skill and tradition of basket making came directly from Africa. And although they do not usually use the term voodoo the Gullah people believe in spirits and the power of roots, herbs or potions to ward off evil spirits or to snare a reluctant lover. If a spell is cast upon you can be “rooted” or “fixed” by this witchcraft and unable to resist the spell. This spiritual tradition is still strong and even whites in Charleston paint the ceilings of their piazzas blue to ward off old hags and evil spirits (and the colour is also meant to deter mosquitoes.)
In the city of Charleston about 18,000 of its residents were slaves in 1861. Large households often had 10 to 20 slaves to do gardening, the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the food serving, caring for the horses etc. Some households hired out servants to others for short periods and some households sold products produced by the slaves - dresses, other clothing, pastries, shoes, hats, horse shoes etc. Some slaves were musicians and played for their masters or were hired out for social functions to other houses; others were hired out with horse teams for transportation of others etc. So not all slaves worked as domestic servants. But there were also free blacks in Charleston. Often illegitimate children were freed upon their white father’s death and some slaves received small incomes if they had special skills and they could saved enough to buy their freedom. Eventually some free blacks became slave owners themselves by either purchasing slaves or by inheriting slaves from their white fathers. One of the wealthiest free blacks in Charleston in the Antebellum period was Richard DeReef who owned a wharf where he ran a timber business. He also owned a number of rental properties in Charleston. Richard was not a former slave. His African father with his Indian wife had migrated to Sth Carolina in the late 1700s when this was still possible. As his business grew Richard purchased slaves of his own. Despite his wealth Richard DeReef was considered a mixed race or coloured man and was never accepted into Charleston society. After the Civil War when the Radical Republicans from the North were overseeing/controlling Southern governments Richard DeReef was elected as a city councillor in 1868. That was the year that the new federally enforced state constitution allowing blacks to vote came into force. DeReef probably only served for a year or two. By 1870 the Ku Klux Klan was active and blacks disappeared from elected positions. When Northerners left Sth Carolina to its own devises in 1877, with the end of Northern Reconstruction, Sth Carolina stripped blacks of their right to vote by new state laws. Ballots for each of the usual eight categories of office had to be placed in a different ballot box. If any ballot was placed incorrectly all votes by that person were illegal. Later in the 1880s southern states brought in grandfather clauses- you could only vote if your grandfather did. This meant that slaves were not eligible to vote.
In a swap with a number of Wright Streetlites came a number of ageing B7TL/Wright Geminis. 32670 SN55HEJ wears the Scottish version of the urban 2 scheme and has gained some very light touch branding for the 24.
- sent from - / PEMBROKE / AM / SP 14 / 12 / ONT. / - duplex cancel - this hammer was proofed - 15 April 1912 - (DON-1268).
- arrived at - / BISCOTASING / SP 15 / 12 / ONT. / - cds arrival stamp.
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Message on postcard reads - Pembroke - Sept. 13 / 1912
Dear Mrs. Mackie, We are back again after a very pleasant summer at Petawawa as seen on the other side of the card. This is a picture of the cottage I took myself and as we do our own developing we have made the cards. I got some pretty views this summer. I hope you are as well as when I saw your mother in town. Have you made plans for the winter? J. Snedden
The sender of this postcard - Jessie (nee Rattray) Snedden
(b. July 1879 – d. 5 May 1916 at age 36 in Pembroke, Ontario) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-obi...
Jessie Rattray was born about July 1879, in Whitewater Region Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, her father, James Charles Rattray, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Coulter, was 20. She married Sylvester Mansfield Snedden on 14 January 1903, in Pembroke Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of 2 sons. She lived in Ross Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 5 May 1916, in Pembroke Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 36 after a long illness, and was buried in Whitewater Region Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
Her husband - Dr. Sylvester Mansfield Snedden
(b. 24 July 1874 in Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada – d. 12 May 1949 at age 74 in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA) - occupation - dentist - LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/168964830/sylvester_mansfield...
His second wife was - Lilla May (nee Boomer) Snedden
(b. 1880 - d. 1945) - they were married in 1919.
Sylvester Mansfield Snedden was born on 24 July 1874, in Pakenham Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Snedden, was 45 and his mother, Eliza Ann Dickson, was 42. He married Jessie Rattray on - 14 January 1903, in Pembroke Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of 2 sons. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1946 and lived in Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for about 12 years.
Retired Dentist Dies On Way Here - Dr. Sylvester M. Snedden, 77, well known retired Edmonton dentist, died at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Thursday night while en route here. Born in Pembroke, Ont., Dr. Snedden practiced in Edmonton until his retirement three years ago. He was on the staff of the Ponoka Mental Hospital for 12 years and during the last war was associated with Dr. M. A. and Dr. D. F. McIntyre. Prominent in Masonic circles, he was: a past grand master of the Masonic Lodge of Alberta, He is survived by two sons, Charles of Halifax and Alex of London, Ontario. His second wife died three years ago. Funeral services will be held here. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-obituary-for-...
Addressed to: Mrs. H. J. Mackie / Biscotasing / Ontario
Delia Elizabeth (nee Shannon) Mackie
(b. 4 May 1882 in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada - d.
1969 aged 86–87) LINK to her Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/237630034/delia_elizabeth-mackie
Her father: Patrick Shannon b. 1847 Quebec Canada - d. 1923 Pembroke, Ontario Canada
Her mother: Julie Ann McKay b. 1847 - d. 1928 Renfrew County, Ontario Canada
Her husband - Lieutenant Colonel Herbert John Mackie MPP
(b. 8 January 1876 in Pembroke, Ontario – d. 9 January 1947 at age 72 in Ottawa, Ontario) - they were married in 1908. LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/237629971/herbert_john-mackie
Lt. Col. Mackie represented Renfrew North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. He served in the Boer War and was Lieutenant-Colonel for the local militia from 1906 to 1908.
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His father: Thomas Mackie M.P. b. 1837 - 1d. 905 Renfrew County, Ontario
His mother: Jessie Shaw b. 1847 Merrickville Ontario - d. 1929 Renfrew County, Ontario
Okay, last shot from this location. Although this features the smallest cascade of the three images from here, I think it might be my favorite in the bunch.
Na noite desta segunda-feira, o programa “Sentir Portugal em Viseu”, num encontro com militantes e simpatizantes na Assembleia Distrital do PSD Viseu. 12 setembro 2022.
Hmmm, so many people asked me to send them Midori's Traveler's Notebook and they would pay for everything but I just had no time to do that. Usually I would tell them that it is impossible to get it in Europe and there is a distributor in US whom might help to locate and purchase. Somehow I made an exception to help this guy called Chad in Virginia just because I saw a photo of him carrying a leather bag :)
So Chad, the package will be sent tomorrow! Enjoy!
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The card was sent from Parker's Hill, Sunningdale, to Mrs Ripley at 49 West Hill, Sydenham, SE26
It reads:
"Please note correct address not 'hill' on the Sunning. Hope you did not get a scare last night we heard guns at 8.30 we thought. Am looking for PC [postcard] later[?] from you - no news from France this morning. Kids are very good an obedient. No idea when the others will be back. Love MaR"
I was hoping someone would be able to transcribe the sender's name, as this is the sender of a large number of the 100+ cards in this album. I'd originally thought it might be Mark or Matt, but EastMarple1 (see comment below) spotted the fact that it was to a Mrs Ripley rather than Miss, and that it could be MAR, the initials of Margaret Adele Ripley. So she was the sender rather than the recipient.
Find out more about Miss Ripley and see more images from her postcard album - www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/sets/7215762769463...