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War Memorial Hall first opened in June of 1924 and had been built as a memorial for the 109 former Ontario Agricultural College students who had died serving in World War I with the Canadian army. This was the first time that alumni had been asked to contribute to their alma mater and they came up big with $60,000 which, along with the $40,000 contributed by the province of Ontario ensured this shrine would be built. Inside is a plaque listing the names of those who died and a further plaque was added after World War II, listing those former students who died in that war.
This building seats about 800 people and is currently used for formal ceremonies, convocations, concerts and stage performances.
When it was built, the university was not yet a university and consisted of three colleges- OAC (Ontario Agricultural College- 1872), OVC (Ontario Veterinary College- 1922) and MacDonald Institute- 1903. The university as it is today was created in 1964, from the then seven colleges, the three aforementioned as well as the College of Arts, College of Social Sciences, College of Physical Sciences and College of Family and Consumer Studies.
War Memorial Hall staged many concerts over the years and I was fortunate to see blues legends Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, iconic Canadian folk singers Bruce Cockburn and Murray McLauchlan, American singer John Prine, the Canadian bands The Band, Rush and Max Webster and British new wave band XTC. I also saw noted Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein here a few years ago.
It is a magnificent building and a landmark at the university.
We're Here looks at Memorials today.
The village of Corringham near to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is home to the church of St Laurence. Tucked away at the end of a small road lines with cottages, this church has a beautiful ceiling if you get chance to go inside and have a look around. The church was one of many in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire that opened their doors for a couple of weekends in early May 2015 as part of the #ChurchesFest15 event.
My images are processed to look good on my laptop, and they do look good on there - and on my phone and tablet - I am aware though that some other screens will show my images as either too dark or indeed too light. This is due to individual screen settings and not my inability to produce a clear image ....
This is St Mary's, a Grade I listed part 11th Century church not too far from where I live. This is the village church of Barnetby in North Lincolnshire. I have taken photos of a few hundred churches so far on my travels but have held off on this one until now.
To put it bluntly, I've held off because I think it's an ugly church and although steeped in history, to me it isn't photogenic at all. The rendering of the tower walls in the 20th Century may have been to shore up the rather low tower but disguise the brick work beneath. It's only that I was at a loose end this particular day that I set out to photograph this church at all.
Owl Court, OKC, Route 66. I've not been able to find much more about this place other than a fairly recent blog post (written within the last few months) I found last night suggesting the restoration had come to a halt. Anyone know for sure?
Houses, with small front gardens, along the rectangular place (square) in the hill town of Najac (in the Rouergue, Aveyron département, in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwestern France), on a mostly clear morning in early June 2009.
Najac is known for its old stone-and-half-timbered buildings, clustered along a lower ridge below a promontory with a ruined castle / château-fort. Its structure is a variant of a typical bastide, a later medieval fortified settlement designed to be easily defensible. It is classified among the "Plus Beaux Villages de France" (Most Beautiful Villages of France).
[Najac place homes front gardens 2009 jun 4 c; IMG_0570]
New Hampshire State Capitol, Concord. According to the New Hampshire Almanac, Concord was named state capital in 1816 and the capitol building, made of granite quarried on the north edge of Concord, was finished in 1818. It is part of the Concord Civic District Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 (83004203). Concord is the seat of Merrimack County, as well as state capital; its population in 2010 was about 43,000.
The statue is of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), noted constitutional lawyer and orator who served several terms in each house of the U.S. Congress and was secretary of state under three presidents.
One of my earliest digital photos, I recently re-edited it in Lightroom.
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An old farmhouse left on a park's property. Doesn't look like it's being used for anything but the door looks fairly new.
Various stages of harsh late autumn light hit the angles of this office building in downtown Guelph.
This historic 1930 resort is situated on a 2,600-acre nature preserve in the Appalachian Mountains with elevations from 2,200 to 4,365 feet. It is 7.4 miles from downtown Pembroke in Giles County, (southwestern) Virginia. Dirty Dancing was a 1987 romantic drama film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Much of the movie was filmed at the Mountain Lake Lodge. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Happy Fence Friday
Largest monastic cloister in England - Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwich_Cathedral
cathedral.org.uk/cathedral-highlights/cloister/
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Lower Brockhampton (northeastern Herefordshire, in the Welsh Borders region of England): The half-timbered gatehouse of the medieval manor is reflected in the moat as the sun shines through briefly on a mostly overcast late-September afternoon.
The Tudor-period gatehouse was built 1530-1540. To the right, part of the manor house itself, which has been dated to the late 14th century; to the left, sandstone and brick farm buildings, converted into an exhibit site and small shop. The Brockhampton Estate is now in the care of the National Trust (whose website is the source of the date information above).
(From the "archive" -- 2007)
[Lower Brockhampton Manor gatehouse in sun 2007 sep 23 n]
Situated in the market square with parts dating back to the 12th century.
We didn't stay here but we did enjoy a wander through town.
14th century roman bridge over the Tormes River at night. The Hotel Mirador de Gredos on the right side, and the church Cristo del Caño on the left side.
Six Royal Navy Flags, known as the White Ensign, plus the Union Jack, fly above the Admiralty Arch several days after the Queen's Funeral in 2022
Location: Cottingham, Northamptonshire, England.
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I will upload some photographs of the interior sometime next week.
Situated on the banks of the River Corrib in Galway city, Galway Cathedral is the most recently built of Europe's great stone cathedrals.
Once the Daniel Green factory, where shoes were manufactured; the factory closed its doors in 1999. Currently vacant (or mostly vacant). Dolgeville, New York.
Los Angeles City Hall
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A very hot day to be wandering the streets of downtown Los Angeles. It was just before noon and I was working my way back towards the train station when I noticed this small splash of sun light illuminating the tan column on the right. I worked quickly and made a few exposures and a couple of different compositions. This is my favorite photograph of the day.
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First batch with Hexanon UC 28mm f/1.8 on my Fuji X-Pro1. Lots of potential but needs practice. However, we had a great walkabout today! Thanks D!
This is St John the Baptist in the Lincolnshire village of Nettleton, just off the A46 a mile or so south of Caistor. The church was open as part of the #ChurchesFest15 event during one mid May weekend. A group of 80 or so churches open their doors and put on a show, also cake stalls, book stalls and people on hand to tell you all about the church and grave yard.
My images are processed to look good on my laptop, and they do look good on there - and on my phone and tablet - I am aware though that some other screens will show my images as either too dark or indeed too light. This is due to individual screen settings and not my inability to produce a clear image ....
St John the Baptist in the village of Alkborough in North Lincolnshire. This village has views across the River Trent, River Humber and River Ouse - if you were in a boat/ship where these three rivers meet then you'd see this church sitting high above the valley, and on a nice day like this the sun and blue sky really make this place stand out.
An old and mostly abandoned dry-stacked stone trulli house with stone butresses added later to keep it from collapasing. Probably 18th Century AD. Copyright 2016, James A. Ferguson.
A display on a shopfront, featuring pottery and postcards, in the town of Domme (Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France), on a mostly sunny afternoon at the beginning of June 2009.
Within the département of Dordogne, Domme is in the Périgord Noir. The yellow-tinted limestone construction is typical of the area.
[Domme shopfront display 2009 jun 1 c; IMG_0195]
Isn't it just great that these awesome places are for real :)) After crossing lake Geneva from Nyon in Switzerland we came to this very nice little medieval french village consisting of old stone buildings, with those beautiful Alps in the background.
Portal reliefs, Llotja de la Seda, 15th Century AD -16th Century AD. Spain, Aragon, Valencia. Copyright 2019, James A. Glazier. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main hall (Sala de Contractació) was built by Pere Compte between 1483–1498.
West Virginia Capitol, Charleston. At 293 feet high (some sources say 292), the Capitol is the tallest building in the state (4 to 5 feet taller than the U.S. Capitol). Its height and its dome plated with gold leaf make it a striking landmark, visible from sites on the Kanawha (kuh NAW uh) River to the south and from Interstates 64 and 77 north of the area. The Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, and some office buildings, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 (74002009). The width of the building and the many trees make it difficult to get the entire building into a photo. This shot of the north facade was taken standing tight against the west wall of the east wing (one of two wings extending north of the Capitol) at a true 16mm focal length (i.e., full-frame camera at 16mm). With its two wings, the Capitol has 333 rooms and 535,000 square feet of floor space.
West Virginia was formed during the American Civil War when 50 counties separated from Virginia to create a new state loyal to the Union (five additional counties have since been created); it became the 35th state in 1863; Charleston was selected as the permanent capital in 1877. Two earlier capitol buildings in Charleston burned (1921 and 1927); this Cass Gilbert-designed structure, with exterior walls of Indiana buff limestone, was dedicated in 1932. It is located at 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, which runs along the north side of the Kanawha River.
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