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Stuart Beattie speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "I, Frankenstein", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Stuarts Coaches of Carluke: (SF10 GXL) a Bova Futura, painted in Scottish Citylink livery and seen here arriving at Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station whilst operating on Service M8 to Dundee.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 31st May 2013.
Ref No. 0034354.
Stuart + Creek. (Another composition from nearby: Stuart + Creek 2)
Ingalls Lake and South Ingalls Peak (Attempt), October 5, 2008.
Stuart Hazell,37, the partner of Christine Sharp, grandmother of missing Tia Sharp, leaves their home at the Lindens, New Addington, south east London, with detectives, as police and worried community members continued to search for the missing schoolgirl, five days after she vanished without a trace.
Stuart was having a break from his work in a betting shop when I approached him. He readily agreed to help with my 100 Strangers project. Unfortunately we were in the sun and I couldn't see anywhere nearby to shade the harsh light. I asked Stuart how business was. He said it was doing OK not least because Ipswich Town, the local football team, were doing well. He expected to be very busy with a big horse race meeting at Cheltenham coming soon and even more so if Ipswich Town play our local rivals Norwich in the play-off final at Wembley!
This picture is #25 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Part of the London Borough of Southwark, Nunhead, in south east London, contains Nunhead Hill, a 150 acre site, which, in 1839, was sold by its owners to create one of seven suburban cemeteries that were constructed between 1839 and 1841, following an act of Parliament intended to encourage "the creation of private cemeteries at the edge of the contemporary city," as the Ideal Homes website explains. Nunhead Cemetery, one of the seven, is 52 acres in size, and next to it is Nunhead Reservoir, created in 1855. Below the reservoir, to the south, are the Stuart Road Allotments. The Stuart Road Allotment Society was founded in 1918, although its website notes that "allotment gardening may have taken place on this site before that date."On September 8, 2012, a gloriously sunny Saturday, I set off by bike from my home in Brockley, which is next to Nunhead, in what I thought was a fairly aimless manner, although I soon found myself drawn to the heights of Nunhead, where I had lived briefly before my son was born. As I passed the entrance to the allotments, on Borland Road, I saw people waiting to be let in, and curiosity got the better of me. One of the long-standing members of the allotment was then kind enough to allow me in to have a wander, and to take photos, and this first photo is of one of the plots, looking up to the hill-top occupied by Nunhead Reservoir.
See: www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/assets/histories/nunhead
And: stuartroadallotmentsociety.wordpress.com/history/
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3114/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Atelier Hanni Schwarz, Berlin.
Henry Stuart (1885-?) was a British-Swiss actor, director and writer, who worked mostly in German silent cinema.
St Mary, Clipsham, Rutland
The most easterly village in Rutland is called Essendine, the most westerly is called Whissendine, and my plan was to cycle to visit them both, and all the places in betwine - I mean in between. From Essendine I began the longest stretch between two churches until the very end of my bike ride. To get to Pickworth, I cycled for a couple of miles alongside the east coast main line until the lane rose above it and entered Lincolnshire. Now began a lonely ride through woodland, meeting only a few horse-riders, until I came out high in open, rolling countryside, a lonely tractor ploughing vast barley fields falling away to the south. I stopped, and it was silent, just the occasional distant cry of a crow. It was as lonely a spot as I had reached in a long time. The remains of drystone walls peeped through brambles, telling of a time when this was sheep country. Not far further on, an even quieter lane led me back into Rutland and then down through the woods into the very strange little village of Pickworth.
Pickworth was a large village in medieval times, but in 1470 during the Wars of the Roses it was the site of the Battle of Losecoat Field, a bloody massacre, and by 1491 a traveller's account described it as having no residents. However, the church was still maintained until the Reformation, but by 1700 only the tower remained, and this was taken down to build a bridge over the river at Great Casterton, leaving only bare ruins.
The main street is deeply sunken, and bizarrely wide. This is because it was the main route for drovers taking their cattle from the north down to the London market. The routes came together here before heading down to Stamford and the Great North Road. I imagined the road being gradually worked down between the banks by centuries of cattle passing. Presumably there must have been a few residents providing services for the passing drovers. In the early 19th Century the parish was discovered to be a rich source of lime, and lime pits and kilns opened here. A young man from Helpston on the other side of Stamford came to work here, and was inspired by the few ruins of the church to write a poem. This was John Clare, and it was while he was working as a lime-burner at Pickworth that he first sent his poems off to the Stamford bookseller who would publish them. It is a lonely enough spot here now, so God knows what it was like then. While walking home from Pickworth to see his mother one day, Clare met a young girl called Patty in the fields, and married her at Great Casterton church in 1820.
The wealth of the lime kilns had brought residents to Pickworth again, and in 1822 the church was rebuilt, entirely in a simple Georgian style. The setting is surreal, for the church sits high above the drovers road with modern bungalows for company. There is no path to it, so I clambered to it up the steep bank.
The church sits to the south of its predecessor, the entrance arch of which still survives behind the church. The small, walled churchyard contains a few headstones, and was being grazed by half a dozen sheep who seemed very surprised to see a visitor. The interior is bare, but not unseemly - Andrew Swift in The Complete Guide to Rutland Parish Churches describes the furnishings as 'frugal', which is about right. The one spot of colour is a simple east window of the 1950s, again by the Maille Studios, who were very busy hereabouts.
I headed a few miles north now, climbing and crossing briefly into Lincolnshire and woodland before at last coming out back into Rutland and a different landscape of drystone walls and sheep, echoing Leicestershire just across the border, and then down into the spectacularly lovely village of Clipsham. Well. I know that north Rutland and south Leicestershire are rich, but this is a fabulous village, full of huge stone-built farmhouses each guarded by a couple of Range Rovers or top of the range BMWs and Jaguars. There is nowhere in East Anglia as rich as this. And yet it was so lovely. The centre of the village curls around drystone walled sheep paddocks, and above it all sits the church of St Mary.
The church is built of the famous Clipsham Stone, a creamy limestone used for many public buildings and still quarried just outside the village. It is a grand, bespired structure. Not surprisingly, the wealth of the area meant a considerable 19th Century restoration inside, with a lot of indifferent glass which makes it dark inside, but there's a good 18th Century decalogue board with Aaron and Moses, common enough in East Anglia but I don't recall seeing one in this part of the world before. Inside is not as good as the outside, but what a wonderful outside and setting it is.
It wasn't far along a long straight road to my next port of call. The traffic noise increased until I reached the A1. Here was the little village of Stretton, once bisected by the Great North Road but now bypassed, and it took me a while to find the church, hidden up a narrow lane behind tall trees and houses.
The church was locked with a keyholder notice. I already knew this would be the case, but I'd never come across such a stern notice before - This church is kept locked all the time, which made it sound as if they held secret services. A small gloomy church in a small gloomy churchyard, a big 17th Century south transept beside the porch and a very plain Norman doorway. The churchyard was full of the thrummm! thrumm! of the adjacent A1. There were four keyholders listed, all mobile phone numbers, but I had a schedule to keep to and a glance at Pevsner told me that I could probably spend the time better than waiting for a keyholder to arrive. If it had been at the house next door I would have called for it. Perhaps it WAS at the house next door, but I had no way of knowing.
Under the A1 then, and westwards on the fairly busy road which leads from the A1 to Oakham until I reached the large, pleasant village of Greetham.
Stuart Beattie speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "I, Frankenstein", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Stuart Suna and Ezra Miller attend the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival Baume & Mercier Party on October 14, 2011 at Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, New York. (Photo © Nick Stepowyj)
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 14
WHERE: Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption, 615 Hoyt Ave., Saginaw
SAGINAW —The Most Rev. Joseph R. Cistone, Bishop of Saginaw, commissioned 16 new members of the Lay Ministry Program on Sunday, Sept. 14 at the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in Saginaw. The Lay Ministry Program offers deep spiritual, theological and pastoral formation for lay people so that they may be even more effective in carrying out the lay apostolate and evangelization. Lay ministry formation involves four years of learning, spiritual formation and pastoral practice before each candidate is commissioned by the bishop for parish-based lay ministry or missioned by the bishop as a “Christian in the World.” The newly-commissioned lay ministers join more than 350 other lay ministers actively involved in service across the Diocese of Saginaw. Below is a list of those commissioned at Mass on Sept. 14:
• Thomas Collins from Nativity of the Lord Parish, Alma/St. Louis
• James Combs from St. Athanasius Parish, Harrison
• Margaret Lapham from Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Mount Pleasant
• Constance Lynch from St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Beal City
• Alex Malocha from Holy Family Parish, Saginaw
• Deborah McGraw from Our Lady of Grace Parish, Sanford
• Cheryl Morand from All Saints Parish, Bay City
• Kathy Ranck from Our Lady of Grace Parish, Sanford
• Catherine Richard from Blessed Sacrament Parish, Midland
• Mary Roth from Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Bay City
• Cindy Sisson from Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, Saginaw
• Dale Sisson from Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, Saginaw
• Ulrike Smith from St. Stephen Parish, Saginaw
• Mary Beth Stuart from Our Lady of Grace Parish, Sanford
• Michael Thomas from Our Lady of Grace Parish, Sanford
Mary Sue Plachta was missioned at the Mass and sent forth to live out her ministry “in the world” rather than in a parish setting. She is a member of Our Lady of Grace in Sanford. Several Lay Ministers were re-commissioned at the Mass, which means that each made a new multi-year commitment with his or her respective, sponsoring parish. Those interested in learning more about the Lay Ministry Program may call 989-797-6609.
A recent Census Bureau analysis found that the majority of women who forgo work to stay home with their children in the United States do so because they lack the education or skills necessary to secure a job. Demographically, America’s stay-at-home moms are likely to be young, Hispanic and living in poverty. Mormon women, though buck the trend. Church doctrine places a heavy emphasis on the family, so while Mormon women tend to be highly educated, they also choose to stay at home with their children at high rates. Bea Ward in New York, NY on August 12 and 13, 2012
Based on reports of the German invasion of France in 1940, the US Army realized its tank force was obsolete. The then-current M2 light tank design was upgraded to M3 standard, which added more armor and improved the suspension for a smoother ride. It retained the older 37mm gun, though the Army was aware the 37mm was inadequate for tank combat; the M3 would be used to supplement the more heavily-armed M4 Sherman then entering production. Moreover, US Army doctrine held that tanks were not supposed to engage other tanks, but rather exploit breakthroughs and tear up enemy rear areas. For this, the high speed of the M3 would be ideal. As another function of tanks, according to the Army, was infantry support, the Stuart was well-equipped with no less than five .30 caliber machine guns.
Production began in late 1941, shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British Army would be the first to use the M3 in combat, which they dubbed "Stuart," for the Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart (the name that stuck), or "Honey" for its reliability. Though the British found the 37mm to be nearly useless, too short-ranged, and the crew compartment to be very cramped, they liked the Stuart's reliability--it almost never broke down, even in the extreme conditions of the North African desert--and its speed. If Stuarts could not take on German tanks, they could certainly do a great deal of damage to soft-skinned vehicles and infantry.
The US would soon be using the Stuart in combat as well: the first tank-to-tank combat in American history would come between M3s of the US Army in the Philippines and Japanese Type 97s. The Stuarts came off second-best, but generally speaking the two tanks were comparable. American crews fighting in North Africa in 1942 recognized the same problems as the British, but also found the same values. Occasionally, even the Stuart could score notable successes: Lieutenant Colonel John Waters' task force of over a hundred Stuarts engaged a small force of German Tiger Is and succeeded in knocking them out with close range fire to the engine.
Though the US Army did recognize the Stuart's armament to be completely obsolete by 1943, it was still the best tank in the inventory. A few improvements in armor and crew comfort were made in the M5 design, and though supplemented by the M24 Chaffee in 1944, Stuarts would form the bulk of Army light units until the end of the war. Others would fight in postwar campaigns in China, Pakistan and Angola, and were in Paraguayan service as late as 2002.
Dad built a M3 to complete his collection of American World War II tanks in 1/35 scale. This is an early M3, as it retains the outboard hull machine guns, which were later deleted in the M3A1. The yellow star and US flag were carried during Operation Torch in 1942 for recognition purposes, and many Stuarts still carried them in Tunisia.