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St Andrew, Ilketshall St Andrew, Suffolk
St Andrew is one of the Saints, a group of twelve remote, scattered and traditionally lawless parishes not far from the Norfolk border. There is a sense in which St Andrew is in the Saints, but not of them: it looks away from the others to north and east for the other parishes in its shared benefice. There is no real village here, but that is par for the course with the Saints of course: only three of them have a proper village in their parish. St Andrew has more houses than most, but they are scattered around commons, separated by winding hedged lanes. All in all, the parish is rambling and incoherent, and somewhat difficult to grasp.
This grand round-towered church sits at a bend in the road with the former rectory for company. As is common in this part of East Anglia, the tower has an octagonal bell stage, and although some round towers were built from scratch in the 13th and 14th centuries, it is likely that this top was built onto a Norman tower, probably contemporarily with the body of the nave, which despite the acquisition of later Perpendicular windows is essentially a long Norman church. The chancel was probably added at the time the tower was topped off. A good modern statue of St Andrew gazes out from the niche on the porch, which was built right on the eve of the Anglican Reformation. The graveyard he looks out on is a delight: there has been almost no clearance of the older gravestones, and it must be a genealogist's dream.
In December 2001, workmen undertaking a repair to the south wall uncovered a remarkable scheme of wall paintings. They bear a similarity to the 14th century wall paintings at nearby North Cove, but what makes them unusual is the main subject, the depiction of a wheel of fortune. It is the only known example in East Anglia, although it is possible that the painting on the south wall at Barton Bendish St Mary in Norfolk may show something similar. The wheel of fortune is a variation on the usual Judgement scene, with a seated figure at the top, and two other figures apparently tied to the wheel, one rising and the other falling. The image of a wheel of fortune was a potent one in late medieval times. It was derived from a work called the Consolation of Philosophy, by the 6th Century Roman philosopher Boethius. By the 13th and 14th centuries, this book was the most widely copied work of secular literature in Europe, central to a university education and formation for the Priesthood. As such, it informed and infused English medieval Christianity, particularly at the time of the Black Death and afterwards.
Famously, Boethius has Fortune tell us that inconstancy is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top. Yes, rise up on my wheel if you like, but don't count it an injury when by the same token you begin to fall, as the rules of the game will require This fatalism is also seen expressed in such more common wall painting scenes as the Three Living and the Three Dead, where the noblemen out hunting are reminded by corpses in various states of decay that as you are, so once was I, as I am so you must be, therefore prepare to follow me. The suggestion is that it is of no use to store up earthly treasures, but the wheel is also intended to remind the viewer of the temporality and uncertainty of material things, and that it is far better to concentrate the mind on higher thoughts.
In the 15th century, there was a move away from classical mysticism towards an enforcement of the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church, mainly because of the way in which the increasing wealth of a rising middle class was paying for reminders of the significance of praying for the dead at that time of pestilence and disease. These wall paintings were probably covered up during the 15th century, a century or so before the protestant iconoclasts came along. Around the wheel are other figures, including the dead rising from their graves, and east of the window are a queen and an angel, probably part of a larger scene. The pitting in the figure of the queen is almost certainly not iconoclasm, but simply the way that the surface has been prepared for a covering of plaster.
For many years this church had been a woefully neglected place, full of dust and dirt. But the discovery seems to have galvanised the local parish. The great carved royal arms of Charles II were swept off to Cambridge to be restored, the unicorn's manhood gilded in magnificent fashion, which may well explain the gloomy look on the envious lion's face. The church is now beautifully kept, and - at last - after many years of being kept locked without a keyholder notice, it is now open every day.
The last time I stopped by at the BAPS compound in Bartlett, I met Stuart (or is it Stewart?) waiting for the right position of the sun to snap photos of this structure. He introduced himself as a photography instructor who just had a class at the temple compound earlier in the day. I asked for his Flickr handle but it sounded complicated, I forgot what it is when I got home. Great meeting you, Stu.
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Unit identification marking ; 12e véhicule de la compagnie D, 70th Tank Battalion, 1ere armée US du III Corps de la 1ere armée US
Stuarts Coaches Sunsundegui SB3 bodied Volvo B8R SJ23HSF is seen here parked up on Govan Road, Cessnock whilst taking a break from its football hire.
Stuarts operate this SPT owned Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 on a variety of SPT routes throughout Lanarkshire.
Robin and I hiked up to Ingall's Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. There were goats everywhere but none of them were making it easy for me. I finally managed to corner Stuart here, the goat for whom yonder mountain is named.
Not the greatest shot in the world, but it's amazing how much better the milky way is in the Southern Hemisphere. Way too tired to climb a peak after walking the Inca trail above 4200m for a day so only managed to get this outside my tent...
ST ALBANS, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta during a training session at London Colney on July 27, 2021 in St Albans, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Optare Solo M710SE originally YJ07VRR and a demonstrator with Optare. It was then sold to Bebb of Llantwit Fardre before joining the Stuarts fleet.
Florida East Coast Railway train 101 crosses the St Lucie River in Stuart as the sun fades into the night.
Matt Stuart, one of my favourite photographers, who I shall be spending the next 3 days with in Scotland. Good times.
BTW Put photographer into Google and he comes up first. Check out his website, it's well worth it
Stuart's Chapel was located in the corner of the property originally granted to Col. John Tate. Tate settled on his 174 acres of land in 1772 and a stockaded fort was built here in 1776. (from Frontier Forts) Construction of the building was started at the beginning of the Civil War but its workers were drafted into the Confederate Army before the job was finished. (from Col. John Tate's Fort) The building is now Stuart Lodge.
Kerr Stuart 2' gauge "Wren" Class 6" 0-4-0ST No.4250 of 1922, one of 27 built for R.H. Neal & Co. who then sold it to Devon County Council where it was named "Lorna Doone" and then "Barnstaple Surveyor No.56". The loco is seen at the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 07/72. Note tubular motion rods. 163 "Wrens" were built by Kerr staurt from 1903-1930, when they closed, but 4 more were then built by Hunslet who had bought the goodwill of the defunct company. Scanned photograph taken with a Kowa SET.
The Stuart Mountains puncture the western shoreline of Lake Te Anau in the heart of the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.
Optare Solo M780SL new as Sheffield Community Transport 15 in 2005.
Stuarts now operate it on their Lanarkshire services and is seen here entering Lanark on the 317.