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After a restful evening in the bunk house at the Whitefish Bike Retreat Elyse and I rented some mountain bikes & explored the trails surrounding the property. It was fun to hang out with the cool staff including the owner Cricket and their dogs. We met back up with Russ & Laura in the afternoon, hitched a ride back to town in the van together, went out to dinner in Whitefish downtown then hung out at the Amtrak station until our Empire Builder Train arrived from the east. R&L had to box up their bikes for the train car bound for Portland but our Seattle train car allowed for roll on service since it had bike hooks. Elyse and I decided to try out one of Amtrak's fancy private sleeper car rooms for the ride from Whitefish to Seattle since the Empire Builder always travels through the night during this section.
A visit to Marks Hall Gardens & Arboretum in Essex. It's not far from Coggeshall. The site used to have a country house but it was demolished in the 1950s.
Marks Hall Estate is a striking heritage landscape that extends to over 2,200 acres of Essex countryside. It includes tenanted farm holdings, residential and commercial property, broadleaved woodlands of high nature conservation value, an 18th Century Coach House event venue and at its heart an Arboretum; a stunning collection of trees.
The Arboretum forms an unmissable attraction in Essex, combining beautiful formal lakeside gardens, an enviable collection of trees originating from every temperate area of the world and miles of leafy woodland walks to explore and enjoy.
Over 40,000 visitors a year come to explore Marks Hall, enjoy home cooked food and delicious cakes in the restored Essex Barn and browse the plant centre and gift shop. Many choose this charming setting to celebrate their wedding with family and friends.
The Charitable Trust was established in 1971 and receives no external funding. With your support, we will ensure that this special place will be enjoyed by generations to come.
Heading towards the Taxodium Swamp.
There was going to be a sculpture trail at Marks Hall from 20th July to the 31st August 2019. But we were at Marks Hall one month too early. So only saw these sculptures.
Next to Museum Fatahillah, there is a Puppet Museum or Museum Wayang.
Before it is known as the Puppet Museum, this building was called the Oud Batavia Museum or the Old Batavia Museum (opened in 1939 by the last Dutch Governor General in Batavia, Tjarda van Starkenborgh Staachouwer). The building is located in Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No.27.
In the past, on the plot of land where this museum is built, there were two churches: the New Holland Church or Nieuwe Hollandse Kerk (1736) and the Old Holland Church or Oude Hollandse Kerk (1640-1732). The New Holland Church was damaged due to an earthquake. Therefore, a new building was erected and this building is what we know now as the Puppet Museum.
As its name suggests, the museum houses a vast collection of Indonesian traditional puppets (wayang) from different places in Indonesia and even from abroad. Currently, the museum has around 5,147 puppets.
Big congratulations to Brooke for finishing her 365 today! I feel like so many people have finished in the last couple of weeks. What happened last August that got so many people to start?!
Anyway. I've been kind of a lame contact lately and haven't really been paying Brooke the attention she deserves, so I thought I'd make it up to her with this tribute. I went through her stream and found an old favorite and some new ones (here and here). The lighting and processing on these more intimate photos really stuck out to me, so I thought I'd try to re-create that. Plus, a tribute to Brooke wouldn't be complete without some boobie love, so I made sure to have some clevage in there too. ;)
So here's to you, Sooper Tramp! Congratulations, lady!
In the comments, for your enjoyment, are some Joey outtakes. Yeah, this is the man I am going to marry. He is ridiculous. And, these are the non-vulgar ones, haha. He makes things so much more interesting. :)
Beginning the countdown to a rare exhibition of the largest personal collection of works by famed Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo, hundreds gathered Sept. 9 to celebrate Frida Fest at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. The day-long, family-friendly event featured a variety of entertainment and activities, centered on the upcoming Frida Kahlo 2020, running June to August of next year. The 26-piece collection will be on display at the MAC’s Cleve Carney Museum of Art. Frida Kahlo 2020 will be the first show in the new CCMA, which is undergoing a 1,000-square-foot expansion in preparation for the exhibition.
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AARP Drive to End Hunger at the 2014 Daytona 500 with a meal packing event.
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Virginia National Guard Soldiers learn how to perform N95 respirator mask fit tests during a training session May 13, 2020, at the Petersburg Readiness Center in Petersburg, Virginia. The class was led by Chief Warrant Officer 5 William Lyles, the VNG state safety officer, and Rebecca Moses, the state safety and compliance specialist for the Virginia Department of Military Affairs. VNG Soldiers and Airmen have completed more than 850 mask fit tests for employees at long term care and other facilities during COVID-19 response operations. Localities looking for VNG support should contact VDEM and make a request. Read more about the VNG’s statewide response at go.usa.gov/xvQgp (U.S. National Guard photo by Mike Vrabel)
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TITLE: Beer parlor. Bruce Crossing, Michigan
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The first Mazda to bear the Cosmo name (called the 110S on models intended for export) was (along with the NSU Ro80) one of the first production cars to feature a 2-rotor Wankel engine. A prototype was presented at the 1964 Tokyo Motor Show, one month before the 1964 Summer Olympics, and after the introduction of the NSU Spider at the Frankfurt Motor Show; 80 pre-production Cosmos were produced for the Mazda test department (20) and for dealership testing (60) between 1965 and 1966. Full production began in May 1967 and lasted through 1972, though Cosmos were built by hand at a rate of only about one per day, for a total of 1,176 (343 Series I cars and 833 Series II cars).
The Series I/L10A Cosmo was powered by a 0810 two-rotor engine with 982 cc of displacement and produced about 110 hp (thus the 110S name used in export markets). It used a Hitachi four-barrel carburetor and an odd ignition design—two spark plugs per chamber with dual distributors. A four-speed manual transmission and 14-inch wheels were standard.
The Series II/L10B was introduced in July 1968. It had a more-powerful 128 hp (95 kW)/103 lb·ft (140 N·m) 0813 engine, power brakes, 15 inch wheels and a 5-speed manual transmission. The wheelbase had been expanded by 15cm for more room and a better ride. This Cosmo was good for over 120 mph (193 km/h) and could accelerate to cover a quarter-mile (400 m) in 15.8 s.
Visual changes included a larger grille under the front bumper with two additional vents to each side of this "mouth". Only 833 were ever made, and fewer than six Series II models were initially imported into the United States.
Travel to Boa Vista (Cap Vert) - December 2024 - Day 5
Various pics of the day five in Riu Touareg
Diverses photos prisent en Riu Touareg le jour cinq.
( Holiday Boa Vista - Cap-Vert
Boa Vista (Portuguese for 'good view'), sometimes incorrectly spelled Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.
The island of Boa Vista is closer to the African continent than all the other islands in Cape Verde, being the easternmost island of all. The distance between Boa Vista and Senegal is only 450 km. The capital of Boa Vista, Sal Rei, is located in the north-western part of the island. Boa Vista is mainly known for its beaches, turtles and traditional music. )
The Ferocious Isles – August 9, 2015
Two Bottlenose whales had the misfortune to become stranded on a remote beach in the Faroes today. Anywhere else in the world, people would have run down to the shore to rescue them – but not in the Danish Ferocious isles, the most dangerous and merciless place on the planet for cetaceans.
The two Bottlenose whales were confirmed alive when they were found on Sandvik Beach on Suduroy Island this morning. The thugs rushed in with their knives, gutted them and viciously cut them to pieces.
The Bottlenose whale is not that common. The Faroese serial killers of the Bottlenose whales have only slain 31 of them between 2000 and today. If thye had seen more they would have killed more. The Bottlenose whale is listed as endangered under CITES Appendix I - throughout their entire range.
ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT IN THIS BARBARIC DANISH OUTPOST IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC!
There is no subsistence necessity to slaughter cetaceans in the Faroes. It’s not done for money. It is done simply because they like to kill dolphins. They claim it is part of their culture yet the question is being asked, just what kind of sick and perverse culture is dependent upon the infliction of cruelty and death?
And the nation of Denmark, it judges, prosecutors, police, navy, Prime Minister and all the members of Parliament stand in support of this barbarous and bloody tradition.
Why Denmark?
Don’t give us this old excuse that the Faroes are independent. They are not. It is the Danish police and the Danish Navy stopping interference with the killing. It is a Danish prosecutor and a Danish Judge passing judgment. It is the Danish Parliament fully backing this slaughter. The only thing the Faroese are doing is killing dolphins. Denmark enables them to do so despite the fact that the killing of Cetaceans is illegal in the European Union and thus it is illegal in Denmark.
Board of Peace session with Aljaksandr Ganewitsch, Ambassador to Switzerland, Belarus Government, Belarus; Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America; Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye; Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Court of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Jared Kushner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Affinity Partners, USA; Javier Milei, President of Argentina; Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, USA; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Group Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Investment Company, United Arab Emirates; Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State; Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan; Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar; Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco; Nickolay Mladenov, High Representative for Gaza, Board of Peace, USA; Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia; Santiago Peña, President of Paraguay; Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan; Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, US Department of State; Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary; Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of Kosovo; at the Official, on 22/1/2026 from 10:30 to 11:30 in the Congress Centre – Congress Hall (Zone C), Stakeholder Dialogue. (special session/board of peace). ©2026 World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
On my next trip to Dunsmuir, I want to hike up to Mossbrae Falls, which requires a trip down the track. The stretch from Dunsmuir to Cantera Loop is one of the most scenic stretches along the Shasta Line. At Shasta Springs, UP 5373 slowly makes its way up the canyon towards Cantera Loop and Mt Shasta City.
Back to Rondeau Park. Besides all the migrating birds, the trees of this carolinian forest offer great photo opportunities. Trees in their first leaf stage are truly beautiful.
We visited Rondeau Provincial Park for three days for the spring migration and it was wondeful. The weather was better than last year, as in not cyclonic. It is a great place to take a bike as the park is a flat spit that stretches along the north shore of Lake Erie. There are lots of trails and boardwalks and a variety of habitats ranging from sandy beach to carolinian forest to scrub, tall grass savannah, and wetlands. Hence the abundance of migrating species and all the new growth in and around the forest.
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London Transport to London Country is represented by RF600 GS15, GS42 and BN45 at Brooklands during the Spring Gathering. Sun 13.04.2014.
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People are very happy and excited to see the arrival of the decorated idol of Lord Azhagar being carried from Azhagarkoil Temple in the hills right down to their streets.
There are special places of the deity's visit, known as 'Mandahappadi'. People gather in these places to welcome the Lord .They pray whole-heartedly before the deity's idol.
Some ladies are seen worshipping Him by holding before Him lighted camphor in plates of Betal leaves, nuts and flowers.This ritual is known as "Deepa Aradhanai" in Tamil.
A mirror is kept before the idol so that devotees can get a glimpse of the Lord at least in the mirror in the crowd.
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KL 10 U 3553 >> KL 55 G 1337 >> KL 8 AW 9990
Item No: 38 C8/51087/2008V Agenda: - To consider the application for renewal of regular permit in respect of S/C KL 10 U 3553 to operate on the route Kannur – Kozhikode – Guruvayoor as LSOS
Applicant : Sri. Velayudhan, S/o Krishnan, Kilivayil house, Iringallur, Vengara, Malappuram
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2 Report of MVI Vatakara dated 20.07.2012
Applicant : Sri. Velayudhan, S/o Krishnan, Kilivayil house, Iringallur, Vengara, Malappuram
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To consider the application for renewal of regular permit in respect of Stage Carriage KL 10 U 3553 on the route Guruvayur - Ernakulam Via Cettuva, Vatanappally, Triprayar, Kodungallur, Moothakunnam, Paraur, Peruvaram, Pullamkulam, Koonammavu, Edappally, Kaloor, And Padma As LSOS valid till 20.10.2011.
Applicant : Sri. Hamza, Karukaparambil House, Mathilakam P.O, , Kodungallur
Finally able to share some images from the Three Nails Photography workshop that I attended last week in Shreveport! This was so much fun and I am so grateful that I got to attend! In three days we had three styled shoots - engagements, bridals, and a full wedding - and this is from the engagment shoot! Hunter ( of Three Nails Photography ) styled the shoots around Lana Del Rey's 60s style, so we shot the engagments in a pool in someones back yard, kinda like the Blue Jeans music video (her bathing suit is almost exactly like Lana's!). By the way, our model bride is only 17 years old! And this was her first modeling shoot. She was fantastic. And our groom, some of you may recognize as Dez Duron from The Voice! They were amazing to work with!
FUN FACT: I literally had 10 seconds to get this shot, and I had one assistant standing over me with a diffuser, and another pushing the models around the pool with a leaf catcher, haha!
Styling: Three Nails Photography
MUAH: Meka with Motives
Models: Madi Haines & Dez Duron
-Anna
Memorial built to commemorate the local contribution of a Carlo Catani, a local figure.
In 1999 Heritage Victoria placed St Kilda’s Catani Gardens on its register as a culturally significant place. Catani Gardens stretch along six hectares of the foreshore which were reclaimed in the period from 1890 to c.1916.
“St Kilda owes a huge debt to Carlo Catani, a founding member of the St Kilda Foreshore Trust Committee, which was set up in 1906 to reclaim and beautify the entire St Kilda foreshore to Point Ormond. Catani, eventually the chief engineer for the committee, is largely responsible for the creation of such a charismatic esplanade and foreshore.
“He envisaged the area in style of a European resort, complete with a split-level esplanade and foreshore, amusements, dance halls, theatres, bathing pavilions and a French-Italian style of landscape treatment, complete with palms, succulents, exotic conifers and hedges. The committee’s work acted as a catalyst for private investment which secured St Kilda’s position as the then pre-eminent beachside resort of Melbourne. Catani design has served us well and it’s is only now that we are seeking to tinker with it" (Port Phillip mayor, Julian Hill).
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So I've basically wanted to do a Hunger Games themed picture for a while now, and I had just bought that dress a little bit before my birthday, it's light blue. When I wore it for my birthday dinner with a ton of gold jewelry, I was thinking about how I wanted to take a picture with it and rock the side braid because it looks movie Katniss :)
I personally loved the movie, it's one of the only book to movie's I've liked for quite some time now... but when you think about the story line- book or movie.... it's quite disturbing. I couldn't help but feel my heart get wrenched out multiple times in both- it doesn't matter, the message is clear.
This picture has so many flaws in it I can't even count. I really wanted this to be a good picture.... tomorrows another day. Another try.
Oh and if you haven't listened to Taylor Swift "Eye's Open" song on the Hunger Games soundtrack, go listen. It's beautiful and the title for this picture is directly from the song :)
A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
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