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HMS Wellington (launched Devonport, 1934) is a Grimsby-class sloop, formerly of the Royal Navy. During the Second World War, she served as a convoy escort ship in the North Atlantic. She is now moored alongside the Victoria Embankment, at Temple Pier, on the River Thames in London, England, as the headquarters ship of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, where she is known as HQS Wellington. It was always the ambition of the founding members of the company to have a livery hall. Up to the outbreak of war in 1939, various proposals were examined, including the purchase of a sailing ship, Archibald Russell.
After the Second World War, it became apparent that the possibility of building a hall in the City of London had been rendered very remote. In 1947, the Grimsby-class sloop Wellington was made available by the Admiralty. The company decided to buy her with money subscribed by the members and convert her to a floating livery hall, an appropriate home for a company of seafarers.
County Hall London. Three bluish views of London water at night. Formerly the seat of the GLC, now a multitude of businesses including a Premier Inn and the London Aquarium.
London County Hall
January 2012
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden
Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden
Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
The Chindit Badge
Portraying a Chinthe, A Mythical
Beast, Guardian of Burmese Temples
from which was derived the name
Chindits, their motto being
The Boldest Measures
Are The Safest
In Memory Of All Who Fought On The
First And Second Expeditions Into
North Burma 1943 And 1944
With The Chindit Special Force
Formed, Trained And Commanded By
Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO
Chindits Came From The Armed Forces
Of The United Kingdom, Burma,
Hong Kong, India, Nepal, West Africa
And The
United States Of America
Air Supply And Direct Operational
Support Was Given By
The Royal Air Force
And
1st Air Commando Group
United States Army Air Force
And
10th United States Army Air Force
Victory Was Hastened By The Chindits
Daring Exploits Behind Enemy Lines
His Majesty King George VI
Graciously Awarded The Victoria Cross
To
Major Frank Gerald Blaker MC
Highland Light Infantry
Attached 3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles
Captain Michael Allmand
Indian Armoured Corps
Attached 3 Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles
Lieutenant George Albert Cairns
Somerset Light Infantry Attached
1 Bn The South Staffordshire Regiment
Rifleman Tulbahadur Pun
3 Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles
[From the memorial]
In the gardens on Victoria Embankment.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
The Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (MPU) is responsible for policing 47 miles of the River Thames between Dartford and Hampton Court.
Taken from the Embankment side of the River Thames on Monday 11th May
The Embankment was part of a large double loop of tram track that was used to reverse cars ready for a retuen to South London. Here a Feltham tram on route 16 is heading for Westminster Bridge, and thence to Croydon and Purley.
This is a postcard published by J.J. Corbyn of York Street, Westminster showing Victoria Embankment looking north from the junction with Westminster Bridge. It is about 1910 and three people are waiting on the pedestrian refuge which doubles as a tram stop for trams heading north to the Kingsway Tram tunnel and Blackfriars Bridge. At this time the London County Council trams heading for north London through the tunnel were single deck trams, those heading for Blackfriars Bridge and south London were double deck trams.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
A close-up showing the St Paul's Cathedral section of the bronze sculpture that forms part of the Battle of Britain monument along the Victoria Embankment in London, England.
the memorial is situated opposite the river Thames from the Millennium Wheel or London Eye, or the first right turn when you cross Westminster Bridge toward the Houses of Parliament. In fact, the turning is in front of Big Ben, with the sculpture/monument being a two-minute walk along the river.
Mary Keitany has a long lead at 24 miles, having pushed on at 15. She won in 2:19:19, fourth equal fastest in the world, a lifetime best, and in the same year as she set the world half marathon record.
Virgin London Marathon, 17 April 2011. Taken from 24 and a half miles, at the (western) junction of Victoria Embankment and Temple Place, very close to the Walkabout.
Noriko Matsuoka came 16th with 2:26:54.
Virgin London Marathon, 17 April 2011. Taken from 24 and a half miles, at the (western) junction of Victoria Embankment and Temple Place, very close to the Walkabout.
1933-1935: TSS Queen Mary
1935-1976: TSS Queen Mary II
1976-: TSS Queen Mary
The two funnel Clyde steamer TS Queen Mary was built at the William Denny shipyard at Dumbarton for Williamson-Buchanan. The 871 gross tons steamer was powered by three direct drive steam turbines, and carried 2086 passengers making her the largest (though not the longest) excursion turbine on the River Clyde.
In 1981 the ship was bought by the Lau family and taken south to London to become a floating restaurant but unfortunately it did not end well until 1987 where it was sold to the Bass PLC. She underwent a £2.5m refurbishment in 1997 and was moored at Victoria Embankment. Facilities included two bars and two function rooms. The top deck of the ship was used as an open air venue with bar facilities.
In November 2009, the ship was towed out of London. She was purchased by Samuel Boudon who had plans for her renovation and mooring in La Rochelle, France as a floating restaurant and fitness centre.
In October 2015 the Glasgow-based charity Friends of TS Queen Mary purchased the ship. In May 2016, after being made seaworthy, the Queen Mary was towed from Tilbury to Greenock. The ship's return to the Firth of Clyde on 16 May 2016 was her first visit to her former home since 1981.
The ship is now berthed at the entrance of Princes' Dock beside the Glasgow Science Centre.
this is a Satue of Michael Faraday on Savoy Place in London.
He was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in terminology of that time).
It stands outside the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
How could anyone with a shred of decency left in them not like being on a march in which someone had bothered to think up and then create and carry around this personal message to the Chancellor George Osborne, who, like a reverse Robin Hood, steals from the poor to give to the rich. Photo taken on the TUC-organised "A Future That Works" march and rally in central London on Saturday October 20, 2012.
For more on George Osborne, see: www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/8106660344/in/photo...
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
EN: The view on Victoria Embankment and Blackfriars Bridge.
Long exposure photo taken from the Waterloo Bridge.
PL: Widok na Victoria Embankment i Blackfriars Bridge.
Zdjęcie z długim czasem naświetlania zrobione z Waterloo Bridge.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
London Marathon 25 April 2010. Mara Yamauchi struggling somewhat after a six day volcano-impacted journey to the start line from the US. Mara came in tenth.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
The Clyde steamer 'Queen Mary', now a pub and restaurant. moored on the Victoria Embankment of the river Thames in London, England.
Nikon D200
18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Reminds me of this poem by Wendy Cope
After the Lunch
On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes,
the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes.
I wipe them away with a black woolly glove
And try not to notice I've fallen in love
On Waterloo Bridge I am trying to think:
This is nothing. you're high on the charm and the drink.
But the juke-box inside me is playing a song
That says something different. And when was it wrong?
On Waterloo Bridge with the wind in my hair
I am tempted to skip. You're a fool. I don't care.
the head does its best but the heart is the boss-
I admit it before I am halfway across
I took this photos of a campaigner at The People's Climate March, a global event that took place on September 21, 2014, and involved hundreds of thousands of people in 166 countries taking part in over 2,800 events calling for urgent, coordinated action on climate change. The trigger for the coordinated events around the world was the Climate Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York, taking place on September 23, when 120 world leaders will be trying to create a new global climate treaty.
This photo was taken at the London event, which involved around 40,000 people, who marched from Temple on Victoria Embankment to Parliament Square. It was a largely sunny day, a very friendly atmosphere, and a powerful demonstration of widespread concern about the climate that is an important antidote to the cynical and well-funded climate change denial lobby, and the general indifference of politicians, who sometimes make positive noises about the environment, but are more generally in bed with the polluters -- and, in addition, find themselves unable to tell the truth to their electorates: that we urgently need to make the environment a priority, and that doing so has to involve curbing our own destructive appetites.
See the People's Climate March website here: peoplesclimate.org/
See the People's Climate March London website here: www.campaigncc.org/climatemarchlondon
See my website here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
I took this photo of a placard at The People's Climate March, a global event that took place on September 21, 2014, and involved hundreds of thousands of people in 166 countries taking part in over 2,800 events calling for urgent, coordinated action on climate change. The trigger for the coordinated events around the world was the Climate Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York, taking place on September 23, when 120 world leaders will be trying to create a new global climate treaty.
This photo was taken at the London event, which involved around 40,000 people, who marched from Temple on Victoria Embankment to Parliament Square. It was a largely sunny day, a very friendly atmosphere, and a powerful demonstration of widespread concern about the climate that is an important antidote to the cynical and well-funded climate change denial lobby, and the general indifference of politicians, who sometimes make positive noises about the environment, but are more generally in bed with the polluters -- and, in addition, find themselves unable to tell the truth to their electorates: that we urgently need to make the environment a priority, and that doing so has to involve curbing our own destructive appetites.
See the People's Climate March website here: peoplesclimate.org/
See the People's Climate March London website here: www.campaigncc.org/climatemarchlondon
For more on fracking, see the Frack Off website: frack-off.org.uk/fracking-hell/
See my website here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
The Embankment was one of the busiest stretches on the entire London tram system. Soon after replacement by buses the service frequency fell, and a useful transport corridor was lost.
This is Victoria Embankment looking north from near the junction with Horse Guards Avenue. This is a wartime photograph showing the London Plane Trees which line Victoria Embankment with their lower trunks painted as to show up more clearly during the blackout.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists held its annual meeting in London in 2013.
Detail from The Battle of Britain Monument.
© Larry A. Donoso/Bower Media