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The Tattershall Castle was built by W. Gray & Co. in 1934 and was a vital passenger link across the Humber estuary ferrying passengers across the stretch of treacherous water between Hull and New Holland.
The paddle steamer made about eight trips a day carrying up to 1050 passengers in three compartments and on the deck.
Apart from her role as a passenger vessel, the Tattershall Castle had space on board for cars and livestock. Sheep, pigs, cattle and horses could all be tethered or penned for the 40-minute crossing.
More than 1,000,000 passengers were ferried during its 40 years of operation. During the war the Tattershall Castle was commandeered for a short period as a tethering vessel for barrage balloons on the Humber estuary. This role was very short lived. The transportation of the troops and vital munitions and supplies across the Humber proved far too important to allow the Tattershall Castle away from the estuary.
Wartime also saw the Tattershall Castle become the first civil vessel to carry radar. Her radar proved crucial on the foggy Humber. Just after the war during a routine crossing her radar picked up an unidentified floating object on the screen, on investigation the crew found part of one of Britain’s first oil rigs which had broken loose from its moorings during a storm.
After the war it carried on its business as a ferry until 1973 when urgent repair work was required for her boilers. This work was deemed too costly for her to carry on as a ferry and as a result the Tattershall Castle was retired from service.
Since 1981 the Tattershall Castle has been run as a bar & restaurant and has been considered one of the capital's best since then. The ship was refurbished in 2004 and again in 2009.
Nottingham's Memorial Gardens have two shady beds of hydrangeas with a lot of variety. I can't see the beauty of these small-flowered ones, let alone capture it, but did at least find them in a rare moment out of the shade.
One of the early "K2" type boxes that are still common in London but were rarely used elsewhere in Britain.
Park entrance. Ultra-wide lens comes into its own when you can position yourself in front of the parked cars. Getting run over by the traffic is a slight drawback though...
London Marathon 25 April 2010. The three lead women, but not quite in the order they finished. Mergia dropped back over the next mile and a half to come third.
Another night, another atempt at a some night work. Boy was it cold this evening, I think my toes are still thawing out! I've been wanting to get a some low light shots of Trent Bridge and Wilford Suspension bridge for a while, so I took the oppertunity this evening. I know they are probably some of the most photographed bridges in Nottingham, but to have two quite characterfull bridges in such close proximity is rather handy! I'm relatively happy with the results, although I thinkg I'll be re-shooting at shooting at some point (when my fingers aren't like icicles!)
On 29 June 2013 Nottingham was the host to the National Armed Forces Day 2013 Event.
The day started with marches from the Nottingham Castle to the Old Market Square where a Drumhead Ceremony took place with a fly over bu the Red Arrows.
Throughout the city were events to commemorate and pay tribute to the British Armed Forces. Of these events was the displays and events on the Victoria Embankment where you could met and see all the branches of the armed forces.
These photographs are dedicated to all those brave men and women throughout our history who have served our country proudly.
We thank you for your bravery, your service and dedication. Best Wishes to you all. WE are proud of you, Our Heroes.
This was taken on Victoria Embankment of this guy playing drums, using his bike as the stand of the drums. He sounded amazing and some cyclist stopped to listen to his performance. He was spotted at the London Free wheel day '08 where cyclists could ride their bikes up and down some of London's busiest traffic routes, without the usual traffic of course :)
HMS President an Anchusa class sloop moored on the Embankment
HMS President was built in 1917 by Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew and is part of the National Register of Historic Vessels: www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/494/hms-president
One of the last examples of a Royal Navy sloop, HMS PRESIDENT was built in 1917 by Lobnitz & Co. Limited of Renfrew as the Flower Class sloop HMS SAXIFRAGE. She was built for convoy escort duty and became a RNVR drill ship in 1922 It was in 1922 that she was moored on the Thames Embankment in London and she has remained there ever since
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 <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"
The cyclists on the Embankment emerging from the Blackfriars Underpass in the final stage of the 2009 Tour of Britain in London on Saturday 19 September.
Looking South over Victoria Embankment and Westminster Bridge. St Thomas's Hospital in rear. Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) can just be seen on right of picture.
Another image from last nights walk along the Victoria Embankment.
I was taking a few shots of the Rivermead flats from the opposite bank of the Trent. Then, bang on-cue, a lone canoeist rowed through the frame sporting a flashing light leaving a lovely intermittent light trail. It's a shame the exposure ended before he made it all the way through the frame.
I've been experimenting with simple borders in photoshop, can't decide if I like it or not.
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I'd never seen this monument before and we came across it as we were walking along the Embankment. it is, quite simply, stunning. Paul Day is probably honoured to have been commissioned to do it. He should be very proud of it too. A truly fitting memorial.
Victoria Embankment
London
Sculptor Paul Day