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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.
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
Rob Hayles in the middle of the bunch. Yellow Oakley Radar glasses, white jersey with Great Britain shorts and a ridiculously pimp Zipp 1080 rear wheel in white
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.
There were originally 7 gates to the City of London, all of which are now demolished: Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Ludgate, Moorgate and Newgate.
The sites of the "bars", the limits of the City boundaries outside (without) the walls where travellers paid their tolls, are still marked today with statues of dragons.
There are now thirteen dragons around the City of London. The dragon at Temple Bar was designed by C. B. Birch in 1880 and the two 1849 statues on Victoria Embankment which were, until 1963, mounted above the entrance to the Coal Exchange on Lower Thames Street were designed by the City Architect, J. B. Bunning.
The Dragons are -
Victoria Embankment boundary dragon. Western Boundary. Nr Temple Place Junct. North Side
Victoria Embankment boundary dragon. Western Boundary. Nr Temple Place Junct. South Side.
Temple Bar boundary dragon. Strand/Fleet Street.
Holborn boundary dragon. By Chancery Lane Tube Stn.
Holborn boundary dragon. By Chancery Lane Tube Stn.
Farringdon boundary dragon. Charterhouse Street/Farringdon Road.
Aldersgate boundary dragon. Baltic S W/ Goswell Road.
Moorgate boundary dragon. No longer there
Bishopsgate boundary dragon. Norton Folgate/ Worship St/ Shoreditch High St.
Aldgate boundary dragon. Aldgate High St./ Whitechapel High St.
Tower Hill boundary dragon. Byward St. / Tower Hill.
London Bridge boundary dragon. London Bridge South End. East.
London Bridge boundary dragon. London Bridge South End. West.
Blackfriars Bridge boundary dragon. Blackfriars Bridge South End.
Photographs of the 'caravan' - the sponsors vehincles throwing out promotional gifts to the crowd This precedes the Tour de France cyclists. Taken on the Victoria Embankment, London on 7th July 2014.
Prelude to the TUC "A Future That Works" march - London, UK 20.10.2012
On 20th October 2012 an estimated 100,000 public sector employees, trade unionists, disability right groups, pensioners groups and concerned members of public marched through London to protest against David Cameron's punitive program of so-called austerity cuts.
Preparations for the march by unions and protest groups started at 9am along Victoria Embankment as thousands of placards were distributed, huge helium-filled balloons inflated and tethered, brass bands rehearsed and assembly points set out along the embankment for groups arriving from all over the UK. Here's part of their story...
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South African Daryl Impey of the Barloworld team has a glance over at Magnus Backstedt of Garmin - Chipotle on Stage 1 of the Tour of Britain 2008
GWL clue - apologies for the poor quality of this crop.
The Chinthe - A mythical beast, guardian of Burmese temples from which was derived the name Chindits.