School is off for 5 days and am loving the weather break. See you all in 2018! xOx

 

'Thank You' for inviting us to be a part of your day! Hope you get to see this one day! All the best to what lies ahead. Happy birthday, Zel! Hugs....!

(from left to right - Mary Rose, Gem, me, Mark and the birthday celebrant www.flickr.com/photos/158094573@N04/)

I get on their nerves. They get under my skin. But hey, at the end of the day, we all have a hard laugh together! Thanks for the cake, flowers and dinner. Lovely surprise! (From right to left: Zelle, Gem, me, Wayne, Eve and Arecca)

 

Hope you get to see this one day! xOx

‘Thank You’ for the wonderful evening! It’s great to know that we’re being appreciated!

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL-k7qzbJ6I&feature=youtu.be

View On White

nothing to do with my family, just one I stumbled across on Whitstable beach.....I loved the way that the dog, little girl and the man in the hat were all caught in my shot but not connected to the wedding couple until I took this image.

‘Thank You’ for the wonderful evening! It’s great to know that we’re being appreciated!

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL-k7qzbJ6I&feature=youtu.be

Another Kingsway Klassic!..Beacon House Was Completed In About 1908... The Church Of The Holy Trinity On The Right

`1911` But Not No More Its Now Aviation House `Offices`...The Church Shut In About 1991...The Old Holborn Restaurant Is Next Door...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad

 

Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is a city located in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan and is the third-largest city in the province after Peshawar and Mardan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, 150 km north of Islamabad and 200 km east of Peshawar at an altitude of 4,120 feet (1,260 m). The city is well-known throughout Pakistan for its pleasant weather, high standard educational institutions and military establishments. It remains a major hub for tourism of the Northern Areas in the summer.

 

History

 

Sikh invasion

 

In 1818, Sikh Emperor Ranjit Singh invaded and annexed Hazara however in 1820 his generals were defeated by the Muslims. In 1821, during another attempt at conquest by the Sikhs, Amar Singh was killed at Harroh. Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, the governor of Kashmir, then went to Hazara to battle against the Muslim tribes, but it took him three years to subdue the warlike mountaineers of the outer hills. It was not until 1836 that the Gakhars of Khanpur were finally defeated.[3] Painda Khan was the tribal chief of the Tanoli tribe at the time of the invasion of Hazara by the Sikhs. Mir Painda Khan is famed for his staunch rebellion against Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Governors of Hazara. He was the son of Mir Nawab Khan, who defeated the Durranis and freed his kingdom from their influence. From about 1813, he spent a life long rebellion against the Sikhs. Mir Painda Khan relentless rebellion against the Sikh empire, cost him a major portion of his Kingdom, leaving only his twin capitals Amb and Darband. However, this deterred him less and appeared to increase his resistance against the Sikh government. The District Gazetteer of the North-West Frontier Province (p138) confirms, "Painda Khan, played a considerable part in the history of his time and vigorously opposed the Sikhs." General Abbott commented that "During the first period of Painda Khan's carrer, he was far too vigorous and powerfull to be molested by any neighbouring tribe, and when he began to fail before the armies and purse of the Sikh Government, he was interested in keeping upon the best terms with his northern neighbours of the Black Mountains." He is further described as a Chief renowned on the Border, a wild and energetic man who was never subjugated by the Sikhs. His son Jehandad Khan also followed his footsteps. "Of all the tribal chiefs of Hazara, the most powerful said to be Jehandad Khan of the Tanoli, whose land straddled both banks of the Indus and whose fellow-tribesmen were brave and hardy and accounted for the best swordsmen in Hazara". There was a long history of conflict between Jehandad Khan's family and the Sikhs, and the name of his father Painda Khan, was said to be "magic to the ears of the people of Hazara" because of the struggles he fought on behalf of his "poor circumscribed and rugged principality" against the Sikhs. When Sikh power was on the fall in 1845, Jehandad Khan blockaded the garrisons of no less than 22 Sikh posts in Upper Tanawal and when they surrendered at discretion, he spared their lives, as the servants of a fallen Empire. However in 1845 the local populace, taking advantage of the problems in Lahore (the capital of the Sikh Empire), rose up in rebellion. They drove the governor of Hazara, Diwan Mulraj, to Hasan Abdal in 1846. However, with the conclusion of the first Sikh War, Hazara along with Kashmir was given to Raja Gulab Singh. But in 1847 the Raja gave back Hazara to the Lahore Darbar in exchange for land near Jammu, and Hazara passed into British control.[3]

 

British era

 

Abbottabad in British India was the headquarters of Hazara Division, and named after Major James Abbott who settled this district in 1848 after the annexation of the Punjab. He soon after became the first Deputy Commissioner of the district between 1849 until 1853. Major Abbott is noted for having written a poem titled "Abbottabad", prior to his departure back to Britain, in which he wrote of his fondness for the town and his sadness at having to leave it. Abbottabad became and is still an important military cantonment and sanatorium, being the headquarters of a brigade in the Second Division of the Northern Army Corps[4]. The garrison consisted of four battalions of native infantry (Gurkhas) and four native mountain batteries[5]. In 1901 the population of the town and cantonment was 7764[4] and the income averaged around Rs. 14,900. This increased to Rs. 22,300 in 1903, chiefly derived from octroi. During this time chief public institutions were built such as the Albert Victor unaided Anglo-Vernacular High School, the Municipal Anglo-Vernacular High School and the Government dispensary.[5]. In 1911 the population had risen to 11,506 and the town also contained four battalions of Gurkhas.[6] In June 1948, the British Red Cross opened a hospital in Abbottabad to deal with thousands of patients who were being brought in from the Kashmir fighting areas.[7]

 

Geography

 

The city is bounded at all four sides by the Sarban hills, from which residents and tourists can see breathtaking views of the region and city. The location of the city and the hills allows Abbottabad to experience pleasant weather in the summer, and cold winters. The most of the people enters to Abbotabad using the Karakoram highway which passes through a small town named Salhad. Neighbouring districts are Mansehra to the north, Muzaffarabad to the east, Haripur to the west and Rawalpindi to the south. Tarbela Dam is situated just west of Abbottabad.

 

Topography

 

Abbottabad is situated in the Orash Valley lying between 34°09′N latitude and 73°13′E longitude at an altitude of 1250m.

 

Climate

 

Abbottabad's climate is cold during winters and mild during summers with humid temperatures during June and July. During the winter, the temperature may drop to below 0°C and snowfall is common, especially in January. Most rainfall occurs during the monsoon season in summer, stretching from May to August, and can sometimes cause flooding.

 

Demographics

 

Languages

 

According to the 1998 Census, of the 81,000 who resided in Abbottabad, Hindko was spoken by 94.26% of the population, followed by Potohari at 2.30%, Pashto at 2.22% and Urdu at 1.05%.[9] Although the first language of most people in Abbottabad is Hindko, Urdu is understood and spoken fluently by majority of the residents and commonly used in the markets, offices and formal functions. English is widely used in business and education.

 

•Ethnicity

 

The majority of the residents identify themselves as either Awans,Tanolis, Jadoons,Sattis, Qazis, Karlals, Sadozai, Kashmiris,Mughals, Abbasis, Qureshis, Utmanzai, Syeds and Gujjars.

 

Government

 

Abbottabad is the headquarter (capital) of Hazara Division and Abbottabad District. The District Nazim, Commissioner, Inspector General, Forest Conservator all reside in Abbottabad. Abbottabad is divided into localities, towns, colonies and neighbourhoods.

 

Localities

 

•Old City

 

oMir Pur Kalan

oMir Pur Khurd

oUpper and lower Salhad

oKunj kehal-Abbottabad

oKehal

oKanshipura

oKarimpura

oUpper and Lower Malikpura

•Cantonment

•Kakul

•Mandian

•Supply

•Jhangi

 

Towns

 

+ Dobather (muhalla Batangi di Mohri)

•Banda Phugwarian

•Musa Zai Colony

•Mian De Saree(Kala Pul)

•Pool Gulab Road Mir Pur

•Jadoon Town

•Azam Town

•Bilal Town

•Gulfam

•Jalal Baba Town

•Jubilee Town

•Jinnahabad

•Narrian

•Hassan Town

•swati town

•Mohsin town

•qasim town

•Karlal Town

•Sardar Town

•Gulfam Town

•Nawaz Town

 

Mir pur

 

Colonies

 

•Civil Officer Colony

•Jadoon Colony

•Habibullah Colony

•Hassan Town

•Kaghan Colony

•Karral Colony

•Kashmir Colony

•Khushal Khan Colony

•Magistrate Colony

•Qazi Colony

•Sardarabad

•Shahzaman Colony

•Sir Syed Colony

•Tauheed Colony

•Madinah colony

[edit] Neighbourhoods

•Banda Phugwarian

•Namli Maira

•Nawanshehr

•Shaikulbandi

•Balkasar

•Dobather

•Jhangi

•Banda Lamba

•Majhote

•Malikpura

•Sagal

•Baghnotar

•Nagri Bala

•Bandi Maira

 

Suburbs

 

•Bainnoora

•Baingojri

•Chamed

•Ghori

•Kothiala

•Sharwan

•Saljot

•Qalandarabad

 

Tourism

 

Abbottabad has been attracting tourists to the city since the colonial era, as it is a major transit point to all major tourist regions of Pakistan such as Nathiagali and Naran. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, "the town is picturesquely situated at the southern corner of the Rash (Orash) plain, 4,120 feet (1,260 m) above the sea"[5]. Like much of the mountainous Northern Areas, tourism is one of the important sources of income in Abbottabad. In the summer when temperatures rise to well above 45 degrees Celsius in Punjab and NWFP, a large number of tourists travel north to Abbottabad. The Karakoram Highway, which traces one of the paths of the ancient Silk Road, starts from Hasan Abdal on the N5 and heads north passing through the city eventually reaching Khunjerab Pass. The Karakorum Highway is a major attraction itself for its views. The Karakoram, Himalayas and the Hindu Kush ranges can be approached from Abbottabad and it continues to be a transit city for tourists, serving as a base for visiting numerous nearby places, such as Hunza, Gilgit, Skardu and Indus Kohistan, of the Karakoram Range.[10]

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Places of interest

 

•Mera jani (highest peak of Hazara)

•Banda Phugwarian & Dobather (Beautiful villages surrounded by Shimla Hill)

•Namli Maira

•Nathia Gali

•Ayubia

•Thandiani

•Ilyasi Masjid

•Shimla Pahari

•Lady Garden

•Harnow (Harnoi)

•Bagnotar

•Khanka Mahboobabad Shareef Havelian

•Jhangi Khoja

•Paswal

 

Sports

 

•Abbottabad Cricket Stadium

•Cricket Stadium, Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad

•Abbottabad Hockey Stadium

•Jehanghir Khan Squash Complex

•Kunj Football Ground

 

Economy

 

The economy of Abbottabad mainly relies on tourism as well as income generated from the various military and educational institutes.

 

Education

 

Abbottabad attracts people from all over Pakistan to its high standard educational institutions. Abbottabad is sometimes referred to "The City of Schools" and is home to a number of schools, colleges and training institutes.

 

Military institutes

 

•Pakistan Military Academy

•Army Physical Training School

•Army School of Music

•Regimental Training Centers of the Pakistan Army

oBaloch Regiment

oFrontier Force Regiment (PIFFERS)

 

Post-secondary institutes

 

•F. G. Boys Public High School, Abbottabad Cantonment

•COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad

•Government Postgraduate College #1, Abbottabad

•Government Postgraduate College #2 , Mandian Abbottabad

•Hazara University - Abbottabad Campus

•Government College of Management Sciences, Abbottabad

•The Muslim College of Commerce and Management, Abbottabad

•Government College of Technology, Mandian Abbottabad

•University of Science & Technology Abbottabad Campus

 

Medical institutes & hospitals

 

•Ayub Medical College

•Ayub Teaching Hospital

•Cantonment General Hospital (CGH)

•Women Medical College

•Women Institute of Learning, Abbottabad

•Abbottabad Women & Children's Hospital

•Combined Military Hospital (CMH-Abbottabad)

•Frontier Medical College

•Shaheena Jamil Hospital

•Abbottabad International Medical College

•National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS)

•Abbottabad District Headquarter Hospital LPC

 

Engineering institutes

 

•COMSATS Abbottabad

•University of Engineering and Technology (Peshawar) - Abbottabad campus

 

===Schools and colleges=== [11]

 

•Federal Government Boys Public High School, Abbottabad Cannt.

(F. G. Boys Publich High School, Abbottabad Cantonment)

•Abbottabad Public School

•Abbottabad Jamia Public School

•Advanced Islamic Public School

•Al-Imtiaz Academy

•Army Burn Hall College

•Army Public School

•Sikandria Public School - Masroor

•Banat Taleem-ul-Quran High School & College

•Beaconhouse Abbottabad Public Schoo * islamic international public school nawan shehr

•Gateway International Public School

•Government Centennial Model Secondary School for Boys, Abbottabad

•Government Centennial Model Secondary School for Girls, Abbottabad

•Government High School #1, Abbottabad

•Government High School #2, Abbottabad

•Government High School #3, Abbottabad

•Government High School, Nambal

•Government Primary School, Nambal

•Government Polytechnical Institute, Abbottabad

•Fauji Foundation Model School

•Al Quran Public School SirSyed Colony Mandian Abbottabad.

•Frontier Force School

•F.G. School for Girls

•F.G. School for Boys

•Iqra Abbottabad Academy

•Iqra Public School

•Iqra Model Public School

•Maria Montessorri School System, Abbottabad

•Modern School System

•Modernage Public School & College

•Pakistan Grammar School

•Pakistan International Public School

•Pine Hills Public School & College

•Present Times Public School & College

•Rose Valley Public High School

•Sir Syed Model Public School

•The City School Abbottabad

•Wisdom House Public School

•The Muslim School & College

•Hamdani Public School

 

Transportation

 

Roads

 

•N-35

 

Public transport

 

Abbottabad's main public transport consists of modified Suzukis, which can accommodate anywhere from 8 to 13 people at one time. Taxis are also available as well as wagons which connect Abbottabad to the surrounding cities and towns (ex. Nathiagali, Sherwan, Dhamtour, Haripur, Mansehra) in the region. Abbottabad is also served by Daewoo Express, a national bus service which connects over 50 cities in Pakistan.

 

Rail

 

Railway service is not available in Abbottabad city. The nearest railway station Hawalian Railway Station is situated in District Abbottabad. This Railway station is about thirty minutes drive from Abbottabad city. One railway reservation office is situated in Abbottabad near to Fwara Chok to facilitate the people of Abbottabad for advance booking of railway tickets.

 

Events

 

Automotive

 

Apart from its cultural, educational and military importance, this city also has the credit of holding the popular "Automotive" car exhibition and car racing event which promotes professional racing, safe driving and charity in Pakistan. The most recent event was held on 14 August 2008 at Ayub Medical College where more than 2000 people came to see the custom designed and modified from many parts of Pakistan. Dr. Ehsen Naveed Irfan, organizer of the event, called it "a positive effort in progression in the field of car racing in Pakistan". The local press called it a good and safe effort which provided the best entertainment on the Independence day of Pakistan. There are many sports clubs that are working to promote their respective sports. One of them is District Badminton Association of Abbottabad. In the month of June, the same Association arranged the provincial championship. Peshawar District Won Men's singles and Doubles and Boys singles competition. District Abbottabad won Ladies singles and doubles titles.

 

Notable people

 

•Athletes

 

oAbdur Rehman - a former player of Pakistani national team hockey (an Olympian)

oNaeem Akhter - a former player of Pakistani national team hockey (an Olympian)

oYasir Hameed - a Pakistani national team cricket player, and recipient of "Fakhr-e-Hazara"

oQanita Jalil - a Pakistani female national cricket player

oSheraz Awan - Chief Master of Karate Budokan International Pakistan, General Secretary of

NWFP Karate Federation

•

o[Dildar khan abbasi -former player of N.W.F.P HOCKEY team

oHammad Zahid - a former player of NWFP Basketball team (Several time color holder)

 

•Religious

oMolana Ghulam Goos Hazarvi

oMolana Muhammad Ishaq Lodhi (R.A)Khateeb-e-Hazara till 1972

oQazi Muhammad Nawaz(R.A)Khateeb Ilyasi Masjid

oMolana Shafiq-ur-Rehaman (R.A)Khateeb-e-Hazara

 

•Politicians

oLeader of the freedom movement Pir Syed Mahmood Shah Mphaddis Hazarvi

oJalaluddin Khan- Former Interior Minister and Senior Leader of The All-India Muslim League

oAbdul Jamil Khan- (Dr A J Khan) Former Federal Minister and Director General Health of Pakistan

oSheikh Sheraz Mohiuddin- was born in Kunj Qadeem and he became a very popular among the local community and was elected Councilor in 1923.

oSardar Ghulam Nabi Khan- popularly known as Chief Sahib, former MPA and Provincial Minister

oAyub Khan Tanoli- former Provincial Minister of Law, Education and Health

oSardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi- former Chief Minister of NWFP

oSardar Haider Zaman Khan- Abbottabad District Nazim

oSardar Sajjad Ahmed Khan- Ex Candidate of PF-48 Abbottabad, Welare and Islamic person

oSardar Mohammad Yaqoob - former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly

oIqbal Khan Jadoon - former Chief Minister NWFP

oAmanullah Khan Jadoon - former Federal Minister of Petroleum & Gas

oCol. Gulam Mustafa Khan Jadoon - former Abbottabad District Nazim

oOmar Asghar Khan - former Federal Minister and founder of SUNGI, PILER and SEBCON

oAbdullah Muntazir - former spokesperson of Jamaat-ud-Dawah

oNoor-ud-din Qureshi - founder of the All India Muslim League in Hazara in 1936

oHaji Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jadoon (cheif leader of Sippah-e-Sahaba Hazara Range)

oMir zaman khan abbasi pakistan movement worker[muslim league] n.w.f.p

 

Military and civil service

 

oAsghar Khan - first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force

oMajor General (R) Raza Khan Tanoli

oCapt Retired Sardar Lal Khan (RA)- retired from British Army in 1945.He was very closed with All india Muslim league. He had sacrificed too much for the establishment of Pakistan. when pakistan came into being he served in Police, CIA and Wapda, He was first army captin from the karlal (sardar)tribe and Union Council Nagri Bala of Abbottabad.

oJustice Sardar Raza Khan - Retired senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

oQazi Mohammad Farooq - former Chief Justice of The Peshawar High Court

oAslam Khan Tanoli - SP CID, Karachi

oShoukat Ali Awan (Home Secretary Balouchistan 2004-2010)

 

'Others¡

 

oPeer Syed Mohyuddin Mahboob Hanfi Qadri Sajjada Nasheen Khanka Mahboobabad Shareef Havelian, Author, Researcher, Scholar, Spiritual Leader

oAli Imran Shaheen - editor of "Weekly Ghazwah Lahore" and a leader of Jamat-ud-Dawah Pakistan

oAbdul Wahid Mir - Director General Students' Quality Circles Pakistan & Director of Pak-Irish Rehabilitation Center

oSyed Mehboob- a Pakistani writer, columnist and researcher

oNaseem Hijazi- A well known novelist. Famous for his history novels such as, Aur Talwar Toot Gai, Muhammad bin Qasim etc

oSardar Najmul Hassan Sadiq- MS Computer Science, currently doing PHD in Computer Science, a well known young sardar of Makol Bala

   

"Schools in Pakistan closed due to terror threats"

 

Security threat on schools continued to loom large as most of the campuses that opened after a week break on Monday could not take effective security measures.

 

The FAST National University, ( 'University of South Asia' ), University of Central Punjab and some branches of Beaconhouse, Lahore Grammar School and City School remained closed.

 

Lahore,Pakistan.

Office building in the Deco/Streamline Moderne style with handsome stair tower over canopied main entrance. Ferroconcrete-brick construction, architect unknown, presumed 1930s. Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

Phone: 27011.

Visitors: 21224.

 

Postally unused.

J Browne Construction, Beacon House, North Circular Rd, Neasden, Brent, 1997, 97-12l-66

J Browne Construction, Beacon House, North Circular Rd, Neasden, Brent, 1997, 97-12l-43

Terminal Island in the foreground. There are many notes I placed on this photo. A lot has changed since 1968. The famous Starkist Tuna and Chicken of the Sea canneries are in the middle right of the photo. You have to view the photo in original size to see all the landmarks.

Multan, January 21, 2013 - the USAID Power Distribution Program with the collaboration of MEPCO, held an Energy Conservation Seminar Beaconhouse School System, Multan

The purpose of the seminar was to:

• Inform students about the USAID Power Distribution Program and the role of Distribution companies in Pakistan.

• Educate students and teachers about the effective energy saving methods they can apply at homes, schools and workplaces.

More than 1000 students along with principal & teachers attended the seminar & participated actively in the quiz session. For the better know how of the students regarding MEPCO & energy sector of Pakistan, a documentary was played during the seminar

 

our son James and beautiful daughter in law Rosie were married at Beacon house on Whitstable seafront yesterday.

The shot was taken at the Doodle Art event at Beacon House Bani Gala campus in Islamabad during the Intra-BMUN 2010. This is a 15 second handheld shot at F22. |The hazy spots are rain drops which were then falling directly on to the lens. Clone stamped two of them, didn't want to mess with the rest.

  

Title Suggested by Nazish Tahir :-) Listen to the song here!.

Contrast, Saturation or anything else not touched!

 

View On Black Mandatory!

Forgotten moments

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Olympus OM-2N | Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 | AGFA Vista 400

Prof. Salima Hashmi is the Dean at the School of Visual Arts and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. She taught at the National College of Arts, Lahore, for 31 years and was Principal of the College for 4 years. She is a painter of repute whose works have been exhibited in Pakistan and in international exhibitions.

Multan, January 21, 2013 - the USAID Power Distribution Program with the collaboration of MEPCO, held an Energy Conservation Seminar Beaconhouse School System, Multan

The purpose of the seminar was to:

• Inform students about the USAID Power Distribution Program and the role of Distribution companies in Pakistan.

• Educate students and teachers about the effective energy saving methods they can apply at homes, schools and workplaces.

More than 1000 students along with principal & teachers attended the seminar & participated actively in the quiz session. For the better know how of the students regarding MEPCO & energy sector of Pakistan, a documentary was played during the seminar

 

This 1950s photograph is of an 1870s -1880s print, showing the Queen’s Hotel (which later became Beacon House).

 

Ref SC004203

 

Image courtesy of University of Bristol Library, Special Collections.

Gathering of students from all around the country during BNU Bestival 2020 event️

Beaconhouse National University Lahore.

#BNUBestival2020 #beaconhousenationaluniversity #BNU #bestival2020 #beaconhouseuniversity #BNU2020 #pakistantourism #lahore #lahoreuniversity #university #lahorediaries

#pakistaniuniversity #pakistaniboy #students #LUMS #lumsuniversity #leadsuniversity #UCP #BNUBestival #BNUBestival #leadsuniversity #LifeatBNU #AliSethi #lahorestyleicons #lahoregirls #Pakistan #BNUstudents #BNUConcert #PU #UET #lahoregirls

#GCUniversity #kingedwardmedicaluniversity

I was staying at the Sarina Hotel for Beaconhouse School's "World of Tomorrow" conference. Walking down the corridor I stumbled upon what appeared to be a bride getting ready for the wedding reception. Or maybe it was just a wedding guest!

Carte-de-visite size photograph showing the Pier Entrance and Bournemouth Club on the left. In front of the Highcliff(e) Hotel is Bourne House (a.k.a. Beacon House, Bourne Bay Hotel, etc.), Glaserton House (Sutherland Hall), South Cliff Villa (Southcliffe Hotel) and Madeira House (built c.1860). It became the Madeira Hotel then Court Royal Hotel and was enlarged around 1910 to became Court Royal Convalescent Home for the South Wales Mining Industry in 1947. Sydenham's Library, 1 Bath Road, is visible on the extreme right.

Carte-de-visite size photograph showing, several bathing machines, by William Pousty at about the time he moved from London to Boscombe and Christchurch (he emigrated to Tasmania in 1883).

 

This must be before 1871 (when the Bournemouth Club was built).

Multan, January 21, 2013 - the USAID Power Distribution Program with the collaboration of MEPCO, held an Energy Conservation Seminar Beaconhouse School System, Multan

The purpose of the seminar was to:

• Inform students about the USAID Power Distribution Program and the role of Distribution companies in Pakistan.

• Educate students and teachers about the effective energy saving methods they can apply at homes, schools and workplaces.

More than 1000 students along with principal & teachers attended the seminar & participated actively in the quiz session. For the better know how of the students regarding MEPCO & energy sector of Pakistan, a documentary was played during the seminar

 

From left to right: Adi B. Godrej, Chairman, The Godrej Group, Godrej Industries, India

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Executive Director, Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS), Sri Lanka; Young Global Leader

Kasim M. Kasuri, Chief Executive Officer, Beaconhouse School System, Pakistan; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Pakistan

Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam Foundation, India

Anshu Gupta, Founder and Director, Goonj, India

Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan and

Kavita N. Ramdas, Representative, Ford Foundation, India; Global A

at the World Economic Forum on India 2012. Copyright World Economic Forum / Photo by Benedikt von Loebell

I went back up Old Snow Hill, and took a minor detor up Hampton Street for a minute or so and got these.

 

Shot of all three buildings. From the left Beacon House, middle 5 - 6 Hampton Street and right is 1 - 4 Hampton Street (394, 395 and 396 Summer Lane)

 

On the left of 1 - 4 and 5 - 6 Hampton Street is Beacon House.

 

It is dated from about 1911. It is of 2 stories of 10 bays. Built of good quality red brick with some gaults but with luxuriant ochre terracotta dressings in Edwardian Baroque.

 

It has caps on the piers and keystones are carried up in the modillion brackets of the coved cornice.

  

In the middle is 5 - 6 Hampton Street, probably works dating from the 19th century to early 20th century. Building is of three stories with five bays. there is an oriel window on the second and third floors of the central bay. Built of brick with some stone and render.

 

Last time I got 394, 395 and 396 Summer Lane. This time I got 1 - 4 Hampton Street (same building).

  

It is a Grade II listed building dating from 1880. A corner block of shops and works with housing and workshops above.

 

It has similar elements to buildings on Constitution Hill such as Birmingham Gothic detailing. It is an important corner site.

  

It is in this condition due to a fire in 2007. It was part of the H B Sale Die-Sinking Company on Summer Lane.

  

Grade II Listed Building

 

1-4, HAMPTON STREET B19

  

Listing Text

 

In the entry for HAMPTON STREET

25/3 Edgbaston B19

Nos 1 to 4 (consec)

 

The address shall be amended to read HAMPTON STREET

City Centre B4

Nos 1 to 4 (consec)

------------------------------------

  

HAMPTON STREET

1.

5104

Edgbaston B19

Nos 1 to 4 (consec)

SP 0687 NE 25/3

II GV

2.

Includes Nos 394, 395 and 396 Summer Lane, Newtown. C1880 corner block of

shops and works with housing and workshops above. The bowed corner and

immediate returns of 4 storeys, the main side ranges of 3 storeys and attics.

Built of red brick with stone, cut brick, ceramic bricks and polychrome tile

decoration and dressings. The corner has elements of Ruskinian Gothic

relating to the terrace on Constitution Hill whilst the side ranges have more

usual Birmingham Gothic detailing. The corner shop front is painted white

with broad articulating piers, whilst the adjacent shops and works entrances

on both fronts have panelled pilasters with elongated acanthus consoles and

bracketed cornices. The upper storeys single and coupled jointed windows with

leaf carved impost strings. Gables with decorative roundels break the cut

brick eaves. The corner has a 3 tiered wood oriel ornately decorated with

quatrefoil top lights to casements and panelled superstructure with deep

cornice breaking through the eaves. Important corner site.

  

Listing NGR: SP0680887655

 

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

  

XI Cambridge farewell 2007

XI Cambridge farewell 2007

Huma Mulji went from Karachi to Lahore for six months on a teaching assignment and has been there for the last four years now. She is teaching fine art and sculpture at the Beaconhouse National University. Sculpture was the subject that she had specialised in when she graduated from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, in 1995.

 

“Invited to think about both Dubai and the notion of ‘seeking paradise’, it became clear that Huma Mulji’s work would subvert the ‘surface’ of Dubai, i.e. all that gleams is not gold. She paid tribute to the workers who built the National Gallery in Islamabad. Her installation was shoved into a corridor to make way for more ‘important’ artists. Their ‘chappals’ appear in Desperately Seeking Paradise as gilded treasures…”

 

www.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/gallery1.htm

Postally unused.

An early view (c.1872/3) of the Bournemouth Club (where the Oceanarium now stands), erected in 1871, and the slope and area behind (which was known as the South Cliff). Next to the stone built Bournemouth Club are the wooden structures of the Westover and Bournemouth Rowing Club's 1865 Clubhouse.

 

On the far left, the Highcliff(e) Hotel stands proud, with the Coastguard Cottages tucked behind and Bourne House (a.k.a. Beacon House, Bourne Bay Hotel, etc.) and Bronwyn (private house) in front. The two houses behind the club are Glaserton House (became Sutherland Hall) and South Cliff Villa (Southcliffe Hotel).

On thge left is the shelter on the slope below the Highcliff Hotel; on the right are the steps that were later replaced by the West Cliff Lift. Beacon House is shown before it was extended, as an hotel, but some featured remained recognisable.

 

Allen W Webber & Co. overstamped by J E Beale, The Fancy Fair, Bournemouth.

 

Postmarked Boscombe, Bournemouth, 1905.

Jazz Jazba Concert

at Beaconhouse National University.

Complete album.

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Despite surviving the carnage fo the BIC development, and being in a Conservation area, it was demolished in 1998 (when plans for a 5-storey hotel were under discussion). The site remains a small unmade and awkward car park.

Built 1934 as a department store for Southport Co-operative Society Ltd.

 

Edit.

Mention of the architect.

"As a powerful retailer in the north of England, the Co-op ran its own architectural department, producing good modern design. J.W. Cropper reputedly travelled to Russia in the early 1930s. Other buildings designed by him in association with W.A. Johnson, the Co-op's chief architect, are in Eastbank Street, Southport (1934), and Sunbridge Road, Bradford (1935) which was recently listed at Grade II."

www.monoculartimes.co.uk/huddersfieldgem/cooptexts/signif...