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The contrast is adjusted. The orignal is in this set for comparison as the orginal does not do the sea/day justice. Weather was Force 11 from the south west.
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Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Collection: Alina Deaconu.
In the late 1950s, British singer, actor and Sir Cliff Richard (1940) was known as Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. The ‘Cliff Richard musical’ became the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain in both 1962 and 1963.
Cliff Richard was born Harry Roger Webb in Lucknow, British India, in 1940. He was the son of Rodger Oscar, a train driver of Indian Rail, and Dorothy Marie (born Dazely) Webb. Following India's independence, the family moved to Britain. In 1957 Harry Webb became interested in skiffle and formed the Quintones vocal group. Later he sang in the Dick Teague Skiffle Group, and then became lead singer of a rock and roll group, The Drifters. In 1958, the group adopted the name Cliff Richard and the Drifters. The handsome singer burst onto the rock 'n roll world in 1958 with his debut single 'Move It', originally the B-side. The single went to no. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was "the first genuine British rock classic". Cliff adopted an Elvis Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, 'High Class Baby' and 'Livin' Lovin' Doll', were followed by 'Mean Streak' which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and 'Living Doll' by Lionel Bart. Living Doll (1958) became the first of fourteen #1 singles in the UK for Cliff. 'Living Doll' triggered also a softer, more relaxed, sound. By that time The Drifters' lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name after legal complications with the American soul group The Drifters and the new name was The Shadows. Their subsequent hits, the no. 1's 'Travellin' Light' and 'I Love You' cemented Cliff's status as a mainstream pop entertainer.
In 1964 Cliff Richard announced his conversion to Christianity. Initially, he believed that he should quit rock 'n roll, feeling he could no longer be the rocker who had been called a 'crude exhibitionist' and 'too sexy for TV' and a threat to parents' daughters. He re-emerged, performing with Christian groups and recording some Christian material. Cliff still recorded secular songs with the Shadows, but devoted a lot of his time to Christian work, including appearances with the Billy Graham crusades. He never married and claims to have observed a celibate lifestyle since his conversion. This and the softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than a rock image. After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record solo. Twice Cliff Richard represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1968 and in 1973. In 1968 he sang 'Congratulations' by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. It lost by just one point to Spain's 'La La La' by Massiel. According to John Kennedy O'Connor's 'The Eurovision Song Contest — The Official History', this was the closest yet result in the contest and Richard locked himself in the toilet to avoid the nerves of the voting. In May 2008 a Reuters news report claimed that voting in the competition had been fixed by the host country's dictator leader, Francisco Franco, to ensure that the Spanish entry won, allowing them to host the contest the following year. In particular, it is claimed that Spanish television executives offered to buy programmes in exchange for votes. This has not been proved beyond doubt, but it is thought to be likely. Eurovision later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such scams. Nevertheless, 'Congratulations' was a huge hit throughout Europe and yet another no. 1. In 1973 he sang the British entry 'Power to All Our Friends'. This time the song finished third, close behind Luxembourg's 'Tu Te Reconnaîtras' by Anne-Marie David and Spain's 'Eres Tú' by Mocedades. Richard had taken Valium in order to overcome his nerves and his manager was almost unable to wake him for the performance.
Cliff Richard’s first film was Serious Charge (Terence Young, 1959), followed by Expresso Bongo (Val Guest, 1959). In 1961 he filmed The Young Ones (Sidney J. Furie, 1961) and the title track gave him another no. 1 with more than one million sales. The film was an enormous success in the many countries where it was released. The follow-up Summer Holiday (Peter Yates, 1963) featured a slimmed-down Richard with visible dancing skills. At the premiere, huge crowds prevented him reaching the cinema on time. These films created their own genre, known as the 'Cliff Richard musical'. Cliff was the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963. His next film, Wonderful Life (Sidney J. Furie, 1964) was not as successful as his other teen musicals. In 1966, Richard and the Shadows appeared as marionettes in the film Thunderbirds Are GO (Gerry Anderson, 1966). His first straight acting role took place in Two a Penny (James F. Collier, 1968), in which he played a young man who gets involved in drug dealing while questioning his life after his girlfriend changes her attitude. His other films were Finders Keepers (Sidney Hayers, 1966) and Take Me High (David Askey, 1973). As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before.
In 1976 the decision was made to repackage Cliff Richard as a 'rock' artist. That year he produced the landmark album 'I'm Nearly Famous', which included the successful but controversial guitar-driven track 'Devil Woman' (Richard's first true hit in the United States) and the ballad 'Miss You Nights'. His fans were excited that he was getting back into the heavier rock in which he had begun his career. In 1979, Richard teamed up with the producer Bruce Welch for the pop hit single 'We Don't Talk Anymore', which hit no. 1 in the UK and no. 7 in the US. Bryan Ferry added the backing vocals to the song. It was his first time at the top of the UK singles chart in over ten years, and the song would become his biggest-selling single ever. In 1987 Cliff Richard again reached number one in the UK with 'Mistletoe and Wine'. The popular TV sitcom The Young Ones took its name from Richard's 1962 film, and also made references to the singer. In 1986, Richard teamed up with the cast to re-record his smash hit 'Living Doll' for the charity Comic Relief. Along with the song, the recording contained comedy dialogue between Richard and The Young Ones. This release went also to no. 1. In 1995 Cliff Richard was knighted, the first rock star to be honoured so. In 1999, controversy arose regarding radio stations refusing to play his releases when EMI, Richard's label since 1958, refused to release his latest song, 'Millennium Prayer'. Richard took it to an independent label, Papillon, which released the charity recording (in aid of Children's Promise). The single went on to top the UK chart for three weeks, his fourteenth no.1, and the third highest-selling single of his career. Cliff and The Shadows reunited and started a Final Reunion tour in the autumn of 2009. In October 2010, Cliff did six concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Bold As Brass concerts ran across the week of his 70th birthday and also coincided with the release of his eponymous album.The singer was accused of sexual abuse of minors in 2013. He was never charged or prosecuted. The police apologised for the allegations after years of investigation. The BBC was condemned for its method of reporting and paid some two million pounds in damages. In October 2015, Richard performed on tour to mark his 75th birthday. During the more than 60 years in which he had been active, Cliff Richard reportedly sold over 250 million records. He is the only singer in the history of music to have a #1 hit in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Cliff Richard divides his time between living in Barbados and at a vineyard property in Portugal.
Sources: Official Cliff Richard Website, IMDb, Wikipedia and Eurovision Song Contest official site.
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In life, we do things. Some, we wish we had never done and some we wish we could replay a million times. They make us who we are and, in the end, they shape and detail us. If we were to reserve them, we wouldn’t be the person we are today. So, just live. Make mistakes and have wonderful memories. But, never second guess who you are, where you’ve been and, most importantly, where you’re going. /S.L.M./
I suppose I should post a photo from our visit to Kerry Cliffs, even if there are probably better ones to to be found. It was a very windy day with low cloud but no extraordinary waves none the less I enjoyed the visit and found them more interesting than Moher...
Just got back home from a week long trip to Colorado. This was a dramatic view from a cliff high above Blue Creek in Colorado, which drains into the Rio Grande nearby. The closest peak (unnamed) to the left of the cliff ledge is the top of the big cliffs above the Rio Grande opposite the cabin where we stayed.
I took close to 3,000 photos, so you will likely be seeing a few more for awhile. It was a great trip but we decide to take our 18 year old car that seemed to be running well. Unfortunately it had some problems both going to Colorado and coming home. Thankfully we were able to work around the problems and made it there and back safely.
The worst problem was the driver window, which suddenly stuck fully open about half way home when we were in Clovis, New Mexico late on Saturday July 4th. We had to park the car at a hotel in Lubbock with a garbage bag over the window for our overnight stay. We removed everything from the car since we could not secure it. But I forgot to remove my camera underneath the driver's seat. Thankfully it was not stolen. We decided to drive back to Austin with the window stuck down since there was little chance we could get it fixed in Lubbock on a Sunday. The drive was much like my first car that had no air conditioning back in the 70's. Fortunately we did not hit rain, except for a light sprinkle when we were only a few miles from home.
From their website:
Peniche is a coastal town an hour's drive north of Lisbon. Peniche was an island until the sixteenth century, when silt created a narrow isthmus. It has been a busy fishing port since ancient times and retains a historical harbor and harbor walls. The old, walled part of town (which is in stark contrast to the burgeoning development all around it) is dominated by an impressive sixteenth century Fortaleza. Peniche's fortress has been through numerous incarnations and was still being used by the military in the 1970s when it was converted into a temporary home for refugees from the newly-independent African colonies. Today the Fortaleza houses the municipal museum and a 'nucleo-resistencia' containing artifacts from the period during the nineteen fifties when the Fortaleza was used by the dictator Salazar as a prison for political dissidents.
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.
The steepest (64%) and shortest (61 metres) railway line in the UK. The cars are cable hauled, driven by an electric motor at the top station.
This is the top station.
27th August 2015
Cliff Gilker Park is located in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast and has a network of easy hiking trails that pass several scenic waterfalls. The park offers a perfect hike for families to explore the bridges, forest, and terrain along several picturesque creeks.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was tone-mapped from three bracketed 360° photographs with Photomatix, straightened with PTGUI Pro, processed with Color Efex, and touched up in Affinity Photo and Aperture.
Original size: 7000 × 3500 (24.5 MP; 132.78 MB).
Location: Cliff Gilker Park, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
An RSPB reserve, Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire Coast attracts half a million seabirds each year to raise their chicks. Other wildlife calls the reserve home too.
Tucked into the upscale enclave of Sea Cliff in San Francisco, this corner residence is a striking study in mid-century modernism—an unexpected but welcome contrast to its more traditional neighbors. Clean lines, minimalist facades, and an emphasis on horizontal volumes give the home its modernist credentials, while the restrained material palette—textured concrete, smooth stucco, and dark metal-framed windows—adds architectural depth. The subtle terrazzo-like façade offers visual texture without disrupting the home’s otherwise monochromatic elegance.
What makes this home especially captivating isn’t just its geometry but its context. Sea Cliff is famed for its early 20th-century mansions and Spanish Revival villas, but this residence bucks the trend, opting instead for a Zen-like simplicity reminiscent of 1960s and '70s design philosophies. Framed by meticulously sculpted trees and manicured greenery, the landscaping further underscores the influence of Japanese and California Modern design—a tranquil foreground to a boldly restrained home.
Though the architect remains unidentified, the design ethos feels informed by the likes of Edward Killingsworth or perhaps even Joseph Eichler’s influence, with its clear focus on indoor-outdoor harmony and unadorned elegance. This is modernism built for longevity—not to shout, but to last.
Located just minutes from the Lands End Lookout and China Beach, this Sea Cliff gem speaks to the power of architectural restraint in a neighborhood known for opulence. It's a quiet showstopper, and for lovers of design, an under-the-radar must-see on any San Francisco architecture tour.
The Cliffs of Moher are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.
#selfportrait #blogday #wednesdaytales I dove inside the belly of a mountain and emerged comfortably on a #cliff. www.lsjourney.com