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Woudrichem is an ancient, picturesque little city with a rich cultural and historical past and a simply wonderful example of a fortified city! The city has been known as Woudrichem since 1389, but it was already regarded as a city in 1290 as it had a sheriff, aldermen and a city council. This quaint town used to be the principal centre of the surrounding area known as The Land of Heusden and Altena. Woudrichem was granted city rights in 1356, and on 3 June 1362, the inhabitants of Woudrichem, the ‘Woerkummers’, were granted fishing rights, which allowed them to fish on large stretches of the Maas and the Merwede. These fishing rights were a special privilege because they were granted by the sovereign to the ordinary people, instead of to a knight, baron or town council. When in 1877 the borough council interfered with this centuries-old entitlement, the whole town rose up in a genuine ‘Fishing Revolt’, organised by the poor fishermen with their large families in fear of losing their livelihood. The local constabulary and infantry units from Loevestein and Gorcum had to be called in to suppress the uprising.
The historic harbour is home to authentic Dutch sailing ships such as tjalks, schooners and clippers.
The Mars Clipper catamaran passing the London Eye… Uber Boat by Thames Clippers’ brand new hybrid passenger ferry Mars Clipper has joined its fellow hybrid vessels Earth Clipper and Celestial Clipper.
Built at the Isle of Wight’s Wight Shipyard, the three vessels’ innovative design delivers an almost 90 per cent reduction in CO2e compared to journeys taken solely using conventional marine diesel. Operating only on electric power in Central London – i.e. between Tower and Battersea Power Station piers – the hybrid boats recharge while using biofuelled power on the rest of their journey.
Clippers Quay, Millwall Dock.
Clippers Quay is a housing estate on the Isle of Dogs built from 1984 to 1988. Originally the site of Millwall Dock Graving Dock, a dry dock for ship repairs which was opened in 1868.
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I was tidying my neckline and got a bit carried away!! It is hard to stop once you feel the clippers on your skin and see your hair tumbing down onto the floor. I will get better pics soon :)
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.~Hans Christian Andersen
Looking close...on Friday: Things with teeth
Wahl electric hair clippers with a honeycomb background and reflections from outside my window.
Macro Monday Theme: Hard Light
Mechanics on vintage grass clippers. I used these clippers 60 years ago as a young boy. I remember clipping the grass around the dozen or so large Poplar trees that were on our property. Good memories.
123/365 -Around the house - Day 123
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Spring : yard work happens
Serie 24abr-clippers, 14f
Crucero Star Clippers, velero de 110 metros de eslora y 15 de manga, operado por naviera sueca y que navega con bandera de Malta. Visita por primera vez el puerto de AlmerÃa el 27abr2024.
Completed in 1989, Clippers Quay was one of the first private estates to be built in the regeneration area of the London Docklands. Formerly the Millwall graving dock, constructed in 1867. A graving dock was a a narrow basin into which a ship could be floated, and its water removed after the entrance to the basin had been sealed. The ship's hull could then be scraped, cleaned, painted or tarred.