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Our annual September trip to Newcastle, our favourite city.
Saturday was the Ladyboys of Bangkok show, the reason we always come to Newcastle in September.
Despite it being truly vile outside with freezing rain and wild winds, we had a brilliant show! Sat right at the stage.
Several of the dancers ercognised us from previous years and acknowledged us from the stage. And as usual we went on stage at half time to get our picture taken with them.
An amazing show!
We did go to The Bank for a drink afterwards and the plan had been for our lovely friend Fiona to come and meet us but it was so horrible outside that we cancelled that and went back to the hotel after one drink. We were back in the hotel room before 10.30!
Despite that, what an awesome night and a brilliant weekend.
Comment on Twitter, "We got mortars, we got rockets, we got all the fun stuff to make it a beautiful day."
Still from James Vasques Twitter feed converted to black and white
Photos that were used in my Downpatrick Exhibition over the first 11 days of July. Many thanks to those that went to see it and leave me a comment.
Most of these images are already on my photostream but are either in colour or different in some kinda of way.
The Culloden was built in 1876 by a Mr. William Auchinleck Robinson, JP and former MP. It took two and a half years to complete, and most of the stone came from Scotland by boat, arriving in the County Down fishing village of Portaferry and being brought to the site by horse and cart. Mr Robinson carefully chose his site in Cultra within the townland of Craigavad, and only 6 miles from the centre of Belfast. He was conscious of the fact that its situation on the Eastern side of Belfast Lough had certain climatic advantages. The site benefited from the shelter of the Holywood Hills, and the cold North and North Easterly winds seemed to loose their strength as they crossed the expanse of the Lough before reaching Craigavad. Consequently the locality's temperature was about 3 degrees higher than in Belfast!
Mr Robinson died in 1884, and the property which he had named "Culloden House" in honour of his wife, was conveyed by his widow, Lady Elizabeth Jane Culloden, to the representative Church Body of the Church of Ireland. So at the end of the last Century, Culloden House came to be the official residence of the Church of Ireland Bishop of the Diocese, and was known as the Bishop's Palace. Previously the Bishops had resided at "Ardtullagh", a residence at Knocknagoney near Holywood, but this property was bought in 1886 by the War Department for use as Barracks. The Barracks are still in use today by the British Army, and are known as Palace Barracks.
The Bishop of Down, Dromore and Connor, the Right Reverend Thomas James Willand took up residence in Culloden House in 1898. In subsequent years three Bishops lived at the Culloden, and possibly four, as it is not clear whether Bishop CTP Grierson ever lived there or not! During the tenure of Bishop John Baptist Crozier a private chapel, the Jeremy Taylor Memorial Chapel, was dedicated within the house. During the period when Bishop Crozier was Bishop of the Diocese, the famous musician, Percy French often stayed at the Palace. In fact, Bishop Crozier was actually Godfather to Percy French's second daughter!
During the 1920's, the Church sold Culloden House to the late Sir John Campbell, a celebrated Belfast gynaecologist and Member of Parliament. In April 1959 Culloden House was purchased from Sir John's son, Robert Campbell for the sum of £10,000 by Ulster farmer Mr Thomas C. Reid, who was then Chairman of the Northern Ireland Ploughing Association. The house then was bought in 1962 by Mr Rutledge White of White's Home Bakery Limited, and was opened as a hotel, comprising of 11 bedrooms, the following year under the management of Mr White's son in law, Mr Roberts. The Hastings Hotels Group purchased the premises in June 1967, and over the course of the years, under the enlightened direction of Dr Billy Hastings, the Culloden has been transformed in size and luxury. It is of course pleasing that the extensions have not detracted from the hand-cut stonework of the original building, and the chapel which was dedicated nearly a hundred years ago, is today used as the hotel's bar!
In 1996, the Culloden became the first hotel in Northern Ireland to be granted 5 star status. In due course, a Health Club and Spa were added - offering a wide range of body, beauty and relaxation treatments using the famous ESPA range of products. After several major renovations and extensions, the hotel now boasts 79 deluxe bedroom suites, 11 luxurious self-catering apartments, 6 private banqueting suites and a luxurious Spa. The hotel is the first choice of any VIPs coming to Belfast - politicians, pop stars and sporting heros! Former guests include, Tony Blair, Tom Jones, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir James Galway, Bono from U2, Robbie Williams, Ainsley Harriot, Michael Ball, Chris Rea, Kenneth Brannagh, Dolly Parton, Alan Whicker, John Major, Lionel Ritchie, Westlife, Ronan Keating, The Corrs, Lloyd Grossman, Ben Elton, the 1998 World Cup Winning French Football team, and the English Football team, captained by David Beckham!
The Culloden Estate and Spa, "Built for a Bishop………….Fit for a King!
When i was a child on some sundays we used to come here and eat "pastelitos de guayaba"
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New Year's Eve was a great night. We started off in the Scale and Feather in the Old Town, and from there went to Humber Social for a New Year's 80s night. Awesome!
We were joined by friends Andrew and Rebekah.
There was a free drink for each of us when we arrived at Humber Social, and it was lovely to see the beautiful Ellie behind the bar. She was so lovely to me and Gemma when we first started going in there.
All in all, a brilliant night!
Steve Brodie became famous in 1886 as the first person to survive a jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's far from clear that he ever actually jumped. Many believed he had someone throw a dummy off the bridge while he swam out toward the spot where it landed, surfacing near a boat that pulled him out of the water. Whether or not he really did the deed, he took full advantage of the celebrity that came his way as a result, opening a successful bar that traded on his reputation and starring in a play that climaxed with him leaping off the bridge to save a girl's life. And his name lived on long after he did. In 1949, almost half a century after his passing, he was the subject of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Watch it here!
(Curiously, an 1886 NY Times account of his supposed feat described him, without any further elaboration, as a "long-distance pedestrian".)
UPDATE: As the Fensk pointed out, his wife's name was, quite appropriately, Bridget!
yeah, me.. with all my sweetness..go figure..sure...one of my 'wrong " moments got caught...like I'm alone in that regard...
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