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*GEEKHOUSE*mudville complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

  

SPEC

Frame: *GEEKHOUSE*mudville

Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset 1 1/8 inch

Wheels: *VELOCITY* aerohead × *CHRIS KING*classic

Tire:*KENDA*slant six

Crankset:*SHIMANO*ultegra

Brake&shift lever:*SHIMANO*ultegra

FD&RD:*SHIMANO*ultegra

Brake:*PAUL* touring canti

Handle: *FSA*k force

Stem:*THOMSON* elite x4

Seat post: *THOMSON* elite

Saddle:*SELLE ITALIA* flite

Frontbag:*SWIFT INDUSTRIES* paloma handlebar bag

My new tattoo is based on an Alphonse Mucha print called Music. Christine said something bad happens to the head if I raise my arm too much. The outline took just over two hours. (From shortly after 12:30 until around 2:45.) This was the most difficult tattoo I've had to date, and I'm likely in for 13 hours more. I love it so far.

*AFFINITY*lopro complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame:*AFFINITY CYCLES* lo pro track frame (lollipop purple)

Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset

Wheels: *PHILWOOD* track hub × *VELOCITY* a23

Tire: *HUTCHINSON* intensive2 tire (black)

Crankset:*SUGINO* 75 crankset

Stem:*NITTO* ui-25 stem (black)

Handle: *EASTON* ea-70

Brake lever:*SRAM*

Seatpost:*NITTO* 65 seatpost (black)

Saddle:*SELLE SAN MARCO* concor light

*Bamboosero*

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame: *Bamboosero* Road Frame

Headset: *CHRIS KING* nothreadset 1 1/8" (brown)

Front Wheel: *CAMPAGNOLO*

Rear Wheel: *CAMPAGNOLO*

Tire: *MICHELIN* pro3 race tire (black) 700×23C

Crank: *WHITE INDUSTRIES* eno single speed crank (black)

Pedal:*TIME*

Brake: *CAMPAGNOLO*

Stem: *THOMSON* elite x2 stem(black)

Seatpost: *THOMSON* elite seatpost (black)

Saddle: *GILLES BERTHOUD* men's leather saddle (cork)

A prototype of a Japanese school uniform for momoko and Nu.face girls including hand made white cotton double collar shirt, black silk ribbon, black cotton skirt, grey scale knitwear pullover vest, white panties, white socks and black genuine leather shoes.

 

This prototype is already sold for a preorder customer.

   

complete mole. Photo taken with tissue under water. 2 Nikon SB-800 strobes used, one with a red gel and the other with a blue gel. Strobes were fired using a Nikon D200 on camera pop up flash using the Nikon creative lighting system.

news.cincinnati.com/article/20120705/BIZ/307050154/Washin...

 

Washington Park's makeover complete

'Every neighborhood needs a center'

 

By: Lisa Bernard-Kuhn

July 5, 2012

 

Hundreds of local residents are expected at Friday’s opening of historic Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine, which has undergone a $48 million makeover.

 

A full day of programs and celebrations starts at 10 a.m. at the park’s bandstand, where local leaders including Mayor Mark Mallory, City Manager Milton Dohoney and officials from Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) and PNC Bank will deliver keynote addresses.

 

The ribbon cutting marks the end of a nearly 20-month-long construction project that has expanded the park from 6 to 8 acres and added a full menu of amenities including a dog park, interactive water fountains, refreshed public restrooms, a concession building and 450-car underground parking garage.

 

For 3CDC, which led the plan in partnership with the Cincinnati Parks Board, a remade Washington Park is key to anchoring the nonprofit developer’s work to revitalize Over-the-Rhine. In the last six years, 3CDC has invested $162 million in the neighborhood, delivering more than 250 renovated condominiums and apartments and 85,000 square feet of storefronts.

 

“This project could not have happened without the individuals and organizations who believed in it,” said Stephen Leeper, president and CEO of 3CDC. “Every neighborhood needs a center – a civic space where its residents and visitors can come together, enjoy well-maintained amenities and feel safe.”

 

The park’s remake has not been without challenges.

 

Before any major work could begin, 3CDC had to hire a crew of archeologists to take on the delicate task of relocating human remains that were part of four 19th century cemeteries in the park that had been covered over time.

 

Among the biggest feats was excavating for the underground parking garage, just south of 14th street, where more than 110,000 cubic feet of dirt had to be removed. That’s enough to fill more than two stories of an office tower. Last June record rainfall forced crews with Megen Construction Co. and Turner Construction Co. to work overtime to keep the project on track, and keep rainwater from welling up in the 80-foot excavated hole that spanned nearly two city blocks.

 

Following Friday’s ribbon cutting, attendees can sample free Popsicle from Street Pops, waffles and tea from Taste of Belgium and enjoy a performance by the Japanese Children’s Choir. Also on Friday, The World Choir Games will present a free friendship concert from 5-7 p.m. at the bandstand.

 

Going forward, the nearly 150-year-old park will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. 3CDC will manage a weekly schedule of programming beginning July 11 with live bluegrass music on Wednesday nights. Weekend days are expected to include family focused programs hosted by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati Museum Center and Cincinnati Parks Board. A line-up of programs is available at www.washingtonpark.org.

 

Now you see I have made enough wheels for a three truck shay.

*SURLY* steamroller complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame: *SURLY* steamroller frame&fork set BLUE LUG CUSTOM COLOR (green metallic)

Wheels: *ALEX RIMS* × *SURLY* track hub

Tire: *PANARACER* buster x tire (black)

Bashguard: *SALSA CYCLES*

Freewheel: *ACS* crossfire single freewheel

Headset:*CANE CREEK* ten

Brake:*DIA-COMPE* 610 center pull brake

Handle: *SALSA CYCLES* moto-ace bell lap

Brake Lever: *TEKTRO*

*FIZIK* microtex bartape (gray suede)

Saddle: *WTB*

Saddle bag: *KRIEG* saddle bag (africa)

Check out the video of Greg and Felicia making this Codex staff at Greg's blog, http://barnyardfx.blogspot.com/.

 

The actual Codex staff they made is up for auction on eBay, with the proceeds benefitting the American Red Cross.

Displayed outside of a bookstall in Athens, I found this offering, although in English, to be a little incomplete. Certainly it contained no information on Bristol Omnibus Company 9552, A952SAE, which is in my possession, nor any reference to the six Roe bodied convertible open top buses delivered to Weston-super-nare depot in 1984.

Completed in 2004, 509.2 metres tall.

BLUE LUG custom complete bike

 

Frame:unknown

Fork:*DIXNA*

Headset :*CHRIS KING* nothreadset (pewter)

Stem:*NITTO* ui-2 (black)

Handle:*SIM WORKS* get around bar

Grip:*PDW* speed metal grip

Crank:*SRAM* apex

Shifter:*DIA-COMPE*

RD:*SRAM* rival

Seatpost:*THOMSON* elite seatpost

Saddle:*WTB* pure V race saddle BL special (brown)

Framebag:*FAIRWEATHER* frame bag

Rack:*SOMA* porteur rack (black)

Kamuro Girl (Courtesan's Attendant) Completed Kitsuke:

 

Here, our kamuro girl is all dressed up. Her kimono and kanzashi were hand made by Kurokami Kanzashi (Christina Stoppa). The kimono was made from a vintage garment; likely Meiji (1868 - 1910) or Taisho Period (1911 - 1926). This garment was originally either a kimono made for export or a stage costume. It has been remade as an Edo Period (1603 - 1868) costume.

 

Photo by: Wilma Tanya Archibald

Kimono Dresser: Christina Stoppa (Kurokami-Kanzashi) and Erica Pai

Makeup by: Justine Sobocan (Miss Myloko)

Hair Ornaments by: Christina Stoppa (Kurokami-Kanzashi)

Additional Hair Ornaments Provided by: Maral Agnerian (Magpie Creations)

Cake, Carmella and Blue are very happy with their new outfits. Tops, tulle skirt, and dress all from Dolly Coordinate for a Small doll. I drafted up the leggings that Blue is wearing.

*SURLY* crosscheck complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame: *SURLY* crosscheck BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS

Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archetype rim × *SHIMANO* 105 hub

Tire: *BRUCE GORDON* rock n' road al terrain 700c tire (black/skin)

Stem:*NITTO* ui-2 stem (black)

Handle: *FAIRWEATHER*

Saddle:*WTB* silverado race saddle BL special (brown)

Brake&Shift Lever:*SHIMANO* 105

Crank:*SHIMANO* cx-70

FD&RD:*SHIMANO* 105

*BALLOONER* drift complete bike

Blue Lug Custom

Spec

 

Frame:*BALLOONER* drift

Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset

Tire:*GRAND BOIS*

Stem:*FAIRWEATHER* UI-71 integrated stem (silver)

Hanlde:*NITTO* B352 albatross bar (silver)

Crankset:*WHITE INDUSTRIES* eno crankset

RD:*SHIMANO*

Saddle:*BROOKS* 150th b17 flyer (black)

Front Rack:SOMA* porteur rack deluxe

The Recession Socks are finished at last.

I think they are my favorite so far. A very good use of left over sock yarn. And what fun to wear with jeans

Last weekend marked the 7th edition of the Mega-Marathon held by puzzle-forum.de. It's a team-building event but also a test of endurance. During a 72-hour period, any member is invited to take part by submitting before-and-after photos, tallying up the number of pieces placed with each completed one. The record to beat was last year's 127,927 pieces, and it was crushed this time around with a total of 174,390.

 

I too was in overdrive this time, placing 9344 pieces during that 72 hour period, a good bit above my past two years' totals. I completed my 'pyramid' challenge: to complete 3 x 1000 piece, 2 x 1500 piece, and 1 x 2000 piece within the allotted time. I almost added another 1500 on top of that, but Klimt's The Maiden and my swollen eyes and aching back were a little too much to get all the way through. I got 1330 out of 1500 pieces - with another half hour I would have had it pegged.

 

When I participate in the marathon, I impose certain rules and a presentational style on myself which I think are apropos of the event. I have a large, round, analog-style wall clock that I take down and prop up on the table. The clock features prominently in all my progress photos - taken each hour on the hour - as a reminder of the passing of time. As soon as I take the first 'start' photo with the box and the pieces, the clock is running. Unlike puzzling with a stopwatch, where I can time out if I need a break, I don't allow myself that option. If I want to take a break, fine, but the flow of time continues. Thus, my completion times are true, start-to-finish, completion times against the clock. I do one other thing differently: I allow myself to refer to the image on the box, which I very often don't do with my regular puzzling.

 

One of the things I enjoy most about the marathon is going through my collection and picking out the puzzles I plan to work on. I look for lively, colorful scenes with not too much of any one color. I also stay away from certain brands with notoriously difficult piece cuts. I like to mix it up with different brands and in fact this time around two of the puzzles were from brands new to me (Sunbird and Toy & Puzzle).

 

A big high-5 to Maplewood Bob and son2307ic, who both participated in the marathon for the firs time, and who each did exceptionally well with 5600 and 7000, respectively. Hopefully more people will consider joining us next January as we try to break the record total once more.

 

Clockwise, from top left: Pablo Picasso: "Boy with a Pigeon," Editions Ricordi, Italy; 2000 pieces; Klimt: "The Maiden," Editions Ricordi, 1500 pcs.; Gauguin, "When will we Marry?" Educa, Spain, 1500 pcs.; Unknown title and artist, Toy & Puzzle, South Korea, 1014 pcs.; Unknown title and artist, Yanoman, Japan, 1000 pcs.; "Sitting Geisha" by unknown, Sunbird, Japan, 1000 pcs.; Sorolla, "Beach at Valencia in Morning Light," Educa, 1500 pcs.

  

*GEEKHOUSE*mudville complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

  

SPEC

Frame: *GEEKHOUSE*mudville

Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset 1 1/8 inch

Wheels: *VELOCITY* aerohead × *CHRIS KING*classic

Tire:*KENDA*slant six

Crankset:*SHIMANO*ultegra

Brake&shift lever:*SHIMANO*ultegra

FD&RD:*SHIMANO*ultegra

Brake:*PAUL* touring canti

Handle: *FSA*k force

Stem:*THOMSON* elite x4

Seat post: *THOMSON* elite

Saddle:*SELLE ITALIA* flite

Frontbag:*SWIFT INDUSTRIES* paloma handlebar bag

*SURLY*cross×check complete custom

BLUE LUG custom

  

SPEC

Frame: *SURLY*cross×check

PAINT by COOKPAINTWORKS

Headset:*CHRIS KING*

Wheels: *H PLUS SON*the box rim × *SHIMANO*105

Tire: *PANARACER*ribmos

Crankset:*SUGINO*

Brake&shift lever:*SHIMANO*105

FD&RD:*SHIMANO*105

Front Brake:*PAUL*neoretro

Rear brake:*PAUL*touring canti

Handle: *SIMWORKS*misirlou bar

Stem:*THOMSON*x2

Seat post: *SIMWORKS*beatnick

Saddle:*WTB*silverado

Fourth part order received. I have now the parts to complete the TIE Fighter. time to work

View On Black

 

Updated 4/15/08

 

24" x 36"

Mixed media on Canvas

1972-2008

The cleanest taxis I've ever seen, complete with white lace seat covers!

In posting shots on other social media last year, it seemed that my shots at Ruckinge were not as complete as they should have been.

 

I did call in last year, but due to COVID, the church was locked.

 

On Saturday, we were in Ham Street so I could hunt butterflies, and surprisingly, Ham Street has no church within the village, instead there is Ruckinge and Orelestone to the north and east.

 

Orelestone I only visited last year, so have not been inside, but Ruckinge I last saw inside in 2014.

 

Saturday mornings there is a regular coffee morning in the shop, and I arrived just after midday as the refreshments were being packed away. Another role into which parish churches step into as other civic buildings are sold off up and down the country.

 

The tall, squat dower is visible from half a mile away, towering over the mature trees between. Clearly an ancient construction, Norman for sure, and topped by a wee little steeple.

 

Being a glorious day, I walked round the outside of the church, recording some of the finer details, like the tympanums over the west and south doors.

 

Inside, I soon realised the reason for not having recorded any monuments or memorials inside was that there were none. But I did go and take more shots, some repeats, as I have a new and better camera, and there is always details I would have missed.

 

I asked about the coffee morning, and was explained that some weeks it is in aid of a charity, like this week, so I gave a fiver to help the lady's relative who is seriously ill. Please take cake, would you like a tea?

 

They asked.

 

But I was good.

 

Just wanted to help.

 

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A large church of Norman origins, the west door being a much-weathered example of twelfth-century work. The south doorway is also Norman and has the remains of two mass dials carved into its dressed stonework. The masonry inside the church shows clear signs of fire damage, and a nice crownpost roof of the fourteenth century probably marks the date of the rebuilding after the fire. Of the same period are the returned stalls on the south side of the chancel - the fronts being little more than a series of plain upright planks, with some spectacularly proportioned poppy-heads at each end. Outside, the upper stage of the tower dates from the thirteenth century and has a small pyramidal roof with needle spire.

 

www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Ruckinge

 

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RUCKING

LIES the next parish westward from Bilsington, for the most part upon the clay-hills. It is written in Domesday, Rochinges, and now usually called and written Ruckinge. Part of it, in which the church stands, is in the hundred of Newchurch, and another part in the hundred of Ham. That part of it which is below the hill southward is in the level of Romney Marsh, and within the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of it, and the residue is within that of the justices of the county, and within the district of the Weald.

 

The PARISH lies so obscurely as to be but little known, it is a dreary unpleasant place, the roads are very narrow and miry, as bad as any in the Weald, the soil being a deep miry clay; that from Limne, through Bilsington, Ham-street, and Warehorne, crosses this parish on the side of the clay-hill, inclining nearer to the Marsh. The church stands on the side of the hill, overlooking the Marsh, which lies at the foot of it southward. The upper or northern side of it is mostly coppice wood. It contains about 930 acres of upland, and as many of marsh-land. There is no village, the houses being dispersed about the parish, and are mostly inhabited by poorer sort of people.

 

IN THE YEAR 791 king Offa gave to Christ-church, in Canterbury, fifteen plough-lands in Kent, among which was this estate of Roching, together with several dennes, for the feed of hogs, in the Weald; (fn. 1) but it was afterwards wrested from the church, during the Danish wars, and it continued in lay hands at the time of the conquest, soon after which it appears to have been in the possession of Hugo de Montfort, from whom archbishop Lanfranc recovered it again to his church, in the solemn assembly, held on this occasion by the king's command, at Pinenden-heath, in the year 1076. This estate coming thus into the hands of the church, on the division made of the revenues of it between the archbishop and his monks, was allotted by him to the latter, and the possession of it was confirmed to them by king Henry I. and II. In Somner's Gavelkind, is a transcript of a release anno 17 Edward I. of the base services of several of the tenants of this manor (gavelkind men) who brought them out, and consequently it was a mere change from service into money, by the mutual consent of lord and tenant. King Edward II. in his 10th year, granted to the prior and convent of Christ-church, free-warren in all their demesne lands in Rucking, among other places. In which state this manor continued till the suppression of the priory, anno 31 Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, where it did not remain long, for the king settled it by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, part of whose possessions it still remains. The heirs of the Rev. Dr. James Andrews, lately deceased, are now entitled to the lease of it. There is no court held for this manor.

 

The OTHER PART of this parish, not included in the above grant of king Offa, seems to be that which Cuthred, king of Kent, in the year 805, with the consent and leave of Cœnulf, king of Mercia, gave to Aldbertht his servant, and Seledrythe the abbot, being two plough-lands in Hrocing, situated on both sides of the river Limene, to hold in perpetual inheritance, free from all regal tribute, &c. (fn. 2) Soon after the Norman conquest Hugo de Montfort was become possessed of lands in this parish, some of which were those which had been given by king Offa, as above-mentioned, to the priory of Christ-church, which were again recovered from him by archbishop Lanfranc, at the great meeting held at Pinenden. The residue continued in his possession, and are accordingly entered in the survey of Domesday, under the general title of the lands of Hugo de Montfort:

 

Ralph, son of Richard, holds of Hugo half a suling in Rochinges, which Leuret held of king Edward. It was taxed at half a suling. The arable land is two carucates. There are now twelve villeins having one carucate and an half. Of wood the pannage for one hog. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth fifty shillings, and afterwards thirty shillings, now fifty shillings.

 

IN THIS PART was the MANOR OF WESTBEREIS, alias Rokinges, which seems to have been once accounted as a moiety of the manor of Rucking. The former of these names it appears to have taken from the antient owners of it. After this name was extinct here, which was before the reign of king Henry IV. this manor was come into the name of Prisot, and in the 21st year of king Henry VI. was owned by John Prisot, who was that year made a sergeant-at-law, and in the 27th year of it knighted, and made chief justice of the common pleas, (fn. 3) in whose descendants it continued till the 8th year of king Henry VIII. when Thomas Prisot passed it away by sale to George Hount, in which name it continued till the 9th year of queen Elizabeth, when it was sold to Reginald Stroughill, usually called Struggle, who was in the commission of the peace in king Edward VI.'s reign, a name of antient extraction in Romney Marsh, where there were lands so called, and there they continued in good esteem at Lyd, of which town they were jurats, and possessed lands for many years afterwards. From this name this manor of Westberies, alias Rokinges, went by sale to Pearse, and anno 23 Elizabeth John Pearse, alienated it, being held in capite, to Richard Guildford and Bennet his wife, but he being indicted for not taking the oath of supremacy, they fled the realm, and were attainted of treason, and his lands became forfeited to the crown, where this manor seems to have remained till the death of the latter in 1597, anno 39 Elizabeth, when the queen granted the fee of it to Walter Moyle, gent. who sold it soon afterwards to Francis Bourne, esq. of Sharsted, and his grandson James Bourne owned it at the latter end of king Charles I.'s reign, and in his descendants it continued till it was at length sold to Parker, in which name it remained till John Parker, of London, alienated it in 1706 to Edward Andrews, of Hinxhill, and his daughter Susanna, who married George I'anns, of this parish, and left a daughter of her own name, who afterwards married first John Gray, M. D. of Canterbury, and secondly Tho. Ibbott, clerk, and entit led each of her husbands in turn respectively to the possession of this manor. On her death without issue, her heirs on her mother's side became entitled to it, and in them, to the number of more than thirty, the inheritance of it is at this time vested.

 

The MANOR OF BARDINDEN, or Barbodindenne, was likewise most probably situated in this part of Rucking, and was antiently so called from a family of the same name, who were possessors of it, one of whom, William de Barbodindenne, held it at his death, which was in the 9th year of king Edward III. and in his descendants it continued till at length it was alienated to Sir Robert Belknap, chief justice of the common pleas, who being attainted and banished in the 11th year of king Richard II. his estates became forfeited to the crown. Notwithstanding which, the king, who considered him as a martyr to his interest, granted him his estates again, and among others this manor, which he died possessed of in the 2d year of king Henry IV. His grandson John Belknap, in the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign, alienated it to Engham, in which name it continued till king Henry VIII.'s reign, when it was sold to Sir Matthew Browne, of Beechworth, who held it in capite at his death, anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary. His grandson Sir Thomas Browne passed it away by sale, in the 7th year of queen Elizabeth, to Thomas Lovelace, esq. whose cousin and heir William Lovelace, of Bethesden, sergeant-at-law, succeeded him in the possession of it, which afterwards descended down to Col. Richard Lovelace, who, soon after the death of king Charles I. alienated it, with his estates at Bethersden, to Mr. Richard Hulse, afterwards of Lovelace-place, in that parish, but whereabouts this manor is precisely situated, or who have been the proprietors of it since, I have not as yet been able to gain any discovery of.

 

POUNDHURST is a manor, situated about a mile north-west from the church. It belonged in 1651 to Richard Watts, who sold it to Gadsley, from which name it passed to Hatch, and then to Read, who passed it away to Clarke, of Ashford, and Grace Clarke carried it in marriage to the Rev. Thomas Gellibrand, and at her death in 1782, gave it by will to her son the Rev. Joseph Gellibrand, of Edmonton, the present possessor of it.

 

The MANOR OF MORE was antiently held by owners of the same name, one of whom, Matthew at More, held it by knight's service in the 20th year of king Edward III. after which this manor of More came into the possession of the family of Brent, who were possessed of it in king Henry VII.'s reign. At length Thomas Brent, esq. of Wilsborough, dying in 1612, s. p. by his will gave this manor to his nephew Richard Dering, esq. of Pluckley, in whose descendants it continued down to Sir Edward Dering, bart. now of Surrenden, the present possessor of it.

 

Charities.

A PERSON UNKNOWN gave to this parish an annuity of 20s. paid out of lands in Romney Marsh, occupied by Mr. Stone, of Great Chart, which is yearly distributed on New Year's day to the poor, who receive no parish relief.

 

The poor constantly relieved are about twenty, casually forty.

 

THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.

 

The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, is a very small building, having at the west end a pointed tower, out of which rises a small slender spire. In the tower there are five bells. It has a middle isle, and two narrow ones coving to it on each side. It has one chancel, and another building at the east end of the south isle, built of flint, with two handsome gothic windows on the south side, and seems to have been a chantry or oratory. It is now made use of to lay the materials in for the repairs of the church. There is a white stone in the north isle, having once had the figures of a man and woman in brass. There are no other memorials or gravestones in the church. On the outside of the steeple, on the west side, there is a very antient Saxon arched door-way, with carved capitals and zig-zag ornaments round it, and some sculpture under the arch. And there is such another smaller one on the middle of the south side of the south isle.

 

The church of Rucking seems to have been esteemed part of the possessions of the see of Canterbury ever since the restoring of it to that church, by the means of archbishop Lanfranc as above mentioned, when, on the allotment of the manor to the priory and monks of Christ-church, the archbishop most probably retained the advowson of this church to himself. His grace the archbishop is the present patron of it.

 

It is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 14l. 13s. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 9s. 4d. In 1588 it was valued at one hundred pounds, communicants one hundred. In 1640 it was valued at eightyfive pounds, communicants the same as before. There are about eighteen acres of glebe.

 

In the petition of the clergy, beneficed in Romney Marsh, in 1635, for setting aside the custom of twopence an acre, in lieu of tithe-wool and pasturage, a full account of which has been given before, under Burmarsh, the rector of Rucking was one of those who met on this occasion; when it was agreed on all sides, that wool in the Marsh had never been known to have been paid in specie, the other tithes being paid or compounded for.

 

¶There is a modus of one shilling per acre on all grafs lands in this parish within the Marsh, and by custom, all the upland pays four-pence per acre for pasturage, and one shilling per acre when mowed, no hay having ever been taken in kind, the other tithes are either taken in kind, or compounded for. Formerly the woods of this parish paid tithes, after the rate of two shillings in the pound, according to the money paid for the fellets of them; but in a suit in the exchequer for tithe of wood, anno 1713, brought by Lodge, rector, against Sir Philip Boteler, it was decreed against the rector, that this parish was within the bounds of the Weald, and the woods in it consequently freed from tithes. Which decree has been acquiesced in ever since.

 

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol8/pp352-360

*FAIRWEATHER* CX complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* CX frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS

Stem: *NITTO* ui-25 stem (silver)

Handle:*RITCHEY* classic curve

Wheels: *AMBROSIO* excursion rim × *SHIMANO* 105

Tire: *FAIRWEATHER* for traveler tire (asphalt)

Brake & Shift lever:*SRAM* apex

RD: *SRAM* apex

Crankset: *FAIRWEATHER* CX crankset (matt silver)

Saddle: *SELLE SAN MARCO* zoncolan saddle BL special (gray)

Brake: *SHIMANO*

for all intents and purposes Nightshade's mods are done! I think he looks pretty cool. Now he just needs a faceup.

Rediscovered this jigsaw while decluttering.

Jigsaw's title is; 'Voyage to Murrlis Sea' by Josephine Wall. It is dated 2001.

There appears to be one missing piece, something I see repeated often on online aution sites where beautiful jigsaws such as this an often sell for 'funny money' . However, this is one jigsaw I'll be keeping.

Reasons being, Josephine's work was very popular at a significant time in my life and

I adore her work, especially the memories this one holds.

*HUNTER CYCLES* cx complete bike

BLUE LUG custom

 

SPEC

Frame: *HUNTER CYCLES* cx

Headset:*CHRIS KING* nothreadset

Wheels: *VELOCITY* A23 rim × *SHIMANO* dura-ace

Tire: *PANARACER* cgcx

Crankset: *SHIMANO* ultegra

Brake&shift lever:*SHIMANO* ultegra

FD&RD:*SHIMANO* ultegra

Front Brake:*PAUL* minimoto

Rear Brake:*PAUL* touring canti

Handle: *RITCHEY* wcs logic2

Stem:*RITCHEY* 4axis wcs

Seat post: *KENT ERIKSEN* titanium seatpost (layback/pink)

Saddle: *WTB* silverado slt

Saddle:*WTB* pure V BL special (camo)

Nature treated us to a show Saturday evening on Lake Huron following a day of storms.

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