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Made for Intercept Orbit: The upcoming tabletop space battle game that uses lego to build your fleet!
Fleet number 15635 was seen immediately after leaving Leven Bus Station and joining the Promenade at the start of a trip on the 95 round the East Neuk of Fife to Anstruther and St. Andrews. You can even enjoy the trip online on another vehicle thanks to a YouTuber:-
19 April 2018
Lanes Coaches X118 ABA
ex Mayne, Manchester fleet number 18, later Bostock's (Holmeswood Coaches group) as ESK807
Scania N113DRB/East Lancs Cityzen
A4251 London Road south of Tring, near Newground Road.
Yorkshire Tiger YJ10 EYO 322
Fleet: 322
Reg: YJ10 EYO
Operator: Yorkshire Tiger
Route: 536 - Huddersfield
Depot: Elland
Livery: The Calder Cubs
Type: Optare Solo/ M880SL
Location: Halifax
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West Yorkshire Bus Spotter, WYBS
1985 Van Hool Astrobel Volvo B10MT RJI 5716 (was C342 GSD) fleet 61 new to Bakers Dolphin of Weston Super Mare in October 1985. Photographed in Weston Super Mare. Later sold to Mason of Boness.
Fleet Air Arm naval carrier fighter, built 1953
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Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene centrifugal compressor turbojet, 5400-lbf
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Nikon D300 + Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR SWM aspherical
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Republic Fleet Scale 1:1455, the scale of the 75252 UCS Imperial Star Destroyer. If you like it and want see more of it, visit me on instagram.com/admiral_plackbar
Hamilton Air Show - sponsored by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM)
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Jacobs R-915 L6 MB seven-cylinder 15-litre radial, 300-hp
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Manufactured by Fleet Aircraft of Canada, Fort Erie, Ontario
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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8GII ED SWM VR ED IF
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- Fleet: 7556
- Reg: SN15 LLG
- Operator: Arriva North East
- Route: X11
- Depot: Blyth
- Livery: Arriva
- Type: ADL Trident 2
- Bodywork: ADL Enviro 400
- Livery New In: Arriva MAX - 202/203
- New to/ Year: Arriva Yorkshire / 2015
- Location: Percy Street, Newcastle
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation. It is located on RNAS Yeovilton airfield, and the museum has viewing areas where visitors can watch military aircraft (especially helicopters) take off and land. At the entrance to the museum are anchors from HMS Ark Royal and HMS Eagle, fleet carriers which served the Royal Navy until the 1970s. It is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Yeovil, and 40 miles (64 km) south of Bristol.
This hall contains a display about the development of naval aviation from the early days of airships and fabric-covered wooden biplanes to modern jet aircraft and helicopters, including the front section of the fuselage of Short 184 8359, built locally by Westland Aircraft in Yeovil and flown at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 before being put on display at the Imperial War Museum, where it was damaged during the Second World War when the museum was hit by a bomb. It is displayed in an unrestored condition.
The Supermarine Walrus (originally known as the Supermarine Seagull V) was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and manufactured by the British aircraft company Supermarine.
On the left, the Walrus made its maiden flight in 1933, the design effort having commenced as a private venture four years earlier. It shared its general configuration with that of the earlier Supermarine Seagull, and although having been designed to serve as a fleet spotter for catapult launching from cruisers or battleships, the aircraft was largely employed in other roles, notably as a maritime patrol aircraft and as a rescue aircraft for ditched aircrew. The Walrus featured numerous innovations for the period, being the first British squadron-service aircraft to incorporate in one airframe a fully retractable main undercarriage, completely enclosed crew accommodation and an all-metal fuselage. Early-build aircraft featured the original metal hull design for its greater longevity in tropical conditions, while later-build examples instead used a wooden counterpart to conserve the use of light metal alloys.
to the right of the Walrus is the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter was built by Westland Aircraft and was a licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-51.
In December 1946 an agreement was signed between Westland Aircraft and Sikorsky to allow a British version of the S-51 to be manufactured under licence in the United Kingdom. These would be powered by the 500 hp Alvis Leonides radial engine. A modified version was also developed by Westland as the Westland Widgeon, but it was commercially unsuccessful.
The Dragonfly entered service with the Royal Navy in 1950 in the air-sea rescue role. A number were also used by the Royal Air Force for casualty evacuation. It was replaced in British service by the Westland Whirlwind, another derivative of a Sikorsky design, in the late 1950s.
This Dragonfly (VX595) was built as an HR1 version in 1949. It was the first production Dragonfly built by Westland, and was used at Empire Test Pilots School for training. VX595 arrived at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in November 1998.
On the right of the Dragonfly is a Westland Whirlwind HAR - Mk3. This aircraft, Whirlwind XG574, is an HAR - Mk3 version (Helicopter Air Rescue) built in 1955. It has seen service on the Aircraft carriers HMS, Bulwark, Eagle, Victorius and Albion as well as land bases including RNAS Culdrose, Lee-on-Solent, and Portland. The letters PO on the tail of the aircraft are representative of its time stationed at Portland (HMS Osprey).
On the right is the Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34. It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft (later Westland Helicopters). One of the main changes from Sikorsky's H-34 was the replacement of the piston-engine powerplant with a turboshaft engine. Early models were powered by a single Napier Gazelle engine, while later builds used a pair of de Havilland Gnome engines.
The Wessex was initially produced for the Royal Navy (RN) and later for the Royal Air Force (RAF); a limited number of civilian aircraft were also produced, as well as some export sales. The Wessex operated as an anti-submarine warfare and utility helicopter; it is perhaps best recognised for its use as a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter. The type entered operational service in 1961, and had a service life in excess of 40 years before being retired in Britain.
Westland Wessex HU.5 XS508 was delivered into service in 1964. It served in the UK, in the far east and embarked on ships, such as the commando carrier HMS Bulwark in 1973. In 1980 it ditched at sea but was recovered and restored to airworthiness. By 1985 it was painted in the Search & Rescue colour scheme. In 1993 XS508 jined the Fleet Air Arm Museum collecvtions.
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London’s largest hidden river, the Fleet was vital to Roman and medieval life and industry. But it also became one of the city’s stinkiest open-air sewers.
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often dressed as a male, she continued her dead husbands trade of waterman. But like him lost the battle against the diseases from the ditch...
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The area’s reputation for danger and disease lasted into the 19th century. In his novel Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens set Fagin’s lair in the nearby Saffron Hill area. He described it as the dirtiest and most wretched place “where drunken men and women were positively wallowing in the filth”.
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( A waterman is a river worker who transfers passengers across and along city centre rivers and estuaries in the United Kingdom and its colonies.)
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Side (Greek: Σίδη) is an ancient Greek city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in the country. It lies near Manavgat and the village of Selimiye, 78 km from Antalya in the province of Antalya.[1]
It is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 20 km east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Today, as in antiquity, the ancient city is situated on a small north-south peninsula about 1 km long and 400 m across.
History[edit]
Strabo and Arrian both record that Side was founded by Greek settlers from Cyme in Aeolis, a region of western Anatolia. This most likely occurred in the 7th century BC. Its tutelary deity was Athena, whose head adorned its coinage.
Dating from the tenth century B.C., its coinage bore the head of Athena (Minerva), the patroness of the city, with a legend. Its people, a piratical horde, quickly forgot their own language to adopt that of the aborigines.
Possessing a good harbour for small-craft boats, Side's natural geography made it one of the most important places in Pamphylia and one of the most important trade centres in the region. According to Arrian, when settlers from Cyme came to Side, they could not understand the dialect. After a short while, the influence of this indigenous tongue was so great that the newcomers forgot their native Greek and started using the language of Side. Excavations have revealed several inscriptions written in this language. The inscriptions, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, remain undeciphered, but testify that the local language was still in use several centuries after colonisation. Another object found in the excavations at Side, a basalt column base from the 7th century BC and attributable to the Neo-Hittites, provides further evidence of the site's early history. The name Side may be Anatolian in origin, meaning pomegranate.[citation needed]
Next to no information exists concerning Side under Lydian and Persian sovereignty.
Alexander the Great[edit]
Vespasian Gate
Temple of Apollo
Alexander the Great occupied Side without a struggle in 333 BC. Alexander left only a single garrison behind to occupy the city. This occupation, in turn, introduced the people of Side to Hellenistic culture, which flourished from the 4th to the 1st century BC. After Alexander's death, Side fell under the control of one of Alexander's generals, Ptolemy I Soter, who declared himself king of Egypt in 305 BC. The Ptolemaic dynasty controlled Side until it was captured by the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC. Yet, despite these occupations, Side managed to preserve some autonomy, grew prosperous, and became an important cultural centre.
Walls of the ancient theatre of Side
In 190 BC a fleet from the Greek island city-state of Rhodes, supported by Rome and Pergamum, defeated the Seleucid King Antiochus the Great's fleet, which was under the command of the fugitive Carthaginian general Hannibal. The defeat of Hannibal and Antiochus the Great meant that Side freed itself from the overlord-ship of the Seleucid Empire. The Treaty of Apamea (188 BC) forced Antiochus to abandon all European territories and to cede all of Asia Minor north of the Taurus Mountains to Pergamum. However, the dominion of Pergamum only reached de facto as far as Perga, leaving Eastern Pamphylia in a state of uncertain freedom. This led Attalus II Philadelphus to construct a new harbour in the city of Attalia (the present Antalya), although Side already possessed an important harbour of its own. Between 188 and 36 BC Side minted its own money, tetradrachms showing Nike and a laurel wreath (the sign of victory).
In the 1st century BC, Side reached a peak when the Cilician pirates established their chief naval base and a centre for their slave-trade.
Romans[edit]
The consul Servilius Vatia defeated these brigands in 78 BC and later the Roman general Pompey in 67 BC, bringing Side under the control of Rome and beginning its second period of ascendancy, when it established and maintained a good working relationship with the Roman Empire.[2]
Emperor Augustus reformed the state administration and placed Pamphylia and Side in the Roman province of Galatia in 25 BC, after the short reign of Amyntas of Galatia between 36 and 25 BC. Side began another prosperous period as a commercial centre in Asia Minor through its trade in olive oil. Its population grew to 60,000 inhabitants. This period would last well into the 3rd century AD. Side also established itself as a slave-trading centre in the Mediterranean. Its large commercial fleet engaged in acts of piracy, while wealthy merchants paid for such tributes as public works, monuments, and competitions as well as the games and gladiator fights. Most of the extant ruins at Side date from this period of prosperity.
One of the maps (portolani) of Piri Reis, taken from the Kitab-i Bahriye, which Piri produced in several editions, supplementing in 1520, but integrating it into subsequent editions.
Side was the home of Eustathius of Antioch, of the philosopher Troilus, of the fifth-century ecclesiastical writer Philip; of the famous lawyer Tribonian.[3]
Decline[edit]
Side began a steady decline from the 4th century on. Even defensive walls could not stop successive invasions of highlanders from the Taurus Mountains. During the 5th and 6th centuries, Side experienced a revival, and became the seat of the Bishopric of Eastern Pamphylia. Arab fleets, nevertheless, raided and burned Side during the 7th century, contributing to its decline. The combination of earthquakes, Christian zealots and Arab raids, left the site abandoned by the 10th century, its citizens having emigrated to nearby Antalya.[2]
In the 12th century, Side temporarily established itself once more as a large city. An inscription found on the site of the former ancient city shows a considerable Jewish population in early Byzantine times. However, Side was abandoned again after being sacked. Its population moved to Antalya, and Side became known as Eski Adalia 'Old Antalya' and was buried.
A hospital dating back to the 6th century.
This portion of the main street in Side is lined with the ruins of homes or shops, many of which feature their original mosaic tile flooring.
Ecclesiastical history[edit]
As capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Prima, Side was ecclesiastically the metropolitan see. The earliest known bishop was Epidaurus, presiding at the Synod of Ancyra, 314. Others are John, fourth century; Eustathius, 381; Amphilochius, 426-458, who played an important part in the history of the time; Conon, 536; Peter, 553; John, 680-692; Mark, 879; Theodore, 1027-1028; Anthimus, present at the synod held at Constantinople in 1054; John, then counsellor to the Emperor Michael VII Ducas, presided at a council on the worship of images, 1082; Theodosius and his successor Nicetas, twelfth century. John, present at a synod at Constantinople in 1156. The Notitiae Episcopatuum continued to mention Side as a metropolis of Pamphylia until the thirteenth century. It does not appear in the "Notitia" of Andronicus III. From other documents we learn that in 1315 and for some time previous to that, Sidon had bishops of its own — the Bishop of Sinope was called to the position, but was unable to leave his own diocese; this call was repeated in 1338 and 1345. In 1397 the diocese was united with that of Attalia; in 1400 the Metropolitan of Perge and Attalia was at the same time the administrator of Side.[4][citation needed]
No longer a residential see, Side is today included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[5]
Ruins[edit]
The great ruins are among the most notable in Asia Minor. They cover a large promontory where a wall and a moat separate it from the mainland. During medieval times, the wall and moat were repaired and the promontory houses a wealth of structures.
There are colossal ruins of a theatre complex, the largest of Pamphylia, built much like a Roman amphitheatre that relies on arches to support the sheer verticals. The Roman style was adopted because Side lacked a convenient hillside that could be hollowed out in the usual Greek fashion more typical of Asia Minor. The theatre is less preserved than the theatre at Aspendos, but it is almost as large, seating 15,000–20,000 people. With time and the shifting of the earth, the scena wall has collapsed over the stage and the proscenium is in a cataract of loose blocks. It was converted into an open-air sanctuary with two chapels during Byzantine times (5th or 6th century).
The well-preserved city walls provide an entrance to the site through the Hellenistic main gate (Megale Pyle) of the ancient city, although this gate from the 2nd century BC is badly damaged. Next comes the colonnaded street, whose marble columns are no longer extant; all that remains are a few broken stubs near the old Roman baths. The street leads to the public bath, restored as a museum displaying statues and sarcophagi from the Roman period. Next is the square agora with the remains of the round Tyche and Fortuna temple (2nd century BC), a periptery with twelve columns, in the middle. In later times it was used as a trading centre where pirates sold slaves. The remains of the theatre, which was used for gladiator fights and later as a church, and the monumental gate date back to the 2nd century. The early Roman Temple of Dionysus is near the theatre. The fountain gracing the entrance is restored. At the left side are the remains of a Byzantine Basilica. A public bath has also been restored.[2]
The remaining ruins of Side include three temples, an aqueduct, and a nymphaeum. Side's nymphaeum – a grotto with a natural water supply dedicated to the nymphs – was an artificial grotto or fountain building of elaborate design.
There is also a virtually unknown, but expansive site, up in the Taurus foothills, several miles inland, known locally as Seleucia. Virtually unknown to the outside world and not represented on the internet at all, it is the Roman garrison, built by Marc Anthony, to support the city of Side. It covers at least a couple of square miles and is almost completely unexcavated, apart from two weeks in 1975, when the Turkish government funded two weeks of excavations. The site was, apparently, finally abandoned in the 7th century, when an earthquake caused the spring which fed the site with water to dry up completely. Many of the buildings are in remarkably good shape, particularly since, due to the lack of available stone, a significant quantity of the sites stonework contains egg and gravel based concrete blocks.[citation needed]
Turkish archaeologists have been excavating Side since 1947 and intermittently continue to do so
Sunbeam F4A Trolleybus - Burlingham H68F
New to Reading Corporation ( 186 ) during July-1961 . I an unsure when it came to this Operator .
Waiting outside Cargo Fleet depot . I think the young lady did not want to board , until the Crew turned up .
Saturday morning 06th-February-1971 .
An unknown 33 heads south on the fast line through Fleet in this 1987 image. Of note are all the angular 1980 vehicles in the car park.
My daughter running in the Fleet half marathon in aid of cancer research Uk. She completed the course in 2hrs 35mins.
I am very proud of my daughter. Well done.
Thanks to my friend Joanne for taking the photo.
Apologies for the terrible photo, I've tried to revisit and get an improved one but it's rare that all three are present.
Fleet number 1882
Reg no. MHS 21P
New to Central S.M.T, Scotland (T243)
Type : Leyland Leopard PSU3C/3R
Chassis no 7600177
Body : Alexander (Falkirk) AYS type B53F+22 (53 seats and 22 standing)
Body no 4174/18
Engine : Leyland 0680
Gearbox : 4 speed manual, 1st to 2nd crash
ALLOCATION
New 1976 to Central SMT Scotland
Wishaw Depot 1/03/1976 -
Sold to Ulsterbus Limited 3 /1989
Allocated to Driving School, Belfast 1/07/1989
To Driving School, Londonderry 29/06/1992
To Reserve 30/04/1997 upon closure of Londonderry driving school
To Ballymena for conversion to Tow car 27/11/1997 (not taxed)
Into service as Tow car at Ballymena 11/02/1999
Renumbered to 4882 to allow reuse of number for new Optare Solo 20/07/2005
Withdrawn for disposal 31/07/2007
Acquired for preservation by Bobby & Richard Shannon (Newtownards) 9/2007
Info from:- ardsbuspreservationgroup.weebly.com/central-smtulsterbus-...
An array of single deckers has arrived at Warrington's Own Buses in the last 2 days. Seen at the depot on 23 January 2020 are (L to R) Lancashire United Volvo B7RLE 1874 (BD12 TEJ), Metroline Enviro 200s 1803 (YX10 BFL) and 1783 (YX10 BCU).
A few vessels of the Montauk fishing fleet, berthed along East Lake Drive.
"The lake was originally referred to on maps as Lake Wyandanch and commonly referred to as the "Great Lake". It was the largest body of freshwater on Long Island, more than double the size of Lake Ronkonkoma. In 1927, real estate developer Carl Fisher blasted a gap on the northern shoreline to connect the lake to Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
Fisher intended to develop the new port of Montauk into the "Miami Beach of the North". On Star Island, a small island in the lake, he built the Montauk Yacht Club and Star Island Casino. His other projects included the hotel Montauk Manor, Montauk Playhouse, the golf course Montauk Downs, and the six-story Montauk Tower. Fisher renamed the lake Lake Montauk.
After Fisher opened and dredged the lake, the lake replaced Fort Pond Bay as Montauk's main port (Fort Pond Bay is notoriously shallow and rocky with one of its more famous groundings being HMS Culloden during the American Revolution).
Fisher's enterprises became bankrupt after the Crash of 1929. The United States Navy assumed control of the lake during World War II along with other Fisher businesses including Montauk Manor.
After World War II, the lake became a well-known commercial and sports fishing area, and became New York's largest fishing port.
In the 1970s, a proposal was made to dam the sound and build a canal through the former Montaukett Indian Field and Big Reed Pond for a new outlet. The plan included a proposal for constructing more than 1,000 houses along the new waterway. Intense local opposition organized by Hilda Lindley stopped the plan. Suffolk County assumed ownership of the property and it is now Theodore Roosevelt County Park (formerly Montauk County Park).
Among the businesses on the lake is the only ferry service in East Hampton town. It offers service during summers to Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and New London, Connecticut.
The United States Coast Guard also operates a station on Star Island. Montauk Airport is on the east side of the lake, on East Lake Drive.
Montauk is noted as one of the leading centers for sport fishing on the Atlantic Coast. By 1986, it claimed 39 world-record catches. including a 76-pound (34 kg) striped bass.
Montauk hosts several annual shark tournaments. The craze for shark fishing off Montauk was encouraged in the 1970s by local boat operator Frank Mundus who often was reported in stories as the source for the character Quint in the movie Jaws. Mundus caught a 4,500-pound (2,041 kg) great white shark by harpoon and a 3,427-pound (1,554 kg) great white shark by rod and reel." (Wikipedia)
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Was visiting a nearby office for the first time and decided to have a walk around Fleet Pond rather than sit in traffic. As much as can see the fantastic effort put in, it just seems to be a place to exercise dogs. A lovely pair of young black labradors were encouraged to chase Canadian and Egyptian Geese by their owner filming them laughing, whilst another woman just let the dog poop in the path several times making no attempt to clean it up. The only bright spot was this cloudburst but by then had lost the motivation to stay any longer. When i got back to my car it had long fine scratches down one side - was it those kids walking through the car park trailing branches behind them? No evidence to that one but was finale to a very disappointing couple of hours. I'm not anti-dog - hope the lady who had lost hers found it...
Taken near Fleet Place, Smithfield area of London. Went back to revisit the location and see what more I could do.
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Taken after the success of the original www.flickr.com/photos/simon__syon/8647250845/
The original photo was used by Yahoo & Flickr on the Flickr Blog Apr 17th 2013 for there Monumental glass structures article - Gorgeous Glass Architecture - www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/7215763...
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4483 sits stored at the Qube Logistics container terminal.
In 200#, 4483 suffered damage to its frame, causing it to bend and be not suitable for service. The locomotive was subsequently sold from CFCLA (on hire to SSR, hence the livery) to Independent Rail Australia (now owned by Qube Logistics) and used as a spare parts donor to the remaining 44 class fleet (all of which are now stored).
Friday 12th April 2019