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On a walk to Shirley and back.
Walked past Robin Hood Cemetery & Crematorium again near Olton Road and Streetsbrook Road in Shirley.
All gates open, think a funeral was on.
Didn't want to zoom into the building as I think a car was coming on the drive.
gateposts at the main entrance drive
Walking along the upper lawns of the Italian Gardens you will come across a shady little "secret" garden. It is flanked by two tall bluestone columns topped with finials which act as gateposts for a set of elegant Victorian wrought-iron gates. Elegantly carved with sweeping curls, they would not look out of place in a garden in England.
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Mount Macedon, where I have never been before. Now I have, I would very much like to go back to such a picturesque place again.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
The church gates of Holy Trinity at Rackheath were given in 1986 as a gift to the village for the kindness and support shown to the members of the James Gerald Coffey crew who flew Consolidated B-24 Liberator's with the 790th. Bomb Squadron, 467th. Bomb Group from USAAF Station 145 at Rackheath. The original gates were damaged by a lorry and a new set of gates were dedicated by the Bishop of Thetford in January 2008 with three members of the Coffey family present. This plaque is situated on one of the brick pier gatepost.
The crew were,
O-2058713 2nd. Lt. James Gerald Coffey, Pilot.
Born 15th. October 1924 at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.
Enlisted on 8th. December 1942 at Morgantown, West Virginia, discharged 14th. October 1945.
James died, aged 73, on 3rd. February 1998 at Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County.
32917825 Tech. Sgt. Anthony N.M.I. de Baisse, Engineer/gunner.
Born 15th. August 1924 at Madison, Morris County, New Jersey.
Enlisted on 26th. April 1943 at Newark, New Jersey
Anthony died, aged 85, on 20th. July 2009 at Madison, Morris County, New Jersey.
31387705 Tech. Sgt. Donald Joseph Faford, Radio operator/gunner.
Born 12th. August 1925 at Burrillville Providence County, Rhode Island.
Enlisted on 27th. September 1943, discharged 8th. December 1945.
Donald died, aged 72, on 7th. February 1998 at Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.
15125249 Sgt. William Thomas Hayes, Gunner.
Born on 12th. May 1921 at Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio.
Enlisted on 15th. April 1942 at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, discharged on 28th. October 1945.
William died, aged 87, on 22nd. March 2009 at Stockport, Morgan County, Ohio and is buried at Stockport Cemetery.
15122026 Sgt. Robert Leon Miller, Gunner.
Born on 28th. December 1925 at Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio.
Enlisted on 29th. January 1944 at Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana.
Robert died, aged 89, on 2nd. November 2014 and is buried in Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
O-1034 Ft. Officer Albert Anthony Muller, Navigator.
Born on 29th. June 1920 at New York City.
Albert died, aged 91, on 21st. April 2012.
12239377 Sgt. Carl Richard Schaut, Gunner.
Born on 23rd. February 1926 at Bath, Steuben County, New York.
Enlisted on 19th. April 1944 at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York.
Carl died, aged 93, on 23rd. November 2019 at Floral City Citrus County, Florida and is buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.
O-1092 Ft. Officer Harmon Joseph Small, Co-pilot.
Born on 26th. June 1920 at Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.
Enlisted on 15th. December 1942 at Providence, Rhode Island.
Harmon died, aged 70, on 18th. July 1990 at Stockton, San Joaquin County, California and is buried at Highland View Memorial Gardens, Farmington, San Joaquin County.
13172606 Sgt. William Jackson 'Jack' Smith, Gunner.
Born on 15th. January 1926 at Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Enlisted on 18th. March 1944 at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, discharged on 16th. March 1946 at Fort Sam. Houston, Texas.
William died, aged 68, on 30th. November 1994 at Franklin and is buried in Graham Cemetery, Franklin.
O-2072294 2nd. Lt. Robert Lewis Snyder, Bombardier.
Born on 30th. January 1925 at Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio.
Robert died, aged 84, on 3rd. April 2009 at Piqua, Miami County, Ohio and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua.
The crew were replacement crew number 4 and had an average age of 21. They were assigned 14 combat missions, flying 13 of them,
9th. March 1945 to Osnabruck, Germany in B-24J 42-51280 'Little Chum'.
14th. March to Giessen, Germany in B-24H 42-95237 'Normandy Queen'.
19th. March to Leipheim, Germany in B-24J 44-10496 'Rhinemachen'.
21st. March to Hesepe, Germany in B-24J 42-50737 'Hot Rock'.
24th. March 1945 to Nordhorn, Germany in B-24H 41-29378 'Homeward Bound'.
25th. March 1945 to Hitzacker, Germany in B-24J 44-10552
31st. March 1945 to Brunswick, Germany in B-24H 42-95237 'Normandy Queen'.
8th. April 1945 to Unterschlauersbach, Germany in B-24J 44-10496 'Rhinemachen'.
10 April 1945 to Rechlin-Larz, Germany in B-24H 42-50309 'Plow Jockey / Tenovus'.
14th. April 1945 to Pointe De Grave, France in B-24H 42-52394 'Palace Meat Market / Scrapper'.
15th. April 1945 to Royan, France in B-24J 44-10496 'Rhinemachen'.
16th. April 1945 to Landshut, Germany in B-24J 44-10496 'Rhinemachen'.
21st. April 1945 to Salzburg, Austria in B-24H 42-95237 'Normandy Queen'.
Mission not accomplished, 10th. March 1945 to Arnsberg, Germany in B-24H 42-95057 'Angle'.
The 467th. BG was established as a B-24 Liberator group in mid-1943 at Mountain Home Army Air Field, Idaho, and activated on 8th. September. It transferred to Kearns Center, Utah for personnel assignment and organization and was then sent to Wendover Field, Utah for combat training on 1st. November.
In January the group received deployment orders for the European Theatre of Operations (ETO). On 12th. February 1944 the ground unit went by train to Camp Shanks, New York. They sailed on the USAT Frederick Lykes on 28th. February 1944 and arrived on the Clyde on 10th. March 1944.
The aircraft left Wendover on 12th. February 1944 and took the southern Atlantic ferry route. One B-24 was lost with all the crew over the Atlas mountains. The group moved to RAF Rackheath during February and March 1944, and was part of VIII Bomber Command. The group was assigned to the 96th. Combat Bombardment Wing, with the tail code of a 'Circle-P'. Their nickname was 'Rackheath Aggies' and the operational squadrons were:
788th. Bomb Sqn, coded X7
789th. Bomb Sqn, coded 6A
790th. Bomb Sqn, coded Q2
791st. Bomb Sqn, coded 4Z
The group was commanded by Colonel Albert Joseph Shower, the only commander to stay with one group from the beginning to the end of the war. The marks of Liberator flown were B-24H, B-24J, B-24L and B-24M
The group began operations on 10th. April 1944 with an attack by 30 bombers on an airfield at Bourges in central France. In combat, the unit served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization, attacking the harbour at Kiel, chemical plants at Bonn, textile factories at Stuttgart, power plants at Hamm, steel works at Osnabrück, the aircraft industry at Brunswick, and other objectives. In addition to strategic operations, the group occasionally engaged in support and interdictory missions. They bombed shore installations and bridges near Cherbourg naval base on D-Day, 6th. June 1944, and struck enemy troop and supply concentrations near Montreuil on 25th. July 1944 to assist the Allied drive across France.
Over two weeks in September 1944, the bombers flew fuel from Rackheath to Clastres airfield (A-71) in France for use by the US Army's mechanized forces. The group attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge between December 1944 and January 1945. In March 1945 they hit enemy transportation to assist the Allied assault across the Rhine. The group set an unsurpassed record for bombing accuracy on 15th. April 1945 when 24 Liberators dropped 2,000 lb. bombs from 21,000 ft. and scored a 100% strike rate, destroying a German battery at Pointe de Grave, on the west coast of France.
The group flew its last combat mission on 25th. April 1945. During it's time at Rackheath the group flew 212 combat missions consisting of 5,538 aircraft sorties with losses of 235 aircrew and 46 aircraft. The total bomb tonnage dropped was 13,333 tons. The group had the best overall standing for bombing accuracy in the 8th. AF and B-24J 44-44052 'Witchcraft' of 790th. BS, coded Q2-M held the 8th. AF record of 130 missions with no turn backs and never having any crewmen injured or killed. Her last mission was flown on 25th. April 1945.
After the German surrender in May 1945, the group was ordered back to the United States for B-29 Superfortress training and redeployment to the Pacific Theatre of Operations (PTO). The air echelon departed Rackheath on 12th. June 1945. The ground units sailed from Greenock, Scotland on the Queen Mary on 6th. July 1945, arriving in New York on 11th. July 1945. Upon arrival, most of the group was demobilized due to their combat service in Europe, but a cadre of officers and men was formed at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota on 25th. August.
The unit was redesignated as the 467th. Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in August and was reformed with newly trained pilots, aircrews and ground personnel. The Japanese surrender in early August cancelled the planned deployment to the Pacific, however the group continued to train. In December 1945 the group was assigned to a permanent base at Clovis AAF, New Mexico as part of Continental Air Forces.
On 21st. March 1946, the group was assigned as one of the initial units of the new Strategic Air Command. The group however was inactivated on 4th. August due to personnel shortages and funding reductions in the immediate post war Air Force. The equipment and remaining personnel were reassigned to other SAC units, primarily the 301st. Bombardment Group at Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas.
The novel decoration topping a pavilion steps gatepost at Elsecar Cricket Club's Crab Field ground. Captured before a 21-run Elsecar victory over neighbours Barnsley Woolley Miners in the Premier Division of the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League.
Although cricket has been played in Elsecar village since the early 1800s, Elsecar Cricket Club weren't established until 1854. The decision was taken during a meeting at a pub, the Milton Arms, which survives, to this day, on the same road, Armroyd Lane, as the club's Crab Field ground. The ground is named after a line of crab apple trees that once fringed a side. Under the terms of a naming rights sponsorship agreement, with a tile retailer, the ground is known also as the Al-Murad Stadium.
After a decade of progress, on and off the field, Elsecar, crowned 2014 Yorkshire champions, are now established at ECB Premier Division level. Previously, they played in the Hallamshire, the Mexborough, the Yorkshire Council and the South Riding (later renamed the South Yorkshire Senior) leagues.
Match statistics
Elsecar versus Barnsley Woolley Miners
Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League, Premier Division (50 overs, 12.30pm start)
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 62. Elsecar won the toss and elected to bat. Elsecar 241-7 off 50 overs (Bilal Anjam 84 not out, Ian Swallow 49, Tanzeel Ali 45, Beck Frostick 4-52, Ali Jahangir 2-73) 12pts beat by 21 runs Barnsley Woolley Miners 220-9 off 50 overs (Beck Frostick 87, Oliver Jackson 39 not out, Ali Jahangir 34, Moin Ashraf 6-55, Muhammed Ilyas 2-52) 4pts. Umpires: Andrew Foley and Neil Vaughan.
This is one of a pair hanging around the entrance to the mausoleum of Frank Woolworth and his family (including his troubled granddaughter and heiress Barbara Hutton, the "poor little rich girl"). Mr. Woolworth, founder of the five-and-dime empire that bore his name, is one of several members of what Woodlawn calls its "Merchant Prince Hall of Fame"; James C. Penney and Rowland H. Macy, among others, can also be found resting peacefully here in the cemetery, Mr. Penney in a used (or "previously owned") mausoleum that he bought from William Randolph Hearst's widow.
Somewhere in the vicinity, I believe, is the pink granite mausoleum of Elvira and Lawrence Wegielski, which for quite a while was the modern-day version of the Evergreens Cemetery's Reed mausoleum. Mr. Wegielski, who passed away in 2010, would make regular visits to Woodlawn
every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, both to care for the site and to spend time with the spirit of his dead wife.
''A lot of people say, why do you have to go down to the cemetery three times a week?'' he said. ''This seems to relieve me. I come down, I don't bother anybody, I sit down, I bring soda with me, oranges, whatever. I have lunch with her.''
When the season calls for it, he decorates. Last Christmas, in addition to two ornamented trees, he installed a talking wreath on the door of the mausoleum, so that passers-by who triggered a motion detector were greeted with a hearty ''Merry Christmas.'' One security guard, on night patrol on the pitch-black grounds, was so startled he pulled out his gun. Daytime visitors were alternately spooked and delighted.
There's a beautiful twist at the end of the NY Times's 2003 account of their relationship, from which I've quoted above. Take a read!
Near Salters Brook on the borders of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. These elaborate gateposts seem a bit out of place here but I suspect they led to a large building, the ruins of which you can see on the left. It had a vaulted cellar which is still there.
The rams adorning the fancy gate-posts at Nunwick Hall, Great Salkeld, Cumberland.
Balda Mess-Baldix, Baltar f4.5 75mm lens; Kodak Portra 400.
A bear on a gatepost as we headed down into Cilcain,,,,I'm sure there is probably a story behind this, but I can't find it. The shirt badge says "The Gift Company Sales Team"
No stone gatepost here however there is a thin damaged concrete type of gatepost but no sign of a cut mark.
CUT MARK: GTP S SIDE RD 79.6M SW JUNC HEDGE AND FENCE (ODN 110.999m, AGL 0.3m).
The light and sign on a gatepost of the car park next to the Senate House of the University of London in Malet Street. The building and its surrounds were built between 1932 and 1937 in the Art Deco style.
132 Percival Street, Rangiora. (Each entranceway gatepost had the Masonic symbol on it).
The Rangiora Masonic Lodge, consecrated in 1882, was designed by the local Masonic committee and built in a gothic style.
Present at that opening were 115 Freemasons and a special train was run from Christchurch for the occasion.
Over the years, the Lodge saw some of the district's most influential citizens pass through its doors. If you viewed the Honours Boards of past masters you'd recognise many names because they are Rangiora street names, named after prominent local people.
Inscribed above the door within a triangular plaque, beneath the "insignia of the Craft" was: A.L. 5885. This referred to the Masonic year in which the lodge was built. (Masons of UK, France, Germany and the US date from the creation of the world, which they say was 4004 years before the Year One, calling it "In the year of Light". The Lodge was built in 1881: 1881 + 4004 = 5885.)
The building had a Heritage NZ Cat.II listing.
It suffered significant damage in the Sept.2010 earthquake and was demolished in Sept.2013.
I took a whole variety of shots for this week's Macro Monday theme "What is that?" Great fun! This is the top of an ancient gatepost, all weathered and jagged, looking like Death Valley or something.
7328 N. Beach Rd.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53217
Private Property, viewed from street
Text below, Atlas Obscura.
The affluent Lake Michigan beachside suburb of Fox Point contains a curious sculpture garden created by the artist Mary Nohl (1914-2001). The crude appearance of the concrete statues of fish, monsters, and humans might, at first glance, have the appearance of naive, or outsider, art. But Ms. Nohl was no outsider. She was trained at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Local urban legends quickly sprang up about the residence, which came to be dubbed “the Witch’s House.” After several acts of vandalism, the yard was fenced in.
After Ms. Nohl’s death in 2001, neighborhood residents who consider the site an eyesore tried to have it demolished. But in 2005, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is currently under the care of the Kohler foundation. The grounds are currently not open to the public but can be seen up close from the street.
My wife generally feeds a bunch of birds every morning, including a varying number of pheasants who come down off the hills to wait for her. They get a few handfuls of seed and grain, while the smaller birds get their feeders topped up, so they can choose seed, fatballs or nuts. We get bluetits, sparrows, finches of all kinds, even a woodpecker.
I sometimes have to take her place in this feeding role - the pheasants are a bit more wary of me and they nervously approach after I've put food down and I've moved away. But this bold little robin is quite happy to stand within a few feet of me. If I talk to him it's like he looks at me, inquisitively; you know the way they move their head to one side. Today it snowed quite heavily so the birds were out in force for food; and the robin didn't mind posing for a photo.
Actually, now that I look at this photo closely, he doesn't seem to need more feeding up, does he?
We've seen busty sphinxes before, but these ones also have braided, ribboned pigtails. As it turns out, both breasts and braids have long been characteristic features of sphinxes.
STO GTP S SIDE RD 3.0M E HEDGE JUNC (ODN 91.157m, AGL 0.5m).
Good
Location
Grid reference: SD 6250 4102.
Landranger 102: Preston & Blackpool, Lytham St Anne's.
Landranger 103: Blackburn & Burnley, Clitheroe & Skipton.
Explorer OL41: Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale.
Structure: Gatepost
This is Our Lady of La Salette, a traditionalist, independent Roman Catholic church that celebrates the Mass in Latin. (Zoom out to see the whole building in Street View; zoom in to see a couple of items stranded atop the left gatepost.) A sign inside the gate reads:
ATTENTION:
Ladies, young ladies, and girls
It is unequivocally prohibited, for all
women to enter the church for any
Liturgical act in pants, immodest, low
neckline dresses or tops. Moreover it
is mandatory that all women shall
cover their heads with a veil.
NOTE: Women who visit the
church for the first time shall be
given a skirt.
Attention: Men, young men and
boys, it is prohibited during
springtime and summertime to enter
the church in shorts, undershirts and
tank tops. Tradition means to respect
and honor God.