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Kodak T-Max 100, 4" x 5", 80 iso, Normal development in 510 Pyro, 1:100, 7:45 minutes, 24C.
Taken September 2016. Ebony SV45TE. Schneider Super Symmar XL 110mm.
This is Gog Lake, at the outlet, where Gog Creek continues to spill its way down to Magog Lake. I used a #8 Yellow Filter to brighten up the foreground larches that were beginning to turn color.
Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia.
Pretty dull, overcast weather so I pushed the Hp5+ to 800 and developed accordingly in D76. First time I've pushed HP5+ and it won't be the last!
Bronica SQ-A 80mm f2.8 Orange filter | Ilford HP5+ pushed to 800 | D76 (1+1)
WM Buses Wolverhampton MCW Metrobus Mk I 2138 GOG 138W is seen in Wolverhampton Bus Station during another rebuild on 03.06.95.
The Royal Arcade opened in 1870, but in 1892 Gaunt's clock was installed with two 7-foot giants on either side striking the hour. These are modelled after those in the Guildhall in London that date back to 1708.
"Several myths surround Gog and Magog, including one where they were guards of the underworld and gods of dark spirits. As the prophecy goes, once when Gog and Magog return to war, the war will end."
royalarcade.com.au/pages/history
Interestingly enough, Gog and Magog also appear in ancient Biblical prophecy (Ezekiel 38-39). In the apocalyptic book of Revelation 20:7-10, both Gog and Magog relate to evil forces or nations who unite with Satan in a great final conflagration. It ultimately leads to the destruction of evil and the establishment of God's Kingdom on earth.
P687 GOG - Glasgow City Council - Dennis Elite II 6x2 refuse compactor. Photo by the late Dave Hinde at Glasgow on 1st May 2004
WM Buses Wolverhampton MCW Metrobus Mk I 2196 GOG 196W enters its home bus station on 10.06.95. A bus I fondly remember in Spot The Dots and Travelcard ads but sadly long gone before I had a decent camera.........
Hard to believe that this is over 19 yrs ago. 2251 Descends on to the Wednesfield road back on the 14/4/2000.
Hockley based 2142 is seen working route 16 in this 1992 photo. 2142 moved to Perry Barr by October 1995 ending its days there by 2001.
Location: Birmingham, Routanda
June 1992
HY
DY 2153 With some fine 80's vehicles. Especially the Bragg's Ford cargo 0813.
Castle Street Dudley.
1991.
West Bromwich based 2211 is seen working route 452 in this 1982 photo. Service 452 was similar to 451 but did not Serve Pheasey Estate operting Via Queslett road and joining back on route by Quessley Asda.
Location: Sutton Coldfield Lower Parade
March 1982
WB
The gas holders are nearly empty at Saltley as Travel West Midlands MCW Metrobus Mk I 2222 GOG 222W is seen preparing to cross the Viaduct on service 93 to Kingshurst on 16.12.98. I first remember 2222 at Walsall when it turned up in Bilston, by my primary school, on Work Service 636 instead of a Volvo Ailsa and I wondered where have all those funny looking buses gone to now...........
Having done some research into local attractions I came across two significant rock formations to the West of Ipstones. Gog and Magog. This is Gog and the largest of the two. They both sit high up on the valley side of Stakebank Wood.
Apparently in Victorian times these rocks were a tourist attraction! Mainly for their far reaching views and the arches carved into the rocks with built in seating areas to take in the surroundings. Postcards from the 1930's reveal a folly bridge that spanned the local field to the rock so landed gentry could access the summit...
William Pitt documented these rocks in his book entitled 'General view of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford' This dates back to 1796 so there is some fair old history from here!
Gog is easily spotted as you wander along Collyhole Brook. It's a hefty climb through bramble to really appreciate what you are seeing. Climbing to the top and you get to take in why it was a popular destination. Even now as the shrubbery and trees have grown so tall as to distract from the valley floor.
Reading up on the names Gog and Magog tho reveals some worrying text!:
Taken from Wikipedia:
Gog and Magog (/ˈɡɒɡ ... ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/; Hebrew: גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג, Gōg ū-Māgōg; Syriac: ܓܘܓ ܘܡܓܘܓ; Arabic: يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ, Yaʾjūj wa-Maʾjūj) appear in the Hebrew Bible, Christian Bible, and Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. In Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual and Magog is his land;[1] in Genesis 10, Magog is a man, but no Gog is mentioned; and centuries later Jewish tradition changed Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" into "Gog and Magog",[2] which is the form in which they appear in the Christian New Testament's Book of Revelation, although there they are peoples rather than individuals.[3]
The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the "end of days", but not necessarily the end of the world. Jewish eschatology viewed Gog and Magog as enemies to be defeated by the Messiah, which will usher in the age of the Messiah. Christianity's interpretation is more starkly apocalyptic: making Gog and Magog allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation.
A legend was attached to Gog and Magog by the time of the Roman period, that the Gates of Alexander were erected by Alexander the Great to repel the tribe. Romanized Jewish historian Josephus knew them as the nation descended from Magog the Japhetite, as in Genesis, and explained them to be the Scythians. In the hands of Early Christian writers they became apocalyptic hordes, and throughout the Medieval period variously identified as the Vikings, Huns, Khazars, Mongols, Turanians or other nomads, or even the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
The legend of Gog and Magog and the gates were also interpolated into the Alexander romances. In one version, "Goth and Magothy" are kings of the Unclean Nations, driven beyond a mountain pass by Alexander, and blocked from returning by his new wall. Gog and Magog are said to engage in human cannibalism in the romances and derived literature. They have also been depicted on Medieval cosmological maps, or mappae mundi, sometimes alongside Alexander's wall.
The conflation of Gog and Magog with the legend of Alexander and the Iron Gates was disseminated throughout the Near East in the early centuries of the Christian and Islamic era.[4] They appear in the Quran in chapter Al-Kahf as Yajuj and Majuj (Arabic: يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ; Yaʾjūj wa-Maʾjūj), primitive and immoral tribes that were separated and barriered off by Dhul-Qarnayn (possessor of the Two Horns), who is mentioned in the Quran as a great righteous ruler and conqueror.[5] Many contemporary Muslim historians and geographers regarded the Vikings as the emergence of Gog and Magog.[6] In modern times they remain associated with apocalyptic thinking, especially in Israel and the Muslim world.
Anyhoo, it's local and Magog is smaller in size and less accessible. It's stone arch seating area is much more attractive so I'll post that at some point :)
Oh and the woods that these are found in are up for auction soon. 31 hectares with a guide price of £125,000. Anyone wanna go halves?!
BT Telecom
2181 working from Walsall advertising BT Telecom. 2181 original Garage is Birmingham Central and is spread around Many Garage`s with this Advert,
Location: Walsall WMT Garage
April 1984
WA
Preserved West Midlands Metrobus 2205 at Walsall garage
Vehicle Details
Operator: Travel West Midlands, preserved
Fleet Details: 2205
Registration: GOG 205W
Vehicle Type: MCW Metrobus DR102/18
Vehicle History
New to Yardley Wood 03/81
transferred to West Bromwich 08/81
transferred to Walsall 10/86
transferred to Wolverhampton 01/99
transferred to Lea Hall 09/98
withdrawn 06/01
sold to Shorey, Maulden 09/01
preserved since 04/13
The common metrobus, now a rare breed indeed. Leicester has been associated with secondhand examples for many years with numerous operators looking just down the road to Birmingham for reliable double decker's for schools. Despite more recent Volvo Olympians & Scania N113s Abbey Cs can still turn out a couple of fine examples as shown with 2893 from the FON batch. I was always a BOK or GOG man myself !
These sandstone pillars are part of the 12 Apostles along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Morning light and light showers around created nice light and interest.
A 180-degree panorama on the Gog Magog Hills near the Roman Road past Wandlebury Country Park, south-east of Cambridge.
R.O.M 1983
2163 wears an allover advert for R.O.M in 1983 advertising Estate Agent in Coventry. Seen in Coventry Bus Station.
Location: Coventry Pool Meadow Bus Station
April 1983