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This image was taken on the boardwalk on a foggy June Morning 2016. The face of the waterfront has changed a lot since I took this image, all of the colorful huts have been moved to a different location to make space for new construction.
This image contains reference to three things that are important to me: Halifax, art, and Acadia University.
Halifax
It was a nice sunny day for a change, so I decided because I had to go into town to take the camera and get a couple of shots of the Minster in the winter sunshine. I was intending to go inside but once there I could hear a lot of noise which sounded like children, so I stayed outside. I’ve taken several shots before but every time I go it looks slightly different depending on the weather and time of year.
Formerly Halifax Parish Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Minster was given its new status in 2009 by the Bishop of Wakefield in recognition of its important role in the civic life of the town and borough. It is a Grade I listed building built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Minster is taken from the Anglo Saxon word Mynster, which means a missionary church. Like York Minster, Halifax has a monastic foundation, Cluniac monks built the original church in the 12th century, but the present structure was completed in 1438. The north wall is thought to be from an older building from the Norman era.
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Halifax
Formerly Halifax Parish Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Minster was given its new status in 2009 by the Bishop of Wakefield in recognition of its important role in the civic life of the town and borough. It is a Grade I listed building built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Minster is taken from the Anglo Saxon word Mynster, which means a missionary church. Like York Minster, Halifax has a monastic foundation, Cluniac monks built the original church in the 12th century, but the present structure was completed in 1438. The north wall is thought to be from an older building from the Norman era.
The interior is very impressive with some wonderful stained glass, but the staff and the vicar were busy preparing everything for the Easter Day service, so I didn’t intrude with the camera. I’ll visit again at a later date.
Thank you for your visit and your comments, they are greatly appreciated.
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The RBS building in Halifax, West Yorkshire is a subject I keep returning to . There are so many facets, lines, angles etc. There is usually something to catch my attention.
Front of the town clock
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
HMCS Halifax F330 is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1992. Halifax is the lead ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Halifax. She carries the hull classification symbol FFH 330.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax in her namesake city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a name that was also borne by HMCS Halifax (K237), a Flower-class corvette during the Second World War as well as the very first warship built in Halifax.
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Halifax B Mk.III reconstruction at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. This composite reconstruction started in 1984 and took 10 years to complete. It includes an 8 mtr section of fuselage from a 58 Squadron Halifax Mk.II ‘HR792’ which crashed on the Outer Hebrides in January 1945 and was subsequently used as a chicken coop for many years before being acquired for the restoration in 1984. The wings are from a Handley Page Hastings transport ‘TG536’, and the nose and tail sections were largely fabricated from scratch by the restoration team. The port side of this aircraft, visible on this photograph is painted to represent ‘LV907’ ‘Friday the 13th’ (NP-F) which completed 128 operations with 158 Squadron. The starboard side is painted as 'NP763' (H7-N) an aircraft of 346 'Guyenne' Squadron, Free French Air Force. This squadron was one of two French bomber squadrons based at RAF Elvington during WWII.
Just when you start feeling like you're wasting your time because you can't seem to find anything worth while to photograph........... don't get discouraged. Stick with it and good things will eventually happen. I wasn't feeling it and was about to pack it in when this gentleman came out from nowhere and stopped on the church steps. The light was amazing and I got my shot. Now, will it win any awards..... probably not, but who cares. It made me happy just seeing the light and I'm glad I waited.