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Nova Bus LFS Artic at Micmac Terminal - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The BHA (Bus History Association) chartered 719 for the Halifax portion of the 2023 Convention
In the early hours of the morning of Saturday 26th August 1944, RAF Halifax bomber MZ311 crashed into the escarpment of Cleeve Common in Gloucestershire. All seven of the mixed Canadian/British crew lost their lives.
The aircraft was returning from a mission to lay mines off La Rochelle, western France, in a minefield codenamed Cinnamon. It belonged to No. 78 Squadron of RAF Bomber Command, based at RAF Breighton in Yorkshire.
Of the crew of seven personnel, five belonged to the Royal Canadian Air Force and two were RAF. The oldest was aged 32 at the time of the crash; the youngest was just 19. Their names are now recorded for posterity on a monument recently erected by Cleeve Common Trust at the crash site.
The crash site is believed to be on the escarpment of Cleeve Hill, not far from the trig point on the hilltop.
The memorial stone overlooks Bishop’s Cleeve with the Malvern Hills in the distance.
Building design was a joint venture between local firm, Fowler, Bauld and Mitchell and Danish firm, Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen.
The town clock in between commercial establishments to your left and the Halifax Convention Centre to the right.
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
Northern Rail Class 195 Nos. 195022 + 195011 depart Halifax working 1E62, the 12:28 Chester – Leeds service on 14th November 2024.
Two members of the 7 man crew for Halifax Bomber 'Friday the 13th' have arrived, the other 5 seem to be dragging their feet much to the annoyance of the base commander who is impatiently checking his watch...!
Halifax Nova Scotia's old sector is filled with great wooden buildings with clean, simple lines.... This building is part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
I'm on the ferry from Digby, NS to Saint John, NB right now. I'll get back to you when I get home. What a wonderful trip! I thought I was over with the long drivings, at 71. Apparently, I'm not! By myself and feeling great!
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.
37402 "Stephen Middlemore 23.12.1954 - 8.6.2013" and saloon "Caroline" pass through Halifax station forming 2Z02 09:19 York Holgate to York. 18/7/2019. This was the only spot that I could think of to capture this very rare loco-hauled train through Halifax, as all the locations in the vicinity are totally vegged-up now. Also it's a good job the sun wasn't out, as I was totally against the light here and the shot would have been a write off.
Rewind to 2010 and Halifax Joint Committee were still in operation using a number of former London MCW Metrobuses.
KYO624X was number 24 in the fleet and was the last to receive a full repaint into fleet livery. It was also fitted with an LED display.
It was captured here on 20/10/10.
On my morning photowalk, I explored some of the downtown, but also their wonderful wonderful waterfront. It's quite extensive, and I wasn't able to explore the entirety of it. Oddly, even though there are many world-class attractions there, I was QUITE taken by the little village of sea cans that were converted to shops.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves
(I haven't read the original...)