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Opened in 1897, this grade II listed building is a great example of Victorian opulence both outside and in.
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.
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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.
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.
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
Halifax Nova Scotia sunset.
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia is a mid-sized community on the Eastern Shore. It is a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, and lies along the Atlantic Ocean, at the eastern side of the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Historically, fishing was the main source of income for the community, but now most of its inhabitants commute to Downtown Halifax or Dartmouth , or work in the community at typical jobs.