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A rooftop sculpture of 200 kg fiberglass designed in 1986 by sculptor John Buckley. It was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
A friend Howard Stanbury is thinking of buying a drone. A lovely January day gave me the chance to demo it for him while getting some shots near Old Headington where he lives. He meanwhile documented the demo Drones over Oxon. College Pond and Sydlings Copse mid distance.
A friend Howard Stanbury is thinking of buying a drone. A lovely January day gave me the chance to demo it for him while getting some shots near Old Headington where he lives. He meanwhile documented the demo Drones over Oxon. Barton the near buildings.
A friend Howard Stanbury is thinking of buying a drone. A lovely January day gave me the chance to demo it for him while getting some shots near Old Headington where he lives. He meanwhile documented the demo Drones over Oxon
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A friend Howard Stanbury is thinking of buying a drone. A lovely January day gave me the chance to demo it for him while getting some shots near Old Headington where he lives. He meanwhile documented the demo Drones over Oxon. Interesting crop marks, but not a Roman villa, which may be further left.
The John Radcliffe (JR) Hospital
Oxfordshire's main accident and emergency site.
The JR provides acute medical and surgical services including trauma, intensive care and cardiothoracic services.
It is the largest of The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust's four hospitals, covering around 66 acres.
The John Radcliffe site is also home to The Oxford Eye Hospital and the Oxford Children's Hospital – both of which are located in the West Wing.
The JR complex also houses many departments of the Oxford University Medical School.
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The West Wing
Main Entrance (Drop off Parking)
Headington Shark, Oxford, 20 Jul 2020
The Headington Shark is a rooftop sculpture depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house.
The shark first appeared in 1986, commissioned by the house's owner Bill Heine, a local radio presenter. The sculpture, which is 25 feet long, is made of painted fibreglass.
Oxford City Council immediately opposed the installation of the shark as there was no plannng permission. They also said it was dangerous to the public. But engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe.
A subsequent planning application was rejected by the council, but was appealed to the Environment Secretary, then Michael Heseltine.
The Planning Inspector ruled to retain it "....any system of control must make some small place for the dynamic, the unexpected, the downright quirky. I therefore recommend that the Headington Shark be allowed to remain.”
The original owner, Bill Heine, died in 2019.
The property was bought by his son and is now an AirBnB.
See Wikipedia
Three frames stitched, looking north-east to the crown of Carrot Hill, with Sydlings Copse beyond; to the right is Wick Farm and its caravan parks.
Headington Wick Roman Villa (excavated in the mid-C19) is thought to be where the three fields meet in the left of the photo, but recent archaeological explorations have found no evidence of the site, even though geophysical evidence was promising.
My own interest was piqued when I saw the light crop marks in the field in the upper centre here. What could be uncovered here, just a thousand feet away?
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With the expert piloting and help of Bruce Clarke I had a brief trial of aerial photography earlier this week. A fine winter's day with little breeze and plenty of light was all we needed (for me) to explore this world, on the north-eastern edge of Oxford. My thanks to Bruce for facilitating this and showing me the delight of drone photography. I'll have to get my own drone before long!
A photograph made with an Olympus XA, American market version with distances in feet, and expired Agfa Vista 200.
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The Churchill Hospital
OxTrail
OxTrail is an art trail raising money for Sobell House Hospice.
Main Herd
No. 31
Oxford Blue
Location:
Churchill Hospital
Artist:
Catherine Rye
Sponsor:
Oxford Instruments
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Headington Shark
by John Buckley
1986
A large, fibreglass sculpture of a shark that appears to be crashing through the roof of a house.
The shark first appeared on the 9th of August 1986, commissioned by the house's then-owner Bill Heine, a local radio presenter.
The 25-foot-long sculpture has become a local landmark and symbol of artistic expression. It was initially intended as a protest against warfare and nuclear threats.
Despite its unconventional appearance, the community has embraced it, and it continues to attract visitors and attention.
It was added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register in 2022 as “having important cultural, social or historical value.”
The Heritage Asset Register is funded by Historic England, the Oxford Preservation Trust and local communities.
The Churchill Hospital
Oxford's state-of-the-art centre of excellence for cancer patients.
The Chapel
Located in the old hospital
Jesus and his Disciples Window (Detail)
Oxford
Konica FC-1
Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.4
Outdated Kodak Color Plus 200
Boots scan + LR adjustments
Charles Sydney Gibbes
Birth 19 Jan 1876
Rotherham, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Death 24 Mar 1963 (aged 87)
St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Burial
Headington Cemetery
Headington, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Memorial ID 75368143 · View Source
He was the English tutor of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia. Later in his life he became an Orthodox monk, adopting the name of Nicholas after Saint Nicholas The Passion Bearer. After his return to Britain he became a prominent figure in Orthodoxy in Britain. he took the Moral Sciences Tripos at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in 1899. He entered upon theological studies in Cambridge and Salisbury in preparation for holy orders but realised that he had no religious vocation. Having talent for languages, he decided to teach English abroad. In 1901 he went to Saint Petersburg, Russia, as tutor to the Shidlovsky family and then the Soukanoff family. He was then appointed to the staff of the Imperial School of Law, and by 1907 he was qualified as vice-president and committee member of the Saint Petersburg Guild of English Teachers. He came to the attention of Tsarina Alexandra and in 1908 was invited as a tutor to improve the accents of the Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana; and subsequently Maria and Anastasia. In 1913 he became tutor to Tsarevich Alexei. The children referred to him as Sydney Ivanovich.
Inscription
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Nicholas. (Sydney Gibbes, M.A.)
orthochristian.com/114440.html
helenrappaport.com/russia/romanovs-revolution/last-days-s...
The Churchill Hospital
Oxford's state-of-the-art centre of excellence for cancer patients.
The Chapel
Located in the old hospital
Nativity Window (Detail)
Charles Sydney Gibbes
Birth 19 Jan 1876
Rotherham, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Death 24 Mar 1963 (aged 87)
St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Burial
Headington Cemetery
Headington, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Memorial ID 75368143 · View Source
He was the English tutor of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia. Later in his life he became an Orthodox monk, adopting the name of Nicholas after Saint Nicholas The Passion Bearer. After his return to Britain he became a prominent figure in Orthodoxy in Britain. he took the Moral Sciences Tripos at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in 1899. He entered upon theological studies in Cambridge and Salisbury in preparation for holy orders but realised that he had no religious vocation. Having talent for languages, he decided to teach English abroad. In 1901 he went to Saint Petersburg, Russia, as tutor to the Shidlovsky family and then the Soukanoff family. He was then appointed to the staff of the Imperial School of Law, and by 1907 he was qualified as vice-president and committee member of the Saint Petersburg Guild of English Teachers. He came to the attention of Tsarina Alexandra and in 1908 was invited as a tutor to improve the accents of the Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana; and subsequently Maria and Anastasia. In 1913 he became tutor to Tsarevich Alexei. The children referred to him as Sydney Ivanovich.
Inscription
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Nicholas. (Sydney Gibbes, M.A.)
orthochristian.com/114440.html
helenrappaport.com/russia/romanovs-revolution/last-days-s...
The Headington Shark is a rooftop sculpture at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting an oversized shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house.
The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation... It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki.
The sculpture (200 kg and 7,6 m long) is made of painted fibreglass.
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The Churchill Hospital
Oxford's state-of-the-art centre of excellence for cancer patients.
The Chapel
Located in the old hospital
Crucifixion Window (Detail)
The Churchill Hospital
Oxford's state-of-the-art centre of excellence for cancer patients.
Brief History
The first hospital on the Churchill site was built in 1940, with the intention of providing medical aid to the people of Oxford who might be injured as a result of air raids during the Second World War.
This proved unnecessary and the building was leased to the United States Army medical services in 1942.
It was occupied by the United States Medical Services on 3rd January 1942 under the command of Colonel Crawford (1942–1944) and then Colonel Dyke (1944–1945).
When the Americans left, at the end of the war, Oxford City Council took over the buildings and reopened it as a conventional hospital in January 1946.
In 1993 the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Churchill Hospital were united as the Churchill John Radcliffe Hospitals.
In 1994 the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust was formed as the final step in the union of the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals.
In 2011 the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust merged with the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust to create The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This trust currently has control of all three of Oxford's hospitals.
www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/churchill
Cancer & Haematology Centre
Artwork in the Clinical Research and Imaging Center (CRIC).
The shark first appeared on 9 August 1986.Bill Heine, a local radio presenter who owned the house until 2016, has said "The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation... It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki".The sculpture, which is reported to weigh 4 hundred weight (200 kg) and is 25 feet (7.6 m) long and is made of painted fibreglass, is named Untitled 1986 (written on the gate of the house). The sculpture was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.It was designed by sculptor John Buckley and constructed by Anton Castiau, a local carpenter and friend of John Buckley.For the occasion of the shark's 21st anniversary in August 2007, it was renovated by the sculptor,following earlier complaints about the condition of the sculpture and the house.On 26 August 2016 Bill Heine's son Magnus Hanson-Heine bought the house in order to preserve the Headington Shark.