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St Peter, Thurston, Suffolk
Thurston is a large and busy village just off of the A14 not far from the edge of Bury St Edmunds, with the blessing of its own railway station on the Ipswich to Cambridge line. The church sits on the edge of the village, a large, crisp building that stands upright above the road to Pakenham. None of the rough-and-readiness of many of Suffolk's rural churches here, for what you see from the road is entirely of the 19th Century.
On this site, we have often come across the work of the unfashionable Victorian Suffolk architect Edward Hakewill, son of the more famous Henry Hakewill. He had worked extensively in Suffolk the 1860s, and is sometimes good, at Kenton, for instance. But he can also be very undistinguished, as at Rushmere, Brantham and Shottisham. The reason I was intrigued by Thurston is that it was the work of his lesser-known younger brother, John Henry Hakewill, and I was interested to see what he had got up to.
His brother Edward's usual approach was to go in, build a north aisle, reduce the internal furnishings to a polite middle-brow sacramentalism, and then leave. John Hakewill had rather more than that to do here, because of something that happened on the night of Sunday March 18th 1860. In common with most Suffolk churches, St Peter had been greatly neglected through the 18th and early 19th Centuries, and its need for a facelift had become obvious. In fact, John Hakewill had already been engaged as the architect for a thorough going-over of the old structure. But shortly before midnight, supposedly on the night before work was due to commence, the tower fell.
It is hard to imagine the effect of an incident like that on a tiny, remote, rural community. The one permanent, ageless structure in its midst suddenly disappeared overnight. The tower collapsed straight down, but falling rubble took out the nave and aisle roofs, as well as destroying piers of both arcades. The parishioners decided to do the obvious, and retreat into the chancel for services. However, just ten days later, the rest of the nave collapsed, bringing down what remained of the arcades and roofs, and destroying all the furnishings, including the pulpit and lectern.
And so, a decision was made to rebuild from scratch, accommodating the new church to the surviving chancel and porch. As Roy Tricker points out, Hakewill was very much of the prevailing opinion of the time that Decorated was the only suitable style for a medieval church (despite the fact that Suffolk's finest moments are mostly Perpendicular), and, as a Bury Post article of the time noted, Hakewill was determined that the new church should be entirely in Decorated and correct architecture, replacing the inferior architecture in the old structure.
And so, there it is today. The exterior is certainly impressive, and the church reopened barely 18 months later, at the cost of about £3,500, about three quarters of a million in today's money, an extraordinary bargain I would have thought. This must have been a huge church, even before Hakewill's rebuild - I wondered if it had been a match for Rougham, across the A14. Much of the chancel appears relatively original, despite considerable patching up. The imposing tower itself is beginning to mellow with age, although perhaps it still bears a disconcerting similarity to what might be the tower of a Typically English Village Church in a model village, thanks to Hakewill's insistence on 'correct' Dec. But when you consider what Richard Phipson did across the road at Finborough and Woolpit during the same decade, St Peter may have got off lightly.
You step into a large, tidy space full of light - no gloomy north aise here. Inevitably, there is an urban feel to the wholly 19th Century interior, although there are some earlier survivals. One of these is the font, a fine perpendicular piece whose foliage panels conceal a green man or two. Can it have come from here originally? It is hard to see how the font could have survived the collapse of the tower. Collected fragments of 15th Century glass include a number of striking heads, as well as parts of the figures of a cherubim, a pope and a bishop. Up in the chancel there is what appears to be a pair of delicious medieval angels holding scrolls, although they are, I think, 19th Century fakes. Certainly 15th Century are the stalls below, however, which survived the fall of the tower and have delightful little figures in the spandrels. There are a couple more medieval benches now placed at the west end of the south aisle, also with green men on them.
Bringing us right up to date is one of Suffolk's several sets of royal arms to Queen Elizabeth II (there are others not far off at Rattlesden and Lavenham, among others). This set is dated 1977, the year of the Silver Jubilee. The woodwork in the nave is of a decent quality, presumably installed as part of the same commission as the rebuilding, but the reredos in the chancel is rather finer, the work of Father Ernest Geldart, the Anglo-catholic carpenter-priest whose parish and studio were at Little Braxted in Essex. Its commission may give us some idea of the churchmanship here at Thurston in the early years of the 20th Century.
A name that many will associate with Bury St Edmunds is that of the Greene King brewery, and the Greene family are commemorated here at Thurston. Sir Walter Greene paid for the restoration of the chancel. The memorial windows to the Greene family are by the stained glass firm Ward & Hughes, and were installed over thirty years from 1890 to 1920. Ward & Hughes were a company that went through three distinct phases. In their early years they were often quite interesting, as across the border at Pentney in Norfolk, for example. Later in the 19th Century they became one of the largest mass-producing workshops in the country, churning out thousands of windows for hundreds of churches all over the world that are largely of a similar middle-brow quality. In the 20th Century, however, the wheels came off a bit, and the windows vary greatly. There is a feeling that patrons were given too much say in the design, which is always a mistake, and sometimes they can be pretty awful. But here at Thurston the glass is spectacular. The 1890 glass is certainly not run-of-the-mill, being a version in glass of Axel Ender's painting Easter Morning. Whether it is good or not is perhaps a matter of taste, but the other two windows are rather thrilling, and delightfully mawkish - witness the figure of Peace stooping to kiss the lips of Righteousness. There is a Ward & Hughes window in a similar style to these last two up the road at Pakenham.
Elsewhere in the church, the lovely 1950 window of the Adoration of the Magi at the east end of the south aisle is by E L Armitage for Powell & Sons, and it replaced damaged glass which commemorated a 14 months old child, Mary Adelaide Blake, who died in 1842. The date of the new window suggests that the old one suffered blast damge in the Second World War, a common fate for these Suffolk churches surrounded by American air bases. The best window in the church, however, is at the east end of the north aisle, and depicts the Raising of Jairus's Daughter in a quiet, painterly style. It remembers Isabella Blake, who died in 1856, and nobody seems to know who it is by. Intriguingly, given that this is also to a daughter of the Blake family, it seems possible that the lost window in the south aisle was by the same workshop.
For many years, Thurston church was difficult of access, so it is pleasing to discover that it is now open to strangers and pilgrims every day. Even more, the sign in the porch asks you to be careful not to accidentally lock the door on your way out.
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The idea behind these images is largely described by the title. The period covered by each set is determined by the capacity of a 2GB memory card.
I've been shooting with a single focal length (50mm in this case) concerning myself mainly with the changing light through the day and how it interacts with the things I see on a daily basis. I don't view the shots until the card is full. The best are then selected from the card unedited and uncropped, exactly as they were shot.
San Javier (Murcia), 2 de diciembre de 2015
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Here's another instance of the beauty of desaturation rather than true black and white conversion. Not only does desaturation preserve a subtle touch of color in the lips, but the skin and mask, rather than being limited to true black and gray, have highlights of red and blue, respectively, giving them a richer color than they would have otherwise. The smooth span of skin framed between the textures of the mask and features really works for me. I love the full color version of this image, too, but the black and white, in my opinion, is even more elegant.
This image is featured on my photo blog, thelightisall.blogspot.com. (IMG_0322_bw_1)
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Really really loved them wink wink. For instance, I got on my hands and knees and sniffed their dust and gave them a kiss.
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In downtown Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on August 19th, 2021, on the west side of South Center Street, north of Rowell Street.
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In the eighteenth century Clifton House was the residence of a rich merchant but parts are earlier, for instance the C14th vaulted undercroft.
The site runs back from Queen Street to what was originally a quay on the bank of the Ouse, with warehouses and domestic accommodation providing all that a merchant of the time might need!
By good fortune, our visit coincided with the opportunity to explore the five-storey watch tower, which dates from the late C16th, and enjoy the sweeping views from its rooftop.
The King's Lynn Preservation Trust undertook the restoration of the exterior of Clifton House in 2002-03, and they've more about the property and a summary of that process on...
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I am never happy about trees being cut down but in this instance I do not know the full story and may never do so.
Having read the news about the petition I decided to visit Fairview to see what the fuss was about and also it was a good excuse to visit the area.
According to one local that I spoke to the City Council is planning to remove about fifty trees in order to make way for a new cycle path but a second lady explained that as the trees will be replaced by the Corpo [Dublin City Council] she was not interested in the petition.
As the planting began in 1906 some of the trees are over a hundred years old and according to the City Council officials some of the older trees are distressed because of restricted growing space and need to be felled regardless of their plans for a cycleway.
On the main Fairview road there is a large number of trees marked with yellow bands and I assume that these are the trees destined for the chop. However, according to some online accounts it is the trees along the park’s main footpath that are under threat. I think that some reports have used stock photographs of random trees in the park.
By the way the Irish Times are not in favour of the petition see: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fairview-trees-row-shows-why-d...
During my visit to Limerick I used a number of different lenses. In this instance I used a Sony A7RM2 body with a Zeiss Batis 25mm Lens which I really like.
St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, also known as Limerick Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Limerick, Ireland which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Limerick, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe.
Today the cathedral is still used for its original purpose as a place of worship and prayer for the people of Limerick. It is open to the public every day from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Following the retirement of the Very Rev'd Maurice Sir on June 24, 2012, Bishop Trevor Williams announced the appointment of the Rev'd Sandra Ann Pragnell as Dean of Limerick and Rector of Limerick City Parish. She is the first female dean of the cathedral and rector of the Limerick parish. The cathedral grounds holds a United Nations Memorial Plaque with the names of all the Irish men who died while serving in the United Nations Peacekeepers.
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※会場内は撮影禁止になっています。今回は特別に許可をいただいて写真撮影、blog掲載をさせていただいています。
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Madrid, 1 de abril de 2014. El ministro del Interior de España, Jorge Fernández Díaz, y el ministro del Interior de Angola, Ângelo de Barros Veiga Tavares, han visitado hoy el Centro de Coordinación de Vigilancia Marítima de Costas y Fronteras (CECORVIGMAR) en la Dirección General de la Guardia Civil.
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some yayhoo up trail pulled the trigger on some sorta elephant gun at the same instance she pulled the trigger on the .22 - it scared the living daylights out of all of us - it was so unexpected - but especially her.... she would not try again all day...
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While we always had made a single docking, in this instance the ship split up into two groups – those wishing the see Pendleton, Oregon and those who decided to see Richland, Washington. We were let off the ship in Umatilla Oregon and made the 1 hour trip to Pendleton via coach while the ship continued on the Columbia River to Richland to dock at Howard Amon Park is a multi-use recreation area on the shore of the Columbia River in Richland, Washington. The park is named after Howard Amon, one of Richland's early settlers. The park facilities for boating, swimming, tennis, playgrounds, and hiking/running trails with areas to picnic / We returned to the ship via coach [a 90 minute drive from Pendleton]. Richland is where the Columbia River continues North and East while it forks to the Snake River on to Clarkston, WA going through 4 locks where our cruise ends in Clarkston, but not before we visit the Nez Perce National Historical Park
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Another instance of having too much fun with the scavenger hunt and not being able to stop. We decided to make a bet with our friend, dressed as Harley Quinn. The bet was to have your photo taken with 10 different jokers by the end of the night.
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No One Has To Intereact With Me Or Others At All On Any Public Or Private Post (Thus Stopping Replies, Or Further Interactions Either, Etc,),
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Blocking People Based Often On Spite & Childish Behaviours Of Others Online ,Does More Harm To Those Suspended, Especially If Like Me Social Media Is My Main Source Of Human Interactions, Talking, Social Connections, Etc, Too :( 😞 :) 😀
Also Suspensions Of Social Media Accounts, Should Take 100+ Complaints Before Any Real Considerations To Suspend Accounts To Too :( 😞
I Don't Beg For Followers, I Don't Create Bigotry, Hatred, Incitement, I Don't Report , Block, I Just Ignore Any Harmful Accounts To Too,
I Have Put So Much Mental & Physical Energy/Emotions Over Past Few Weeks/Months In Chatting With So Many Open-Minded/Woke & Nice Human Beings With Good Causes & More, This ONLY 2nd Childish/Spiteful Person To Report Several Posts/Threads ,Instead Of Blocking 🚫, Or Choosing To Publicly Interact With Me & Can't Cope When I Do First Set Of Replies , & Then Report Me On Mass :( 😞
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for instance, here the flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) is flying upside down outside the FBiH government building.
Two instances of multiple adenoviral DNA sequences amplified from a single donor.
Sequences amplified from donors 5 and 13 and the source of the DNA from which sequences were amplified is shown in the tables. The phylogenetic relationships between these sequences as computed using the nearest neighbor algorithm of Saitou and Nei [21] is also shown. The calculated distance value for each sequence is shown in parentheses (Vector NTI, AlignX module).
Initialisée il y a 375 ans, Instance, intelligence artificielle veille sur Montréal et permet aux citoyens de visualiser ses activités de façon transparente. Omniprésente, elle absorbe toutes les données de la ville et de ses citoyens, prête à s’adapter et à communiquer chaque nouvelle information. Suite à sa dernière mise à jour, son comportement évolue : Instance s’anime d’une volonté naissante de s’emparer de la métropole.
Tout comme le clocher Saint-Jacques, la Grande bibliothèque est répertoriée par l’intelligence artificielle afin de mieux appréhender sa ville. Elle numérise le bâtiment et démontre ce qu’elle analyse ; les comportements et activités des usagers de la BAnQ et de sa documentation. Instance démontre ses apprentissages par des représentations graphiques sur les murs de l’édifice. Suite à la mise à jour prévue le 4 mars, Instance détermine maintenant ce qu’elle veut montrer aux citoyens et impose ses choix. Elle développe graduellement ses propres préférences et n’hésite pas à les exposer. Les données présentées et les représentations graphiques deviennent ainsi du contenu formel qu’Instance considère comme le plus pertinent.
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Here, I have used the PyTorch library and a Mask R-CNN model to perform instance segmentation (detection and delineation) on four Panamanian cats.
The labels in the image are in Spanish:
gato = cat
Another instance of having too much fun with the scavenger hunt and not being able to stop. We decided to make a bet with our friend, dressed as Harley Quinn. The bet was to have your photo taken with 10 different jokers by the end of the night.
Corner of 23rd Street and 8th Avenue.
The few instances of sun gives this shot a nice touch.
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Post mainly details the men's collection and new styles, but adds mention of the women's socks as well. Talks about the direction of this collection with the new dress socks, as well as his preference for the cotton/spandex blend. Notes Live Stock and Boardroom as Vancouver retailers.
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Second lap of the 4th instance of the Haldon Forest parkrun on a windy day. Images may not be in strict order, and come from two cameras, so look around if you want one of you.
After this I moved on into the forest, toward the finish.
Just Had My 2nd 2022 #Childish & #Spiteful & #Unfair Reports On: #Mastodon.Social - #MastodonSocial - #Mastodon #Social , Server/Instances,
All Because They Publicly To Reply To Mine & Others Shared Public Posts, They Disagree & Before They Report & Block Me, They Reply Publicly Disputes Something I Say/Said, & Seek To Get Me/Others Banned/Deleted/Suspended On: #Fediverse , #Mastodon ,Or All #SocialMedia Platforms/Accounts/Networks & Means Have To Pray Appeal/Appeals Work,
Nothing I Say, Or Post, Is Illegal Or Criminal In Uk,EU,International Laws, Or Mastodon.Social Rules/Laws Either :( 😞
No One Has To Intereact With Me Or Others At All On Any Public Or Private Post (Thus Stopping Replies, Or Further Interactions Either, Etc,),
#SocialMedia ,Needs To Set-Up Automatic Response To The Reporters ,Like Please Block 🚫 The User/Users, If Illegal/Criminal Screenshot & Report To Local Police, We'll NOT Ban/Suspend Person You've Reported We'll Look At In Timely Manner & Likely Only Suspend If On Our Servers/Instances & If Real Crimes, Incitement, Bigotry, Etc,) :( 😞
Blocking People Based Often On Spite & Childish Behaviours Of Others Online ,Does More Harm To Those Suspended, Especially If Like Me Social Media Is My Main Source Of Human Interactions, Talking, Social Connections, Etc, Too :( 😞 :) 😀
Also Suspensions Of Social Media Accounts, Should Take 100+ Complaints Before Any Real Considerations To Suspend Accounts To Too :( 😞
I Don't Beg For Followers, I Don't Create Bigotry, Hatred, Incitement, I Don't Report , Block, I Just Ignore Any Harmful Accounts To Too,
I Have Put So Much Mental & Physical Energy/Emotions Over Past Few Weeks/Months In Chatting With So Many Open-Minded/Woke & Nice Human Beings With Good Causes & More, This ONLY 2nd Childish/Spiteful Person To Report Several Posts/Threads ,Instead Of Blocking 🚫, Or Choosing To Publicly Interact With Me & Can't Cope When I Do First Set Of Replies , & Then Report Me On Mass :( 😞
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I Can't Afford To Own/Run My Own Servers/Instances Either :( 😞 😓 😩
i always write about missing vietnam and certain family members in vietnam. for instance, i really miss di tu. my mother's fourth oldest sister. she is my absolute favorite relative ever. i really adore her. i have traveled with her all over south east asia and in holland where her children lives. we have been waiting for her paperwork to go through so she can visit us here in the states. she fails the interviewing process each year though. for this aunt, i would do anything. she has shown me such unconditional love and nurturing. even with thousands of miles between us i can feel her love and dedication and encouragement and support. i have photos of her in my bedroom. in the 60s she was a model/actress. she left home in her teens for Saigon to dance in nightclubs and meet american lovers. she was such a scandal in the family. she has been married several times. she has two beautiful daughters, both of which are married to dutch citizens. i can go to places like amsterdam and france because of them. in vietnam, it is Di Tu i tell all of my secrets too. secrets i don't even tell my mother. i tell her about my boyfriends, my thoughts, my fears, my unrealistic goals, my love for my brother and family, my constant worries. i tell her these things i never tell my mother for fear of worrying her. Di Tu listens as she always listens to all of her nieces and nephews 'dilemmas'. no matter how trivial the problems are, she is always there listening. and then right after she tells us stories about herself. her childhood. her lovers. her wars. her losses. her tears. i can write novellas about her life. she is such a brave woman. there is nothing more i can say about her.
for now, i am just really missing Vietnam, but more than anything i miss being with my Di Tu in Vietnam.
Like Strawberries, for instance.
I am glad, for this reason, that I have managed to avoid children all my life. I always told my sisters (and brother, the one of two who had children) that I would grow to love them, their progeny, once they turned thirty.
This is exactly what happened. I am somewhat, perversely, proud of this.
The Strawberries are struggling as they send out shoots to try to escape from the parent (dying) plant. Was it not always so? I am trying to encourage the offshoots to settle, but they haven't turned thirty yet, so my ginger approach might, easily, kill them off yet, if nature has its way.
I am very pleased to say that I managed to get to the age of 67 without murdering anybody, almost.
Always remember that strawberries are people too.