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Soldiers loading a shell into a piece of artillery during the Battle of Modder River on 28 November 1899. The engagement was something of a pyrrhic victory for Lord Methuen's column which was attempting to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley in the northern Cape. At the start of the battle many British troops had advanced to within 1,200 yards (1,100 m) of the river when the hidden Boers opened fire. Most of the soldiers were forced to throw themselves flat as there was no cover on the veld. They had to remain under fire in the open for most of the day. It was only when the 9th Brigade crossed the river downstream and threatened his flank that the Boer commander Piet Cronje withdrew his force.
Red haired barbie in best buy #3205 (1973)
Francie in Simply super #3277 (1972)
P.J. in best buy #8680 (1973) made with Rock flower Tie Die Maxi fashion fabric
Another Protoform custom - his head is a casting I made from a Fallen head and addded some "wing" modifications to make it look more like Nemesis. He's a base of metallic black, with dark blue metallic accents and bright blue detailing (for his 'glowing' blue sections.)
He has swappable right arms - hand, cannon, and dark saber attachments.
On Modder Avenue, Armley, Leeds. Armley Malleable Ironworks was also known as Blakey's Malleable Castings. It is now Pennine Castings, the current makers of Blakeys Segs - Made in Yorkshire for over 100 years!
There is a poem about Blakeys:
TEA BREAK AT BLAKEY’S
At first the endless bike ride through the fog
to punch the foundry clock at seven thirty;
and there we mustered, shivering and spitting,
stamping our feet like broken marionettes.
Then we forgot the January cold,
among the dirt and fumes and burning steel.
But, come eleven we returned to men,
and that is when I best remember them:
Charlie the West Indian, all smiles and overalls;
young Pete, the first and the last of the teddy boys
and Joe, turned seventy if he was a day-
face all seams and hands all knuckles-
who squatted on an old five gallon drum,
hugging a scalding mug and talking about Mons.
Derek Lee
From: www.mancvoices.co.uk/issue_16.htm#TEA_BREAK_AT_BLAKEY’S_
A Facebook page dedicated to lovers of Blakey's Segs.
pa-in.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56482830769
A Blakeys Cobbler's iron shoe stand
www.modern50.com/oddities/blakeys-cobbler-iron-shoe-stand/
This can also be seen on Leodis at:
www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007517_16...