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One of my closest Flickr friends and inspirations passed away last month. I knew he had been sick but I had no idea how serious it really was. The last I heard from him was about 3 months ago, I guess it was, telling me that he was in a bad way but hoped to return to shooting again soon. He gave no details regarding his illness, which was kind of his way. So, since he didn't reply to my last few emails, I decided to see if an internet search would reveal anything... and it did.
He and I both shared a love of floral photography. He was haunted by the death of his daughter, taken by cancer as a young woman. He was also plagued by health issues, as many of us are as we get older. He found that photography brought him peace of mind, if nothing else. We certainly had that in common.
I'm going to miss him and his beautiful work. May you rest in peace dear friend.
You can view his work at www.flickr.com/photos/zoomclic/
His obituary is here -> www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/pa/rostraver/keith-hawker-...
Notice of the death of a person that is published in newspapers with a mourning box or is posted in different public places indicating the date and place of burial, funeral, etc.
This photograph and others from this period are in a Photo Book - Days Past - published on the Blurb web page at:
www.blurb.co.uk/b/10385558-days-past
Albert had just read his own obituary - in the Rose and Crown Hotel, Main Road, Darnall, 1977 - (hotel is now a Post Office)
After coming home with only half a leg on the back we have been in the animal hospital where the plan was to amputate the rest of the leg. Unfortunately after several examinations they found miscellaneous more problems; worst of it cirrhosis of the kidney. As he would have never again a life without pain we decided to let him go. We had more than 13 wonderful years together.
During the course of my series of collages on the Shipping Forecast it was pointed out to me by wottaottapixels after a discussion with ed ed that the name Finisterre had been dropped from the British Shipping Forecast and replaced with Fitzroy. This was to avoid confusion with the Spanish Finisterre.
Anyway, I had promised ed ed I would make a collage on Finisterre but instead I thought a little vido tribute in way of an obituary for Finisterre may be more appropriate. Anyway ed ed, here is to you and your remarkable eye for finding the profound within the everyday...
My kind sea faring friend has supplied these lovely ones from the Portuguese and Spanish sea/weather station equivalents:
Altair, Acores, Irving, Madeira, Josephine, Charcot, Finesterre, Porto, Sao Vicente, Cadiz, Cassablanca, Agadir, Meteor, Canarias...aren't they great?
Joshua L. Knowles, from Sheffield, Iowa died at age 23 when a mortar round hit the military truck he was driving. He was the tenth Iowan to die in the Iraq war.
Poor goldfish - Even tho we tried to keep him isolated, it was only a matter of time, with 4 furry siblings.
You can see my reflection in the water - can I count this as my 365 self portrait?
I can't believe I'm putting my toilet on the internet......
In the narrow streets of Napoli's Quartieri Spagnoli, the locals have taken to posting obituary notices on the walls and columns of the businesses and residential buildings.
Obituary
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This article is about the death notice. For other uses, see Obituary (disambiguation).
An obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person's life and information about the upcoming funeral.[1] In large cities and larger newspapers, obituaries are written only for people considered significant. In local newspapers, an obituary may be published for any local resident upon death. A necrology is a register or list of records of the deaths of people related to a particular organization, group or field, which may only contain the sparsest details, or small obituaries. Historical necrologies can be important sources of information.
Two types of paid advertisements are related to obituaries. One, known as a death notice, omits most biographical details and may be a legally required public notice under some circumstances. The other type, a paid memorial advertisement, is usually written by family members or friends, perhaps with assistance from a funeral home.[1] Both types of paid advertisements are usually run as classified advertisements.
Mary Quant, the Mother of the Miniskirt, Dies at 93
As a designer, clad in her signature playclothes and boots, with huge painted eyes, fake freckles and a distinctive bob, she epitomized the style of London’s Swinging Sixties.
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Mary Quant at work in London in 1963. Her boutique in the heart of Chelsea was filled with “a bouillabaisse of clothes and accessories.”
Mary Quant at work in London in 1963. Her boutique in the heart of Chelsea was filled with “a bouillabaisse of clothes and accessories.”Credit...Associated Press
Penelope Green
By Penelope Green
April 13, 2023
Updated 9:05 a.m. ET
7 MIN READ
Mary Quant, the British designer who revolutionized fashion and epitomized the style of the Swinging Sixties, a playful, youthful ethos that sprang from the streets, not a Paris atelier, died on Thursday at her home in Surrey, in southern England. Known as the mother of the miniskirt, she was 93.
Her family announced the death in a statement given to the Press Association of Britain, saying that she had died “peacefully.”
England was emerging from its postwar privations when, in 1955, Ms. Quant and her aristocratic boyfriend, Alexander Plunket Greene, both 21 and just out of art school, opened a boutique called Bazaar on London’s King’s Road, in the heart of Chelsea. Ms. Quant filled it with the outfits that she and her bohemian friends were wearing, “a bouillabaisse of clothes and accessories,” as she wrote in an autobiography, “Quant on Quant” (1966) — short flared skirts and pinafores, knee socks and tights, funky jewelry and berets in all colors.
Young women at the time were turning their backs on the corseted shapes of their mothers, with their nipped waists and ship’s-prow chests — the shape of Dior, which had dominated since 1947. They disdained the uniform of the establishment — the signifiers of class and age telegraphed by the lacquered helmets of hair, the twin sets and heels, and the matchy-matchy accessories — the model for which was typically in her 30s, not a young gamine like Ms. Quant.
Another Gronk lost is former RES 08873 which was a few months shy of it's 61st Birthday. Seen here in better times at Southampton Maritime in November 2016 when the Gronk had just been powered up to shunt the terminal whilst on hire to Freightliner.
History wise....
Introduced in November 1960 as D4041 and a product of Darlington works she was put to use in the Sheffield area, spending just short of a decade floating between Darnall and Tinsley etc. A trip to the big smoke in 1969 saw the start of a long association with Finsbury Park. It received its TOPS number of 08873 in 1974. When the depot closed in the autumn of 1983, the loco was reallocated to Bounds Green. Transfer to Stratford came 3 years later but the loco spent most of it's time still at Bounds Green and the duties associated with the depot. Repainted in to Intercity livery, complete with yellow cab roof and Stratford Cockney Sparrow logos in 1987, the loco was displayed at the Bounds Green Open Day. A brief period of store came in 1993 but the loco was later reinstated. Continuing it's tour of London, the loco came under the command of Willesden in late 1993 however had moved up to Crewe Diesel by the spring of 1994. A career with RES followed with a repaint in to the Red/Grey livery and becoming a regular feature in Crewe Station shunting the once busy mail/parcel traffic.
Following the purchase of RES by EWS and having been side-lined at Crewe DMD, the loco was eventually offered for sale and in 1998 became part of the RFS fleet. Resold again, 08873 joined Shunter Hire specialist RT Rail at the turn of the Millennium and spent a good period of time on hire at Crewe Carriage Sidings. Somewhat surprisingly, she was sold on once more in 2005 to Hunslet Engine Company/Andrew Barclay Locomotives. A full overhaul and repaint in to RES with Hunslet branding followed. During it's time with Hunslet it served at a good amount of locations including Trafford Park (for both FLT and Kellogg's traffic), Felixstowe FLT, Round Oak Steel Terminal (West Mids) and Hams Hall.
The most significant hire of the loco was by Freightliner whom it spent most of it's time with. This was in part due to the dire availability of Freightliners own 'Gronks' at the time. 2008 was a particularly torrid time with FL's own 08891 having decided to give up the ghost in the early part of the year with engine issues at Maritime and was carted away for assessment/repair.
To further add to the woes 08077 and 08575 were involved in a shunting mishap at Maritime in July 2008 which saw 08077 pushed right through the stop block and end up completely off the track. 08575 was mangled in the incident too and both were subsequently side-lined. For 08873, which at the time was working at Felixstowe North FLT, this prolonged it's hire with FL and further cemented it's unofficial position as their 'First Reserve'.
FL were down to six operational Gronks in 08530, 08531, 08585, 08624, 08691 and 08785 with six remaining duties (2x Felixstowe, 2x Southampton, 1x Tilbury and 1x Trafford Park). With usually one locomotive away for exam at LH Group, Barton-under-Needwood, the fleet was stretched without the hire in cover.
Cover it would continue to provide, mostly at Southampton but also a couple of spells at Hams Hall. In 2017 she left Southampton for the final time, coming off hire and returned to Barton for repairs. The loco never received these repairs and over the next 3.5 years or so the loco was gradually stripped of all reusable parts. In June 2021 the loco was little more than a shell, even it's cab internals had been completely gutted. Late June she was transferred to Beaver Metals at Water Orton who made light work of disposing of this workhorse.
R.I.P
An illustration of the Captain taken from a photograph and published in an obituary in November 1906 - more here
Captain James William Newton (1831 – 1906)
Lieve vrienden van Marion, berustend in rouw delen we mee dat onze moeder na een langdurige ziekte toch nog onverwacht is overleden. Ze is gestorven met haar naasten om haar heen. Wij eren onze moeder en vinden steun bij elkaar.
Liefs, de kinderen.
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Dear friends of Marion, in mourning we share that our mother has passed unexpectedly, albeit after a long illness. She died with her loved ones around her. We honor our mother and find support in each other.
Love, the children.
I first posted this shot in September of 2009.
www.flickr.com/photos/angelnfreefall/3995045549/in/set-72...
I took one shot, and spoke briefly with this man that day. There's a description of that moment on the original shot.
(Thank you all- I processed him fairly harshly to make each line stand out. When I asked if I could take his picture, he considered me a moment, and then in the most amazingly rich voice, he said it had been a long time since anyone cared to take his photo.
I plan to take him a copy, as he requested one if it turned out the way I hoped.)
We were at a local flea market, and something about him overcame my initial shyness. I asked to photograph him and he agreed.
For the past two years, I've tried to find him there again to give him a copy of this picture.
Saturday, I was at the market as a vendor. I had the picture with me, as I have for two years.
I showed it to the manager, who recognized him.
She took the photo from my hand and held it.
Her eyes filled, and she said
Donald died last month. He always walked barefoot. He was trying to cross the road, right over there, and it was dark. A car hit him....
I wish I had found him and given him his picture. It will hang in the office now instead.