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Grosnez Castle stands on the headland at the extreme north-west of Jersey in Saint Ouen. Nobody really knows when it was built, but it was probably constructed in the 14th century, and was in ruins by 1540 and remains so today. The name is probably from the old Norse words for "grey headland" - grar nes - an accurate description of the site when seen from the sea - rather than from the French for big nose.
The castle may have been built on the orders of Warden of the Isles Sir John des Roches and was probably intended as a refuge for islanders if the French invaded, but they would never have withstood a siege because the nearest source of water was some 200 metres away.
The walls were built from granite and are thickest on the landward side, because on the three other sides it is protected by steep cliffs some 60 metres high. The perimeter wall was about 250 metres long and enclosed an area roughly circular in shape. Archaeological excavations of the ditch which was spanned by a drawbridge revealed 12 carved corbels.
The gatehouse, which is substantially all that remains, was protected by the drawbridge and portcullis and would have been very difficult to capture.
The castle - really just a 'fort-of-refuge' due to lack of an internal water-supply - is said to have been twice captured by the French, in 1373 and 1381 - and it is surmised that it was perhaps demolished around the time of the French occupation of Jersey (1461–1468). Archaeologists who have studied the ruins suggest that the castle was deliberately destroyed, rather than left to crumble over time.
The following scenario has been put forward by one researcher:
"Some of its stone was used to enlarge St Ouen's Manor and perhaps build other properties in the area. The then Seigneur, Phillipe De Carteret, was already short of money, because his guardians had looted his estates while he was a minor, and when he came of age and got control of his own estates, it was recorded that 'alder trees grew in the roofless hall of his manor'.
"Rebuilding his manor house was a costly project, and he did not have any money after the theft of his inheritance by his guardians. Jersey was still being subjected to raids by Norman and Breton freebooters until the 1482 Papal 'Bull of Neutrality' put a stop to them. The raids affected the prosperity of the whole of Jersey, certainly including the Seigneur De Carteret, - who had begun petitioning Edward IV (by way of Governor Harliston) for a "License to Crenelate" [ie fortify] his manor against such raiders as early as 1478. The license was eventually granted in 1484, giving permission to demolish Grosnez Castle to obtain stone for the purpose. The fortified walls and the towers and gatehouse of St Ouen's Manor would have absorbed all the stone produced by dismantling the fort of refuge at Grosnez, and more."
In 1806, a naval signal station was established at Grosnez to send messages to Guernsey.
The name may, of course, simply mean "the Big Nose". But nes was Old Norse for "headland", and the Vikings gave this name to many of the promontories they passed. In England are Skegness, Sheerness, Shoeburyness, Dungeness, etc; in Northern France Gris Nez Blanc Nez, Nez de Jobourg, etc, as well as the Gros Nez near Flamanville. So Jersey's Rougenez, Nez du Guet, etc, probably have the same origin.
Grotness, in Shetland, is derived from Old Norse grjot, a rock, and this may have been the original name of our Grosnez, Grotnes, the Rocky Point, which Jersey later gallicised into its present spelling.
Grosnez forms the north-west corner of Jersey. From it can be seen on a clear day all the other Channel Islands, including Alderney. The most prominent thing on the point is a gaunt ruined castle. A space of almost an acre was once enclosed by a roughly circular wall. On three sides - west, north, and east - it was protected by precipitous cliffs; so there the wall was lower; but on the landward side it is even today 16 feet high, and once was higher. The gatehouse had a portcullis and battlemented roof, and on either side two projecting bastions with arrow-slits, through which archers could shoot down anyone who approached the gate. In front of this was a broad ditch cut through the solid rock, which was not easy to cross unless the drawbridge was down. Inside the walls can be traced the foundations of groups of small houses or shelters. A collection of carved corbels from the castle is preserved at the Museum.
This castle has little recorded history. In Leland's map of the Channel Islands, published about 1540, it is marked as Grosnes Castrum dirutum (Grosnez Castle, destroyed). In 1607 the Attorney-General challenged the right of the seigneur of St Ouen to hold his feudal court there, on the ground that all castles belong to the king; but the Commissioners ruled that, as it was "but a heap of rubbysh and stones", the seigneur might be left in possession.
In his The Bailiwick of Jersey, 20th century historian George Balleine suggests that 'four facts about the castle seem certain':
The ruins show that it was built in the bow-and-arrow age
Its corbels suggest that it must have had a machicoulis gallery with holes in the floor for dropping stones on the heads of enemies below; if so, it cannot be much earlier than the 14th century, when this form of defence first became common in northern Europe
It can never have been meant to stand a siege, for it had no well
The way its stones were thrown into the ditch shows that it was deliberately destroyed and did not crumble through age.
Balleine continued:
"The 14th century was the period of the Hundred Years War, when the French were making constant tip-and-run raids on the Island. The castle was probably a refuge to which St Ouen farmers hurried their wives and cattle whenever the church bells gave warning that the French had landed. Then they could man the walls and hold the enemy at bay, knowing that they would not settle down to a long, systematic siege. *But when we ask who destroyed the castle, we can only guess*. * Guess? Not any more, Philipe De carteret demolished Grosnez to fortify St Ouen's manor just as his descendent, the Lieut-Governor, demolished St. germanyne Castel to use the stone in the building of Elizabeth castle in the 17th century.]
"In the account of du Guesclin's raid in 1373 the Duke of Bourbon's standard-bearer reports: "We arrived in Jersey, where there are two castles. The Duke and his men set themselves in array against one and the Constable and his men against the other."
"We know that du Guesclin attacked Mont Orgueil. What can the other castle have been if it were not Grosnez? "Next morning they attacked, and the Duke captured his castle, the first to enter being Barberie, the Duke's carver. The Duke then joined the Constable, who had not yet taken the other castle." Placenames sometimes preserve facts that history has forgotten.
"A gully on the north-west of the castle is called Creux aux Francais. Does this imply that the Duke, instead of a frontal attack, led his men round to the back of the castle and stormed it at its weakest point? We cannot say. But its capture by the Duke of Bourbon is one possible date for its destruction. Before rejoining du Guesclin, he may have made certain that Grosnez could give no further trouble.
"Or was it destroyed in the French Occupation of 1461-68, during the Wars of the Roses? The de Carterets favoured the White Rose; so when the Red Rose won, their castle may have been dismantled. And this may explain why the Jersey chronicler never mentions Grosnez. Writing in the reign of Elizabeth, who was proud of her Lancastrian blood, he would not wish to call attention to the fact that his heroes, the de Carterets, had been on the other side. The flight of steps to the right of the arch was put there by the Societe Jersiaise to prevent visitors from damaging the moat by climbing over it.
"In recent years a lighthouse has been built half way down the cliff to guide ships coming from the Race of Alderney round the dangerous Paternoster Reef. It is worth descending to the platform of this lighthouse for the sake of the view along the coast."
This is the description of the castle in the 2020 Jersey Heritage Historic Environment Record:
"A 14th century fortification site of exceptional significance to the history of Jersey. The understanding of the site and its history is limited due to the lack of any recent documentary or archaeological research. Research into the castle's history was carried out as far back as 1897 (Le Cornu) and more recently in 1926 (Rybot). The archaeology, both structural and below ground, holds a great deal of evidence.
"Grosnez Castle is a fortified stronghold thought to have been built around 1330 on the orders of the Warden of the Isles, Sir John des Roches, to serve as a refuge from French attack for islanders in this part of Jersey. The 14th century was the period of the Hundred Years' War, when the French were making constant tip-and-run raids on the Island. The castle was twice captured by the French, in 1373 and 1381.
"The castle is said to have been captured by a French force led by the Duke of Bourbon in July 1373 in conjunction with an attack on Mont Orgueil by Bertrand du Guesclin. In the account of du Guesclin's raid in 1373 the Duke of Bourbon's standard-bearer reports: 'We arrived in Jersey, where there are two castles. The Duke and his men set themselves in array against one and the Constable and his men against the other.' It was captured again in 1381, and is thought to become a ruin around the time of the French occupation of Jersey (1461-1468).
"Local tradition has it that much of the stone was used to enlarge St Ouen's Manor around 1483, and that locals also took down the castle deliberately and used the stones on their own land. It is unlikely the seigneur of St Ouen would have been given such permission if the castle was still in use. On Leland's map of the Channel Islands, published about 1540, it is marked as Grosnes Castrum, dirutum (Grosnez Castle, destroyed). In 1607 the Attorney-General challenged the right of the seigneur of St Ouen to hold his feudal court there, on the grounds that all castles belong to the king; but the Commissioners ruled that, as it was 'but a heap of rubbysh and stones', the seigneur might be left in possession.
"A ruined fortified circular stone enclosure with a gatehouse, curtain walls and rock cut ditch, with traces of simple buildings to the interior. The granite curtain wall is about 250 metres long and encloses an area roughly circular in shape. The walls are thickest on the landward (south) side - the other sides (north, east and west) being protected by natural steep cliffs some 60 metres high. The most substantial standing structure is the gatehouse, which was protected by a drawbridge and portcullis. There is a portcullis groove descending to passage level, and below the groove is a pit for a counterpoise type drawbridge.
"Flanking the gatehouse are two D-shaped towers (now reduced to about 2m high). The west tower has remains of two arrow slits at ground level. Between the gatehouse and the east tower is a ramp up to the former wall-walk. There are two other towers further around on the east and west sides, but beyond them the natural defences presumably made flanking towers unnecessary. In front of the gatehouse is a broad ditch cut through the solid rock, originally crossed by the drawbridge. Archaeological excavations of the ditch revealed 12 carved corbels from the gatehouse (now on display at La Hougue Bie Museum). Inside the walls can be traced the foundations of groups of modest structures."
A detailed examination of the history and purpose of the castle was published in the 1926 Annual Bulletinof La Société Jersiaise
The ever recurring queries raised as to the origin and history of Grosnez Castle must be the excuse for returning to a discusssion of this subject, already dealt with by the late Colonel Le Cornu, in the Bulletin of this Society for 1897.
In attempting to arrive at some definite conclusions as to the origin of Grosnez Castle and the date of its construction, the subject should be examined from three points of view:
Architectural
Political and historical
Military.
In describing the architectural details of the fortified area known as Grosnez Castle, it is impossible to avoid a repetition of much that has already been touched upon by Colonel Le Cornu. It is now found necessary to issue an amended plan of the castle, so that no confusion may exist in the mind of the reader as to the relative positions of its various component, parts which are mentioned or described in this paper.
Referring to this plan it will be observed that the area enclosed by the defences was roughly circular in shape, measuring some 75 yards along the major or north-and-south diameter and about 60 yards along its minor or east-and-west diameter.
The total length of the enceinte or perimeter wall would have been about 250 yards. This wall was the sole line of defence, for no interior or second line appears to have existed. Once therefore this line were pierced, victory would have sided with the attackers; unless the defenders had taken the ordinary precaution of forming a strong reserve force or inlying picquet, which, by a vigourous counterstroke, would have hurled the invaders back over the battlements before they had had time to consolidate their positions or stampede the remaining defenders of tho walls.
The strongest parts of the fortification are naturally to be found fronting or commanding those landward approaches along which organised assaults might be expected.
Here then we have a ditch or fosse cut across the col connecting the promontory with the mainland. The western edge of the ditch was provided with a barrier wall. Towering above the ditch is the great gatehouse with its drawbridge, portcullis, massive doors, and machicolated and battlemented roof.
Flanking the ditch and gatehouse, at point blank range, are two strong two-story towers or bastions, comparable with, but somewhat lower than the towers along the outer walls of [[Mont Orgueil]]. Their walls, six feet thick, were pierced with arrow slits, their roofs were flat and battlemented.
From these works, archers and arbalisters could rain down arrows and quarrels with deadly effect on any intrepid attackers whose élan had carried them as far as the ditch. Their discomforture would be further increased by the missiles hurled over the crenellations or shot down through the machicoulis by the defenders of the gatehouse.
While such an attack was in progress, one must imagine that a heavy “covering fire” or “barrage” was sweeping through the crenellations and over the walls, driving the defenders to their covered positions. Even there, complete safety would not be found, for every exposed loop-hole would draw upon itself a concentrated and well directed rain of arrows. Meanwhile, the attack commander, appearing to expend all his efforts against the gatehouse line, might have launched a flank attack to the west.
Here, on the sloping rock-faces down by the sea, a force could move round towards the rear of the castle. Once out of dead ground, its success would depend on its energy as well as on the influence the false or holding attack might have had in drawing off towards the gatehouse the men detailed to hold the north-western walls.
In the attack and defence of medieval castles we see those principles applied which have existed from the earliest times and will persist until the corps à corps combat and the intaking of strong places cease to decide the fate of nations.
At a time when we imagine Grosnez Castle to have been an asylum for harried country folk, these principles were being applied in this very island at Mont Orgueil Castle by one of the greatest captains of the age and his determined and versatile opponent.
In the case of Grosnez Castle the rains before our eyes tell us that the attack finally beat the defence. Were onrushing men or the mere passage of years victors in this contest? History makes no reply.
As comparisons have often been made between the second gate at Mont Orgueil and the gate of Grosnez, plans, elevations and sections of the two buildings are herewith given. A general similarity between the two obviously exists and though in many details differences are apparent, it is reasonable to classify them both as works of one determinable date.
The gatehouses show remarkable similarities in plan, height, and interior construction. The working arrangements of the portcullises and drawbridges are almost identical. The masonry of walls and arches is of one type. The lateral doors leading out from the portcullis chambers on to the curtain battlements, show that the architects of both castles were influenced by similar military requirements.
As regards the differences, we find:
At Mont Orgueil the gatehouse was left open to the rear, so that should the enemy obtain possession of it he would have no cover to protect him from the storm of projectiles that would come hurtling in from the second line of defence. There being no second line of defence at Grosnez, the gatehouse was built up foursquare and formed, as it were, the vital point of the castle. It was the strongest element in the line and with its fall the defence would have collapsed.
No traces of a machicoulis gallery have been found over the Mont Orgueil gate and possibly none ever existed, for the approaches to the gate are directly commanded as well as flanked by the lofty curtain wall to the north.
The postern at Grosnez has no counterpart at Mont Orgueil.
So many good clues and clear indications still exist in the ruins at Grosnez, that it is possible to claim some justification for the outline and general detail of the reconstructions shown in the drawings. A note of warning, however, must be uttered in connection with the machicoulis gallery, as well as with the postern. When the castle ditch was cleared, a dozen large and roughly sculptured corbel stones were found lying in the débris. Four of these blocks had double skewbacks, showing that arches sprang from either side, and two of them had left skewbacks only. The remaining six all had level upper surfaces.
In the case of Grosnez Castle the rains before our eyes tell us that the attack finally beat the defence. Were onrushing men or the mere passage of years victors in this contest? History makes no reply.
Geographically the siting of castles was always arranged on a definite strategic plan, as for example the series of castles along the Welsh Marches and the Scottish border. Obviously while Normandy and England were united under the rule of the same sovereign, it was not of vital importance that powerful castles should be constructed in these islands. They were not likely to be attacked, except by pirates or marauders, and in the case of such raids we may presume that the type of fortification known as castles of refuge would have been deemed sufficient.
But after the separation of these islands from the Duchy of Normandy the position became very different and was one of considerable danger.
A new political issue had arisen. Hitherto the frontier of the English dominions on the Continent had been a varying line in France. Henceforward the frontier was shifted from the land to the sea, to the English Channel. With the loss of Normandy the English began to realise the full import of their insular position.
These islands were for many years to come the centre of the drama, and their retention by the Crown of England through the great struggle between the nations is a certain proof of the abiding sea-power of England.
The English were fully aware that the possession of the islands was of paramount importance for the protection of their commerce and the trade route from Gascony and Aquitaine. The French realised the value of the possession of the islands as a naval base. They knew that their failure to bring the islands under subjection, like the rest of Normandy, was due to lack of naval strength, and it is not surprising if they clung to the hope that some day they might be able to capture them.
History records their many efforts to attain this desire and how the islands were incessantly involved in the mighty struggle between the two great nations. The Assize Roll of 1309 relates how King John had had on two occasions to reconquer the islands from the French.
The strategic frontier of Jersey was its eastern coastline, lying closest to Normandy. Hence the ever increasing importance of Mont Orgueil Castle and the haste with which its fortifications were pushed forward in the early years of the 13th century.
Here it may be useful to take a cursory view of some of the more important attacks on Jersey during the period under review.
In 1295 a most determined attack was made on the islands. The destruction was great. The churches were sacked and the islanders, who had suffered greatly, received compensation out of the goods and chattels of the Normans in Jersey. Orders were given that monks and others residing in the island, who were connected with the Norman abbeys, should be kept at a distance from fortified places.
In 1389 came the invasion of Admiral Behuchet, followed closely by that of Robert Bertram, Marshall of France. Guernsey was captured and held by the French until 1345. Messengers from Jersey were hurriedly despatched to the King for aid. In their petition they said that the Island was so near their enemies that they might come from Normandy to the Castle “from the rising of the sun before one o’clock.” They pointed out the danger of the “passage towards Gascony”, if the islands were in the possession of the enemy. Ten years previously John de Roches, in a letter to the King, had emphasied the importance of the islands as posts of refuge for the mercantile marine.
In 1356 Castle Cornet in Guernsey was once more in the hands of the French.
In 1372 there is the important siege of Mont Orgueil Castle by the famous Constable of France, Bertrand du Guesclin, which can hardly be accounted more than a lucrative diversion. The islanders had to pay heavy ransom to obtain a cessation of hostilities.
In 1380 the French Admiral Jean de Vienne attacked the islands with the assistance of the garrison of St Malo.
In 1406 we have the attack of Pierre de Pontbriand and Pedro Nino; another filibustering expedition, accompanied by tho usual ransom.
Lastly we come to the most serious of all, the permanent occupation of Jersey for seven years (1461-68) by the French under Pierre de Brezé and his son, Comtes de Maulevrier.
Judging by the petitions sent to the English Government by the islanders in consequence of these attacks it would appear that in all cases, with the sole exception of the occupation of Jersey by Maulevrier, the island was overrun and its inhabitants despoiled. Apart from Mont Orgueil Castle no resistance appears to have been offered, except on the occasion of Pontbriand’s attack, when the island forces were assembled and fought two actions, and the reason would appear to be that unless ample warning were given it was impossible for the feudal levies to concentrate in time to oppose a landing.
Now let us inquire what is known of the history of Grosnez Castle. As a rule the word “Castle ” is a focus of history and sovereignty, yet Grosnez, though it bears the name of Castle, is almost as mysterious as Stonehenge.
The earliest references are to be found in old maps. In Leland s map of the Channel Islands (c 1540), preserved in his Collectanea in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, the site of Grosnez Castle is indicated, accompanied by a conventional sign and the following legend:
Castrum Grosnes dirutum (the ruined Castle of Grosnes), in Popinjay's Platte (1563) the site of the Castle is marked by a conventional sign and the word Grounyshe. In Norden’s map (1595) we find a conventional sign and Gronesse ca. In Mercator’s map (1606), a conventional sign and Gronese Castel. In Speed's map (1610) a conventional sign and Gronesse Castle. In Coronelli's map (1696) a conventional sign and Gronese Castel.
It is not until 1607 that we find a local documentary reference to the existence of the castle and then it is stated to be in ruins. Stranger still is the fact that the Castle is not mentioned in any of the Extentes of the Crown properties; and yet it is inconceivable that it should have been built or held by a private indivi-dual without the licence of the Crown.
In 1607 Royal Commissioners, sitting in Jersey, were called upon to decide a suit brought by the Attorney- General against Philippe de Carteret, Seigneur of St Ouen, “for keeping his Court upon the Castle of Grosnes”. The Attorney-General claimed that the Castle stood on His Majesty's Fief called l’Etacq (a doubtful statement); that, being a castle, the presumption was that it belonged to the Crown; and that, as it could not be proved that it belonged to the Seigneurie of St Ouen, “a nullitie might be made of the Seigneur’s last Court“ kept in the said Castle and of his possession thereby taken”.
The Seigneur of St Ouen pleaded that the Castle was “but a heape of rubbysh and stones”, that it was on his fief and belonged to the Seigneurie of St Ouen, and that he and his ancestors had always been in peaceable possession thereof. The Seigneur produced witnesses, some very old men, who deposed that during all their remembrance the Seigneurs of St Ouen had been in possession of the castle, and that they had seen many courts held there. They further declared that they had never heard of a fief called l’Etacq.
The Commissioners found on enquiry that the castle was, in fact, but a heap of stones, estimated to be worth only twenty sols or thereabouts. Upon which they decided to leave the Seigneur of St Ouen in possession “ until better proofe shall be made on his Majesty’s behalfe".
It is difficult to see daylight through these conflicting issues. Les Landes de St Ouen, upon which the castle is built, did form part in the 13th century of the ancient domain of the Crown; but there was certainly no such fief as “Fief de l’Etacq”.
We know also that it was not until 1483 that permission was granted to Philip de Carteret to crenelate St. Ouen’s Manor. A plausible suggestion may be therefore advanced that before the Manor was fortified Grosnez Castle was used as the place of retreat for the Seigneur and his tenants in times of danger.
Poingdestre in Cæsarea (1682) describes the Castle as “a slight thing like a gate without castle within; but famous for having been a retiring-place to Philip de Carteret, Seigneur of St Ouen, and his party against Peter de Brezé, pretending to be absolute lord of this island in the latter days of Henry VI”.
The historian Falle repeats Poingdestre’s statement, but adds the well-known story taken from Les Chroniques that Comte de Maulevrier never succeeded in subjugating the six western parishes of the island, which were held by Philippe de Carteret with Grosnez Castle as his headquarters. We know now that this statement will not bear inspection. The manuscript discovered in the Musée Condé at Chantilly and published in the Bulletin of 1924, establishes the fact beyond dispute that the whole island during Maulevrier’s occupation was under his rule.
So far as Grosnez Castle is concerned it is clear that Maulevrier could easily have made himself master of it, had he desired to do so. He would hardly have failed to recognize that an observation post at Grosnez was of vital importance to him, not only for the transmission of messages to Mont Orgueil Castle of the approach of hostile ships, but also for the purpose of maintaining his authority over the western parishes. The probability therefore is that he did capture Grosnez Castle in the early days of his occupation of the island.
Grosnez Castle was probably in the possession of the French when Sir Richard Harliston arrived in the island in 1468 and expelled them. It may possibly have been demolished by his orders when its raison d’être would have largely ceased. We have seen that according to Leland's map it was in ruins in 1540. Indeed the excavations made by this Society went to show that the destruction of the Castle had been carried out designedly. The manner in which the corbels, arch-stones, debris and masses of stone were found in the ditch, clearly proved that its destruction was not the result of decay through the ravages of time.
So much for the history or lack of history of the Castle. What can now be said as to its military importance and finally as to the date of its construction?
The approach of hostile expeditions issuing from the ports of the Cotentin in the daytime could always be observed from the heights of Mont Orgueil, but it was otherwise with the approaches from the English Channel. An observation post established at Grosnez would be a necessity. The position of this bold headland from a military point of view was not a bad one. It was open on the land side but with an approach both narrow and difficult, and it was protected by precipitous cliffs on the other sides. The dangers of surprise or of mining were small, such a post would need the minimum in the way of fortification and could be maintained by a small garrison.
Messages could be sent easily to Mont Orgueil Castle apprising the Governor of approaching vessels. If pirates or marauders landed in these parts of the island some refuge could be afforded within the enceinte to the fleeing inhabitants with their flocks and herds and the fortifications would be sufficient to hold out until the island and castle troops could advance to the relief. The countryside would be devastated but the looters would avoid strong places and be in a hurry to regain their ships while tides and fine weather served. But the castle could not have resisted a determined attack by superior forces.
We have seen that in Edward III ’s reign these islands suffered greatly from the continuous attacks of the French. In the second year of that King’s reign John de Roches was appointed Keeper with special instructions to repair the castles, much neglected during the governorship of Otho de Grandison. In that same year, 1328, the King issued an order to complete the fortification of Jerbourg Castle, near St Martin’s Point in Guernsey. This castle had been constructed by the inhabitants of the sister isle as a place of refuge, as they were unable to take refuge in Castle Cornet, which was surrounded by the sea. It had been built without the royal licence on the land of the Seigneur of Sausmarez, and a dispute arose as to its ownership. In 1330 Edward III granted it to Matthew de Sausmarez on condition “ that the men of the commonalty of the said island shall be received there with their goods and chattels in time of war”. Herein perhaps we may find an analogy which will help us to accept the suggestion already put forward that Grosnez Castle was used as a place of retreat in times of danger by the Seigneur of St Ouen and his vassals. Tradition connects the castle with the de Carteret family, who were certainly the predominant authority in the west of the Island, but who, on occasions of trouble were just as likely as not to find themselves cut off from the seat of government, Mont Orgueil Castle.
The evidence that the true role of Grosnez Castle was that of a place of refuge may be summarised as follows: —
Mont Orgueil Castle is in the extreme east of the island. Raiding parties operating in the middle of the island would cut off all refugees from the west, who would then be at their mercy. Grosnez Castle would alone have afforded them asylum.
Grosnez Castle dominates neither port, anchorage or village.
Having only one line of defence and no permanent water supply, the castle was clearly not intended for a lengthy occupation.
The Castle had no sally-ports to tho flanks, by which counter-attacks could issue. It was prepared for passive defence only.
Jerbourg was an observation post and a place of refuge, similar in type to Grosnez Castle. It played the same part as regards Castle Cornet as did Grosnez to Mont Orgueil. May it not then reasonably be concluded that it was during de Roche’s term of office (1328-30) that Grosnez Castle was built? This suggested date, as we have already seen, finds support in the architectural features of the remains.
The Castle of Grosnez is certainly primitive in structure, but in plan it skillfully embodies the most important military necessities of all time, which point to the Castle having been designed by a military engineer of full experience in the art of medieval warfare.
Though the research work carried out by this Society at the Castle in 1882-83 and in 1895-96 was extensive, there still remain some unexplored areas within the enceinte which might repay examination. The misleading heaps of stone in the centre of the enceinte and to the south of the ditch should certainly be removed and the ditch itself completely cleared, while some of the exposed masonry requires consolidation.
A northbound Conrail freight receives orders from the switch tower operator at Hart Tower in Hartford, Connecticut. 2852 was a GE U30B.
Picture taken at:
Estuário do Tejo - Porto-Alto - Portugal
More Ardea alba by me
Mais Garças brancas grandes dos Flickr's Lusófonos
More Ardea alba from every Flickrer
Ever notice how many times we walk right by directives and commands and orders? Ever notice how blithely we obey?
Another "small world" photo from our macro workshop.
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A year ago Joan invited her family to meet us for supper at Cugino's Restaurant in Grand Ledge, a place where she and I eat regularly. Nearly everyone showed up, and I caught a few pictures with the Powershot.
Joan's trying to make such get togethers part of the family routine.
I posted a photo last August 26 that showed most of the family: Sarah, Yvonne, David, our server, another Dave, Paul, Angie, Alec, Pam, Edna, and Joan. (Sarah's husband Josh didn't fit in the frame; I was hiding behind the lens.)
Today's photo features that server again. Her name's Sara, and she's been waiting on Cugino's customers for many years. Probably she's our favorite waitress, ever, anywhere.
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This photograph is an outtake from my 2024 photo-a-day project, 366 in 2024.
Number of project photos taken: 44+45 [raw + jpg]
Title of folder: Bennett Family
Other photos taken on 8/26/2024: none
The driver of D³ 639 awaits orders before proceeding back down the ladder track with the mixed goods at the 2016 Steamrail Open Days
Saturday 12th March 2016
Long time friend Steve Smedley and I have been chasing this Mendota turn.He's picking up his train order's from the BN agent at the Rochelle train station in this photo.He'll cross over the CNW Iowa division and then head back to his own track at Flag Center and head to Davis Jct for more pick up's than Janesville Wis where He'll tie down for the night.We turn the clock back on this old shot to Oct 1977.Steve and I headed out to Savanna to get two more Milwaukee trains with covered wagons before the day ended .I only wish we had followed this guy all the way to Janesville
Rhubarb the Lurcher snuffles around for rabbits in the dying twilight.
Hand-held & pushing the aperture in search of a Sunstar.
Amazon has shipped these new MTM ladies that I pre-ordered in February and March. It doesn't look like they are currently available to order. I assume that means they will be filling all the pre-orders first! Glad I was patient about it!
Built on the orders of Pope Leo IV following the Arab raid against Rome in 846 which saw the sacking of Old St. Peter’s Basilica, the Leonine Walls were the first to enclose large swaths of land along the west bank of the Tiber. Previously, the Aurelian Walls, built around the seven hills of Rome in the third century CE, were all that stood between the city and would-be invaders. The Leonine Walls were the first to fortify the Vatican Quarter, starting from the north in a U-shape around Hadrian’s Mausoleum (which would soon be renamed Castel Sant’Angelo), and stretching south until meeting roughly with the edge of the Aurelian Walls just beyond the Tiber Island.
Today, only small portions of the wall running through Vatican City have been preserved or, more probably, avoided demolition after centuries of disuse following the construction of the current boundary walls of the Vatican. Despite their obsolescence, the Leonine Walls remain an important historical marker. Pictured here is a portion of the walls and the Porta San Pellegrino, one of the restored gates of the Leonine City. This portion of the walls stretched east to Castel Sant’Angelo and, in 1083, its ramparts provided an escape route for Pope Gregory VII who was beset by Henry IV after refusing to crown him as the next Holy Roman Emperor.
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On the 23rd June 2018 the heavy lift/general purpose vessel 'Thorco Angela' (2007, 12,695DWT) is seen anchored in Falmouth Bay.
Slick and I were back in Corusant, we had been away for several months training on Kaskykk. The wookies there had taught us some awesome CQC moves, and I was entralled by the wookies themselves. Anyway, we were requested to report to the Chief of State for the debriefing of our first mission. Before I tell you what they said, I want to tell you a little about my brothers and me. You see after the beginning of the New Republic, the Chief of State felt that she needed a commando force, highly trained, and could operate without the sanction of the Jedi counsel. So she found a bounty hunter named, York Jones, and cloned us. Now unlike other clones in the previous wars, we were brought up normally like other humans, we were trained almost everyday since we were 5, and then when we were twnenty we were deemed fit for duty. There is just six of us, myself (Commander Henley, though my boys call me Sarge), Slick, Jak and Tak, Hoss, and Fluke. They had remained as the Chief of State's personal bodyguards while Slick and I finished our elite training. Now we were back, about to be debriefed on our first mission.
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The second MOC in my series. Enjoy!
The first one can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/56829148@N05/6285909633/in/photostr...
cr7998 commented on Train Orders: That's C Tower, between New York Ave and Florida Ave. In those days, it was still possible to gain access to the Washington Terminal tracks between Union Station and New York Avenue. By the mid 1970s, this area was fenced off, security was much tighter, and these shots were not possible. Washington Terminal's C Tower appears in photo #4, with the New York Avenue overpass beyond. C Tower was gone by late 1974 when I visited Washington Union Station for the first time.
The two tracks in front of C Tower were used by B&O passenger trains between Washington and Cumberland, MD. The track to the left of the tower was a B&O freight track that served a number of warehouses and a large coal yard on the west side of the Washington Terminal tracks. Today, the Washington Metro Red Line occupies the property where C Tower and the freight track once were. The Metro New York Ave / Florida Ave station is just south of this point, and photos can be taken from the Metro platform of trains on the Washington Terminal, although there is a fence between the Metro and WT tracks.
The tracks to the Northeast Corridor would be the furthest away from the photographer.
This train was coming from Brunswick MD or Martinsburg, WV.
Locomotive:
Diesel-electric locomotive MLW(Montreal Locomotive Works) MX627 (A 456+A 458)
Operator:
TRAINOSE
Train ID :
80611 (Alexandroupolis-Thessaloniki)
Location:
Railway Station of Komotini,Komotini, Greece.
Line: Thessaloniki-Strimonas-Alexandroupoli
Day:
19-3-2021
The healing begins. Signing Executive Orders on the very day he was inaugurated - looooooong wait to be able to do this and relatively short wait to get pen in hand!
The sanctuary windows were made locally in Adelaide By Thompson & Harvey and were donated by parents connected with the college: Sacred Heart being the gift of Mrs Fred Tennant, Our Blessed Lady that of Mr Taylor, and St Joseph, Mr P Flannagan. Ref: Stained Glass Australia.
Other chapel stained glass windows were designed by Franz Xaver Zettler of Munich, Germany.
Sacred Heart College Memorial Chapel
The Marist Brothers were favoured with beautiful, though rather warm weather, for the double ceremony which took place at the Sacred Heart College, Glenelg, on Sunday afternoon last, when his Grace the Archbishop blessed and opened the extensions to the College recently erected, and laid the foundation stone of the fine new chapel which is to be erected as a memorial of the jubilee of the Marist Brothers in Australia and of the students of the College who were killed in the late European war.
A crowd of some thousand persons, including many visitors from the city and suburbs, assembled in the grounds to witness the ceremony.
The Archbishop first blessed the extensions at the rear of the College, assisted by Rev Frs Gatzemeyer and Considine.
He then blessed the ground on which the memorial chapel is being erected on the eastern side of the College, and blessed and laid the foundation stone. For this purpose he was presented by Bro Joseph with a silver trowel, suitably inscribed, the gift of the architects (Messrs Garlick and Jackman).
Fifty years ago four Marist Brothers arrived in Sydney to take up the work at St Patrick's School in that city. They began with 117 scholars. Since then they had extended their operations from New Norcia, in the West, to Sydney, in the East, throughout the Commonwealth, in the Dominion of New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, and had nearly 300 brothers engaged in scholastic work, and something like 9000 scholars.
In order to signalise this jubilee a committee was formed. They were anxious to mark the occasion by some permanent memorial. The Marist Brothers had never made an appeal to the public for help during their 50 years' existence in Australia, and he thought that was a record for any of the Orders in Australia. The committee also desired to erect a memorial to the ex-students of the College who had fallen in the war, and it had been decided that the two objects could best be combined in the erection of a college chapel.
Bro. Joseph said it was his pleasant duty to introduce his Grace the Archbishop, who had kindly come down to perform the ceremony.
The one concern of the appeal committee was the erection of the chapel, which would cost between £9000 and £10,000, and which they all knew would be an architectural ornament, not only to the college, but to the district. The committee was not merely an ornamental body. It had done a large amount of work in the 12 months since its formation with his Grace's consent, and deserved their best thanks. It had £3300 in hand, of which the members had contributed £1200, over a third, out of their own pockets. They had shown themselves willing to back their enthusiasm with their cash.
In addition to being a memorial of the jubilee, the building would serve another purpose, rather by coincidence than by set design. His Grace would remember that he was present five years ago, when Sir Henry Galway unveiled a roll of honour to over 300 of their students who had enlisted. Some 70 or 80 went to the front afterwards, bringing the total up to nearly 400. Between 60 and 70 of these had made the supreme sacrifice. It was thought fitting to commemorate them by a jubilee and memorial chapel.
The visitors then inspected the building and extensions, and afternoon tea was served.
The style adopted for the new chapel is that known as the Romanesque, and the materials to be used, bluestone with cement dressings, will harmonize with the architectural treatment of the existing buildings. The foundations are of specially designed reinforced cement concrete. The walls will be built of Tapley's Hill bluestone, with cement quoins and dressings to all door and window openings. The trustees have obtained a lease of a quarry at Tapley's Hill, and only specially selected stone will be used.
All the window frames will be of steel, with subdued colour-stained glass leaded lights of simple design. The joinery will be of blackwood, specially chosen for beauty of grain, and polished. The whole of the walls internally will be finished in cement and brown sand, thus giving a permanent buff shade effect, and they will be jointed to represent stone. The ceiling will be panelled in wood and stained to harmonize with the cement-finish of the walls.
The roof is to be covered with Roman-pattern terra cotta tiles. The width of the chapel will be 28 feet, and the length 66 feet, with aisles on each side six feet wide. The sanctuary at the eastern end will be 18 feet wide and 21 feet long, semicircular and lighted by three stained glass windows placed above the altar.
The entrance porch will be 14 feet by 10 feet, with white Angaston marble steps leading from the carriage drive. At each side of the entrance porch will be a tower 12 feet square carried up to a height of 60 feet, the upper portion of which will be octagonal and surmounted with a copper dome and cross.
Provision will be made over the entrance porch for an organ chamber, and curved and panelled wooden gallery for the organ-passage ways leading from the sanctuary.
The whole of the floors will be of reinforced cement concrete, covered with wood parquetry flooring of specially selected blackwood and oak. Messrs Garlick and Jackman are the architects, and Messrs Dwyer and Warner the contractors.
[Ref: Southern Cross Friday 29-9-1922]
The blessing and opening of the magnificent Romanesque Memorial Chapel recently erected in the grounds of the Sacred Heart College, Glenelg, will take place on Sunday, March 30, at 3.15 pm. The ceremony will be performed by his Grace the Archbishop. The public are cordially invited to attend, especially the parents and friends of Marist Bros' old boys who fell in the war, of whom the chapel is a memorial. It also commemorates the centenary of the Marist Brothers in France in 1817 and the golden jubilee of their establishment in Australia in 1922.
The chapel, which was built at a cost of £11,000, is an imposing structure of Tapley Hill bluestone. In the porch two beautiful statues of Youth will serve as lights. The chapel has seating accommodation for 350 persons.
[Ref: Southern Cross Friday 14-3-1924]
This set of photos was taken between 6.15-7am on Friday 26 July. This was the starting point of the last day of the Olympic Torch Procession. All taken at The Roundhouse Chalk Farm, London UK
Mrs Moffat sold tomatoes,
Postal orders, ginger pop,
There was hardly any village –
But she ran the village shop,
‘Clouding over’, she would say.
‘Well we need a bit of rain,’
She had ten bob on the Derby
And the weather on the brain!
But she pottered and she prattled
And was something of a bore,
Yet we’re missing Mrs Moffat
At the supermarket store.
Now a wall of glass, illuminated
For spectacular display,
Has usurped her little window
Which has had its little day.
Where she beamed across the counter
Having done her best to cope,
You may saunter now in silence
Round a pyramid of soap.
Gone the prattle, gone the muddle,
Gone the tinkle at the door,
It’s all too superhuman
At the supermarket store.
Ah! The pastries and detergents
In extravagant supply –
You emerge with more than double
That you ever meant to buy.
Here’s exactly what you wanted,
So it hardly matters much
If the only missing item
Is the common human touch.
Not a syllable of gossip,
Not a murmur, nothing more,
I can’t help missing Mrs Moffat
At the supermarket store.
With orders and a lot of traffic to spot and sort, CPKC yard job LL40 works the east end of High Oak Yard in Pearl, Mississippi. A nice Canadian cab GP40-2WL was a nice addition to the train.
Opening scene
It is late in the 22nd Century. United Planet cruiser C57D a year out from Earth base on the way to Altair for a special mission. Commander J.J Adams (Leslie Neilsen) orders the crew to the deceleration booths as the ship drops from light speed to normal space.
Adams orders pilot Jerry Farman (Jack Kelly) to lay in a course for the fourth planet. The captain then briefs the crew that they are at their destination, and that they are to look for survivors from the Bellerophon expedition 20 years earlier.
As they orbit the planet looking for signs of life, the ship is scanned by a radar facility some 20 square miles in area. Morbius (Walter Pigeon) contacts the ship from the planet asking why the ship is here. Morbius goes on to explain he requires nothing, no rescue is required and he can't guarantee the safety of the ship or its crew.
Adams confirms that Morbius was a member of the original crew, but is puzzled at the cryptic warning Morbius realizes the ship is going to land regardless, and gives the pilot coordinates in a desert region of the planet. The ship lands and security details deploy. Within minutes a high speed dust cloud approaches the ship. Adams realizes it is a vehicle, and as it arrives the driver is discovered to be a robot (Robby). Robby welcomes the crew to Altair 4 and invites members of the crew to Morbious residence.
Adams, Farman and Doc Ostrow (Warren Stevens) arrive at the residence and are greeted by Morbius. They sit down to a meal prepared by Robbys food synthesizer and Morbius shows the visitors Robbys other abilities, including his unwavering obedience. Morbius then gives Robby a blaster with orders to shoot Adams. Robby refuses and goes into a mechanical mind lock, disabling him till the order is changed.
Morbius then shows the men the defense system of the house (A series of steel shutters). When questioned, Morbius admits that the Belleraphon crew is dead, Morbius and his wife being the only original survivors. Morbius's wife has also died, but months after the others and from natural causes. Morbius goes on to explain many of the crew were torn limb from limb by a strange creature or force living on the planet. The Belleraphon herself was destroyed when the final three surviving members tried to take off for Earth.
Adams wonders why this force has remained dormant all these years and never attacked Morbius. As discussions continue, a young woman Altaira (Anne Francis) introduces herself as Morbius daughter. Farman takes an immediate interest in Altaira, and begins to flirt with her . Altaira then shows the men her ability to control wild animals by petting a wild tiger. During this display the ship checks in on the safety of the away party. Adams explains he will need to check in with Earth for further orders and begins preparations for sending a signal. Because of the power needed the ship will be disabled for up to 10 days. Morbius is mortified by this extended period and offers Robby's services in building the communication facility
The next day Robby arrives at ship as the crew unloads the engine to power the transmitter. To lighten the tense moment the commander instructs the crane driver to pick up Cookie (Earl Holliman) and move him out of the way. Quinn interrupts the practical joke to report that the assembly is complete and they can transmit in the morning.
Meanwhile Cookie goes looking for Robby and organizes for the robot to synthesize some bourbon. Robby takes a sample and tells Cookie he can have 60 gallons ready the next morning for him.
Farman continues to court Altair by teaching her how to kiss, and the health benefits of kissing. Adams interrupts the exercise, and is clearly annoyed with a mix of jealous. He then explains to Altair that the clothes she wears are inappropriate around his crew. Altair tries to argue till Adams looses patience and order Altair to leave the area.
That night, Altair, still furious, explains to her father what occurred. Altair takes Adams advice to heart and orders Robby to run up a less revealing dress. Meanwhile back at the ship two security guards think they hear breathing in the darkness but see nothing.
Inside the ship, one of the crew half asleep sees the inner hatch opened and some material moved around. Next morning the Captain holds court on the events of the night before. Quinn advises the captain that most of the missing and damaged equipment can be replaced except for the Clystron monitor. Angry the Capt and Doc go back to Morbius to confront him about what has occurred.
Morbius is unavailable, so the two men settle in to wait. Outside Adams sees Altair swimming and goes to speak to her. Thinking she is naked, Adams becomes flustered and unsettled till he realizes she wants him to see her new dress. Altair asks why Adams wont kiss her like everyone else has. He gives in and plants one on her. Behind them a tiger emerges from the forest and attacks Altair, Adams reacts by shooting it. Altair is badly troubled by the incident, the tiger had been her friend, but she can't understand why acted as if she was an enemy.
Returning to the house, Doc and Adams accidently open Morbius office. They find a series of strange drawings but no sign of Morbius. He appears through a secret door and is outraged at the intrusion. Adams explains the damage done to the ship the previous night and his concern that Morbius was behind the attack.
Morbius admits it is time for explanations. He goes on to tell them about a race of creatures that lived on the planet called the Krell. In the past they had visited Earth, which explains why there are Earth animals on the planet. Morbius believes the Krell civilization collapsed in a single night, right on the verge of their greatest discovery. Today 2000 centuries later, nothing of their cities exists above ground.
Morbius then takes them on a tour of the Krell underground installation. Morbius first shows them a device for projecting their knowledge; he explains how he began to piece together information. Then an education device that projects images formed in the mind. Finally he explains what the Krell were expected to do, and how much lower human intelligence is in comparison.
Doc tries the intelligence tester but is confused when it does not register as high as Morbius. Morbius then explains it can also boost intelligence, and that the captain of the Belleraphon died using it. Morbius himself was badly injured but when he recovered his IQ had doubled.
Adams questions why all the equipment looks brand new. It is explained that all the machines left on the planet are self repairing and Morbius takes them on a tour of the rest of the installation. First they inspect a giant air vent that leads to the core of the planet. There are 400 other such shafts in the area and 9200 thermal reactors spread through the facilities 8000 cubic miles.
Later that night the crew has completed the security arrangements and tests the force field fence. Cookie asks permission to go outside the fence. He meets Robby who gives him the 60 gallons of bourbon. Outside, something hits the fence and shorts it out. The security team checks the breach but finds nothing. A series of foot like depressions begin forming leading to the ship. Something unseen enters the ship. A scream echos through the compound.
Back at the Morbius residence he argues that only he should be allowed to control the flow of Krell technology back to Earth. In the middle of the discussion, Adams is paged and told that the Chief Quinn has been murdered. Adams breaks of his discussions and heads back to the ship.
Later that night Doc finds the footprints and makes a cast. The foot makes no evolutionary sense. It seems to have elements of a four footed and biped creature; also it seems a predator and herbivore. Adams questions Cookie who was with the robot during the test and decides the robot was not responsible.
The next day at the funeral for Chief Morbius again warns him of impending doom facing the ship and crew. Adams considers this a challenge and spends the day fortifying the position around the ship. After testing the weapons and satisfied all that could be done has, the radar station suddenly reports movement in the distance moving slowly towards the ship.
No one sees anything despite the weapons being under radar fire control. The controller confirms a direct hit, but the object is still moving towards the ship. Suddenly something hits the force field fence, and a huge monster appears outlined in the energy flux. The crew open fire, but seem to do little good. A number of men move forward but a quickly killed.
Morbious wakes hearing the screams of Altair. Shes had a dream mimicking the attack that has just occurred. As Morbious is waking the creature in the force field disappears. Doc theories that the creature is made of some sort of energy, renewing itself second by second.
Adams takes Doc in the tractor to visit Morbius intending to evacuate him from the planet. He leaves orders for the ship to be readied for lift off. If he and Doc dont get back, the ship is to leave without them. They also want to try and break into Morbious office and take the brain booster test.
They are met at the door by Robby, who disarms them. Altair appears and countermands the orders given to Robby by her father. Seeing a chance Doc sneaks into the office. Altair argues with Adams about trying to make Morbius return home, she ultimately declares her love for him.
Robby appears carrying the injured Doc. Struggling to speak and heavy pain, Doc explains that the Krell succeeded in their great experiment. However they forgot about the sub conscious monsters they would release. Monsters from the id.
Morbius sees the dead body of Doc, and makes a series of ugly comments. His daughter reminds him that Doc is dead. Morbius lack of care convinces Altair she is better off going with Adams. Morbius tries to talk Adams out of taking Altair.
Adams demands an explanation of the id. Morbius realizes he is the source of the creature killing everyone. The machine the Krell built was able to release his inner beast, the sub conscious monster dwelling deep inside his ancestral mind.
Robby interrupts the debate to report something approaching the house. Morbius triggers the defensive shields of the house, which the creature begins to destroy. Morbius then orders Robby to destroy the creature, however Robby short circuits. Adams explained that it was useless; Robby knew it was Morbius self.
Adams, Altair and Morbius retreat to the Krell lab and sealed themselves in by sealing a special indestructible door. Adams convinces Morbius that he is really the monster, and that Morbius can not actually control his subconscious desires.
The group watch as the creature beings the slow process of burning through the door. Panicked Morbius implores Altair to say it is not so. Suddenly the full realization comes, and he understands that he could endanger or even kill Altair.
As the creature breaks through Morbius rushes forward and denies its existence. Suddenly the creature disappears but Morbius is mortally wounded. With his dying breath he instructs Adams to trigger a self destruct mechanism linked to the reactors of the great machine. The ship and crew have 24 hours to get as far away from the planet as possible
The next day we see the ship deep in space. Robby and Altair are onboard watching as the planet brightens and is destroyed. Adams assures Altair that her fathers memory will shine like a beacon.
A PRR caboose at the rear end of a freight train is passing the train order signal at the Beckley depot. Model scene on my TT scale (1/120) layout.
Aunt Tilda (standing back in the middle.) and other members of Sisters of Social Service at work. The Communist regime broke up all the holy orders in Hungary in 1950, they were in prison for a while, later they settled in a house of a member of SSS in Budapest. They were watched by secret police all the time.
See about Sisters of Social Service (SSS) in my set: www.flickr.com/photos/37578663@N02/sets/72157636695174194/
About Sisters of Social Service and martyr Sister Salkahazi Sara you can learn more here:
www.salkahazisara.com/index_es.html
Founder: Schlachta Margit, 1923.
Margit Schlachta (or Slachta) was a Hungarian feminist, social activist, .champion of human rights and the first woman to be elected to the Hungarian diet in 1920. In 1923 she founded the Sisters of Social Service, a Roman Catholic religious institute of women.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_Social_Service
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margit_Slachta
1964, Budapest. Szociális testvérek munka közben a Karitász Szövetkezetben,Tilda nénink hátul középen.
1950-ben a többi egyházi renddel együtt a Szociális Testvérek Társaságát is feloszlatták, rövid börtönbüntetést is szenvedtek. Majd a szociális testvérek egy része egy hűvösvölgyi villában lakott, miközben civil foglalkozást űztek. Sokan egy ideig a Karitász Szövetkezetben dolgoztak. A ház az egyik szociális testvér öröksége volt, a többiek úgymond "albérletben" laktak ott. Később egy kápolnát is kialakítottak az egyik szobából. Természetesen a belügy tudott róluk, és rendszerváltásig figyelték őket (emlékszem a drapp kocsira, sokszor ott állt a villa előtt, mikor látogatóba mentünk), ők pedig azt tudták, hogy figyelik őket.
Szettem főleg a szociális testvéreknél készült képekkel: www.flickr.com/photos/37578663@N02/sets/72157636695174194...
Szociális Testvérek Társasága, alapító: Schlachta Margit, 1923.
Nevezetes tagja a mártír Salkaházi Sára:
www.salkahazisara.com/index.html
magyarnarancs.hu/belpol/keresztenyek_kozt_az_igazak_salka...
www.nol.hu/archivum/archiv-414397
Shlachta Margit, keresztény feminista, szociális aktivista, emberjogi harcos, az első női képviselő a magyar parlamentben (1920), a vészkorszak hőse, a Szociális Testvérek Társaságának alapítója.
Schlachta Margitról:
www.rubicon.hu/magyar/oldalak/slachta_margit/
magyarnarancs.hu/belpol/a_szurke_nover_-_slachta_margit_1...