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borobudur temple, built in 9th centuries
The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, followed by the monument's listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ( Wikipedia )
The start of a new day on our travels on the isle of man and the sun was shining.
We headed from our Northerly cottage down south to Peel.
Peel Castle (Cashtal Purt-ny-Hinshey in Manx Gaelic on the Isle of Man, was originally constructed by Vikings.
The origins of the castle date back to the eleventh century and are of Viking origin. The Castle is built on St Patrick’s island which is now connected by a small causeway. Pre-dating the castle are also remains of a Celtic monastery.
The castle was originally built of wood, but by the early fourteenth century most of the fortifications where converted to local sandstone.
The site continued to be used for both religious uses with the cathedral of St German developing inside the fortifications. The cathedral fell into ruin in the eighteenth century and today these are the ruins that can be seen on site.
The Castle continued to be used as a military stronghold up to 1860
Excavations of the grounds in the 1980’s reviled a 10th century grave of "The Pagan Lady" which included a fine example of a Viking necklace and a cache of silver coins dating from about 1030.
2014 10 29 120922 IOM Peel 1HDR
Wentworth Michael Foster Collection
BCD member Michael Foster has been collecting Wentworth jigsaw catalogues from their earliest times.
This early loose-leaf Wentworth Catalogue consists of a cardboard folder and A5 glossy printed flyer sheets:
Spring 2000 Brochure & Catalogue front page - “The History of Jigsaws” – Whimsy photo – V&A Museum Collection (6 items) - Kew Gardens Collection (4) – Kew Gardens Page 2 (4) – Thorburn’s Birds pg1 (4), 2 (4) – Classic Steam Trains 1(6) &2 (4) – Malcolm Root Collection (6) - Traditional Collection (4) - Traditional pg2 (4) – Fine Art (6) – Historical (6) Animal (6) - The Wentworth 800pc Magnum Plus
The Wentworth 800pc Magnum Plus
This flyer in the Spring 2000 loose leaf catalogue shows images of the first three images in this series but doesn't name them!
WENTWORTH 800 666W Rosie at Kew copyright Paula Nightingale
WENTWORTH 800 687W Springtime by Leopold Kowalsky
WENTWORTH 800 815U The Roman Boatrace by Poynter
The outer folder contains a photo of Kevin Preston and details the origins of the company in 1991, after a request from his elderly mother, three years of research and the cutting of the first puzzle on 28th Sept 1994. The jigsaws use 4mm Finnish birch ply from forests managed on a sustained yield basis. Since 1995 it claims to have supplied 'tens of thousands of puzzles to customers in over fifteen countries'.
Key Wentworth Company timeline
1991 Dormant company registered 30.12.1991, two names before Wentworth.
1991-2 Founding date according to 30th anniversary claims (initial idea)
1994 Name changed to Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Company Ltd.
1994 28Sept First jigsaw produced by laser cutting (presumably start of commercial production).
1994-5 Earliest known brochure supplied to MF, hand dated by company staff – 40pc, 75pc, 140pc, 250pc, 425pc (clueless), 63 thumbnails of designs 001A – 063D included (“a selection from our autumn range”).
1995 Founding date from 10th anniversary claims in Xmas 2005 Whimsy Magazine
1996 Nominated for Toy of the Year award, highly commended.
1996/7 Personnel: Kevin Preston Managing Director, John Snoxall Technical Manager, John Phillips Marketing Manager. Address The Dairy Farm, Pinkney Park, Malmesbury, Wilts, SN16 0NX.
Personal Puzzles from a photo (Mega 426pc £34.99, Maxi 250pc £24.99, Midi 140pc £14.99).
1997 five puzzle sizes(40 - 425pc) – personal puzzles also available, orders by 24-hour phoneline & fax. Personnel: Kevin Preston (the founder), John Snowall & David Rossant.
Undated Contract Marketing leaflet with nine themed whimsy cuts (Animal, Artist, Church, Equestrian, Garden, General, Heritage, Marine, Music)
1998 May First Whimsy leaflet. Club with exclusive selections & exclusive series, periodic limited editions, personal puzzles (140pc £14.99, 250pc £24.99, 425pc £39.99 all incl pp). Prize £25 for best personal puzzle.
1998 May Wentworth Club formed.
1998 Sept. Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Club Whimsy Newsletter 2. Order 3x250pc jigsaws save 10% (excluding Thorburn series). 5 exclusive jigsaws.
1998 Nov Christmas Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Club Whimsy Newsletter 3.
1999 March Wentworth Whimsy Issue no4, 7 jigsaws offered, price drop 250pc at £19.99.
1999 May First Anniversary of Wentworth Club.
1999 June Whimsy Issue no5, 8 jigsaws offered, 10% off if 3x 250pc jigsaws bought (excluding Thorburn series).
1999 Aug Whimsy Issue no6, 18 jigsaws offered. Last of first Thorburn series, Malcolm Root Millennium Series (4x250pc) and first Wentworth 800pc series (tooled leather bookend packaging format) launch.
1999 Nov Millennium Christmas Issue no7. Vintage Car series starts.
(Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Club address 51, Staplegrove Rd, Taunton, TA1 1DG – Editor Michael Graham.)
The Callanish Stones (or "Callanish I"), Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais in Gaelic, are situated near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles of Scotland).
The long trail of light in the water on an already spectacular sunset made this whole thing pretty awe inspiring.
I had cause to use the outer circle 11 today, although this isn’t quite what I rode, this is 6135 and not 6134, and it’s on the anti-clockwise 11A as opposed to the 11C which I caught.
These MMC’s (6118-6145 currently at Acocks Green) are already on their second employment here, they were new for Route 50 which has already been upgraded. The 11A/11C currently feature these alongside a motley assortment of Volvo B7’s.
This was taken at Pineapple Bridge as the bus runs into Kings Heath.