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With a trailer in tow, Blackpool Transport Progress Twin Car set headed by car 874 loads passengers in the shadow of Blackpool Tower as a Marshall-bodied AEC Swift emerges from a side street. The Moderne building in the view was for many years a Woolworth’s store. It is now the Albert and The Lion, a Wetherspoon’s pub (which was beyond crowded when I tried to visit in more recent years).
‘Progress’ is the official motto of Blackpool.
August 1973
Zorki 4 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
The first law of Christian TV capitalism
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Battle of Bosenden Wood 31st May 1838
When local farmers saw that "their" labourers weren’t turning
up for work they sent a constable to arrest the man who’d
lured them away, the self-styled Sir William Courtenay.
Courtenay killed the constable and the local gentry immediately sent for the army. On 31st May 1838 150 soldiers of the 45th Regiment found the 36 labourers in Bosenden Wood, killed 9 of them and wounded 12 more, two of them had pistols and the rest just had sticks, a young lieutenant was shot and killed.
(The following year this same 45th Regiment was used to put down the Chartist rising in Newport, there they killed 22.)
Lest we forget : These were desperately poor family men marching behind a pole with a loaf of bread fixed on top, they could probably have been bought off with a wage increase of a few pence but instead of that the better off panicked and they became casualties in the last battle on English soil.
Here can be seen two colossal statues of red granite in progress.
From the left wall of the passage.
Between the two statues, men are working on a sphinx.
18th dynasty, Sheik Abd el-Qurna, Thebes. Tomb of Rekhmire TT100
Some of you may recall me posting a couple of shots this time last year of the Solido model of a bus with so much wrong with how it was finished? As bought second hand, it purported to be RT3224 in the livery of London Country, who never ran it, on a mixture of Green Line route 704 and Country route 406, neither of which it ever ran on. Well, here’s the model outshopped as RT3183, in correct LT Country Area finish, bearing blinds for route 409 which that vehicle could have run on since it was allocated to Godstone garage. There is indeed an RT in preservation outshopped like this. Still work to do - e.g. indicators - but at least it’s now more authentic. This (if it works) is a link to last January’s posting: flic.kr/p/2eiTui2
Some more progress on the A4 and I’ve decided one isn’t enough now so there’s a second in the works. I might end up building all 6 surviving members in the end♂️
An abandoned classroom at Hall Summit school. If I hadn't already done the research on this place and knew that it was abandoned in 2001, I would have guessed that it had been vacant since the early 90s. Time has not been kind to this school.
Inglewood Point. Lighthouse by Culprit. Anyone else still have a love for 'old fashioned' builds? I love mesh and sculpts had their time - but sometimes I just love the clean edges of a prim. This house might have some mesh to it - I'm not sure - but I love it's SL circa 2010 look :)
When I started 7th grade, I had to change school. Because back then we didn't have a Högstadium where I lived. My classmates and I had to take the bus, or the commuter train, to Jordbro, and the Jordbromalmsskolan. And now that school is history. New apartments and a preschool are under construction where my old school used to be.
Following my attempt to curl this doll's hair using a method called a "boil perm," the hair dried, the ends became a little frizzy, and the curls straightened out a bit.
Still, the final effect is pretty close to what I was hoping for. I'm trying to decide whether to give it another try to maybe tighten up the waves, or just leave it and call it good enough. Will the "do" do or do I re-do the "do?"
Also, I realized upon closer inspection that the eyeglasses I'm using for this figure are not quite right for what I'm trying to accomplish. Another set of teeny tiny dolly eyeglasses are on the way via eBay. What I find ridiculous is that one pair of doll eyeglasses that do not even have lenses costs more than a three-pack, a four-pack, or even a six-pack of basic full-size reading glasses like I wear myself.
The subject for this experiment is a circa 2007 Integrity Toys Nu Face "Pretty Calculated" Erin Salstrom doll.
14 March - A Doll A Day 2025
iPhone shot a couple of days ago of my antique restoration project. Spring is here and the landscaping has started, Between that and the sanding I am getting muscles like I've never had :-). much better on black
Statue of Albert Gallatin, genius of finance, stands in front of the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, DC.
...or is it really? View On Black
Despite a country-wide housing crunch, commercial development in the PNW is robust. A number of high-rises are going up. Commercial Real Estate in downtown urban areas still command high premiums. New retailers are moving in, along with the hopes of high-end downtown luxury living. We'll see. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I'm working on a watercolor painting right now.
It's called "One night in Lemon Garden".
It's going to have a dark background Blogged here
“Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Castellet i la Gornal, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The castle of Castellet is located in the municipality of Castellet i la Gornal in the Alt Penedès area, south of Barcelona and just a few kilometres from Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltrú. It was one of the fortresses which, around the year 1000, formed the frontier between the Spanish Marches (modern-day Catalonia) and Al-Andalus, which in those days covered the rest of the Iberian peninsula, one of a dense network of castles and towers for the defence of the frontier with the Muslim territories.
The first reference to the castle dates back to a document from the year 977. The fortress was of major strategic importance until the 16th century. Over these centuries the control of the site alternated between several houses of feudal lords, the counts of Barcelona (in the 11th century) and the crown of Catalonia-Aragon (in the 15th century). From then onwards, the castle went through successive periods of decadence until it fell into ruin.
Between 1928 and 1930 the castle underwent partial restoration work, covering the structures of the central and western parts. The southern part was not affected by this work, which formed its profile today. After so many years the castle was declared a cultural site of national interest, but this was not enough to ensure the preservation of the fortress.
Source: www.fundcastelletdelfoix.org/eng/fundabertis/fa_sede.php
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CASTELLANO
El castillo de Castellet se encuentra en Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), al sur de Barcelona y a pocos kilómetros de Sitges y Vilanova i la Geltrú. Ésta fue una de las fortalezas que hacia el año 1000 definían el límite entre la Marca Hispánica (actual Cataluña) con el Al-Andalus (entonces resto de la península) y que constituían una densa red de castillos y torres para la defensa de la frontera con los musulmanes.
La primera referencia documental conocida del castillo data del año 977. La fortaleza tuvo una gran importancia estratégica hasta el siglo XVI. En estos siglos la posesión del inmueble alternó entre varios linajes de feudatarios, los condes de Barcelona (siglo XI) y la Corona Catalana-aragonesa (siglo XV). A partir de ese momento, el castillo fue encadenando periodos de decadencia hasta llegar al estado de ruina.
Entre 1928 y 1930 se realizó una restauración parcial de la fortaleza, que comprendió las estructuras de la parte central y de poniente. La parte sur no se vio modificada en estos trabajos, que determinaron su actual perfil. Al cabo de los años el castillo fue declarado bien cultural de interés nacional, pero eso tampoco garantizaba la conservación de la fortaleza.
Fuente: www.fundcastelletdelfoix.org/es/fundabertis/fa_sede.php
Hopefully the last orders I made. Let's see if I can finish until 1st September.. (I had a one week holiday with no building, that's why I'm running outta time)
[Crappy photo is crappy]
An absolute masterpiece of motor car preservation is this 1901 four-seater, made by The Progress Cycle Co. of Coventry and registered EU 12.
It is seen here sporting an immaculate black and yellow livery, making good speed down the cobbled town street of Beamish Museum. Whilst, at first glance, it may appear to be a two-seater, there are a further two seats facing and in front of the driver. When occupied this arrangement must have severely restricted to driver's forward view.
The Progress Cycle Co. started making cars in 1898 and went into liquidation in 1903. During its short existence only about 500 cars were made, and very few have survived.
The car was at the museum as part of the October 2023 steam event.
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Progress on the drag and side braces. Haven't been attached permanently yet, but I wanted to try them out (notice the copper pins holding them in place).