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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 20th of May 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
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This photograph is from the collection of Barry Howard, who was an Electrician at local coal mines such as Hebburn No. 2 and Northern (Rhondda) Colliery, and at Saxonvale Colliery, further up the Hunter Valley. Mr Howard has very kindly permitted us to to publish these photographs on this website for the benefit of researchers and for those who served in the mines and their families.
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3 projects of mine, Published in the “Signs, Symbols & Pictograms” book!! 4 pages for my Yoga signs & symbols!!! The only Greek Participation! I am so happy!!
Not originally published in LIFE. Nurse Clara Stull prepares typhoid inoculations for flood victims at an aid station in a Louisville, Kentucky, grade school, 1937.Margaret Bourke-White—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
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Talk about excited! I was stoked when Phil Massaro of Massaro Ballistic Laboratories told me he wanted me to shoot his mug for the cover if the internationally published Gun Digest magazine. But, was even more stoked when he called and said it was done and awaiting to be put on shelves. Emotional when I actually saw it, and man...it's an awesome feeling. Congrats to us. Haha!
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Description: Program published for the 1987 Ingleside Invaders baseball team. The programs were self-produced by the team under direction of their head coach Dan Harrington, with help from assistant coaches and other community members. Mr. Harrington has given his approval to the San Francisco Public Library for these publications to be reproduced here on Flickr in digital format. Mr. Harrington has written a description of these publications and the Ingleside Invaders baseball team..
"The last of the Sandlot League teams in San Francisco is the Ingleside Invaders, the only team to sign up in 1990 for the 18-and-under division of SF Rec-Park Baseball, the direct descendent of the Sandlot League known in the 1980s as the Neighborhood League. (I don't know when the Sandlot League started, but it is thought to have its origins before 1900).
"The Invaders ball club was a successful representative of the neighborhood, with players from many public, private and parochial high schools chipping in small amounts of money (no more than $25), getting to keep full uniforms; businesses donated funds (except for the Marines who still owe me fifty bucks!) while receiving ad-space for the team's self-produced publications showing stories about "the Greater Ingleside" history and contemporary times to the rest of San Francisco. The Invaders made some life-long friendships and fielded some good baseball teams!
"My recently passed father Richard Harrington took many of the photos, while my brother Richard Jr, who passed away in 1998, compiled some stats and kept book for many of the games. The 1986 paper stock was provided by the Coca-Cola bottlers on Bayshore Blvd. and printed by the team, complete with a team picture in the relatively new light rail vehicle (LRV) "streetcar" yard off Ocean Ave.
"Ingleside finished second in 1986, 87, and 88. Ingleside was surprised in a playoff game in 1989. But it did give the best example of multiple schools represented on the same summer team and a model to use for the RBI Baseball and Softball program run independently by Dan Harrington (calling in lots of favors for help) in 1997 at Crocker-Amazon and Balboa Park, and in conjunction with City College baseball courses (John Vanoncini) and Columbia Park and San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs from 1998 to 2010."
--Dan Harrington, May 2014
Collection: Ingleside Branch Archives
Repository: San Francisco Public Library - Ingleside Branch
Stringed White Dresses - An Installation
Paper, Cotton Strings, Ink and Oil on Paper, Wooden Frames
14" x 20" x 2"
Completed in 2013
Inventory # 4353.401.2013.03.002
© Matthew Felix Sun
Unexpected Successes of "Stringed White Dresses - An Installation"
I have been working on a series of paintings with "white dress(es)" motif for quite a while, and recently I extended my effort to include some installation/mixed-media endeavors. My most complete effort in this new field was a work titled "Stringed White Dresses - An Installation", completed in March 2013.
Using some rather square and unyielding origami white dresses, pasted onto twine, who was in turn attached to a wooden frame, I created a subtle contrast between order and disarray, manifested in the disordered formation of the white dresses. To enhance the contrast and drama, I affixed to the frame an ink drawing - mostly in black, with dashes of muted red. When I started to get excited about this project, I recorded part of the creation process on video. Below are the video clip and the finished piece.
Though I was happy with and proud of the resulting work, I didn't pin much hope on this piece, which was really an experiment. Yet, I was curious enough to see other people's reactions to it, so I submitted it for publication. In April, it was included in Pomona Valley Review, Issue 7, published by Cal Poly Pomona.
I was quite encouraged by this acceptance and entered it for the ArtSlant 4th 2013 Showcase competition, in the mixed-media category. Last week, I was informed, and then saw the result online, that it had won the award.
That made it the fourth win in ArtSlant's Showcase competitions. ArtSlant is the #1 Contemporary Art Network with worldwide arts calendars, artitsts, reviews, and online art sales of originals and prints.
I am quite pleased and more than a bit amused by its success. A new direction? Maybe. The "White Dress" series will continue, for sure.
Pomona Valley Review, Issue 7 Published with My Paintings and Installation
Hot on the heels of Four Paintings of Mine Published by Superstition Review's publication of my four paintings a day ago, Pomona Valley Review, Issue 7 was published by California State Polytechnic University Pomona, which also features two Paintings and an installation of mine. The seventh issue of the magazine - mine works can be seen on pages 10, 63 and 76, and page 150, one may read a short bio of mine.
Stringed White Dresses - The Process of a New Installation
Lately, I was inspired and several exciting ideas propelled me to work diligently to complete one installation last Friday. I documented the last stage of the process - painting background, wiring strings to the frames and final assembling, including the paper origami white dresses folded before. Below are several pictures and an edited, composite video of this final dash, all recorded on Friday, 22 March 2013.
YouTube Video: youtu.be/15RfK8_u3F0
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is presenting an "Unauthorized SFMOMA Show", which allows people to upload images of artworks to SFMOMA website, and "all works are immediately accepted, each submission automatically constituting an Unauthorized SFMOMA Solo Show on view at SFMOMA via the same website ( sfmoma.show ). Each exhibition starts when a work is submitted and ends when a new work is submitted."
The last piece I posted in that May day was Stringed White Dresses — an Installation, the very first piece in my continuing series of installation or assemblage employing paper as main medium.
Using some rather square and unyielding origami white dresses, pasted onto twine, which was in turn attached to a wooden frame, I created a subtle contrast between order and disarray, manifested in the rather random formation of the white dresses. To enhance the contrast and drama, I affixed to the frame an abstract ink drawing - mostly in black, with dashes of muted red.
The location for my viewing was in the lobby, overlooking Alexander Calder's 1963 installation, Untitled, which also featuring a series of similar objects on wire or strings.
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Rossendale Council has issued the following update around Spinning Point Phase 2.
Councillor Alyson Barnes, Leader of the Council, said:
Rossendale is a place on the up and Rawtenstall is a huge part of the exciting plans we have for the borough.
There is a buzz in the town with the market rejuvenation and the regeneration scheme at Spinning Point.
We have changed the plans for phase two of the Spinning Point development, after listening to the public and understanding what people want. We are not building the retail units and will bring in more open space and more parking.
We have always been clear that unless the retail element adds to what we have in Rawtenstall, we will not build these retail units. There has been some interest, but not to the level and standard of what we want, or what will enhance Rawtenstall.
The state of the art spa will still be at the heart of the development with some living accommodation as well.
The spa will welcome local visitors looking for a relaxing day experience. Its world class facilities will provide an excellent boost to the local tourism economy.
We have received a significant amount of interest in the retail units at the bus station and are currently in talks with interested parties.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently published results from Fulton County Jail’s (GA) demonstration project to integrate routine rapid HIV screening into the medical intake process.
From January 2011 through March 2012, Fulton County implemented this project. Without which, people diagnosed would likely be diagnosed later in the course of their infection, resulting in delayed access to care and treatment and possible transmission to their partners. Through these screenings, inmate patients also received referrals for community services upon release. Over 12,000 HIV tests were conducted during this time.
Fulton County Jail, a Corizon partner is one of the 50 largest jails in the nation, with an ADP of 2,269 detainees.
To learn more about our correctional healthcare services and job opportunities visit our website at www.corizonhealth.com
The Postcard
A postally unused Milton Artlette-Glazette Series postcard that was published by the Woolstone Bros. of London EC. The card, which has a divided back, was printed at their works in Germany.
Although the card was not posted, it bears a recipient's name and address:
To Dolly Bray,
Cliff Street,
Cheddar,
Som.
There was also a message:
"Dear Dolly,
Just another to add
to your collection.
How are you getting
on? Hoping you are
well.
Let us know when
you are coming up
to Bristol won't you.
Yours sincerely,
V. Warburton."
Teignmouth
Teignmouth is a seaside town and fishing port in the English county of Devon. It lies on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles (19 km) south of Exeter. The town had a population of 15,000 at the 2021 census.
From the 1800's onwards, the town grew rapidly in size from a fishing port associated with the Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian times; there was further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates, and the town remains a popular seaside and day-trip holiday location.
-- History of Teignmouth
During the 17th. century, in common with other Channel ports, Teignmouth ships suffered from raids from Dunkirkers, who were privateers from Flemish ports. It is possible that smuggling was the town's most significant trade at this time, though cod fishing in Newfoundland was also of great importance.
In July 1690, after the French Admiral Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Beachy Head, the French fleet was anchored in Torbay, and some of the galley fleet travelled the short distance up the coast and attacked Teignmouth. A petition to the Lord Lieutenant from the inhabitants described the incident:
'On the 26th. day of July 1690 by Foure of the
clocke in the morning, your poor petitioners
were invaded by the French to the number of
1,000 or thereabouts, who in the space of three
hours tyme, burnt down to the ground the
dwelling houses of 240 persons of our parish
and upwards, plundered and carried away all
our goods, defaced our churches, burnt ten of
our ships in the harbour, besides fishing boats,
netts and other fishing craft.'
After examining 'creditable persons', the Justices of the Peace concluded that:
'By the late horrid invasion there were within
the space of 12 houres burnt downe and
consumed 116 dwelling houses ... and also
172 dwelling houses were rifled and plundred
and two parish churches much ruined, plundred
and defaced, besides the burning of ten saile
of shipps with the furniture thereof, and the
goods and merchandise therein.'
As a result, the Crown issued a church brief that authorised the collection of £11,000 for the aid of the town. Churches from as far afield as Yorkshire contributed, and the collections enabled the further development of the port. This was the last invasion of England, and French Street, with its museum, is named in memory of the occasion.
In the 1600's and 1700's, there are records of a windmill on the Den – an area that was then a large sand dune and is now a grassy public open space near the seafront. By 1759, this windmill had been demolished.
The Newfoundland fisheries continued to provide the town's main employment into the early 19th. century (e.g. Job Brothers & Co.) With the men in Newfoundland for most of the year, the women did the local fishing and rowed the ferries across the estuary. Early tourists, such as Fanny Burney, referred to the women as the "Amazonians" of Shaldon and Teignmouth, and wrote of their strength, health and tendency to wear trousers or hitch their skirts up to their knees in order to fish.
As the fisheries declined, tourism increased. A tea house was built on the Den in 1787 amongst the local fishermen's drying nets. By 1803, Teignmouth was called a "fashionable watering place," and the resort continued to develop during the 19th. century. Its two churches were rebuilt soon after 1815, and the first bridge across the estuary to Shaldon was built in 1827.
George Templer's New Quay opened at the port; and the esplanade, Den Crescent and the central Assembly Rooms (later the cinema) were laid out. The population in the 1841 census was 4,459 inhabitants. The railway arrived in 1846, and the pier was built 1865–1867.
-- Teignmouth in the Great War and WWII
The Great War had a disruptive effect on Teignmouth; over 175 men from the town lost their lives. and many businesses did not survive. In the 1920's, as the economy started to recover, a golf course opened on Little Haldon; the Morgan Giles shipbuilding business was established, and charabancs took employees and their families for annual outings to Dartmoor and elsewhere. By the 1930's, the town was again thriving and, with the Haldon Aerodrome and School of Flying nearby, Teignmouth was advertised as the only south coast resort offering complete aviation facilities.
During the World War II, Teignmouth suffered badly from "tip and run" air raids. It was bombed 21 times between July 1940 and February 1944; 79 people were killed, 151 wounded, 228 houses were destroyed and over 2,000 damaged in the raids. Teignmouth's hospital was bombed during a raid on the 8th. May 1941, killing three nurses and seven patients. It was rebuilt and reopened in September 1954, making it the first complete general hospital in the country to be built after the formation of the National Health Service.
A US Navy plan was created, which proposed to dam the harbour and set up a seaplane base, but it was abandoned as the war turned in favour of the allies.
-- Teignmouth Port
The Old Quay was built in the mid-18th. century on land leased from Lord Clifford. The opening of the Stover Canal by James Templer in 1792 provided a boost to the port, due to the ease with which ball clay could be transported from the mines north of Newton Abbot. By 1820, this trade was supplemented by granite from the quarries near Haytor on Dartmoor, carried via the unique granite-tracked Haytor Granite Tramway which was linked to the Stover Canal. The granite to build the new London Bridge came via this route, and was sent from the New Quay, which had been built for this traffic in 1821–25 by George Templer, James's son.
The Old Quay was sold to George Hennet in 1850 and became the centre of his trading network. It had been connected to the South Devon Railway the previous year.
Teignmouth has a tradition of shipbuilding from the 17th. century. By the turn of the 19th. century, there were three shipyards in Teignmouth, with three in Shaldon and Ringmore on the opposite side of the estuary. The industry declined in the early 20th. century but, in 1921, Morgan Giles bought the last derelict shipbuilding yard and gave the industry a new stimulus. His shipyard became a major employer, building pleasure craft in peacetime and small craft such as torpedo boats during World War II. The business failed in 1968, not long after Donald Crowhurst's attempt to sail around the world.
The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society sent a lifeboat to Teignmouth in 1851, and kept it in a boathouse on the beach near the Custom House. In 1854, the society transferred its lifeboats to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). A new boathouse was provided on The Den with doors facing the harbour which was used until 1940. After a gap of fifty years, on the 3rd. November 1990, the RNLI re-opened Teignmouth Lifeboat Station with an Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat.
Teignmouth Lighthouse was erected in 1845 to guide ships into the harbour.
-- Shaldon Bridge
The original bridge was owned by the Teignmouth and Shaldon Bridge Company. The first stone was laid on the 20th. September 1824, and it opened on the 8th. June 1827. It had 34 wooden arches, and was 1,671 feet (509 m) long, which made it the longest wooden bridge in England when built. It had abutment walls of a considerable length at either end, and a swing bridge at the Teignmouth end to allow sailing ships to pass up the estuary. It cost around £19,000 to build, but the overall expenditure was about £26,000 (equivalent to £2,843,100 in 2023), due to the costs of the necessary Act of Parliament and the purchase of the old ferry-rights. Toll houses were built at each end of the bridge, and the one on the Teignmouth side survives.
After eleven years, on the 27th. June 1838, the centre arches of the bridge collapsed; the timbers had been eaten through by shipworms. It was rebuilt in wood and re-opened on the 13th. April 1840, but it partially collapsed again in 1893.
The bridge was completely rebuilt between 1928 and 1931, using steel for the piers and main girders, and concrete for most of the deck, except for the opening span which used timber. The overall length of the new bridge was 1,130 feet (340 m) carried on 22 spans, with an overall width of 28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m) providing a carriageway of 20 feet (6.1 m) and two footpaths 4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m) wide.
The new bridge allowed the lifting of the previous weight limit of 3 long tons (3,000 kg). A bascule span was provided in place of the previous opening span.
On the 28th. October 1948, Devon County Council bought the bridge from the Shaldon Bridge Company for £92,020 (equivalent to £4,230,000 in 2023), and tolls were abolished. The original paintwork was inadequate to deal with the environment, so repairs were required in 1960 and in 1980.
In 1998, it was discovered that the bridge had severe structural defects, and work to correct this continued until 2002; the bridge remaining open throughout. After this work was completed, residents nearby noticed that in certain wind conditions the bridge "whistles". As of 2007 the problem had not been solved.
-- The Atmospheric Railway
The line built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel runs along the South Devon Railway sea wall, which is a stone embankment between the sea and cliffs that runs for several miles between Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren. This line originally worked by the atmospheric system, with steam pump houses at regular intervals to create the vacuum. However it was not successful for a host of reasons, and was converted to normal steam locomotive working. Redundant sections of the atmospheric railway pipes were used as drains all over Teignmouth; one was set in the roadside in Woodway Lane, near Woodway House.
In December 1852, a large landslip from the cliffs east of the town caused the railway to close for four days; and, in 1855 and 1859, the sea broke through the line at Teignmouth. There have been many more closures since, caused both by landslips from the cliffs and breaches by the sea, especially in winter. In 1936, the Great Western Railway surveyed an inland deviation between Exminster and Bishopsteignton, with a shorter route starting near Dawlish Warren; however, the advent of World War II brought these projects to an end.
In 2010, the sea walls and adjoining estuaries were costing Network Rail around £500,000 per year to maintain.
-- The Estuary
The town is located on the north bank of the mouth of the estuary of the River Teign. The red sandstone headland on the Shaldon side, called The Ness, is the most recognisable symbol of the town from the seaward side.
In the harbour area was the Salty; a small flat island created through dredging operations but levelled, supposedly to improve natural scouring of the main channel for shipping, in recent years to leave a large tidal sand bank frequented by seabirds and cockle-collectors. Salmon nets are still employed by locals, especially near Shaldon Bridge.
The estuary seems disproportionately large for the size of the river flowing through it; this is especially apparent at low tide, because it is a drowned valley caused by a relative rise in sea level following the last Ice Age.
-- Notable Teignmouth Buildings
Den Crescent and its central Assembly Rooms, laid out in 1826 by Andrew Patey of Exeter, still survive relatively unchanged today. The Assembly Rooms were the hub of the town's social life in the 19th. century, and lavish balls took place in the 70 ft (21 m) long ballroom. In 1871, the building was taken over by the East Devon and Teignmouth Club which had an exclusive membership taken from the gentry and professional middle class.
Over the years, the building was used as a theatre, a dance hall, a conference centre and a billiards hall. In 1934 it was converted into the Riviera Cinema, in which guise it continued until 2000; part of the building has now been converted into flats. In 2016, the lease for the historic auditorium was taken over by the Mars Hill Church, with the intention of restoring it as both a cinema and a music and arts facility.
The town's parish church, dedicated to St. James, is unusual, being octagonal in shape. A story from Cornwall suggests why these churches are rounded, for the villagers of Veryan built several circular houses so that the Devil had no corners in which to lie in wait. The church of St. Michael the Archangel is in the east of the town. St. Scholastica's Abbey (now converted to flats), on the road to Dawlish, built in 1864 by Henry Woodyer is a notable Gothic Revival building, and the Roman Catholic Church, on the same road, is a late work by Joseph Hansom, the inventor of the hansom cab.
In 1894, there were 26 public houses in Teignmouth. Pubs today include the Blue Anchor Inn on Teign Street and the Devon Arms on Northumberland Place. The River Beach is home to a varied selection of seasonal and permanent beach huts, one of which (now removed to the town's museum) was a Georgian bathing machine, minus wheels. These huts have enjoyed the boom in popularity of such properties in recent years and now change hands for figures approaching £100,000.
Teignmouth and Shaldon museum was completed in 2011. It comprises an architecturally iconic extension of the existing 18th. century museum building, with a new roof terrace looking over the town, glass tower and community facility. Some of the exhibits include a restored bathing machine; artefacts from the Church Rock wreck, such as cannons; exhibits from the nearby Haldon aerodrome, plus film footage including The Beatles' visit to the town and the 2009 homecoming concerts by Muse.
The new build cost almost £1.1m; it was enabled by a major community fund-raising effort, in combination with Lottery and UK government funding and other sources. The Church Rock wreck was found when a Zuanne Alberghetti cannon was located on the site of a 16th. century wreck, followed by further discoveries.
The town's newest public building is the Pavilions Teignmouth, a community arts and enterprise centre on the Den, opened in April 2016.
-- Teignmouth Tourism
Although reduced from its heyday, Teignmouth still receives considerable numbers of holidaymakers, especially day-trippers. It is twinned with the French town Perros-Guirec.
The resort has a sea beach and Teignmouth Pier, with amusement arcade and rides. The beach wraps around the spit at the head of the river Teign, providing a river beach commonly known as the Back Beach on the estuary side; this overlooks the harbour with its moorings for many pleasure craft, and has views up the estuary to Dartmoor.
An 18-mile (29 km) long waymarked route, known as the Templer Way, has been created between Haytor on Dartmoor and Shaldon. It closely follows the route of George Templer's granite tramway, his father James's Stover Canal and finally the estuary to Teignmouth.
Teignmouth Carnival is held during the last week of July, with the procession on the last Thursday. Since 1999, the town has hosted a summer folk festival. In 2005, Fergus O'Byrne and Jim Payne from Newfoundland, were the headline artists at that year's festival which celebrated the town's links with that region.
Since 2018, Teignmouth has hosted the annual Teign Shanty Festival; it is a folk music festival with a focus on sea shanties, with over 40 groups performing in 2021.
The seafront benefits from Teignmouth Lido, a public open-air heated swimming pool. This is one of four outdoor pools operated by Teignbridge District Council. The others are at Buckfastleigh, Ashburton and Buckland.
Teignmouth is home to the River Teign Rowing club, the largest rowing club in the UK, with almost 400 members; it competes internationally in Cornish Pilot Gig rowing, locally racing Seine boats and nationally in Sea Skiffs and Sculls. Members have competed recently as far afield as Russia.
Teign Corinthian Yacht Club was founded in 1886; it organises racing and training for sailing dinghies, yachts and powerboats. It has two centres: a clubhouse on Teignmouth seafront built in 1995, and a dinghy park on the River Teign estuary at Coombe Cellars, with a new clubhouse being built there in 2020.
-- Notable People Associated With Teignmouth
Fanny Burney, the diarist and novelist, visited Teignmouth several times in the late 18th. century. She took her first dip in the sea here in 1773, as she recorded in her journal. Elias Parish Alvars, the harpist, was born in East Teignmouth in 1808. Three years later, Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, vice-admiral, hydrographer and geologist, was born at Woodway House.
In spring 1818, the poet John Keats spent several weeks in Teignmouth, and completed his epic poem Endymion here. His arrival coincided with a period of wet weather, and he wrote to a friend of:
"... the abominable Devonshire Weather ... the truth is,
it is a splashy, rainy, misty, snowy, foggy, haily, floody,
muddy, slipshod county."
George O. May (born 1875), who made significant contributions to the field of accounting and rose to senior partner of Price Waterhouse's American firm in the early 20th. century, was born and raised in Teignmouth.
From 1812 until his death in 1833, Edward Pellew, 1st. Viscount Exmouth had his home at Bitton House, which was then called West Cliff House. Meanwhile, Thomas Luny, the painter of seascapes, lived in the town for thirty years until his death in 1837, and executed over 2,200 paintings while living here.
Shortly afterwards George Hennet, the railway engineer and contractor who was closely involved with Brunel's railway, moved to the town and took a close interest in local affairs. He died here in 1857.
Charles Babbage (1791–1871), the mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who originated the idea of a programmable computer, also lived here for some years, and was married in St. Michael's church in the town.
Sir John Smyth (1893–1983) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross and was made 1st. Baronet of Teignmouth in 1956.
The Belgium footballer Charles Vanden Wouwer was born in Teignmouth in 1916, while his parents were staying there as Great War refugees.
The Canadian Second World War pilot Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner settled in the Teignmouth area in 1930, his brother and sister studying in Teignmouth whilst he was a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He went on to be one of the few naval pilots of the Battle of Britain.He was given the freedom of Teignmouth and Exeter after leading the audacious attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. He was lost in July 1944, and remembered on the Shaldon War Memorial and at the Teign Heritage – Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum.
During the Second World War, Clive Sinclair was evacuated to Teignmouth as a child and lived there for some years.
The businessman and musician Danny Thompson was born in the town in 1939, and the writer and environmentalist John Bainbridge (born 1953) spent his teens and early adulthood here, and was educated at West Lawn School.
The three members of rock band Muse (Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard) attended Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990's. They started the band in the town and based their song "Falling Down" on their teenage years living there. The band performed two homecoming concerts entitled A Seaside Rendezvous there in September 2009.
England rugby union and Exeter Chiefs player Sam Simmonds lives in Teignmouth, as does his brother and fellow first team player Joe Simmonds. Sam helped the Chiefs win the Aviva Premiership in 2017. He has currently scored two tries for England and has one Man of the Match award.
The triple jump world record holder, Jonathan Edwards, lived in Teignmouth in his early years. He went to school at the Inverteign Juniors site (now Mill Lane). His world record has stood since 1995.
Composer Laura Rossi grew up in Teignmouth and attended school in the town.
-- Teignmouth in the Media
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration A Legend of Teignmouth, in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book of 1834, accompanies an engraving of a view of Teignmouth from the Ness by Thomas Allom.
The Norman Wisdom film, Press for Time, in which Norman becomes a reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth, was shot largely on location in Teignmouth in 1966. A bus and bicycle chase shows many scenes of the town centre and sea front as it was at the time.
Singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf wrote a song called "Teignmouth" for his 2005 album Wind in the Wires, which focuses primarily on the view of the town and the River Teign when taking a train along the coastline.
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Hannah Trigwell was born 28 October, 1990, in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She started her musical career at the age of 17 and took to the streets of Leeds to play her music for anyone that cared to stop and listen. Now, just 23, she has gone on to amass thousands of fans all around the world and has sold records as far as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.A.
Hannah’s online following continues to grow; her YouTube channel containing videos of live performances of original songs and covers has gathered over 6 million views and gains over 10,000 hits per day! It was here that Boyce Avenue - Alejandro, Daniel and Fabian Manzano first discovered Hannah and her cover of Katy Perry’s - Teenage Dream.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 7th of October 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
I published a shot of the Deneysville motorbike museum before, here is a better view of the "back" part of the informal museum.
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Title: "Map of Manitoba, published by authority of the Provincial Government, March 1893". This very scarce folded map measures approx. 24" x 24" and shows every section (square mile unit) of land in the province. Compared to the Rand McNally map of approximately a decade earlier, the Provincial map shows the province with more or less its modern muncipal organization into Rural Municipalities. Although the main map does not make a point of including the disputed part of Northwestern Ontario, it does contain an inset map (not shown) showing Manitoba's position in the North American continent in which a sizeable region north of the Winnipeg and English Rivers (i.e. not including southerly areas such as Rat Portage/Kenora) and extending several hundred miles into what is now Northwestern Ontario is clearly labelled "Manitoba".
This copy of the map folds and includes a glued-on title page that indicates that it was intended for distribution at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois.
The Postcard
A postcard that was printed and published by Sheahan of Boston.
The card was posted in Peterborough, New Hampshire on Friday the 24th. December 1909 to:
Mrs. Henry Martin,
Hillsborough,
New Hampshire,
Box 45.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Merry Christmas &
Happy New Year to
you both.
M. E. Monan".
M. T. Sheahan
M. T. Sheahan of 297, Congress Street, Boston, Mass., who operated between 1903 and 1910, was a fine art printer and publisher, who in addition to producing prints created many postcards on themes of animals, humor, greetings, and mottos.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a Christmas carol.
Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks, the carol is popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but to different tunes.
In North America it is sung to "St. Louis" by Brooks' collaborator, Lewis Redner.
In the United Kingdom it is sung to "Forest Green", a tune collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams and first published in the 1906 English Hymnal.
Jean Clemens
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 24th. December 1909 marked the death of Jean Clemens.
Born Jane Lampton "Jean" Clemens on the 26th. July 1880, Jean was the daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known by his pen name Mark Twain). She drowned at the age of 29 in a bathtub at Samuel's home on Christmas Eve 1909, likely due to a seizure.
-- Jean Clemens - The Early Years
Jean Clemens was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the youngest of four children born to author and humourist Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon Clemens.
According to Mark Twain's autobiography, Jean was kind-hearted and particularly fond of animals, like her mother Olivia. She founded or worked with a number of societies for the protection of animals in the various locations where she lived.
-- Jean Clemens' Epilepsy
Jean had epilepsy from the age of 15 which Twain attributed to a head injury from when she was age 8 or 9. The family spent years seeking cures in the United States and Europe. Twain also attributed her mood swings and sometimes erratic behavior to her uncontrolled epilepsy.
Jean's mother tried to include her in family life despite her illness, but Olivia died in 1904, and it was left to Twain and Jean's older sister, Clara, to help Jean to manage the difficulties which her illness caused.
Twain's secretary Isabel Lyon claimed that Jean physically attacked family maid Katy Leary on two occasions in 1906, saying that she wanted to kill her.
In her 2004 biography Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years, historian Karen Lystra questions the accuracy of Lyon's account of Jean's violent behavior, and suggests that Lyon manipulated a separation between father and daughter because Lyon hoped to marry Twain.
Jean was sent to an epilepsy colony in Katonah, New York in the fall of 1906, and despite requesting to return home, Twain refused as he doubted his ability to care for her.
Twain fired Lyon and her new husband in 1909, stating that they were guilty of embezzlement, and Jean was able to return home in the April of 1909. Jean and her father got along well, though she found him stubborn and temperamental.
-- The Death of Jean Clemens
Jean was staying at her father's home Stormfield in Redding, Connecticut in December 1909, and she had decorated the home for the upcoming Christmas holiday.
She was found dead in the bathtub on the morning of the 24th. December, likely having drowned during a seizure.
Jean Clemens was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira. Twain died four months later on the 21st. April 1910.
The Postcard
A postcard published by Lévy Fils et Cie of Paris that was posted on Wednesday the 5th. December 1917 via the British Army Post Office.
The card was sent to:
Mrs. Barnes,
23, Drayton Park,
Highbury,
London N5,
England.
The name of the town has been erased from the card which bears a black rectangular censor's stamp on the back numbered 3104. It is in fact Calais.
The message on the back of the card was as follows:
"On Active Service.
Wednesday Dec. 5/17.
Dear Ena,
A card to say that I am
still OK.
Weather very cold.
Love,
Gilbert".
The British Army Postal Service
During the Great War, the British Army Postal Service despatched over two billion letters and cards. Assuming an average length of 6 inches, if they were laid end to end they would stretch for 189,394 miles (304,800km) - that's over seven and a half times round the Earth's equator.
The Great War lasted for 1,567 days, therefore the Postal Service were kept busy handling an average of over 1¼ million pieces of mail every day of the war's duration.
Calais
Calais is a city and major ferry port in northern France. The town overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34 km (21 mi) wide here. The White Cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day from Calais.
Calais is a major port for ferries between France and England.
Due to its position, Calais since the Middle Ages has been an important centre for transport and trading with England. It was annexed by Edward III of England in 1347 and grew into a thriving centre for wool production.
The town came to be called the 'Brightest Jewel in the English Crown' owing to its great importance as the gateway for the tin, lead, lace and wool trades.
The old part of the town, Calais proper (known as Calais-Nord), is situated on an artificial island surrounded by canals and harbours. The modern part of the town, St.-Pierre, lies to the south and south-east. In the centre of the old town is the Place d'Armes, in which stands the Tour du Guet, or watch-tower, a structure built in the 13th century. It was used as a lighthouse until 1848 when a new lighthouse was built by the port.
South east of the Place is the church of Notre-Dame, built during the English occupancy of Calais. It is the only church built in the English perpendicular style in all of France. In this church former French President Charles de Gaulle married his wife Yvonne Vendroux.
South of the Place and opposite the Parc St.-Pierre is the Hôtel-de-Ville (the Town Hall), and the Belfry from the 16th. and early 17th. centuries.
Calais in World War II
The town was virtually razed to the ground during World War II, when in May 1940, it was a strategic bombing target for the invading German forces who took the town during the Siege of Calais.
During World War II, the Germans built massive bunkers along the coast in preparation for launching missiles at England.
Calais Today
Today, Calais is visited by more than 10 million people annually. Calais is also a notable fishing port and a centre for fish marketing, and some 3,000 people are still employed in the lace industry for which the town is also famed.
A German Air Raid
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 5th. December 1917, after weeks of unfavourable weather, the Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Force) made its first heavier-than-air raid against Great Britain since October.
Nineteen Gotha and two Riesenflugzeug bombers attacked in several waves, causing £100,000 in damage around the London area, but inflicting few casualties.
British anti-aircraft guns shot down two Gotha bombers and their crews were captured, while a third bomber went missing.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was a French botanist. He was born to a well-to-do family in Aix-en-Provence. Tournefort initially took up studies in theology. However, as he had a marked inclination towards natural sciences, he turned to medicine. He completed his studies at the University of Montpellier. In 1681, he was in Barcelona doing research in botany. In 1694 Tournefort published his first three-volume work, in which he classified 8846 plants. In 1698 he became Doctor in Medicine of the University of Paris. At that time his treatise was also translated into Latin. Tournefort became a famous physician and naturalist. He travelled extensively in Western Europe (Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England). He had published a number of works on botany, and had acquired a fabulous collection of nearly 50.000 books, as well as costumes, arms, minerals, shells and various curiosities. Thus, he already had a very important career behind him when Louis XIV entrusted him with the mission to bring new plants to the Royal Botanical Garden.
Tournefort started out on his voyage to the Near East in the spring of 1700, at the age of 44, accompanied by a painter and a doctor. He visited thirty-eight islands of the Greek archipelago, as well as Northern Anatolia, Pontus and Armenia, and reached Tiflis in Georgia. Tournefort returned to Marseilles in June 1702.
His manuscript, composed of his letters to the Minister of the Exterior Count de Pontchartain, was published posthumously in 1717. A number of re-editions followed, while his work was also translated into English, German and Flemish. There is also a Greek translation of the first part. The fact that Tournefort had discovered new plants in his journey led him to publish a supplement to his main work of botanical classification in 1703. He taught Botany in the Académie, while continuing to practice medicine; at the same time, he was in charge of the Royal Gardens, where many plants he brought from his travels were cultivated with success. Having survived a multitude of adventures, Tournefort died of an accident in 1708. He did not live to see the publication of his travel chronicle, which in the following three centuries became the basic manual to all travellers to these regions. Until today, researchers from numerous fields turn to Tournefort’s text, as it remains an invaluable source of information. He describes the places he visited in a particular systematic manner.
The systematic way he organizes his information on topography, economy, administration, ethnic composition, customs and habits of everyday life shows how one can arrive at truth and knowledge through research, methodical study, classification and generalisation. To document his research, Tournefort cites a hundred and thirty-five texts by Greek and Latin authors as well as Byzantine writers, Humanists, and earlier travel accounts.
He methodically narrates his visit to each island, and describes the locations as well as events that he witnessed and encounters with locals. He then continues with the island’s history from ancient times to the current age, citing the corresponding myths, and comparing with the information provided by ancient coins. Subsequently, he writes on the island’s administration and taxes, commerce, products and prices thereof. An entire chapter is dedicated to the Greek church. Tournefort also writes on monasteries and churches, house architecture and caves. He also describes the customs, the dress and the occupations of the inhabitants. He concludes his chapters with geographical observations from the highest point of each main region.
Naturally, his work includes engravings of city views, locations and monuments as well as plants, instruments and costumes. The text becomes alive with vivid descriptions of his encounters with islanders, be it Turks, Franks, Greeks or privateers. Of special interest are his descriptions of fortresses, ports, safe havens and his information on map drawing.
The second volume is a publication of his thoroughly documented manuscripts. It was not edited by Tournefort himself as had happened with the first. On numerous occasions he refers to the politics, administration and ethnic composition of the Ottoman Empire. He continues with his journey on the southern coast of the Black Sea to Armenia. The work closes with a short description of Smyrna and Ephesus.
Tournefort is considered the first to have shown the islands of the Archipelago to be “travel material”, as he offered information which inspired the interest for further research, and also highlighed each location’s wealth and uniqueness.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
Fransız botanikçi Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) Aix-en-Provence'da varlıklı bir aile içinde doğar, ilk önce tanrıbilim (teoloji) dersleri izler ancak genç yaştan beri doğa bilimlerine eğilim gösterir. Bu yüzden Montpellier'de tıp öğrenimi görüp 1681'de botanik araştırmaları yapmak üzere Barcelona'ya gelir. 1694 yılında üç ciltlik ve 8.846 bitkinin sınıflandırmasına ilişkin ilk eserini yayınlar; 1698'de Paris Tıp Fakültesinden doktor unvanını alır ve bu kazanımı yapıtının latince çevirisi izler. Doktor ve doğa bilimcisi olarak ün salmış, Batı Avrupa'da (İspanya, Portekiz, Hollanda, İngiltere'ye) seyahat etmiş, botanoloji ile ilgili kitaplar yayınlamış, 50.000'e yakın kitaptan meydana gelen bir kitaplık oluşturmuş, ayrıca yerel kıyafet, silah, mineral, deniz kabuğu ve daha başka ilginç şeylerden oluşan hayranlık uyandıran koleksiyonlar sahibi olmuşken, kral 14. Louis ona Kraliyet Botanik Bahçesine yeni bitkiler getirme görevini verir. Tournefort 1700 yılının ilkbaharında, 44 yaşındayken, yanına yoldaş olarak bir ressam ve bir doktor alarak Yakın Doğu'ya doğru yola çıkar.
Ege adalarından 38 tanesini ziyaret eder, Kuzey Anadolu'nun her tarafını gezip Karadeniz ve Ermenistan yörelerine gelir, Tiflis'e varır. Tournefort, 1702 yılının Haziran ayında Marsilya'da karaya ayak basar.
Kaleme aldığı metin (Dışişleri bakanı Kont de Pontchartain'e yolladığı mektuplar biçiminde) ilk olarak 1717'de yayınlanır, bu ilk yayını bir çok yeni baskı izler ve eser ingilizce, almanca ve flamanca gibi dillere- ilk kısmı yunancaya da - çevrilir. Yeni keşfettiği bitkilerin daha önce belirlemiş olduğu sınıflandırma sistemine eklenmesi sonucu olarak 1703'te yeni bir cilt yayınlar. Tournefort botanik profesörü sıfatıyla Akademide dersler verir, doktorluk mesleğini ve bunlara koşut olarak Kraliyet Bahçesinin sorumluluğu görevini sürdürür. Gezilerinden getirmiş olduğu birçok yeni bitki bu bahçede başarılı bir şekilde yetiştirilir. Tournefort geçirdiği birçok maceradan kefeni yırtmışken, üç asır boyunca her gezginin bu bölge için başucu kitabı olacak seyahatnamesinin yayınlanmasını göremeden 1708'de bir kaza sonucu ölür. Bugün hâlâ çeşitli dallardan araştırmacılar Tournefort'un metnine başvurup son derece değerli bilgilerinden faydalanmak durumundalar. Eseri anında ingilizce, hollandaca ve almancaya çevrilmişti.
Gezdiği yerleri betimlerken belirli bir yöntem izleyerek topoğrafya, ekonomi, yönetim, milletler sentezi ve günlük yaşamdaki örf ve adetlere ilişkin bilgiler verirken, Tournefort, bilginin gerçeğe uyup uymadığı konusuna araştırma, düzenli okuma, sınıflandırma ve genelleştirme yoluyla yanaşılabileceğini kanıtlıyor. Kanıtlayıcı belgeleri arasında antik Yunan ve Latin yazarlarından, ayrıca Bizans yazarlarından ve daha eski hümanist bilgin ve gezginlerden 135 tane metin bulunmakta.
Ziyaret ettiği her ada için düzenli olarak ziyaretini anlatıp birçok yeri ve olayı hatta yerlilerle olan görüşmelerini de betimler. Bunlara ek olarak, adanın eski çağlardan gününe dek tarihi ve bununla ilintili efsaneler, sikkeler hakkında, yönetim, vergilendirme usulleri, ticaret, ürünler ve fiyatları hakkında bilgiler verir. Ayrıca Yunanistan'ın dinî (kilise) yaşamına başlıbaşına bir bölüm ayırır. Manastırlar, kiliseler, evlerin mimarisi, mağaralar hakkında yazar, adetler ve kıyafetleri betimleyip halkın uğraşlarından sözeder ve önemli yörelerin her birinin en yüksek irtifasından yaptığı coğrafya gözlemleri ile anlatımını bitirir.
Doğal olarak eserinde şehir, yer, anıt, bitki, alet, ve kıyafet görünümleri ile ilgili gravürler de yer almakta. Ayrıca metni ada halkıyla (Türkler, Latinler, Yunanlılar, korsanlarla) ilişkilerinden çarpıcı betimlemelerle de çeşitlenir. Kitabında hisarlar, gemi barınakları, güvenli limanlar hakkında yaptığı betimlemeler ve harita çizimi ile ilgili verdiği bilgiler özel ilgi uyandıran kısımlar arasındadır.
Eserinin birinci cildinin yayına hazırlığını kendisi denetlemişken ikinci cilt kendi ayrıntılı yazılarına sadık kalınarak basılır. Bu cildin başındaki birçok bölüm Osmanlıların siyasal, yönetimsel ve etnografik durumuna ayrılmıştır. Bunun devamında Karadeniz'in güney kıyılarında yaptığı Ermenistan'a kadar varan yolculuğunu anlatıp kitabı İzmir ve Efes'in kısa bir betimlemesi ile bitirir.
Böylece Tournefort, başkalarında arayış isteğini besleyecek nitelikte malzeme sağlamanın yanısıra, gördüğü her yerin sonsuz zengiliğini ve kendine özgü niteliklerini yüzeye çıkarması açısından Ege adalarına bir "yolculuk uknumu" veren ilk şahıs olarak bilinir.
Yazan: İoli Vingopoulou
Crangon crangon
Published in:
Copejans, E.; Smits, M. (2011). De wetenschap van de zee: over een onbekende wereldoceaan. Acco: Leuven. 175 pp.
ISBN 9789033484124.
On page 72.
Published in:
Thiel, M. & Watling, L. (eds). (2015). Lifestyles and Feeding Biology. Oxford University Press. 584p.
ISBN: 9780199797028
Please check out some of my images from my trip to Mexico last year that are now published on this great website:
www.sacred-destinations.com/mexico/chichen-itza.htm
You can see all of my images from Mexico here: www.flickr.com/photos/ciaochessa/sets/72157594395460626/
The creator of the website, Holly, is a fellow flickrer. You can check out her stream here:
www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/
:)
The Postcard
A postcard that was published by E.T.W. Dennis & Sons Ltd. of London and Scarborough. The card was posted in Fort William using a 2d. stamp on Monday the 29th. September 1952. It was sent to:
Alfred Day Esq. OBE, JP,
St. Aubyn's,
Sutton Valence,
Nr. Maidstone,
Kent.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Here is a part of our
road on our journey
to Fort William.
Have stopped today
at Fort Augustus on
our way to look at
Loch Ness, then back
to Fort William.
Food & Scotland
excellent.
Bob & Win Cooke."
Alfred Day
Alfred Day OBE (Esquire, JP) was a prominent 20th.-century figure in Kent, best remembered for his agricultural contributions, horseracing legacy, and civic philanthropy.
Alfred Day was a respected horse trainer who famously created and hosted the first race days at the iconic figure-of-eight Fontwell Park Racecourse in West Sussex in May 1924.
Alfred was highly influential in regional agriculture, and served as a Justice of the Peace (JP).
He gifted a significant tract of land to the village of Headcorn, which is known today as "Day's Green". The gift and his legacy are commemorated on the Headcorn Village Sign located at the junction of High Street and Kings Road.
Headcorn is 3½ miles from Sutton Valence.
Glen Coe
Glen Coe is a glen of glacial origins that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber.
Glen Coe is regarded as the home of Scottish mountaineering, and is popular with hillwalkers and climbers.
A 2010 review by Scottish Natural Heritage into the special qualities of Scotland's National scenic areas listed the "soaring, dramatic splendour of Glen Coe", and "the suddenness of the transition between high mountain pass and the lightly wooded strath" as being of note.
The review also described the journey through the glen on the main A82 road as "one of the classic Highland journeys".
The main settlement is the village of Glencoe located at the foot of the glen.
The Glen is named after the River Coe which runs through it. The name of the river may predate the Gaelic language, as its meaning is not known.
-- The Massacre of Glencoe
On the 13th. February 1692, in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1689, an incident known as the Massacre of Glencoe took place in the glen.
Thirty-eight men from Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces who were billeted with them on the grounds that they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary.
The Sinking of the Crusader
So what else happened on the day that Bob and Win posted the card?
Well, the 29th. September 1952 marked the sinking of the Crusader, a jet-powered speedboat piloted on Loch Ness by John Cobb in an attempt to set a new world water speed record.
The Crusader cost £15,000 to build in 1949. It was silver and scarlet in colour and 10 m long. The engine was a de Havilland Ghost Mk 48 centrifugal turbojet provided as a loan by the Ministry of Supply at the request of Major Frank Halford, the engine designer. The engine was rated at 5,000 lb thrust fed by two scoop inlets forward of the cockpit
The hull was of trimaran form, a main hull with a planing step, and two smaller rear-mounted outriggers. Construction was of birch plywood frames and stringers. The hull was skinned in birch ply covered in doped fabric with metal skin reinforcement for planing surfaces. Aircraft-style riveted aluminium was used for the box-section cantilevers to the outriggers.
During the record attempt, Crusader struck a wave at an estimated speed of 210 miles per hour (340 km/h) and disintegrated, killing Cobb, whose body was thrown 50 yards (46 m).
Cobb successfully hit a peak of 206.89 mph (breaking the water speed record, although it never became official). However as the boat slowed down, it struck unexplained waves (or a "rogue ripple").
This caused the front of the hydroplane to violently bounce, plunge into the water, and somersault. At speeds exceeding 200 mph, the water acted like a wall. The violent oscillation and sudden pressure caused the lightweight wooden hull to disintegrate, throwing Cobb from the cockpit.
Cobb’s support team swiftly recovered him from the water, but he tragically died of shock and trauma. The wreckage of the Crusader sank to the bottom of the loch.
The boat′s wreckage was discovered on the 5th. July 2002 on the bottom of Loch Ness at a depth of 200 metres (656 ft). The site was designated as a scheduled monument in 2005.
More on the Crusader below.
Helen Elizabeth Morgan
The 29th. September 1952 also marked the birth of Helen Elizabeth Morgan. Helen is a British actress, model, TV hostess, and beauty pageant contestant who won the 1974 Miss Wales, Miss United Kingdom and Miss World pageants.
Morgan became the first winner to resign, and the second (after Marjorie Wallace) to not complete her one-year reign as Miss World.
-- Helen Elizabeth Morgan - The Early Years
Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England Helen worked in a bank. Entering modelling competitions on a part-time basis, she won the Miss Wales (representing Barry in the competition for that title) and Miss United Kingdom titles in 1974.
-- Miss Universe 1974
Morgan represented Wales in the Miss Universe 1974 pageant, where she finished as first runner up.
-- Miss World 1974 and Controversy
Winning Miss United Kingdom earned Morgan the right to represent the United Kingdom in Miss World. She had originally been reluctant to enter the Miss Wales competition, and was eventually paid £30 as a last-minute stand-in when another competitor dropped out.
Morgan became the second Welsh woman and the fourth UK representative to win the competition in 1974.
However, Helen was forced to resign only four days after winning the pageant, when the media created extremely negative and lurid headlines stating that she was an unwed mother with an 18-month-old son.
This had never been hidden from the time she was crowned Miss Wales, but the lurid headlines in the hours immediately following her win at Miss World, particularly interviews given by the wife of the child's father, created extreme pressure on Morgan and the Miss World organization.
Although this did not violate any of the competition rules (which stipulated only that entrants must be unmarried), pressure was placed on her by the Miss World Organisation to resign in order to save them from further potential embarrassment.
The first runner-up, Anneline Kriel of South Africa, succeeded her. Morgan became the first winner to resign, and the second Miss World titleholder not to finish her reign.
The first case was that of Miss World 1973, Marjorie Wallace, who, according to pageant officials, was stripped of the crown for "failing to fulfill the basic requirements of the job" a few months into her reign.
-- After Miss World
Threatened with being a named party in a divorce – an action which was later dropped – Morgan was allowed to keep her other titles. She resigned from the bank, and undertook a career in modelling, TV and films.
Morgan married and moved to Surrey in the 1980's, and had two more children, Poppy and Ben. She later left the UK, and now lives in Spain with her husband Ronny Lamb and family.
In 2004, Morgan agreed to judge the 2004 Miss Wales competition in Swansea, the 30th. anniversary of her competition win.
Woo hoo! Just got a few copies of My Midwest Magazine (Midwest Airlines pubication) created by Ink Publishing out of Brooklyn NY. The photo I took of the Art Museum and posted on flickr last fall was found by them via TAGS. I was very surprised when they contacted me and asked permission and how much I would sell them usage of the photo for. So after a bit of conversation we came upon a fair price for publishing my photo. I have had photos published in the Press a number of times but I found that this magazine has a million circulation.
I feel like Grover on Sesame Street. "I am so excited!"
Anyways, back to the viewfinder.
And use your TAGS!
Strobist lighting info: SB800 as key behind white shoot-through umbrella to camera right at 1/4 power (set to have no glare on photo in background,) SB800 to camera left snooted at 1/64th power for fill and highlight. Both on Smith-Victor RS-8 Raven stands. Fired with ebay triggers and camera fired remotely with Nikon ML-L3 ir.
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-Dan
My photo of the sausage races in Milwaukee was published by Milwaukee Public Radio station WUWM. The photo is in the middle. The original photo can be seen here:
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 6th of September 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
Photograph published 9th December 1918
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognize anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.