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via Instagram ift.tt/1Tq7OW2 Mountaineers Photo: unknown Published: Claudio Martinez #adventure #adrenaline #mountaineer #mountaineering #mount #mountain #beautifulscene
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 8th 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.
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 or have any stories or 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.
Published in 1985 by ‘Soviet Writer’ Yerevan: this is a children's music/poetry book which contains poems written about the Armenian Alphabet by Nansen Mikaelyan. Each poem is dedicated to a letter and accompanied with an illustration by Fred Afrikyan. On most pages you will also see musical notes composed by Areg Lusinyan. You can hear the audio book in Armenian here: youtu.be/yX78csQK8mU
Christmas Holiday Hoopla 2013 - with parade - in Dundalk, Maryland. If you enjoy my work, as a former US Army Photographer - pensioned veteran, especially if you use any of my photographs, please make a donation. There is a donation button on my blog "Blue Skies Over Dundalk Maryland" davidrcrews2.blogspot.com .
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Sign at the Central Park/Conservatory Green Line. I never really paid attention to these signs till I saw TheeErin's set of them. Used on Chicagoist: chicagoist.com/2008/05/15/cta_gives_self.php
This India photograph was shot in Sikkim, North-India by Dutch travel photographer Hans Hendriksen. Should you want to buy a high-res file for publication, photo print or poster? Visit www.hanshendriksen.net to find all information about the author and how to order or publish his work.
Deze foto is gemaakt in sikkim, Noord-India door reisfotograaf Hans Hendriksen. U wilt meer zien? Bezoek dan zijn populaire homepage href="http://www.hanshendriksen.net" www.hanshendriksen.net met 39 fotogalerijen uit 32 landen, info over de auteur en hoe te bestellen/publiceren.
Cette India photographie Voyage photo a été prise à Sikkim par Hendriksen Voyage photographe néerlandais Hans. Si vous voulez acheter un haute-rés. fichier pour la publication, tirage photo ou une affiche? Visite www.hanshendriksen.net pour y trouver toutes les informations sur l'auteur et la façon de commander ou de publier son travail.
Este India fotografía viajes foto recibió un disparo en Sikkim por el fotógrafo de viajes neerlandés Hans Hendriksen. Si usted quiere comprar una de alta resolución de archivo para la publicación, impresión de fotografías o carteles? Visita www.hanshendriksen.net para encontrar toda la información sobre el autor y la forma de orden o publicar su trabajo.
Autor dieser Indien Reise-Fotografie Galerie ist Hans Hendriksen, ein Niederländischer Reise-Fotograf mit Vorliebe für das Abbilden des Alltags. Mehr auf seiner Homepage www.hanshendriksen.net mit Informationen über den Autor und wie Sie seine Bilder bestellen/publizieren.
Эта фотография Сикким Индии путешествий был убит выстрелом в Гаване путешествия голландский фотограф Ханс Хендриксен. Если вы хотите приобрести высокое разрешение файла для печати, печать фото или плакат? Посетите www.hanshendriksen.net, чтобы найти всю информацию об авторе и как заказать или опубликовать его работу.
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The Postcard
A DP Series postcard that was printed and published by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd. of Scarborough. The rather obscure joke isn't very funny.
The card was posted in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire on Monday the 17th. August 1970 to:
Mr. & Mrs. F. Hardy,
Lees Lane,
Winterton,
Scunthorpe,
Lincolnshire.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Arrived safe. It is
raining this morning -
no good to do a bit
of harvesting today.
Hope the weather is
a bit better for you.
Daisy".
Venera 7
So what else happened on the day that Daisy posted the card?
Well, the 17th. August 1970 marked the launch of Venera 7.
Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on the 15th. December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to soft-land on another planet, and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth.
Launch of the Venera 7
The probe was launched from Earth on the 17th. August 1970, at 05:38 UTC. It consisted of an interplanetary bus, based on the 3MV system, and a lander. During the flight to Venus, two in-course corrections were made using the bus's on-board engine.
Design of the Venera 7 Lander
The 500 kg lander was designed to be able to survive pressure of up to 180 bars and temperatures of up to 580 °C. This was significantly greater than what was expected to be encountered, but significant uncertainties as to the surface temperatures and pressure of Venus resulted in the designers opting for a large margin of error.
The interplanetary bus carried a solar wind charged particle detector and a cosmic ray detector. On the lander there were temperature and pressure sensors as well as an accelerometer to measure atmospheric density. The probe also carried a radar altimeter.
The Touch-Down of the Lander
Venera 7 entered the atmosphere of Venus on the 15th. December 1970. The lander remained attached to the interplanetary bus during the initial stages of atmospheric entry to allow the bus to cool the lander to −8 °C (17 °F) for as long as possible.
The lander was ejected once atmospheric buffeting broke the interplanetary bus's lock-on with Earth. The parachute opened at a height of 60 km, and atmospheric testing began with results showing the atmosphere to be 97% carbon dioxide.
The parachute was initially reefed down to 1.8 square metres, opening to 2.5 square metres 13 minutes later, when the reefing line melted as designed.
Six minutes after the un-reefing, the parachute started to fail, resulting in a descent more rapid than planned. The parachute eventually failed completely, and the probe entered a period of freefall. As a result, the lander struck the surface of Venus at about 16.5 m/s (37 mph).
The probe appeared to go silent on impact, but recording tapes kept rolling. A few weeks later, upon a review of the tapes by the radio astronomer Oleg Rzhiga, 23 minutes of very weak signals were found on them. The spacecraft had landed on Venus, and probably bounced onto its side, leaving the antenna not aimed correctly for strong signal transmission to Earth.
The probe transmitted information to Earth for a total of 53 minutes, which included about 20 minutes from the surface. It was found that the temperature at the surface of Venus was 475 °C (887 °F). From the spacecraft's rapid halt (from falling to stationary inside 0.2 seconds), it was possible to conclude that the craft had hit a solid surface with low levels of dust.
The probe provided information about the surface of Venus, which could not be seen through a thick veil of atmosphere. The spacecraft definitively confirmed that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus, and excluded the possibility that there is any liquid water on Venus.
Suspended Animation Classic 50
Originally published Dec. 10th, 1989
Batman: Arkham Asylum
By R. A. Jones
This week, let’s take a look at two eagerly awaited new Batman comics which have just landed in the specialty shops.
The first of these is “Arkham Asylum”, a hand-painted, hardback book that retails for a whopping $24.95. For those not in the know, Arkham Asylum is the place where such lunatic villains as the Joker are sent to serve time. In this meandering opus, we’re told two stories: the history of the doctor who founded the asylum, and an adventure in which Batman battles the various villains who have taken over the facility.
Neither story is of any interest, and both abound with amateur pop psychology that would embarrass psychologist Joyce Brothers. It’s supposed to be profound, of course, but is really only muddled and confused. Examples? The stalwart Batman is reduced to a quivering mass of gelatin by a simple word association test, then proceeds to drive a jagged shard of glass completely through his hand for no apparent reason. Makes you wonder who should be the patient here.
The painted artwork is lovely, but just as difficult to decipher as the story. Also, whereas a normal Batman comic is suitable for nearly all ages, “Arkham Asylum”, by virtue of violence, language, and grim situations, is purely adult fare. And no adult in his right mind would care to squander $25 this way.
Only slightly more satisfying is “Gotham by Gaslight”. This $3.95 book is a “What If” adventure wherein Batman lives in the year 1889 and tangles with the notorious Jack the Ripper. Besides being the most poorly colored book of this type I’ve ever seen, it also is saddled with an incredibly trite script. Anyone who is surprised when the true identity of the Ripper is revealed should go back to reading “Dick and Jane” primers.
The Batman phenomenon has helped attract many new customers into comic book shops – but, let’s hope they pass up these two volumes in favor of one of the many good books available.
The Postcard
A card published by Rotary which was posted on Monday the 3rd. August 1914 to an address in St. Luke's Road Birmingham.
The sea has been tinted to a colour that makes it look like some luminous chemical liquid.
Scarborough
Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire. The town lies between 10–230 feet (3–70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour on to limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour, and is protected by a rocky headland.
With a population of just over 61,000, Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination. People who live in the town are known as Scarborians.
The Development of Scarborough as a Resort
In 1626, Mrs Thomasin Farrer discovered a stream of acidic water running from one of the cliffs to the south of the town. This gave birth to Scarborough Spa, and Dr. Robert Wittie's book about the spa waters published in 1660 attracted a flood of visitors to the town.
Scarborough Spa became Britain's first seaside resort, though the first rolling bathing machines were not noted on the sands until 1735. It was a popular getaway destination for the wealthy of London.
The coming of the Scarborough-York railway in 1845 increased the tide of visitors. Scarborough railway station claims to have the world's longest platform seat. From the 1880's until the First World War, Scarborough was one of the regular destinations for The Bass Excursions, when fifteen trains would take between 8,000 and 9,000 employees of Bass's Burton brewery on an annual trip to the seaside.
The Grand Hotel
When the Grand Hotel (visible in the background) was completed in 1867 it was one of the largest hotels in the world, and one of the first giant purpose-built hotels in Europe.
Four towers represent the seasons, 12 floors represent the months, 52 chimneys represent the weeks, and originally 365 bedrooms represented the days of the year. A blue plaque outside marks where the novelist Anne Brontë died in 1849. She was buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's Church by the castle.
Maritime Events Associated With Scarborough
During the Great War, the town was bombarded by German warships. Scarborough Pier Lighthouse, built in 1806, was damaged in the attack.
In 1929 the steam drifter Ascendent caught a 560-pound (250 kg) tunny (Atlantic bluefin tuna), and a Scarborough showman awarded the crew 50 shillings so he could exhibit it as a tourist attraction.
Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough effectively started in 1930 when Lawrie Mitchell-Henry landed a tunny caught on rod and line weighing 560 pounds (250 kg).
A gentlemen's club, the British Tunny Club, was founded in 1933, and set up its headquarters in the town at the place which is now a restaurant with the same name.
Sir Edward Peel landed a world-record tunny of 798 pounds (362 kg), capturing the record by 40 pounds (18.1 kg) from one caught off Nova Scotia by American champion Zane Grey. The British record, which still stands, is for a fish weighing 851 pounds (386 kg) caught off Scarborough in 1933 by Lawrie Mitchell-Henry.
On the 5th. June 1993 Scarborough made headlines around the world when a landslip caused part of the Holbeck Hall Hotel, along with its gardens, to fall into the sea.
Although the slip was shored up with rocks and the land has long since grassed over, evidence of the cliff's collapse remains clearly visible from The Esplanade, near Shuttleworth Gardens.
Germany's Declaration of War on France
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 3rd. August 1914, Germany declared war on France, in effect starting the Great War.
Although WW1 officially started when the Austria-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia, nothing much happened until the 3rd. August.
The following day (4th. August), Germany ignored Belgium's neutrality and invaded Belgium in order to try to get to Paris quickly. In doing so, Germany failed to comply with Great Britain's ultimatum to respect Belgium's neutrality, and accordingly Great Britain declared war on Germany the same day.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 13th 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.
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 or have any stories or 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.
The Postcard
A postcard that was published by the Photochrom Co. Ltd. of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The card is an all-British production.
The card was posted in Folkestone using a 1d. stamp on Saturday the 16th. November 1935. It was sent to:
G. A. Goodchild Esq.,
Great Yeldham Hall,
Great Yeldham,
Essex.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Arrived quite safely,
but it poured with
rain last night. Fine
this morning, but
doubtful for this
afternoon.
Phoned to Edith last
night, she sounded
glad to have someone
to talk to.
Shall expect to meet
you 5 o'c in Liverpool
St. tea room.
Love,
C. G."
The Goodchilds
The Goodchild family of Great Yeldham were a prominent family of landowners in Essex.
In the 19th. and 20th. centuries the Goodchild family owned a mumber of farms in Great Yeldham, including Great Yeldham Hall Farm, HIghlands Farm, Lovingtons Farm, Potters Hall Farm, Poole Farm, Scotneys in Great Yeldham and Toppesfield, and Oak House, Great Yeldham.
There is a modern housing estate in Great Yeldham, and one of the estate's roads is called Goodchild Way.
The Goodchild family lived at Great Yeldham Hall. This is Grade II Listed, and has its origins in the 13th. century. It is now home to the English Spirit Distillery.
-- Catherine Goodchild
Catherine Mary Goodchild, who was born on the 30th. April 1914, was the child of William Bowyer Goodchild (1880 - 1952) and Florence Mary Hovenden (1887 - 1964).
Her parents married on the 27th. August 1907, and in addition to Catherine, produced 7 siblings. Will and Phoebe were two of them.
Other cards on the photostream indicate that after Ashford School for Girls, Catherine attended Royal Holloway College in Egham.
Catherine died at the age of 84 on the 2nd. June 1998.
-- George Arthur Goodchild
The G. A. Goodchild to whom Catherine sent the card was her uncle George Arthur Goodchild. He was born on the 5th. August 1881 in Great Yeldham. He married Charlotte Hetty Hovenden in 1912, and they had at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
George Arthur died at the age of 76 on the 19th. February 1958 in Great Yeldham. He was laid to rest in Great Yeldham.
A German Protest
November 16, 1935 (Saturday)So what else happened on the day that Catherine sent the card to her uncle?
Well, on the 16th. November 1935, the German government protested to Britain that a new British regulation on German exports going into effect on the 18th. November was "not in harmony with certain provisions of the German-British trade agreement."
The regulation stated that German exports must be accompanied by certificates of origin, and was an attempt to prevent Italian exports from entering Britain.
Jumbo
Also on that day, the musical Jumbo with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart premiered at the New York Hippodrome on Broadway.
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Bagattelle d’Inverno, l’ultima grande sfida #snellobb04
Birichinate, cammuffamenti, trasvestimenti, scherzi… insomma, in una parola: Carnevale!
Comunque lo si dica e comunque lo si festeggi, il Carnevale è da secoli una festa in cui la parola d’ordine è “divertirsi”.
Quindi, bando all’austerità e bando alle restrizioni, potevamo, noi di MondoSnello, non cogliere quest’occasione perfetta di Gusto e di Benessere, per vivere l’ultimo grande appuntamento delle gare di cucina di Snello Blind Box?
Eccoci qui, allora, amici di Mondosnello, estimatori dei prodotti Snello Rovagnati e appassionati Food Blogger che partecipate con noi ormai da un tempo che comincia a farsi lungo, perfino “tradizionale” (proprio come ci piace ;-)) a darvi il benvenuto a questa quarta sfida tra pentole, fornelli e… qualcosa di speciale – sennò che Carnevale è!
I fantasiosi piatti saranno assaggiati e votati da una giuria di esperti gastronomi di altissimo livello, a cominciare da Gil Grigliatti, gourmet di cultura ed esperienza internazionale. Da giovane è stato fiduciario Slow Food, nonché ispettore della guida dei ristoranti del Gambero Rosso per diversi anni. Autore del blog bilingue di cultura enogastronomica isymposium.org. Ancora Paolo Barichella, esperto di Food Design, autore del blog barichella.it; Alessia Cipolla, architetto e sommelier, autrice de lacostruzionedelgusto.it; Alessandro Salamone, reduce dalla trasmissione di La7 Chef per un giorno, autore di spaghettibites.com e ancora Angela Tomaiuolo co-fondatrice del web magazine milanodabere.it. Inoltre sarà presente Giacomo Kratter, otto volte campione italiano ed ora allenatore della Nazionale Italiana Snowboard. Quella da snowboard però non è l’unica tavola che ama: infatti Giacomo è un grande appassionato di cucina e adora farsi coccolare in ristoranti di lusso.
La giuria per l’occasione sarà presenziata dallo chef stellato e pluripremiato Davide Scabin, uno dei più apprezzati in Italia e all’estero, noto al grande pubblico per la partecipazione, nei panni di giudice dei cuochi in gara, a La Prova del Cuoco condotto su Rai1 da Antonella Clerici.
Per questo, abbiamo deciso di mettere insieme una serie di ingredienti saporiti, variegati, originali, proprio come in ogni ricetta gourmet che si rispetti:
- un pizzico di tradizione – la sede di InKitchen Loft, che ormai è prontissima ad accoglierci, in qualunque veste ci presentiamo
- e uno di modernità – quello che emana netto dalle protagoniste della gara, giovani donne che si muovono agili tra vite professionali sfidanti e articolati ménage familiari
- una buona dose di fantasia - fatta di maschere, costumi e colori sgargianti
- e l’ingrediente segreto – le nostre amate BlindBox, chiuse fino all’ultimo secondo anche al più ardito degli sguardi
- il tutto cosparso con una spruzzata di giocosità bambina – grazie a un buon numero di piccoli “scavezzacollo” che avranno il loro tavolo, i loro ingredienti, i loro cibi, e soprattutto una chef d’eccezione - Stefania Corrado, la “Multitasking Chef” che più che presentazioni merita i nostri più sentiti complimenti ;-) – a guidarli alla scoperta del buon cibo, del gusto e del mangiare bene… sapendolo preparare.
Già, perché, in fondo, soprattutto in un’era estremamente tecnologica come la nostra e come quella di quell’immediato futuro in cui saranno loro i protagonisti del mondo – far mettere “le mani in pasta” ai nostri bimbi lo consideriamo un onore, oltre che un piccolo grande contributo all’educazione dei “buoni mangiatori” di domani…
Amanti della cucina, appassionate del gusto, attente all’armonia dei sapori e alla cura per la buona e la bella tavola
Estimatrici di ricette snelle - per velocità, capacità, leggerezza - esperte nella valorizzazione degli ingredienti di stagione e nella rivisitazione moderna di piatti tradizionali, si sfideranno, si concentreranno su pentole e fornelli dimenticando tutto il resto, per dare il meglio di sé.
Ecco le Food Blogger di Snello BlindBox 04 – Bagattelle d'Inverno, vere animatrici dell'evento, che con le loro ricette e la loro esperienza renderanno onore ai prodotti Snello, Gusto e Benessere.
Loro si presentano così...
Lina D’Ambrosio
spadellatissima.com
Quando le chiedi di descriversi ,lei si presenta così: "Sono industrial designer e grafica, con una grande passione, quella del Food Blogging". Eppure non è tutto: inguaribile amante del buon cibo, dei viaggi, dell'arte e della fotografia, è sempre irresistibilmente affascinata mdai molteplici modi in cui un animo creativo può riuscire a esprimersi. Una frase che la descrive: "Mi piacciono la semplicità e la genuinità delle cose fatte in casa."
Serena Oliva
cucchiaiodistelle.com
Nella vita professionale, è architetto e designer, e per questo studia la relazione tra gli esseri umani e la tecnologia. Tuttavia, ha anche un'altra vita, quella da foodie, in cui è innanzitutto una mamma e una Food Blogger che progetta ricette, cucina piatti colorati, sani e golosi, cuoce il pane in casa e disegna insieme ai suoi bambini. Il motto che ha scelto per sé? "If in doubt, bake a cake"
Irene Prandi
Psicologa, piemontese, animata da una vera passione per la comunicazione e la condivisione, ha trovato nell'arte del cibo un mezzo straordinario per celebrare entrambe. Il suo viaggio da Food Blogger inizia con un blog creato in sordina, tuttavia in molti la notano e in ancora di più la seguono. Insomma, et voilà, il suo cammino continua rigoglioso, condito da sapori, ricette, un grande amore per il territorio, e tanta curiosità per tutto ciò che è "altro".
Arianna Vianelli
unafranciacortinaincucina.com
Non c'è dubbio, il suo nome è già un affermazione forte e chiara. Dice subito chi è e da dove viene. Almeno tanto quanto il suo blog nato dal desiderio di ritagliarsi uno spazio tutto proprio dove raccogliere e condividere le sue più grandi passioni: la cucina, il vino, gli amici e la Franciacorta.
Insomma, semplicità e ironia, ricette ed eventi, vini locali
e non solo, sono gli ingredienti di "una franciacortina in cucina".
Quindi, tra la stuzzicante prospettiva di gustosissimi lecca lecca di parmigiano con crudo e bresaola e prove di formine su pasta sfoglia con fette di prosciutto, in attesa delle prelibatezze imprevedibili che ci prepareranno le nostre sfidanti – adulte ;-) – non resta che invitarvi a conoscere un po’ meglio Lina, Serena, Irene e Arianna, giovani, pimpanti e agguerrite Food Blogger che ancora una volta ci delizieranno di una versione inconsueta e sorprendente dei prodotti che amiamo di più, con un occhio attento, come sempre, alla stagionalità.
SnelloBlindBox_04_CucinaTuVi abbracciamo, dunque, in un turbinio di coriandoli che non lascia presagire niente di… scontato :-)
e invitiamo tutti voi a fare festa con noi a Snello Blind Box 04 – Bagattelle d’Inverno il 6 marzo 2014, alle ore 18.30 e – perché no – a cimentarvi, insieme alle nostre “chef per passione”, in ricette e piatti che, siamo sicuri, saranno gustosissimi. Come raccogliere la sfida? Semplice, partecipando a Snello BlindBox CucinaTu – l’iniziativa pensata apposta per la #gente_di_MondoSnello che ormai ci segue da molto tempo.
In attesa di assaporare tutto il meglio che Snello Blind Box 04 – Bagattelle d’Inverno saprà regalarci – e non abbiamo dubbi - a presto!
Peter the Great Statue
Moscow, Russia
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Overland Limited Crossing Great Salt Lake, Utah, at Sunset "See Europe if You Will, but See America First" Facts on Great Salt Lake, Utah This Great Salt sea is the largest of its character in the world. It is fifteen miles west of Salt Lake City. The topography of the Salt Lake Valley is similar to the Holy Land, inasmuch as it has its Dead Sea, which in turn is fed by the Jordan River. The water is about 22 per cent solids, and persons can float upon its surface without effort. The salt industry around the shores of the lake is carried on by several companies, and many thousands of tons ar shipped annually, obtained by solar evaporation. Published by Carpenter Paper Co, Salt Lake City, Utah; linen card #7160, not postally used, dates from 1930s.
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Arriva in Italia per due date live Glenn Hughes, ex bassista e cantante dei Deep Purple, conosciuto da milioni di fan come ‘Voice of Rock’, il 10 Aprile 2019 fa tappa all’Alcatraz di Milano con il suo Classic Deep Purple Live World Tour.
L’artista britannico, inserito tra i grandi della Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ed attuale front-man della rock band Black Country Communion, sarà in tour mondiale con uno show-evento imperdibile, una set list dinamica in omaggio a MK 3 e MK 4 dei Deep Purple, il più influente gruppo rock nella storia della musica.
I Deep Purple fecero un salto di qualità quando l’allora ventenne Glenn Hughes sì separò dal gruppo funk-rock britannico ‘Trapeze’ a metà del 1973. Come bassista e co-vocalist (con David Coverdale), contribuì a indirizzare il leggendario gruppo verso il rock progressivo come in “Burn” (1974), “Stormbringer” (1974) e in “Come Taste the Band” (1975).
Il suo album di debutto come solista “Play Me Out” (1977) ha preceduto i successivi album realizzati con i Black Sabbath e con Gary Moore.
Gli ultimi 25 anni hanno visto un’ondata di lavori da solista e collaborazioni per “Voice of Rock” tra cui la hit “America: What Time Is Love?” con i KLF nel 1992, e quattro album acclamati dalla critica, pubblicati tra il 2010 e il 2018 con il gruppo rock Black Communion con Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham e Derek Sherinian.
Lo spettacolo dal vivo include i classici dei Deep Purple: “Burn”, “Stormbringer”, “Might Just Take Your Life” “Mistreated”, solo per citarne alcuni, oltre a brani precedentemente mai eseguiti dal vivo con la line-up originale MK 3.
Sono inoltre presenti materiali classici del periodo del MK 4 con Tommy Bolin, tra cui lo straordinario spettacolo Getting Tighter – lo straordinario funk rock di Hughes ed il capolavoro Coverdale/Hughes “You Keep On Moving”, oltre ai successi della Deep Purple MK 2, tra cui “Highway Star “e “Smoke on the Water”. Questi due brani saranno inclusi nel concerto perché, come sottolinea Glenn, “Ho suonato entrambi questi pezzi durante il mio periodo con i Deep Purple e sono stati i pilastri dei live set quando ero nella band. Come il mio manager mi ha fatto notare, la prima volta che Smoke on the Water è stato suonato dal vivo al Madison Square Garden è stato quando io e David eravamo nel gruppo, nel 1974. Mi piace cantare anche Highway Star.” – Continua Glenn – “Alcuni anni fa, ho arrangiato una versione di Highway Star per l’album di tributo all’anniversario di Machine Head con i miei buoni amici Steve Vai e Chad Smith. Nel prossimo tour non suonerò nulla che non abbia già suonato dal vivo o registrato in studio con i Deep Purple.”
Il successo per Hughes arriva nei primi anni ‘70 coi Trapeze e viene riconfermato nel ’73 quando fa il suo ingresso nei Deep Purple per sostituire il bassista Roger Glover. A partire dal 1992, Hughes ha intrapreso numerosi tour mondiali da solista e più recentemente si è unito a Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian (tastierista dei Dream Theater) e Jason Bonham (figlio del leggendario batterista dei Led Zeppelin John Bonham) per formare il supergruppo Black Country Communion e, sempre in compagnia di quest’ultimo e del chitarrista Andrew Watt, la band California Breed.
Link: bit.ly/fatareport | Reports and Photographs from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan.
Published in November 2014, the report features photos taken by young photographers from FATA, examples of everyday life in Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram and South Waziristan agencies. Images of the iconic Khyber Pass and many towns along the border with Afghanistan lend a real-life dimension to this largely unknown, and often ignored or misrepresented region of Pakistan. In a part of the world where photography is uncommon, these photographs depict subtle interactions of FATA citizens at work, at school and during informal moments throughout the tribal areas.
The report text, entitled "The Struggle for Rights and Reforms in Pakistan's Tribal Areas" describes the history and trajectory of reform demands made by Pakistani citizens, civil society groups and the people of FATA. Also included are quotes from citizens and political leaders, collected to show opinions and visions for the future of FATA. Voices included demonstrate a strong desire for equal rights and equal participation in the context of Pakistan's evolving democracy.
For those who know the tribal areas well, this report may serve as a reminder of the great number of Pakistanis working for a brighter future for FATA. For those previously not aware of the political activities in FATA, the report may provide a new and unique glimpse at the diverse richness of the culture and people in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The 75 photographs were carefully selected from over 1,000 that were submitted for review. All are from young photographers between the ages of 17 and 30, from varied socio-economic backgrounds in FATA. Without their efforts and talent, the report would not have been possible. Many thanks to the photographers--and those featured in their work--for the privilege of sharing these images and the stories they tell.
Photographers: Alimgir Khan, Ammad Ahmed Khan, Azmatullah, Faryal Mohmmand, Faisal Khan, Huma Gul, Irfan Ali, Jebran Yousefzia, Rizwan Bhittani, Rohida, Saba Rehman, Sara Qayum, Seema Gul and Shah Jehan.
Suspended Animation Classic #60
Originally published February 18, 1990 (#7)
The Spirit
By Michael Vance
For more than 10 years, “The Spirit” comics tabloid was inserted every week into newspapers as their challenge to the increasing popularity of newsstand comic books.
Its seven page lead feature followed the adventures of Denny Colt who, as The Spirit, fought crime with his fists instead of super powers. “The Spirit” comic book now reprints four of these stories each month with historical insights supplied by Spirit creator, Will Eisner.
“The Spirit” is famous for the great diversity of its themes, genres, and story-telling methods. In the sixty-first issue, Denny Colt takes a vacation to Cape Cod and becomes embroiled in a kidnapping, and stops the theft of an industrial formula. He also follows the ‘life’ of a common coffee saucer, and uncovers the murder of a cartoonist by his assistant.
Eisner’s art is reminiscent of Disney’s best animation work of the 1930s and ‘40s. There is an added film noir quality that heightens its effectiveness through the use of black against white, and often odd scene angles. This art and Eisner’s visual story-telling techniques have strongly influenced generations of artists who’ve used “The Spirit” as a textbook.
Although limited by the feature’s seven page format, he is also adept at concentrated, clear plots and at creating well-defined and interesting characters. Eisner is particularly well known for his women villains, many of whom were visually based on famous actresses.
In fact, many consider Eisner to be one of the few geniuses of comics, and one of the first to believe comics an artform. Eisner, however, was not quite as innovative as held by critics. He is the first to admit heavy influences from earlier works including “Prince Valiant”, “Flash Gordon”, and “Terry and the Pirates”, all newspaper comic strips.
“The Spirit” does suffer from the formulas required to produce a weekly comic book for over a decade. But, taken in small doses, it’s an entertaining, even occasionally thought-provoking work that deserves to be read and enjoyed.
“The Spirit”/$2, 32 pages/Kitchen Sink Press/available in comic shops.
Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 10, 1954 with captions: Final Graduating Class - Nine young nurses received awards, pins and diplomas at graduation exercises held on Wednesday afternoon in the Alma College Garden Theatre [amphitheatre]. The class was the last to graduate from the old Memorial Hospital on Pearl Street. From left to right are, front row (awards in brackets), Marjorie Martin, Ingersoll (general proficiency in surgery); Madeline Boughner, Southwold; Betty Davis, St. Thomas; and Gloria Clifford, Springfield. Standing behind, left to right, Marjorie Funnell, St. Thomas (Canadian Nurse award); Donna Drake, St. Thomas (general proficiency and valedictorian); Marilynn Mickle, St. Thomas (Dr. Jerrold W. Snell scholarship in obstetrics); Elizabeth Pullen, St. Thomas; Marion Graham, Fingal (general proficiency in medicine" (C8 Sh5 B2 F2 5a) Took Part in Program - Taking part in the graduation exercises for 1954 of the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing were, left to right, front row, Miss Bernice Lewis, Director of the School of Nursing; W.R. Cavanaugh, chairman of the advisory committee; Miss Katherine Foster, intermediate student who received the Elgin County R.N.A.O. general proficiency award; Miss Barbara Harper, junior student, who received a similar award; Reverend G.W. Birch, London, who addressed the graduating class; and Miss Irene Poole, assistant director, School of Nursing. Second row, [Elgin County] Warden Kenneth Williamson; Dr. J.D. Curtis, dean of the St. Thomas medical profession, who led the nurses in the Florence Nightingale pledge; J. Bruce Caldwell, chairman, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital provisional board; Reverend E.J. Robertson; Dr. E.L. Brown, chief of medical staff; Dr. K.L. Clark. Back row, Reverend R.B. Craig; Dr. R.J. Bristow; Reeve Elmer Wackley of Springfield, member Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees; and Mahlon Penhale, president of the Board (C8 Sh5 B2 F2 5b).
The "Y Module" was created in 1988 and published in "Modular Origami" a self-publication. The module, folded from square papers is based on the 60 degree geometry. When assembled, a "Y" band is form on the triangular faces of the model and a small pinwheel motif on all the corners.
3 of the 5 Platonic Solids can be assembled from this module. They are the Tetrahedron, the Octahedron and the Icosahedron. All of these polyhedra have triangular faces.
30 Modules, folded from 15cm square Kami are used to assemble the Icosahedron.
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One of my pics from The Fall's Mark E Smith at their last Dublin show was published in a Swiss newspaper today.
Mr. M.H.M.N. Bandara is a Member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (2000 batch)
(The following article published on Sunday Nation on 30 September 2007,{www.nation.lk/2007/09/30/special2.htm} and Sunday Observer on 7th October 2007 {www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/10/07/fea01.asp}
Foreign Service Invest further for a fruitful harvest
(The 58th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service falls on October 1)
By M.H.M.N. Bandara
The Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS) will commemorate its 58th anniversary on October 1. The SLFS, which commenced its activities independently on October 1, 1949 with five members – Dr. V.L.B. Mendis, H.O. Wijegoonawardena, A. Basnayake, I. B. Fonseka and Y. Yogasunderam – has since grown substantially, having undergone changes, challenges, disputes, etc., and now has a strength of 153 career personnel serving as ambassadors, high commissioners, additional secretaries, directors general and directors.
It is my view that the SLFS has not received its due share of ‘praise’ from both the media and the general public. This is mainly due to the fact that the general public is not appropriately apprised of the onerous duties performed by the members of the SLFS for the benefit of the country as a whole.
One allegation levelled against the SLFS is that SLFS officers are not closely linked with Sri Lankans living abroad. They are at times targetted by the media in a critical manner for not taking action to ‘safeguard’ the Sri Lankan migrant workers who are found guilty of violating the rule of law applicable to the respective countries. Nevertheless, it will have to be conceded that there may be very few instances where SLFS officers have observed the rules in the breach, perhaps unwittingly.
Criticism
Another criticism levelled against SLFS officers is that they are keener on ‘looking after the welfare of their children’s, education,’ rather than the wellbeing of the country. This allegation is baseless and is unfounded.
Of the 419 home based officers serving in Sri Lankan foreign missions abroad, only 97 officials, a mere 23%, are from the SLFS. The remaining 322 personnel, or 77%, comprise officers from various government services and also those who have political patronage.
Of the 153 officers now serving the SLFS, 61% comprise of unmarried officers and officers with one child per officer or none. Most of the children of these officers are not receiving the ‘education allowance.’ Hence, it is not fair by these officers to level such criticism against them.
The SLFS is a specialised service. It runs parallel to the Sri Lanka Administrative service and other combined services in the country. However, its role is different from other services. Broadly, the SLFS officials are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating bilateral and multilateral relations with foreign countries and also with the responsibility of protecting and safeguarding the image of the country.
The SLFS officers have measured up to their counterparts in other countries in discharging their assigned duties with diligence and bringing ‘name and fame’ to our motherland.
When we gained independence in 1948 after a period of foreign domination of almost 150 years, the most sought after and the prestigious service in the country was the then Ceylon Civil Service (CCS). Therefore, every young man with the requisite qualifications aspired to be a ‘civil servant’ and the failures at the Civil Service had the opportunity to join the then Overseas Service, which was then new to the country. However, they had to answer an extra question paper on world affairs.
First Overseas Service Minute
In terms of the first Overseas Service Minute – operative from 1949 to 1959 – nearly 32 officials were recruited to the then Ceylon Overseas Service as probationers and they were designated as ‘Grade IV Officers of the Ceylon Overseas Service.’
The Overseas Service Minute of 1949 was superseded by the Overseas Service Minute of 1959, which had the effect of a revision of the examination to recruit officers to the Overseas Service. From 1949 to 1973, a total of 73 officers had been recruited to the SLFS.
From January 4, 1974 onwards, the scheme of recruitment to the SLFS was revised so as to allow the opportunity to those graduates who had qualified themselves in Sinhala and Tamil media also to sit the examination in Sinhala and Tamil media in addition to the examination in the English medium.
Thereby, many graduates from Sinhala and Tamil speaking rural areas who received their education in the Sinhala and Tamil media and who were the products of ‘central colleges’ established in keeping with the ‘C.W.W. Kannangara vision’ were benefited and the numbers from such rural areas exceeded the numbers from the urban areas.
Until the time of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, the post of Foreign Affairs Ministry secretary was held by non-SLFS officers. It was during Premadasa’s time that an SLFS officer was appointed to this post for the first time and that honour went to Bernard Tilakaratna.
Subsequently T.H.W. Woutersz (1965 batch), R.C. Vendargart (1967 batch), G. Wijesiri (1970 batch), D.E.N. Rodrigo (1965 batch), B.A.B. Goonetilleke (1970 batch) and H.M.G.S. Palihakkara (1979 batch) held that coveted post.
Creating history
Manel Abeysekera created history in the SLFS by being the first female career diplomat and the first female chief of protocol of the Foreign Ministry. Mary Luxhmi Naganathan was the second female career diplomat and the first from the Tamil community to reach that level.
Sarala Fernando (1975 batch) was the first female permanent representative of the United Nations. Of an approved cadre of 179, the SLFS now has 153 officers in its service in the categories Grade I, II, and III, (and at the additional secretary level too).
The ethnic, religious and gender balance in the SLFS is healthy. Of the 153 serving officers, 52 are females and four of them are serving as heads of missions in Paris (C. Wagiswara), The Hague (Pamela J. Deen), London (Kshenuka Senewiratne) and Vienna (Aruni Wijewardane).
In addition to the aforesaid female heads of missions, SLFS officers head the following missions: New Delhi (C. R. Jayasinghe), New York (Prasad Kariyawasam), Berlin (Jayantha Palipana), Warsaw (C. F. Chinniah), Beijing (Karunathilaka Amunugama Stockholm (Ranjith Jayasuriya – designate) , Tel Aviv (W.M. Senevirathna – designate), Tokyo (Ranjith Uyangoda), Muscat (M. Maharoof), Cairo (I Ansar –designate), Oslo (Esala Weerakoon), Katmandu (Sumith Nakandala), Pretoria (R.K.M.A. Rajakaruna), Hanoi (A. L. Rathnapala), Dhaka (V. Krishnamoorthy), Frankfurt (T. Raveenthiran) and Chennai (P.M. Amza).
Two officers of the ‘ambassador rank’ are serving as an Additional Secretary (Sarala Fernando) and a Director General (Grace Asirwatham) respectively at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Of the aforesaid 153 SLFS officers, 57 officers, including the 10 officers recruited in April 2007, are attached to the office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Colombo. The remaining 91 SLFS officers are attached to Sri Lankan missions abroad (four officers are on study leave and one of senior officers has been working in the international organisation).
Recruitment
The majority of the SLFS officers had been recruited through competitive examinations and some through the ‘merit system,’ which was an opportunity extended to clerical grade officers serving the Foreign Ministry and the other category through a ‘limited examination’ conducted by the Examinations Department for the benefit of certain grades of public servants with a certain number of years of service to their credit in government departments.
Recruitments to the SLFS under the merit and limited systems were abolished by the new minutes introduced in 2001. Anyone who wishes now to join the SLFS has to sit an Open Competitive Examination conducted by the Examinations Department. The examination comprises six written papers and a viva voice.
When we look back at the performance of some of our SLFS officers during the last ‘half-a-century,’ we can be really proud of our service. Many of them have excelled in their respective fields. I take this opportunity to name a few of them:
Deshamanya Dr. V. L. B. Mendis was in one of the very first batches of officers selected to the overseas service of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). His contribution to our foreign service is priceless. He was highly respected wherever he served. To his credit, there are several publications authored by him which are a sine qua non to SLFS officers.
The 1976 Non-aligned Summit was the most successful international conference ever held in this country. Dr. Mendis was its secretary general and it was he and the SLFS officials who meticulously planned and programmed the proceedings of the summit. The whole world acclaimed that it was a complete success.
The diplomatically famed Dr. Jayantha Danapala has brought fame not only to the Foreign Service, but also to our motherland as a whole. He is a product of the SLFS and has displayed his ‘diplomatic skills’ internationally by serving the United Nations at different levels. His name was also proposed for the post of secretary general of the United Nations in the year 2006.
Achievements
Dr. John Gunaratne, who joined the Foreign Service in 1967, has several publications to his credit, one of which is A Decade of Confrontations: Sri Lanka and India in the 1980s. His recent publication launched in July 2007 is Negotiating with the Tigers.
S.B. Atugoda joined the Foreign Service in 1975 and he has several publications to his credit – fiction in both Sinhala and English.
Ranjith Gunaratana of the 1992 batch has published several fictions both Sinhala and English.
In 2006 he translated into Sinhala and published the biography of the former Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
Niluka Kadurugamuwa, who joined the Foreign Service in the 2003, was a journalist at the Lakbima Newspaper. He has translated into Sinhala and published two publications, In Evil Hour authored by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Maya authored by Manel Abeyratne under the titles Vikal Horawa and Maya, respectively.
Bandu de Silva and Kalyananda Godage of the 1956 and 1973 batches respectively are two prolific writers. They subscribe to the local press periodically on matters not only pertaining to the Foreign Service but also of national interest. Their publications have boosted the image of the Foreign Service.
Nihal Rodrigo is not only a diplomat (1965 batch) but is also a painter of no mean repute. Rodrigo, when he once met Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, on the spur of the moment sketched the Cuban Leader’s face on a piece of paper. The Cuban Leader was so happy with the ‘sketch’ that he autographed it. It is now a souvenir with Rodrigo. Rodrigo served as the SAARC Secretary General from January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002.
T.Z.A. Samsudeen of the 1981 Foreign Service batch served as the executive director of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC) in Mauritius. Rodney Perera of the 1988 batch and a former ambassador to Italy received one of the highest honours awarded by the Italian government.
Media personnel
Our Foreign Service also possesses experienced media personnel. Ravintha Abeysinghe of the 1988 batch was an announcer as well as a presenter at Sri Lanka Rupavahani Corporation. As a presenter of SLRC, he had also conducted several interviews with visiting VIP leaders of many countries. He is presently the director general of public communications at the Foreign Ministry.
Madhrika Joseph and George Cooke of the 1998 and 2007 batches sharpened their skills as announcers at SLRC and TNL respectively. Several SLFS officers are well versed in UN languages and other international languages.
B. Kandeepan joined the Foreign Service in the year 1996. His hobby is playing the tabla and he is a skilled tabla player. He has displayed his tabla-playing skills even at musical shows conducted by Maestro Visaradha Amaradeva.
Chanaka H. Talpahewa (year 2000 batch) has excelled in the sport of rowing in the country. He became the first rowing captain of Sri Lanka when he led the Sri Lanka rowing team to the Asian Games in South Korea in 2002. He also won a silver medal at the SAF Games in Pakistan (2004) and a bronze medal at the South Asian Games in Colombo (2006). He is the holder of two Sri Lanka records. He is also an accomplished rowing coach and the secretary of the National Rowing Association.
The SLFS had to face an uphill task to redeem the lost prestige of the country. Human rights violations were the main allegation levelled against Sri Lanka. Our officers working in foreign missions, especially New York, Geneva, Brussels and some European countries and India, had to burn the midnight oil to keep the Sri Lankan flag flying with prestige.
Our officers, with the guidance of that great and inimitable statesman, the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, were not only able to turn the tide against the terrorists and redeem the lost prestige of our motherland but also to persuade several countries, including those who initially supported terrorist activities, to proscribe the anti Sri Lanka movements in their countries. It was a great achievement and the unsung heroes were the Foreign Affairs Ministry officials and the Minister.
Significant role
Foreign Ministry officials played a significant role at the peace talks/negotiations with the LTTE commencing from Thimpu to Geneva. The first Peace Secretariat Secretary General was B.A.B. Goonetilleke, a product of the SLFS 1970 batch. Dr. Jayantha Danapala and Dr. John Gooneratne too had worked at the Peace Secretariat. Presently C. H. Poologasingham of the SLFS 1975 batch is working at the Peace Secretariat. The two SAARC summits held in Sri Lanka were excellently handled by SLFS officers.
The tsunami of December 2004 was the biggest disaster the country ever suffered. The administrative machinery too was affected and several public servants could not even reach their work places. The international community reacted to the situation immediately and the influx of foreign aid was instantaneous. Over 300 foreign delegates arrived in the country.
The SLFS officers were ever ready to meet any situation and the coordination of the visits of the foreign delegates was handled by the SLFS officers to the satisfaction of everyone.
Officers of the Sri Lankan missions abroad collected more than Rs. 500 million as donations as well as officers’ personal contributions. The Sri Lankan Mission in China alone collected approximately Rs. 200 million. With those funds, the Foreign Ministry completed five housing projects comprising 856 housing units for tsunami victims – 152 units at Trincomalee, 300 units at Ampara, 116 units at Galle (two projects) and 288 units at Kalutara.
The recent reception held at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan to commemorate ‘Sri Lanka Day’ was attended by more than 100,000 guests and the spouse of the Japanese Prime Minister graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. It was a great publicity event organised by the SLFS officers of the mission.
Yeoman service
SLFS officers have done a yeoman service to the country. They have protected and safeguarded the image of the country. They have kept the Sri Lankan flag flying with dignity. Their services are indeed praiseworthy.
The next batch to the SLFS is scheduled to be recruited in the near future. As a member of the SLFS, I invite talented young graduates who passed out recently to join the SLFS and serve our motherland.
In conclusion, I mention with gratitude the encouragement given to me by that veteran administrator, Lionel Fernando, a one time Foreign Affairs Ministry secretary and member of the former Civil Service, to make an in-depth study of the SLFS. I thank him from the bottom of my heart.
(The writer is the First Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka, The Hague, The Netherlands. E.mail. menikb@hotmail.com
A Comic Series novelty card published by Bamforth & Co. Ltd. of Holmfirth Yorkshire. It was posted in Scarborough on the 12th. August 1973 to:
Miss H. Fisher,
84, Huddersfield Road,
Skelmanthorpe,
Nr. Huddersfield,
Yorkshire
The message on the other side of the card was as follows:
"We haven't had much sun so far
so unlike you I won't get as brown
as a berry!
We went to see Lulu last week at
the Futurist - she is really exciting.
Hope you are enjoying your
holiday, the time's flying isn't it?
We have spent a lot of time in
Peasholm Park and the amusements.
We got chased by a rabbit last week.
That sounds funny doesn't it?
Actually is was a fella dressed up.
Love from Celia".
The Futurist Theatre was a theatre and cinema located on Foreshore Road in Scarborough. It closed its doors on the 6th. January 2014 after the operators lease expired. An alternative operator is being sought.
The Futurist was built as a cinema in 1921. It remained in this role until 1958 when the stage was extended to allow live performances at the venue which included The Black and White Minstrel Show, the Beatles, Morecambe & Wise, Shirley Bassey, Ken Dodd and the Bachelors.
The Futurist had the twelfth largest seating capacity (2,155) for a theatre in the country, and the fifth largest capacity outside London.
The Futurist has the misfortune of being located in an area earmarked for redevelopment, therefore its future looks far from promising.
Always nice to be published. And very cool that they wanted a drone shot! This one is for the Svenska kyrkan (swedish church) Husie församling.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 5th of February 1916.
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 or 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.
Being published in the Birmingham Evening Mail August 2012
You can take him a walk and then he still wants to play. It a great ball that takes shape once Ben gets his head off it. Wish I had removed the weeds now
This was taken in my my home town of Overland Park. It was such a beautiful day for macro photography, cloudily and soft light. my mom was with and trying out photography with my second camera. so much fun =)
well, not in a book, but it's a start:
Nordiska muséet
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ParalympicsGB Athlete, Jonathan Peacock aged 28, from Cambridge, takes bronze in the 100m T64 - Men event, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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