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Day 80
Hail hurts when it hits you in the EYE.
It's been thundering and pouring then suddenly sunny, then back again all day. I love it.
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Well, this week we've decided to blend two of our fall favorites- Thankful Thursdays and FOOD! We're sure after you read these two recipes you will quickly forgive us for sharing this with you on Friday instead! These are two recipes that we, and a few others, are most thankful for!
So, you may remember that last time we talked to you about food we taught you how to make Amie's Homemade Pancakes- Y.U.M!!
Well today, I (Caroline) am going to be serving up a slice of health food. I mean... if you consider anything with apples in it to be health food. A few weeks ago I went with my little family on our first ever trip to an Apple Barn! If you have never been, I seriously recommend planning a trip to the North Georgia mountains next year (October is prime for apple pickin')- there are loads of orchards to visit and there really is nothing quite as good as food you've picked yourself that has been grown locally. We had such a wonderful time making a day trip of it, and my little Reid was an apple pickin' pro! I had decided that if we got to go this year, I would make it a point to do something fun with our "loot" and I thought it was about time I dusted off my cast iron skillet as well as my baking skills and I settled on a recipe for Easy Skillet Apple Pie.
A few things about this made me really excited to try it. Ok, just the one thing...EASY! And it was! I found the recipe in Southern Living, so I was almost assured to love it. I had great intentions of taking a picture of my labor of apple love, but it had a few slices taken out by the time I got around to it with my camera (ahem, husband.). I'm going to include the recipe here, along with any pointers I think might help you along the way!
Happy Apple, y'all!!
Ingredients
2 pounds Granny Smith apples [I tried it with "any apple we picked that's green", and it was still delicious.]
2 pounds Braeburn apples
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter [I would use a smidge less next time. Im very precise.]
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 (14.1-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts
1 egg white
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Butter-pecan ice cream [My household prefers Vanilla. Homemade...just kidding, this is the EASY pie recipe, remember?]
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350º. Peel apples, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges. Toss apples with cinnamon and 3/4 cup granulated sugar.
2. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat; add brown sugar, and cook, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and place 1 piecrust in skillet over brown sugar mixture. Spoon apple mixture over piecrust , and top with remaining piecrust. Whisk egg white until foamy. Brush top of piecrust with egg white; sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar. Cut 4 or 5 slits in top for steam to escape.
3. Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly, shielding with aluminum foil during last 10 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. Cool on a wire rack 30 minutes before serving. Serve with butter-pecan ice cream. [Cool pie as long as you can, until you get tired of smacking hands off of it, at least 10 minutes will do.]
Mrs. James Wright, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Southern Living SEPTEMBER 2011
The next recipe we wanted to share with you is one of Amie's favorites for:
Roasted Butternut Squash with Penne Pasta, Pancetta and Sage
(this is one of the things her husband is most thankful for in the fall!)
Ingredients
1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cubed into 1/2 inch pieces (this is a work out but so worth the effort. Only attempt with a sharp chef's knife!)
1/4 cup olive oil
coarse salt
3/4 pound penne (whole wheat) pasta ( I just use whole box)
3 ounces pancetta, cubbed (I double this and use 1/2 pound)
2 shallots, thinly sliced
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
10 fresh sage leaves, chopped
1/2 cup finely grated pecorino romano cheese
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place butternut squash on a rimmed baking sheet and toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season with salt. Tranfer to oven and roast until squash is browned and tender, about 15 min.
2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Generously salt water and return to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, according to package directions. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Set pasta and reserved cooking liquid aside.
3. Meanwhile, heat remaiming 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pancetta and cook until just crisp, 4-5 minutes (It seems to take mine 15 minutes, but because I double the amount used). add shallots, crushed red pepper, and sage. Cook until shallots are soft, 4-5 minutes. Add penne pasta and squash and toss gently, adding reserved pasta water to moisten.
4. Add cheese and black pepper and cook, tossing gently, until pasta and squash are heated through. Serve immediately with more cheese.
Recipe from Martha Stewart courtesy of Scott Conant, November 2008.
We hope you enjoy!!
The Red Arrows put on an aerial show over the Firth of Clyde today in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the QE2 which docked at Greenock for a day of celebrations.
I have never seen so many people with cameras! The road up either side of the Lyle Hill in Greenock was jammed full of cars parked either side all the way up. I ended up skirting the golf course and plunging through gorse thickets to get a decent vantage past the mob.
It goes without saying that driving in Greenock was a NIGHTmare. Rain put off my plans to see the stalls at the Esplanade though so no pictures I'm afraid. Welcome home & Happy Birthday QE2!
Put Your Best Foot Forward to Fifty Linden Fridays!
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12/1/24 - 40th Annual Douglas County Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony @ Douglas County Courthouse, Roseburg, Oregon, USA
and he will sing you a song...
A work by Banksy, on the wall inside a courtyard in the Packard Plant in Detroit.
This piece has since been removed by the owner of the property. See here for more info.
Boiler No. 6.L.N.G.
Date Tested 31.5.09
Shop Code P.O.H.
Test Pressure 140 psi
The boiler identification plate of B-class No.788, built by the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow in 1913.
I'm not sure what P.O.H. refers to unless it is "periodic overhaul." In that case, 31.5.09 must be 2009, not 1909 as I first presumed. A locomotive maintenance plan seen at Kurseong shed shows that he boiler is indeed original - and the only original boiler in the B-class fleet.
It all began when I put a heart into a bezel and decided to trap it with a piece of rusted mesh wire. At that moment I knew that this had to go onto a cuff bracelet … a romantic, turn of the century inspired cuff.
Inspired by the time where men still courted their ladies, drink tea on porches and go on one knee to ask for their hand in marriage, this mixed media cuff bracelet is a fully handsewn piece made up of an old faded jean seam, old crocheted tablecloth, stained linen, rustic Howlite, brass wires and chains, stained lace, stained gauze and a time capsule in the form of a heart trapped in rusted wire.
*the cuff fits a 6.5 inch wrist snugly, but has extensions to fit to a 7.5 inch wrist
In England, our local area of Bournemouth & Poole has run out of phone numbers, to save the earth collapsing, we now have to dial our area code if we have to dial a local number.
If we don't, we get a reminder if we fail to dial 01202 before the local number we want, this might change after a month to a not so polite message, after six months your phone will explode, or for those on the Virgin Network, Richard will pop round to tell you off.
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Letra de la cancion “Parle a ma main” de Fatal Bazooka
Fatal Bazooka:]
Salut Yelle!
[Yelle:]
Salut Christelle!
[F.T:]
Hé on est pas des putes à frange!
[Yelle:]
C’est clair!
[F.T:]
Et on va leur dire!
[Yelle:]
Ok
Parle à ma main!
[Refrain :]
Tu fait trop pitier, tu m’soule, vas-y parle à ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire oublie moi, hum, hum.
Jt’écoute pas, t’existe pas donc vas-y parle à ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire non merci, hum, hum.
[F.T:]
Avec mes biatche, j’me déanche dans la rue.(pia pia pia)
Derriere nous un gars, il me matte le cul.(oh le relou)
Oué c’est normale j’suis bonne, en MissXtri taille basse.(c’est clair)
Il moule trop bien mon boule, avec juste avec le string qui depasse.(huhu)
T’sais j’ai que 16 ans mais j’fais d’jà 95 B.
Grace a mon sous-tif Etaham, que j’ai trop bien rambouré.(huhu)
Bref le mec m’acoste, dans son pauvre survêt Lascoste.
”Hey, mademoiselle, t’est charmente, ca te dirait une glace à la
menthe ?”
Ah, ah. P.I. : Pas Interessé !
[Refrain :]
Tu fait trop pitier, tu m’soule, vas-y parle à ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire oublie moi, hum, hum.
Jt’écoute pas, t’existe pas donc vas-y parle à ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire non merci, hum, hum.
Parle, parle, parle a ma main c’est bon tu m’lache.(daccord)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main maint’nan degage.(ok).(x2)
[F.T:]
Les mecs ils sont tous nuls, (a wai)(x2)
Les mecs, les mecs, les mecs ils sont tous nuls.(ba pourquoi?)
Les mecs ils sont tous nuls ils pense qu’a nous mettre des doigts.(a degueu)
Ils font que nous trompé jl’ai lu dans biscavita.
Mes parent aussi ils sont trop pas opé.(oh les boules)
Ils veulent pa que je fume et ils veulent meme pas divorcé.(ma pauvre cheri)
J’en ai vraiment marre d’etre leur bouquet mistere.(tu métone)
Ils comprennent pas que pour survivre j’ai besoin d’un scooter.
Si sa continu j’te jure j’vais fugué en boite.(ta trop raison)
Et pour bien les faire chié je rentre qu’a 2h du mat’.
Huhu ç.c : ça crain
[Refrain :]
Tu fait trop pitier, tu m’soule, vas-y parle à ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire oublie moi, hum, hum.
Jt’écoute pas, t’existe pas donc vas-y parle a ma main.
Si t’as pas compris, ca veux dire non merci, hum, hum.
Parle, parle, parle a ma main c’est bon tu m’lache.(daccord)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main maint’nan degage.(ok).(x2)
Hmmhmm, ok, c’est bon tu m’lache
Mais pour qui tu t’prend c’est bon t’es pas mon pere
Hmmhmm, ok, c bon T’arrete!
Mais pour qui tu t’prend c’est bon parle a ma main
[Yelle:]
Girl power,huhu
Alors va t’acheté une vie, t’es pas dans ma liste d’ami
UN j’te baffe
Puis DEUX tu flippe parce qu’a TROIS chui deja parti
Moi, moi, moi et mes pine-co
Pas un seul kilo en trop
UN on couche
Puis DEUX on t’note
Et TROIS on sl’envoi en texto.(wai)
Rien qu’quand tu m’parle tu m’véner
Ferme la c’est moi qui gere
UN on commande,
DEUX tu paye
Et TROIS tu m’enmene au concert
Arete de m’suivre comme un chien, les mec sa sert trop a rien
[F.T:]
Wai c’est exactement ça ma cheri on a qu’a d’venir homo: O.M.O
[Yelle:]
Euuuuh F.B.I.: Foss Bonn Idée
(refrain)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main c’est bon tu me lache.
(aller mad’moiselle balance ton numero)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main maint’nan degage.
(oki daccord ta gagné, j’te lache mon numero)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main c’est bon tu me lache.(tu note?)
Parle, parle, parle a ma main maint’nan degage.
(c’est le 118218 ahahahah o la gueule).
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La traduccion la recomiendo XDDD!!.
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I visit Aberdeen Harbour Scotland at least four times a week , my home is less than 10 minutes drive away hence I enjoy the opportunity I have to visit and capture as many vessels that the oil industry attracts to the harbour on a daily basis.
I usually patrol the North Pier to capture vessels movements, across the mouth of the harbour is Torry Battery , now a monument though one with a very impressive history .
I decided it was worthwhile to capture the various views and put a folder together with my photos and some details of this ageing historic landmark.
The southern side of the entrance to Aberdeen harbour is watched over by two very different structures.
The most obvious is the 37 metre high Girdleness Lighthouse built by Robert Stevenson in 1833, which stands at the tip of Girdle Ness and welcomes mariners to Aberdeen. Rather less obvious, and much less welcoming as far as some mariners were concerned, is the Torry Battery, which stands on rising ground above the south shore of the harbour entrance.
Aberdeen has long been an important port, and this ensured its attractiveness as a target for raiders of many different nationalities from as early as the 1400s. From the English (initially at least) and Dutch, to the French and Germans, and not forgetting US raiders during the American Revolution, Aberdeen has had many reasons to feel insecure during the past six centuries.
The first efforts to fortify the harbour revolved around a large blockhouse at Sandness, on the north side of the harbour entrance. This housed artillery intended to fire at enemy ships while still at sea, and it was also designed to allow the city to be defended against enemy troops who had landed at Sandness: the obvious spot for anyone wanting to raid the city.
The first defensive structure on the south side of the harbour entrance was a site for a lookout and warning beacon, built here in 1514.
At about the same time the Burgh Council further supplemented the harbour's defences with a barrier made of chains and ships' masts which could be pulled across the harbour entrance in times of imminent attack.
The blockhouse remained in use until 1780, when it was replaced by a more modern defensive battery a little further to the north of the harbour entrance. This only lasted eighty years. Between 1859 and 1861 the War Department built two new batteries. One was sited behind North Beach, further to the north of the harbour entrance. The second was on Torry Point.
On becoming operational, the Torry Battery was manned by the 1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) and was armed with nine heavy guns capable of attacking ships over ten miles out at sea. Repair and reconstruction took place in 1904 and the battery was fully operational throughout the First World War. During the Second World War, overhead protection was added to the gun emplacements, and anti-aircraft guns were installed.
It was during this conflict that the battery's guns opened fire in anger for the first, and last, time. On the night of 3 June 1941 two vessels coming towards Aberdeen harbour were fired on after failing to identify themselves: they turned out to be friendly. Later in the same year machine guns at the battery fired on a German aircraft.
In the housing shortage that followed World War Two, the battery was occupied by a number of homeless families. Aberdeen Council later took over provision of housing here, and the battery remained home to many people until the early 1950s.
The artillery was removed in 1956, and partial demolition of the buildings followed. A proposal to turn the site into a hotel in the 1960s came to nothing, and the site and surviving buildings were restored in the 1970s.
The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860.
It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear. In 1881 the battery mounted three 10-inch Smooth bore guns and five 68-Pounder Smooth bore guns.
The battery was adapted for two 6-inch Breech Loading (BL) guns which were mounted by 1906
Both guns were operational during the First World War.
During the First and Second World Wars it was used to defend the city.
The formerly fortified Torry Battery – last used defensively during the Second World War – is now a scheduled ancient monument, protected as a place of historical interest of national importance.
It is the weekend. Again.
And with Jools suffering a relapse in her chesty cough, we slept late and I said I'd go to Tesco first thing, before coffee, and she could get dressed in her own time.
So I grabbed my coat, the shopping bags and shopping list, put them in the car and drove to Tesco. First up was to fill the car with petrol, then drive round to park up, get a trolley and head into the store, grabbing a scanner on the way in.
Apart from the weekly things, I got some stuffing mix and more blocks of butter for Christmas. Meaning that apart from the fruit and veg and milk, we are all abut done here.
Yay us.
Back home for coffee, unload the car and put shopping away, before finally having breakfast 1 of fruit then bacon butties and brews for breakfast 2.
That's better.
The plan for the day was for some local churchcrawling. After some internet research I had the name of the keyholder at Bekesbourne, I called but was told she was out but would be back "soon". OK, in which case we would visit some other nearby churches and go there last.
Not far to Barham from Chez Jelltex, just along the A2, overtaking lorries and slow cars until we turned off at Wootton, down past the filling station and into Barham, stopping on the road beside the church.
Barham is always open, I thought, no worries here. As I got out all my camera gear and lugged it over the road and through the churchyard.
Round on the north side, we arrive at the porch and I find the door is locked after all. No news of a keyholder, but next week there is a coffee morning. If we feel OK after our COVID booster, we might go along.
Its a short drive along the Elham Valley to Bridge. And yes there is really a place called Bridge, and it does have a bridge. A bridge in Bridge, which takes the old Watling Street and high road over the bed of the Nailbourne.
Bridge never lets us down. And indeed it was open, door ajar, and soon a warden came and put all the lights on so snapping was easier. I'd not missed much on previous visits, but with a new-ish lens, it was always worth in redoing shots. I did have the big lens with me, great for details of carvings and in stained glass windows, which I photograph enthusiastically.
From Bridge, its a five minute drive to Patrixbourne.
I wanted to come back here to take close up details of the Tympanum and rose window from the outside, so it wasn't too much of a loss that the door was locked after all.
So, I set about getting my shots and rattle off a couple of hundred.
Back to the car, and next village along is Bekesbourne, where I had called earlier. The keyholder lives in a "large while building opposite the church", the website said. Yes, it's a palace.
An actual palace.
So, there was scruffy me shambling up the large door, ringing the bell and asking if the church keyholder was in.
She wasn't.
And her husband wasn't too keen on letting me have it.
Now I know how to get it, there'll be plenty of other times.
I leave, but on the way back to the main road, a large Audi passes us, and pretty much the only place she could be going was the palace: should we go back?
No, there'll be other times.
We head home, back along the A2, but calling in at Jen's to do some admin. That done it was back home, all back by one, and ready for some more World Cup action from the sofa.
Lunch was pizza and beer, done in ten minutes and easy as anything, so the main task of the day was to fight my heavy eyelids that threatened to send me to sleep.
Argentina beat Mexico in a bad tempered game, then France beat Denmark 2-1, by which time it was nine and time for bed.
Phew.
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LOCATION: Situated on Upper Chalk (just above the Nailbourne floodplain) at about 90 feet above O.D. with the main Roman road to Dover immediately to the north-east. Bridge Place is about a ¼ mile to the south-west, and its mother-church of Patrixbourne is about ¾ miles to the north-east. Canterbury is just under 3 miles to the north-west.
DESCRIPTION: Unfortunately the church was disastrously over-restored in 1859 by Scott (John Newman, B.O.E. (N.E. and Kent 3rd ed. 1983), 159, says it was 'done with grotesque insensitivity'). However, with the help of Glynne's description (of 1846), and various early 19th century views, as well as the few surviving medieval features, it is possible to work out something of the architectural history. Externally it has been completely refaced with heavy knapped flint, and Bathstone dressings, but the core of all the main walls, except the Vestry on the north-east and the tower stair-turret must be medieval. The west end of the north aisle also appears to have been extended westwards in 1859.
There had been an earlier small-scale repewing in 1836, followed by a restoration by Scott in 1857. The complete rebuilding took place in 1859-60, with most of the money coming from Mrs Gregory of Bridge Hill.
From the surviving remains, there is no doubt that the nave, chancel, south aisle and tower-base all date from the 12th century. It is also possible that the nave itself dates from the late 11th century, but there is no visible evidence for this. The west doorway to the nave is of a mid- to later 12th century date, and unlike virtually everything else on the outside of the church was not totally renewed in 1859. There is a decorated round-headed archway with water-leaf capitals, and much original Caenstone survives. The internal north jamb to the doorway is also mostly of original diagonally-tooled Caenstone blocks. On the north-east side of the chancel is a round-headed (c. mid-12th century) window, which was unblocked in 1859. Glynne in 1846 refers to two 'closed' windows on the north side of the chancel, and 'on the south a fine doorway and two windows, now closed; the former has fine chevron mouldings'. This doorway was reset on the east side of the north-east vestry in 1859, but its fine chevroned arch, over scalloped capitals, is still visible as an entrance to the vestry lobby. The south aisle and south-west tower seem to have been added in the later 12th century. The arcade had already gone by 1846, but part of a respond (with nook-shafts) still survives at the extreme east end. Just beyond this, in the east wall, a fragment of the north jamb of a 12th century window survives. This south aisle had a low southwall until 1859, and its steep-pitched roof continued the line of the main nave roof. The tower at the west end of this aisle has 1859 round-headed arches, on the north and east in a 'decorated Romanesque' style (? designed by Scott). Glynne tells us that originally they were 'very rude semicircular arches'. The south and east windows into the ground floor of the tower may be based on earlier 12th century ones.
During the earlier 13th century, a north transept chapel and north aisle were added. Glynne tells us that 'the north aisle is very low and narrow, divided from the nave by three rude pointed arches with large wall piers having no capitals or impost mouldings'. The pointed arches survive, though a fourth has been added on the west, as well as three extraordinary double piers. The eastern respond is mostly original, however, with bar-stopped chamfers. Another original arch (with bar-stopped chamfers) divides the north aisle from the north-east transept chapel. Glynne also says that there was a lancet at the west end of this aisle. The north-east chapel still has a pair of original lancets on the north (restored externally), and earlier there was apparently a hagioscope from this chapel into the chancel. The upper stage of the tower may be 13th century.
The one later medieval feature that survives is the 3-light early perpendicular window in the west wall of the nave. This too still contains quite a lot of original masonry, and may date from the late 14th century. The 2-light east window, now rebuilt, was probably early 14th century ('poor Middle Pointed' according to Glynne). The early 19th century views show a pair of two-light late perpendicular windows with square hoods on the south side of the chancel.
The chancel still contains some early 16th century fittings, and a roodloft was documented as being made in 1522 (see below). On the north side of the sanctuary are two low rectangular niches which contain the two halves of the effigy for Macobus Kasey (ob. 1512). Above and just to the west of this is some relief sculpture (also ? early 16th century) in a tympanum panel. Was this set originally inside a 12th century doorway? Above this is an early 17th century painting of Robert Bargrave (ob. 1649). On the chancel south wall (at the west end) are fragments of a relief memorial to a vicar, Malcolm Ramsey (ob. 1538). He was vicar of Patrixbourne and Bridge for 44 years. These include part of an inscription.
The tower appears to have been given brick south-east and south-west buttresses in the 17th or 18th century. These were removed in 1859 when a south-east stair-turret was added to the tower. This was apparently restored in 1891.
BUILDING MATERIALS: (Incl. old plaster, paintings, glass, tiles etc.): Virtually the whole of the church has Bathstone dressings, with heavy knapped flint on the exterior. Some 12th century and later Caenstone does, however, survive.
EXCEPTIONAL MONUMENTS IN CHURCH: - see above
CHURCHYARD AND ENVIRONS:
Size, Shape: Large Rectangular area around with church, but with the north-east side cut off by the main (Roman) road to Dover (Bridge Hill). Large new extension to the south - ? Late 19th century.
Condition: Good
Apparent extent of burial: Burial in churchyard from at least 1474.
Boundary walls: To road on north-east, with gateway with brick piers and iron arch.
Ecological potential: ? Yes - many fastigiate yews (and other trees) in southern part of churchyard.
HISTORICAL RECORD (where known):
Earliest ref. to church: 13th century.
Late med. status: Vicarage (with Patrixbourne).
Patron: Goes with Patrixbourne church to which it was a chapel. After the Reformation, the patron was the owner of nearby Bifrons.
Other documentary sources: Hasted IX (1800), 289-290. Test. Cant. (E. Kent, 1907), 35-6 mentions the Holy Cross (Rood) light, as well as lights of Our Lady, St. Nicholas, St. Erasmus, the Trinity, St. Loye, St. Trunion, as well as St. Peter (? in the chancel). The Eastern Sepulchre mentioned in 1535, and 'the painting of the High Cross in the Roodloft in 1504 - also 'to the making of the Roodloft, 1522'.
SURVIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS:
Inside present church: ? Good, except under east end of south aisle, where there is a sunken boiler house.
Outside present church: Good, but perhaps disturbed by the 1859 refacing and rebuilding.
Quinquennial inspection (date\architect): MAY 1993 A. CLAGUE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT:
The church and churchyard: A 12th century nave, chancel, south aisle and south-west tower base, with an added earlier 13th century north aisle and north-east transept chapel, which was very heavily restored and refaced externally in 1859-60.
The wider context: One of a group of medieval parish churches, which was technically only a chapel-of-ease (to Patrixbourne, in this case).
REFERENCES: For the vicars, see W.A. Scott Roberton 'Patricksbourne church, and Bifrons' Arch. Cant. 14 (1882), 169-184. (A list of vicars, by T.S. Frampton (1900) is on the S.W. side of the nave). S.R. Glynne Churches of Kent (1877), 131-2 (he visited in 1846).
Plans and early drawings: Petrie view from S.W. in 1807, and views from S.W. and S. in 1828 in Victoria and Albert Museum. Also view of church from S.W. in oil (? early 19th cent.) and Watercolour of church from S.E. (June 1869) in the vestry and plan of graveyard (new part) in 1942 (also in vestry).
DATE VISITED: 21st February 1994 REPORT BY: Tim Tatton-Brown
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/BRI.htm
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BRIDGE
LIES the next adjoining parish to Patrixborne southward, being written in old deeds, Bregge, and taking its name from the bridge, which was antiently over the stream which crosses it. This parish was in early times so considerable, as to give name both to the hundred and deanry in which it is situated.
IT IS SITUATED about two miles and an half eastward of Canterbury, on the high Dover road, formerly the Roman Watling-street way, which appears high and entire almost throughout it; in the valley on this road stands the village of Bridge, with the church and vicarage in it, a low moist situation, the bourn or stream of the Little Stour crossing it under a stone bridge, built a few years ago by the contributions of the neighbouring gentlemen. At a small distance southward is Bridge place, now inhabited by lady Yates, widow of the late judge Yates, and of Dr. Thomas, late bishop of Rochester. The hills, form which there is a most pleasing prospect, are wholly chalk, as are in general the other upland parts of it, towards the south especially, where the country is very barren, with heathy ground and woodland, and much covered with stones. In this part of the parish is Gosley wood, once belonging to St. Augustine's monastery, afterwards granted to Thomas Colepeper, esq. It belongs now to Mr. Beckingham.
The MANOR OF BLACKMANSBURY, alias BRIDGE, claims over the greatest part of it, and the manor of Patrixborne over that part of this parish on the north side of the Dover road. There are two boroughs in it, viz. of Blackmansbury and of Bridge.
The MANOR OF BLACKMANSBURY, alias BRIDGE, was parcel of the possessions of the abbey of St. Augustine, belonging to the sacristie, as appears by the registers of it, in which frequent mention is made of this manor, with the free tenants belonging to it, in Honpit, Rede, and Blackmansbury. In which state this manor continued till the suppression of the abbey in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, (fn. 1) where it remained till the 36th year of that reign, when this manor, with divers lands in Houndpit and Blackmanbury, was granted to Henry Laurence, to hold in capite by knight's service, and he that year held a court here; and in his descendants it continued till the 18th of queen Elizabeth's reign, when it was alienated by fine levied, by John Laurence, to William Partherich, esq. whose arms were, Vaire, argent and sable, on a chief of the second, three roses of the first. His grandson Sir Edward Partherich, of this place, passed it away in 1638 to Sir Arnold Braems, descended of a family originally out of Flanders, where his ancestors were opulent merchants. Jacob Braems, his ancestor, was of Dover, merchant, and built the great house now the Custom house there, where he resided. Sir Arnold Braems above-mentioned, bore for his arms, Sable, on a chief, argent, a demi lion Tampant, gules. He built a spacious and magnificent mansion on the scite of the antient court-lodge here, which he named BRIDGE-PLACE, in which he afterwards resided, as did his son Walter Braems, esq. till his death in 1692; but the great cost of building this seat so impoverished the estate, that his heirs, about the year 1704, were obliged to part with it, which they did by sale to John Taylor, esq. of Bisrons, who soon afterwards pulled down the greatest part of this mansion, leaving only one wing of it standing, the size and stateliness of which being of itself full sufficient for a gentleman's residence, cannot but give an idea of the grandeur of the whole building when entire. He died in 1729, since which this manor and seat has continued in his descendants, in like manner as Bisrons abovedescribed, down to his great-grandson Edward Taylor, esq. the present possessor of them. There is not any court held for this manor.
BEREACRE, now called Greatand Little Barakers is another manor in this parish, which in the 21st year of king Edward I. was in the possession of Walter de Kancia, as appears by an inquisition taken that year, at his decease; not long after which it has passed into a family of its own name. After this name was become extinct here, it came into the possession of the Litchfields, who owned much land about Eastry, Tilmanstone, and Betshanger, and in this name it continued till the 22d year of Edward IV. and then Roger Litchfield passed it away to Richard Haut, whose only daughter and heir Margery carried it in marriage to William Isaac, esq. of Patrixborne, from whose descendant Edward Isaac, about the latter end of king Henry VIII. it was sold to Petyt and Weekes, who joined in the sale of it to Naylor, of Renville, from which name it was alienated to Smith and Watkins; after which it was conveyed by sale to John Taylor, esq. of Bisrons, in whose descendants it has continued down to Edward Taylor, esq. the present owner of it.
Charities.
SIR HENRY PALMER, of Bekesborne, by will in 1611, gave 10s. to be yearly paid out of his manor of Well-court, towards the relief of the poor of it.
The poor constantly relieved are about eighteen, casually the same.
BRIDGE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of its own name.
¶The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, consists of three isles, a high chancel, and a north sept or chancel in the middle of the north isle. It has a spire steeple at the south-east corner, in which are three bells. In the high chancel, within the altar-rails, is a monument for Jane, second daughter of Walter Harslete, of Bekesborne, first wife of Sir Arnold Braems, ob 1635, and lies buried in St. Mary's church, in Dover; and for Elizabeth, (second daughter of Sir Dudley Diggs) his second wife, obt. 1645, and lies in the middle of this chancel. Against the north wall is a painted portrait of Robert Bargrave, gent. of Bridge, obt. 1649. Under a circular arch in the same wall are two rows of small imagery, carved in stone, the uppermost repre santing God the Father, with several figures on each side; the lower one, figures taken from the history of the Old Testament. Underneath these, in the hollow of the wall, is the figure of a man lying at full length, in robes, with his two hands joined and uplifted, having on his head seemingly a full perriwig. A memorial for John Hardy, esq. of Bridge-place, obt. 1779. On the east side of the south window is a hollow in the wall, and under it an inscription for Macobus Kasey, vicar of Patrixborne, obt. m.v.c.i.xii. and of his being vicar there xxi years. On the opposite side of the window is carved the figure of a scull, with a snake entering in at one eye, and the end of it out at the other, and a hand with a finger pointing up to it, as if it had been the cause of the person's death, and several bones are interspersed about it. The north chancel is made use of for a school, by voluntary contributions. On the south side of the chancel is a circular arched door-way, with Saxon ornaments. In the register are many entries, from the year 1580 to 1660, of the family of Bargrave, alias Bargar, residents in this parish, and one for Thomas, son of John Cheney, gent. who died in 1620.
The church of Bridge, which is a vicarage, was always esteemed as a chapel to the church of Patrixborne, and as such is included in the valuation of that vicarage in the king's books, the vicar of which is instituted and inducted into that vicarage, with the chapel of Bridge annexed to it. (fn. 2)
The parsonage of this parish therefore, as an appendage to that of Patrixborne, is the property of Edward Taylor, esq. of Bifrons. In 1588 here were eightynine communicants, in 1640 one hundred and twenty.
Rusty pots at the school house - part of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. West Branch, Iowa.
This is a couple of photos put together featuring what the site looks like today but also what the car dealership/petrol station looked like many years ago.
Only one of the three pumps is visible which clearly shows the Avia branding but the prices on the totem are quite difficult to read.
I first came across the site operating under Robert Wivall in 1991 who sold FSO/ Daihatsu vehicles with the petrol station a Rix branded site before a year later rebranding to BFL which it remained for several years before rebranding to WCF which was short lived as by 1998 the filling station closed.
This was my photo of the site from last year
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Google street view from 2008 with the pump island/canopy support base & remains of the Daihatsu branding.
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Thanks to Sharron/ Mel Banham (SSHS) for permission to upload this photo.
Recreational target shooting is a long-standing use of BLM lands, but it’s important to recreate responsibly when enjoying the outdoors. Practice target shooting safety by wearing ear and eye protection.
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A few days ago Zivity CEO @cyantist put out a request for paparazzi extras for a photo shoot for www.zivity.com. I had some time before I left town so I went down there to help. The photo shoot was to show off their new t-shirt designs.
addictedimage.com/clients/zivity/shirts/
The best part wasn't the models (though they were gorgeous)… it was running into one of the other 'paparazzi'. He looked familiar, and at some point made a reference to Iraq, further cluing me in. It turns out it was Ryan Lackey, famous founder of the now defunct HavenCo and war-zone internet plumber.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Lackey
www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/posts.html?pg=2
Ryan worked with the Synergy Strike Force team in Afghanistan, and he stayed in our guesthouse in Jalalabad. He was there connecting up internet for a hospital we're associated with. He's been to our Tiki Bar.
It turns out he used to be roomates with @cyantist way back in the day and was in SF.
It's not everyday I run into someone else who's been to the Taj, much less at the same time as models.
Bob woke up to his dog crying. Thinking the dog had to go to the bathroom he put his shoes on…. (Old pair of painters, knock around shoes used for the duty of home chores) kept next to the front door. He said he has those knock around shoes there in case the dog wants to chew them up. lol
He put his shoes on and opened the front door, at least an 1/8 th of the way open and the door slammed shut. Sucked shut from the Tornado he didn't know about….yet. He heard the sound of rumbling and shaking, like a freight train then it hit. He was standing in the foyer at the door in the living room. The roof ripped off, but I still didn't know what was going on. I was walking barefoot around the dark house…. no lights. It was dead silent. I didn't realize how loud it was until it passed. My son came down just after it happened, about 10 20 minutes later. Things started to sink in after the sun came up about 20, 30 minutes after it hit. I seen the sun shine through my roof while talking with my him. We both looked up then looked at each other and confirmed what it was. My wife was in the bedroom bathroom, nothing happened there. We were lucky, especially me. After we knew what hit us we went out to see if the neighbors were ok. We knew where all the older people lived and checked on them first. It was a mess…. as the day progressed we seen the damage more and more. While cleaning up the debris we heard of the lost lives filtering in from neighbor to neighbor. No one under the age of 22 died. Mostly older people, two men, two ladies and the young woman. Those were the ones we heard of first. Then we learned of others. We were lucky… The whole town was, it struck at 5:50 AM. (in a humbling voice)
Tornado hit Harrisburg at approximately 5:50 AM on Wednesday the 29th of February.
This was shot on 03/03/2012
i think it's very weird to look at the sides of your own feet. smooth skin on the top and wrinkly skin towards the bottom. how very odd they look.
Put yourself in the picture as #HKS maps the way to a better world. Print the YouAreHere sign -http://ken.sc/youarehere_pdf and take a photo or video of yourself as you work to improve people’s lives. Then email it to youarehere@hks.harvard.edu with your name, grad year, and location, and share it yourself using #youarehere #hks.
From water sampling to ecosystem studies and trail maintenance, Union Mine High School students put their outdoor skills to the test at the Greenwood Creek River Access on December 5, 2017.
As part of a biannual class focusing on watersheds and ecosystems, students spent the morning in small groups rotating across the area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management in California. Jeff Horn, lead recreation planner for the BLM Mother Lode Field Office, helped oversee activities and provided a brief overview of the nearly 20,000 acres of public lands.
“Greenwood Creek River Access provides the public with access to the many outdoor recreation activities – like fishing, hunting, rafting, biking and horseback riding – that you would expect from such an amazing place,” Horn said.
Mother Lode, also known as Gold Country for its numerous mining districts, is a historic area along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Students hiked a short distance to the South Fork of the American River, which offers renowned whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. One group of students measured phosphate, nitrogen and pH levels in the river with a multiparameter water-testing meter, while others learned about the importance of public lands in preserving native ecosystems.
A third group assisted with the identification and removal of Scotch broom along nearby trails. The invasive shrub has damaged the habitats of native plants and animals in the area, and can be removed with a specialized tool. Students also repaired a split-rail fence and helped define trail boundaries using downed tree branches.
“I’ve never had the opportunity to come out here before,” said Chris, one of the students learning about trail maintenance, who said he looks forward to mountain biking in the area with his family.
Union Mine High School teachers emphasized the importance of applying science studies in a real-world environment, and allowing students to see how biologists and hydrologists conduct testing and experimentation.
“For some kids, they have never been out on the river; they have never been on trails and hikes, so this is just a good experience to get them out of their comfort zone and hopefully make them want to come back out,” said Chad McGowan, a biology teacher and Science Department chair at Union Mine High School.
This event is part of the BLM’s ongoing mission to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Photo by John Ciccarelli, BLM.
I put up about 100 tomatoes from our garden today. I boiled them, cooled them, removed their skins, chopped them up and put them in freezer bags. We will use these for our soups over the winter.
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I had grand plans of what I wanted to photograph today for my 07/07/07 submissions. I wanted to get a lot of good nature photos. However, it rained literally ALL day long so I had to stay home. I can't complain though - we are in an "exceptional" drought (the worst grade) and it has not rained in weeks. So, we are very grateful for a rainy day! I did shoot outside a little in my yard when the rain was light but had to think outside my usual box for some of these photos! :-)
Daveyboy65 put up a superb picture of Lord Street a few weeks ago, and this is (sort of) a companion shot.
The New Town Hall was built in 1892 to replace the old Moot Hall. However, the extension - the Lord Street side - wasn't put up until 1908, and this is a view of the buildings that stood on the site up until then - this view is, I think, from about 1905.
The photographer was stood on Lord Street looking into Market Place down Flag Alley - though that little "street" has had several names down the years. Note that if you view this picture large, you can make out that the street sign in Flag Alley clearly reads "Market Place".
From water sampling to ecosystem studies and trail maintenance, Union Mine High School students put their outdoor skills to the test at the Greenwood Creek River Access on December 5, 2017.
As part of a biannual class focusing on watersheds and ecosystems, students spent the morning in small groups rotating across the area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management in California. Jeff Horn, lead recreation planner for the BLM Mother Lode Field Office, helped oversee activities and provided a brief overview of the nearly 20,000 acres of public lands.
“Greenwood Creek River Access provides the public with access to the many outdoor recreation activities – like fishing, hunting, rafting, biking and horseback riding – that you would expect from such an amazing place,” Horn said.
Mother Lode, also known as Gold Country for its numerous mining districts, is a historic area along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Students hiked a short distance to the South Fork of the American River, which offers renowned whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. One group of students measured phosphate, nitrogen and pH levels in the river with a multiparameter water-testing meter, while others learned about the importance of public lands in preserving native ecosystems.
A third group assisted with the identification and removal of Scotch broom along nearby trails. The invasive shrub has damaged the habitats of native plants and animals in the area, and can be removed with a specialized tool. Students also repaired a split-rail fence and helped define trail boundaries using downed tree branches.
“I’ve never had the opportunity to come out here before,” said Chris, one of the students learning about trail maintenance, who said he looks forward to mountain biking in the area with his family.
Union Mine High School teachers emphasized the importance of applying science studies in a real-world environment, and allowing students to see how biologists and hydrologists conduct testing and experimentation.
“For some kids, they have never been out on the river; they have never been on trails and hikes, so this is just a good experience to get them out of their comfort zone and hopefully make them want to come back out,” said Chad McGowan, a biology teacher and Science Department chair at Union Mine High School.
This event is part of the BLM’s ongoing mission to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Photo by John Ciccarelli, BLM.