Construction is now underway to replace Lord Nelson Elementary school with a seismically safe and state of the art school, thanks to a provincial investment of $18.4 million. The new school will be built to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold standard and will support BC’s new curriculum with modern and open learning spaces. It will include a Neighbourhood Learning Centre and a StrongStart program to support families, children and the community. The third floor will include a 69-space childcare centre, which is being funded by the City of Vancouver. The new school is expected to be ready for students in fall 2018. The Lord Nelson seismic replacement project will also help ensure young people get a chance to learn the trades as it will be built under BC’s Apprentices on Public Projects Policy.

 

Learn more:

Vancouver School District: www.vsb.bc.ca/

 

Seismic Mitigation Program: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/administrat...

 

Apprentices on Public Projects Policy: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/construction-industry...

 

Fall colours fading and replaced with holiday lights and decor.

The T-33 was designed to be simple, robust, and easy to fly for trainee pilots, though it was intended at first to be only used for propeller-qualified pilots to transition into jets. As propeller aircraft were mostly phased out of the independent US Air Force’s inventory, the service made the decision to go to an “all-jet” training syllabus, and as a result pilots began flying T-33s in flight school.

 

The “T-Bird,” as it became known, could still be unforgiving in certain circumstances, and was less forgiving as the T-37 Tweet or the T-38 Talon that would eventually replace it. It also was an aircraft for practical jokers: the in-and-outs of the T-33 was something only experienced pilots knew well, and trainees could be subjected to all kinds of tricks by the instructor pilot. The T-33 was, however, eminently reliable. Even after it was withdrawn from training units in the mid-1950s, it soldiered on as a “hack” aircraft for units, a familiarization aircraft, advanced trainer, and aggressor aircraft, especially in Air Defense Command and Air National Guard units.

 

Well into the 1980s, T-33s could be found in frontline USAF units, and it was said that, when the last F-16 was retired, the pilot would hitch a ride home in a T-Bird. While this did not prove true, it was not off by much—the last USAF T-33s did not leave the inventory until around 1988. The US Navy also used T-33s, including both standard Shooting Stars and the heavily modified TV-1 Seastar, which had a larger engine, reworked tail, and strengthened fuselage for carrier operations. While the Seastar was replaced in the 1960s by the T-2 Buckeye, standard T-33s remained as test and chase aircraft for the Navy’s test squadrons into the 1990s.

 

Because of its robustness and cheap flyaway price, the T-33 was also popular with foreign air forces: no less than 41 nations operated T-33s at one time or another, and it was license-built in Japan by Kawasaki and in Canada as the CT-133 Silver Star, which differed from US-built aircraft only in using a Rolls-Royce Nene engine. While it was usually used in the trainer role, many were modified for a variety of roles, including armed AT-33s and reconnaissance RT-33s (some of which were also used by the USAF). AT-33s, which were basically two-seat F-80s, were used in several conflicts worldwide, mainly in South America; many of these nations did not retire their Shooting Stars until the late 1990s—Canada did not retire its last CT-133s until 2008, and Boeing Aircraft has two T-33As on charge as chase aircraft. 6557 T-33s were built overall, and today over 80 and possibly as many as a hundred survive, with many still flyable.

 

Though painted as a T-33A, "Ace Maker III" is actually a Canadair-built CT-133A; it entered service with the RCAF in the late 1950s as 133610. It was one of the last CT-133s to be retired from service in 2005, and may have been flying with the Aerospace Engineering Test Center (AETC) at CAF Cold Lake, Alberta at the time. About 15 CT-133s were put on the open market between 2005-2008, a windfall for warbird collectors. 133610 was bought by Dash One of Wilmington, Delaware and flew for several years still in its CAF colors. In 2010, it was sold to Tactical Air Support at Reno, Nevada, a private company that provides aggressor aircraft to the US armed forces. 133610 went through several other owners until it was bought by David Colyer's Ace Maker Aviation in 2019. It joined two other flyable former CT-133s, appropriately as "Ace Maker III."

 

Seeing "Ace Maker III" was entirely an accident. My good friend Nate and I went up to the Great Falls International Airport to watch the Collings Foundation aircraft fly in from Kalispell. We saw a T-33 sitting on the ramp, and to our surprise, it was "Ace Maker III"! The pilot (sorry, Scorch, I never did get your real name) had intended to fly to an airshow at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, but a bad fuel pump caused him to land in Great Falls. Unfortunately, T-33 fuel pumps can't exactly be bought at Wal-Mart, so "Ace Maker III" was in for an unscheduled extended stay in Great Falls. Luckily for us, it was ready to go for the Mission Over Malmstrom Airshow the next weekend, where Scorch put on quite a show. Colyer and his pilots know how to get the very most out of the venerable T-33.

 

Like all of Colyer's T-33s, 133610 is painted as an aircraft of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, based at Suwon, South Korea. The 51st FIW operated several T-33s as familiarization aircraft, and these were painted the same colors as their F-86s, with checkerboard tail markings and the large yellow recognition stripes carried by USAF F-86s in theater. It carries the false registration of "52-1610." All of Colyer's aircraft also carry nose art of an Iron Maiden-like fighter pilot. Note the open inspection panel behind the cockpit.

 

To see one of these old birds is something--to be able to touch one and get to meet a pilot who still flings these aircraft around was a rather nice surprise.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Jun-22 (DeNoise AI).

 

Mount Cook, South Island, New Zealand.

 

Most light aircraft in New Zealand don't usually display the national 'ZK' prefix on the registration, just the last three letters. I guess it's not necessary as they never go outside New Zealand. The nearest 'land' is Australia which, even if it had the range, would be about 9/10 hours away for aircraft of this size.

 

Mount Cook Ski Planes were originally a part of Mount Cook Airline until the airline became part of Air New Zealand Link. The Ski Planes became a separate company and also had to paint out the large flower emblem on the tail.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 25-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).

 

First flown in Mar-93 with the Airbus test registration F-WWCH, this aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines as N837AB in Jul-93. It was sold to AFS Airbus Financial Services on delivery and leased back to Delta.

 

It was returned to the lessor in Oct-95 and stored at Atlanta, GA, USA. The aircraft was leased to Air Jamaica, still as N837AB, in Apr-96. It returned to AFS with the French Overseas registration F-OIHS in Nov-99 and was leased to Air Maldives a couple of days later.

 

In Feb-00 the aircraft was repossessed by AFS at Dubai, UAE and stored. It was due to be leased to Royal Jordanian Airline and then to Air India but neither lease happened and it was eventually leased to Khalifa Airways, still as F-OIHS, in Dec-00.

 

It was returned to the lessor in Sep-02 and stored at Paris-Orly, France. It remained there until it was ferried to Bordeaux, France in Jun-04, still in full Khalifa livery. The aircraft was leased to CSA Czech Airlines as OK-YAD in Oct-04. It was wet-leased to Air India between Mar-07/Apr-09.

 

The aircraft was returned to AFS as F-WHUR in Jun-10 and sold to Wilmington Trust Company as F-HBOS few days later. It was leased to Blue Line (France) in Jul-10. Unfortunately, they ceased operations in Oct-10, the aircraft returned to the lessor and was stored at Lourdes, France.

 

It remained stored until it was leased to United Airways (Bangladesh) as S2-AFW in Dec-11. United Airways had a very bad name because of numerous technical delays, flight cancellations and poor cabin service.

 

In Sep-14 the airline closed down for three days because of "conflict among its board of directors and a financial crisis". In Oct-14 the aircraft operated a flight to Karachi, Pakistan, developed a technical problem and never left.

 

The aircraft was stored and abandoned. United Airways ceased operations in Mar-16. The aircraft was noted derelict at Karachi in 2017. Updated 25-Feb-22.

Thermit reaction

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 05-Mar-21.

 

Fleet No: "625".

 

This Viscount, ex Air Canada sat in this position at Vancouver for many years before being floated across to Victoria, Vancouver Island on a barge for restoration. It's now complete and on display at the British Columbia Aviation Museum in the original Trans-Canada livery. The Museum is located at Sydney, BC, Canada (on the east side of Victoria International Airport).

 

The aircraft was delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines as CF-THG in Mar-57. TCA was renamed Air Canada in Jun-64. It was withdrawn from service in Mar-74 and stored at Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

 

Along with another 23 Air Canada Viscounts, the aircraft was sold to Beaver Enterprises at the end of Apr-74 and remained stored. It was sold to Harrison Air in Jan-77 and stored at Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

It never entered service and was sold to BCIT British Columbia Institute of Technology in Jun-80 for use as an instructional airframe. It was retired by BCIT in late 1995 and remained in open storage at Vancouver International.

 

The aircraft was sold to the British Columbia Aviation Museum in Apr-05, external restoration in the original Trans-Canada livery was completed by late 2008.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a (slightly) better version 28-Jan-21 (apologies for the purple patch... This negative has deteriorated more than others!).

 

Fleet No: "139".

 

First flown with the Fokker test registration PH-EXA, this aircraft was delivered to Fairchild-Hiller (USA) as N287FH in Dec-71 and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands. It was sold back to Fokker in Dec-74 and re-registered PH-EXM in May-75.

 

The aircraft was sold to Garuda Indonesia Airlines as PK-GVN in Jun-75. It was sold back to Fokker as PH-EZY in Apr-84 and stored. It was sold to Piedmont Airlines (USA) as N291N in Mar-85. The aircraft was re-registered N459US in Nov-88 ahead of Piedmont's merger into US Air in Aug-89.

 

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in Apr-93. The aircraft was wet-leased to Canadian Regional Airlines in Sep-93 and was re-registered C-FCRI in Jun-94 and operated on behalf of Inter-Canadian Airlines.

 

It returned to Canadian Regional in Nov-95 and they bought it from US Airways in Jul-99. Canadian Regional became part of Air Canada Regional when Canadian Airlines International was merged into Air Canada in Nov-01. Air Canada Regional was renamed Air Canada Jazz in Mar-02 and the aircraft was permanently retired at Saskatoon, SK, Canada in Nov-02. It was sold to Quest Aviation Holdings in Jul-06 and later broken up.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Aug-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Jul-24.

 

This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance corporation and leased to TAP Air Portugal as CS-TIK in Feb-92. It was returned to the lessor in Apr-99 and immediately leased to Air Malta as 9H-ADN.

 

It was returned to the lessor in Apr-04 as N161AN. The aircraft was leased to Air Sahara (India) as VT-SAY. Air Sahara was sold to Jet Airways around Mar-08 and renamed Jet Lite. The aircraft was stored at Delhi, India, in early 2009.

 

It was returned to the lessor as N161AN in Jul-10. Later that month it was leased to Small Planet Airlines as LY-FLH. The aircraft was retired at Tallinn, Estonia in late 2015 and was last noted at Tallinn in Apr-16 without engines, resting on pallets with the tail fins removed. It was completely broken up by late 2016.

 

I also have a shot of this aircraft in Small Planet livery at...

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/9007342233

The bare, cold and dark days of winter are slowly being replaced by the brightness, warmth and colours of spring.

This structure replaced earlier versions in 1938 at a time when streamlined steam-hauled expresses like the Silver Link would hurtle through in order to achieve a London to Newcastle time of four hours. They must have been a sight to behold and to residents of that era the new station building and these crack expresses must have seemed like the dawning of a new era of total modernity.

TE894 (LK08NVJ) working route 607.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 04-Jul-19.

 

Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.

 

This is the 'reversed' version of the original AirAsia livery which later became standard on the A320's.

 

This aircraft was delivered to Piedmont Airlines as N322P in Sep-86. It was sold to a lessor in Oct-86 and leased back to Piedmont. It was re-registered N342US in Nov-88 prior to being merged into US Air in Aug-89. US Air was renamed US Airways in Feb-97. The aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Dec-02. In Oct-03 it was leased to AirAsia as 9M-AAJ and sub-leased to subsidiary company Thai AirAsia as HS-AAJ in Dec-04. The aircraft was permanently retired at Kuala Lumpur in Oct-10 after 24 years in service and was subsequently broken up at Kuala Lumpur in Oct-11.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 25-Mar-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Feb-24.

 

This aircraft was delivered to a lessor and leased to German Wings as D-AGWD in May-89. It was repossessed by the lessor in May-90 and stored at Bremen-Lemwerder (now closed).

 

It was sold to the Cirrus Capital Corporation as N848CP in Oct-90 and remained stored until it was leased to ZAS Airline of Egypt as SU-DAM in May-91.

 

The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Dec-94 and was leased to Allegro Airlines (Mexico) as XA-SWW in Jan-95. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-98 and sold to AeroMexico the same day.

 

AeroMexico sold it to Pegasus Aviation Inc in Dec-98 and leased it back. It was returned to the lessor in Apr-07 as N814PG and leased to EuroAir (Greece) as SX-BEU the following month.

 

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Malmo, Sweden in Oct-08 before being repossessed and re-registered N848SH in Feb-09.

 

It remained in storage until it was leased to AeroMexico and sub-leased to their 'low-cost' subsidiary AeroMexico Travel in Jul-10 (still as N848SH). It returned to the lessor in May-12 and was stored at Opa Locka, FL, USA.

 

The aircraft was sold to ASERCA Airlines (Venezuela) as YV539T in Mar-13 and it was permanently retired at Caracas, Venezuela in Sep-16 after 27.5 years in service.

PORCELAIN ROOM FROM THE PALAIS Dubský IN BRNO

Vienna, around 1740

Ke 6201/1912

In 1700 the installation of so-called "porcelain cabinets" in Europe becomes modern. Have they been reliant on European fayences, so were these ones replaced over time by Chinese export goods and from 1700 on also by Japanese porcelains. The Porcelain Room from the Brno Palais Dubsky is one of the first room amenities with European porcelain.

Based on the attached above the pillar mirror Emblem of Czobor of Szent-Mihály, the decor of the room can be traced back to the years after 1724. Back then acquired Countess Maria Antonia of Czobor, lady on Göding, née Princess of Liechtenstein, the subsequent Palais Dubsky in Brno (Brno, today Czech Republic). From this time also stem the porcelains of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Du Paquier (1718-44).

Investigations on the integrated wall paneling of the room as well as the fact that the chimney already in Brno had been bricked without smoke outlet and therefore was not heatable, however, have shown that the facilities originally must have been manufactured for a different, right now yet unknown location and only later was adjusted to the smaller dimensions in Brno Palais. However, unclear remains to this day the time gap between the early, emerged before 1730 Vienna porcelains and the earliest in the forties datable ornamentation of the wall panels and a part of the furniture.

1745 the palace passes into the possession of Johann Georg von Piati from which it inherits his son Emanuel Piati of Tirnowitz 1762. The coat of arms of this family was originally painted with oil paint over that of Czobor and only in 1912 it was removed on the occasion of the acquisition of the room by the museum. From the time of the Piati, around 1790, also stems the decor of the room with paintings and the wall clock signed by Brno master watchmaker Sebastian Kurz.

Its current name the palace obtained finally on the ocassion of the wedding of Emanuela of Piati, the daughter of Johann Georg, with Franz Dubsky of Trebomyslic in 1805. As is apparent from later made additions by porcelains of Herend (Hungary) Porcelain Factory (founded in 1839) and by dated with 1847 pieces from the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, must have been carried out around 1850 a larger restoration and new adaptation of the room. Back then most probably also emerged the seating furnitures as well as the console table of long wall and the canapé table.

 

PORZELLANZIMMER AUS DEM PALAIS DUBSKY IN BRÜNN

Wien, um 1740

Ke 6201/1912

Um 1700 wird das Einrichten so genannter „Porzellan-Cabinette“ in Europa modern. War man zuerst auf europäische Fayencen angewiesen, so wurden diese mit der Zeit durch chinesische Exportware und ab 1700 auch durch japanische Porzellane ersetzt. Das Porzellanzimmer aus dem Brünner Palais Dubsky ist eine der ersten Zimmerausstattungen mit europäischem Porzellan.

Anhand des über dem Pfeilerspiegel angebrachten Wappens der Czobor von Szent-Mihály lässt sich die Ausstattung des Zimmers bis in die Jahre nach 1724 zurückverfolgen. Damals erwarb Gräfin Maria Antonia von Czobor, Frau auf Göding, geb. Fürstin von Liechtenstein, das nachmalige Palais Dubsky in Brünn (Brno, heute: Tschechische Republik). Aus dieser Zeit stammen auch die Porzellane der Wiener Manufaktur Du Paquier (1718–44).

Untersuchungen an der wandfesten Vertäfelung des Raumes sowie die Tatsache, dass der Kamin bereits in Brünn ohne Rauchabzug gemauert und daher nicht beheizbar war, haben jedoch gezeigt, dass die Ausstattung ursprünglich für einen anderen, heute noch unbekannten Ort verfertigt worden sein muss und erst später den kleineren Dimensionen im Brünner Palais angepasst wurde. Unklar bleibt aber bis heute die zeitliche Diskrepanz zwischen den frühen, vor 1730 entstandenen Wiener Porzellanen und der frühestens in die vierziger Jahre datierbaren Ornamentik der Wandvertäfelungen und eines Teils des Mobiliars.

1745 geht das Palais in den Besitz des Johann Georg von Piati über, von dem es sein Sohn Emanuel Piati von Tirnowitz 1762 erbt. Das Wappen dieser Familie war ursprünglich mit Ölfarbe über jenes der Czobor gemalt und erst 1912 anlässlich der Erwerbung des Zimmers durch das Museum entfernt worden. Aus der Zeit der Piati, um 1790, stammt auch die Ausstattung des Zimmers mit Bildern und der vom Brünner Uhrmachermeister Sebastian Kurz signierten Wanduhr.

Seinen heutigen Namen erhielt das Palais schließlich anlässlich der Hochzeit von Emanuela von Piati, der Tochter Johann Georgs, mit Franz Dubsky von Trebomyslic im Jahr 1805. Wie aus später vorgenommenen Ergänzungen durch Porzellane der Herender Porzellanfabrik (gegründet 1839) und durch 1847 datierte Stücke aus der Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur hervorgeht, muss um 1850 eine größere Restaurierung und Neuadaptierung des Zimmers erfolgt sein. Damals entstanden höchstwahrscheinlich auch die Sitzmöbel ebenso wie der Konsoltisch der Längswand und der Kanapeetisch.

 

The history of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art

1863 / After many years of efforts by Rudolf Eitelberger decides Emperor Franz Joseph I on 7 March on the initiative of his uncle Archduke Rainer, following the model of the in 1852 founded South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum, London), the establishment of the "k. k. Austrian Museum for Art and Industry" and apponted Rudolf von Eitelberger, the first professor of art history at the University of Vienna, to director. The museum should be serving as a specimen collection for artists, industrialists, and public and as a training and education center for designers and craftsmen.

1864/ on 12th of May, opened the museum - provisionally in premises of the ball house next to the Vienna Hofburg, the architect Heinrich von Ferstel for museum purposes had adapted. First exhibited objects are loans and donations from the imperial collections, monasteries, private property and from the kk polytechnic in Vienna. Reproductions, masters and plaster casts are standing value-neutral next originals.

1865-1897 / The Museum of Art and Industry publishes the journal Communications of Imperial (k. k.) Austrian Museum for Art and Industry .

1866 / Due to the lack of space in the ballroom setting up of an own museum building is accelerated. A first project of Rudolf von Eitelberger and Heinrich von Ferstel provides the integration of the museum in the project of imperial museums in front of the Hofburg Imperial Forum. Only after the failure of this project, the site of the former Exerzierfelds (parade ground) of the defense barracks before Stubentor the museum here is assigned, next to the newly created city park on the still being under development Rind Road.

1867 / Theoretical and practical training are combined with the establishment of the School of Applied Arts. This will initially be housed in the old gun factory, Währinger Straße 11-13/Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, Vienna 9.

1868 / With the construction of the building at Stubenring is started as soon as it is approved by Emperor Franz Joseph I. the second draft of Heinrich Ferstel.

1871 / The opening of the building at Stubering takes place after three years of construction, 15 November. Designed according to plans by Heinrich von Ferstel in the Renaissance style, it is the first built museum building on the ring. Objects from now on could be placed permanently and arranged according to main materials. / / The Arts School moves into the house on Stubenring. / / Opening of Austrian art and crafts exhibition.

1873 / Vienna World Exhibition. / / The Museum of Art and Industry and the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts are exhibiting together at Stubenring. / / Rudolf von Eitelberger organizes in the framework of the World Exhibition the worldwide first international art scientific congress in Vienna, thus emphasizing the orientation of the Museum on teaching and research. / / During the World Exhibition major purchases for the museum of funds of the Ministry are made, eg 60 pages of Indo-Persian Journal Mughal manuscript Hamzanama.

1877 / decision on the establishment of taxes for the award of Hoftiteln (court titels). With the collected amounts the local art industry can be promoted. / / The new building of the School of Applied Arts, adjoining the museum, Stubenring 3 , also designed by Heinrich von Ferstel, is opened.

1878 / participation of the Museum of Art and Industry and the School of Art at the Paris World Exhibition.

1884 / founding of the Vienna Arts and Crafts Association with seat in the museum. Many well-known companies and workshops (led by J. & L. Lobmeyr), personalities and professors of the arts and crafts school join the Arts and Crafts Association. Undertaking of this association is to further develop all creative and executive powers the arts and crafts since the 1860s has obtained. For this reason are organized various times changing, open to the public exhibitions at the Imperial Austrian Museum for Art and Industry. The exhibits can also be purchased. These new, generously carried out exhibitions give the club the necessary national and international resonance.

1885 / After the death of Rudolf von Eitelberger is Jacob von Falke, his longtime deputy, appointed manager. Falke plans all collection areas als well as publications to develop newly and systematically. With his popular publications he influences significantly the interior design style of the historicism in Vienna.

1888 / The Empress Maria Theresa exhibition revives the contemporary discussion with the high baroque in the history of art and in applied arts in particular.

1895 / end of the Directorate of Jacob von Falke. Bruno Bucher, longtime curator of the Museum of metal, ceramic and glass, and since 1885 deputy director, is appointed director.

1896 / The Vienna Congress exhibition launches the confrontation with the Empire and Biedermeier style, the sources of inspiration of Viennese Modernism .

1897 / end of the Directorate of Bruno Bucher. Arthur von Scala, Director of the Imperial Oriental Museum in Vienna since its founding in 1875 (renamed Imperial Austrian Trade Museum 1887), takes over the management of the Museum of Art and Industry. / / Scala wins Otto Wagner, Felician of Myrbach, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Alfred Roller to work at the museum and school of applied arts. / / The style of the Secession is crucial for the Arts and Crafts School. Scala propagated the example of the Arts and Crafts Movement and makes appropriate acquisitions for the museum's collection.

1898 / Due to differences between Scala and the Arts and Crafts Association, which sees its influence on the Museum wane, Archduke Rainer puts down his function as protector. / / New statutes are written.

1898-1921 / The Museum magazine art and crafts replaces the Mittheilungen (Communications) and soon gaines international reputation.

1900 / The administration of Museum and Arts and Crafts School is disconnected.

1904 / The Exhibition of Old Vienna porcelain, the to this day most comprehensive presentation on this topic, brings with the by the Museum in 1867 definitely taken over estate of the " k. k. Aerarial Porcelain Manufactory" (Vienna Porcelain Manufactory) important pieces of collectors from all parts of the Habsburg monarchy together.

1907 / The Museum of Art and Industry takes over the majority of the inventories of the Imperial Austrian Trade Museum, including the by Arthur von Scala founded Asia collection and the extensive East Asian collection of Heinrich von Siebold .

1908 / Integration of the Museum of Art and Industry in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Public Works.

1909 / separation of Museum and Arts and Crafts School, the latter remains subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Education. / / After three years of construction, the according to plans of Ludwig Baumann extension building of the museum (now Weiskirchnerstraße 3, Wien 1) is opened. The museum receives thereby rooms for special and permanent exhibitions. / / Arthur von Scala retires, Eduard Leisching follows him as director. / / Revision of the statutes.

1909 / Archduke Carl exhibition. For the centenary of the Battle of Aspern. / / The Biedermeier style is discussed in exhibitions and art and crafts.

1914 / Exhibition of works by the Austrian art industry from 1850 to 1914, a competitive exhibition that highlights, among other things, the role model of the museum of arts and crafts in the fifty years of its existence.

1919 / After the founding of the First Republic it comes to assignments of former imperial possession to the museum, for example, of oriental carpets that are shown in an exhibition in 1920. The Museum now has one of the finest collections of oriental carpets worldwide .

1920 / As part of the reform of museums of the First Republic, the collection areas are delineated. The Antiquities Collection of the Museum of Art and Industry is given away to the Museum of Art History.

1922 / The exhibition of glasses of classicism, the Empire and Biedermeier time offers with precious objects from the museum and private collections an overview of the art of glassmaking from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. / / Biedermeier glass serves as a model for contemporary glass production and designs, such as Josef Hoffmann.

1922 / affiliation of the museal inventory of the royal table and silver collection to the museum. Until the institutional separation the former imperial household and table decoration is co-managed by the Museum of Art and Industry and is inventoried for the first time by Richard Ernst.

1925 / After the end of the Directorate of Eduard Leisching Hermann Trenkwald is appointed director.

1926 / The exhibition Gothic in Austria gives a first comprehensive overview of the Austrian panel painting and of arts and crafts of the 12th to 16th Century.

1927 / August Schestag succeeds Hermann Trenkwald as director .

1930 / The Werkbund (artists' organization) Exhibition Vienna, A first comprehensive presentation of the Austrian Werkbund, takes place on the occasion of the meeting of the Deutscher Werkbund in Austria, it is organized by Josef Hoffmann in collaboration with Oskar Strnad, Josef Frank, Ernst Lichtblau and Clemens Holzmeister.

1931 / August Schestag finishes his Directorate .

1932 / Richard Ernst is the new director .

1936 and 1940 / In exchange with the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), the museum at Stubenring gives away part of the sculptures and takes over craft inventories of the collection Albert Figdor and the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

1937 / The Collection of the Museum of Art and Industry is re-established by Richard Ernst according to periods. / / Oskar Kokoschka exhibition on the 50th birthday of the artist.

1938 / After the "Anschluss" of Austria by Nazi Germany, the museum was renamed "National Museum of Decorative Arts in Vienna".

1939-1945 / The museums are taking over numerous confiscated private collections. The collection of the "State Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna" is also enlarged in this way.

1945 / Partial destruction of the museum building by impact of war. / / War losses on collection objects, even in the places of rescue of objects.

1946 / The return of the outsourced objects of art begins. A portion of the during the Nazi time expropriated objects is returned in the following years.

1947 / The "State Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna" is renamed "Austrian Museum of Applied Arts".

1948 / The "Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen" organizes the exhibition The St. Stephen's Cathedral in the Museum of Applied Arts. History, monuments, reconstruction.

1949 / The Museum is reopened after repair of the war damages.

1950 / As last exhibition under director Richard Ernst takes place Great art from Austria's monasteries (Middle Ages).

1951 / Ignaz Schlosser is appointed manager.

1952 / The exhibition Social home decor, designed by Franz Schuster, makes the development of social housing in Vienna again the topic of the Museum of Applied Arts.

1955 / The comprehensive archive of the Wiener Werkstätte (workshop) is acquired.

1955-1985 / The Museum publishes the periodical ancient and modern art .

1956 / Exhibition New Form from Denmark, modern design from Scandinavia becomes topic of the museum and model.

1957 / On the occasion of the exhibition Venini Murano glass, the first presentation of Venini glass in Austria, there are significant purchases and donations for the collection of glass.

1958 / End of the Directorate Ignaz Schlosser

1959 / Viktor Griesmaier is appointed as the new director.

1960 / Exhibition Artistic creation and mass production of Gustavsberg, Sweden. Role model of Swedish design for the Austrian art and crafts.

1963 / For the first time in Europe, in the context of a comprehensive exhibition art treasures from Iran are shown.

1964 / The exhibition Vienna 1900 presents Crafts of Art Nouveau for the first time after the Second World War. / / It is started with the systematic processing of the archive of the Wiener Werkstätte. / / On the occasion of the founding anniversary grantes the exhibition 100 years Austrian Museum of Applied Arts using examples of historicism insights into the collection.

1965 / The Geymüllerschlössel is as a branch of the Museum angegliedert (annexed). Gleichzeitig (at the same time) with the building came the important collection of Franz Sobek - old Viennese clocks, emerged between 1760 and the second half of the 19th Century - and furniture from the years 1800 to 1840 in the possession of the MAK.

1966 / In the exhibition Selection 66 selected items of modern Austrian interior designers (male and female ones) are merged.

1967 / The Exhibition The Wiener Werkstätte. Modern Arts and Crafts from 1903 to 1932 is founding the boom that continues to today of Austria's most important design project in the 20th Century.

1968 / On Viktor Griesmaier follows Wilhelm Mrazek as director.

1969 / The exhibition Sitting 69 shows on the international modernism oriented positions of Austrian designers, inter alia by Hans Hollein.

1974 / For the first time outside of China Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China are shown in a traveling exhibition in the so-called Western world.

1979 / Gerhart Egger is appointed director .

1980 / The exhibition New Living. Viennese interior design 1918-1938 provides the first comprehensive presentation of the art space in Vienna during the interwar period.

1981 / Herbert Fux follows Gerhart Egger as Director.

1984 / Ludwig Neustift is appointed interim director. / / Exhibition Achille Castiglioni: Designer. First exhibition of the Italian designer in Austria

1986 / Peter NOEVER is appointed as Director and started building up the collection of contemporary art.

1987 / Josef Hoffmann. Ornament between hope and crime is the first comprehensive exhibition on the work of the architect and designer.

1989-1993 / General renovation of thee old buildings and construction of a two-storey underground storeroom and a connecting tract. A generous deposit for collection and additional exhibit spaces arise.

1989 / Exhibition Carlo Scarpa. The other city, the first comprehensive exhibition on the work of the architect outside Italy.

1990 / exhibition Hidden impressions. Japonisme in Vienna 1870-1930, first exhibition on the theme of the Japanese influence on the Viennese Modernism.

1991 / exhibition Donald Judd Architecture, first major presentation of the artist in Austria.

1992 / Magdalena Jetelová domestication of a pyramid (installation in the MAK portico).

1993 / The permanent collection is re-established, interventions of internationally recognized artists (Barbara Bloom, Eichinger oder Knechtl, Günther Förg, GANGART, Franz Graf, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Peter Noever, Manfred Wakolbinger and Heimo Zobernig) update the prospects, in the sense of "Tradition and Experiment". The halls on Stubenring accommodate furthermore the study collection and the temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists reserved gallery. The building in the Weiskirchnerstraße is dedicated to changing exhibitions. / / The opening exhibition Vito Acconci. The City Inside Us shows a room installation by New York artist.

1994 / The Gefechtsturm (defence tower) Arenbergpark becomes branch of the MAK. / / Start of the cooperation MAK/MUAR - Schusev State Museum of Architecture Moscow. / / Ilya Kabakov: The Red Wagon (installation on the MAK terrace plateau).

1995 / The MAK founds the branch of MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, in the Schindler House and at the Mackey Apartments, MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program starts in October 1995. / / Exhibition Sergei Bugaev Africa : Krimania.

1996 / For the exhibition Philip Johnson: Turning Point designs the American doyen of architectural designing the sculpture "Viennese Trio", which is located since 1998 at the Franz-Josefs-Kai/Schottenring.

1998 / The for the exhibition James Turrell. The other Horizon designed Skyspace today stands in the garden of MAK Expositur Geymüllerschlössel. / / Overcoming the utility. Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte, the first comprehensive Personale of the work of the designer of Wiener Werkstätte after the Second World War.

1999 / Due to the Restitution Act and the Provenance Research from now on numerous during the Nazi time confiscated objects are returned .

2000 / Outsourcing the federal museums, transforming the museum into a "scientific institution under public law". / / The exhibition of art and industry. The beginnings of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna are dealing with the founding history of the house and the collection.

2001 / As part of the exhibition Franz West: No Mercy, for which the sculptor and installation artist developed his hitherto most extensive work the "Four lemurs heads " are placed at the Stubenbrücke located next to the MAK. / / Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments.

2001-2002 / The CAT Project - Contemporary Art Tower after New York, Los Angeles, Moscow and Berlin in Vienna is presented.

2002 / Exhibition Nodes. symmetrical-asymmetrical. The historic Oriental Carpets of the MAK presents the extensive rug collection.

2003 / Exhibition Zaha Hadid. Architecture. / / For the anniversary of the artist workshop, the exhibition The Price of Beauty. 100 years Wiener Werkstätte takes place. / / Richard Artschwager: The Hydraulic Door Check. Sculpture, painting, drawing.

2004 / James Turrell MAKlite is since November 2004 permanently on the facade of the building installed. / / Exhibition Peter Eisenmann. Barefoot on White-Hot Walls, large-scaled architectural installation on the work of the influential American architect and theorist.

2005 / Atelier Van Lieshout: The Disziplinatornbsp / / The exhibition Ukiyo-e Reloaded for the first time presents the collection of Japanese woodblock prints of the MAK in large scale.

2006 / Since the beginning of the year the birthplace of Josef Hoffmann in Brtnice of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and the MAK Vienna as a joint branch is run and presents special exhibitions annually. / / The exhibition The Price of Beauty. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House brings the objects of the Wiener Werkstätte to Brussels. / / Exhibition Jenny Holzer: XX.

2007/2008 / Exhibition Coop Himmelb(l)au. Beyond the Blue, is the hitherto largest and most comprehensive museal presentation of the global team of architects .

2008 / The 1936 according to plans of Rudolph M. Schindler built Fitzpatrick-Leland House, a generous gift from Russ Leland to the MAK Center LA, becomes using a promotion that granted the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department the MAK Center, the center of the MAK UFI project - MAK Urban Future Initiative. / / Julian Opie: Recent Works / / The exhibition Recollecting. Looting and Restitution examines the status of efforts to restitute expropriated objects from Jewish property of museums in Vienna.

2009 / The permanent exhibition Josef Hoffmann: Inspiration is in the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice opened. / / Exhibition Anish Kapoor. Shooting into the Corner / / The museum sees itself as a promoter of Cultural Interchange and discusses in the exhibition Global:lab Art as a message. Asia and Europe 1500-1700 the intercultural as well as the intercontinental cultural exchange based on objects from the MAK and from international collections.

2011 / After Peter Noevers resignation Martina Kandeler-Fritsch takes over temporarily the management. / / Since 1 September Christoph Thun-Hohenstein is director of the MAK.

www.mak.at/das_mak/geschichte

Replacing an earlier photo taken 19JUN15 with a better version 18-Jun-16.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Oct-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Jun-25.

 

With additional 'Continental Connection' sticker by the forward door.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 06-Apr-24.

 

Photo taken from the International Office Centre at the end of Ringway Road, on final approach for runway 24R.

 

Named: "City of Luxembourg / Grand Dutchy of Luxembourg".

 

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1785B, this aircraft was delivered to Cargolux Airlines as LX-FCV in Nov-93.

 

It was sold to UPS - United Parcel Service in Sep-09 as N581UP and initially stored at Roswell, NM, USA. The aircraft entered service in Sep-10. Current, updated 07-Apr-24.

 

Note: The registration LX-FCV was previously used on a Cargolux / Lion Air Boeing 747-121 (passenger version) between Jan-88 / Jun-90.

Railway Gazette reported on the 16th December 2016 that the leaders of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority had givene the go-ahead for a £460m project to replace the Merseyrail suburban electric multiple-unit fleet. This includes the selection of Stadler to supply a fleet of 52 trainsets for entry into service from the end of 2020. Contracts are expected to be signed in early 2017.

‘This is a once in a generation opportunity for custom-built trains that will be safer and carry more people more quickly’, said Chair of the combined authority and Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson. ‘Unusually, these trains will be owned by us locally, meaning we can make sure the trains are exactly what passengers want and that they are ready for our future plans.’

The project is being financed from a reserve fund which had been established for the purpose, as well as loans which the combined authority is to secure from sources including the European Investment Bank. Transport authority Merseytravel will own the trains and lease them to the operating concessionaire, which will be paid a lower operating fee to account for the expected increase in revenue and lower running costs.

The fleet renewal programme also includes power supply, track, and station upgrades and refurbishment of the Kirkdale and Birkenhead North depots. The reduced journey times and better reliability means the decision has been made to order 52 EMUs to replace the current fleet of 59 trains.

The first EMU is scheduled to be delivered in summer 2019 for several months of testing ahead of the delivery of series-built trains by the end of 2020. A new timetable will be introduced in 2021 once the existing Class 507 and 508 units dating from the 1970s have been withdrawn; the new trains’ better acceleration and braking is expected to enable Hunt’s Cross – Southport journey times to be reduced by 9 min.

The 65 m long four-car EMUs will have the same number of seats as the existing three-car sets, but will be 4 m longer with wide through gangways to provide an increase in standing space. This will increase total capacity per EMU from 303 to 486 passengers.

There will be a mix of airline and facing seats, with more space for bicycles, pushchairs and persons with reduced mobility. The train body will be designed specifically for the Merseyrail network, with lower floors and a sliding step to provide near-level access.

There will be a passenger intercom and CCTV linked to the driver and control room. The doors will be illuminated red, amber and green inside and out to show when they are opening or closing and when it is safe to board and alight.

At 99 tonnes, the EMUs will be lighter than the current 105 tonne trains, and energy consumption is expected to be 20% lower, including regenerative braking; options for energy storage are to be studied.

The 750 V DC third-rail EMUs will be capable of conversion to dual-voltage operation for use on 25 kV 50 Hz lines with a view to serving Skelmersdale, Warrington and Wrexham in the longer term.

The trains will be equipped for driver controlled operation, which the combined authority said was ‘put forward by all bidders’ as way to meet the requirements of a report into a fatal incident in 2011. The driver will be responsible for opening and closing the doors and for train dispatch, eliminating the need for guards. Roving customer service roles will be created, with staff available to assist passengers ‘at key locations and times’. There will be fewer customer service roles than guards positions, and while the combined authority envisages there will be natural wastage over the next four years, it has endorsed proposal to guarantee continued employment for all guards currently permanently employed.

‘In an ideal world we’d like to have a second member of staff on every train to ensure the highest level of customer service, but there aren’t the resources to do that’, said Councillor Liam Robinson, Chair of the Merseytravel Committee. ‘Some guards will have the opportunity to be employed in a new on-board customer service role and others will be able to take advantage of other redeployment opportunities, all on the same terms and conditions as now.’

 

The contract came in slightly over budget (£460m vs target of £400m)

52 units, slightly over the tender requirement of 50 but a reduction from current fleet of 59 (increased reliability and faster journey speeds anticipated to compensate)

65m versus tender specification of 60m to allow doubling up, though that wasn't expected to be normal operating practise just for event strengthening (3m longer than current 62m fleet) and they have significantly higher capacity (60%) from being a wide aisle articulated design.

No mention of earlier proposed fleet extension options, the tender called for 60 options on top of original 50

99 tonnes, 6 tonnes lighter than existing trains and 20% more energy efficient.

DOO but with driver aides such as radar to detect obstructions and people standing too close.

The single doors in the end cars appear to be to allow them to work in multiples without having to extend the platforms. By having a single door in the middle of the car the front and or back could potentially overhang the platform ends to provide a capacity uplift without the additional infrastructure costs.

 

Images- Merseytravel/Stadler.

 

- mixed franking...large and small queen stamps.

 

On April 1, 1868, the first set of Dominion of Canada stamps with the vignette of "Victoria Head to Right" was issued. Beginning in 1870, the original issue was replaced by a smaller size. The original 1868 design is referred to as the "Large Queens" while the small design is referred to as the "Small Queens". The Small Queens saw long service and were finally replaced in 1897. - LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2011/05/dominion-of-cana...

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Little Glace Bay Post Office changed its name - 1 April 1902 and became Glace Bay. Glace Bay was incorporated as a town in 1901 and is located 12 miles east of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

 

Grand Narrows is a community in Cape Breton County in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on the east side of Barra Strait. The population in 1956 was 98.

 

The community came to prominence during the 1880's after the Intercolonial Railway built its line from the Strait of Canso to Sydney, crossing the Barra Strait between Iona and Grand Narrows with the Grand Narrows Bridge, still in use, which is the longest railway bridge in Nova Scotia. Grand Narrows became a major transshipment point between rail and waterborne passengers and cargo. A hotel was constructed and became a popular resting spot, Canada's first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald was among its guests.

 

The post office at Grand Narrows was previously called Grand Narrows South...it became Grand Narrows on - 1 April 1895 and closed - 15 June 1960.

 

Christmas Island (Cape Breton Island), Nova Scotia - is located 3 miles east of Grand Narrows. It has a post office, a firehall and a very small population. It also has a beach with access to the Bras d'Or lakes, and a pond that runs into the lake. Christmas Island got its name because of a native that lived there whose surname was Christmas. He died on Ghost Island, adjacent to the beach. The original inhabitants of the land, the Mi'kmaw people, called the area Abadakwichéch, which means "the small reserved portion. The population in 1956 was 151.

 

- sent from - / LITTLE - GLACE • BAY / JU 13 / 70 / C.B / split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - c. 1 June 1866.

 

- sent by registered mail - / REGISTERED / LETTER No. (116) / - straight line marking in black ink - 3 cents per 1/2 oz. + 2 cents registry for service within Canada = 5 cents.

 

The registration service for letters was introduced by Canada on 1 May 1855. Unusual is the fact that in 1875 Canada introduced stamps inscribed ‘Registered Letter Stamp’, the idea being that their use would make registered letters more obvious when the mail was being sorted.

 

- via - / SYDNEY / JU 13 / 70 / C.B / - split ring transit backstamp - this split ring hammer was proofed c. 1866.

 

The Postal Way Office at Christmas Island was established in 1857 - it became a Post Office - 1 January 1872 - the Post Office is still open.

 

Addressed to: Malcolm McDougall Esq. / Merchant / Grand Narrows / Cape Breton

 

(September 8, 1930 Newspaper) - James McDougall, 80, Postmaster at Christmas Island, Has Interesting Career - SIDNEY, N.S., an eighty year-old veteran of the Canadian postal service stand at the rail side at Christmas Island to take Into custody His Majesty' mall from the Halifax-Sydney express. For fifty-one year James McDougall has been sorting mall for his community. His father, Malcolm McDougall, was first postmaster at the village, assuming his duties some ninety years ago, and continuing In that capacity until his son took offlce on September 1, 1879, with the exception of four year, during which owing to a change of government the position was held by a neighbor - (James J. McDougall). When James McDougall became postmaster on his twenty-eighth birthday, the Cape Breton Railway had not been built, and western malls were brought Into the island by coach. - For some years he met the mall at the Grand Narrows ferry, carrying outgoing letter the three mile distance, and returning with communication from the outside world. When the postal service was taken over on the Intercolonial Railway forty years ago, he took the contract for carrying mall to and from the train, and he never been known to fall in delivery or reception of mails at the car. The late Malcolm McDougall, the present postmaster' father, established a mercantile business at Christmas Island, one hundred and one year ago, when he was sixteen years old, and that business has been continued without Intermission. It Is carried on today by his son.

 

Malcolm McDougall

Birth - 7 Jul 1813 in Christmas Island, Cape Breton

Death - 24 Mar 1892 (aged 78)

He was a merchant, Postal Way Office Keeper and Postmaster at Christmas Island, Cape Breton

LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/157468415/malcolm-mcdougall

 

His wife - Mary (nee McNeil) McDougall

Birth - 29 Dec 1820

Death - 22 Apr 1885 (aged 64)

 

They had nine children: Lucy McDougall (1850–1867), James McDougall (1851–), Margaret Ann McDougall (1854–1889), Sarah McDougall (1855–1858), Elizabeth McDougall (1857–1902) and -

 

Son - Hector Francis McDougall

Birth - 6 Jun 1848 in Christmas Island, C.B.

Death - 27 Nov 1914 (aged 66) at Glace Bay, Cape Breton

He was a was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton in the House of Commons of Canada from 1884 to 1900 as a Liberal-Conservative. He was named a justice of the peace in 1873. He was a councillor for Cape Breton Municipality Number 14, Grassy Narrows, from 1886 to 1889.

 

Hector Francis McDougall was born in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia, the son of Malcolm McDougall and Mary McNeil. In 1875, he married Christina Cameron. McDougall became a general merchant at Christmas Island. He was a councillor for Cape Breton Municipality Number 14, Grassy Narrows, from 1886 to 1889. McDougall represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1878 to 1882. He was a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1882 but was elected in an 1884 by-election held after William McDonald was named to the Senate. McDougall was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection in 1900. He died in Glace Bay at the age of 66.

 

W547 SJF - Soon to be replaced by new WRC. This will then move to Lutterworth.

ISS036-E-018008 (12 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, removes and replaces the particulate filter for the Water Pump Assembly 2 (WPA2) in Tranquility (also called Node 3) on the International Space Station.

The Wheeling Intelligencer published on Wednesday, July 15th, 1908:

 

An historic landmark, probably one of the most important remaining in West Virginia, has been removed. The demolition of the Betty Zane cabin, located on Market alley, between Main and Market streets, was completed yesterday, negotiations for the purchase of the place by the local chapter of the Daughters and Sons of the Revolution having fallen flat.

 

Offers to Mr Feinler were far below the value of the ground occupied by the historic old cabin. It is understood that a number of offers were made by private parties who hoped to secure the property and sell it to the City or state for a large sum.

 

Many public spirited citizens of Wheeling extensively discussed the advisability of purchasing the property and presenting it to the city to be retained and preserved as a memorial of Wheeling’s early days and the stirring times of Indian warfares. Their offer for the property, however, is said to have been, far below its real value.

 

Work is soon to he started on a handsome new brick structure that is to replace the old relic.

 

The famous old building will not be lost to history, however, as M.r Feinler has artfully stored away the logs and in fact every visage of the structure. Many additional relics, bearing out the theory that it was without doubt the original Betty Zane cabin or “powder house,” were discovered when the workmen were excavating in the crude foundations.

 

Mr. Feinler will begin work on the new building as soon as practicable. It will be a three-story brick structure. The first floor will be used as a business house, and the second and third for flats. The plans will be prepared by Architect Leiner. The brickwork contract has been awarded to Contractor Hamilton and the woodwork will be done by McDonald Brothers.

 

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On Saturday, May 18th, 1946, the Intelligencer further reported:

 

Wheeling’s early history is inseparably tied up with Betty Zane’s girlish heroics and one Andrew Christian Maximilian Hess, is seeing to it that the remaining vestige of her sojourn here are preserved for posterity.

 

When it became known that the logs from the original Betty Zane cabin, which stood for years and years in the Stone & Thomas alley, were stored in an old residence in North Wheeling; a house that was to be razed for the building materials it contained, Andrew bought them and turned them over to Oglebay Park.

 

The timbers are about 18 inches wide and four inches thick and are excellently preserved, being of walnut. Just what disposition of them will be made at the park is not determined at this time, but they will likely be utilized in a special Betty Zane room for one of the buildings on Oglebay’s blueprints for the future. There are too few of the Zane logs to reconstruct a complete cabin. During the years, some of the cabin’s original logs were used for making gavels for various organizations.

 

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In the July 2, 1976, Bicentennial edition of the Wheeling News-Register/Intelligencer, the newspaper reported:

"The cabin, located in Stone's Alley, was dismantled about 1910, the logs stored by Mrs. Gibson Caldwell, later by Andrew C. M. Hess. They were presented to Oglebay Park when Wilson Lodge was built and today are an integral part of the Betty Zane room there."

 

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- Photograph from the collections of the Ohio County Public Library Archives.

 

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Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 18-Nov-18.

 

Taken through glass from the old Emirates offices in the Control Tower Block Extension.

 

This aircraft was delivered to CSA Czechoslovak Airlines as OK-OBL in Nov-84. It was leased to Air Moravia in Dec-91 and returned to CSA in Jun-92 (presumably why it has no titles in my photo). The aircraft operated CSA's last IL-62 flight in Oct-94 and was stored at Prague. It was sold to Bemoair in Apr-96 and sold to Egretta in May-97. The aircraft was leased to Air Cess (based at Sharjah, UAE) in May-98. It was sold to Yana Air as XU-229 (Cambodia) in Jan-99 and operated out of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE with additional Sin-Sad titles. It was stored at Ras Al Khaimah in mid 2001 and broken up there in Oct-06.

replaced with the full resolution image!

 

Testshot with f/1.4

the mirror in the middle is used to align the camera perfect vertically to the paper/wall

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-May-25.

 

Named: "Deanie". Fleet No: "603".

 

This aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ADBO, a standard DC-10-30, in Jan-74 and was operated for 16 years until it was sold to Aircraft Trading and Services in Dec-90.

 

It was due to be leased to Zambia Airways as 9J-AFN but due to financing problems the lease never took place and the aircraft was stored at Frankfurt, Germany.

 

In Jul-91 it was bought back by Lufthansa and returned to service until it was withdrawn from use and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in May-93.

 

The aircraft was sold to Gemini Air Cargo in Nov-95 and remained stored until it was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in May-96.

 

It was wet-leased to Sun Country Airlines in May-96, returning to Gemini Air Cargo in Oct-96. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Dec-01. It was broken up at Mojave in Jan-06.

POPULATION 1841 405 / 1851 695 / 1861 1,701 / 1871 5,896 / 1881 16,859 / 1891 59,762 /

1911 78,674 / 1921 91,761 / 1931 116,803 / 1939 144,451 / 1951 154,956 / 1961 155,620 /

1971 153,425 / 1981 144,803 / 1991 151,303 / 2001 163,444

 

This image was taken from the centre of The Square looking over towards Old Christchurch Rd and Gervis Place.

 

Place your cursor over parts of the image to reveal further information.

  

A very potted history of The Square.........

 

The Square is where seven roads leading to and from all parts of the borough converge. Although not geographically at the centre of town it is at the heart of what is known as the Town Centre.

The seven roads are.....Old Christchurch Rd ,Gervis Place, Exeter Rd, Commercial Rd, Avenue Rd, Bourne Ave and Richmond Hill.

 

Two hundred years ago and beyond it was the point at which the Bourne stream was crossed, by way of a ford, by those travelling over the unspoilt heath that lay between Christchurch and Poole.

The area was frequented by smugglers who carried out their illegal goings on along this isolated section of coast through much of the 1700s and early 1800s.

From the mid 1700s a small property, Bourne House / Decoy Pond Cottage stood where Debenhams now stands, with an associated decoy pond, used for hunting and trapping wildfowl, being created along the Bourne stream where the War Memorial now stands in the Central Pleasure Gardens.

  

The Square has undergone a number of facelifts in the last 200 years since Bournemouth was officially founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell. The ford was replaced by a wooden bridge in the late 1830s, then a stone one in 1849. Over time the bridge was replaced and the area enlarged resulting in the stream running underground as it flowed from the Central Pleasure Gardens into the Lower Pleasure Gardens on its way to the sea, meaning it can be crossed by thousands of people every day without anyone having to get their feet wet.

 

Not suprisingly the area was known as The Bridge but became known as The Square from the mid 1850s.

 

In 1899 a roundabout with a tall lamp post was created in the centre of The Square which survived until around WW1 when a plain oval 'roundabout', minus the lamp post, replaced it.

In 1925 a Captain Norton donated a shelter cum waiting room, adorned by a clock, that was used by tram and trolleybus passengers until 1948, when it was replaced by a large roundabout in the middle of which stood a tall pedestal with the clock from the shelter ontop.

In 1992 The Square was semi-pedestrianised with a path created across the roundabout to link the two sides, with the opening of the fully pedestrianised Square, complete with a pebble mosaic, Millenium Flame and Obscura Cafe coming in February 2000.

  

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE IMAGE.

 

A.

The original St Andrews Church was built from corrugated iron sheet over a wooden frame on this site in 1857, and was known as the Scotch Church. This method of construction was a relatively cheap and cheerful way of providing a variety of community buildings such as churches, scout huts and village halls, popular in Victorian times.

It was replaced by this stone building in 1872.

 

In 1888 Central Chambers, that housed the Mansion Hotel was built, which became the Empress Hotel in 1906.

Various commercial premises occupied the ground floor, most notably the Cadena Cafe, part of a national chain.

 

In 1930 the Cadena Cafe was replaced by the National and Provincial Bank who expanded their premises from next door, which they had occupied since 1879.

In 1968, after a merger, the bank became the National Westminster Bank [ Nat West ], who still occupy the buildings today.

 

The Empress Hotel closed in 1953, with the name transferring to the Osborne Hotel on Exeter Rd.

 

B.

 

This National and Provincial Bank building was built in 1879.

It was where the small wooden hut that was Robert Day's photographic studio stood from the early 1860s.

Day took many of the early images of Bournemouth.

 

The National and Provincial Bank expanded into the neighbouring Central Chambers in 1930, replacing the Cadena Cafe.

In 1968, as a result of a merger, it became the National Westminster Bank who still occupy the premises today.

 

C.

This building dates from 1881 and replaced Beckford House which was built in 1848 as the home of George Fox who originally rented the nearby Tregonwell Arms from Mrs Tregonwell in 1837, before purchasing it in 1840.

 

The pub also became the town's first post office in 1839, a function that later transferred to Beckford House.

 

The above building was replaced by the present one in 1963, and has been home to the 'Alliance and Leicester', now Santander, ever since.

 

D.

Rebbeck's Corner at the junction of Old Christchurch Rd and Gervis Place.

William Rebbeck came to Bournemouth in the 1830s as estate agent to the 'Bourne Tregonwell' estate.

 

In 1851, Rebbeck's small single storey office was built here and had an extra floor added in 1873.

The building directly behind is Gervis Villa, the Rebbeck family home.

In 1887 the office and the villa were replaced by a much larger Rebbeck's building which they occupied until 1934 when they moved to their new premises, next door to what is today the Moon In The Square pub, where they still trade as Rebbeck Brothers, although there is no longer any family involvement.

Their former premises were replaced by the current building, a shop, in 1936.

It was a Dolcis shoe shop for years and is a T Mobile store in 2011.

 

E.

The Lower Pleasure Gardens were formally laid out in 1873 after several years spent draining and preparing the land.

A relatively small area had been enclosed in 1849, opposite the Westover Villas that stood on Westover Rd where a path through the pine trees was created and called Invalids Walk. Later renamed Pine Walk it is still used today.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 11-Aug-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 29-Dec-24.

 

Fleet No: "1612".

 

This aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines as N1612T in May-01. It was fitted with blended winglets in Apr-09. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Victorville, CA, USA in Mar-20 as a consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

 

In Jan-21 the aircraft was sold to Amazon Services LLC and ferried to Mexico City to await cargo conversion. It was re-registered N617AZ in Feb-22 and freighter conversion with a main deck cargo door was completed in Jun-22.

 

The aircraft was ferried to Wilmington, OH, USA in Jul-22 and leased to ATI - Air Transport International in Aug-22. It's operated by ATI on behalf of Amazon Prime Air. Current, updated 29-Dec-24.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Mar-23. Recovered from a very 'yellowed' negative.

 

FedEx Europe maintenance used to be done at Manchester.

 

First flown in Feb-85 with the Airbus test registration F-WZEK, this aircraft was originally built as an A310-221 and ordered by VASP Brasil, however the order was cancelled.

 

It was delivered to Pan Am, Pan American World Airways as N803PA in May-85. It was sold to a lessor in Oct-85 and leased back to Pan Am. The aircraft was converted to A310-222 standard in May-86.

 

Pan Am was having financial problems by the early 1990's and in Nov-91 some Pan Am routes and aircraft, including this one, were transferred to Delta Air Lines. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Oct-93 and stored at Atlanta, GA, USA.

 

In Jul-95, after almost two years in storage, the aircraft was sold to FedEx Federal Express. It was re-registered N418FE in Aug-95 and was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Nov-95.

 

The aircraft was in service with FedEx for 17 years before being permanently retired at Victorville, CA, USA in Jun-12. The registration was cancelled in Feb-16.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Apr-26.

 

With additional small "25th Anniversary Sponsor, Boeing" titles.

 

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1787B, this aircraft was delivered to AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services and leased to Air Malta as 9H-ADH in Mar-98.

 

It was wet-leased to Azzurra Air (Italy) between Nov-99 / Mar-00, and again between Dec-00 & the end of Mar-01. It was returned to AWAS in Feb-08 and leased to Air New Zealand as ZK-NGP the following month.

 

The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Aug-14 and stored at Christchurch, New Zealand. It was returned to the lessor in Oct-14 and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. It was re-registered N175CR in Mar-15 and remained stored.

 

It was sold to another lessor in Apr-15 and ferried to Tampa, FL, USA for freighter conversion. Conversion was completed in Sep-15 and the aircraft was leased to Texel Air (Bahrain) as A9C-APC a few days later.

 

The aircraft is said to have been transferred to Texel Air Australasia, based in New Zealand, in Mar-23. However I'm unable to find any information. It was sold to K2 Aviation Partners in Jun-24 while the lease to Texel Air continued.

 

It was parked at Bahrain in Sep-24 and returned to the lessor in Oct-24 when it was ferried to Yerevan, Armenia and stored. It was leased to Armenia Airways as EK73750 in Jan-25 and appears to have remained stored at Yerevan.

 

The aircraft was ferried to Amman-Marka Civil Airport in early Dec-25, for maintenance? It returned to Yerevan in late Dec-25 but doesn't appear to be operational. Updated 05-Apr-26.

THE CHURCH OF ST. MARGARET, HERRINGFLEET

 

After the building of the free standing round tower, there arose c. 1080AD what is now the Chancel - the Norman Chapel probably replacing an old Saxon-Viking wooden building. In the north wall of the chancel is the Norman slit window, in which has been placed the stained glass figure of a cleric with tonsure, though Watling thought the figure was of St. Olaf holding a book and dagger. At one time this glass with other glass from the priory was stored at Fritton.

 

We do not know the original dedication of the old church at Herringfleet but its dedication to St. Margaret was early and no doubt the result of the crusaders' enthusiasm for the Eastern Martyrs, among them St. George who replaced Edward the Confessor as the Patron Saint of England in the early 13th. Century. St. Margaret in the 4th. Century was the daughter of a pagan priest in the rugged and mountainous region we know now as Turkey. She went to nurse the sick in the company of a Christian nurse and Margaret became a Christian and because of this was driven from her father's house. These were dangerous times - the Era of the Martyrs. Margaret went to live with the nurse and became a shepherdess. One day the Prefect of Antioch, Olybrius, passed by and saw Margaret looking after the sheep and wanted her for his wife if free, for his mistress if a slave. She refused by saying that she had dedicated her whole life to Christ without marriage. Very soon she found herself before a tribunal - perhaps Olybrius intended only to frighten her into submission; it is a mistake many others have made. She then suffered torture and was dragged off to a dungeon where in a dream the devil appeared to her and consumed her. She made the sign of the cross and the devil's body split in half. She awoke, her courage and constancy won many to the faith in spite of the consequences, and because of this Olybrius ordered her to be beheaded. On the way to the place of execution, Margaret was heard to pray that the memory of her escape from the body of the dragon might give help to those in childbirth, and she became the patron saint of women in labour.

 

In the early days of the Fitz Osberts in the 13th. Century, the nave was built to connect the Norman chapel with the tower; the old west doorway of the Norman chapel being placed in its present position in the south wall and made the principal entrance, while the east side of the tower base was opened up with a larger doorway. The northern doorway into the nave has for some time been bricked up.

 

Along the top of Herringfleet Hills, a path led from the top end of Priory Road to the opening at Sunnybank. It ran through the garden of the present house Breckland and can still be found by the presence of flat stones which were laid on the surface though now overgrown by grass and heather. Along this path trod the canons from the Priory to serve St. Margaret's Church till 1537. In the days when the Herringfleet Road was frequently water-logged especially in winter time, this provided the drier way and was something of a short cut.

 

In the late 16th. Century the tower received a new brick parapet, the original height being slightly lowered, and a brick canopy was given to the window in the south chancel wall, though it is conceivable that these works were done by John Francis Leathes

 

as late as 1826. The nave roof has remained thatched with an inside ceiling of arched plaster, now extended into the chancel which has a tile roof.

 

It was however in the 1820s that important changes were made - the east window, the crowning glory of the church, a kaleidoscope of fascinating glass with even more interesting subjects, was put in by Henry Mussenden Leathes whose memorial you will find on the north chancel wall. In the Royal Horse Artillery, he fought in the Peninsular War (1807-1813) and at Waterloo, for which he received medals and clasps. In the Peninsular Campaign he was in Sir John Moore's celebrated retreat and the Battle of Corunna, and in the Waterloo Campaign he served as First Lieutenant in Capt. Mercer's Troop (G. Troop). When only 13 he was a Gentleman Cadet (1st Nov. 1803) - at 15 years 11 months he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on the 12th July 1805. In the Waterloo Roll it is recorded that he resigned his commission in 1819 after earning for himself the description "he was distinguished for his benevolence and philanthropy and was equally loved by rich and poor, young and old, soldiers and civilians". He died at Lowestoft 16th. Dec. 1864 for although his manorial residence was Herringfleet Hall, he actually occupied a house in Lowestoft for many years, where his charity for the poor of the town was outstanding. He was deeply interested in the welfare of the French Fishermen visiting the port, and in cases of sickness his house became a hospital for them. He received the French Gold Medal of Honour First Class from the Emperor Napoleon III. In June 1827 at the age of 38 he had married Charlotte, daughter of John Fowler of Gunton Hall.

 

Replaced the tortoise shell with a Bakelite pickguard. Looks. . ."rigjht" to me.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 17-May-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 30-Jan-24.

 

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWAE, this aircraft was delivered to JAS Japan Air System as JA8565 in Dec-93. It was sold to a leasing company on delivery and leased back to JAS.

 

JAS was merged into Japan Airlines Domestic in Apr-04. The aircraft was sold to JAL in Dec-05 and in Oct-06 the 'Domestic' side of JAL was merged into Japan Airlines International.

 

The aircraft was sold to GA Telesis as N7151 in Dec-10 and was stored at Lourdes (France) before being converted to freighter configuration at Dresden (Germany) in Oct-11.

 

It was leased to EAT European Air Transport Germany as D-AEAO in Oct-11 and operated on behalf of DHL Airways Germany. Now 30 years old the aircraft continues in service. Updated 30-Jan-24.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 15-Apr-20.

 

First flown with the Embraer test registration PT-SAD, this aircraft was delivered to the Hellenic Air Force (Greece) as 135L-484 in Jul-02. As far as I'm aware, it's still in service. Current, updated (Apr-20).

Superb Vera Apollo! I love everything about this puzzle: the cutout, the colors, and the subject. The number of pieces suits me perfectly.

We redid a piece that had been chewed up. I kept the wood, changed the paper, and recolored it; it's almost invisible (except on the back).

 

According to Denis Charveriat, this box design was produced in 1971 and 1972.

Guiding Principle 1: Promote academic excellence, interdisciplinary inquiry, and vital intellectual communities.

 

The professional schools, together on one campus, will host a thriving interdisciplinary graduate experience.

 

A continuing education facility will include the community in the educational experience.

 

New informal learning spaces will revive the heart of the historic campus.

 

Guiding Principle 2: Promote three distinct but seamlessly interconnected campuses to promote interaction.

 

A complete loop road will improve on-campus vehicular circulation and wayfinding.

 

Each academic building will have a “front door” and street address on Hayes Road.

 

A new Transit Pavilion will orient visitors and act as a hub for inter-campus travel.

 

Guiding Principle 3: Be responsible to the larger community by shaping – and being shaped by – broader plans and policies.

 

A new amphitheater and landscaping will welcome public use of the campus “front yard” on Main Street.

 

Improved pedestrian and bicycle paths will connect to University Plaza and other commercial properties.

 

An expanded recreation center and fields will be opened to community recreation and fitness programs.

 

Guiding Principle 4: Provide long-term capital planning and promote prudent stewardship of university resources.

 

Historic and adaptable buildings will be renovated to accommodate the professional schools.

 

State-of-the-art new construction with lower lifecycle costs will replace non-adaptable buildings.

 

Guiding Principle 5: Establish UB as a leader of environmental stewardship and sustainable design.

 

Stormwater management will mitigate the impact of campus runoff on municipal systems.

 

Renovations and new construction will meet the highest standards of sustainable design.

 

Improved transit and bicycle access will provide alternatives to automobile use.

 

Guiding Principle 6: Use the excellent design of campus architecture, landscape architecture and interiors to create great and memorable places contributing to a high quality of campus life.

 

The historic layout of quadrangles and courtyards will inspire the design of new pedestrian-friendly spaces.

 

New and renovated housing suited to graduate lifestyles will expand the on-campus residential neighborhood.

 

A renewed Harriman Quad and adjacent programs will provide a center of gravity for campus life.

 

All new developments will meet or exceed expectations of design excellence, as exemplified by the current John Kapoor Hall project.

 

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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.

North chancel stained glass window designed by Glenn Carter, given by the Officers and Airmen of RAF Swanton Morley to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Station in 1990.

This replaced stained glass recorded in 17c “On two of ye north Chancel windows are 2 persons kneeling in blue gowns but no arms or inscription.”

“On the south windows are some words in round pieces of glass. I believe J..hu Mcy and Lady Help.” . - Church of All Saints, Swanton Morley, Norfolk

 

When Bedford replaced its long-running OB with the forward-control 'Big Bedford' SB, it left the company without a true small-capacity bus chassis for some time. One of the more innovative solutions adopted by some operators was to take the O-Series truck chassis, which remained in production for a short while. This OLAZ is, in reality, a MacBraynes bus; but it would have been equally suitable for rural services in England and Wales. This fictional version carries the livery of Weardale Motor Services from Stanhope in County Durham (15-Aug-14).

 

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The castle has been the seat of the Percy family since Norman times. By 1138 the original motte and bailey castle, with wooden buildings, was replaced with stone buildings and walls. In 1309 the keep and defences were made even stronger by Henry de Percy. The castle then stayed unchanged for 400 years. By the 18th century it had fallen into ruins. The keep however was then turned into a gothic style mansion by Robert Adam. In the 19th century the Duke of Northumberland carried out more restoration of the castle.

 

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ALNWICK CASTLE, THE CASTLE, STABLE COURT AND COVERED RIDING SCHOOL INCLUDING WEST WALL OF RIDING SCHOOL

  

Heritage Category: Listed Building

 

Grade: I

 

List Entry Number: 1371308

 

National Grid Reference: NU 18685 13574

  

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2011

 

NU 1813 NE 2/1 NU 1813 SE 1/1 20.2.52. 5330

 

Alnwick Castle The Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School including West Wall of Riding School

 

GV I

 

Alnwick Castle has work of every period on the line of the original motte and bailey plan. By 1138 a strong stone built border castle with a shell keep in place of the motte, formed the nucleus of the present castle with 2 baileys enclosing about 7 acres. The curtain walls and their square towers rest on early foundations and the inner gatehouse has round-headed arches with heavy chevron decoration. The Castle was greatly fortified after its purchase by Henry de Percy 1309 - the Barbican and Gatehouse, the semi-circular towers of the shell keep, the octagonal towers of the inner gateway and the strong towers of the curtain wall date from the early to mid C14. Ruinous by the C18, the 1st Duke had it rehabilitated and extended by James Prince and Robert Adam, the latter being mainly concerned with the interior decoration, very little of which remains except for fireplaces in the Housekeeper's and the Steward's Rooms and for inside the present Estates Office range. Capability Brown landscaped the grounds, filling in the former moat (formed by Bow Burn). The 4th Duke employed Anthony Salvin 1854-65 at the cost of £1/4 million to remove Adam's fanciful Gothic decoration, to restore a serious Gothic air to the exterior and to redesign the state rooms in an imposing grand Italian manner. The Castle is approached from Bailliff gate through the crenellated Barbican and Gatehouse (early C14): lion rampant (replica) over archway, projecting square side towers with corbelled upper parts, fortified passage over dry moat to vaulted gateway flanked by polygonal towers. Stone figures on crenellations here, on Aveners Tower, on Record Tower and on Inner Gateway were carved circa 1750-70 by Johnson of Stamfordham and probably reflect an earlier similar arrangement. In the Outer Bailey to the, north are the West Garrett (partly Norman), the Abbott's Tower (circa 1350) with a rib vaulted basement, and the Falconer's Tower (1856). To the south are the Aveners Tower [C18], the Clock Tower leading into the Stable Yard, the C18 office block, the Auditor's Tower (early Clk) and the Middle Gateway (circa 1309-15) leading to the Middle Bailey. The most prominent feature of the Castle on the west side is the very large Prudhoe Tower by Salvin and the polygonal apse of the chapel near to it. In the Middle Bailey, to the south are the Warders Tower (1856) with the lion gateway leading by a bridge to the grand stairs into the walled garden, the East Garrett and the Record Tower (C14, rebuilt 1885). In the curtain wall to the north are 2 blocked windows probably from an early C17 building now destroyed and the 'Bloody Gap', a piece of later walling possibly replacing a lost truer; next a small C14 watch tower (Hotspur's Seat); next the Constable's Tower, early C14 and unaltered with a gabled staircase turret; close by is the Postern Tower, early C14, also unaltered.'To the north-west of the Postern Tower is a large terrace made in the C18, rebuilt 1864-65, with some old cannon on it. The Keep is entered from the Octagon Towers (circa 1350) which have 13 heraldic shields below the parapet, besides the agotrop3ic figures, and a vaulted passage expanded from the Norman gateway (fragments of chevron on former outer arch are visible inside). The present arrangement of the inner ward is largely Salvin's work with a covered entrance with a projecting storey and lamp-bracket at the rear of the Prudhoe Tower and a corbelled corridor at 1st floor level on the east. Mediaeval draw well on the east wall, next to the original doorway to the keep, now a recess The keep, like the curtain walls, is largely mediaeval except for some C18 work on the interior on the west and for the Prudhoe Tower and the Chapel. The interior contrasts with the rugged mediaeval exterior with its sumptuous Renaissance decoration, largely by Italians - Montiroli, Nucci, Strazza, Mantavani and inspired from Italian sources. The chapel with its family gallery at the east end has 4 short rib vaulted bays and a shallow 3-light apse; side walls have mosaics, covered now with tapestry. The grand staircase With its groin vaulted ceiling leads to the Guard Chamber from which an ante-room leads west into the Library (in the Prudhoe Tower) and east into the Music Room (fireplace with Dacian captives by Nucci). Further on are the Red Drawing Room (caryatid fireplace by Nucci) and the Dining Room (ceiling design copied from St Lorenzo f.l.m. in Rome and fireplace with bacchante by Strazza and faun by Nucci). South of the Middle Gateway are Salvin's impressive Kitchen quarters where the oven was designed to burn a ton of coal per day. West of the Stable Courtyard, with C19 Guest Hall at the south end, is the C19 covered riding school, with stable to north of it, and with its west wall forming the east side of Narrowgate. The corner with Bailliffgate has an obtuse angled tower of 2 storeys, with a depressed ogee headed doorway from the street, and merlons.

 

Listing NGR: NU1863413479

  

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ALNWICK CASTLE

 

Heritage Category: Park and Garden

 

Grade: I

 

List Entry Number: 1001041

 

National Grid Reference: NU1739315366, NU2254414560

  

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Extensive landscape parks and pleasure grounds developed from a series of medieval deer parks, around Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Percy family since the C14.

 

Between 1750 and 1786, a picturesque landscape park was developed for Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, involving work by James Paine, Robert Adam, and the supervision of work by Lancelot Brown (1716-83) and his foremen Cornelius Griffin, Robson, and Biesley in the 1760-80s, working alongside James and Thomas Call, the Duke's gardeners. During the C19 each successive Duke contributed and elaborated on the expansive, planned estate landscape, within which the landscape park was extended. This was accompanied by extensive C19 garden works, including a walled, formal flower garden designed in the early C19 by John Hay (1758-1836), and remodelled mid C19 by William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881).

 

NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

 

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

 

In the C13, Hulne Park, West Park, and Cawledge were imparked within the Forest of Alnwick. Hulne Park lay to the north-west of Alnwick Castle and Cawledge to the south and south-east. By the late Middle Ages, Hulne Park extended to 4000 acres (c 1620ha) enclosed by some 13 miles (c 21km) of wall. It was stocked with some 1000 fallow deer and a tower at Hulne Priory served as a hunting lodge. The parks formed the basis of Alnwick Park, landscaped by Sir Hugh Smithson (1714-86) who in 1750 became Earl of Northumberland, inheriting his father-in-law's northern estates. Prior to this, from 1748 he and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1716-76), had lived at Stanwick, Yorkshire (qv) and at Syon Park, London (qv), where they had already established a reputation for gardening, attested by Philip Miller's dedication, in 1751, of his Gardener's Dictionary to the Earl.

 

Together they embarked on an ambitious scheme to restore the Castle, develop the grounds and estate, and restore the Percy family traditions and identity at Alnwick. Those employed at Alnwick were also involved elsewhere on the Northumberland estates: James Paine, architect at Syon House, Daniel Garrett, architect at Northumberland House, the Strand (1750-3), Robert Adam, architect at Syon (1762-9), Lancelot Brown, landscape architect at Syon Park (1754-72).

 

In 1751, Thomas Call (1717-82), who had been the Earl's gardener at Stanwick, prepared a scheme for the parklands and pleasure grounds, including a plan for Brizlee Hill (the south part of Hulne Park). Call and his relation James, working at Alnwick by 1756, were responsible for the development of Hulne Park over twenty years. The date and extent of Lancelot Brown's involvement at Alnwick is uncertain, although his foremen Griffin, Robson, and Biesley worked at Alnwick with teams of men between 1771and 1781 and records shown that they also worked alongside Call and his men (in 1773 for example, Call had a team of sixty men and Biesley one of seventy-eight).

  

Hulne Park was developed as a picturesque pleasure ground with extensive rides, follies, and the enhancement of natural features. A characteristic of the Duke's scheme was his recognition of antiquarian sites within the landscape, which were embellished. Thus in 1755, Hulne Priory was purchased to become the focal point of Hulne Park. A garden was made within the cloister walls and, from c 1763, the priory became the gamekeeper's residence, with a menagerie of gold and silver pheasants. Statues of friars cut by the mason Matthew Mills were set in the landscape. In 1774, a medieval commemorative cross to Malcolm Canmore (listed grade II), situated at the northern entrance to the North Demesne, was restored.

 

Following the Duchess' death in 1776, the Duke decorated all her favourite locations with buildings, some being ideas she had noted in her memoranda. Work also included other notes and ideas the Duchess had had, including the ruin at Ratcheugh Crag and some ninety-eight drives and incidents.

 

Plans for the parklands at the North Demesne, Denwick, and Ratcheugh Crags were developed in the late 1760s, although in the case of the North Demesne some parkland planting had been undertaken by 1760, and the major work undertaken in the early 1770s is that attributed to Brown, mainly on stylistic grounds.

 

During the C19, under the second Duke (1742-1817) the parks were extended, this including the purchase of Alnwick Abbey and part of its estate. The complex of drives was also extended and this was accompanied by extensive plantations, including the large Bunker Hill plantation central to the north area of Hulne Park, named to commemorate the Duke's action in 1775 in the War of American Independence. Most significantly, between 1806 and 1811, building centred on construction of a perimeter wall, defining the boundary of Hulne Park, and lodges and gateways at entrances to the parks. The carriage drives were extended, necessitating the construction of bridges over the River Aln. These schemes were implemented by estate workers, local masons, and David Stephenson, the Duke's architect.

 

As the Castle had no formal flower gardens, John Hay was commissioned between 1808 and 1812 to design pleasure gardens to the south-east of the Castle, linking it with a new walled garden at Barneyside, furnished with a range of hothouses, glasshouses, and pine pits. These were extended in the 1860s when Anthony Salvin, employed in the restoration of the Castle, built a gateway between the inner bailey and the pleasure gardens. Nesfield designed a scheme for the walled gardens to be developed as an ornamental flower and fruit garden, with a large central pool, conservatory, and a series of broad terraces and parterres. The Alnwick scheme can be compared to Nesfield's in the precincts of Arundel Castle, West Sussex (qv), in 1845.

 

Alnwick Castle, parks and estate remain (2000) in private ownership, the latest significant developments being the replanting and restoration of the North Demesne (1990s) and plans to completely remodel the walled garden.

 

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

 

Alnwick Castle parks cover a tract of countryside encircling Alnwick town on its west, north, north-east, and south sides. The land is a mixture of contrasting landscape types, with high heather moorland and the rough crags of the Northumbrian Sandstone Hills sweeping down to the improved pasture lands along the wooded Aln valley. The parks exploit the boundaries of these distinctive landforms where the rugged moorland gives way to the pastoral, rolling landscape of the Aln, on its route to the sea. In the west parklands the river is confined between hills, and in places has incised deep, narrow valleys while in the east the landscape is more open.

 

The registered area of 1300ha is bounded on its north-east side by the Hulne Park wall, west of the Bewick to Alnwick Road (B6346). The west side of the area here registered follows field boundaries to the west of Shipley Burn, starting at Shipley Bridge, and then turns south-west at a point c 1km south of the bridge. It then runs for south-west for c 2.3km, to the west of Hulne Park, before crossing the River Aln and running parallel to Moorlaw Dean for c 1.2km, on the west side of the burn. The southern area is defined by Hulne Park wall running around the south point of Brizlee Wood then in a line due east, south of Cloudy Crags drive, to cross the Stocking Burn and reach Forest Lodge. The boundary then defines the north-western extent of Alnwick town and, crossing the Canongate Bridge, the southernmost extent of the Dairy Grounds.

 

To the east of the Castle the registered area takes in the entire North Demesne bounded on its north by Long Plantation, a perimeter belt which lies on the south side of Smiley Lane and then extends eastwards to meet the junction of the B1340 and A1 trunk road. The A1 has effectively cut through the North Demesne from north to south and, although physically divorcing the two areas, they are still visually conjoined. Defined on its north side within the hamlet of Denwick by tree belts, the park extends eastwards for 1km before cutting across southwards to meet the River Aln at Lough House. This latter stretch is bounded by a perimeter belt. The south boundary of the North Demesne follows the river in part, before meeting the Alnwick to Denwick road (B1340). To the south, the Castle gardens are delimited from the town by property boundaries along Bondgate. An outlying area of designed landscape at Ratcheugh is also included.

 

A complex series of drives is laid throughout the parks, particularly in Hulne Park. A series of thirty standing stones stand at the beginning of the drives or where they converge. These are inscribed with the names of the drives and act as signposts.

 

Alnwick Castle (1134 onwards, c 1750-68 by James Paine and Robert Adam, 1854-6 by Anthony Salvin, listed grade I) lies on the high ground on the south side of the Aln valley, commanding views to the north, east, and west. To the south is Alnwick town but the landscape is designed so that the town is not in view of the Castle. The principal views from the Castle lie over the North Demesne.

 

The North Demesne originally included Denwick Park (they have now been divided by the A1 road), and together these 265ha form the core parkland designed by Brown. Perimeter tree belts define the park, and clumps and scatters of specimen trees ornament the ground plan. The Aln has been dammed to give the appearance of an extensive, natural serpentine lake, with bridges as focal points: the Lion Bridge (John Adam 1773, listed grade I) and Denwick Bridge (1766, probably also by Adam, listed grade I). A programme of replanting and restoration of the North Demesne is under way (late 1990s).

 

The medieval deer park of Hulne extended to the north of the Shipley Road (outside the area here registered). Hulne Park is now 1020ha and is in agricultural and forestry use. The principal entrance from Alnwick town is Forest Lodge, the only extant part of Alnwick Abbey. Hulne Park is completely enclosed by an early C19 perimeter wall, c 3m high with shaped stone coping and buttresses every 20m. Nearly 5km of wall lies alongside roads, 5km across fields, and 5km defines perimeter woodland and moorland from the enclosed park.

 

The park design consists of a series of oval-shaped enclosures, defined by tree belts vital for shelter. The highest point is in the west area of the park, from where there are long-distance views east to the sea. The River Aln winds its way through the park via a series of contrasting steep valleys and flatter lands. The valleys are emphasised by planting on the upper slopes, while the lower areas are encircled with designed plantations to emphasise the river's meanders and ox-bow lakes.

 

Picturesque incidents survive at Nine Year Aud Hole, where the statue of a hermit (late C18, listed grade II) stands at the entrance to a natural cave along Cave Drive, and at Long Stone, a monolith standing high on the west side of Brizlee Hill, with panoramic views over Hulne Park to the north-west. The picturesque highlight is Hulne Priory (original medieval buildings, C18 alterations and enhancements, all listed grade I), which includes a summerhouse designed by Robert Adam (1778-80, listed grade I) and statues of praying friars erected in the Chapter House (late C18). The Priory's picturesque qualities are well appreciated from Brizlee Tower (Robert Adam, listed grade I), built in 1781 to commemorate the creation of the Alnwick parks by the first Duke and Duchess, a Latin inscription stating:

 

Circumspice! Ego omnia ista sum dimensus; Mei sunt ordines, Mea descriptio Multae etiam istarum arborum Mea manu sunt satae. [Look about you. I have measured all these things; they are my orders; it is my planning; many of these trees have been planted by my own hand.]

 

Brizlee is sited on a high point which can be seen in views north-west from the Castle, mirroring views north-east to the 'Observatory' on Ratcheugh Crag, a sham ruined castle sited as an eyecatcher on high ground and built by John Bell of Durham in 1784 (plans to further elaborate it were designed by Robert Adam).

 

Another principal feature of Hulne Park is a series of regular, walled enclosures (the walls set in ditches with banks cast up inside the compounds) which line Farm Drive, the central road through the park, north-westwards from Moor Lodge. This functioned as the third Duke's menagerie, and is still pasture.

 

The 15ha Dairy Ground links Hulne Park and the North Demesne. It principally consists of the Aln valley north-west of the Castle, stretching between Canongate Bridge and Lion Bridge, laid out as pleasure gardens. Barbara's Bank and the Dark Walk are plantations laid out with walks on the steep slopes with a Curling Pond to the north of the Aln.

 

The walled garden of 3ha lies to the south-east of the Castle, reached by the remains of C19 pleasure gardens laid out on the slopes above Barneyside. After the Second World War use of the glasshouses ceased, and until recently (late 1990s) the Estate Forestry Department used it. The earthwork terraces and remnants of specimen planting of Nesfield's scheme survive.

 

REFERENCES

 

Note: There is a wealth of material about this site. The key references are cited below.

 

The Garden, 5 (1874), pp 100-1, 188; 20 (1881), pp 155-6 Gardeners' Chronicle, ii (1880), pp 523-4, 587; ii (1902), pp 273-4 J Horticulture and Cottage Gardener 15, (1887), pp 296-8 P Finch, History of Burley on the Hill (1901), p 330 Country Life, 65 (22 June 1929), pp 890-8; 66 (6 July 1929), pp 16-22; 174 (4 August 1983), p 275 D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), pp 103-4 Garden History 9, (1981), pp 174-7 Capability Brown and the Northern Landscape, (Tyne & Wear County Council Museums 1983), pp 19, 22-3, 27, 42 Restoration Management Plan, Alnwick Castle, (Land Use Consultants 1996) C Shrimpton, Alnwick Castle, guidebook, (1999)

 

Description written: August 2000 Resgister Inspector: KC Edited: June 2003

  

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/100104...

 

See also:-

 

www.alnwickcastle.com/

 

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnwick_Castle

 

Replacing your old full bed headboard with the new model may be part of your house renovation. This is common, as people sometimes can be bored of their home decoration or interior design look. It is not so difficult to design your new full bed headboard, or you can even utilize your used doors...

 

midcityeast.com/what-is-your-favorite-full-bed-headboard/

Native copper-replaced cross-bedded sedimentary rocks from the Precambrian of Michigan, USA. (CMNH 20309, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

 

A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5500 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.

 

Elements are fundamental substances of matter - matter that is composed of the same types of atoms. At present, 118 elements are known. Of these, 98 occur naturally on Earth (hydrogen to californium). Most of these occur in rocks & minerals, although some occur in very small, trace amounts. Only some elements occur in their native elemental state as minerals.

 

To find a native element in nature, it must be relatively non-reactive and there must be some concentration process. Metallic, semimetallic (metalloid), and nonmetallic elements are known in their native state as minerals.

 

Copper is the only metallic element that has a "reddish" color - it’s actually a metallic orange color. Most metallic elements, apart from gold & copper, are silvery-gray colored. Copper tends to form sharp-edged, irregular, twisted masses of moderately high density. It is moderately soft, but is extremely difficult to break. It has no cleavage and has a distinctive hackly fracture.

 

The unbelievable copper specimen shown above comes from northern Michigan's White Pine Mine, which is developed in the Precambrian-aged Nonesuch Shale (~1.07 to 1.08 Ga). At this mine, native copper is usually encountered filling fractures (joints). This large, 70-pound specimen represents actual sedimentary rock that has been replaced by native copper. The irregular layers are crossbeds, which formed as the original sediments were deposited by a one-directional current. The small black-colored patches are bits of the unaltered sedimentary host rock. White Pine Mine copper mineralization occurred at 1.05 to 1.06 billion years ago.

 

Stratigraphy: lower Nonesuch Shale (near the contact with the Copper Harbor Conglomerate), late Mesoproterozoic, ~1.07-1.08 Ga

 

Locality: near the southwestern shaft at the 2500 foot level, White Pine Mine, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA

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Photo gallery of copper:

www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=1209

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Aug-14.

Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a slightly better version 08-Jun-19.

 

Named: "Snoopy".

 

This aircraft was delivered to Western Airlines as N909WA in May-78. Western was merged into Delta Air Lines in Apr-87. The aircraft was sold to UAS and leased to Scanair (charter subsidiary of SAS) in Jun-88. It was sub-leased to American Airlines the following day and returned to Scanair in Nov-88.

 

The aircraft was re-registered SE-DHY in Feb-89. It was wet-leased to Sun Country Airlines in Nov-94. While it was with Sun Country, Scanair was merged with Conair Scandinavia (registered in Denmark) to form Premair in Jan-94 and the aircraft returned to Premiair in Apr-94.

 

In late 1994 Premiair's Tour Operator owner was bought by the UK's Airtours Group. The aircraft was re-registered OY-CNY in May-95. In 1996 Premiair's aircraft were repainted in the Airtours Group livery although the Premiair name was retained.

 

In Oct-00 the aircraft was transferred to Airtours International Airways as G-TDTW (it was originally to have been registered G-PRMJ but that wasn't taken up). In May-02 Airtours International was renamed MyTravel Airways. The DC-10's were retired at the end of the 2003 summer season and this aircraft was initially stored at Exeter, UK in Oct-03.

 

It was moved to Kemble, UK in Jan-04 to be broken up. However, it was sold to Aircraft Investment Inc in Mar-04 and remained stored until it was sold (with two sister ships) to Executive Aerospace and registered in Swaziland as 3D-MRQ.

 

It was sold to Interlink Airlines in Jan-05 and ferried to Johannesburg, South Africa where it was stored again. In Jan-06 the aircraft was sold to Global Aviation Investments (Pty) Ltd as ZS-GAW. It remained stored at Johannesburg for another nine years, in faded basic Airtours livery, until it was broken up there in 2015. The registration was cancelled in Jun-15.

* We are photographing our collection and I am replacing earlier quick pictures made with the point and shoot camera with better images made with our professional camera.

 

When we found the 14" urn in a Maryland antique mall we were sure it was an urn for ashes. We have since found it identified as such in books on 19th century funeral practice. The glass is painted maroon on the inside but is scratched in spots and something can be seen in the interior. With some trepidation we removed the metal insert in the neck and were relieved to find it was filled with crumpled paper. It seems likely to us that this never held the ashes of this beauty but was a display sample.

 

** Update - Flickr member Memento Mori1880 wrote to tell me that this is a photograph of the actress/singer Lillian Russell. A search of photographs of Miss Russell show several with the exact same pins and one with the bow that she is wearing in the urn photograph. This confirms our assumption that it is a sample and was not used as a funeral urn. Miss Russell died in 1922, long after this urn was made.

 

* Update #2 I love flickr! What I enjoy most about collecting is the incentive to research and learn new things. When you combine the vast knowledge and willingness to share of flicker users (Thanks Memento Mori1880) and the depth of information on the internet the possibility can seem overwhelming. Note my comment below with an example of a different pose that must have been taken at the same photo session.

The terrible standard double ladder arrangement has been done away with and replaced with something a bit better.