The three lancets of the west window were reglazed in 1670 under Bishop Creyghton (portrayed kneeling at the base of the central light). The window however suffered much damage over time (largely from strong winds across the open space in front of the cathedral). The central light was thus removed and replaced with imported Continental glass, though this was in turn removed (and relocated elsewhere in the building) and replaced in 1931 by a more complementary design featuring Christ's Tranfiguration by A.K.Nicholson that harmonises well with the 17th century glass on either side.

 

Wells Cathedral is a magical place to me, having cast a spell over me from the very first time I laid eyes on it as a seven-year old when it started to be a regular break on our journeys south west for childhood holidays. Although it wasn't the first cathedral I'd encountered it was the first I'd seen after developing a more conscious interest in church art and architecture and it seemed to me like something from another world (which in many ways it is). I never forgot the impression it made, its beauties inside and out, and having not visited for nearly three decades I decided getting reacquainted was long overdue.

 

Described as England's 'Queen amongst cathedrals' it is not as huge as some but it is as beautiful as any, and its setting within the enclosure of a charming cathedral close that constitutes a large part of this modestly-sized but picturesque cathedral-city just adds to its qualities. Its three towers beckon the visitor through the turreted gates that connect the close to the market place and to walk through these and behold the west facade for the first time is an unforgettable experience. The central tower is a beautiful example of Somerset's pinnacled late Gothic masterpieces, and yet it almost disappears, practically forgotten, when one encounters the rich display between the two western towers with their curiously flat parapets. These towers are also mainly 15th century work, but below them, and built two centuries earlier, the facade unfolds like a huge screen covered with niches, most of which remarkably retain their original statues, the largest display of medieval sculpture surviving in England.

 

Currently visitors are directed to enter via the cloisters on the south side rather than through the surprisingly small, almost apologetic doorways burrowed through the base of this astonishing facade, so it is important to spend some time absorbing it before entering the building. Once inside the effect is rather calmer than the riot of ornamentation on the west front, and the scale a little more intimate and inviting than many cathedral interiors. Most of it is early 13th century and harmonious in style, but it is a later addition that draws the eye looking down the nave, the unique 'scissor arches' installed to brace the crossing in order to stabilise the central tower following signs of movement. The transepts beyond are of the same date and design as the nave, whilst further east the more ornate choir is a little later, being completed in the early 14th century. Beyond this the retrochoir and polygonal Lady Chapel with their delicate pillars and vaults form one of the most delightful and visually satisfying of English medieval interiors.

 

Furnishings and features of interest are plentiful as one explores the church admiring the beauty of its architecture, with much medieval glass surviving at the east end, the east window and the adjoining clerestories having survived almost intact (more survives in the choir aisles and lady chapel though aside from the traceries most is in a fragmentary state). Many medieval bishops effigies are to be seen (many forming a posthumous 13th century commemoration of earlier Saxon bishops) along with three chantry chapels. In the north transept is the famous medieval astronomical clock with its painted dials and jousting knights marking the quarter hours.

 

One of the most exquisite features is the chapter house also on the north side, approached via a delightfully timeworn staircase and covered by a particularly attractive vaulted ceiling. It is one of the highlights of the building and shouldn't be missed. The cloisters on the south side are also a delight to wander through and were one of the last major additions to the cathedral.

 

Wells Cathedral is without a doubt one of the country's greatest treasures and in my mind one of the most beautiful churches anywhere and even its surroundings are a joy to explore. It is sad to think of it closed at present owing to the current lockdown, it deserves to be visited and enjoyed again by all once the present crisis is over.

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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

  

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

 

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

 

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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

  

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See also:-

 

www.alnwickcastle.com/

 

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnwick_Castle

 

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St Peter and St Paul, Shropham, Norfolk

 

Shropham is a largish village on the edge of the Breckland, not far from the Gallows HIll interchange on the A11, but with the water meadows of the young River Thet keeping the modern world at arms length. The parish was a large one for the Brecklands in medieval times. Shropham Hall is a good mile off, as close to Great Hockham as it is to its own village. And Shropham's church of St Peter and St Paul is big too, an imposing and substantial structure, its tower from the early 16th Century and its nave substantially of the late 15th Century, but still bearing the marks of the Early English church it replaced. The north doorway probably says something of the scale of the earlier building, as does the pretty clerestory of quatrefoils.

 

Now, they are overwhelmed by the huge Perpendicular chancel, which screams late medieval wealth at you. Just on its own it would be bigger than many Norfolk churches. In fact, it was substantially redone in the 19th Century, but probably as an accurate copy of what was there before if the scale is anything to go by, and as for that magnificent east window, if it isn't the same as before then I'm sure we won't mind. The churchyard is also suitably large, with a modern extension to the west, and pleasingly disorganised. Here the Shropham dead lie, down the long generations.

 

Inevitably, with such a large chancel and low clerestory, the eye is drawn to the great east window on entry. All this was intended. By the 15th Century there was a move away from the shadowy, mystical worship and private devotions of the previous centuries. The Priest came down out of the chancel to his pulpit, and made the nave his own. Benches were provided to encourage a more corporate attitude to Mass, an enforcement of Catholic doctrine, the beginning of congregational worship. The building filled with light from the east, cool, clear and rational. The Reformation was less than a century away.

 

Quite the most eyecatching things about St Peter and St Paul, however, both date from the 20th Century. They are both windows. The most interesting is that on the south side of the chancel by Mary Lowndes. She was one of the major figures of the Arts and Crafts Movement, working with such greats as Christopher Whall and creating the Glass House Studio in Fulham with Alfred Drury, but she was also an important figure in the Suffragette movement. It was Mary Lowndes who designed their well-known posters, including the ones letting the public know about the Cat & Mouse Act. Her work can be found in half a dozen East Anglian churches, most notably at Lamarsh in Essex and Ufford in Cambridgeshire, where she designed full schemes, but also at Snape in Suffolk, Linton in Cambridgeshire and here at Shropham, her only work in Norfolk and an early work at that. It depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi in an English woodland, a fiery angel standing behind the Holy Family. At the bottom are scenes of the shepherds in the hills with their flocks and the wise men following the star.

 

The other window, perhaps not quite so thrilling, is by Powell & Sons and dates from the 1940s. It commemorates Flight Sergeant Ronald Garnier, of Shropham Hall, who was Killed in action off Gibraltar in a Spitfire 11th October 1942. The figures of St Michael and St George flank Ronald Garnier as he kneels to pray with his sword against a cross, as well as scenes of the Rock of Gibraltar and Shropham Hall, his home. The only other stained glass in the church is a curiously unsatisfactory mid-19th Century crucifixion in the central light of that great east window. Were there once scenes in the other lights?

 

Hanging on the south side of the sanctuary is one of those fascinating little survivals which help make exploring churches so interesting. This is the late 19th Century processional banner for Shropham & Larling Girls Friendly Society, which was an Anglican organisation, one of several founded at that time of which the Mothers Union is probably the best known today. The GFS was intended to support unmarried girls in service, away from home and working in big houses like Shropham Hall. It was very common for working class girls to go into service - my grandmother, the daughter of a Cambridge drayman, was a servant in a large house in Hertfordshire as a young girl in the last years of the First World War. But it was that War which changed the social structure of England forever, and although some girls would still go into service there were no longer the great numbers of them living away from home, nor was there any longer the paternalistic expectation that the Church would take care of their moral welfare, and it faded from sight. In fact, the Girls Friendly Society survives today, working with young women with emotional difficulties.

 

Nearby, the great 18th Century wall memorial to James Barker and his family suggests that they were themselves probably not short of a few servants.

Recently transferred from the south east as a stop gap for Leeds to Doncaster services, then replaced by transferred class 308s until Yorkshire metro got it's new class 321/9s. Then supplemented by ex scotrail transferred class 322s.

The TR 801/802 replaced the earlier Volvo cab models in 1938. The 801 had an interior screen while the 802 did not. The 801/802 could seat eight thanks to 3 additional folding seats. More than 1.600 of this model series were produced up to 1948.

 

3.670 cc

6 In-line

86 hp @ 3.400 rpm

1.810 kg

 

Volvo Museum

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405 08 Göteborg

Sweden

July 2012

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Hamilton. Formerly known as the Grange Hamilton is as Scottish as it comes in heritage terms. It sits astride Burn Grange a creek that flows into the Wannon River. It is surrounded by a rich volcanic basalt plain. It claims to be the Wool Capital of the world, the source of its early wealth, but today the economy is very mixed with beef cattle being important. Thomas Mitchell in 1836 said of the Hamilton town site “A finer country could scarcely be imagined: enormous trees of the mimosa or wattle, of which the bark is so valuable, grew almost everywhere”. This was the Australia Felix that he so greatly praised. Mitchell named the creek Grange Burn. The Wedge family established a sheep run called the Grange near here in 1839. In November 1939 the government surveyor who later laid out Portland, recommended this spot for a town. Wedges moved on partly because of conflict with the local Aboriginal groups but other pastoralists replaced them. Sheep were killed, shepherds killed and of course whites retaliated with guns against the Aboriginal people. No official reports of murder were made. Governor La Trobe visited the Grange in 1841 and because of violence between blacks and whites he sent Acheson French as a police magistrate there with troopers for support. The violence had died out by 1842. A village emerged around 1848 and the town was gazetted in 1851. It was named after Hamilton near Glasgow as most settlers were Scottish.

 

The Grange/Hamilton.

White settlers moved into this area in 1839 settling on land on the Grange Burn (or river) which is a tributary of the Wannon which goes into the Glenelg River. The Wedge family who came in 1839 called their sheep run The Grange. The government surveyor Charles Tyers who had surveyed Portland recommended a spot on the Grange River for a town which the Commissioner of Lands for the Port Philip District of NSW approved a few months later in early 1840. By then the Wedges had left because of ongoing conflict and hostility with the local Aboriginal people. One of their shepherds had been killed and there was undoubtedly retaliation for that. Other settlers fared better in their relations with Aborigines because they treated them better and freely gave out meat and flour rations. One of the infamous massacres of Aboriginal people in Victoria occurred near Hamilton on 8th March 1840. This occurred just north of Coleraine on Konongwootong station (57,000 acres) run by the Whyte brothers. They also perpetrated the massacre with no official action taken. Around 40 Aboriginal men, women and children were surrounded and massacred after 127 sheep had been taken for meat. Various sources put the death toll at between 20 to 50 members of the Jardwadjali tribe but Aboriginal tradition estimates it at a higher figure. The Whyte brother stayed on and Konongwootong was divided between the brothers in 1849 and then for closer settlement in 1921.

 

Violence between black and white subsided in 1841 after Governor La Trobe visited the Grange (Hamilton) and appointed a magistrate and ordered police troopers to be stationed at The Grange. A rudimentary Courthouse, barracks and police station followed on the corner of Martin and Thompson streets. Thus began the city of Hamilton out of violence. The town’s first policeman also established the Grange Inn in 1843 and a blacksmith set up a workshop in 1844 as a tiny town began to emerge. Shanties, a few houses and a store opened in 1848 to serve the surrounding sheep stations and the government order a full town survey in 1849. It was gazetted as Hamilton in 1851.The first police magistrate was Acheson French hence those street names in the town. He developed a mansion on his property which he called Monivae(1878).It is now a Catholic College. The first school in Hamilton opened in 1852 and a second hotel in 1853 followed by the first Catholic and Anglican Churches in 1857 and a Presbyterian Church in 1858. The 1854 census noted 230 people living in Hamilton and this grew to 1,197 in the 1861 census, 2,967 in 1881 and 4,024 in the 1901 census. By the 1860s the town had nine hotels, seven churches, two breweries, a tannery, a coach building works, flourmill and a Mechanics Institute. In the 1870s the town prospered more as the rail link to the port facilities at Portland was completed and the town was linked to Melbourne via Ararat and Ballart.

 

The Botanical Gardens designed by William Guilfoyle.

Land was set aside for a botanic gardens in 1853 but nothing happened until 1870 when the first gardener was appointed and some plantings occurred. In 1881 William Guilfoyle was commissioned to design the gardens. He employed his usual techniques of winding paths, a feature lake with white swans, fountain, aviary and animal enclosure, a rotunda, giant trees, rare plants and trees, garden beds and sweeping lawns. Some of these garden features were added later such as the fountain in 1917 and the rotunda in 1988. A list some of the rare plants is located beside the majestic entrance gates also a feature of Guilfoyle’s design. These unusual plants include California Live Oak, Himalayan Oak, Kentucky Coffee Tree, and some rare pines which he often used in his plans. Because he chose plants adaptable to drought and suited to the country they have thrived and grown into massive specimens. This is one of the most intact of Guilfoyle’s garden plans and was a commission he undertook whilst serving as Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.

 

Irkutsk - Oblast - Russia - Siberia

THE SPASSKAYA CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, IRKUTSK, SIBERIA, RUSSIA

 

Spasskaya Church is the oldest brick-and-stone edifice in East Siberia. It was built in 1706 to replace the outworn wooden church. This is the only building of the original Irkutsk fort, which survived up to our days. The church was sanctified on August 1, 1710. The Holy Banner with icon of Christ was brought into the new church from the old wooden one. The legend went that it was the very original Holy Banner, which the first Russians were carrying when they reached the mouth of Irkut for the very first time.

Spasskaya church was related to numerous aspects of urban life of Irkutsk.

In the beginning of the XIX century, the church’s facades were decorated with frescoes not only on the inside, but also on the outside. This fact made Spasskaya church one of the rarest monuments of religious edifice – one of the kind from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

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Irkutsk (Russian: Иркутск; IPA: [ɪrˈkutsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.

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Visit Church of the Savior, war memorial, Angara river embankment, Cathedral of our Lady of the Sign, Monument to the Emperor Alexander III on the embankment.

 

On Siberian map Irkutsk appeared in the middle of the XVII century. Irkutsk has a great number of monuments of wooden architecture. There are about 500 architectural monuments in the city, among which historically constructed ensembles are depicted. The greatest interest has ancient part of the including Church of the Savior and Znameniye Cathedral.

Farther on the day we continue the city tour with the Decembrist's House Museum. It is connected with the family of Sergey Volkonsky, one of the Decembrists leaders. They lived for 30 years in Siberia, 17 of them they had been living in Irkutsk in this house. Original things of the Volkonsky family and other Decembrists are kept in the museum.

Saint Louis Cemetery #1, which replaced the now vanished St. Peter Cemetery as the main burial ground in New Orleans following the fire of 1788, is the oldest of three Roman Catholic cemeteries bearing the same name. Spanning just one square block on the north side of Basin Street, one block from the inland border of the French Quarter and bordering the Iberville housing project built on top of Storyville, St. Louis #1 is the final resting place of over 100,000 dead. The above ground vaults, mostly constructed in the 18th and 19th century and currently is varied states of disrepair, are said to be needed because the ground water levels in New Orleans make burials impossible, but in reality owe much of their existence to French and Spanish tradition.

 

Famous New Orleanians buried in St. Louis #1 include Jean Etienne Boré, a wealthy pioneer of the sugar industry and the first mayor of New Orleans; Homer Plessy, the plaintiff from the landmark 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision on civil rights; Benjamin Latrobe, America's first professional architect; Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, the first African-American Mayor of New Orleans; Paul Morphy, one of the earliest world champions of chess; and Marie Laveau, a legendary Voodoo priestess, whose unmarked grave in the Glapion family crypt is perpetually decorated with gifts and marked x's or crosses left by visitors.

To release the memory you will need to push the metal handles that are located on the sides of the memory away from the memory.

 

The memory chip will pop up.

 

Take it out. Insert the new memory at a 45 degree angle (just like the old memory was when it poped up) and push it down until you hear a click.

Replacing the seals on my 80-year old Ensign All Distance camera.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.

reminded me of this. Not that I ever watched it. ;-)

 

Coker Creek(TN) VFD Engine 652 is a 2012 International 7400/Pierce pumper. It is equipped with a 1000 gpm pump and carries 1000 gallons of water. It is diesel-powered with an automatic transmission and is an all-wheel drive vehicle. It carries sn 142768. This truck replaces a 1967 Int'l Loadstar/Bean 750/750 pumper. Photo taken 14 April 2013,

 

Canon PowerShot A570 IS

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Oct-26.

 

Named: "Peniscola".

 

First flown in Mar-02 with the Airbus test registration D-AVZT, this aircraft was delivered to Iberia (still as D-AVZT) in May-02 and stored at Hamburg-Finkenwerder on delivery.

 

It was delivered to Madrid in Oct-03 and registered EC-ILP the following day. The aircraft was converted to A321-213 standard in Nov-14. Current, updated 20-Oct-26.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 02-Oct-24.

 

Named: "Janice Joplin".

 

This aircraft was delivered a lessor and leased to Lauda Air as OE-LNI in Feb-93. It was wet-leased to Aeris (France) for 4 weeks in Jun/Jul-03 and to Edelweiss Air (Switzerland) in Sep-04.

 

Lauda Air was merged into Austrian Airlines in early Oct-04 and the aircraft was returned to them at the end of Oct-04. It was returned to the lessor in Jun-05 and immediately leased to Ukraine International Airlines as UR-GAP.

 

The aircraft was wet-leased to Blue Panorama Airlines (Italy) between Jun/Oct-14. It was returned to the lessor as N837AC in Nov-14 and stored at Miami, FL, USA.

 

It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door at Miami in Jul-15 and leased to JetTime A/S Cargo (Denmark) as OY-JTM the same month.

 

The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-17 and leased to ASL Airlines Ireland Ltd as EI-STM in Mar-17. it was withdrawn from service and initially stored at Shannon, Ireland in Apr-25.

 

In mid Jun-25 it was moved to St. Athan, Wales, UK for further storage. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Aug-25 as 2-ITSM (it was initially painted as 2-ISTM in error) and remained stored at St.Athan. It's thought to be permanently retired. Updated 20-Jan-26.

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

 

Fleet No: "006". Named: "Robert F. Six"

 

This aircraft was delivered to Continental Airlines as N77006 in Dec-98. Continental was merged into United Airlines in Oct-10. Now over 26 years old, the aircraft continues in service. Updated 07-Mar-25.

Work on replacing the street bridge over Broadway in Kingston NY opened in 1952 next to the CSX bridge from the same time and repairing the concrete abutments instead of replacing them the old bridge was removed last week this whole job should take about a year they say.

This pole was put up Thursday, but the weather started getting to rough before they could finish the transfer to the new pole. LUS doesn't do this often, but Entergy does this a lot when replacing poles. A pole is put up and six months later they come back and finish the job.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 24-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).

 

'Fly Red'

 

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCO, this aircraft was delivered to Wardair Canada as C-GDWD in Mar-88. Wardair was merged into Canadian Airlines International in Oct-89 and the aircraft continued in service until it was sold to Polaris Aircraft Leasing in Aug-91.

 

The aircraft was immediately leased to Kuwait Airways as A6-KUB (United Arab Emirates) and initially based at Dubai during the first Gulf War. It returned to Polaris in Jun-93 and was re-registered D-APOM and stored at Hamburg in Aug-93.

 

It remained stored until it was leased to Eurowings in Mar-95 and operated on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd in full Hapag-Lloyd livery. It was technically returned to the lessor on 31-Oct-95 and leased direct to Hapag-Lloyd on 01-Nov-95.

 

The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-98 and was leased to Royal Airlines (Canada) as C-GRYA a week later. Royal Airlines was merged into Canada 3000 in May-01. Canada 3000 ceased operations in Nov-01 and the aircraft was stored at Toronto.

 

It was returned to the lessor in Feb-02 and was stored at Bremen-Lemwerder, Germany (Lemwerder was an Airbus Factory Airfield, now closed). The aircraft remained stored until May-03 when it was leased to SATA Air Ascores (Air Azores) as CS-TKI.

 

It was sub-leased to White Airways in Jun-05. In Oct-11 it was wet-leased to Air Niugini and returned to White Airways in Dec-11. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-12. It was re-registered N627SC and permanently retired at Marana, AZ, USA. It was last noted still stored at Marana in Sep-14, still wearing it's Portuguese registration. Updated 23-Sep-21.

⚠️ Replaced in 2026

 

New Replacement - Karcher CW5 Klean!Star iQ

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WashTec SoftCare Pro Classic in white/yellow "Shell Design" with red SofTecs brushes installed in 2016, replacing a WashTec SoftCare Pro

 

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Luton

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England

2023 IC CE / International 3300

Gasoline

Replaced a 1998 Thomas 3800 that was retired in 2023

Spare for 115 in this photo

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 26-Feb-21.

 

Named: "Spirit of Max Galiger".

 

Built as 'convertible' with a main deck cargo door, this aircraft could be operated as a passenger or freight aircraft. First flown with the Boeing test registration N1788B, this aircraft was delivered to Nordair Canada as CF-NAP in Jun-71, it became C-FNAP in May-74 when Canada introduced the C-G*** registration series. Nordair was merged into Canadian Pacific Airlines in Jan-87. Canadian Pacific was renamed Canadian Airlines International in Apr-87. It was sold to a lessor in Sep-88 and leased back to CAI. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Oct-95 and was leased to Can-Air Cargo the following month. It was transferred to Royal Airlines in Aug-97 and was operated in both passenger and cargo configuration (at the time of the photo it was operating passenger services). Royal Airlines bought it at the end of Dec-97. Royal Airlines was merged into Canada 3000 Airlines in May-01. Canada 3000 Airlines were a little overstretched financially and the aftermath of the '9/11' terrorist atrocity in the USA finished them off, they ceased operations in Nov-01 and this aircraft was stored at Quebec City, QC, Canada. The aircraft was now 30 years old. It was sold to Logistic Air in Sep-02 and re-registered N2409N in Mar-03. However it had remained stored at Quebec City. It was sold to Air North Charter and Training Ltd (Canada) for spares in Jun-08 and was broken up at Quebec City in 2009.

 

Note: The registration C-FNAP was later used on an Air Canada Embraer E-190-100AR between Dec-07/Sep-20.

The Egyptian Room was originally built within the Scottish Royal Arch Temple at 22-24 College Street Sydney (now replaced by Anzac House) in 1927, on the basis of a design by the architect Mr A. Phipps Coles. The sculptor was Mr G Rayner Hoff, best known for his work on the Sydney War Memorial. The decorator was Charles Everett and the plaster modelling was undertaken by G.R. Lumb and Sons. Painters from Lumb and Sons painted the original vignettes.

 

When the original Masonic Temple in College Street was to be demolished in 1969 the plaster work was carefuly removed and placed in storage. The Grand Superintendent, Dr F.J. Radcliff, planned the relocation of the Egyption Room and eventually a suitable space was found in the Royal Arch Temple in Petersham. The Egyptian Room was re-erected in 1977 by craftesmen from G.R. Lumb and Sons, the firm which had originally constructed it.

 

Located within the Scottish Royal Arch Masonic Temple is the 'Egyptian Room' that is decorated in the style of Ancient Egypt, with a magnificent frieze reproducing illustrations from the Papyrus of Ani, an Egyptian funerary text of about 1450 BC. The decorations are sculpted in low relief plaster and painted in rich colours carefully chosen for their authenticity.

 

The major feature of the Egyptian Room is the frieze which depicts the funeral procession and burial rites of the scribe, Ani, together with the after-death trials of his soul before the gods. These scenes come from a version of what is popularly known as 'The Book of the Dead', but which, in fact is entitled 'The Book of Coming Forth By Day' - that is, the day of the after-life. Such papyri were intended as 'guide books' for the soul in its after-death condition so that it could negotiate the perils which it would be encountering in the world beyond the grave. The Egyptian texts, which have been found in tombs from around 1600 to 1300 BC assume that the dead person's ka (or spirit body) will encounter various trials (including demons of various forms), before facing judgement and (hopefully) resurrection into a new life.

 

The Papyrus of Ani, from which the vignettes around the Room have been accuratley reproduced, was acquired by the British Museum about 1935 and had been written in the 18th Dynasty (about 1450 BC) for Ani, 'Veritable royal scribe, scribe and accountant of the offerings of all the gods, governor of the granary of the Lords of Abydos, scribe of the offerings of the Lords of Thebes'. His wife Tutu a member of the royal college of singers in the temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes had died some yeards before him, but she appears in some of the vignettes. Selections from the papyrus, which measures some seventy-eight feet - were made for reproduction around the Egyptian Room. They trace the experience of the soul of Ani from his funeral (represented on the left hand wall) to his judgement in the entrance of the Hall of Truth (represented in the east).

 

That section of the frieze in the east, over the throne for the Master of the Lodge, shows the judgement in which the dead man's soul, represented by his heart, was placed on a balance and weighed against truth and righteusness (Maat), represented by a feather.

 

The balance is held by the jackal-headed god, Anubis. If Ani's heart is heavier than the feather he is condemned. Howevere , if he is found righteous 'His heart is found righteous coming forth from the balance' and he is taken before Osiris in the Hall of Truth.

 

The decoration throughout the rest of the Room is also based on Egyptian sources. For example over the Junior Warden's Chair (in the centre of the right-hand wall) is a relief reproducding a Stele (or tomb-tablet) of the 20th Dynasty (about 1200 BC) which shows a worshipper making an offering to Osiris as god of the underworld.

So we bought a replacement blanket from ebay, not sure what to expect.

 

What we got was a sheet of neoprene rubber, typically used in making a wetsuit. Figuring it *should* work, we tried it out today.

 

Notes are above.

 

It was a total success

Reading Buses has been repainting some of its former route 17 purple ADL Enviro400H into a new two-tone purple colour scheme for routes 23 and 24, which are to be rebranded "berry routes" although this has not taken place yet. They have replaced the pink Scania Omnicities 1102-1106, some of which have been sold to Midland Classic of Burton-on-Trent although 1105 has been repainted into Kennections livery and reallocated to Newbury.

 

Refurbished 221 is seen at County Boundary, Henley Road on Thursday 21st June whilst operating the clockwise circular route 24 (route 23 operates in the opposite direction; the routes have been operated as circulars since February). Although the "Welcome to Reading" sign can be seen ahead of the bus, the actual boundary between the Borough of Reading and the County of Oxfordshire crosses Henley Road further back from here, just before the junction with Caversham Park Road, then runs along the south side of Henley Road for a short distance, so that the 23/24 operate entirely within the Borough of Reading. The boundary in this area was redrawn in 1977 so that the whole of the then newly-built Caversham Park Estate would be incorporated into Reading.

 

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington accepts the U.S. Army Africa guidon from Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commmander, U.S. Africa Command, during a change of command ceremony on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. Harrington replaced Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams as the commander of U.S. Army Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Poalo Bovo)

 

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The display reads:

 

10 CM Kanone 17

100 MM Gun, M1897

Germany WWI

 

This extremely long-ranged Corps artillery piece entered service with the German and Austrian forces in 1917 and was eventually slated to replace the 10 CM Kanones, Models of 1904 and 1914.

 

The ammunition was carried in the conventional caisson and limber also towed by six horses. The 10 CM Kanone 17 traveled in two loads, each load pulled by six horses in three teams.

 

Near the firing point, on level ground, the tube transporter was driven on to special channels on the trail. These rails guided the tube on to the carriage and lined it up with the recoil system. The tube was then winched into the in-battery position and locked in place. The 10 CM K 17 could be moved to the firing position in one piece.

 

The carriage is the standard box trail type with a hydropneumatic recoil system and a spring-recuperator system. The breech is the horizontal sliding wedge type favored by German designers. Ammunition is separate loading with both shell and shrapnel rounds.

 

After the First World War, these weapons were hidden to prevent destruction under the terms of the Versailles Treaty. They re-entered German service in 1933 and Austrian 10 CM K 17's were added to the German inventory with the annexation of that country.

 

This particular specimen was placed on top of Signal Mountain at Fort Sill in 1929 at the suggestion of Mr. Morris S. Simpson, a local merchant. It served as a memorial to Fort Sill soldiers who died in WW I. In 1989 it was removed from the mountain, after a direct artillery hit, and renovated.

 

Caliber: 105 mm (4.14 in)

Weight: 3.307 kg (7,276 lbs)

Elevation: - 36 to 800 mils (-2 to 45 degrees)

Traverse: 107 mils (6 degrees)

Range: 16,500 meters (17,875 [10.2 miles])

Shell Weight: 25.69 kg (56.5 lbs)

 

Museum Acc.#: 89.48.41

 

Taken September 2nd, 2011.

Replaced Acme Spring Water and Super Chill Spring Water at Acme, Acme/Acme Pharmacy, and Acme Sav-on

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 31-Mar-25.

 

Operated by Livingston Energy Flight for Volare Airlines in basic Livingston livery with 'Volareweb,com' titles.

 

Named: "Boavista".

 

First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZM, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corp and leased to Aero Lloyd, Germany as D-ALAH.

 

Aero Lloyd ceased operations on 16-Oct-03 and this aircraft was impounded at Vienna, Austria. It was returned to the lessor by the end of Oct-03 and ferried to Frankfurt for storage.

 

In Dec-03 the aircraft was re-registered F-WQST and ferried to Bordeaux, France for maintenance and re-painting. It was leased to Livingston Energy Flight, Italy as I-LIVD in Feb-04.

 

It was wet-leased to Volare Airlines, Italy in Dec-06 and returned to Livingston in Apr-07. ILFC sold the aircraft to SALE Ireland in May-07. It was re-registered EI-LVD and the lease to Livingston Energy Flight continued.

 

Livingston ceased operations on 14-Oct-10 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and initially stored at Malta. It was moved to Istanbul in Dec-10 for further storage. In Jun-11 it was leased to Onur Air, Turkiye as TC-OBK.

 

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Istanbul-Ataturk in Dec-16 and returned to service in Jun-17. In late Oct-19 the aircraft was transferred to Onur Air subsidiary Holiday Europe, Turkiye.

 

It was returned to Onur Air when the COVID-19 Pandemic struck the world in Mar-20 and was stored at Istanbul-Ataturk. Already in financial difficulties, the Pandemic made things worse and Onur Air 'suspended' all operations in Dec-21 when the Turkish Authorities didn't renew their operating license. They were declared bankrupt in Apr-22.

 

The aircraft remained stored at Istanbul-Ataturk and never flew again. Permanently retired! As far as I know, it's still there. Updated 31-Mar-25.

New Roofing Romford - roofingcontractorsuk.com/new-roofs/

 

In order to replace your current roof, you should get a roofing contractor to inspect the internal structure of your roof to ensure that it is stable enough to hold your new roof. Our roof replacement services include an inspection of the inside of your roof to determine the extent of work that needs to be carried out.

 

The help of a roofing contractor will make sure that you are getting the best roofing materials that suit the pitch and shape of your roof.

 

For example, there are certain materials that aren’t practical for the structure of certain roofs. There are two basic types of roof structure, pitched or sloping roofs and flat roofs.

 

New Roof Construction

 

Pitched roofs typically go from 40° to 50° and roofs with pitches of 10° to 20° are known as low pitched roofs.

 

As well as the visual appearance, pitched roofs need to be chosen to match the materials to be used on top of the roof. Roofs that are 45° or more may not be as suitable for slate tiles as a flatter roof. In areas that have high snowfall, the pitch should be much greater to prevent the snow from settling and building up on the top of your roof.

 

Low pitched roofs also need consideration as the angle requires the overlap of tiles to be spaced out differently. If the tiles are not correctly overlapped, water could be blown into the roof by strong wind and result in a leaky roof.

 

Flat roofs are generally built with a pitch of no more than 15°. Flat roofs with a pitch that is any less will not allow rainwater to drain away and will require a fall to carry water to collection points. Flat roofs don’t generally use tiles as it is not the most practical material to use. Most flat roofs are covered in felt, EDPM, GRP or asphalt.

 

Finding a Company for Residential Roof Replacement

 

If your roof uses slate, clay tiles, or concrete clay tiles you may have the option to reuse those tiles and relay them onto your new roof if they are in good enough condition. This is an option for those who want to preserve the period look of their property whilst guaranteeing a strong new roof with a longer lifespan.

 

Reusing tiles also saves you on the costs of buying new slates. If you are planning to reuse the slates on your current roof, you should ask the roofing contractor to give you an idea on the percentage of tiles that are reusable, so you know in advance how many new slates you need to buy.

 

Our services cover a wide range of roofing and we consider all aspects and benefits of each material to make sure that you get the best results.

 

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Lost 1930 Pratt pony truss bridge on Hungry Creek Rd (NC 1890) over the East Fork of the Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina. Replaced by new bridge in 2011.

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Silver-replaced fossiliferous limestone from Colorado, USA. (DMNH 138, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado, USA)

 

This remarkable rock is fossiliferous limestone that has been replaced by native silver (Ag). The large, whitish fossil near the center is a gastropod (snail) - it appears to have been truncated by a fault. This specimen comes from a famous silver mining area in Colorado - the Aspen Mining District. Barite, various sulfides and sulfosalt minerals, plus native silver occur principally in breccia zones in the Aspen District. The breccia zones occur within and at the top of the Leadville Limestone, a Lower Mississippian unit that includes dolostone and limestone. Silver and sulfide mineralization in the area occurred during the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene, between approximately 70 and 55 million years ago. This mineralization accompanied the Laramide Orogeny, a mountain building event that formed the true Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

 

Locality: Smuggler Mine, Smuggler Mountain, Aspen Mining District, central Pitkin County, west-central Colorado, USA

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Example references on Smuggler Mine area geology:

 

Bryant (1979) - Geology of the Aspen 15-minute quadrangle, Pitkin and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1073. 146 pp.

 

Stegen et al. (1990) - The origin of the Ag-Pb-Zn-Ba deposits at Aspen, Colorado, based on geologic and geochemical studies of the Smuggler Orebody. Economic Geology Monograph 7: 266-300.

 

After replacing DE22 058 at Sivas, DE22 002 calls at Kayseri in the early hours, working the 08.00 Kars-Ankara (terminating at Irmak for buses to the Capital). Note the overhead catenary now in position here, with wiring also seemingly complete almost to Sivas. When the line between Ankara and Irmak reopens, trains will surely be worked by E68 electric locos as far as Sivas and Adana.

We had a weekend in Borrowdale recently, a Christmas present that we tagged a day on to. After calling at work on Saturday morning to open for business we headed up the motorway to Penrith. The road through the central lakes was washed away in the recent floods and it is going to be a long job replacing it. This made the diverted journey around 145 miles but we had a good run up there. We wanted to get walking ASAP so we pulled in at Threlkeld with a view to heading up Clough Head, and subject to conditions, head over the Dodds and back by the Old Coach Road. We had left appalling weather at home, wind, rain, fog and sleet on the tops. Thankfully it was better further north. There was laying snow on the summits, it was fairly calm low down and some summits were cloud free.

 

We left the car at 11.10 in our winter gear, straight up through the quarries and the steep scree slope (another Red Screes), by now we were into the snow line. The cloud was down, the wind gale force and the summit frozen hard – a different world up here. South next to Calfhow Pike, the wind made it difficult to talk and it was around -4 so the there was a fair wind-chill factor. It was tough going to our next top – Great Dodd, part of the Helvellyn massif – It was to icy to walk in places which meant deviating from the path, and losing our bearings, visibility was around ten yards with spindrift creating a whiteout at times. We battled on to the top and found the summit cairn. Great Dodd isn’t the easiest top to find your way off in low visibility, we would have gone further but in these conditions it was pointless so we retraced our steps to Calfhow and clear conditions. From here we followed Mosedale beck to Mariel Bridge, which is on the Old Coach Road, this gave us a circular route back to our start. The Old Coach Road has been wrecked by the floods and the 4x4 off roaders are making it a lot worse. 9.25 miles in 3 ¼ hours and we were in Brysons Tearooms in Keswick for Coffee and cake by 3.45pm. We carried on to Borrowdale and checked in at our hotel, not a bad day really.

 

After a poor night in a poor bed we were breakfasted and out for 8.30. We drove the few miles up to Seatoller and we were kitted up and away at 9.10. A bitterly cold and icy morning, there was some sun but not as much as promised. We could see the summit of Great End covered in cloud, we were heading up there on to the Sca Fell massif. We followed the valley to the east of Seathwaite Fell, a new path for us. Once in the snow the going was very icy with the path ice covered in places. The snow was dry and powdery and in places it had blown over the underlying ice. At this point I might add, we do own crampons. After a winter of splashing around soaked we didn’t expect to need them and they were at home – very clever! This was our first real winters day this winter, other than an hour on Sca Fell Pike on Christmas Day, we haven’t seen winter conditions this winter. By the time we got to Esk Hause it was difficult to stay upright and on our way to Great End we had to pick our way very carefully around the worst of the ice. The spindrift made it difficult to see the ground at times, spinning around our feet in a mist. Once on the summit the cloud was thick and the wind speed high. We had been here fairly recently so I knew the layout of the summit and we had little difficulty finding the summit cairn. We were cursing our lack of crampons and the cloud. Instead of heading into the cloud along the Sca Fell Pike path we decided to get under the cloud, back to Esk Hause and head over Allen Crags and Glaramara. At this point we both took some heavy falls, as did others up there, a lot turned around and headed back down, it was deadly. The cloud had thickened, there wasn’t a ray of sun to soften things. Our chosen route was one of the hardest afternoons we had ever had. Everywhere was frozen solid, we had to kick toe or heel holes to move on slopes that we wouldn’t have broken stride on normally. Minor rock scrambles down steep crags had become life threatening in places and we proceeded with extreme care. The knees were creaking on the long descent to Seathwaite. 10.3 miles in six hours, almost half the speed of yesterday. We made it Keswick for afternoon tea – and bought some Micro Spikes for unfinished business to deal with tomorrow. A beautiful day was forecast so fingers crossed we headed back for a soak in the tub.

 

Day three, a gorgeous icy, sunny winters day. Things looked promising. We left along yesterday’s route at the same start time – with walking poles and Micro Spikes! At the top of the valley we met a guy who had set off before us, two guys known to him were picking their way through the crags, tiny specks on the 800 foot rocky crag. Some appeared to have tried to climb the snow filled chimney that runs to the summit but we heard later that conditions weren’t suitable. Even though it was minus four the sun had softened the snow just enough to get a grip and it was easier to avoid the worst of the ice, unlike yesterday. The summit of Great End was incredible with never ending vistas. We could see a steady stream of walkers on every path by now. Word had got out that we were in for a rare treat today, plus it was school half term so a lot of people were off work. I visited every possible viewpoint as we went to the summit of Ill Crag , Broad Crag and finally Sca Fell Pike. It was 1.00 PM by now and a steady stream of elated walkers were arriving on England’s highest point. It was bitter but beautiful. We had around five miles back to the car along the Corridor Route to Styhead, Stockley Bridge and Seathwaite. Part of this route we had covered recently on Christmas Day and despite the snow and ice we powered along. We would have been back in two hours but! A mile from the car, following the manmade path down Taylorgill Force to Stockley Bridge Jayne Stumbled. It’s not often she walks in front. I normally lead and relay instructions and warnings back to her. She hit the rock path with her head and face really hard, stunned, she rolled off the path over a drop. She was vertical, resting on a rock on her knees and clinging on to the edge of the path with her fingertips. I grabbed her rucksack and held her whilst I checked her injuries. She had a bad bump on her temple, another on her forehead, split the bridge or her nose, her glasses had gone flying but would straighten. Being left handed she had stuck her left hand out and it had been bent back, it was swelling and discolouring pretty fast. When I had established that nothing was serious enough to stop her moving I got her back on to the path to see to her injuries. The pain initially made her think that she was in a worse state than ( I thought) she really was. She could move her fingers and wrist, albeit with some pain but not enough for it to be broken. The wound to the bridge of her nose although very painful wasn’t going to be a problem. The bumps on her head were turning into eggs by now. I gave her Ibuprofen and Paracetemol and she sat and composed herself for the final mile. We made it to the café in Keswick and got a slightly later afternoon break, our first of the day again. 11.3 miles today in 6 ¼ hours and fairly tough going. It was nothing more than a careless, tired perhaps, stumble on one of the horrible ( our own opinion, I might add) manmade paths made out of irregular stones which are laid at odd angles and are a nightmare to descend when wet on tired legs. A few days later and Jayne is sat on reception at the doctors looking like she’s been boxing, with a purple eye and nose, her left hand swollen and purple – otherwise she’s OK. I came down with mild food poisoning during the night and had to drive 145 miles home at 8.00 the morning after feeling extremely ill. I was due to start fasting for a Colonoscopy in three days. I ended up eating six slices of toast over a four day period – Monday evening to Thursday evening- Having had over 40 stomach endoscopies in twenty years the colonoscopy was nothing more than uncomfortable and , subject to biopsy results, everything looked OK. The trapped wind was another matter – for two days! All in all a very traumatic week. Needless to say we didn’t use the Micro Spikes.