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the last of my photography project, will probably replace if i can get another day in the dark room.
also, if there are any models that live in shanghai that would like to do a shoot with me please shoot me a message!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Mar-17 (DeNoise AI 24-Aug-22).
'Raffles' logojet livery.
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SPK in Jan-97. Sadly, the aircraft was destroyed at Taipei (Taiwan) on 31-Oct-00 when it struck construction equipment during take-off on a runway that was closed for maintenance.
It's sister-ship with the 'Raffles' livery, 9V-SPL, was very quickly repainted back into standard livery.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Jan-19.
USAir Express, operated by Allegheny Commuter Airlines.
First flown in Jan-84 with the Short Brothers test registration G-14-3634, this aircraft was re-registered G-BLCS in Feb-84. It was sold to Short Air Lease Inc and leased to Dash Air as N132DA in Mar-84. It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-84 and leased to Westair Commuter Airlines later that month. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-90. It was leased to Simmons Airlines in Jun-90 and returned to the lessor in Jun-91. It was leased to Allegheny Commuter Airlines in Jul-91 and operated on behalf of US Air Express. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-94 and transferred to Shorts Aircraft Delivery Inc as N405SA the same month. The aircraft was stored until it was converted to Shorts SD.330/C-23B Sherpa standard in Dec-96. It was delivered to the US Army serialled 93-1321 in Mar-97. It served with the Alaska ANG and was withdrawn from use and stored at Fort Sill, OK, USA in Nov-13. The aircraft was moved to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, USA in Dec-14 and permanently retired.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI).
A series of 5 photos showing the final flight of British Airways Concorde G-BOAC. Arriving into Manchester for it's last ever landing. It was originally on open display at Manchester's 'Runway Viewing Park'. However British Airways stipulated it should be preserved under cover and It now sits in it's own 'hangar'.
G-BOAC was the 'Flagship' of the British Airways Concorde fleet. It was first flown as G-BOAC on 27-Feb-75 and after participating in the Concorde test programme it was delivered to British Airways on 13-Feb-76.
It was the aircraft which inaugurated supersonic trans-Atlantic scheduled services between London-Heathrow and Washington, DC, USA in May-76.
In early 1979, in a joint operation with Braniff International Airways, the London-Heathrow / Washington-Dulles service continued on to Dallas-Fort Worth. The aircraft was registered G-N81AC on the Trans Atlantic sectors. The 'G-' was removed for the US Domestic sectors, becoming N81AC.
The aircraft operated successfully for 27 years before it's final flight from London-Heathrow to Manchester on 31-Oct-03.
It's on permanent loan to Manchester Airport Plc and is displayed at Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park. Charges apply.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Nov-25.
First flown in Nov-93 with the de Havilland Canada test registration C-GFUM, this aircraft was delivered to Tyrolean Airways, Austria as OE-LLY in Jan-94. It was withdrawn from serevice and ferried to North Bay, ON, Canada for storage in Jul-01.
The aircraft was sold back to Bombardier Inc as C-GHQZ in Oct-01 and remained stored at North Bay. It was leased to Hydro Quebec in Feb-02 and returned to Bombardier Capital in Sep-03 when it was stored at Calgary, AB, Canada.
In Jan-04 it was leased to Voyageur Airways and wet-leased to the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service in mid Apr-05 and based at Nairobi, Kenya. The aircraft returned to Canada a couple of times for scheduled heavy maintenance.
Bombardier sold it to Voyageur Airways in Feb-19 while the lease to the UN continued. It returned to Voyageur Airways in Feb-21 and was sold to Wasaya Airways, Canada in Jul-22. Now 32 years old, it continues in service. Updated 21-Nov-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 12-Feb-15, plus DeNoise AI 18-Jan-23.
This is not a good photo and was taken just as it was going dark. Thank goodness for Photoshop and DeNoise software! (if you think it's bad now, you should have seen the original!).
D-ALIN had only a short life-span compared with today's airliners. It was delivered new to Lufthansa in Apr-55 and operated for 12 years. It was retired and stored at Hamburg in Jun-67. It was donated to Hermeskeil Museum, West Germany in May-80 and is still there today (Feb-15).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-17, plus DeNoise AI 26-Feb-23.
Named: "Long Beach".
This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABC in Mar-83. It was sold to British Aerospace in Dec-94 in part-exchange for B.Ae 146-RJ70's. British Aerospace immediately sold it to a leasing company who leased it to Air New Zealand as ZK-NAG later that month.
It returned to the lessor in Dec-95 when it was immediately leased to TEA Cyprus (Trans European Airways) as 5B-DBF. TEA Cyprus wet-leased the aircraft to Pacific Airlines (Asia) the following day. It returned to TEA Cyprus in May-97 and was wet-leased to Air Afrique five days later.
It was returned to TEA Cyprus in Dec-97 and returned to the lessor in Feb-98. It was leased to Winair as N118RW the same month. Winair bought it in Mar-98 but apparently didn't keep up the payments as it was repossessed by the lessor in Jun-99.
In Jul-99 the aircraft was leased to Frontier Airlines. The registration N276FL was reserved by Frontier but wasn't used. It returned to the lessor in Oct-03 and was stored until May-04 when it was leased to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras as HR-ATN. The aircraft was permanently retired at La Ceiba, Honduras in mid 2008.
Since I re-edited it for the Blue Line 10 Years picture, it’s worth putting this photo again in its own right. I would say it’s not bad for something I took in 2014, but as with a lot of my 8+ year old photos it required a lot of fixing in photoshop. Actually, a fair amount of the ones I take these days do too, but at least I now don’t scuff them quite as badly!
Network blue liveried 40-seat Enviro 200 389 is seen departing City Hospital on 5.7.14 via North Road. At the time I thought the fronts of these looked pretty plain since they didn’t have the frequency lettering under the windscreen, although I wasn’t a fan of NCT putting the logos on the bumper. At this time the 41 was still considered a Go2 route so the Network blue branding only covered the 40 and 42.
389 had a pretty eventful life at NCT because it was involved in some of the more unusual vehicle moves involving the longer E200s. The whole lot started life on blue line, with a mix of Go2 blues for 39 and Network blues for 40/42 (and a silver spare dedicated to the 39 99% of the time), but in 2015 a trio were repainted into Go2 green for the 10. 389 was joined by 388 and 390 and they lasted until the introduction of the 10’s biogas buses in 2017.
After that they were repainted into Network brown to replace three shorter E200s that had been lost to sky blue line (and one spare) and increase capacity on the 15/16, operating alongside the rest of the 33-seat brown examples. Then, in 2021, with brown line gradually moving to an all-decker operation, 388/89/90 were all painted into the newer silver spare livery for use on various routes. With the 30 losing its branded Solo SRs and often requiring larger single deckers, the long E200s were often found on there. 389 was withdrawn earlier in 2024 and can now be found running around Scunthorpe area with Hornsby’s.
Meanwhile, the remainder of the 40 seat E200s had their blue line branding consolidated so the two groups were those branded for the 39, and a mix of E200s and Solo SRs branded for the 40/41/42; the latter in the Go2 style with silver base colour but plain NCT logos due to the discontinuation of Network and Go2 brands. The only ones to not remain on blue line throughout were spare 398, and 391/2 which were split off to become the dedicated vehicles for red line 50 between 2022 and 2024.
In the time since this photo was taken, it’s gone from £3.50 all day travel to £“an-absolute-pisstake” all day travel.
YX63 GXT
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Nov-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Jan-22.
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation in May-98 and leased to Air France as F-GNIG. It was returned to ILFC in Oct-10 and stored at Paris-Orly.
It was leased to Finnair as OH-LQG in Feb-11. In Dec-15 it was retired by Finnair and returned to the lessor. It was sold to Universal Asset Management as N537SK later the same month and was permanently retired at Tupelo, MS, USA.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "St. Flannan / Flannan".
First flown with the Fokker Aircraft test registration PH-EXG, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKD in Apr-90. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Feb-01.
It was re-registered to Fokker Services as PH-EXG and leased to Denim Air in Nov-03. It was sub-leased to VLM Airlines as OO-VLY, initially operated by Denim Air, in Dec-03. The aircraft was briefly leased to Fokker Services as PH-ZFC in Jan-04, returning to VLM as OO-VLY in Feb-04.
VLM was taken over by CityJet in Oct-09 although the companies continued to operate separately and it was operated for CityJet by VLM. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-13 and stored until it was leased to Hunnu Air (Mongolia) in Jul-13 as JU-8883.
The aircraft was sold to VGAS Vermeer Global Aviation Services (Netherlands) as 2-MIES in Jul-19 and sold to Gomair (Democratic Republic of Congo) as 9S-ABG the following week. Current, updated 22-Sep-21.
Happy to go into the archives a bit and post a Community Transit SWIFT Bus doing an evening run. Nice panning photo, eh?
Call this Flickr posting a head's up to attend the 9 June 2021 Everett, WA City Council meeting. If you support a friendly merger between the two agencies, please register to speak by:
1) E-mailing COUNCIL-AT-EVERETTWA.GOV (after you replace -AT- w/ @)
2) Give Deb your name, city & state.
3) Politely request to speak on agenda item 8, ReThink Transit.
Otherwise, really didn't want to post these photos until I published an upcoming book. But I feel a fresh Flickr posting is a good way to get folks' attention about an upcoming transit event.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
With the 47 replacing the intended Black 5 due to the heightened fire risk during the current warm and dry spell of weather, the "Swanage Belle" tour from London Victoria speeds past Potbridge on the fast line as it heads to Dorset.
Locomotive: West Coast Railways Class 47/4 47804.
Location: Totters Lane, Potbridge, near Winchfield, Hampshire.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Feb-14.
This aircraft brought in the instruments for the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on a UK tour.
Currently (Sep-18), the registration SP-LWA has been re-used on a LOT B737-800/W.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
First flown with the Boeing test registration N6005C, this aircraft was delivered to QANTAS Airways as VH-OGB in Oct-88.
In Jun-11, after almost 23 years service with QANTAS, it was sold to Cargo Aircraft Management Inc as N362CM. After some months in storage the aircraft was converted to freighter configuration with a main-deck cargo door in Nov-11. It was leased to ABX Air in Jan-12. Current, updated 22-Dec-21.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jul-24.
Bit too much ground equipment really!
This aircraft was delivered to the Polish Air Force serialled '102' in Apr-66. It was transferred to LOT Polish Airlines as SP-LSI in Mar-75.
The aircraft was sold to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines as LZ-BEH in Jul-91 and re-registered LZ-ZAH in 1999. It was sold to Phoenix Aviation as EX-75905 in 2000 and sold to Intal Air in 2003. Withdrawn from use and stored by 2006. No further information.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 30-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Pan-American World Airways Cargo in a full freighter configuration, without windows, as N457PA in Oct-67 (all B707-320C aircraft were built with a large cabin cargo door as standard and could be used for passengers or cargo, or both in the ‘combi’ role).
It was sold to ATASCO Leasing Inc in Jun-78 and immediately leased to Pelican Air Transport UK as G-BPAT, returning to ATASCO a year later in Jun-79. It was sold to Zambia Airways the same month as 9J-AEQ. They operated it for seven years until it was sold to National Air Charter in Apr-86, still as 9J-AEQ.
In Feb-89 it was sold to 707 Leasing Ltd and leased to TAAT Trans Arabian Air Transport, Sudan the same month as ST-ALM. It was only with TAAT for three months until May-89 when it was returned to 707 Leasing Ltd and leased to Air Hong Kong as VR-HKL.
It stayed with Air Hong Kong for over three years until it was returned to the lessor in Oct-92 and sold to TAAT, this time as ST-AMF. It continued in service with TAAT until they ceased operations in 2006 when the aircraft was stored at Khartoum, Sudan. It was reported still stored at Khartoum in Nov-11 and may have since been broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 16-Feb-19, plus DeNoise AI 21-Dec-22.
My one regret is that I never saw these aircraft on the water or flying.
Named: "Hawaii Mars".
Delivered to the United States Navy in 1945.
Boardman Local Schools 15 - 2022 IC CE; Bus Yard - Boardman, Ohio. Only IC CE in the fleet as of now. The lighted school bus sign has since been replaced with a First Light Safety Sign. Bus is the first IC in the nation to have double logos.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Mar-15.
Fleet No: "905".
Delivered to TCA Trans Canada Airlines as CF-TKE in Feb-61, TCA became Air Canada in Jun-64. It only operated for 11 years until it was sold to Air Holdings (Sales) Ltd in Feb-72 and immediately leased to Templewood Aviation who sub-leased it to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia, as PK-MVW.
It was repossessed by Air Holdings in Dec-72 and registered G-BAMX in Jan-73. It was withdrawn from use and stored at Southend, UK, in Jun-73, it was used for spares and broken up there in 1974.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 26-May-26.
'N'debele, Martha', South Africa World tail livery. Operated by British Airways franchise partner, Sun-Air Scandinavia.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-4-014, this aircraft was delivered to Sun-Air of Scandinavia as OY-SVS in Jun-93. It started operations on behalf of British Airways under a franchise agreement in Jul-96.
The aircraft was briefly wet-leased to CityFlyer Express for five days in Mar-98. In Aug-02 it was sold to a lessor and leased back to Sun-Air and then sold back to Sun-Air in Nov-02. Operations for British Airways continued.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Aug-04 and sold to Eastern Airways (UK) as G-MAJN the following month. It was sold to Highland Airways as G-ISAY in Apr-08 and then sold to Sky Express (Greece) as SX-SEH in Mar-11. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Biella Cerrione, Italy in Nov-16.
It was sold to Airtime, Sweden as G-ISAY in Oct-19 but the registration wasn't applied to the aircraft and it remained stored. It was sold to KMR Aviation Services, USA as N94PF in Jan-24. Permanently retired. Updated 24-May-26
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Sep-21.
It only took me 55 years to notice that this aircraft has a non-standard double forward door on the right side. The usual forward door is a standard 'Douglas' round topped single door leading right on to the flight deck.
On lease to Cambrian Airways as a passenger aircraft for a couple of months in the summer of 1965 after the tragic loss of Viscount G-AMOL on 20-Jul-65 (hat-tip to Tony Merton Jones & Barry Lloyd for the info).
Delivered to the US Army Air Force in Nov-44, serialled 42-72336, the aircraft was sold to Cruzeiro do Sul as PP-CCI in Apr-46.
It was sold to Transocean Air Lines in Jun-48 as N226A and sold again 5 years later, in Aug-52, to California Eastern Airlines. In Jun-54 it became OD-ACA with Air Liban and was sold to Air France in Apr-59 as F-BIUT.
The aircraft was sold to Aer Turas as EI-AOR in Jun-65. In Nov-69 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IGC and sold to WENELA Botswana in Mar-71 as A2-ZFH. It transferred back to South African register as ZS-IGC again, in Feb-76.
It was sold to Transair Cargo (Congo) in May-77 as 9Q-CAM and operated for ‘African Lux’ three months later. It was destroyed when it was shot down over Mozambique while operating a flight from Rhodesia to Zaire in Nov-77. The two Belgian crew survived but were imprisoned for a year (thanks to Huart Michel for the additional info).
St.Pinnock Viaduct nestling in the Glynn Valley was rebuilt by raising the piers and replacing the timber with iron girders in 1882. The line was singled over this viaduct during May 1964 to reduce the load on the structure. Here we see the Railhead Treatment Train (RHTT) glide downgrade on one of its first runs of the season, hence its still relatively clean! RHTTs operate in order to get rid of “contamination” on rails in leaf fall season, blasting the rail head with a water jet before applying 'sandite'.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Mar-18.
Later became PH-KJG with BASE Business Airlines.
Cusworth Hall is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in Cusworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the north of England. Set in the landscaped parklands of Cusworth Park, Cusworth Hall is a good example of a Georgian country house. It is now a country house museum.
The house is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs. The rectangular 6 x 5 bay plan main block is linked to 5 x 2 bay service wings.
The Wrightson family had held the lordship of Cusworth since 1669.
The present house was built in 1740–1745 by George Platt for William Wrightson to replace a previous house and was further altered in 1749–1753 by James Paine. On William's death in 1760 the property passed to his daughter Isabella, who had married John Battie, who took the additional name of Wrightson in 1766. He employed the landscape designer Richard Woods to remodel the park. Woods was one of a group of respected landscape designers working across the country during the 18th century and Cusworth was one of his most important commissions in South Yorkshire, another being at Cannon Hall. Woods created a park of 250 acres with a hanging and a serpentine river consisting of three lakes embellished with decorative features such as the Rock Arch and the Cascade.
The estate afterwards passed to John and Isabella's son, William Wrightson (1752–1827), who was the MP for Aylesbury from 1784 to 1790 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1819–1820. He was succeeded by his son William Battie-Wrightson (1789–1879), who at various times was MP for East Retford, Kingston upon Hull and Northallerton. He died childless and Cusworth Hall passed to his brother Richard Heber Wrightson, who died in 1891.
The property was then inherited by his nephew William Henry Thomas, who took the surname Battie-Wrightson by Royal Licence and died in 1903. He had married Lady Isabella Cecil, eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Between 1903 and 1909 Lady Isabella made further alterations to the house. She died in 1917, leaving an only son Robert Cecil Battie-Wrightson (1888–1952). On his death in 1952, the estate descended to his sister, a nurse who had married a Major Oswald Parker but later was variously known as Miss Maureen Pearse-Brown and as Mrs Pearce. She was obliged to sell the contents of Cusworth Hall in October 1952 to meet the death duties levied at Robert Cecil's death. She subsequently sold the hall to Doncaster Council.
Cusworth Estate Cusworth was first mentioned as ‘Cuzeuuorde’ in the domesday survey of 1086 but there has been a settlement here for centuries dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Many different families had held the lands and manor but they did not always live at Cusworth.
‘Old Hall’ A large house is first mentioned in 1327. Robert Wrightson bought the lands and manor of Cusworth in 1669 from Sir Christopher Wray. The first surviving map of Cusworth is that of Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan which shows the hall and gardens covered only 1 acre with the orchards a further 2 acres. What is most significant at this time was the ‘Parke’ of some 25 acres. The ‘Old Hall’ was next to the walled gardens in the centre of Cusworth village. In 1726 the ‘Old Hall’ was expanded including altering the gardens between 1726 and 1735. This expanded the kitchen garden into the size and form we know today with the Bowling Green and Pavilion.
In the period 1740–1745 William Wrightson employed George Platt, a mason architect from Rotherham, to build a new hall – the current Cusworth Hall – high on a scarp slope on the Magnesian Limestone removing the Hall, and the family, from the village of Cusworth. The ‘Old Hall’ was largely demolished in the process, many components from the old building re-used in the new.
Cusworth Hall Cusworth Hall itself and its outbuildings are at the centre of the park enjoying ‘prospect’ over the town of Doncaster. The Grade I-listed eighteenth century hall was designed by George Platt in the Palladian style. Cusworth Hall is handsome, well proportioned, with wings consisting of a stable block and great kitchen. Later additions by James Paine include a chapel and library. It has decorative outbuildings including a Brew House, Stable Block and Lodge. In addition it has a decorative garden called Lady Isabella's Garden on the west side adjacent to the chapel. On its eastern flank the stable block and gardeners' bothy. Attached to the bothy is a decorative iron enclosure known as the Peacock Pen.
Cusworth Park Cusworth Park is an historic designed landscape with a Grade II listing in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. It was designed and created by the nationally known landscape architect Richard Woods to ‘improve’ the park in the style made famous by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown now termed ‘The English Landscape Park’. Work started in 1761 laying out the ‘grounds and the serpentine river’.
The land forming the existing park is 60 acres (25 hectares) – 250,000m, and was part of the much larger parkland (250 acres) and estates (20,000 acres) of the Battie-Wrightson family who owned Cusworth Hall.
The walled garden The earliest description of the layout of the park and walled gardens is that shown on Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan. In 1761 Richard Woods altered areas within the walled gardens. Together ‘woods’ Kitchen Garden and Green House Garden occupy the site of the orchard shown on Dickinson's plan.
The purchase of bricks from Epworth for the construction of the walled gardens is recorded in the New House Accounts.
The garden was a compartmentalised space, however with focus on domestic production in some sections, exotics in another, an orchard, and formal flower gardens in the rest.
The kitchen gardens included pine pits (pineapple house), later to become stove houses and mushroom houses.
The Entrance Terrace (Upper Terrace) Old plans show a narrow walled enclosure or ‘entrance terrace' running east–west. The walls of this enclosure may well have been of stone or stoned faced and still, in part survives. To the south are the main components of the walled garden. Access from the terrace down to the bowling green is via a flight of stone steps.
Bowling Green Described on Richard Woods plans of 1760. This is a roughly square, walled enclosure where the bowling green is surrounded by an earthed banked terraced walk. The enclosure is defined by a brick wall, which was lowered along its western side to give a view over to the Green House Garden.
Summerhouse / Bowling Pavilion Built 1726. The summerhouse is the main architectural feature of the walled garden. It is of two stories with the upper storey accessed from the Bowling Green. There is an impression of more carefully shaped quoins at the corners but it is probable that the walls were originally rendered and lime washed externally. There are windows giving views across the Bowling Green from the upper chamber and across the Flower Garden from the lower chamber.
During restoration in the 1990s the upper chamber was decorated with Trompe-l'œil. showing views of imagined walled gardens at Cusworth.
Flower Garden The garden was designed to be viewed principally from the higher position of the bowling green. It was subdivided by cross-paths and furnished with four formal beds. Although one of the smallest compartments, the flower garden was the most highly ornamental and tightly designed. It would have created a formal, colourful architectural space contrasting with the simplicity of the bowling green
Hall Garden The function of the Hall Garden is not clear but appears to have been an extension of the decorative scheme of the flower garden. The Hall Garden has a perimeter walk and is then divided into two plots by a further, central path.
Peach House This whitewash wall indicates the position of the peach house.
Melon Pits Melon pits ran east–west along this area.
Orchard Through the 18th century the orchard was not enclosed and remained open until the late 19th century. It was double its current size extending back up to Cusworth Lane until the northern half was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
Kitchen Garden (No longer existing) The west, south and this east boundary wall(s) of the garden still exist but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s. There was an access gate between the Hall Garden and the kitchen garden (this can be seen bricked up in the northwest corner). This garden had a perimeter walk and was planted with trees arranged in parallel lines orchestrated around a small building at the northern end of the compartment.
Green House Garden (No longer existing) The kitchen garden represents the greater part of the area occupied by the original orchard shown on Dickinson's 1719 plan. The remaining area was described on Woods’ plan as the Green House Garden and was shown divided into two unequal parts. Both parts of the garden appear to have been planted with trees, probably fruit trees. A building abuts the bowling green in roughly the position as the one shown on the Dickinson plan but there is an additional building, roughly square in plan, to the northwest corner of the enclosure. This was probably the Dovecote for which Wrightson paid £9 15s 0d in 1736.
The west boundary wall still exists and this low (east) wall that runs along the length of the bowling green but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
In 1961 Doncaster Rural District Council purchased Cusworth Hall and the adjoining parkland from the Battie-Wrightson family. The Council undertook an initial restoration of the grounds and also recreated what is now the tearooms within the former stable block. The former reception rooms and spacious galleries now house the Museum of South Yorkshire life, officially opened on 30 September 1967.
Cusworth Hall and Park underwent an extensive £7.5 million renovation between 2002 and 2005, involving essential conservation repairs to the Hall and extensive restoration of the landscape gardens. Within the hall external repairs to the stonework and roof were undertaken to ensure that the exterior was watertight, whilst internal works upgraded internal services and enabled new displays to be installed.
The restoration of the designed landscape have been greatly influenced by a comprehensive analysis of available archive material, among which are the original written memoranda and sketches produced by Richard Woods for his site forman Thomas Coalie. An integrated archaeological programme also formed a key aspect of the restorations, recording in detail landscape features such as the Rock Arch, Cascade, and Bridge. This restoration has not 'recreated' the 18th century scheme, although elements are still incorporated within a 'living' amenity garden that is now thriving as a result of the recent work undertaken in partnership with the Friends of Cusworth Park.
The Hall reopened to the public on 23 May 2007 and the new displays document the history of South Yorkshire and it is a valued resource for local residents, students and school groups alike.
Cusworth Hall Museum and Park is the venue for a varied program of seasonal exhibitions, events and activities linked to the history of the area. including Country Fairs, vintage vehicle rallies, historic re-enactments, wildlife sessions and a range of seasonally themed events. A free, weekly, 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday at 9 am in the grounds of Cusworth Hall. The first event was held on Saturday 5 October 2019 and was hosted by the staff at Cusworth in collaboration with the local community.
Additionally, Doncaster Museums' Education Service offers a range of learning sessions to schools and educational establishments. Specialist and experienced Education Officers deliver learning workshops to schools across a broad range of topics as well as out-of-school-hours activities for families and local communities.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 30-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
With additional '38/98, 60 years of excellence' titles.
Unusual combination of the new and the old.68024 Centaur and 37607 double head a train of autoballasters from Mossend to Dingwall.Pictured just north of Moy and an hour and forty minutes early.The class 68 was replaced by another 37 at Inverness.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Apr-18.
Taken through glass, slightly blurred & a bit grainy...
Replaced in 2015 from the Airlink service 100 between Waverley Bridge and Edinburgh Airport by new buses, the original vehicles were transferred to East Coast Buses. Seen in Waterloo Place is 20937 - SN10DKE.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 30-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 05-Jan-23.
Originally delivered to the US Army Air Force serialled 42-101077 in Sep-44, it was transferred to the US Navy on delIvery as Bua39573. It was withdrawn from use and stored in late 1946.
It surfaced again 10 years later when it was bought by Aaxico Inc in 1956 as N10427 and leased to Seaboard & Western Airlines in Aug-56. Seaboard bought it in May-57 and they were renamed Seaboard World Airlines in Apr-61.
The aircraft was based in Germany and operated cargo services for Lufthansa, it was stored at Frankfurt in 1970. It was sold to 'Marshall M Landy' in May-71, then to Aircraft Modifications Inc in 1972 and leased to 'Joanne Fashions' in 1973.
It was written off when it crashed on approach to Pereira, Colombia in Feb-73 after an engine failure.
'Joanne Fashions' and crashing in Colombia has drug running written all over it...
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 01-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 16-Nov-23.
Fleet No: "815".
CF-TJO was built with a main deck cargo door and could be used as a passenger aircraft or as a freighter. The aircraft was delivered to TCA Trans Canada Airlines in passenger configuration in Feb-63.
Trans Canada Airlines was renamed Air Canada in Jun-64. It became C-FTJO on 31-May-74 when the Canadian Government introduced the C-Gxxx registration series.
The aircraft continued in service until it was retired at Montreal-Dorval in Jun-82. It was donated to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for training purposes and was eventually broken up at Montreal in Nov-93.
The registration C-FTJO was later used on an Air Canada A320-211.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCN, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC and leased to Air Liberte as F-GHEJ in May-90. It was returned to ILFC in Sep-96 and stored.
The aircraft was transferred to ILFC Bermuda, re-registered VR-BQU and leased to AeroCancun (Mexico) in Feb-97, It was returned to the lessor in Jun-97 and stored.
It was re-registered N535KR in Apr-98 and leased to Passaredo Transportes Aereo (Brasil) as PP-PSE in Jun-98. The aircraft was returned to the lessor on Sep-99 and immediately leased to Yemenia as 7O-ADJ.
The aircraft was written of on 30-Jun-09 when it crashed near Moroni, Comoro Islands while on approach in bad weather.
N31GJ, a Gates Learjet 36A, on approach to runway 24L at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
The ambulance, operated by Global Jetcare, Inc., was arriving from Tampa, Florida.
Given that only 63 Learjet 36s (17 36s and 46 36As) were produced, this is a rare bird.
Serial number 36A-022 began its career as N761A with International Business Machines Corporation in October 1976. Back then, IBM operated three Learjet 36As and one Learjet 35A. Those four jets were replaced by five larger Learjet 55s in 1984.
The sun reflecting off the snow covered ground illuminated the belly of this beauty.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 21-Feb-16.
OK, I know it's a Space Shuttle, but it's sitting on top of a B747-100 !
;o)
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Jan-25.
Named: "Spirit of Westmoreland". Fleet No: "566".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZM, it was re-registered D-ASSY a few days later. The aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to UK charter airline, Air World as G-BXAW in Mar-97. Air World was merged into Flying Colours Airlines in Nov-98 and it returned to the lessor in early Jan-99.
It was leased to Air Jamaica as 6J-JMD a few days later and returned to the lessor 10 years later, in mid Mar-09. The aircraft was leased to Turkuaz Airlines (Turkey) as TC-TCE in May-09. It was wet-leased to Al Wafeer Air (Saudi Arabia) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Oct/Dec-10. Turkuaz ceased operations at the end of the lease and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Medina, Saudi Arabia.
In Mar-11 the aircraft was re-registered N851LF and moved to Shannon, Ireland for further storage in May-11. It was re-registered again in Aug-11, this time as EI-ESI and remained stored at Shannon. The aircraft was leased to Al Masria Universal Airlines (Egypt) as SU-TCC in Oct-11. It returned to the lessor as EI-ESI in Jun-13.
In Aug-13 the aircraft was leased to Hermes Airlines (Greece) as SX-BHT. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova between May/Oct-14 and again between Apr/Oct-15. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-16 and stored at Craiova, Romania.
The aircraft was leased to Olympus Airways (Greece) in Jul-16, using the same registration. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova the following day and returned to Olympus in Mar-17. It was wet-leased to Wings of Lebanon, short-term, between Apr/May-17 and then to Windrose Aviation (Ukraine) between May/Oct-17. On it's return to Olympus the aircraft was initially stored at Istanbul before being ferried to Goodyear, AZ, USA where it was permanently retired in Jan-18.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Oct-21.
Named: "Royal Burgh of Nairn".
G-ASJI was delivered new to British United Airways in Apr-65. British United merged into Caledonian Airways to form Caledonian//BUA in Nov-70 and became British Caledonian Airways in Sep-71.
The aircraft was sold to the British Jet Aircraft Company in Jan-82 and leased to Pacific Express as N106EX. Pacific Express didn't keep up the payments and it was repossessed in Mar-84.
After 6 months in storage it was leased to Cascade Airways in Sep-84 and was returned to the British Jet Aircraft Co in Jan-86. It was sold to Florida Express the same month. Florida Express merged into Braniff Airways in Mar-88.
It was sold to the GPA Group Ltd (which later became part of GECAS) in Jul-88 as EI-BWM while the lease to Braniff continued. It was repossessed in Dec-89 and stored at Kansas City, USA.
In Mar-91 it was leased to Shabair, Zaire as 9Q-CSJ. It was sold to ITAB Cargo in Jan-96 (Zaire became the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997) and to Air Katanga in Jun-98. The aircraft was still in service with Air Katanga as late as Apr-05 although it was thought to be stored at Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of Congo, by 2009.
A wintery scene at Whitchurch in February 1984 as Class 47530 passes through with a Cardiff Central to Crewe service. Today the signal box and most of the outbuilding have been demolished and replaced with housing
ORIGINAL SLIDE TAKEN WITH A CANON A1 CAMERA
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 13-Oct-19.
Special livery for '15th Asian Games, Doha 2006'.
Named: "Semaisma" (applied in Arabic only).
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYK, this aircraft was delivered to Qatar Airways as A7-AEE in Dec-05 in Orange '15th Asian Games Doha 2006' livery.
It was repainted into standard livery in Jun-09. The aircraft was stored at the old Doha International Airport (DIA) between Mar/May-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and again between early Jul-20 and late Jul-21.
On 28-Feb-26 the USA & Israel declared war on Iran and all flights in the region were cancelled. This aircraft returned to service on 10-Mar-26 and was withdrawn again on 18-Mar-26. It was ferried to Teruel, Spain on 22-Mar-26 for long-term storage. Updated 24-Mar-26.