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I had in mind the idea of Roller Girl from the film Boogie Nights and wanted to use the idea in the Challenge - I was lucky to have these fab vintage Barbie Generation Girl Roller skates and this dress is possibly the only yellow item of clothing that my dolls have... so bingo! Roller Girl is ready to roll!
*Somehow* I have 377 pictures from a road trip to Chicago & Wisconsin that I took with a friend in May 2013... that never got posted.
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The Delavan Roller Rink was built in 1931 as a roller rink. It has been operated as a roller rink and banquet hall for over 80 years. The original hard maple floor is a huge attraction for roller skaters from all over the world. The rink is a nostalgic piece of history and is enjoyed by thousands every year.
(See links). Closed now. For Sale. $499,000.
Delavan Roller Rink - Google street view
548 Delavan Dr. Delavan, WI. 052713.
weight classed as a 10 ton roller but weighs approx 12 tons
5 horse power
speed 4mph
Number of gears 2 slow and slower
Pistons bore and stroke 51/4”HP and 6 1/2” LP 10” stroke
Height to chimney 10’ 1” Length 18’ 5” Width 6’ 5”
Poppy was built in February 1904 by Aveling and Porter of Rochester Kent, who were at the time the largest manufacturer of steam rollers in the world. She was built to order for Wrexham Corporation.
In the minutes of their steam roller sub-comitee it is noted that the roller would cost £393 with an allowance of £80 for an old roller reducing the price to £313 delivered….in todays money that would equate to £33,225
The council had to secure a 10 year loan from central government to raise the purchase price.
The last time the roller was mentioned in the minutes was June 1931 where the committee decide to purchase a new roller as Poppy was deemed too expensive to repair the probable cost was estimated at £285. The repairs are probably in relation to an accident we think she had resulting in Poppy tipping on her side. so after 27 years of service she was sold to the Essex steam rolling association based in Romford.
They had around 40 rollers and Poppy was number 17 in their fleet, damage repaired she was put to work for another 21 years and finally retired in 1953 from road building.
The Essex steam rolling association donated Poppy to the local council who placed her in a children’s playground in Collier row Romford to be used as a climbing frame. She spent 20 years there before she was removed and saved for preservation by John Dillon of Ilford Poppy had many owners and many false starts to resort her. It was the summer of 2000 when Andrew Jackson of Cambridge purchased the roller in auction, by nowise was in pieces and many parts were missing from her days in the playground.
Andrew started a complete overhaul work included a new boiler barrel, front tube plate new throat and blackhead plates , new stays and tubes a complete front axle new piston rods new big and small end bearings and all but one of the non ferrous fittings needed replacing.
Andrew decided to part with the roller and she was purchased by Lee Chadderton of Ashton under Lyme in April 2014 all the major heavy work had been completed at this point some of the work left consisted of a new reach rod 2 new drive pins a new ashpanand damper assembly new gaskets all copper pipework to be fitted gland packing and numerous fittings and small jobs that seemed never ending!
After a successful hydraulic test a fire was lit to test the boiler and fittings on November 8th 2014 …. two weeks later the fire was lit again and Poppy moved under her own power for the first time in 61 years
and now enters another chapter attending shows and steam fairs often travelling by road under her own steam.
In November 2023 she was sold on again to her current owner Robert Boxhall who, by his own admission had dreamt of owning a steam roller his whole life and so another chapter begun.
There is no record of a roller ever carrying a name in its working life So when she was purchased in 2014 it just happened to be the centenary of the Great War so it was decided to call her Poppy in memory of the fallen.
This series of five was taken during Brighton's Pride week parade, and these very kind good-humoured roller skating ladies from Brighton Rockers Roller Derby obliged by racing towards me so I could get these low level shots.
Was out in the area, not really planning on taking photos, thought I might get a decent sky so I stopped by and tried a quick one. Didn't really work out how I hoped it would!
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Lilac-breasted roller is often considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world with its pastel (colours: buff, white, purple, blue, turquoise, green, black, tan) plumage, striking field marks and long tail streamers.
A beautiful looking bird snapped in the Kruger national park South Africa
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Coracias garrulus
A good find on our first full day on the island... we were just having an early morning check of the local areas when this bird arrived and began feeding!
Photo taken in Orlando. You should look at the image LARGE on BLACK and check if you know someone, the clarity of each person is remarkable!
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) in Palm tree at the Old Airport Garden in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Get on a Lego Roller coaster with the front cart view :-)
This is a pure Lego fully functional Wooden Roller Coaster inspired by El Toro at Six Flags. Model is made out of little under 90 000 pieces, it is 6,5 meters long 1,2 meters wide and 1,4 meters tall. It has a 26 meters of track which in reality is about 1200 meters long and 60 meters high Roller Coaster.
Wikipedia: The Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) or Burmese roller, is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from eastern India to China and southeast Asia. It is a stocky bird. The crown and vent are blue. The primaries are deep purplish blue with a band of pale blue. The tail is sky blue with a terminal band of Prussian blue and the central feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac with white shaft streaks. The bare patch around the eye is ochre in colour. The three forward toes are united at the base. Rollers have a long and compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. The nostril is long and exposed and there are long rictal bristles at the base of the bill. It has a purplish brown and unstreaked face and breast. It has underwing coverts in a deep shade of blue. Within the Indian region, it is seen to intergrade with the Indian roller.
Was looking for Clawdeen. Bought a couple other monster high items as well. I was going to slow down. Oh well, I'll slow down next time. ;)
Browsing landscpae to catch a bee or fly. Tried capturing but gosh they move so fast, one really need lot of practise to get that shot, may be some other time..
Tanzania - Serengeti - The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. (Wikipedia)
European roller | Coracias garrulus | GRK | Sep'23 | Sony Gear | f 5.6 @ 1/3200 | ISO 2000
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