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"A new typesetting schedule takes effect Monday, 4-9-1974. Please check for changes. Check that you have the new schedule, effective 4-8-1974." So proclaims the board. My hunch is that this photo was taken before April 8, 1974. If you missed the change, it may be too late now.
1Z41 16:30 YORK - 22:08 LONDON KINGS CROSS running on 11/06/2016
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A visit to Beaumaris Castle on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Our 2nd visit in around 20 years.
Within the Inner Wall of Beaumaris Castle.
Beaumaris Castle (Welsh: Castell Biwmares), located in the town of the same name on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer the north of Wales after 1282. Plans were probably first made to construct the castle in 1284, but this was delayed due to lack of funds and work only began in 1295 following the Madog ap Llywelyn uprising. A substantial workforce was employed in the initial years under the direction of James of St George. Edward's invasion of Scotland soon diverted funding from the project, however, and work stopped, only recommencing after an invasion scare in 1306. When work finally ceased around 1330 a total of £15,000 had been spent, a huge sum for the period, but the castle remained incomplete.
Beaumaris Castle was taken by Welsh forces in 1403 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but was recaptured by royal forces in 1405. Following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the castle was held by forces loyal to Charles I, holding out until 1646 when it surrendered to the Parliamentary armies. Despite forming part of a local royalist rebellion in 1648 the castle escaped slighting and was garrisoned by Parliament, but fell into ruin around 1660, eventually forming part of a local stately home and park in the 19th century. In the 21st century the ruined castle is managed by Cadw as a tourist attraction.
Historian Arnold Taylor described Beaumaris Castle as Britain's "most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning". The fortification is built of local stone, with a moated outer ward guarded by twelve towers and two gatehouses, overlooked by an inner ward with two large, D-shaped gatehouses and six massive towers. The inner ward was designed to contain ranges of domestic buildings and accommodation able to support two major households. The south gate could be reached by ship, allowing the castle to be directly supplied by sea. UNESCO considers Beaumaris to be one of "the finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe", and it is classed as a World Heritage site.
Grade I listed building
History
Beaumaris Castle was begun in 1295, the last of the castles built by Edward I to create a defensive ring around the N Wales coast from Aberystwyth to Flint. The master mason was probably James of St George, master of the king's works in Wales, who had already worked on many of Edward's castles, including Harlech, Conwy and Caernarfon. Previously he had been employed by Philip of Savoy and had designed for him the fortress palace of St Georges d'Esperanche.
Unlike most of its contemporaries, Beaumaris Castle was built on a flat site and was designed on the concentric principle to have 4 defensive rings - moat, outer curtain wall, outer ward and inner curtain wall. It was originally intended to have 5 separate accommodation suites. In the event they were not built as work ceased c1330 before the castle was complete. A survey made in 1343 indicates that little has been lost of the fabric in subsequent centuries, despite being besieged during the revolt of Owain Glyndwr. However it was described as ruinous in 1539 and in 1609 by successive members of the Bulkeley family, who had settled in Anglesey and senior officials at Beaumaris from the C15, although they were probably unaware that the castle had never been finished. During the Civil War the castle was held for the king by Thomas, Viscount Bulkeley, who is said to have spent £3000 on repairs, and his son Colonel Richard Bulkeley. After the Restoration it was partly dismantled. The castle was purchased from the crown by the 6th Viscount Bulkeley in 1807, passing to his nephew Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley in 1822. Sir Richard opened the castle grounds to the public and in 1832 Princess Victoria attended a Royal Eisteddfod held in the inner ward. Since 1925 it has been in the guardianship of the state, during which time the ruins have been conserved and the moat reinstated.
Exterior
A concentrically planned castle comprising an inner ward, which is square in plan, with high inner curtain wall incorporating gatehouses and towers, an outer ward and an outer curtain wall which is nearly square in plan but has shallow facets to form an octagon. The outer curtain wall faces the moat. The castle is built mainly of coursed local limestone and local sandstone, the latter having been used for dressings and mouldings. Openings have mainly shouldered lintels.
The main entrance was the S side, or Gate Next the Sea. This has a central gateway with tall segmental arch, slots in the soffit for the drawbridge chains, loop above it and machicolations on the parapet. The entrance is flanked by round gatehouse towers which, to the L, is corbelled out over a narrower square base set diagonally, and on the R is corbelled out with a square projecting shooting platform to the front. The towers have loops in both stages, and L-hand (W) tower has a corbelled latrine shaft in the angle with the curtain wall. The shooting platform has partially surviving battlements, and is abutted by the footings of the former town wall, added in the early C15. On the R side of the gatehouse is the dock, where the curtain wall has a doorway for unloading provisions. The dock wall, projecting at R angles further R has a corbelled parapet, a central round tower that incorporated a tidal mill and, at the end, a corbelled shooting platform, perhaps for a trebuchet, with machicolations to the end (S) wall. The E side of the dock wall has loops lighting a mural passage.
The curtain walls have loops at ground level of the outer ward, some blocked, and each facet to the E, W and N sides has higher end and intermediate 2-stage round turrets, and all with a corbelled parapet. The northernmost facet of the W side and most of the northern side were added after 1306 and a break in the building programme. The towers at the NW and NE corners are larger and higher than the other main turrets. On the N side, in the eastern facet, is the N or Llanfaes Gate. This was unfinished in the medieval period and has survived much as it was left. The gateway has a recessed segmental arch at high level, a portcullis slot and a blocked pointed arch forming the main entrance, into which a modern gate has been inserted. To the L and R are irregular walls, square in plan, of the proposed gatehouse towers, the N walls facing the moat never having been built. Later arches were built to span the walls at high level in order to facilitate a wall walk. The NE tower of the outer curtain wall has a corbelled latrine shaft in the angle with the E curtain wall, and in the same stretch of wall is a corbelled shaft retaining a gargoyle. The SE tower also has a corbelled latrine shaft in the angle with the E curtain wall.
In the Gate Next the Sea the passage is arched with 2 murder slots, a loop to either side, and a former doorway at the end, of which draw-bar slots have survived. In the R-hand (E) gatehouse is an irregular-shaped room with garderobe chamber. On its inner (N) side are mural stair leading to the wall walk and to a newel stair to the upper chamber. The upper chamber has a fireplace with missing lintel, and a garderobe. The L-hand (W) gatehouse has an undercroft. Its lower storey was reached by external stone steps against the curtain wall, and retains a garderobe chamber and fireplace, formerly with projecting hood. The upper chamber was reached from the wall walk.
On the inner side facing the outer ward, the outer curtain wall is corbelled out to the upper level, except on the N side where only a short section is corbelled out. To the W of the gatehouse are remains of stone steps to the gatehouse, already mentioned, and stone steps to the wall walk. Further R the loops in the curtain wall are framed by an arcade of pointed arches added in the mid C14. The curtain wall towers have doorways to the lower stage, and were entered from the wall walk in the upper stage. In some places the wall walk is corbelled out and/or stepped down at the entrances to the towers. On the W side, the southernmost facet has a projecting former garderobe, surviving in outline form on the ground and with evidence of a former lean-to stone roof. Just N of the central tower on the W side are the footings of a former closing wall defining the original end of the outer ward before the curtain wall was completed after 1306. Further N in the same stretch of wall are stone steps to the wall walk. The NW corner tower has a doorway with draw-bar socket, passage with garderobe chamber to its L, and a narrow fireplace which formerly had a projecting hood. The upper stage floor was carried on a cross beam, of which large corbels survive, and corbel table that supported joists. In the upper stage details of a former fireplace have been lost.
In the Llanfaes Gate the proposed gatehouses both have doorways with ovolo-moulded surrounds. The L-hand (W) doorway leads to a newel stair. The NE curtain wall tower is similar to the NW tower, with garderobe, fireplaces and corbels supporting the floor of the upper stage. Both facets on the E side have remains of garderobes with stone lean-to roofs, of which the northernmost is better preserved. The SE tower was heated in the upper stage but the fireplace details are lost. In the dock wall, a doorway leads to a corbelled mural passage.
The inner ward is surrounded by higher curtain walls with corbelled parapets. It has S and N gatehouses, and corner and intermediate round towers in the E and W walls. The towers all have battered bases and in the angles with the curtain walls are loops lighting the stairs. The curtain walls have loops lighting a first floor mural passage, and the S and N sides also have shorter passages with loops in the lower storey. The inner curtain wall has a more finely moulded corbel table than the outer curtain wall, and embattlements incorporating arrow loops. The main entrance to the inner ward was by the S Gatehouse. It has an added barbican rectangular in plan. The entrance in the W end wall has a plain pointed arch, of which the voussoirs and jamb are missing on the L side. The S wall has 3 loops and 2 gargoyles, the L-hand poorly preserved, and has a single loop in the E wall. Inside are remains of stone steps against the E wall leading to the parapet. The 2-storey S gatehouse has a 2-centred arch, a pointed window above, retaining only a fragment of its moulded dressings, spanned by a segmental arch with murder slot at high level. The towers to the R and L are rounded and have loops in the lower stage, and square-headed windows in the middle stage.
The SW, W (Middle) and NW towers have similar detail, a loop in the lower stage and blocked 2-light mullioned window in the middle stage. The 3-storey N Gatehouse, although similar in plan and conception to the S Gatehouse, differs in its details. It has a central 2-centred arch and pintles of former double gates. In the middle storey is a narrow square-headed window and in the upper storey a 2-light window with cusped lights and remains of a transom. A high segmental arch, incorporating a murder slot, spans the entrance. The rounded towers have loops in the lower stage. The R-hand (W) has a window opening in the middle storey, of which the dressings are missing, and in the upper storey a single cusped light to the N and remains of a pair of cusped lights, with transom, on the W side. The L-hand (E) tower has a single square-headed window in the middle storey (formerly 2-light but its mullion is missing) and in the upper storey a single cusped light and square-headed window on the E side. The NE and SE towers are similar to the towers on the W side. In the middle of the E curtain wall is the chapel tower, which has 5 pointed windows in the middle storey.
The S gateway has a well-defended passage. The outer doorway has double draw-bar sockets, followed by a portcullis slot, 4 segmental arches between murder slots, loops in each wall, then another portcullis slot and a segmental arch where the position of a doorway is marked by double draw-bar sockets. Beyond, the passage walls were not completed, but near the end is the position of another doorway with draw-bar socket and the base of a portcullis slot.
The gatehouses have a double depth plan, but only the outer (S) half was continued above ground-floor level. The N side has the footings of guard rooms, each with fireplaces and NE and NW round stair turrets, of which the NW retains the base of a newel stair. Above ground floor level the N wall of the surviving building, originally intended as a dividing wall, has doorways in the middle storey. Both gatehouses have first-floor fireplaces, of which the moulded jambs and corbels have survived, but the corbelled hood has been lost.
Architectural refinement was concentrated upon the N gatehouse, which was the principal accommodation block, and the chapel. The S elevation of the N gatehouse has a central segmental arch to the entrance passage. To its R is a square-headed window and to its L are 2 small dressed windows, set unusually high because an external stone stair was originally built against the wall. In the 5-bay middle storey are a doorway at the L end and 4 windows to a first-floor hall. All the openings have 4-centred arches with continuous mouldings, sill band and string course at half height. The R-hand window retains a transom but otherwise no mullions or transoms have survived. Projecting round turrets to the R and L house the stairs, lit by narrow loops. To the N of the R-hand (E) stair tower the side wall of the gatehouse has the segmental stone arch of a former undercroft.
The N gate passage is best described from its outer side, and is similar to the S gate. It has a doorway with double draw-bar sockets, portcullis slot, springers of former arches between murder slots, loops in each wall, another portcullis slot, a pointed doorway with double draw-bar sockets, doorways to rooms on the R and L, and a 3rd portcullis slot. The gatehouses have, in the lower storey, 2 simple unheated rooms. The first-floor hall has pointed rere arches, moulded C14 corbels and plain corbel table supporting the roof, a lateral fireplace formerly with corbelled hood, and a similar fireplace in the E wall (suggesting that the hall was partitioned) of which the dressings are mostly missing. Rooms on the N side of the hall are faceted in each gatehouse, with fireplaces and window seats in both middle and upper storeys. Stair turrets have newels stairs, the upper portion of which is renewed in concrete on the W side.
The Chapel tower has a pointed rubble-stone tunnel vault in the lower storey. In the middle storey is a pointed doorway with 2 orders of hollow moulding, leading to the chapel. Above are 2 corbelled round projections in the wall walk. The chapel doorway opens to a small tunnel-vaulted lobby. Entrance to the chapel itself is through double cusped doorways, which form part of a blind arcade of cusped arches with trefoiled spandrels, 3 per bay, to the 2-bay chapel. The chapel has a polygonal apse and rib vault on polygonal wall shafts. The W side, which incorporates the entrance, also has small lancet openings within the arcading that look out to the mural passage. Windows are set high, above the arcading. The W bay has blind windows, into which small windows were built that allowed proceedings to be viewed from small chambers contained within the wall on the N and S sides of the chapel, reached from the mural passage and provided with benches.
The SW, NW, NE, SE and the Middle tower are built to a standard form, with round lower-storey rooms, octagonal above. They incorporate newel stairs, of which the NW has mostly collapsed, and the SW is rebuilt in concrete at the upper level. The lower storey, which has a floor level lower than the passage from the inner ward, was possibly used as a prison and has a single inclined vent but no windows. Upper floors were supported on diaphragm arches, which have survived supporting the middle storeys of the Middle and SE towers, whereas the SW and NE towers retain only the springers of former arches, and the NE tower has a diaphragm arch supporting the upper storey. In the middle storey of each tower is the remains of a fireplace with corbelled hood.
Each section of curtain wall contains a central latrine shaft, with mural passages at first-floor level incorporating back-to-back garderobes. The N and S walls also have short mural passages in the lower storey to single garderobes in each section of wall. Mural passages have corbelled roofs. The S side is different as it has tunnel-vaulted lobbies adjacent to the towers, between which are short sections of corbelled passage with garderobes. The wall walk also incorporates back-to-back latrines, in this case reached down stone steps.
There is evidence of buildings within the inner ward. Footings survive of a building constructed against the E end of the N wall. In the curtain wall are 2 fireplaces, formerly with corbelled hoods, to a first-floor hall. On the S side of the chapel tower is the stub wall of a larger building. On the N side of the W curtain wall are the moulded jambs of a former kitchen fireplace, and adjacent to it against the N wall is the base of a bake oven. On the E side of the S curtain wall the wall is plastered to 2-storey height.
Reasons for Listing
Listed grade I as one of the outstanding Edwardian medieval castles of Wales.
Scheduled Ancient Monument AN001
World Heritage Site
corridor - South-West Tower to North-West Tower. While here I also went up to the top of the walls for the Inner Wall Walk.
The Middle Tower.
Yoga Student Stacey in Palm Beach wearing her yoga shala tee. The Yoga Shala in an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga School located in Winter Park, Florida, just outside of Orlando. To view our class schedule please visit www.theyogashala.org
According to the limited information Herkimer scheduled production for single propeller commercial version of this engine in the early 1940's. Other than a few repro’s, fabricated by welding two twins together, it appears no commercial engines were actually produced or sold.
The military version sports a coaxial drive for contra rotating propellers with a dual point distributor in the back. It measures 11.5 inches long, 8 inches wide plug to plug, 5 inches high, and weighs 4 pounds- 12 ounces; it burns gas with oil mixed in for lubrication. As the war approached a few were produced for military testing but one or two either failed or were destroyed by the Army, which ended the program. This engine is believed to be the only engine, or possibly one of two original engines that survived.
Like the OK twin it has a single updraft carburetor with manifold tubes extending to each cylinder. Interesting is the tubes that make up the manifold appear to be rolled from brass sheet stock with the seams soldered.
See Tim Dannels article in his Engine Collectors Journal, Volume 32 number 3, Issue 183, July 2007.
Courtesy of Dave and Gloria Evans
Paul and Paula Knapp
Miniature Engineering Museum
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 4, 2016) Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis’ (CVN 74) deck department operate a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian/ Released)
U.S. MNT DRAWS WITH MEXICO 2-2 IN FRONT OF 59,066 IN GLENDALE, ARIZ.
Michael Bradley and Chris Wondolowski Score First-Half Goals for USA
GLENDALE, Ariz. (April 2, 2014) - Sporting their new away kits for the first time in 2014, the U.S. Men's National Team players played to a 2-2 draw against longtime rival Mexico in front of 59,066 fans at University of Phoenix Stadium. The USA scored twice in the first half with Michael Bradley scoring the game's opening goal and then assisting Chris Wondolowski's team-leading third goal of the year. The USA increased its unbeaten streak to five games against Mexico (2-0-3 during its current stretch). The U.S. had held Mexico scoreless for 392 straight minutes until Rafael Marquez's 49th-minute goal.
Goal Scoring Rundown:
USA - Michael Bradley (Graham Zusi), 15th minute: Graham Zusi, on the game's first corner kick, delivered a perfect ball from the left side as Michael Bradley separated himself from Mexico defender Jesus Eduardo Zavala at the far right post. Bradley played the ball off a short hop and directed it into the net for his 12th career goal. It also marked the third time that Bradley scored off of a corner kick assist against Mexico. USA 1, MEX 0 (SEE GOAL)
USA - Chris Wondolowski (Michael Bradley), 28th minute: The USA's sharp passing from midfielders Graham Zusi and Clint Dempsey led to an attack from the right side as Tony Beltran crossed from the right flank. Michael Bradley flicked a header to the left side of the box, where Chris Wondolowski snuck behind Mexico's Rogelio Alfredo Chavez with a right-footed toe poke goal. It was Wondolowski's team-leading third goal of 2014 and the ninth goal of his career. USA 2, MEX 0 (SEE GOAL)
MEX - Rafael Marquez (Marco Fabian), 49th minute: Off of Marco Fabian's right-footed corner kick from the left side, Rafael Marquez lost USA center back Omar Gonzalez on the set piece and had an open header from seven yards out, which he promptly placed into the left side of the net for his 15th career goal for Mexico. USA 2, MEX 1
MEX - Alan Pulido (unassisted), 67th minute: Paul Aguilar had the initial attack, with his shot ricocheting off of the left post. Alan Pulido was the quickest to react, converging for the rebound and equalizer. USA 2, MEX 2 (FINAL)
Highlights and Post-Game Comments: All goal scoring, highlights and post-game comments from the team and players will be available at ussoccer.com.
Milestone Watch:
With his 12th career goal, Michael Bradley moved into a tie for 15th on the all-time U.S. MNT list with Frank Klopas and Clint Mathis.
Bradley, who made his first appearance of 2014, earned his 83rd career cap to move into sole possession of 22nd place on the all-time appearances list. Bradley had been tied with Brad Friedel, Eddie Lewis and Eddie Pope who had 82 caps apiece.
Chris Wondolowski's ninth goal puts him in a seven-way tie for 21st in the all-time USA goal scoring record books, matching the following players: Dominic Kinnear, Jovan Kirovski, Alexi Lalas, Peter Millar, Willy Roy and Josh Wolff.
Clint Dempsey made his 103rd career appearance, passing former U.S. MNT goalkeeper Kasey Keller (102 caps from 1990-2007) on the all-time list for 10th place.
With his 155th career cap, Landon Donovan, who entered the match in the 59th minute, is now only nine appearances behind all-time U.S. MNT leader Cobi Jones (164 caps from 1992-2004).
Next on the Schedule:
The U.S. MNT begins its three-game Send-Off Series against Azerbaijan at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) on Tuesday, May 27, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Broadcast information: ESPN2, WatchESPN, UniMas and ESPN Deportes Radio
Social: Twitter (@ussoccer); Facebook; Instagram
Tickets
Additional Notes:
The U.S. is now 17-32-14 all-time against Mexico and 12-5-5 since 2000.
The USA is now 2-0-1 all-time at University of Phoenix Stadium and 3-0-2 in Arizona.
With Clint Dempsey wearing the captain's armband, the U.S. is 6-3-2.
Jurgen Klinsmann is now 28-11-8 at the helm of the U.S. MNT.
Klinsmann's lineup Wednesday featured a 4-4-2 formation in front of goalkeeper Nick Rimando. The back line included Michael Parkhurst and Tony Beltran at left and right back, respectively, with Matt Besler and Omar Gonzalez paired at center back. Beltran made his third career appearance, and his first cap since the USA's 4-1 victory against Cuba on July 13, 2013, in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The starting diamond midfield included Brad Davis and Graham Zusi on the left and right sides, Kyle Beckerman at holding midfield and Michael Bradley at the top.
At forward, Dempsey and Chris Wondolowski were paired up front to start.
Klinsmann made several changes in the 59th minute, as Julian Green made his anticipated U.S. MNT debut when he entered for Davis. Landon Donovan replaced Zusi and Goodson took over for Besler.
Eddie Johnson made his 63rd career appearance, replacing Wondolowski in the 64th minute.
In the 72nd minute, DeAndre Yedlin earned his second cap when he replaced Beltran, and Maurice Edu entered for Beckerman.
Nick Rimando moved to 10-0-1 in his career, making four saves against Mexico.
-U.S. Men's National Team Match Report-
Please note: The below statistical information is subject to change and should not be seen as the official report. Final statistics will be posted at ussoccer.com, and the Budweiser Man of the Match will also be named.
Match: U.S. Men's National Team vs. Mexico
Date: April 2, 2014
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium; Glendale, Ariz.
Kickoff: 8 p.m. PT
Attendance: 59,066
Weather: 90 degrees, humid
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 2 0 2
MEX 0 2 2
USA - Michael Bradley (Graham Zusi) 15th minute
USA - Chris Wondolowski (Michael Bradley) 28
MEX - Rafael Marquez (Marco Fabian) 49
MEX - Alan Pulido 67
Lineups:
USA: 1-Nick Rimando; 6-Tony Beltran (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 72), 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Matt Besler (21-Clarence Goodson, 59), 15-Michael Parkhurst; 14-Kyle Beckerman (7-Maurice Edu, 72), 19-Graham Zusi (10-Landon Donovan, 59), 11-Brad Davis (9-Julian Green, 59), 4-Michael Bradley; 17-Chris Wondolowski (18-Eddie Johnson, 64), 8-Clint Dempsey (capt.)
Substitutions Not Used: 12-Sean Johnson, 16-Luis Gil, 22-Bill Hamid
Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
MEX: 23-Moisés Muñoz (1-Alfredo Talavera, 46); 28-Rogelio Chávez (22-Paúl Aguilar, 63), 6-Juan Carlos Valenzuela, 4-Rafael Márquez (capt.), 2-Francisco Javier Rodríguez; 27-Carlos Peña (9-Raúl Jiménez, 46), 17-Jesús Zavala, 7-Miguel Layun (16-Miguel Ángel Ponce, 68); 11-Alán Pulido, 18-Isaac Brizuela (10-Luis Montes, 57), 8-Marco Fabián
Substitutions Not Used: 5-Enrique Pérez, 26-Juan Carlos Medina
Head coach: Miguel Herrera
Stats Summary: USA / MEX
Shots: 9 / 13
Shots on Goal: 3 / 6
Saves: 4 / 1
Corner Kicks: 3 / 9
Fouls: 16 / 15
Offside: 3 / 1
Misconduct Summary:
MEX - Miguel Angel Ponce (caution) 76th minute
USA - DeAndre Yedlin (caution) 83
Officials:
Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Fourth Official: Jafeth Perea (PAN)
Photography by Barbara Trainor for Get Image Ready.
We must have gone to Dudley Castle sometime in 1994, as I took this photo and it was in the album. Lucky that I noted down what it was on the back of the print.
This shot, for some reason, I noted it as Dudley Zoo, but think it is Dudley Castle (the Zoo is in the grounds).
Not sure what is going on here, vintage cars, picnics etc.
If I was to ever go back to Dudley (on my own) I would want to take a digital shot like this. Probably best to wait for the Spring before going there (assume I could go on the bus using my bus pass).
A shot of the castle on Castle Hill.
Dudley Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument as the best surviving remains of the limestone industry in Dudley. It is also a Grade I listed building. The Dudley Tunnel runs beneath Castle Hill, but not the castle itself.
The castle ruins are Grade I listed.
Limestone faced with reddish sandstone. C14 oblong keep with semi-circular towers
at angles. C14 barbican and curtain walls. C16 hall with remains of 8-light transomed
mullions. Chapel with undercroft. Remains of minor adjuncts, kitchens etc on
opposite side of upper bailey. The castle was visited by Queen Elizabeth I and
was inhabited until 1750 when it was destroyed by fire. AM.
Finally, I have a halfway reasonable schedule. It took me forever to actually get into classes, and now I have no waitlists to deal with or anything.
A board shows the schedule for the workers. Taken at Gilman, the former town of the workers at the Eagle Mine. The town is at an elevation of 9000’ with a population of 350. It was the largest underground mill in the US until in 1984 when it was abandoned by order of the EPA due to toxic pollutants. Graffiti artist often use Gilman as a canvas for their artworks. These photos are part of the Gilman project, a two day photographic shoot of the town and mine site.
I love everything about these schedule boards -- they seem exotic to me and scream "Europe." The constant motion and clackety-clack noise only add to the appeal.
Taken at South by Southwest, Austin Texas. In the panel Immersive Content: The Future of Storytelling.
"What's the Future of Immersive content?
We believe that VR is the future of the storytelling and the greatest way to create empathy with the audience.
Ricardo Laganaro, film director at O2 Filmes, the biggest production company in Brazil owned by Fernando Meirelles, will invite Gabo Arora, American filmmaker and UN Senior Advisor, Director of Clouds Over Sidra, UN’s first foray into virtual reality filmmaking for a discussion about the future of immersive content for films.
Laganaro just delivered a fulldome projection for Museu do Amanhã, one of the great new museums in Rio, and also directed the most viewed 360 video inside Facebook in the world for a popular singer from Brazil."
Photo: Ståle Grut / NRKbeta
Schedule, new pack of gum, sneakers and back pack...good to go! Boys are so easy. Oh...and the ever important lunch inside the back pack!!
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This is Saint Alban's Church on Deansway in Worcester. It may have it's origins in Roman times, but there may have been a church on this site since c.720. The present building is at least early Norman (c.1175). Some of the stone work might be Anglo-Saxon.
It was heavily restored in the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is named after the first British Martyr, who was a soldier in the Roman Army. He converted to Christianity by a fugitive priest who gave him shelter. They switched identies so that he could be martyred in the priests place.
His tomb was liked so much, that a church was built on the site, and around it the town of St Albans.
These days the church is no longer a church but a day centre called Magg's Day Centre. It is a Grade II listed building and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Parish church, now day centre. C12 with later additions and alterations including restorations and alterations of c1821-1850. Coursed red and green sandstone with double pitch slate and plain tile roof. Small church with continuous 3-bay nave and single-bay chancel with north aisle. Norman, Early English and neo-Norman. Chamfered plinth. Entrance to north side a round-arched doorway with 1 order of columns with cushion capitals and roll-moulding to head in chamfered reveals, all renewed; plank door. 2 round-arched windows with 1 order of slender columns and roll-moulding to head, renewed, with blocked narrow opening between and large intel. East end has 3 stepped lancets to chancel with oculus over and lancet to aisle. West end has 2 renewed trefoil-headed lancets and continuous hoodmould; small rose window over. West gable bell cote. Coped gable ends. INTERIOR: the North arcade is Late Norman with round piers and round abaci, double-chamfered arches, one scalloped capital and one flat-leaf capital, nailhead ornament in the hoodmould (mostly recut). Probably Victorian tile floor. Monuments: wall monument to Marci, wife of William Wyatt d.1595; wall monument to Edmund Wyatt d.1711 a cartouche with winged cherubs and drapery; another wall tablet c1796. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner: N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 317).
Modern Dance Brochure design template. by Jenna Ebanks.Showcased on Inkd.com.
A dance studio could utilize this brochure to display class schedules and information about instructors. The dark palette in contrast with the white background of the brochure interior conveys a sense of modernism, which is appropriate for a dance studio. This is further illustrated by the movement of the images and flourishes.
Heading into Caernarfon. First view of the town walls from Glan Mor.
Between towers 4 and 5. The entrance at Northgate Street near Bank Quay.
Caernarfon's town walls are a medieval defensive structure around the town of Caernarfon in North Wales. The walls were constructed between 1283 and 1292 after the foundation of Caernarfon by Edward I, alongside the adjacent castle. The walls are 734 m (2,408 ft) long and include eight towers and two medieval gatehouses. The project was completed using large numbers of labourers brought in from England; the cost of building the walls came to around £3,500, a large sum for the period. The walls were significantly damaged during the rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294, and had to be repaired at considerable expense. Political changes in the 16th century reduced the need to maintain such defences around the town. Today the walls form part of the UNESCO world heritage site administered by Cadw. Archaeologists Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham describe the defences as "a remarkably intact walled circuit".
Grade I listed building.
History
The borough of Caernarfon was established by Edward I of England under the Statute of Wales in 1284. It was the centre of government for N Wales and was protected by the erection of the Town Wall, with Caernarfon Castle at its S end. The construction of the Town Wall had begun in 1283 in conjunction with the building of Caernarfon Castle, probably under the direction of James of St George who was architect of the castle. Masonry work on the first phase of the Town Wall was completed by 1285, re-using some stone from Segontium Roman fort. The Town Wall was badly damaged in the native uprising of 1294 and were restored and improved in 1295 at a cost of £1195. The wall walk and towers were further repaired in 1309-12. Of other entrances, only a single postern gate has survived intact, the Greengate to the SE. Former posterns on the W side are infilled and can be seen in the W wall of the church of St Mary and gable end of the police station. Another postern, the Water Gate at the end of Castle Ditch, has been altered. Further openings facing Bank Quay, from Church Street, Market Street and Northgate Street, are later insertions. The bell tower at the NW corner was converted for ecclesiastical use as accommodation for the chaplain of the church of St Mary, built 1307-16. The Bath Tower facing the Promenade was converted in 1823 when the Earl of Uxbridge created public baths on the site of the present 11-17 Church Street, part of a scheme to attract visitors to the town, when the upper stage of the Bath Tower became a reading room. The main E and W entrances survive substantially intact (are listed as separate items).
Exterior
High coursed rubble-stone wall in several straight sections forming an irregular plan and a circuit approximately 730m long, with 2 gate houses (listed as separate items) and eight 2-stage round towers contrasting with the polygonal towers of the castle. The quality of masonry in the wall is variable, accounted for by various repairs and restorations. The towers have mainly open gorges and were originally crossed by timber bridges, one of which has been repaired on the NE side. The upper stages of the towers have arrow loops, while the embattled parapet, where it survives, has similar loops to the merlons. The walls have regular brattice slots. At the SE end the wall has been demolished across Castle Ditch and begins on its N side, where on the inner side facing Hole-in-the-Wall Street stone steps to the wall walk survive at high level, and where there is a postern gate, known as the Greengate, under a 2-centred arch with portcullis slot. The adjacent tower has a shouldered lintel to a fireplace in the upper stage. The wall, with 2 towers and the East Gate to High Street, continues on a high bank, around to the N side facing Bank Quay. The NE tower survives to the full height of its battlements and has stone steps on the inner side. A skewed archway has been inserted leading to Northgate Street. Further W, an inserted segmental arch spans a double-carriageway entrance to Market Street, while the tower on its W side also retains stone steps. A lower segmental arch leads to Church Street immediately to the E of the church.
On the NW side the church of St Mary is integral with the Town Wall and its NW, or Bell Tower, houses the vestry, while its upper storey served as a priest's dwelling. Facing N it has a 2-light Tudor window under a hoodmould, with sunk spandrels, while the W face has a plainer 2-light window in the upper stage. On the parapet is a gabled bellcote. A blocked former postern gate is on the return facing the promenade, incorporated into the church. The next tower facing the promenade is the Bath Tower, which has early C19 detail in connection with the baths established in 1823. It has its doorway in the S side facing the Promenade, which has a pointed arch with studded boarded door and Y-tracery overlight. In the N and S faces the upper stage has restored 3-light mullioned and transomed windows incorporating iron-frame casements, and restored embattled parapet. A 2-storey projection with parapet is built behind. At the W end of the High Street is the former gatehouse known as Porth-yr-Aur, beyond which there is a single tower behind the former jail. The tower is enclosed at the rear by a late C19 wall with segmental arch flanked by small-pane windows under lintels. Further S is a segmental arch across Castle Ditch, on the S side of which the reveal and part of the keyed arch of an earlier gateway is visible, while the wall abutting the castle is an addition of 1326.
Reasons for Listing
Listed grade I, the medieval Town Wall has survived to almost the complete extent of the original circuit, defining the medieval town, and with Caernarfon Castle is of national significance in the survival of a medieval garrison town.
Scheduled Ancient Monument CN 034.
World Heritage Site.
Youth Speech Contest Winner Will Challenge Heads of State on Sustainability.
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The UN has confirmed that the winner of the “Date With History” youth video speech contest, organized by the global TckTckTckcampaign, will speak to over 100 heads of state and deputy heads of state at 09h55 local time in Rio on June 20, 2012, as the High-Level Summit opens.
17-year-old Brittany Trilford, a student from Wellington, New Zealand is hoping the simple moral truths of youth can inspire leaders to set aside narrow self-interest and to agree bold and urgent action that will benefit humanity for generations to come.
Her speech on Wednesday morning will follow the statement by an astronaut who will address the plenary from the International Space Station, right before Heads of States launch the final round of negotiations. Brittany is available for interviews, contact details for follow up can be found below.
Side-Event Invitation:
Brittany will also ‘speak truth to power’ at a side event hosted by TckTckTck on 19 June in Rio Centro, room T4, from 19h30-21h00. She will be joined on the panel by UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, Greenovation Hub Founder Lo Sze Ping, NRDC President Frances Beinecke and Severn Suzuki, who addressed leaders at the 1992 Earth Summit as a 12-year-old and is still remembered as “the girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes”.
During this event, Brittany will divulge aspects of her address to world leaders and will ask negotiators and decision makers in the audience to respond to her vision for a more sustainable future. Media are invited to attend, and interviews at the sidelines can be arranged.
Date With History at Rio+20
In addition to the address to the Summit on 20 June and the “Speaking Truth to Power” side event on the evening of 19 June, TckTckTck has also arranged for Brittany Trilford to address business leaders attending the UN Global Compact’s Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum, local government leaders from cities around the world attending the Rio+20 Global Town Hall, parliamentarians from across the globe civil society and youth leaders gathering in Rio. Her schedule also includes meetings with EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, and Helen Clark, former New Zealand prime minister and Administrator of the UN Development Programme. TckTckTck has also coordinated a live webchat with a Mexican ‘Youth 20” delegate attending the G20 next week, where the two will share views on subjects including youth leadership, climate change and poverty eradication. It is hoped film from the webchat will be presented to the G20 Summit in Los Cabos on 18th June.
About the Date With History Contest
“Date With History” is organized by the global TckTckTck campaign, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Climate Nexus and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Contest participants aged 13-30 were asked to upload 2-3 minute speeches about the future they want at datewithhistory.com. Once the submission period closed on 6 May 2012, the most popular speeches from each region, as determined by the number of votes online, were shortlisted as finalists. Brittany Trilford’s speech was selected from the finalist gallery by a diverse jury which included more than a dozen respected youth leaders from around the world, Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke, UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth, actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and activist Hayden Panettiere, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and actor Don Cheadle, former Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva, Brazilian actor and activist Sergio Marone, Carbon War Room President Jose Maria Figures, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General UN Industrial Development Organisation and Co-Chair Secretary-General’s High Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All. As the Grand Prize Winner, Brittany Trilford and her guardian will travel to Rio de Janeiro and join the TckTckTck team who have facilitated her schedule.
About the Contest Winner
Brittany Trilford is a 17-year-old pupil currently in year 13 at school in Wellington, New Zealand. She is the daughter of Claire McGrory of Auckland and Tony Trilford of Wairarapa, New Zealand. She is part of New Zealand’s capital Youth Council and has participated in programmes including UN Youth Declaration hosted by the UN Youth Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Model United Nations, and will be attending the Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC in July 2012, for which she has raised funds in order to attend. Brittany also participates in numerous school-based sporting and cultural activities and is a mentor to younger debating society members and a coach to younger volleyball teams at school. Brittany hopes to study a Bachelor of Science and Arts on completing her schooling.
About TckTckTck
TckTckTck is the public campaign of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) - a diverse alliance of 350 non-profit organizations from all over the world. Our shared mission is to mobilize civil society and galvanize public support to ensure a safe climate for people and nature, to promote the low-carbon transition of our economies, and to accelerate the adaptation efforts in communities already affected by climate change.
The airline began operations as Robinson Airlines in 1945 out of Ithaca Municipal Airport near Ithaca, New York, flying single engined, three passenger Fairchild F-24 aircraft.
In 1952 it was renamed Mohawk Airlines.
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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. Built between 1879 and 1881, the railway is about 78 kilometres) long. Its elevation level varies from about 100 metres at New Jalpaiguri to about 2,200 metres at Darjeeling. Four modern diesel locomotives handle most of the scheduled services; however the daily Kurseong-Darjeeling return service and the daily tourist trains from Darjeeling to Ghum (India's highest railway station) are handled by the vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. The railway, along with the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the Kalka-Shimla Railway, is listed as the Mountain Railways of India World Heritage Site. The headquarters of the railway is in the town of Kurseong. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia.
HISTORY
A broad gauge railway connected Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Siliguri in 1878. Siliguri, at the base of the Himalayas, was connected to Darjeeling by a cart road (the present day Hill Cart Road) on which "Tonga services" (carriage services) were available. Franklin Prestage, an agent of Eastern Bengal Railway Company approached the government with a proposal of laying a steam tramway from Siliguri to Darjeeling. The proposal was accepted in 1879 following the positive report of a committee formed by Sir Ashley Eden, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Construction started the same year.
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. constructed the railway. The stretch from Siliguri to Kurseong was opened on 23 August 1880, while the official opening of the line up to Darjeeling was on 4 July 1881. Several engineering adjustments were made later in order to ease the gradient of the rails. Despite natural calamities, such as an earthquake in 1897 and a major cyclone in 1899, the DHR continued to improve with new extension lines being built in response to growing passenger and freight traffic. However, the DHR started to face competition from bus services that started operating over the Hill Cart Road, offering a shorter journey time. During World War II, the DHR played a vital role transporting military personnel and supplies to the numerous camps around Ghum and Darjeeling.
After the independence of India, the DHR was absorbed into Indian Railways and became a part of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in 1958. In 1962, the line was realigned at Siliguri and extended by nearly 6 km to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) to meet the new broad gauge line there. DHR remained closed for 18 months during the hostile period of Gorkhaland Movement in 1988-89.
The line closed in 2011 due to a 6.8 Magnitude earthquake. The line is currently loss-making and in 2015, Rajah Banerjee, a local tea estate owner, has called for privatisation to encourage investment, which was fiercely resisted by unions.
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
DHR was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, only the second railway to have this honour bestowed upon it, the first one being Semmering Railway of Austria in 1998. To be nominated as World Heritage site on the World Heritage List, the particular site or property needs to fulfill a certain set of criteria, which are expressed in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and its corresponding Operational Guidelines. The site must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. The protection, management, authenticity and integrity of properties are also important considerations.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
The DHR is justified by the following criteria:
Criterion ii The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is an outstanding example of the influence of an innovative transportation system on the social and economic development of a multi-cultural region, which was to serve as a model for similar developments in many parts of the world.
Criterion iv The development of railways in the 19th century had a profound influence on social and economic developments in many parts of the world. This process is illustrated in an exceptional and seminal fashion by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGITY
Since 1881, the original route has been retained in a remarkable condition. Only minimal interventions of an evolutionary nature, such as the reduction of loops, have been carried out. Most of the original steam locomotives are still in use. Like Tea and the Ghurka culture, the DHR has become not only an essential feature of the landscape but also an enduring part of the identity of Darjeeling.
MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL STATUS
The DHR and all its movable and immovable assets, including the authentic railway stations, the line, and the track vehicles, belong to the Government of India entrusted to the Ministry of Railways. The Northeast Frontier Railway documented all the elements of the DHR in a comprehensive register. Apart from that, it handles the day-to-day maintenance and management. But moreover, several programs, divisions and departments of the Indian Railways are responsible for operating, maintaining and repairing the DHR. This includes technical as well as non-technical work. In principle, the only two legal protection mechanisms that apply to the conservation of the DHR are the provisions of the 1989 Railway Act and that it is a public property which is state-owned and therefore protected
THE ROUTE
The railway line basically follows the Hill Cart Road which is partially the same as National Highway 55. Usually, the track is simply on the road side. In case of landslides both track and road might be affected. As long parts of the road are flanked with buildings, the railway line often rather resembles urban tramway tracks than an overland line.
To warn residents and car drivers about the approaching train, engines are equipped with very loud horns that even drown horns of Indian trucks and buses. Trains honk almost without pause.
LOOPS AND Z-REVERSE
One of the main difficulties faced by the DHR was the steepness of the climb. Features called loops and Z-Reverses were designed as an integral part of the system at different points along the route to achieve a comfortable gradient for the stretches in between them. When the train moves forwards, reverses and then moves forward again, climbing a slope each time while doing so, it gains height along the side of the hill.
LOCOMOTIVES
CURRENT
STEAM
All the steam locomotives currently in use on the railway are of the "B" Class, a design built by Sharp, Stewart and Company and later the North British Locomotive Company, between 1889 and 1925. A total of 34 were built, but by 2005 only 12 remained on the railway and in use (or under repair).
In 2002, No. 787 was rebuilt with oil firing. This was originally installed to work on the same principle as that used on Nilgiri Mountain Railway No.37395. A diesel-powered generator was fitted to operate the oil burner and an electrically-driven feed pump, and a diesel-powered compressor was fitted to power the braking system. Additionally, the locomotive was fitted with a feedwater heater. The overall result was a dramatic change in the appearance of the locomotive. However, the trials of the locomotive were disappointing and it never entered regular service. In early 2011, it was in Tindharia Works awaiting reconversion to coal-firing.
In March 2001, No.794 was transferred to the Matheran Hill Railway to allow a "Joy Train" (steam-hauled tourist train) to be operated on that railway. It did not, however, enter service there until May 2002.
DIESEL
Four diesel locomotives are in use: Nos. 601-2, 604 and 605 of the NDM6 class transferred from the Matheran Hill Railway.
Past
In 1910 the railway purchased the third Garratt locomotive built, a D Class 0-4-0+0-4-0.
Only one DHR steam locomotive has been taken out of India, No.778 (originally No.19). After many years out of use at the Hesston Steam Railway, it was sold to an enthusiast in the UK and restored to working order. It is now based on a private railway (The Beeches Light Railway) in Oxfordshire but has run on the Ffestiniog Railway, the Launceston Steam Railway and the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
IN POPULAR CULTURE
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has long been viewed with affection and enthusiasm by travellers to the region and the Earl of Ronaldshay gave the following description of a journey in the early 1920s:
"Siliguri is palpably a place of meeting... The discovery that here the metre gauge system ends and the two foot gauge of the Darjeeling-Himalayan railway begins, confirms what all these things hint at... One steps into a railway carriage which might easily be mistaken for a toy, and the whimsical idea seizes hold of one that one has accidentally stumbled into Lilliput. With a noisy fuss out of all proportion to its size the engine gives a jerk - and starts... No special mechanical device such as a rack is employed - unless, indeed, one can so describe the squat and stolid hill-man who sits perched over the forward buffers of the engine and scatters sand on the rails when the wheels of the engine lose their grip of the metals and race, with the noise of a giant spring running down when the control has been removed. Sometimes we cross our own track after completing the circuit of a cone, at others we zigzag backwards and forwards; but always we climb at a steady gradient - so steady that if one embarks in a trolley at Ghum, the highest point on the line, the initial push supplies all the energy necessary to carry one to the bottom."
The trip up to Darjeeling on railway has changed little since that time, and continues to delight travellers and rail enthusiasts, so much so that it has its own preservation and support group, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society.
Several films have portrayed the railway. Especially popular was the song Mere sapno ki rani from the film Aradhana where the protagonist Rajesh Khanna tries to woo heroine Sharmila Tagore who was riding in the train. Other notable films include Barfi!, Parineeta and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. The Darjeeling Limited, a film directed by Wes Anderson, features a trip by three brothers on a fictional long-distance train based loosely on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
TELEVISION
The BBC made a series of three documentaries dealing with Indian Hill Railways, shown in February 2010. The first film covers the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway, the second the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the third the Kalka-Shimla Railway. The films were directed by Tarun Bhartiya, Hugo Smith and Nick Mattingly and produced by Gerry Troyna. The series won the UK Royal Television Society Award in June 2010. Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited also showcases three brothers riding the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
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A teacher looks over her teaching schedule at the Model Government Primary School in Khulna.
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6KH Radio was one of Britain’s early radio stations and the first to transmit within Hull and its environs. It was one of the relay stations set up by the BBC to increase coverage of its UK-wide broadcasting and was designated the ‘6KH’ call-sign representing Kingston-upon-Hull. 6KH Radio began broadcasting on 15th August 1924 using a 200W transmitter at a frequency of 896 kHz and just when commercial radio sets were becoming available to an eager public. 6KH Radio broadcasted a schedule of BBC programs as well as others of local interest, including a Children’s Hour. This is a membership for their Children's Hour Birthday Club.
In 1926, the BBC was nationalised and a change of policy saw the company reorganised into two new radio services, BBC National and BBC Regional. This was made possible with the development of more powerful transmitters able to broadcast over longer distances. This ensured the demise of many relay stations, including 6KH Radio which ceased transmitting on the 31st October 1928.
As standard practise for radio stations and newspapers of the time, each had their own slots for children’s programmes with dedicated clubs that issued welcome packs to new members which would have included their membership badge, such as this one. 6KH Radio also transmitted a weekly 30-minute programme to regional schools each Friday afternoon.
In 1923, the BBC formed Radio Circles, which were clubs for listeners to the Children's Hour programmes. Initially, these were based on local stations such as Manchester (2ZY), Nottingham (5NH), Sheffield (6FL), Stoke on Trent (6ST), Liverpool (6LV), Hull (6KH), etc and each of these stations issued their own distinct membership badge. With the nationalisation of radio under the BBC in 1926 and the developments of better transmitting technology, the local stations had been reorganised into regional ones by 1928. The Radio Circle clubs had also been reorganised and thererafter, each issued a standard badge showing the iconic sunburst, rabbit and cockerel, differentiated only by a bar attached to the badge showing the region's name. The Radio Circle clubs were discontinued by the BBC making their final birthday request broadcast on the 31st December 1933. The BBC stated costs as being the main factor for their decision to end the Childen's Hour Radio Circles.
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References:
news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/hist... (Hull’s first radio station - 6KH).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Regional_Programme (Early days of BBC radio & station ID codes).
www.mds975.co.uk/Content/ukradio.html (General history of UK radio).
www.transdiffusion.org/2001/08/15/regions1
www.facebook.com/lostworldLE/ (This Facebook account - The lost world of light entertainment has quite a few snippets of information about the BBC Radio Circle clubs).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Hour (BBC Children’s Hour radio programme, 1923-1964).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Regional_Programme (Early history of the BBC radio, includes list of relay stations and regions).
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Enamels: 3 (dark blue, light blue & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: approx 1” diameter.
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: THOMAS FATTORINI LTD, HOCKLEY ST, BIRMINGHAM (1924-1929).
Pictures From The 2012 Detroit Auto Show MGM Grand Gallery
Pictures From Day 2 of the The 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Steve Cypher and the LotPro crew were on scene covering the schedule of events while actively taking pictures, tweeting, writing new articles and shooting video delivering timely on the spot coverage of events.
New Trax schedules at stations feature handy travel times, as well as indicating what line services which station.
FORT IRWIN, California -- The New 2016 Weed Army Community Hospital: A Quality of Life Benefit Realized at Fort Irwin.
The Weed Army Community Hospital replacement hospital, scheduled for completion in the fall of 2016 was conceived to improve the medical care provided to Soldiers, military families, and retirees in the Fort Irwin community.
No less important, the hospital will also support brigade-size units that rotate in and out regularly for training at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin’s largest tenant. Since 2001 rotating units have been trained at the NTC for tours to Afghanistan and Iraq and are today being prepared for deployments to potential international trouble spots, peace-keeping missions and in support of allies around the globe. The installation conducts about 10 training rotations per year.
The new facility will effectively be able to accommodate any scenario – emergency or otherwise – in support of the NTCs approximately 10 training rotations per year (more than 50,000 visiting service members) as well as maintaining its commitments to the Fort Irwin Garrison population.
This mission-critical project includes the design of a 21,600 square foot replacement hospital, clinic alterations, utility plant building, ambulance shelter, and helipad. Combining state-of-the-art facility design with innovative energy conservation and generation, the e facility will be the nation’s first carbon-neutral hospital, and it sets a precedent for future military medical facilities.
Artist's Rendering courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Released).
With short notice, today provided a short and unexpected window of opportunity where the chance elements of weather, my work schedule, my parenting schedule, and aircraft availability all magically lined up.
At the last minute, I texted a friend, who had the day off who had expressed interest in flying with me. She's new to Oregon, and didn't know if she'd seen the Columbia Gorge before.
And what a treat. Large areas that still fall under the shadow of the cascades had plenty of snow left.
After a right downwind departure from KTTD, I flew eastward into the Gorge. With the help of air traffic controllers, I avoided no less than three helicopters and two fixed-wing aircraft also taking advantage of the temporary break in the weather.
Passing Vista House (aka Crown Point) where the turbulence is usually moderate to extreme, I found the winds calm. Where I'd normally climb to 3,000 ft to get into smoother air, it was just fine at 1,500 ft, which is far better for aerial photography.
Past Cascade Locks, over the town of Hood River and into the draw where the bulk of the town sits, then continuing east to the leeward side of the Cascades, the terrain goes from lush forest to desert as you approach the town of The Dalles.
I had planned to land at The Dalles (an uncontrollled airport) and grab some coffee, and I cut across a bend in the river to overfly the town as I cut the throttle and began a descent.
I self-announced "The Dalles traffic, Skyhawk Two Mike Romeo is 5 miles west, entering the 45 for a left downwind for runway three one. The Dalles."
No answer. Quiet day this far east.
Entering the pattern from 45 degrees into the downwind leg, now parallel to the runway off to my left, it looked like the runway was covered in ice. Hmm.
I keyed the mic, "The Dalles traffic, Skyhawk Two Mike Romeo on left downwind for runway three one. The Dalles." Nobody else on the radio.
I eyed the windsock. Nothing. Automated weather had broadcast winds at 4 knots, straight down the runway. Not remotely a concern, but I'm not liking what still looks like ice.
Abeam the end of approach end of runway 31, I drop down to 1500 RPM, roll back one full wheel of trim, and let my airspeed drop until I can put in 10 degrees of flaps, still eye-balling the runway, now behind my left shoulder.
I descend 200 ft, and make a 90 degree turn to my left, putting in 20 degrees or flaps, and again, self-announce "The Dalles, Two Mike Romeo on left base for three one."
Drop another 300 ft, make another 90 degree turn, and now 500 ft above the runway and nicely lined up, "The Dalles, Two Mike Romeo on final for three one...uhhh... this will be a low approach".
This means I'm not actually going to land. I can't tell if the runway is wet, or if it's a block of ice. I know the temperature is above freezing, but I don't really need that coffee.
I descend until I'm 50 ft above the runway, the fly down the centerline, close the carburetor heat, add power, and slowly raise my flaps until I'm past the runway and have plenty of speed, climbing up and away.
Aside from a few pockets of mild turbulence, we fly at a slow and leisurely 2000 ft all the way back until I'm 10 miles east of KTTD.
I contact air traffic control, and I'm advised to make a straight-in arrival and call them back when I'm 2 miles out.
No pattern this time. I pass Crown Point at 1000 ft, wave to the crowds of tourists that aren't there, and fly my approach down to a nice smooth landing just an hour before the overcast and visibility start to drop.
Not a bad day!