Franz von Bayros (1866–1924) was an Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter best known for his controversial “Tales at the Dressing Table” portfolio. Von Bayros belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often relying on erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery.

Von Bayros was born in Zagreb, in present-day Croatia. At the age of 17, he passed the entrance exam for the Vienna Academy with Eduard von Engerth. Von Bayros mixed in elegant society and soon belonged to the circle of friends of Johann Strauss II, whose stepdaughter Alice he married in 1896. The next year, von Bayros moved to Munich. In 1904, von Bayros gave his first exhibition in Munich, which was a great success. From 1904 until 1908, von Bayros traveled to Paris and Italy for his studies. Returning to Vienna, he felt himself a stranger. The outbreak of the First World War was yet another setback for von Bayros. The artist died at Vienna, from a cerebral hemorrhage.

To learn more about Franz von Bayros, please visit the following links:

Franz von Bayros at Wikipedia

Franz von Bayros at All-Art.org

Franz von Bayros at Coilhouse.net

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In the course of its expansion to the East, the Teutonic Order secured the conquered territories by building castles. While the Order achieved military successes in Eastern Europe, it suffered setbacks in the Holy Land. In 1291 Acre, the last stronghold of the Crusaders in the Holy Land fell. The Order moved its headquarters to Venice, but it was clear that a reconquest of Palestine was out of the question. Prussia offered itself as an alternative field of activity.

In 1308 the Order took over Gdansk and in 1309 Grand Master Siegfried von Feuchtwangen moved his seat from Venice to Marienburg. The fortress was expanded into a very spacious castle. Today complex is the largest brick building in Europe

After the defeat of the Order in the Battle of Grunwald (Schlacht bei Tanneberg) against Poland-Lithuania, the first siege of Marienburg took place in 1410. Heinrich von Plauen managed to hold the fortress.

In 1454, during the Thirteen Years' Prussian City War, Ludwig von Erlichshausen successfully defended the castle against the Polish King Casimir IV. Jagiello. However, as the Grand Master fell behind with the payment of the salaries, he had to pawn the castle to his rebelling mercenaries in 1455. They sold the fortress to the Polish king without further ado.

After WWII about 60 per cent of the castle was destroyed or damaged. It got reconstructed and by now is one of the hot spots of tourism in Poland.

This morning I went to a garden center close to home hoping to take pictures in their Christmas Shop and was told they were "uncomfortable" with cameras. I am such a wimp and hate being reprimanded so much that this this is going to cause a fairly large setback. I see more cat pictures in my future.

Fun fact: "Selfie" is the word of the year and was added to the Oxford English Dictionary

"According to Oxford Dictionaries, the frequency of the term has increased 17,000 per cent since this time last year, making it their international word of the year.

“Using the Oxford Dictionaries language research programme, which collects around 150 million words of current English in use each month, we can see a phenomenal upward trend in the use of selfie in 2013, and this helped to cement its selection as word of the year," said Judy Pearsall, editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, in a release." CBS News

I was one of those that contributed to the 17,000% increase in the usage of the term.

Frame:*black mountain cycles* mod zero

Headset:*cane creek* 110

Wheel:*shimano*105 hb-r7070 x *velocity* blunt ss

Tire:*panaracer* fire pro

Handle:*whisky* no.7 6f aluminum drop

Stem:*thomson* elite x4

Bartape:*fizik* terra tacky

Saddle:*selle italia* flite 1990

Seatpost:*thomson* elite setback

RA's Eagle repeater in a sniper rifle configuration.

While a lever action sniper rifle might not currently seem practical, the Martial Eagle eliminates the setbacks shown in existing repeaters with its free floating heavy barrel, bedded polymer stock, side mounted box magazine, and high powered 8.2x50mm ammunition.

I didn't spend much time on Gand. I was knocked out by falling debris for quite a few hours. Gem and Minx stood by my side during the entire campaign. Setback and tipper are the only ones that did anything. I decided to let them use leave while us three go down to the Manaan sea.

We received some new weaponry, submerged weaponry that is. I got a new DC-15x Precision Rifle, made to fire an impact round that tears through the water and explodes after it hits any object. Crude yes, but effective, let's see.

___________________________________________________________________________

From left to right:

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Name: CT-571-03 "Gem"

Rank: Private

Primary weapon of choice: Modified DC-15s

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Name: CT-2810 "Rain"

Rank: Lieutinant

Primary weapon of choice: DC-15x Precision Rifle

Secondary weapon of choice: Vibro Knife

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Name: CT-7245 "Minx"

Rank: Private

Primary weapon of choice: Modified Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon

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I'm sorry, did someone say... Moar Brickarms? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

Attended a wedding this weekend where the guests were invited to play lawn games after the ceremony. One last chance to get some late Summer fun in before Autumn has fully arrived!

Croquet in America: From Backyard Game to Worldclass Sport

from: United States Croquet Association official website

The sport of croquet was born in the British isles in the mid 19th century and soon migrated to most other English-speaking countries. In the United States, manufacturers popularized a version of the sport that could be played on rough turf with lightweight, inexpensive equipment. It is this lightweight, scaled-down, toy version of croquet which most Americans have either seen or played.

Croquet as a public sport suffered a setback in the 1890's when the Boston clergy spoke out against the drinking, gambling, and licentious behavior associated with it on the Common.

The game of Backyard Croquet has maintained its popularity in America for more than a hundred years as the ideal complement of garden parties, family gatherings, outdoor fund-raisers, and social events both raucous and elegant.

Fair Weather Farms

Monroe, GA

A primary goal in traveling to Carlisle (which is off the beaten path) was to see and evaluate the former Chester C. Cole House, one of the most prominent Queen Anne style Victorians in town. The design is a documented George F. Barber design. Barber was a mail order architect working out of Knoxville, TN between 1888 and his passing in 1915. He claimed to have sold over 20,000 sets of house plans during his long career. Many are impressive designs as seen in the Cole House. Mr. Cole himself was a leading businessman in Carlisle but had some serious setbacks in life.

Built 1890. Single storey and attic 7-bay U-plan station building (ticket office and waiting room) with outshot. Setback central section with advanced flanking wings. Squared, snecked, rockfaced stone with long and short stone dressings to window margins. Class 158 approaching.

ScotRail was the first part of British Rail to introduce the Class 158s to public service in September 1990. These were employed on Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley services before being replaced by the Class 170s, although the 158s are now being phased out altogether.

Aberdour Station has been named the best small station in Britain at the National Rail Awards.

The Lancia Gamma came into being despite some not inconsiderable setbacks. It was the first Lancia produced under Fiat’s ownership and was developed in conjunction with Citroen and the CX. The car was to comprise the best of what both companies could offer including amongst other things, Citroen’s trademark hydraulic suspension. Two models were designed by Pininfarina, the Berlina (saloon) and the Coupe.

The Coupe was produced at the Pininfarina facility alongside the Ferrari 400, and the Berlina model was built by Lancia. Released to unsuspecting owners in 1976, from the word go the car quickly developed a reputation for mechanical fragility. The decision to run the power steering pump from one of the timing belts proved to be the principal cause of an early death. A cold morning combined with a dose of full lock on startup was enough to cause the timing belt to slip with the results being terminal for the engine. Cam shafts wore prematurely due to lack of lubrication, auto gearboxes failed due to blocked galleries, cylinder liner gaskets were made out of paper which failed easily and allowed to coolant to mix with oil, which main bearings do not like at all apparently! Front wishbones were made out of tin foil and……well you get the idea.

A fit Gamma Coupe is a wonderous machine, the 2.5 litre boxer engine throbs menacingly at idle but delivers a heroically broad spread of torque, starting just above idle and giving the car effortless performance and driveability. At 80mph/4000 rpm it is smooth and vibration free and feels at its happiest. The flat four engine enabled the designers to maximize the benefit of a low center of gravity (in the Coupe at least) and the car has outstanding handling compared to many modern cars – it must have been a revelation at launch. Staying flat through corners, the balance is magical and especially when you consider the suspension is compliant and soaks up bumps with contempt.

When I look at the ashes of Lancia today, a once proud, engineering-led company reduced to re-badged Chryslers, it’s easy to see the roots of their demise in the Gamma. A brilliantly designed car starved of development and constructed from low quality materials.

The Lancia Gamma was a front-wheel drive car with longitudinally-mounted boxer engine and with either a 5-speed manual transmission and later a 4-speed automatic transmission.[1] The Gamma received a midcycle face-lift, receiving Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection as well as a new corporate grille, 15-inch "sunburst" alloy wheels, and a revised interior with new instrumentation, interior lighting, badging, handbrake and gear lever gaiter.

Though Fiat had planned to use one of their V6 engines, Lancia developed unique flat-4 engines for the Gamma. The Lancia Flavia and Flavia Coupe had used 1.8 and 2.0 litre flat four engines. Engine designer De Virgilio also drew up an engine for the Gamma which was a V6 4-cam with either 3- or 4-litre displacement, but this never came to fruition.

The flat engine, though large for a modern 4-cylinder petrol engine, lacked the cachet associated with six and eight cylinder engines but enabled Pininfarina chief stylist Aldo Brovarone to lower the coupé's bonnet line and to steeply rake its windscreen.

Pressure cast in alloy with wet cylinder liners, the engine was light and though it only produced 140 bhp (104 kW), (120 bhp (89 kW) in 2.0-litre form) its torque was available at just 2000 rpm.

Initially available with a displacement of 2.5 L (Gamma 2500), it was later joined by a 2.0 L version (Gamma 2000), which resulted from the Italian tax system (cars with engines larger than 2.0 L are subject to heavier tax burden). The displacement was lowered by decreasing the bore rather than the stroke of the engine. Both displacements were using Weber carburetors, and the 2.5 L also came in a version fitted with fuel injection (Gamma 2500 I.E.)

2.0 L carburetor 8v SOHC flat-4 - 1999 cc, 115 PS (85 kW)

2.5 L carburetor 8v SOHC flat-4 - 2484 cc, 140 PS (103 kW)

2.5 L I.E. 8v SOHC flat-4 - 2484 cc, 140 PS (103 kW)

Thank you, my dearest Mayamee Mamee!!!

I received these in the mail yesterday afternoon.

I stopped by the mailboxes, along with the kids and baba (he's back, woohoo!) at the corner. We were so thrilled to see The Key in our #7 mailbox. You know what that means right? Package!

When I saw who the package was from, I got even all excited! You see, my Mayamee Mamee, nanayof2 here on flickr, has one of the best photostreams on here. It is filled with beautiful scenery - of people and things that she loves.

That said, I knew that my little surprise would be the same.

I was right!

Here are more photos of my very first kimmidolls.

Here are their names and symbolisms:

SEIKO

“Success”

(the foreground doll)

My spirit inspires and motivates.

To release my potential in every area of your life, aspire to do the best you can. Use your dreams of success as inspiration in your quest to achieve your goals and overcome setbacks.

TIKARA

“Treasure”

(the background doll)

My spirit cherishes and enriches.

Go on a treasure hunt. Discover all the precious things that bring joy, richness and beauty to your life.

Embrace my spirit by enjoying and cherishing all the treasures you find.

Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1308610

Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967

Location

Statutory Address: St Michael the Archangel Church,Chagford, Newton Abbot TQ13 8BN

County: Devon

District: West Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Chagford

National Park: DARTMOOR

National Grid Reference: SX 70146 87508

Details

Parish church. It appears to be a complete C15 rebuild of an earlier church (The Church Wardens Accounts record work on the Lady Chapel in 1482); major renovation of circa 1888 followed by a series of lesser works between 1888 and 1925, e.g. vestry by J.W. Rowell and Son of Newton Abbot in 1891 and tower restored in 1915; roofs repaired circa 1960. Coursed blocks of granite ashlar throughout; granite ashlar detail, one window of limestone ashlar; slate roofs. Plan: church is actually set on a north-east - south-west axis but for convenience it is described as if it had a conventional east-west axis. Nave and chancel under a continuous roof with full length north and south aisles, both with east end chapels. The south aisle has the former Lady Chapel (now a Chapel of Remembrance to the dead of the World Wars) and the 1891 vestry at the east end. At the east end of the north aisle St Katherines Chapel was converted to the organ chamber and the aisle was extended an extra bay. C15 south porch. Large C15 west tower. Perpendicular style throughout and renovation work carried out in the same style. Exterior. Tall west tower of 3 stages with internal stair turret in the south-west corner. It has a chamfered plinth, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet without corner pinnacles. Belfry has double lancets on each side to the belfry and a single lancet on the north side to the ringing loft. On the west side the doorway has a 2-centred arch with double chamfered surround. It contains a good quality oak door carved with blind cusped arcades and carved with a Latin quotation and dated 1914. Directly above 3-light window with a pointed arch and containing simple intersecting tracery and a hoodmould. Possibly this window was reused in the C15 from the earlier church. Above this window 2 small arch-headed niche contains a C20 carved figure of St. Michael and above that a painted clockface put there in 1867. There are tiny slit windows on the south side lighting the newel stair. The nave and aisles are similar in style. Their roofs are gable-ended with C19 shaped kneelers, coping and moulded finials. (The west end of the north aisle has no finial). The roof is continuous over nave and chancel but the division is marked by an old ridge tile surmounted by a crude beast (maybe a pig). The aisles have soffit-chamfered eaves cornices and the south aisle has a chamfered plinth. Both have set back buttresses on their corners and buttresses between the windows, all with weathered offsets. The west ends of the aisles are blind although both contain blocked features. The south aisle is roughcast but inside a tall 2-centred arch shows. The north aisle contains a blocked doorway, a 2-centred arch with a double roll moulded surround and above that is a presumably C19 segmental-headed window embrasure. All the original windows have original Perpendicular tracery with plain hoodmoulds. The south aisle and porch. The porch projects left of centre. It has set back buttresses and an embattled parapet. 2-centred outer arch with moulded surround and broach stops. This contains early C20 timber gates containing a row of open quatrefoils containing rosettes along the top. There is a late C17 or C18 slate sundial with a brass pointer. It has shaped corners and the borders are enriched with scrolled foliage and garlands. The porch occupies one of the 5 bays this side. The others contain 3-light windows, and there is another at the east end. In the angle of the south aisle and chancel is the low 1981 vestry built of neater ashlar than the original church. It has a flat roof and embattled parapet over a soffit- moulded dripcourse. Each side contains a square-headed 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and the south side contains a segmental-headed doorway with ovolo surround. Above the vestry, a window built of limestone, with Decorated tracery and hoodmould with carved labels. The east end of the chancel has a large and impressive 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. It has moulded reveals with carved capitals and hoodmould. The north aisle is 6 bays. The east end bay is a late C19 addition and contains another limestone 2-light window with Decorated tracery, hoodmould and block labels. Contemporary granite Tudor arch doorway in east end. The rest are original 3-light windows similar to those on the south side. The division between aisle and organ chamber (former chapel) is marked by a projecting rood stair turret. Interior. Porch has a good interior. It has stone-flagged floor and benches along each side. Stone vaulted 2-bay roof; the ribs springing from half-engaged piers and with good carved bosses. The piers are granite and although the rest is painted the detail suggests a softer stone, possibly Beerstone. The south doorway is a granite 2- centred arch with double chamfered surround and pyrmaid stops. It contains an ancient folding plank door with studded coverstrips, its original ferramenta and a massive oak lock housing. The roof was repaired circa 1960 but is essentially original. Nave and chancel have continuous wagon roofs with moulded purlins and ribs, good carved oak bosses and a moulded wallplate enriched with 4-leaf bosses. The break between nave and chancel is now marked by the chancel only being ceiled and the timberwork there is painted. Both aisles have similar smaller wagon roofs and must be contemporary with the nave and chancel roof. Both are now open and the south chapel timbers have traces of ancient colour. The bosses are noteworthy some featuring the spiral symbol of the Gorges family and others the tinners mark of 3 rabbits. Church Fabric. Tall tower arch with a narrow chamfered surround and soffit- Chamfered imposts. Inside tower small 2-centred arch doorway to newel stairs but floor to ringing loft replaced 1915. Either side of the tower arch are the blocked apertures described above. Each aisle has an identical 5-bay arcade with 1 overlapping into the chancel. The arches have double chamfered arch rings. Octagonal granite piers made from single pieces of granite and have soffit-chamfered caps and chamfered bases, now on pedestals since the floor has been lowered. The floor is of stone slabs and includes some grave slabs in the chancel (see below). The walls are of exposed granite ashlar. In the south aisle, close to the chancel screen, there is an arch-headed blocked opening for the rood stair. Furniture and fittings. In the chancel the reredos dates from 1888 along with the rest of the sanctuary decoration. It is a painted and gilded triptych; Christ in majesty is flanked by panels containing the Evangelists and the wings contain saints. The wall behind is lined with good polychrome tiles of 1888. The oak stalls (dating from 1913) are in a Tudor Gothic style with blind arcading across the front and carved angel finials. The sedilia dates from 1894. The chancel screen is a fine piece of work. It was erected in 1925 in memory of the young flying officer Noel Hayter-Hames. It is an expert recreation of a C15 Perpendicular oak chancel screen with blind tracery on the wainscotting, Perpendicular tracery to the windows, Gothic cusped coving and a frieze of delicately undercut bands of foliage. The parclose screens are painted and it may be that they are actually C15; built of oak and simpler versions of the main screen. The pulpit (dated 1928) is also built of oak and in the same Perpendicular style; it has an octagonal drum nodding ogee arch on the sides and undercut foliage on the corners, base and frieze. In the former St. Katherines Chapel the late C19 organ has been restored to its original painted scheme. The former Lady Chapel was lined with panelled wainscotting when converted to a Chapel of Rememberance circa 1925. The contemporary figures on the Riddel posts are the patron saints of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brass lecturn is dated 1871. The benches are also Gothic in style; the bench ends have tracery patterns framed with wreathed foliage. They probably date from the reseating of 1864 and most have been dedicated to members of the congregation who died in the C20. Granite Perpendicular style octagonal font carved by a local mason, John Aggett, and dedicated to the memory of Katherine Hayter-Hames who died less than a year old in 1856. The oak coved canopy is richly carved in Gothic style. Memorials. The oldest and best in the church is the table tomb in the sanctuary in memory of Sir John Wyddon (d. 1575). It is remarkable for its early Renaissance decoration. The tomb base is 3 bays divided by pilasters which are carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foilage. Each bay carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foliage. Each bay contains a frame of formal foliage. Central bay contains an heraldic achievement and the flanking bays have Renaissance vases with cherubs and grotesques. Marble lid with black letter inscription around the edge. Any effigy is now missing. 2-bay arcade above with round arches enriched by scrolled cusping and supported on baluster columns. The arches and spandrels are richly carved with Renaissance ornament. Moulded frieze above and moulded entablature with carved crestwork is supported by carved scroll consoles. The back of the arcade is also richly carved with heraldic achievements surrounded by a dense pattern of expertly carved ornament featuring mermen, grotesques and foliage. Nearby, on the sanctuary steps is a graveslab in memory of Mary Whiddon who died on her wedding day in 1641. South aisle contains a good mural monument in memory of Sir John Prouz (d.1664). Built most of Beerstone, it contains an inscribed rectangular marble plaque flanked by free-standing marble columns with Corinthian caps and entablature with modillion frieze surmounted by a cartouche containing the Prouz arms flanked by other heraldic cartouches. The soffit-moulded sill is supported by scroll brackets carved as grotesque lions heads and with an apron between enriched with strapwork and containing a carved oak heraldic achievement. Above the monument is suspended a helmet bearing the Prouz crest. All the paintwork is C20. To south of the sanctuary a granite recess with double ogee arch in memory of Constance Hayter-Hames (d.1890) and several C19 mural monuments to other members of the same family but the best monument from this period is a mural plaque in memory of Captain John Evans who died aged 23, in 1861 after an active service life. The plaque is a white marble scroll with a symbol of liberty at the top. It is carved as if the scroll is pinned to the end of a chest tomb on which lies his sword and an open Bible and over this is his regimental arms. The black ground has a pointed arch and a moulded limestone frame. It is signed Bedford Sc. 256 Oxford Street, London. Over the south door a board is painted with the arms of Charles II (much restored). To right a painted Benefaction board dated 1791 over an inscribed Beerstone tablet recording the benefactions of the Reverend John Hayter and John Hooper in 1790. Glass. The window of the north chapel contains fragments of C15 glass; St. Andrew and some heraldic achievements. The rest of the stained glass is C19 and most are memorials to members of the Hayter-Hames family. Summary. This is a good C15 granite church although the interior is largely the result of the several late C19 and early C20 renovations. The best feature is the remarkable Whiddon table tomb. Sources. Devon C19 Church Project. Church Guide. (n.a.)

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One Front Street, formerly known as Shaklee Terraces, is a prominent office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. Towering 164 meters (538 feet) tall with 38 floors, it was completed in 1979 and has become a recognizable part of the city's skyline.

The building's facade bears a striking resemblance to the Shell Building in Berlin, designed by Emil Fahrenkamp and built in 1931. This architectural influence is evident in the use of vertical bands and setbacks, creating a visually distinctive and elegant exterior.

MARRABEL August 31

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge Hall No 62, IOOF, Manchester Unity, was performed yesterday by the PGM of the Kapunda district, Brother G E Davis jun.

A large and representative gathering assembled. Brother Albert Stief called upon the Secretary (Brother G E Davis) to read the historical report of the lodge. The latter dealt extensively with the progress of it since its formation on September 1, 1864. Of the 13 foundation members, only one survives—Brother James Howlett—who was present at the ceremony.

The late PPGM Brother Joseph Downing, one of the recent directors of the order in South Australia, together with the late Brother Augustus Stief and Brother W Polkinghorne, assisted in forming the first committee, and initiated the 13 foundation members. During the 17 years of the lodge many difficulties and setbacks have occurred, but were surmounted with the aid of good officers, particularly the late secretary (Brother W. Polkinghorne), who filled that position for 39 years continuously, and the late Brother A Stief, who was always a ready and willing worker.

Mr S March presented Brother G E Davis with a trowel on behalf of the members of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge. PGM Brother G E Davis thanked the brethren for the honour conferred upon him and for their presentation. He congratulated the trustees on their management of affairs, which had led up to the erection of such a fine hall, and remarked that Mr W Cairns, of Riverton, was the architect, and Mr S March, of Kapunda, the contractor. He expressed the opinion that the hall would be a credit to them, an ornament to the town, and a monument to the Order of Oddfellows in South Australia. Mr Davis proceeded with the ceremony of laying the stone, and deposited documents, a daily paper, and some coins of the realm thereunder. He declared the stone well and truly laid.

Brothers J J Helleur, J T Matthews, J Windebank, and others congratulated the lodge on its progressive state…invited the assembly to adjourn to the hotel, where the toast, "Success to the hall” was honoured. [Ref: Observer Saturday 9-9-1911]

MARRABEL April 4

The Marrabel Oddfellows’ Hall was opened yesterday. The weather was fine, and residents and visitors from neighbouring towns assembled in strong force to participate in the celebrations.

A long programme was conducted to a successful issue. A procession of more than 100 Oddfellows marched from the old lodgeroom to the new hall. PPGM Brother A E Stief presided, and handed to Grand Master Brother F A Holmes, who performed the opening ceremony, a silver presentation key.

Grand Master Brother F A Holmes congratulated the Marrabel Lodge on its financial position, which enabled it to build such a fine hall.

PGM Brother G E Davis jun (Secretary) in presenting the report, stated that sick pay to the amount of £1,791: death benefits £960: surgeons' fees £2,250: and management expense, £1,518 had been paid out since the inauguration of the lodge. Thus through the agency of the Marrabel branch a total of £6,519 had been distributed.

The hall was erected and furnished at a cost of £1,700 and was opened free of debt.

A banquet was tendered to visiting Oddfellows, and various toasts were honoured

The public were entertained with various musical items in the main hall while the banquet was in progress in the lodgeroom.

In the evening the Olympic Star Picture Company showed to a packed house.

A ball terminated the proceedings. Brother H Traeger made an efficient MC. [Ref: Register Monday 8-4-1912]

*April 29 The Marrabel Quadrille Class

The Marrabel Quadrille Class opened their 1912 season on Saturday night with a very successful dance held in the Oddfellows' Hall. There were 29 couples present. Mr H C Traeger officiated as MC very efficiently, and Mr W Disher supplied the music. [Ref: Daily Herald 1-5-1912]

*Marrabel March 19

The Ceremony of opening the new bridge over the River Light was held this afternoon. The bridge, just completed, overcomes the previous frequent impassabilitv of the river, but the southern embankment is considered to have been limited a little in its construction.

Mr Young said that in the construction of this bridge a most awkward thing had to be considered, and that was the turn of the river just below the bridge. This turn had the effect of sending flood waters out across the road at one end of the bridge embankment. This matter required watching, and if in time it grew to be anything serious, the department would remedy it, probably by building the road a few feet higher for the distance necessary to throw the water back along the course of the river.

He particularly wanted to thank Mr H Wurst for allowing the Department to take earth from his property for the earthworks at the bridge, which fact in itself was a considerable saving to the Department owing to its easy accessibility to the job. He had much pleasure in asking Mrs O'Brien to perform the opening ceremony, and name the bridge, which was done amid cheers from the people assembled.

The assemblage then adjourned to the Oddfellows’ hall, where the function was continued in the form of a banquet. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 27-3-1914]

*The residents of Marrabel and the surrounding districts made a splendid response on Australia Day. The efforts of the general committee met with great success and exceeded all expectations. A thorough canvass of the district was made by a collecting committee, and more than £300 was collected previous to Australia Day. Friday's proceedings began with a combined procession of Marrabel, Hamilton, and Friedrichswalde school children, who marched from the Oddfellows' Hall to the public school, where they saluted the Union Jack.

A programme of sports was then carried out, old and young joining in, the festivities.

A public tea followed in the banqueting room of the hall and was well patronised. A social was held in the main hall in the evening.

A sale of the goods presented to the funds realized a substantial sum. A Commonwealth flag was sold on the Bugler system, and materially added to the funds.

The proceeds totalled £376, which is considered highly satisfactory for a small community. [Ref: Register 5-8-1915]

*A farewell social was tendered to Sgt Lloyd, and Privates C C Rowett and J Wilson in the Marrabel Oddfellows' Hall, on Saturday evening: Mr G E Davis ju., presided over a large gathering. A number of toasts were honoured. A wristlet watch was presented by Mr Kitchen to each of the soldiers. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 28-4-1916]

*On Wednesday evening, the 20th inst a public welcome was given in the Oddfellows' Hall to Pte J W Hildebrandt, who has returned from the front after nearly three years of active service abroad. The returned soldier was met at the Riverton station by his father (Mr August Hildebrandt), and sisters and brothers.

Pte Hildebrandt was one of the first men from this district to offer his services, and is the first to return. He has fought at Gallipoli, Egypt, and has been in the thick of the fighting in France, where he received a bullet wound in the knee, which put him out of action.

Pte Hildebrandt was welcomed home by Messrs F P Kitchen and W A Duncan, and was presented with a purse of money (24 guineas) by Mr A E Stief from the residents of Marrabel and district. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 1-3-1918]

*The first of a series of dances promoted by the Cheer Up Society was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a large gathering present. Admission was by gift of not less than 2/6 in value for trench comforts, and resulted in sufficient goods being collected to pack 16 7-lb parcels to the boys at the front, containing cakes, cigarettes, sweets, &c, and two large boxes of cake have been forwarded to the Cheer-Up Hut.

The supper was provided by the ladies. It is the intention of the society to hold dances once a month during the winter. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 10-5-1918]

*January 28

A large gathering assembled at the Oddfellow’ Hall on Monday evening when a farewell social was tendered the Rev Father Maher, who is being transferred to Gawler after a residence here extending over sixteen years.

Mr W A Duncan presided, Dr R McM Glynn, of Riverton, presented Father Maher with a purse of money from the residents of the district, also Miss Glynn (Father Maher’s housekeeper) with a Morris chair, and Mr Jack Little, who is in Father Maher's employ, with an envelope containing money. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 31-1-1919]

* November 1 — A welcome home social was tendered to Sister Amy Dorrington and Cpl Ben and Pte Leonard Girke, in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large gathering.

A guard of honour was formed by the school children, and the guests were welcomed home in an eloquent address by Mr F P Kitchen. Mr J G Wurst (Chairman of the Hamilton District Council) presented the returned sister and soldiers with a framed certificate from the District Council of Hamilton. The Rev Allen Webb, of Riverton, presented Sister Dorrington with a gold wristlet watch from her Marrabel friends. Sister Dorrington and Cpl and Pte Girke responded. [Ref: Register 4-11-1919]

* November 16

The English brides of Cpl Ben Girke and Pte Cecil Rowett were welcomed in the Oddfellows Hall last Tuesday afternoon by the residents of Marrabel and district.

A guard of honour was formed by the ladies, and the "Wedding march" and the National Anthem were played by Miss Rehder. The brides were greeted by the Rev Allan Webb, on behalf of the residents of the town and district. Afternoon tea was served in the main hall, and the tables were tastefully decorated. Wine and a wedding cake were presented by Mrs. Thomas Marlow. The toasts were proposed by Mr Webb, who was supported by Mr Robert Gill.

The bridegrooms, Cpl Girke and Pte Rowett responded for the brides, and Messrs J D Rowett and E Girke, senrs thanked the gathering for the cordial welcome tendered to their sons and wives. [Ref: Observer 29-11-1919]

*On Saturday last, in the presence of one of the largest crowds ever seen in Marrabel, the Soldiers' Memorial was unveiled by the "Soldiers Chum ", Mr Sammy Lunn, M.B.E.

In 1920 the Hamilton District Council appointed a committee, with Mr J G Wurst as chairman, and the district clerk (Mr A J Stief) as secretary, who raised money to purchase a block of ground adjoining the Marrabel Hall.

The work of erecting the monument was entrusted to Mr R W Tillett and he carried it out with great skill.

The Hon W Hannaford was proud and pleased to be present to honour the memory of the brave lads who fell fighting for King and Empire.

He was also proud of the nurses who had left Australia, and particularly two nurses, who held the highest distinction it was possible to attain. One of these, born and educated at Marrabel, Miss Louise Collis Dorrington, besides being awarded a number of French, Serbian, and American decorations, was lately awarded the diploma and medal of the Legion of Honour. [Ref: Advertiser 9-3-1922]

*April 2 The annual Roman Catholic picnic and sports were held in Mr Campion's paddock in fine weather today. The large attendance from all the surrounding districts was evidence of the popularity of the fixture.

Kapunda, Saddleworth, Riverton, Manoora, Auburn, Eudunda, and Robertstown sent their quotas, the result being a record attendance of approximately 1,090.

A grand ball and supper was given in the Oddfellows' Hall in the evening. [Ref: Observer 14-4-1923]

Having arrived 20 early from Doncaster Decoy, 66769 splits the train, prior to the run round ,and setback to the loader.First time 66769 has run into Pen, and the first time I have seen it.

The advancement of Spring suffered a minor setback on April 2nd 2021. I was sad for the setback but kinda excited to get a few pics of flowers in the snow

Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1308610

Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967

Location

Statutory Address: St Michael the Archangel Church,Chagford, Newton Abbot TQ13 8BN

County: Devon

District: West Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Chagford

National Park: DARTMOOR

National Grid Reference: SX 70146 87508

Details

Parish church. It appears to be a complete C15 rebuild of an earlier church (The Church Wardens Accounts record work on the Lady Chapel in 1482); major renovation of circa 1888 followed by a series of lesser works between 1888 and 1925, e.g. vestry by J.W. Rowell and Son of Newton Abbot in 1891 and tower restored in 1915; roofs repaired circa 1960. Coursed blocks of granite ashlar throughout; granite ashlar detail, one window of limestone ashlar; slate roofs. Plan: church is actually set on a north-east - south-west axis but for convenience it is described as if it had a conventional east-west axis. Nave and chancel under a continuous roof with full length north and south aisles, both with east end chapels. The south aisle has the former Lady Chapel (now a Chapel of Remembrance to the dead of the World Wars) and the 1891 vestry at the east end. At the east end of the north aisle St Katherines Chapel was converted to the organ chamber and the aisle was extended an extra bay. C15 south porch. Large C15 west tower. Perpendicular style throughout and renovation work carried out in the same style. Exterior. Tall west tower of 3 stages with internal stair turret in the south-west corner. It has a chamfered plinth, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet without corner pinnacles. Belfry has double lancets on each side to the belfry and a single lancet on the north side to the ringing loft. On the west side the doorway has a 2-centred arch with double chamfered surround. It contains a good quality oak door carved with blind cusped arcades and carved with a Latin quotation and dated 1914. Directly above 3-light window with a pointed arch and containing simple intersecting tracery and a hoodmould. Possibly this window was reused in the C15 from the earlier church. Above this window 2 small arch-headed niche contains a C20 carved figure of St. Michael and above that a painted clockface put there in 1867. There are tiny slit windows on the south side lighting the newel stair. The nave and aisles are similar in style. Their roofs are gable-ended with C19 shaped kneelers, coping and moulded finials. (The west end of the north aisle has no finial). The roof is continuous over nave and chancel but the division is marked by an old ridge tile surmounted by a crude beast (maybe a pig). The aisles have soffit-chamfered eaves cornices and the south aisle has a chamfered plinth. Both have set back buttresses on their corners and buttresses between the windows, all with weathered offsets. The west ends of the aisles are blind although both contain blocked features. The south aisle is roughcast but inside a tall 2-centred arch shows. The north aisle contains a blocked doorway, a 2-centred arch with a double roll moulded surround and above that is a presumably C19 segmental-headed window embrasure. All the original windows have original Perpendicular tracery with plain hoodmoulds. The south aisle and porch. The porch projects left of centre. It has set back buttresses and an embattled parapet. 2-centred outer arch with moulded surround and broach stops. This contains early C20 timber gates containing a row of open quatrefoils containing rosettes along the top. There is a late C17 or C18 slate sundial with a brass pointer. It has shaped corners and the borders are enriched with scrolled foliage and garlands. The porch occupies one of the 5 bays this side. The others contain 3-light windows, and there is another at the east end. In the angle of the south aisle and chancel is the low 1981 vestry built of neater ashlar than the original church. It has a flat roof and embattled parapet over a soffit- moulded dripcourse. Each side contains a square-headed 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and the south side contains a segmental-headed doorway with ovolo surround. Above the vestry, a window built of limestone, with Decorated tracery and hoodmould with carved labels. The east end of the chancel has a large and impressive 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. It has moulded reveals with carved capitals and hoodmould. The north aisle is 6 bays. The east end bay is a late C19 addition and contains another limestone 2-light window with Decorated tracery, hoodmould and block labels. Contemporary granite Tudor arch doorway in east end. The rest are original 3-light windows similar to those on the south side. The division between aisle and organ chamber (former chapel) is marked by a projecting rood stair turret. Interior. Porch has a good interior. It has stone-flagged floor and benches along each side. Stone vaulted 2-bay roof; the ribs springing from half-engaged piers and with good carved bosses. The piers are granite and although the rest is painted the detail suggests a softer stone, possibly Beerstone. The south doorway is a granite 2- centred arch with double chamfered surround and pyrmaid stops. It contains an ancient folding plank door with studded coverstrips, its original ferramenta and a massive oak lock housing. The roof was repaired circa 1960 but is essentially original. Nave and chancel have continuous wagon roofs with moulded purlins and ribs, good carved oak bosses and a moulded wallplate enriched with 4-leaf bosses. The break between nave and chancel is now marked by the chancel only being ceiled and the timberwork there is painted. Both aisles have similar smaller wagon roofs and must be contemporary with the nave and chancel roof. Both are now open and the south chapel timbers have traces of ancient colour. The bosses are noteworthy some featuring the spiral symbol of the Gorges family and others the tinners mark of 3 rabbits. Church Fabric. Tall tower arch with a narrow chamfered surround and soffit- Chamfered imposts. Inside tower small 2-centred arch doorway to newel stairs but floor to ringing loft replaced 1915. Either side of the tower arch are the blocked apertures described above. Each aisle has an identical 5-bay arcade with 1 overlapping into the chancel. The arches have double chamfered arch rings. Octagonal granite piers made from single pieces of granite and have soffit-chamfered caps and chamfered bases, now on pedestals since the floor has been lowered. The floor is of stone slabs and includes some grave slabs in the chancel (see below). The walls are of exposed granite ashlar. In the south aisle, close to the chancel screen, there is an arch-headed blocked opening for the rood stair. Furniture and fittings. In the chancel the reredos dates from 1888 along with the rest of the sanctuary decoration. It is a painted and gilded triptych; Christ in majesty is flanked by panels containing the Evangelists and the wings contain saints. The wall behind is lined with good polychrome tiles of 1888. The oak stalls (dating from 1913) are in a Tudor Gothic style with blind arcading across the front and carved angel finials. The sedilia dates from 1894. The chancel screen is a fine piece of work. It was erected in 1925 in memory of the young flying officer Noel Hayter-Hames. It is an expert recreation of a C15 Perpendicular oak chancel screen with blind tracery on the wainscotting, Perpendicular tracery to the windows, Gothic cusped coving and a frieze of delicately undercut bands of foliage. The parclose screens are painted and it may be that they are actually C15; built of oak and simpler versions of the main screen. The pulpit (dated 1928) is also built of oak and in the same Perpendicular style; it has an octagonal drum nodding ogee arch on the sides and undercut foliage on the corners, base and frieze. In the former St. Katherines Chapel the late C19 organ has been restored to its original painted scheme. The former Lady Chapel was lined with panelled wainscotting when converted to a Chapel of Rememberance circa 1925. The contemporary figures on the Riddel posts are the patron saints of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brass lecturn is dated 1871. The benches are also Gothic in style; the bench ends have tracery patterns framed with wreathed foliage. They probably date from the reseating of 1864 and most have been dedicated to members of the congregation who died in the C20. Granite Perpendicular style octagonal font carved by a local mason, John Aggett, and dedicated to the memory of Katherine Hayter-Hames who died less than a year old in 1856. The oak coved canopy is richly carved in Gothic style. Memorials. The oldest and best in the church is the table tomb in the sanctuary in memory of Sir John Wyddon (d. 1575). It is remarkable for its early Renaissance decoration. The tomb base is 3 bays divided by pilasters which are carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foilage. Each bay carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foliage. Each bay contains a frame of formal foliage. Central bay contains an heraldic achievement and the flanking bays have Renaissance vases with cherubs and grotesques. Marble lid with black letter inscription around the edge. Any effigy is now missing. 2-bay arcade above with round arches enriched by scrolled cusping and supported on baluster columns. The arches and spandrels are richly carved with Renaissance ornament. Moulded frieze above and moulded entablature with carved crestwork is supported by carved scroll consoles. The back of the arcade is also richly carved with heraldic achievements surrounded by a dense pattern of expertly carved ornament featuring mermen, grotesques and foliage. Nearby, on the sanctuary steps is a graveslab in memory of Mary Whiddon who died on her wedding day in 1641. South aisle contains a good mural monument in memory of Sir John Prouz (d.1664). Built most of Beerstone, it contains an inscribed rectangular marble plaque flanked by free-standing marble columns with Corinthian caps and entablature with modillion frieze surmounted by a cartouche containing the Prouz arms flanked by other heraldic cartouches. The soffit-moulded sill is supported by scroll brackets carved as grotesque lions heads and with an apron between enriched with strapwork and containing a carved oak heraldic achievement. Above the monument is suspended a helmet bearing the Prouz crest. All the paintwork is C20. To south of the sanctuary a granite recess with double ogee arch in memory of Constance Hayter-Hames (d.1890) and several C19 mural monuments to other members of the same family but the best monument from this period is a mural plaque in memory of Captain John Evans who died aged 23, in 1861 after an active service life. The plaque is a white marble scroll with a symbol of liberty at the top. It is carved as if the scroll is pinned to the end of a chest tomb on which lies his sword and an open Bible and over this is his regimental arms. The black ground has a pointed arch and a moulded limestone frame. It is signed Bedford Sc. 256 Oxford Street, London. Over the south door a board is painted with the arms of Charles II (much restored). To right a painted Benefaction board dated 1791 over an inscribed Beerstone tablet recording the benefactions of the Reverend John Hayter and John Hooper in 1790. Glass. The window of the north chapel contains fragments of C15 glass; St. Andrew and some heraldic achievements. The rest of the stained glass is C19 and most are memorials to members of the Hayter-Hames family. Summary. This is a good C15 granite church although the interior is largely the result of the several late C19 and early C20 renovations. The best feature is the remarkable Whiddon table tomb. Sources. Devon C19 Church Project. Church Guide. (n.a.)

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Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1308610

Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967

Location

Statutory Address: St Michael the Archangel Church,Chagford, Newton Abbot TQ13 8BN

County: Devon

District: West Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Chagford

National Park: DARTMOOR

National Grid Reference: SX 70146 87508

Details

Parish church. It appears to be a complete C15 rebuild of an earlier church (The Church Wardens Accounts record work on the Lady Chapel in 1482); major renovation of circa 1888 followed by a series of lesser works between 1888 and 1925, e.g. vestry by J.W. Rowell and Son of Newton Abbot in 1891 and tower restored in 1915; roofs repaired circa 1960. Coursed blocks of granite ashlar throughout; granite ashlar detail, one window of limestone ashlar; slate roofs. Plan: church is actually set on a north-east - south-west axis but for convenience it is described as if it had a conventional east-west axis. Nave and chancel under a continuous roof with full length north and south aisles, both with east end chapels. The south aisle has the former Lady Chapel (now a Chapel of Remembrance to the dead of the World Wars) and the 1891 vestry at the east end. At the east end of the north aisle St Katherines Chapel was converted to the organ chamber and the aisle was extended an extra bay. C15 south porch. Large C15 west tower. Perpendicular style throughout and renovation work carried out in the same style. Exterior. Tall west tower of 3 stages with internal stair turret in the south-west corner. It has a chamfered plinth, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet without corner pinnacles. Belfry has double lancets on each side to the belfry and a single lancet on the north side to the ringing loft. On the west side the doorway has a 2-centred arch with double chamfered surround. It contains a good quality oak door carved with blind cusped arcades and carved with a Latin quotation and dated 1914. Directly above 3-light window with a pointed arch and containing simple intersecting tracery and a hoodmould. Possibly this window was reused in the C15 from the earlier church. Above this window 2 small arch-headed niche contains a C20 carved figure of St. Michael and above that a painted clockface put there in 1867. There are tiny slit windows on the south side lighting the newel stair. The nave and aisles are similar in style. Their roofs are gable-ended with C19 shaped kneelers, coping and moulded finials. (The west end of the north aisle has no finial). The roof is continuous over nave and chancel but the division is marked by an old ridge tile surmounted by a crude beast (maybe a pig). The aisles have soffit-chamfered eaves cornices and the south aisle has a chamfered plinth. Both have set back buttresses on their corners and buttresses between the windows, all with weathered offsets. The west ends of the aisles are blind although both contain blocked features. The south aisle is roughcast but inside a tall 2-centred arch shows. The north aisle contains a blocked doorway, a 2-centred arch with a double roll moulded surround and above that is a presumably C19 segmental-headed window embrasure. All the original windows have original Perpendicular tracery with plain hoodmoulds. The south aisle and porch. The porch projects left of centre. It has set back buttresses and an embattled parapet. 2-centred outer arch with moulded surround and broach stops. This contains early C20 timber gates containing a row of open quatrefoils containing rosettes along the top. There is a late C17 or C18 slate sundial with a brass pointer. It has shaped corners and the borders are enriched with scrolled foliage and garlands. The porch occupies one of the 5 bays this side. The others contain 3-light windows, and there is another at the east end. In the angle of the south aisle and chancel is the low 1981 vestry built of neater ashlar than the original church. It has a flat roof and embattled parapet over a soffit- moulded dripcourse. Each side contains a square-headed 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and the south side contains a segmental-headed doorway with ovolo surround. Above the vestry, a window built of limestone, with Decorated tracery and hoodmould with carved labels. The east end of the chancel has a large and impressive 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. It has moulded reveals with carved capitals and hoodmould. The north aisle is 6 bays. The east end bay is a late C19 addition and contains another limestone 2-light window with Decorated tracery, hoodmould and block labels. Contemporary granite Tudor arch doorway in east end. The rest are original 3-light windows similar to those on the south side. The division between aisle and organ chamber (former chapel) is marked by a projecting rood stair turret. Interior. Porch has a good interior. It has stone-flagged floor and benches along each side. Stone vaulted 2-bay roof; the ribs springing from half-engaged piers and with good carved bosses. The piers are granite and although the rest is painted the detail suggests a softer stone, possibly Beerstone. The south doorway is a granite 2- centred arch with double chamfered surround and pyrmaid stops. It contains an ancient folding plank door with studded coverstrips, its original ferramenta and a massive oak lock housing. The roof was repaired circa 1960 but is essentially original. Nave and chancel have continuous wagon roofs with moulded purlins and ribs, good carved oak bosses and a moulded wallplate enriched with 4-leaf bosses. The break between nave and chancel is now marked by the chancel only being ceiled and the timberwork there is painted. Both aisles have similar smaller wagon roofs and must be contemporary with the nave and chancel roof. Both are now open and the south chapel timbers have traces of ancient colour. The bosses are noteworthy some featuring the spiral symbol of the Gorges family and others the tinners mark of 3 rabbits. Church Fabric. Tall tower arch with a narrow chamfered surround and soffit- Chamfered imposts. Inside tower small 2-centred arch doorway to newel stairs but floor to ringing loft replaced 1915. Either side of the tower arch are the blocked apertures described above. Each aisle has an identical 5-bay arcade with 1 overlapping into the chancel. The arches have double chamfered arch rings. Octagonal granite piers made from single pieces of granite and have soffit-chamfered caps and chamfered bases, now on pedestals since the floor has been lowered. The floor is of stone slabs and includes some grave slabs in the chancel (see below). The walls are of exposed granite ashlar. In the south aisle, close to the chancel screen, there is an arch-headed blocked opening for the rood stair. Furniture and fittings. In the chancel the reredos dates from 1888 along with the rest of the sanctuary decoration. It is a painted and gilded triptych; Christ in majesty is flanked by panels containing the Evangelists and the wings contain saints. The wall behind is lined with good polychrome tiles of 1888. The oak stalls (dating from 1913) are in a Tudor Gothic style with blind arcading across the front and carved angel finials. The sedilia dates from 1894. The chancel screen is a fine piece of work. It was erected in 1925 in memory of the young flying officer Noel Hayter-Hames. It is an expert recreation of a C15 Perpendicular oak chancel screen with blind tracery on the wainscotting, Perpendicular tracery to the windows, Gothic cusped coving and a frieze of delicately undercut bands of foliage. The parclose screens are painted and it may be that they are actually C15; built of oak and simpler versions of the main screen. The pulpit (dated 1928) is also built of oak and in the same Perpendicular style; it has an octagonal drum nodding ogee arch on the sides and undercut foliage on the corners, base and frieze. In the former St. Katherines Chapel the late C19 organ has been restored to its original painted scheme. The former Lady Chapel was lined with panelled wainscotting when converted to a Chapel of Rememberance circa 1925. The contemporary figures on the Riddel posts are the patron saints of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brass lecturn is dated 1871. The benches are also Gothic in style; the bench ends have tracery patterns framed with wreathed foliage. They probably date from the reseating of 1864 and most have been dedicated to members of the congregation who died in the C20. Granite Perpendicular style octagonal font carved by a local mason, John Aggett, and dedicated to the memory of Katherine Hayter-Hames who died less than a year old in 1856. The oak coved canopy is richly carved in Gothic style. Memorials. The oldest and best in the church is the table tomb in the sanctuary in memory of Sir John Wyddon (d. 1575). It is remarkable for its early Renaissance decoration. The tomb base is 3 bays divided by pilasters which are carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foilage. Each bay carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foliage. Each bay contains a frame of formal foliage. Central bay contains an heraldic achievement and the flanking bays have Renaissance vases with cherubs and grotesques. Marble lid with black letter inscription around the edge. Any effigy is now missing. 2-bay arcade above with round arches enriched by scrolled cusping and supported on baluster columns. The arches and spandrels are richly carved with Renaissance ornament. Moulded frieze above and moulded entablature with carved crestwork is supported by carved scroll consoles. The back of the arcade is also richly carved with heraldic achievements surrounded by a dense pattern of expertly carved ornament featuring mermen, grotesques and foliage. Nearby, on the sanctuary steps is a graveslab in memory of Mary Whiddon who died on her wedding day in 1641. South aisle contains a good mural monument in memory of Sir John Prouz (d.1664). Built most of Beerstone, it contains an inscribed rectangular marble plaque flanked by free-standing marble columns with Corinthian caps and entablature with modillion frieze surmounted by a cartouche containing the Prouz arms flanked by other heraldic cartouches. The soffit-moulded sill is supported by scroll brackets carved as grotesque lions heads and with an apron between enriched with strapwork and containing a carved oak heraldic achievement. Above the monument is suspended a helmet bearing the Prouz crest. All the paintwork is C20. To south of the sanctuary a granite recess with double ogee arch in memory of Constance Hayter-Hames (d.1890) and several C19 mural monuments to other members of the same family but the best monument from this period is a mural plaque in memory of Captain John Evans who died aged 23, in 1861 after an active service life. The plaque is a white marble scroll with a symbol of liberty at the top. It is carved as if the scroll is pinned to the end of a chest tomb on which lies his sword and an open Bible and over this is his regimental arms. The black ground has a pointed arch and a moulded limestone frame. It is signed Bedford Sc. 256 Oxford Street, London. Over the south door a board is painted with the arms of Charles II (much restored). To right a painted Benefaction board dated 1791 over an inscribed Beerstone tablet recording the benefactions of the Reverend John Hayter and John Hooper in 1790. Glass. The window of the north chapel contains fragments of C15 glass; St. Andrew and some heraldic achievements. The rest of the stained glass is C19 and most are memorials to members of the Hayter-Hames family. Summary. This is a good C15 granite church although the interior is largely the result of the several late C19 and early C20 renovations. The best feature is the remarkable Whiddon table tomb. Sources. Devon C19 Church Project. Church Guide. (n.a.)

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Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1308610

Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967

Location

Statutory Address: St Michael the Archangel Church,Chagford, Newton Abbot TQ13 8BN

County: Devon

District: West Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Chagford

National Park: DARTMOOR

National Grid Reference: SX 70146 87508

Details

Parish church. It appears to be a complete C15 rebuild of an earlier church (The Church Wardens Accounts record work on the Lady Chapel in 1482); major renovation of circa 1888 followed by a series of lesser works between 1888 and 1925, e.g. vestry by J.W. Rowell and Son of Newton Abbot in 1891 and tower restored in 1915; roofs repaired circa 1960. Coursed blocks of granite ashlar throughout; granite ashlar detail, one window of limestone ashlar; slate roofs. Plan: church is actually set on a north-east - south-west axis but for convenience it is described as if it had a conventional east-west axis. Nave and chancel under a continuous roof with full length north and south aisles, both with east end chapels. The south aisle has the former Lady Chapel (now a Chapel of Remembrance to the dead of the World Wars) and the 1891 vestry at the east end. At the east end of the north aisle St Katherines Chapel was converted to the organ chamber and the aisle was extended an extra bay. C15 south porch. Large C15 west tower. Perpendicular style throughout and renovation work carried out in the same style. Exterior. Tall west tower of 3 stages with internal stair turret in the south-west corner. It has a chamfered plinth, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet without corner pinnacles. Belfry has double lancets on each side to the belfry and a single lancet on the north side to the ringing loft. On the west side the doorway has a 2-centred arch with double chamfered surround. It contains a good quality oak door carved with blind cusped arcades and carved with a Latin quotation and dated 1914. Directly above 3-light window with a pointed arch and containing simple intersecting tracery and a hoodmould. Possibly this window was reused in the C15 from the earlier church. Above this window 2 small arch-headed niche contains a C20 carved figure of St. Michael and above that a painted clockface put there in 1867. There are tiny slit windows on the south side lighting the newel stair. The nave and aisles are similar in style. Their roofs are gable-ended with C19 shaped kneelers, coping and moulded finials. (The west end of the north aisle has no finial). The roof is continuous over nave and chancel but the division is marked by an old ridge tile surmounted by a crude beast (maybe a pig). The aisles have soffit-chamfered eaves cornices and the south aisle has a chamfered plinth. Both have set back buttresses on their corners and buttresses between the windows, all with weathered offsets. The west ends of the aisles are blind although both contain blocked features. The south aisle is roughcast but inside a tall 2-centred arch shows. The north aisle contains a blocked doorway, a 2-centred arch with a double roll moulded surround and above that is a presumably C19 segmental-headed window embrasure. All the original windows have original Perpendicular tracery with plain hoodmoulds. The south aisle and porch. The porch projects left of centre. It has set back buttresses and an embattled parapet. 2-centred outer arch with moulded surround and broach stops. This contains early C20 timber gates containing a row of open quatrefoils containing rosettes along the top. There is a late C17 or C18 slate sundial with a brass pointer. It has shaped corners and the borders are enriched with scrolled foliage and garlands. The porch occupies one of the 5 bays this side. The others contain 3-light windows, and there is another at the east end. In the angle of the south aisle and chancel is the low 1981 vestry built of neater ashlar than the original church. It has a flat roof and embattled parapet over a soffit- moulded dripcourse. Each side contains a square-headed 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and the south side contains a segmental-headed doorway with ovolo surround. Above the vestry, a window built of limestone, with Decorated tracery and hoodmould with carved labels. The east end of the chancel has a large and impressive 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. It has moulded reveals with carved capitals and hoodmould. The north aisle is 6 bays. The east end bay is a late C19 addition and contains another limestone 2-light window with Decorated tracery, hoodmould and block labels. Contemporary granite Tudor arch doorway in east end. The rest are original 3-light windows similar to those on the south side. The division between aisle and organ chamber (former chapel) is marked by a projecting rood stair turret. Interior. Porch has a good interior. It has stone-flagged floor and benches along each side. Stone vaulted 2-bay roof; the ribs springing from half-engaged piers and with good carved bosses. The piers are granite and although the rest is painted the detail suggests a softer stone, possibly Beerstone. The south doorway is a granite 2- centred arch with double chamfered surround and pyrmaid stops. It contains an ancient folding plank door with studded coverstrips, its original ferramenta and a massive oak lock housing. The roof was repaired circa 1960 but is essentially original. Nave and chancel have continuous wagon roofs with moulded purlins and ribs, good carved oak bosses and a moulded wallplate enriched with 4-leaf bosses. The break between nave and chancel is now marked by the chancel only being ceiled and the timberwork there is painted. Both aisles have similar smaller wagon roofs and must be contemporary with the nave and chancel roof. Both are now open and the south chapel timbers have traces of ancient colour. The bosses are noteworthy some featuring the spiral symbol of the Gorges family and others the tinners mark of 3 rabbits. Church Fabric. Tall tower arch with a narrow chamfered surround and soffit- Chamfered imposts. Inside tower small 2-centred arch doorway to newel stairs but floor to ringing loft replaced 1915. Either side of the tower arch are the blocked apertures described above. Each aisle has an identical 5-bay arcade with 1 overlapping into the chancel. The arches have double chamfered arch rings. Octagonal granite piers made from single pieces of granite and have soffit-chamfered caps and chamfered bases, now on pedestals since the floor has been lowered. The floor is of stone slabs and includes some grave slabs in the chancel (see below). The walls are of exposed granite ashlar. In the south aisle, close to the chancel screen, there is an arch-headed blocked opening for the rood stair. Furniture and fittings. In the chancel the reredos dates from 1888 along with the rest of the sanctuary decoration. It is a painted and gilded triptych; Christ in majesty is flanked by panels containing the Evangelists and the wings contain saints. The wall behind is lined with good polychrome tiles of 1888. The oak stalls (dating from 1913) are in a Tudor Gothic style with blind arcading across the front and carved angel finials. The sedilia dates from 1894. The chancel screen is a fine piece of work. It was erected in 1925 in memory of the young flying officer Noel Hayter-Hames. It is an expert recreation of a C15 Perpendicular oak chancel screen with blind tracery on the wainscotting, Perpendicular tracery to the windows, Gothic cusped coving and a frieze of delicately undercut bands of foliage. The parclose screens are painted and it may be that they are actually C15; built of oak and simpler versions of the main screen. The pulpit (dated 1928) is also built of oak and in the same Perpendicular style; it has an octagonal drum nodding ogee arch on the sides and undercut foliage on the corners, base and frieze. In the former St. Katherines Chapel the late C19 organ has been restored to its original painted scheme. The former Lady Chapel was lined with panelled wainscotting when converted to a Chapel of Rememberance circa 1925. The contemporary figures on the Riddel posts are the patron saints of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brass lecturn is dated 1871. The benches are also Gothic in style; the bench ends have tracery patterns framed with wreathed foliage. They probably date from the reseating of 1864 and most have been dedicated to members of the congregation who died in the C20. Granite Perpendicular style octagonal font carved by a local mason, John Aggett, and dedicated to the memory of Katherine Hayter-Hames who died less than a year old in 1856. The oak coved canopy is richly carved in Gothic style. Memorials. The oldest and best in the church is the table tomb in the sanctuary in memory of Sir John Wyddon (d. 1575). It is remarkable for its early Renaissance decoration. The tomb base is 3 bays divided by pilasters which are carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foilage. Each bay carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foliage. Each bay contains a frame of formal foliage. Central bay contains an heraldic achievement and the flanking bays have Renaissance vases with cherubs and grotesques. Marble lid with black letter inscription around the edge. Any effigy is now missing. 2-bay arcade above with round arches enriched by scrolled cusping and supported on baluster columns. The arches and spandrels are richly carved with Renaissance ornament. Moulded frieze above and moulded entablature with carved crestwork is supported by carved scroll consoles. The back of the arcade is also richly carved with heraldic achievements surrounded by a dense pattern of expertly carved ornament featuring mermen, grotesques and foliage. Nearby, on the sanctuary steps is a graveslab in memory of Mary Whiddon who died on her wedding day in 1641. South aisle contains a good mural monument in memory of Sir John Prouz (d.1664). Built most of Beerstone, it contains an inscribed rectangular marble plaque flanked by free-standing marble columns with Corinthian caps and entablature with modillion frieze surmounted by a cartouche containing the Prouz arms flanked by other heraldic cartouches. The soffit-moulded sill is supported by scroll brackets carved as grotesque lions heads and with an apron between enriched with strapwork and containing a carved oak heraldic achievement. Above the monument is suspended a helmet bearing the Prouz crest. All the paintwork is C20. To south of the sanctuary a granite recess with double ogee arch in memory of Constance Hayter-Hames (d.1890) and several C19 mural monuments to other members of the same family but the best monument from this period is a mural plaque in memory of Captain John Evans who died aged 23, in 1861 after an active service life. The plaque is a white marble scroll with a symbol of liberty at the top. It is carved as if the scroll is pinned to the end of a chest tomb on which lies his sword and an open Bible and over this is his regimental arms. The black ground has a pointed arch and a moulded limestone frame. It is signed Bedford Sc. 256 Oxford Street, London. Over the south door a board is painted with the arms of Charles II (much restored). To right a painted Benefaction board dated 1791 over an inscribed Beerstone tablet recording the benefactions of the Reverend John Hayter and John Hooper in 1790. Glass. The window of the north chapel contains fragments of C15 glass; St. Andrew and some heraldic achievements. The rest of the stained glass is C19 and most are memorials to members of the Hayter-Hames family. Summary. This is a good C15 granite church although the interior is largely the result of the several late C19 and early C20 renovations. The best feature is the remarkable Whiddon table tomb. Sources. Devon C19 Church Project. Church Guide. (n.a.)

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The crew of B27 was having some trouble getting their trailing locomotive to couple up to their train, so the two-hour setback allowed the sun to get a little lower and swing into perfect position for the train to head west up Stockton Hill.

Not all delays are bad!

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge Hall No 62, IOOF, Manchester Unity, was performed yesterday by the PGM of the Kapunda district, Brother G E Davis jun.

A large and representative gathering assembled. Brother Albert Stief called upon the Secretary (Brother G E Davis) to read the historical report of the lodge. The latter dealt extensively with the progress of it since its formation on September 1, 1864. Of the 13 foundation members, only one survives—Brother James Howlett—who was present at the ceremony.

The late PPGM Brother Joseph Downing, one of the recent directors of the order in South Australia, together with the late Brother Augustus Stief and Brother W Polkinghorne, assisted in forming the first committee, and initiated the 13 foundation members. During the 17 years of the lodge many difficulties and setbacks have occurred, but were surmounted with the aid of good officers, particularly the late secretary (Brother W. Polkinghorne), who filled that position for 39 years continuously, and the late Brother A Stief, who was always a ready and willing worker.

Mr S March presented Brother G E Davis with a trowel on behalf of the members of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge. PGM Brother G E Davis thanked the brethren for the honour conferred upon him and for their presentation. He congratulated the trustees on their management of affairs, which had led up to the erection of such a fine hall, and remarked that Mr W Cairns, of Riverton, was the architect, and Mr S March, of Kapunda, the contractor. He expressed the opinion that the hall would be a credit to them, an ornament to the town, and a monument to the Order of Oddfellows in South Australia. Mr Davis proceeded with the ceremony of laying the stone, and deposited documents, a daily paper, and some coins of the realm thereunder. He declared the stone well and truly laid.

Brothers J J Helleur, J T Matthews, J Windebank, and others congratulated the lodge on its progressive state…invited the assembly to adjourn to the hotel, where the toast, "Success to the hall” was honoured. [Ref: Observer Saturday 9-9-1911]

MARRABEL April 4

The Marrabel Oddfellows’ Hall was opened yesterday. The weather was fine, and residents and visitors from neighbouring towns assembled in strong force to participate in the celebrations.

A long programme was conducted to a successful issue. A procession of more than 100 Oddfellows marched from the old lodgeroom to the new hall. PPGM Brother A E Stief presided, and handed to Grand Master Brother F A Holmes, who performed the opening ceremony, a silver presentation key.

Grand Master Brother F A Holmes congratulated the Marrabel Lodge on its financial position, which enabled it to build such a fine hall.

PGM Brother G E Davis jun (Secretary) in presenting the report, stated that sick pay to the amount of £1,791: death benefits £960: surgeons' fees £2,250: and management expense, £1,518 had been paid out since the inauguration of the lodge. Thus through the agency of the Marrabel branch a total of £6,519 had been distributed.

The hall was erected and furnished at a cost of £1,700 and was opened free of debt.

A banquet was tendered to visiting Oddfellows, and various toasts were honoured

The public were entertained with various musical items in the main hall while the banquet was in progress in the lodgeroom.

In the evening the Olympic Star Picture Company showed to a packed house.

A ball terminated the proceedings. Brother H Traeger made an efficient MC. [Ref: Register Monday 8-4-1912]

*April 29 The Marrabel Quadrille Class

The Marrabel Quadrille Class opened their 1912 season on Saturday night with a very successful dance held in the Oddfellows' Hall. There were 29 couples present. Mr H C Traeger officiated as MC very efficiently, and Mr W Disher supplied the music. [Ref: Daily Herald 1-5-1912]

*Marrabel March 19

The Ceremony of opening the new bridge over the River Light was held this afternoon. The bridge, just completed, overcomes the previous frequent impassabilitv of the river, but the southern embankment is considered to have been limited a little in its construction.

Mr Young said that in the construction of this bridge a most awkward thing had to be considered, and that was the turn of the river just below the bridge. This turn had the effect of sending flood waters out across the road at one end of the bridge embankment. This matter required watching, and if in time it grew to be anything serious, the department would remedy it, probably by building the road a few feet higher for the distance necessary to throw the water back along the course of the river.

He particularly wanted to thank Mr H Wurst for allowing the Department to take earth from his property for the earthworks at the bridge, which fact in itself was a considerable saving to the Department owing to its easy accessibility to the job. He had much pleasure in asking Mrs O'Brien to perform the opening ceremony, and name the bridge, which was done amid cheers from the people assembled.

The assemblage then adjourned to the Oddfellows’ hall, where the function was continued in the form of a banquet. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 27-3-1914]

*The residents of Marrabel and the surrounding districts made a splendid response on Australia Day. The efforts of the general committee met with great success and exceeded all expectations. A thorough canvass of the district was made by a collecting committee, and more than £300 was collected previous to Australia Day. Friday's proceedings began with a combined procession of Marrabel, Hamilton, and Friedrichswalde school children, who marched from the Oddfellows' Hall to the public school, where they saluted the Union Jack.

A programme of sports was then carried out, old and young joining in, the festivities.

A public tea followed in the banqueting room of the hall and was well patronised. A social was held in the main hall in the evening.

A sale of the goods presented to the funds realized a substantial sum. A Commonwealth flag was sold on the Bugler system, and materially added to the funds.

The proceeds totalled £376, which is considered highly satisfactory for a small community. [Ref: Register 5-8-1915]

*A farewell social was tendered to Sgt Lloyd, and Privates C C Rowett and J Wilson in the Marrabel Oddfellows' Hall, on Saturday evening: Mr G E Davis ju., presided over a large gathering. A number of toasts were honoured. A wristlet watch was presented by Mr Kitchen to each of the soldiers. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 28-4-1916]

*On Wednesday evening, the 20th inst a public welcome was given in the Oddfellows' Hall to Pte J W Hildebrandt, who has returned from the front after nearly three years of active service abroad. The returned soldier was met at the Riverton station by his father (Mr August Hildebrandt), and sisters and brothers.

Pte Hildebrandt was one of the first men from this district to offer his services, and is the first to return. He has fought at Gallipoli, Egypt, and has been in the thick of the fighting in France, where he received a bullet wound in the knee, which put him out of action.

Pte Hildebrandt was welcomed home by Messrs F P Kitchen and W A Duncan, and was presented with a purse of money (24 guineas) by Mr A E Stief from the residents of Marrabel and district. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 1-3-1918]

*The first of a series of dances promoted by the Cheer Up Society was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a large gathering present. Admission was by gift of not less than 2/6 in value for trench comforts, and resulted in sufficient goods being collected to pack 16 7-lb parcels to the boys at the front, containing cakes, cigarettes, sweets, &c, and two large boxes of cake have been forwarded to the Cheer-Up Hut.

The supper was provided by the ladies. It is the intention of the society to hold dances once a month during the winter. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 10-5-1918]

*January 28

A large gathering assembled at the Oddfellow’ Hall on Monday evening when a farewell social was tendered the Rev Father Maher, who is being transferred to Gawler after a residence here extending over sixteen years.

Mr W A Duncan presided, Dr R McM Glynn, of Riverton, presented Father Maher with a purse of money from the residents of the district, also Miss Glynn (Father Maher’s housekeeper) with a Morris chair, and Mr Jack Little, who is in Father Maher's employ, with an envelope containing money. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 31-1-1919]

* November 1 — A welcome home social was tendered to Sister Amy Dorrington and Cpl Ben and Pte Leonard Girke, in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large gathering.

A guard of honour was formed by the school children, and the guests were welcomed home in an eloquent address by Mr F P Kitchen. Mr J G Wurst (Chairman of the Hamilton District Council) presented the returned sister and soldiers with a framed certificate from the District Council of Hamilton. The Rev Allen Webb, of Riverton, presented Sister Dorrington with a gold wristlet watch from her Marrabel friends. Sister Dorrington and Cpl and Pte Girke responded. [Ref: Register 4-11-1919]

* November 16

The English brides of Cpl Ben Girke and Pte Cecil Rowett were welcomed in the Oddfellows Hall last Tuesday afternoon by the residents of Marrabel and district.

A guard of honour was formed by the ladies, and the "Wedding march" and the National Anthem were played by Miss Rehder. The brides were greeted by the Rev Allan Webb, on behalf of the residents of the town and district. Afternoon tea was served in the main hall, and the tables were tastefully decorated. Wine and a wedding cake were presented by Mrs. Thomas Marlow. The toasts were proposed by Mr Webb, who was supported by Mr Robert Gill.

The bridegrooms, Cpl Girke and Pte Rowett responded for the brides, and Messrs J D Rowett and E Girke, senrs thanked the gathering for the cordial welcome tendered to their sons and wives. [Ref: Observer 29-11-1919]

*On Saturday last, in the presence of one of the largest crowds ever seen in Marrabel, the Soldiers' Memorial was unveiled by the "Soldiers Chum ", Mr Sammy Lunn, M.B.E.

In 1920 the Hamilton District Council appointed a committee, with Mr J G Wurst as chairman, and the district clerk (Mr A J Stief) as secretary, who raised money to purchase a block of ground adjoining the Marrabel Hall.

The work of erecting the monument was entrusted to Mr R W Tillett and he carried it out with great skill.

The Hon W Hannaford was proud and pleased to be present to honour the memory of the brave lads who fell fighting for King and Empire.

He was also proud of the nurses who had left Australia, and particularly two nurses, who held the highest distinction it was possible to attain. One of these, born and educated at Marrabel, Miss Louise Collis Dorrington, besides being awarded a number of French, Serbian, and American decorations, was lately awarded the diploma and medal of the Legion of Honour. [Ref: Advertiser 9-3-1922]

*April 2 The annual Roman Catholic picnic and sports were held in Mr Campion's paddock in fine weather today. The large attendance from all the surrounding districts was evidence of the popularity of the fixture.

Kapunda, Saddleworth, Riverton, Manoora, Auburn, Eudunda, and Robertstown sent their quotas, the result being a record attendance of approximately 1,090.

A grand ball and supper was given in the Oddfellows' Hall in the evening. [Ref: Observer 14-4-1923]

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Disneyland Magn'Hom Paris

Disneyland Paris comprises two theme parks, a retail, dining and entertainment district, and seven Disney-owned hotels. Operating since 12 April 1992, it was the second Disney resort to open outside the United States (following Tokyo Disney Resort) and the first to be owned and operated by Disney.

Disneyland Paris is owned and operated by French company Euro Disney S.C.A., a public company of which 39.78 percent of its stock is held by The Walt Disney Company, 10 percent by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and 50.22 percent by other shareholders. The senior leader at the resort is chairman and CEO Philippe Gas.

The complex was a subject of controversy during the periods of negotiation and construction in the late 1980s and early '90s, when a number of prominent French figures voiced their opposition and protests were held by French labour unions and others. A further setback followed the opening of the resort as park attendance, hotel occupancy and revenues fell below projections. The complex was renamed from Euro Disney Resort to Disneyland Paris in 1994. In July 1995, the company saw its first quarterly profit.

A second theme park, Walt Disney Studios Park, opened to the public 16 March 2002.

With 15,405,000 combined visitors to the resort's Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park in the fiscal year of 2009, it is France's and Europe's most visited tourist site.[2]

Background and development

Following the success of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, plans to build a similar theme park in Europe emerged in 1972. Upon the leadership of E. Cardon Walker, Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983 in Japan with instant success, forming a catalyst for international expansion. In late 1984 the heads of Disney's theme park division, Dick Nunis and Jim Cora, presented a list of approximately 1,200 possible European locations for the park.[3]

By March 1985, the number of possible locations for the park had been reduced to four; two in France and two in Spain.[4] Both of these nations saw the potential economic advantages of a Disney theme park and competed by offering financing deals to Disney.[5]

Both Spanish sites were located near the Mediterranean Sea and offered a subtropical climate similar to Disney's parks in California and Florida. Disney had also shown interest in a site near Toulon in southern France, not far from Marseille. The pleasing landscape of that region, as well as its climate, made the location a top competitor for what would be called Euro Disneyland. However, thick layers of bedrock were discovered beneath the site, which would render construction too difficult. Finally, a site in the rural town of Marne-la-Vallée was chosen because of its proximity to Paris and its central location in Western Europe. This location was estimated to be no more than a four-hour drive for 68 million people and no more than a two-hour flight for a further 300 million.

Michael Eisner, Disney's CEO at the time, signed the first letter of agreement with the French government for the 20-square-kilometre (4,940-acre) site on 18 December 1985, and the first financial contracts were drawn up during the following spring. The final contract was signed by the leaders of the Walt Disney Company and the French government and territorial collectivities on 24 march 1987. Construction began in August 1988, and in December 1990, an information centre named "Espace Euro Disney" was opened to show the public what was being constructed. Plans for a theme park next to Euro Disneyland based on the entertainment industry, Disney-MGM Studios Europe, quickly went into development, scheduled to open in 1996 with a construction budget of US$2.3 billion.[6] The construction manager was Bovis.[7]

[edit]Hotels, recreation and restaurants

In order to control a maximum of the hotel business, it was decided that 5,200 Disney-owned hotel rooms would be built within the complex. In March 1988, Disney and a council of architects (Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, Stanley Tigerman and Robert Venturi) decided on an exclusively American theme in which each hotel would depict a region of the United States. At the time of the opening in April 1992, seven hotels collectively housing 5,800[8] rooms had been built.

By the year 2017, Euro Disney, under the terms specified in its contract with the French government, will be required to finish constructing a total of 18,200 hotel rooms at varying distances from the resort.[9] An entertainment, shopping and dining complex based on Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney was designed by Frank Gehry.

With its towers of oxidised silver and bronze-coloured stainless steel under a canopy of lights, it opened as Festival Disney.[10]

For a projected daily attendance of 55,000, Euro Disney planned to serve an estimated 14,000 people per hour inside the Euro Disneyland park. In order to accomplish this, 29 restaurants were built inside the park (with a further 11 restaurants built at the Euro Disney resort hotels and five at Festival Disney). Menus and prices were varied with an American flavour predominant and Disney's precedent of not serving alcoholic beverages was continued in the park.

2,300 patio seats (30% of park seating) were installed to satisfy Europeans' expected preference of eating outdoors in good weather. In test kitchens at Walt Disney World, recipes were adapted for European tastes. Walter Meyer, executive chef for menu development at Euro Disney and executive chef of food projects development at Walt Disney World noted, "A few things we did need to change, but most of the time people kept telling us, 'Do your own thing. Do what’s American'."[11]

[edit]Recruitment

Unlike Disney's American theme parks, Euro Disney aimed for permanent employees (an estimated requirement of 12,000 for the theme park itself), as opposed to seasonal and temporary part-time employees. Casting centres were set up in Paris, London, Amsterdam. However, it was understood by the French government and Disney that "a concentrated effort would be made to tap into the local French labour market".[5] Disney sought workers with sufficient communication skills, who spoke two European languages (French and one other), and were socially outgoing. Following precedent, Euro Disney set up its own Disney University to train workers. 24,000 people had applied by November 1991.[5]

[edit]Controversies

The prospect of a Disney park in France was a subject of debate and controversy. Critics, who included prominent French intellectuals, denounced what they considered to be the cultural imperialism, or ‘neoprovincialism’ of Euro Disney and felt it would encourage in France an unhealthy American type of consumerism. For others, Euro Disney became a symbol of America within France. On 28 June 1992 a group of French farmers blockaded Euro Disney in protest of farm policies the United States supported at the time.

A journalist in the French newspaper Le Figaro wrote, “I wish with all my heart that the rebels would set fire to [Euro] Disneyland."[12] Ariane Mnouchkine, a Parisian stage director, named the concept a “cultural Chernobyl;”[13] a phrase which would be echoed in the media and grow synonymous with Euro Disney's initial years.

In response, French philosopher Michel Serres noted, "It is not America that is invading us. It is we who adore it, who adopt its fashions and above all, its words." Euro Disney S.C.A.'s then-chairman Robert Fitzpatrick responded, "We didn’t come in and say O.K., we’re going to put a beret and a baguette on Mickey Mouse. We are who we are."[5] It also came to light that Walt Disney’s surname originates from a village in Normandy called Isigny-sur-Mer. Originally d’Isigny ("of Isigny"), it was later Americanized into Disney.

Topics of controversy further included Disney's American managers requiring English to be spoken at all meetings and Disney's appearance code for members of staff, which listed regulations and limitations for the use of make up, facial hair, tattoos, jewellery and more.

French labour unions mounted protests against the appearance code, which they saw as “an attack on individual liberty.” Others criticised Disney as being insensitive to French culture, individualism, and privacy, because restrictions on individual or collective liberties were illegal under French law, unless it could be demonstrated that the restrictions are requisite to the job and do not exceed what is necessary.

Disney countered by saying that a ruling that barred them from imposing such an employment standard could threaten the image and long-term success of the park. "For us, the appearance code has a great effect from a product identification standpoint," said Thor Degelmann, Euro Disney’s personnel director. "Without it we couldn't be presenting the Disney product that people would be expecting."[14]

[edit]Opening day

On 12 April 1992, Euro Disney Resort and its theme park, Euro Disneyland, officially opened. Visitors were warned of chaos on the roads and a government survey indicated that half a million people carried by 90,000 cars might attempt to enter the complex. French radio warned traffic to avoid the area. By midday, the car park was approximately half full, suggesting an attendance level below 25,000. Speculative explanations ranged from people heeding the advice to stay away to the one-day strike that cut the direct RER railway connection to Euro Disney from the centre of Paris.[12]

[edit]Financial, attendance and employment status

In May 1992, entertainment magazine The Hollywood Reporter reported that about 25% of Euro Disney's workforce — approximately 3,000 men and women — had resigned their jobs because of unacceptable working conditions. It also reported that the park's attendance was far behind expectations. However, the disappointing attendance can be at least partly explained by the recession and increased unemployment which was affecting France and indeed most of the rest of the developed world at this time; when construction of the resort began, the economy was still on an upswing.[15]

Euro Disney S.C.A. responded in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, in which Robert Fitzpatrick claimed only 1,000 people had left their jobs. In response to the financial situation, Fitzpatrick ordered that the Disney-MGM Studios Europe project would be put on hiatus until a further decision could be made. Prices at the hotels were reduced.

Despite these efforts, in May 1992, daily park attendance was around 25,000 (some reports give a figure of 30,000) instead of the predicted 60,000. The Euro Disney Company stock price spiralled downwards and on 23 July 1992, Euro Disney announced an expected net loss in its first year of operation of approximately 300 million French francs. During Euro Disney's first winter, hotel occupancy was such that it was decided to close the Newport Bay Club hotel during the season.

Initial hopes were that each visitor would spend around US$33 per day, but near the end of 1992, analysts reckoned spending to be around 12% lower.[16] Efforts to improve attendance included serving alcoholic beverages with meals inside the Euro Disneyland park, in response to a presumed European demand, which began 12 June 1993.[17]

In January 1994, Sanford Litvack, an attorney from New York City and former U.S. Assistant Attorney General, was assigned to be Disney's lead negotiator regarding Euro Disney's future. On 28 February Litvack made an offer (without the consent of Eisner or Frank Wells)[citation needed] to split the debts between Euro Disney's creditors and Disney. After the banks showed interest, Litvack informed Eisner and Wells.[citation needed] On 14 March, the day before the annual shareholders meeting, the banks capitulated to Disney's demands.

The creditor banks bought US$500 million worth of Euro Disney shares, forgave 18 months of interest and deferred interest payments for three years. Disney invested US$750 million into Euro Disney and granted a five-year suspension of royalty payments. In June that same year, Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud cut a deal whereby the Walt Disney Company bought 51% of a new US$1.1 billion share issue, the rest being offered to existing shareholders at below-market rates, with the Prince buying any that were not taken up by existing shareholders (up to a 24.5% holding).

[edit]1995 turnaround

On 31 May 1995, a new attraction opened at the theme park. Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune had been planned since the inception of Euro Disneyland under the name Discovery Mountain, but was reserved for a revival of public interest. With a redesign of the attraction (which had premiered as Space Mountain at the Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom in 1975) including a "cannon launch" system, inversions, and an on-ride soundtrack, the US$100 million attraction was dedicated in a ceremony attended by celebrities such as Elton John, Claudia Schiffer and Buzz Aldrin.

On 25 July 1995, Euro Disney S.C.A. reported its first ever quarterly profit of US$35.3 million. On 15 November, the results for the fiscal year ending 30 September were released; in one year the theme park's attendance had climbed from 8.8 million to 10.7 million — an increase of 21%. Hotel occupancy had also climbed from 60 to 68.5%. After debt payments, Disneyland Paris ended the year with a net profit of US$22.8 million.

[edit]2000 onwards

In 2002, Euro Disney S.C.A. and the Walt Disney Company announced another annual profit for Disneyland Paris. However, it then incurred a net loss in the three years following. In 2005, the Walt Disney Company agreed to write off all debt to the Walt Disney Company made by Euro Disney S.C.A.. As of 2007 the park was approximately US$2 billion in debt. In August 2008, Disneyland Paris was the most visited attraction in Europe, receiving more visitors than the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower combined.[18]

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Almost nothing was going our way, but Alex was awesome enough to help manage a few frames despite the numerous setbacks. This is a 4x5 sheet of Ilford HP5+ film shot on a Sinar 4x5 camera with a 150mm Sinar lens. (I'll have to look up other numbers ...) I developed it in D-76 in a Jobo CPE2 ... Among the many problems was that I accidentally massively overexposed this frame, but I contracted my developing time by two minutes. It was pretty flat, but I was able to add enough contrast back to it in Photoshop.

This was a 4-image stitch shot with a Nikon D800 (in JPG L mode) and just quickly thrown together with Photoshop's Photomerge option. This was surprisingly easy and I love the results. This can be a HUGE print.

Strobist: 1/30 shutter at f/8, rated at 400 ISO ... but I completely botched my meter reading for silly reasons and wound up contracting my development by 2 minutes (saves the highlights). The most important thing here is that my light was camera right and close enough that I had to clone it out of the little notch on the right hand side of the frame. It was about 6.5 feet up and pointing down, and it was a LumoPro LP180 shot through a Joe McNally Lastolite soft box. Again, all the settings were totally wrong because of my errant meter calculation. But thankfully, it was sheet film and it's easy enough to correct even a three-stop error. See, film is a lot more forgiving than you'd think!!

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Sketched while sitting at a bus stop - a big mistake! (A bus blocked my view every few minutes)

Perspective is off, but c'est la vie. And that second car from the left is not scaled properly, but such are my sketching skills as of late.

I kind of like the massing of this building, and it's respectful of the streetscape setbacks of it's neighbours.

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Pentax 67 | Takumar 105/2.4 | Konica Centuria Pro 400 (very expired)

I've been out of commision for the most part approaching a month due to my main photo machine failing in a sudden and complete sort of way. Many setbacks and delays in the repair and finally replacement, but got my catalogs chugging on a new machine at long last... So went back a couple years and foun a shot that seemed to celebrate fruits of natural labor. Cheers all.

Brooks Swift Titanium Honey with a DIY Barbour Saddle Bag clamped to a Lynskey Seatpost 25mm setback.

It would be nice if life were as smooth as these petals felt. Have a nice day...no comments necessary.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.

Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.

Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.

Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.

Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Stuttgart

Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.

Recently, I've been under lot of pressure and stress, so I just like to setback, relax and enjoy a game or two on Halo 3.

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Powis Castle (Welsh: Castell Powys) is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. The seat of the Herbert family, earls of Powis, the castle is known for its formal gardens and for its interiors, the former having been described as "the most important", and the latter "the most magnificent", in the country. The castle and gardens are under the care of the National Trust. Powis Castle is a Grade I listed building, while its gardens have their own Grade I listing on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

The present castle was built in the 13th century. Unusually for a castle on the Marches, it was constructed by a Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, rather than by a Norman baron. Gruffydd was prince of the ancient Kingdom of Powys and maintained an alliance with the English king Edward I during the struggles of the later 13th century. He was able to secure the position of his son, Owain, although the kingdom itself was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury in 1283. After his father's death, Owain was raised to the peerage as Owen de la Pole, 1st Lord of Powis. Following his own death c. 1293, and the death of his only son, he was succeeded by his daughter, Hawys Gadarn, "the Lady of Powis". Hawys married Sir John Charlton in 1309.

In the late 16th century the castle was purchased by Sir Edward Herbert, a younger son of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke, beginning a connection between the family and the castle that continues today. The Herberts remained Roman Catholic until the 18th century and, although rising in the peerage to earls, marquesses and Jacobite dukes of Powis, suffered periods of imprisonment and exile. Despite these setbacks, they were able in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to transform Powis from a border fortress into an aristocratic country house, and surround it with one of the very few extant examples of a British Baroque garden.

In 1784 Henrietta Herbert married Edward Clive, eldest son of Clive of India, a match which replenished the much-depleted Herbert family fortune. In the early 20th century, George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis, redeveloped the castle with the assistance of the architect George Frederick Bodley. Herbert’s wife, Violet, undertook work of equal importance in the garden, seeking to turn it into "one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful, in England and Wales". On the 4th Earl's death in 1952, his wife and his sons having predeceased him, the castle passed into the care of the National Trust.

History

First castles at Welshpool: 1111–1286

Unlike the castles at Conwy, Caernarfon, Harlech and nearby Montgomery, which were built by the English to subdue the Welsh, the castles at Welshpool were built by the Welsh princes of Powys Wenwynwyn as their dynastic seat.[1] In addition to the current site, two motte-and-bailey castles and a set of earthworks are located nearby.[2] The names Trallwg/Tallwm and Pola are used interchangeably in early primary sources, and it is unclear which of these sites is being referred to.[3]

The earliest reference dates from 1111, when Cadwgan ap Bleddyn is mentioned as having planned to construct a castle at Trallwng Llywelyn,[3] the oldest record of a native Welsh castle.[4] Domen Castell, a motte-and-bailey near the modern railway station, is considered the most likely site of Cadwgan's castle, although it is uncertain whether it was completed as he was assassinated the same year.[5] The first documentary account of an extant castle at Welshpool is a description of the successful 1196 siege by an English army, although the castle was retaken by the Welsh within the year.[5][6]

The earliest castle at the current site may have been a timber building constructed by Owain Cyfeiliog or his son, Gwenwynwyn (r. 1197–1216).[7] The present masonry structure contains 13th-century fabric,[8] most likely the work of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (r. 1241–1287) – although historians are uncertain when this took place.[a][10] In 1274, Gruffydd's "first castle" at Welshpool was destroyed by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as punishment for his involvement in a scheme to assassinate Llywelyn.[b] The castle was documented again in 1286, when it was listed amongst Gruffydd's possessions as "la Pole Castr".[12] A detailed examination of Powis Castle's extant masonry carried out between 1987 and 1989 revealed early stonework incorporated into the later structure, putatively the remains of an early stone shell keep.[13] At the end of Edward I's conquest of Wales in 1282–83, the king permitted Gruffydd to rebuild his castle at Welshpool as a reward for his loyalty.[14]

Early history: 1286–1644

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury[c]

In 1286, four years after the conquest of Wales, Gruffydd's son, Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn became the last hereditary prince of Powys when he renounced his royal title, and was granted the barony of de la Pole, (i.e. "of the Pool", a reference to Welshpool, formerly called just "Pool").[d][16][17] The ancient Kingdom of Powys had once included the counties of Montgomeryshire, much of Denbighshire, parts of Radnorshire and large areas of Shropshire, but by the 13th century had been reduced to two independent principalities – Powys Wenwynwyn and Powys Fadog – roughly equivalent to Montgomeryshire and South Denbighshire (plus Maelor Saesneg), respectively; Welshpool had become the capital of Powys Wenwynwyn, of which Owain had been heir. On the death of Owain, the castle passed to his daughter Hawys, who married Sir John Charlton.[17] The Charltons continued to live at Powis until the fifteenth century when two daughters, Joyce Tiptoft and Joan Grey inherited the castle and estates. Both were equally divided, each daughter and her husband living in a portion of the castle.[18]

In 1578 an illegitimate son of the last Baron Grey of Powis, began leasing the lordship and castle to a distant relative – Sir Edward Herbert (d. 1595), second son of Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Edward eventually bought the castle outright in 1587, beginning the connection between the Herberts and Powis Castle which continues today.[19] Sir Edward's wife was a Roman Catholic and the family's allegiance to Rome and to the Stuart kings was to shape its destiny for over a century.[16] Sir Edward began the transformation of Powis from a border fortress into an Elizabethan country house. The major remaining element of his work is the Long Gallery.[19]

Herbert's descendent William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis (c. 1573–1655), was a supporter of Charles I, and was granted the barony of Powis in 1629.[19] His loyalty during the English Civil War cost him his castle and his estates.[20] On 22 October 1644 Powis Castle was captured by Parliamentary troops and was not returned to the family until the restoration of Charles II in 1660.[21]

The Herberts: 1660–1800

The Hercules statue which stood originally in the Water Garden

On the restoration, the Herberts returned to Powis, and in 1674 William Herbert (c. 1626–1696) was created Earl of Powis (of the first creation). The state bedroom was installed in about 1665 and further improvements, including the construction of the Great Staircase followed in the 1670s. These developments were most probably carried out under the direction of William Winde, who may also have designed the terraced gardens. His employer, although restored to his estates, and raised in the peerage, was barred by his Catholic faith from high office under Charles II. On the accession of the King's brother, James in 1685, Herbert became one of the new king's chief ministers, and was again advanced in the peerage becoming Marquess of Powis in 1687, but fell at the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and followed James into exile in France.[e] William III granted the castle to his nephew, William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford. Herbert died, still in exile, in 1696.[24]

Despite their 30-year exile, the Herberts were able to continue with developments at the castle and even to live there on an irregular basis, the Baroque water garden below the castle being completed at this time.[25] Their fortunes were also materially improved by the discovery of a lucrative lead mine on their Welsh estates.[24] The second Marquess, also William, was reinstated in 1722. On the death of his son, the third Marquess in 1748, the marquessate became extinct, while the castle and estates passed to a relative, Henry Herbert (c. 1703–1772), of Oakly Park in Shropshire, who was made 1st Earl of Powis (of the second creation) by George II.[26] Herbert married Barbara, the fifteen-year-old granddaughter of the 2nd Marquess, in 1751. Their eldest son, George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (1755–1801), died unmarried and the earldom of the second creation became extinct.[f][27] Powis was much neglected during his tenure. John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington, a diarist and traveller who chronicled his journeys into Wales in the 1780s and 1790s, described the castle in 1784, "In the gardens not even the fruit is attended to; the balustrades and terraces are falling down, and the horses graze on the parterres!!!"[28] The castle itself was in no better condition, a visitor in 1774 describing it as "in Neglect and Ruin".[27] Nonetheless, the potential of the site was recognised. George Lyttelton, the politician, poet and essayist, recorded his impressions in 1756, "About £3,000 laid out upon Powis Castle would make it the most august place in the Kingdom.

Herberts and Clives

In 1784, Henry Herbert's daughter, Henrietta, married Edward Clive (1754–1839), the eldest son of Clive of India.[30] Clive had followed his father to India, and served as Governor of Madras. Henrietta's brother died in 1801, whereupon the title lapsed; in 1804, her husband was created first Earl of Powis (of the third creation). The Clive fortune paid for long overdue repairs to the castle, which were carried out by Sir Robert Smirke.[31][32] Their son, Edward (1785–1848), inherited his late uncle's Powis estates on his 21st birthday, taking the surname Herbert in compliance with his uncle's will.[30] Edward Herbert served in a range of administrations as an Anti-Catholic Tory, his speeches in the House of Commons being "cautious and pertinent, although marred by dull delivery". He died in 1848, following a shooting accident at Powis in which he was fatally injured by his second son.[33] No further major changes were made to the Powis estate during his time, or in the long tenure of his eldest son Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis (1818–1891), although the castle was well maintained. In honour of his great-grandfather, the earl was offered the viceroyalty of India by Benjamin Disraeli but declined, writing "Not worth considering. Powis" on the envelope containing the invitation.[34]

The final alterations to Powis Castle were undertaken at the beginning of the 20th century by George Frederick Bodley for George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (1862–1952). The rooms designed by Bodley remain his only extant decorative scheme; the longevity of the 4th Earl, the deaths of his heirs, and his bequest of the castle to the National Trust saw the early 20th-century remodelling remain largely unaltered.[g][36] The 4th earl's wife, Violet (nee Lane-Fox), undertook the final transformation of the gardens of Powis Castle, which she felt had the potential to be "the most beautiful in England and Wales".[37] The Countess died following a car accident in 1929, and Lord Powis outlived both his sons, who died on active service, Percy from wounds received at the Battle of the Somme in 1916,[38] and Mervyn in a plane crash in 1943.[39] On his own death in 1952, he bequeathed the castle and gardens to the National Trust...Wikipedia

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R.I.P. Dr. Flibbleton

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Two Bowens Gemini Pro 500's with little softboxes camera left and right, at 90 degrees, both set on 1.0. Third bigger softbox above camera at 45 degrees pointing down on bubble boy, set on 2.0. Triggered by PC cord cable.

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Comacchio, is the most original and fascinating historic town in the Po Delta. Heir to ancient Spina, fought over by Ferrara and Ravenna, Popes and Emperors for centuries, its origins go far back: it rose up on 13 islets at the dawn of the Middle Ages and founded its urban and economic development exclusively on the water. Fishing, fish-breeding in the lagoon and producing salt were the source of its prosperity and also of its setbacks as they brought it into conflict with Venice. Today, Comacchio still boasts unique, intact architectural features; a town of canals, palaces and monumental bridges, inhabited by people with a strong sense of identity who are proud of their origins.

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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.

Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.

Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.

Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.

Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Stuttgart

Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.

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She was born on the Moon of Orto Plutonia called Pantora, which was located in the Outer Rim specifically in the Sujimis-Sektor. Her People were Part of the Republic for much of their Existence. There Planet was a democracy and so she grew up with Idea of Freedom and Equality, these were strengthened when the Prime Minister of Pantora tried to subjugate the Local Talz people living on Orto Plutonia. She saw the Agreement that was signed between the Talz and her People as a sign That these ideas were Normal and that they should be defended. In her teenage Years she worked in her Dad’s workshop which repaired speeders. She came to learn many skills within this time which eventually lead to her Studying Engineering in the Republic Academy. This was also the Time when the Empire took over the Republic. This was a shock for as she had all of the Ideals of the Republic and the Empire threw those away. Her hatred grew when she was kicked out of the now Imperial academy because she was an Alien. After this setback she began reconstructing Battle droids she had bought of the Black Market. This eventually got her in Trouble which is the Reason why she fled to Orto Plutonia where she Know rebuilds and repairs Protocol Droids and sells them in order to build up a small force of Battle Droids to protect her.

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Earlier this week I had a major setback medically, I somehow blew out my Right Knee & have been layed up on my couch 5 days & getting very stir crazy. After X-rays, Blood Tests, MRI & Ultrasound/Doppler I will find out soon if surgery will be needed. Photography is my passion but I REALLY NEED my Knee.

So I set up a few items on my Table in front of me & continued to learn about my new camera.

Couch Captured Shots

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• Certain MOCs Have Been and Can Still Possibly Be Postponed Until BBTB (2014) / Possible Bricks Cascade 2014 Due To Financial Mishaps and Setbacks

• Some MOCs, Such as Yavin IV, Will Be Modified For Every Convention The MOC (s) Attend.

• Will Attempt To Have Sponsor

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Yavin IV MOC Progress: 96%

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• Entire Layout For Primary Scene Before Battle Has Been Finished

• Final Battle Version Of MOC Will Be Completed Soon After Last LEGO 41st Elite Scout Arrives

• All Droids Currently Back In MOC Setup (Still Missing 2 Regular LEGO Droidekas

• Size Of Clone Infiltration Garrison Has Been Downsized (LEGO Phase II Clones Replaced CAC Concepted Ones Due To Mishaps)

• Due To The Clone Adjustment, MOC Storyline Has Somewhat Changed, Actually Fits Better Than The Original Storyline

• MOC is Still Mildly Republic Customs Sponsored

• LEGO 41st Elite Squad & Commander Gree Now Here (Only Waiting On Jeff For Customization)

• Only Able To Use LEGO Weapons For Now (CAC Weapons Will Hopefully Be Affordable Next Year & We Can Switch Out For 2014)

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Battle Of Umbara: March On The Capital MOC Progress: 34.2%

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• Basic Ground Structure Of MOC Has Already Been Laid Out

• Supply Package From Investor Arrived And Additional Funds Coming In Very Soon

• MOC BL Orders Organization Tabs (Mostly For Custom Umbarans)

• Over Roughly 10 - 15 BL / Supplier Orders Till Completed

• Full Minifigs4U & X-39 Customs Sponsored MOC

• Going with New 2013 501st Umbara Line for MOC

• Only Able To Use LEGO Weapons For Now (CAC Weapons Will Hopefully Be Affordable Next Year & We Can Switch Out For 2014)

• Have All LEGO 501st Troopers We Need, May Decide To Eventualy Add Army Builder Clones

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Recon Extraction On Chandrilla MOC Progress: 100%

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• Replacing The Zombie MOC This Year

• Recently Added More Water Splash Detail

• Every Grass Detail Aspect Of The MOC Is Finished

• All Official Minifigures In The MOC Are Officially Staying In The MOC

• Will Only Be Appearing @ BBTB 2013

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Warhammer 40k: Winter Apoc MOC Progress: 49.6%

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• Will Actually Be Based Off The Board Game Version

• Post-Apocalyptic Battle Scenery

• Will Have A Lot Of Backup Member help (Knowledge Purposes)

• Battle Will Be Between The White Scar Space Marines vs. Miscellaneous Necron Factions

• Official White Scar Space Marine Design Completed

• Will Take Over 30 Possible BL Orders (2/3 Going Towards The Space Marines & Necrons)

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Operation: Brick Freedom Collaboration MOC Progress: 25%

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• Originally A Collab w/ $DeltaForceGuy$, We Have Now Taken Over The Collab For

• Possibly Might Postpone Until BBTB 2014 (One More Week Till A Decision Is Made)

• Battle Synopsis Planned Out, Refs Used Off Flickr

• Using 4 Grey Baseplates Layout

• Possibly Using little-legends Desert Soldiers & Brickmania Tank Kits

• Would Be Doing A Defiance MOC, But Will Preserve For Next Year Since It Is A Bit To Late

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Custom Minifig Display Stand (Minifigs4U) Progress: 65%

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• RC Display Stand Has Been Moved Into Next Year's BBTB / Bricks Cascade Showcase

• Any Non-Star Wars Customs Will Be Included From Now On (Galaxy Troopers, Iron Man Figs, Super Heroes, etc.)

• Stand Has Been Downsized To Show Customs I Already Have (New BL Orders Already Planned However, May Not Place New)

• No New Minifigs4U SCPCs In Yet

• Will Have Most Of Latest Clones From Newest SCPC Line

• Stand Will Have All New "Army Builders" Series Clones

• Stand Back Still Hasn't Been Extended Yet For Vendor Labels

• Don't Have YouTube & Flickr Labels Or Business Cards For Minifigs4U Yet

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WC Brick Convention Team: 100%

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• Official Team Members:

Jeff W., Ben S., & Justine L.

• Ben and I Are Already Registered For Con (Not All MOCs Are Registered Yet Though)

• Jeff & Justine Not Attending Private Convention Days (But May Possibly Attend Public Day)

• Officially @ 4 Backup Members [Mainly Construction] (Including Frosty)

• Still Currently Planning Team Schedule (Schedule Planned Weekly / Monthly)

• Company Gear & Attire Currently Being Ordered & MOC Transport Is Being Organized

• Private Day Agenda Is Sort of Planned Out

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Official list entry

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1263283

Date first listed: 26-Aug-1965

Location

Statutory Address: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Morchard Bishop

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Morchard Bishop

National Grid Reference: SS 77311 07485

Details

Large parish church. Medieval origins; rebuilt in mid C15 (Bishop Lacey granted indulgences for church repairs in 1451); chancel refurbished in late C17, very extensive restoration of 1887-91 included rebuilding of north and south aisles, reroofing and reslating, scraping aisle piers and replacing windows. Roughly coursed ashlar, predominantly volcanic trap, some mudstone, some granite quoins and plinth; original granite and Beerstone detail, Bathstone restoration detail; slate roofs. High west tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch. Perependicular. Imposing 30m high west tower mostly C15 fabric. It has 2 stages, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet with granite obelisk pinnacles on the corners. Chamfered granite plinth. On north side a semi-octagonal stair turret projects and rises above tower with its own embattled parapet. It includes series of tiny Beerstone or volcanic lights, some with trefoil heads. Original granite 2- light belfry windows with round-headed arches and sunken spandrels on each side. West side of tower has C15 2-centred granite arch with moulded surround and restored hoodmoulds; 4-light Bathstone window above is restored with Decorated-style tracery; moulded granite string course is C15; small C15 arch-headed volcanic window to ringing loft (another on north side and round-headed granite window on south side); and late C19 circular clockface with brass Roman numerals below belfry window. South aisle and porch were completely rebuilt 1887-91 and feature Bathstone arch- headed windows. Decorated-style tracery and hoodmoulds with plain square labels. Embattled parapet and offset buttresses on each corner. C19 2-light window in west end. On south side C19 gable ended porch with low diagonal buttresses. Its outer 2-centred arch has reused moulded volcanic sides and C19 Bathstone head. Bathstone kneelers and coping with a fleuree cross on apex. Small Bathstone niche under gable has cinquefoil head. Small Bathstone trefoil-headed lancets in each side contain C19 stained, glass representations of St George and St Catherine. Porch roof has black ridge tiles with crests cut through with small quatrefoils. C19 3-light window to left of porch. Immediately to right a volcanic stone chimney shaft with exaggerated cap, soffit-moulded and with low crenellated top, rises from parapet. Two 3-light windows right of porch separated by buttress. Left window has Perpendicular Beerstone tracery and hoodmould with carved face labels, probably reset original C15 work. 3-light window in east end of aisle also has C15 Perpendicular Beerstone tracery but not hoodmould. Chancel is roughcast and apparently not restored in late C19. South side includes small volcanic stone segmental-headed priests door at left end and late C17 round-headed window containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. East gable end has larger late C17 round-headed window. Late C19 vestry on north side of chancel. North aisle also rebuilt 1887-91 with embattled parapet but no buttresses. Of north-facing windows 3 have apparently C15 Perpendicular Beerstone tracery with C19 hoodmoulds. Window right of centre is entirely late C19 with Bathstone Decorated-style tracery. Late C19 2-light version in west end. Interior: porch has reused C15 unceiled wagon roof with moulded ribs and purlins and includes 2 bosses, both carved with IHS monograms; late C19 crenellated wallplate. Late C19 encaustic tile floor. Late C19 Bathstone arch to south door. Nave has high 6 bay hammer beam roof of late C19 work but may be including some older moulded timbers. Aisles have simple late C19 low pitch lean-to roofs. Plastered vault of chancel may hide medieval roof. Very high tower arch has double chamfered surround with late C19 painted text over featuring the Lamb and Flag motif. Inside tower has high late C19 ringing floor and comtemporary bas relief plaster strapwork frieze featuring moulded emblems of the Trinity, different crosses and sacred monograms etc. Original granite arched doorway with hollow chamfered surround to stairs. The 4 bay arcades to north and south aisles both have 1 bay overlapping to chancel. Built of volcanic and sandstone the moulded piers (Pevsner's Type B) have capitals only to main shafts. They are largely original but were scraped and some stone renewed 1887-91. Plastered arch to lower and slightly narrower chancel, which was refurbished in late C17 with new round-headed windows, plastered ceiling, moulded plaster cornice and the walls panelled with large field plaster bolection mouldings above oak fielded panel wainscotting. East window contains C18 stained glass in Peckham style with geometric patterns and orange predominating. Fine late C17 oak reredos with flanking fluted Ionic pilasters, moulded cornice and central oval panel painted with the legend 'This do in Remembrance of me'. The mahogany altar rail on turned balusters was made by W. Stribling in 1768. Restored late C15 oak rood screen is very fine and sumptuously decorated example similar to screen at Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Lapford (q.v.). Extending across both aisles and the chancel it has Pevsners B Type Perpendicular tracery over wainscotting with applied tracery with ogival heads and lower quatrefoils. Above the arches the ribbed coving is enriched with Renaissance motifs and above this the cornice covered by friezes of densely carved openwork foliage. The screen was apparently removed to nearby Beech Hill House in the Commonwealth and in 1840 set in tiers as a tower screen. It required extensive restoration work in 1930 by Herbert Reed & Sons before it resumed its original position. The original work retains traces of ancient colour. North aisle includes blocked flat-arched doorway to now-demolished stair to rood loft. Nave and aisles have C19 tile floors and include some old worn gaveslabs, notably one of 1690 in north aisle in memory of Julia Wheeler with an heraldic achievement. Aisles have late C19 ceramic dado and south aisle incorporates reset C15 Beerstone aumbry with cusped cinquefoil head. Choir stalls and pews are late C19, but seem to include much earlier oakwork. Beerstone font of 1848. C20 timber pulpit and lactern. 2 C15 recumbent figures in south aisle were originally in south aisle chapel with an ogee sepulchral arch below the window. They are thought to represent Gabriel Green (died 1485) and his wife Dorothy (died 1480) of Easton Barton. He is in a civilian gown with burgher's cap and short sword, she with a close fitting bodice, pyramid head dress and low girdle with rosary beads. Chancel includes 2 good late C17 mural monuments. On north side the William Tuckfield memorial (died 1688), comprising a black marble rectangular plaque flanked by Beerstone pilasters enriched by bas relief garlands and outside strapwork; panelled head with dentil cornice and moulded entablature surmounted by heraldic achievement in cartouche, the whole on moulded sill with strapwork below around a heater. On south side the Edward Pridham memorial (died 1687), comprising a black marble rectangular plaque with bolection-moulded frame flanked by Ionic columns which support a moulded entablature with broken pediment and central heraldic achievement in cartouche, the whole on moulded sill on scroll-shaped brackets with bifurcated swag between. Another good mural monument in tower, memorial to John (surname illegible) of Southcott (died 1704) comprising a rectangular black marble plaque set in Beerstone; flanking panels enriched with bas relief garlands between moulded entablature surmounted by an heraldic achievement in cartouche with flaring horns, the whole on moulded sill on brackets carved as skulls with folded wings and with an empty cartouche between. All these memorials have traces of ancient colour but the arms of Edward Pridham have been retouched. Tower memorial is flanked by C19 benefaction boards. C17 oak chest in north aisle with chip-carved arcaded front. The church has immense landscape value, the tower being visible for miles around. It also includes a very rare late C17 chancel. Sourcest Devon SMR, Church Guide, Devon C19 Churches Project

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge Hall No 62, IOOF, Manchester Unity, was performed yesterday by the PGM of the Kapunda district, Brother G E Davis jun.

A large and representative gathering assembled. Brother Albert Stief called upon the Secretary (Brother G E Davis) to read the historical report of the lodge. The latter dealt extensively with the progress of it since its formation on September 1, 1864. Of the 13 foundation members, only one survives—Brother James Howlett—who was present at the ceremony.

The late PPGM Brother Joseph Downing, one of the recent directors of the order in South Australia, together with the late Brother Augustus Stief and Brother W Polkinghorne, assisted in forming the first committee, and initiated the 13 foundation members. During the 17 years of the lodge many difficulties and setbacks have occurred, but were surmounted with the aid of good officers, particularly the late secretary (Brother W. Polkinghorne), who filled that position for 39 years continuously, and the late Brother A Stief, who was always a ready and willing worker.

Mr S March presented Brother G E Davis with a trowel on behalf of the members of the Loyal Marrabel Lodge. PGM Brother G E Davis thanked the brethren for the honour conferred upon him and for their presentation. He congratulated the trustees on their management of affairs, which had led up to the erection of such a fine hall, and remarked that Mr W Cairns, of Riverton, was the architect, and Mr S March, of Kapunda, the contractor. He expressed the opinion that the hall would be a credit to them, an ornament to the town, and a monument to the Order of Oddfellows in South Australia. Mr Davis proceeded with the ceremony of laying the stone, and deposited documents, a daily paper, and some coins of the realm thereunder. He declared the stone well and truly laid.

Brothers J J Helleur, J T Matthews, J Windebank, and others congratulated the lodge on its progressive state…invited the assembly to adjourn to the hotel, where the toast, "Success to the hall” was honoured. [Ref: Observer Saturday 9-9-1911]

MARRABEL April 4

The Marrabel Oddfellows’ Hall was opened yesterday. The weather was fine, and residents and visitors from neighbouring towns assembled in strong force to participate in the celebrations.

A long programme was conducted to a successful issue. A procession of more than 100 Oddfellows marched from the old lodgeroom to the new hall. PPGM Brother A E Stief presided, and handed to Grand Master Brother F A Holmes, who performed the opening ceremony, a silver presentation key.

Grand Master Brother F A Holmes congratulated the Marrabel Lodge on its financial position, which enabled it to build such a fine hall.

PGM Brother G E Davis jun (Secretary) in presenting the report, stated that sick pay to the amount of £1,791: death benefits £960: surgeons' fees £2,250: and management expense, £1,518 had been paid out since the inauguration of the lodge. Thus through the agency of the Marrabel branch a total of £6,519 had been distributed.

The hall was erected and furnished at a cost of £1,700 and was opened free of debt.

A banquet was tendered to visiting Oddfellows, and various toasts were honoured

The public were entertained with various musical items in the main hall while the banquet was in progress in the lodgeroom.

In the evening the Olympic Star Picture Company showed to a packed house.

A ball terminated the proceedings. Brother H Traeger made an efficient MC. [Ref: Register Monday 8-4-1912]

*April 29 The Marrabel Quadrille Class

The Marrabel Quadrille Class opened their 1912 season on Saturday night with a very successful dance held in the Oddfellows' Hall. There were 29 couples present. Mr H C Traeger officiated as MC very efficiently, and Mr W Disher supplied the music. [Ref: Daily Herald 1-5-1912]

*Marrabel March 19

The Ceremony of opening the new bridge over the River Light was held this afternoon. The bridge, just completed, overcomes the previous frequent impassabilitv of the river, but the southern embankment is considered to have been limited a little in its construction.

Mr Young said that in the construction of this bridge a most awkward thing had to be considered, and that was the turn of the river just below the bridge. This turn had the effect of sending flood waters out across the road at one end of the bridge embankment. This matter required watching, and if in time it grew to be anything serious, the department would remedy it, probably by building the road a few feet higher for the distance necessary to throw the water back along the course of the river.

He particularly wanted to thank Mr H Wurst for allowing the Department to take earth from his property for the earthworks at the bridge, which fact in itself was a considerable saving to the Department owing to its easy accessibility to the job. He had much pleasure in asking Mrs O'Brien to perform the opening ceremony, and name the bridge, which was done amid cheers from the people assembled.

The assemblage then adjourned to the Oddfellows’ hall, where the function was continued in the form of a banquet. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 27-3-1914]

*The residents of Marrabel and the surrounding districts made a splendid response on Australia Day. The efforts of the general committee met with great success and exceeded all expectations. A thorough canvass of the district was made by a collecting committee, and more than £300 was collected previous to Australia Day. Friday's proceedings began with a combined procession of Marrabel, Hamilton, and Friedrichswalde school children, who marched from the Oddfellows' Hall to the public school, where they saluted the Union Jack.

A programme of sports was then carried out, old and young joining in, the festivities.

A public tea followed in the banqueting room of the hall and was well patronised. A social was held in the main hall in the evening.

A sale of the goods presented to the funds realized a substantial sum. A Commonwealth flag was sold on the Bugler system, and materially added to the funds.

The proceeds totalled £376, which is considered highly satisfactory for a small community. [Ref: Register 5-8-1915]

*A farewell social was tendered to Sgt Lloyd, and Privates C C Rowett and J Wilson in the Marrabel Oddfellows' Hall, on Saturday evening: Mr G E Davis ju., presided over a large gathering. A number of toasts were honoured. A wristlet watch was presented by Mr Kitchen to each of the soldiers. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 28-4-1916]

*On Wednesday evening, the 20th inst a public welcome was given in the Oddfellows' Hall to Pte J W Hildebrandt, who has returned from the front after nearly three years of active service abroad. The returned soldier was met at the Riverton station by his father (Mr August Hildebrandt), and sisters and brothers.

Pte Hildebrandt was one of the first men from this district to offer his services, and is the first to return. He has fought at Gallipoli, Egypt, and has been in the thick of the fighting in France, where he received a bullet wound in the knee, which put him out of action.

Pte Hildebrandt was welcomed home by Messrs F P Kitchen and W A Duncan, and was presented with a purse of money (24 guineas) by Mr A E Stief from the residents of Marrabel and district. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 1-3-1918]

*The first of a series of dances promoted by the Cheer Up Society was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a large gathering present. Admission was by gift of not less than 2/6 in value for trench comforts, and resulted in sufficient goods being collected to pack 16 7-lb parcels to the boys at the front, containing cakes, cigarettes, sweets, &c, and two large boxes of cake have been forwarded to the Cheer-Up Hut.

The supper was provided by the ladies. It is the intention of the society to hold dances once a month during the winter. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 10-5-1918]

*January 28

A large gathering assembled at the Oddfellow’ Hall on Monday evening when a farewell social was tendered the Rev Father Maher, who is being transferred to Gawler after a residence here extending over sixteen years.

Mr W A Duncan presided, Dr R McM Glynn, of Riverton, presented Father Maher with a purse of money from the residents of the district, also Miss Glynn (Father Maher’s housekeeper) with a Morris chair, and Mr Jack Little, who is in Father Maher's employ, with an envelope containing money. [Ref: Kapunda Herald 31-1-1919]

* November 1 — A welcome home social was tendered to Sister Amy Dorrington and Cpl Ben and Pte Leonard Girke, in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large gathering.

A guard of honour was formed by the school children, and the guests were welcomed home in an eloquent address by Mr F P Kitchen. Mr J G Wurst (Chairman of the Hamilton District Council) presented the returned sister and soldiers with a framed certificate from the District Council of Hamilton. The Rev Allen Webb, of Riverton, presented Sister Dorrington with a gold wristlet watch from her Marrabel friends. Sister Dorrington and Cpl and Pte Girke responded. [Ref: Register 4-11-1919]

* November 16

The English brides of Cpl Ben Girke and Pte Cecil Rowett were welcomed in the Oddfellows Hall last Tuesday afternoon by the residents of Marrabel and district.

A guard of honour was formed by the ladies, and the "Wedding march" and the National Anthem were played by Miss Rehder. The brides were greeted by the Rev Allan Webb, on behalf of the residents of the town and district. Afternoon tea was served in the main hall, and the tables were tastefully decorated. Wine and a wedding cake were presented by Mrs. Thomas Marlow. The toasts were proposed by Mr Webb, who was supported by Mr Robert Gill.

The bridegrooms, Cpl Girke and Pte Rowett responded for the brides, and Messrs J D Rowett and E Girke, senrs thanked the gathering for the cordial welcome tendered to their sons and wives. [Ref: Observer 29-11-1919]

*On Saturday last, in the presence of one of the largest crowds ever seen in Marrabel, the Soldiers' Memorial was unveiled by the "Soldiers Chum ", Mr Sammy Lunn, M.B.E.

In 1920 the Hamilton District Council appointed a committee, with Mr J G Wurst as chairman, and the district clerk (Mr A J Stief) as secretary, who raised money to purchase a block of ground adjoining the Marrabel Hall.

The work of erecting the monument was entrusted to Mr R W Tillett and he carried it out with great skill.

The Hon W Hannaford was proud and pleased to be present to honour the memory of the brave lads who fell fighting for King and Empire.

He was also proud of the nurses who had left Australia, and particularly two nurses, who held the highest distinction it was possible to attain. One of these, born and educated at Marrabel, Miss Louise Collis Dorrington, besides being awarded a number of French, Serbian, and American decorations, was lately awarded the diploma and medal of the Legion of Honour. [Ref: Advertiser 9-3-1922]

*April 2 The annual Roman Catholic picnic and sports were held in Mr Campion's paddock in fine weather today. The large attendance from all the surrounding districts was evidence of the popularity of the fixture.

Kapunda, Saddleworth, Riverton, Manoora, Auburn, Eudunda, and Robertstown sent their quotas, the result being a record attendance of approximately 1,090.

A grand ball and supper was given in the Oddfellows' Hall in the evening. [Ref: Observer 14-4-1923]

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Sacramento, California

It's been closed now for about five years. It's a really unattractive commercial property because of its deep setback from the street behind a derelict abandoned self-serve car wash.

Things have been...well, bad for me lately. Mentally.

This whole time I've been here in Toronto, there's been setbacks after setbacks. And when things finally began to fall into place, they seemed fine...but, then took a turn for the worst. And thus my depression was triggered, and enveloped me whole. I have suffered greatly, and wallowed in the dark about life and loss, and heartbreak.

Things are so bad, that going back to LA seemed the perfect thing to do. "Regroup," everyone said.

I have shared this thought with a lot of people. And now with millions more.

Moving to Canada to start a new adventure and a new life, was something that I was proud of, and many people that I left behind were confident I would succeed. And now that things seem to fall apart, LA was the simple answer to the stress I fell into since my arrival. But...going back to California, I feel, is like losing. Like I'm coming back a failure. I'd be disgraced like the Ronin warriors, in a sense. I think of it more, this retreat scenario, like I (a knight), betrayed my queen with a failed mission and cannot return to her kingdom. Not til I succeed.

So as much as people tell me it's okay, my mind says otherwise. It's a flaw of mine, growing up with honor and respect. But it's my flaw, and what makes me "me." I cannot go back to LA. Not yet at least. Not when I haven't even begun on this new adventure. My friend last night was right. I can't let this city eat me alive. I need to set my own fire ablaze to get me out of the dark, and through this low time in my life. I am strong for moving forward after my past, and I am strong enough to come back from this recent tragedy.

So. I'm staying in Toronto. I will take over the bad thoughts and bad experiences of this town, and ash will remain of them. As my light will be intense, and my life will be bright to eclipse the darkness.

...This new life was never going to easy. I had a relapse into my sickness yes, but it will not rule me. Not anymore.

So. To hell with the blue haired pirates that aimed to sink me. And thank you to the mermaids that kept me afloat.

Toronto. Watch out. Because I'm coming of you and I'm coming hard (Ha! Coming hard). As for California. I love you, but I have to continue with this new path of mine.

A "Siamese" cat (as in living in "Siam", I.E. Thailand) walks out of the setback that the Sofitel Hotel sits in, between Sukhumvit Soi 13 and 15 on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok, Thailand. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 35-135mm ƒ 3.5-4.5 AF lens. (at 135)

Note that , although "cat fanciers" consider this color of cat to be "Red Tabby", it is actually orange...

Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1308610

Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967

Location

Statutory Address: St Michael the Archangel Church,Chagford, Newton Abbot TQ13 8BN

County: Devon

District: West Devon (District Authority)

Parish: Chagford

National Park: DARTMOOR

National Grid Reference: SX 70146 87508

Details

Parish church. It appears to be a complete C15 rebuild of an earlier church (The Church Wardens Accounts record work on the Lady Chapel in 1482); major renovation of circa 1888 followed by a series of lesser works between 1888 and 1925, e.g. vestry by J.W. Rowell and Son of Newton Abbot in 1891 and tower restored in 1915; roofs repaired circa 1960. Coursed blocks of granite ashlar throughout; granite ashlar detail, one window of limestone ashlar; slate roofs. Plan: church is actually set on a north-east - south-west axis but for convenience it is described as if it had a conventional east-west axis. Nave and chancel under a continuous roof with full length north and south aisles, both with east end chapels. The south aisle has the former Lady Chapel (now a Chapel of Remembrance to the dead of the World Wars) and the 1891 vestry at the east end. At the east end of the north aisle St Katherines Chapel was converted to the organ chamber and the aisle was extended an extra bay. C15 south porch. Large C15 west tower. Perpendicular style throughout and renovation work carried out in the same style. Exterior. Tall west tower of 3 stages with internal stair turret in the south-west corner. It has a chamfered plinth, setback buttresses and an embattled parapet without corner pinnacles. Belfry has double lancets on each side to the belfry and a single lancet on the north side to the ringing loft. On the west side the doorway has a 2-centred arch with double chamfered surround. It contains a good quality oak door carved with blind cusped arcades and carved with a Latin quotation and dated 1914. Directly above 3-light window with a pointed arch and containing simple intersecting tracery and a hoodmould. Possibly this window was reused in the C15 from the earlier church. Above this window 2 small arch-headed niche contains a C20 carved figure of St. Michael and above that a painted clockface put there in 1867. There are tiny slit windows on the south side lighting the newel stair. The nave and aisles are similar in style. Their roofs are gable-ended with C19 shaped kneelers, coping and moulded finials. (The west end of the north aisle has no finial). The roof is continuous over nave and chancel but the division is marked by an old ridge tile surmounted by a crude beast (maybe a pig). The aisles have soffit-chamfered eaves cornices and the south aisle has a chamfered plinth. Both have set back buttresses on their corners and buttresses between the windows, all with weathered offsets. The west ends of the aisles are blind although both contain blocked features. The south aisle is roughcast but inside a tall 2-centred arch shows. The north aisle contains a blocked doorway, a 2-centred arch with a double roll moulded surround and above that is a presumably C19 segmental-headed window embrasure. All the original windows have original Perpendicular tracery with plain hoodmoulds. The south aisle and porch. The porch projects left of centre. It has set back buttresses and an embattled parapet. 2-centred outer arch with moulded surround and broach stops. This contains early C20 timber gates containing a row of open quatrefoils containing rosettes along the top. There is a late C17 or C18 slate sundial with a brass pointer. It has shaped corners and the borders are enriched with scrolled foliage and garlands. The porch occupies one of the 5 bays this side. The others contain 3-light windows, and there is another at the east end. In the angle of the south aisle and chancel is the low 1981 vestry built of neater ashlar than the original church. It has a flat roof and embattled parapet over a soffit- moulded dripcourse. Each side contains a square-headed 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and the south side contains a segmental-headed doorway with ovolo surround. Above the vestry, a window built of limestone, with Decorated tracery and hoodmould with carved labels. The east end of the chancel has a large and impressive 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. It has moulded reveals with carved capitals and hoodmould. The north aisle is 6 bays. The east end bay is a late C19 addition and contains another limestone 2-light window with Decorated tracery, hoodmould and block labels. Contemporary granite Tudor arch doorway in east end. The rest are original 3-light windows similar to those on the south side. The division between aisle and organ chamber (former chapel) is marked by a projecting rood stair turret. Interior. Porch has a good interior. It has stone-flagged floor and benches along each side. Stone vaulted 2-bay roof; the ribs springing from half-engaged piers and with good carved bosses. The piers are granite and although the rest is painted the detail suggests a softer stone, possibly Beerstone. The south doorway is a granite 2- centred arch with double chamfered surround and pyrmaid stops. It contains an ancient folding plank door with studded coverstrips, its original ferramenta and a massive oak lock housing. The roof was repaired circa 1960 but is essentially original. Nave and chancel have continuous wagon roofs with moulded purlins and ribs, good carved oak bosses and a moulded wallplate enriched with 4-leaf bosses. The break between nave and chancel is now marked by the chancel only being ceiled and the timberwork there is painted. Both aisles have similar smaller wagon roofs and must be contemporary with the nave and chancel roof. Both are now open and the south chapel timbers have traces of ancient colour. The bosses are noteworthy some featuring the spiral symbol of the Gorges family and others the tinners mark of 3 rabbits. Church Fabric. Tall tower arch with a narrow chamfered surround and soffit- Chamfered imposts. Inside tower small 2-centred arch doorway to newel stairs but floor to ringing loft replaced 1915. Either side of the tower arch are the blocked apertures described above. Each aisle has an identical 5-bay arcade with 1 overlapping into the chancel. The arches have double chamfered arch rings. Octagonal granite piers made from single pieces of granite and have soffit-chamfered caps and chamfered bases, now on pedestals since the floor has been lowered. The floor is of stone slabs and includes some grave slabs in the chancel (see below). The walls are of exposed granite ashlar. In the south aisle, close to the chancel screen, there is an arch-headed blocked opening for the rood stair. Furniture and fittings. In the chancel the reredos dates from 1888 along with the rest of the sanctuary decoration. It is a painted and gilded triptych; Christ in majesty is flanked by panels containing the Evangelists and the wings contain saints. The wall behind is lined with good polychrome tiles of 1888. The oak stalls (dating from 1913) are in a Tudor Gothic style with blind arcading across the front and carved angel finials. The sedilia dates from 1894. The chancel screen is a fine piece of work. It was erected in 1925 in memory of the young flying officer Noel Hayter-Hames. It is an expert recreation of a C15 Perpendicular oak chancel screen with blind tracery on the wainscotting, Perpendicular tracery to the windows, Gothic cusped coving and a frieze of delicately undercut bands of foliage. The parclose screens are painted and it may be that they are actually C15; built of oak and simpler versions of the main screen. The pulpit (dated 1928) is also built of oak and in the same Perpendicular style; it has an octagonal drum nodding ogee arch on the sides and undercut foliage on the corners, base and frieze. In the former St. Katherines Chapel the late C19 organ has been restored to its original painted scheme. The former Lady Chapel was lined with panelled wainscotting when converted to a Chapel of Rememberance circa 1925. The contemporary figures on the Riddel posts are the patron saints of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brass lecturn is dated 1871. The benches are also Gothic in style; the bench ends have tracery patterns framed with wreathed foliage. They probably date from the reseating of 1864 and most have been dedicated to members of the congregation who died in the C20. Granite Perpendicular style octagonal font carved by a local mason, John Aggett, and dedicated to the memory of Katherine Hayter-Hames who died less than a year old in 1856. The oak coved canopy is richly carved in Gothic style. Memorials. The oldest and best in the church is the table tomb in the sanctuary in memory of Sir John Wyddon (d. 1575). It is remarkable for its early Renaissance decoration. The tomb base is 3 bays divided by pilasters which are carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foilage. Each bay carved with foliage and with a frieze of wreathed foliage. Each bay contains a frame of formal foliage. Central bay contains an heraldic achievement and the flanking bays have Renaissance vases with cherubs and grotesques. Marble lid with black letter inscription around the edge. Any effigy is now missing. 2-bay arcade above with round arches enriched by scrolled cusping and supported on baluster columns. The arches and spandrels are richly carved with Renaissance ornament. Moulded frieze above and moulded entablature with carved crestwork is supported by carved scroll consoles. The back of the arcade is also richly carved with heraldic achievements surrounded by a dense pattern of expertly carved ornament featuring mermen, grotesques and foliage. Nearby, on the sanctuary steps is a graveslab in memory of Mary Whiddon who died on her wedding day in 1641. South aisle contains a good mural monument in memory of Sir John Prouz (d.1664). Built most of Beerstone, it contains an inscribed rectangular marble plaque flanked by free-standing marble columns with Corinthian caps and entablature with modillion frieze surmounted by a cartouche containing the Prouz arms flanked by other heraldic cartouches. The soffit-moulded sill is supported by scroll brackets carved as grotesque lions heads and with an apron between enriched with strapwork and containing a carved oak heraldic achievement. Above the monument is suspended a helmet bearing the Prouz crest. All the paintwork is C20. To south of the sanctuary a granite recess with double ogee arch in memory of Constance Hayter-Hames (d.1890) and several C19 mural monuments to other members of the same family but the best monument from this period is a mural plaque in memory of Captain John Evans who died aged 23, in 1861 after an active service life. The plaque is a white marble scroll with a symbol of liberty at the top. It is carved as if the scroll is pinned to the end of a chest tomb on which lies his sword and an open Bible and over this is his regimental arms. The black ground has a pointed arch and a moulded limestone frame. It is signed Bedford Sc. 256 Oxford Street, London. Over the south door a board is painted with the arms of Charles II (much restored). To right a painted Benefaction board dated 1791 over an inscribed Beerstone tablet recording the benefactions of the Reverend John Hayter and John Hooper in 1790. Glass. The window of the north chapel contains fragments of C15 glass; St. Andrew and some heraldic achievements. The rest of the stained glass is C19 and most are memorials to members of the Hayter-Hames family. Summary. This is a good C15 granite church although the interior is largely the result of the several late C19 and early C20 renovations. The best feature is the remarkable Whiddon table tomb. Sources. Devon C19 Church Project. Church Guide. (n.a.)

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