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Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. The tarmac-surfaced road, which is the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, shares the title of steepest road in England with Rosedale Chimney Bank in North Yorkshire. It has a maximum gradient of 1 in 3 (about 33%).
The pass takes its name from Hard Knott which is derived from the Old Norse harthr (hard) and knutr (craggy hill).
A single track road runs between Eskdale in the west to the edge of the neighbouring Wrynose Pass in the east. On the western side is Harter Fell and the remains of Hardknott Roman Fort (200 metres (660 ft) above sea level).
The Hardknott Pass stands at a maximum elevation of 393 m (1,289 ft). The road descends steeply at a gradient of 30% (1 in 3) into the Duddon Valley. At the eastern end of the pass is Cockley Beck farm, built in the 1860s and owned by the National Trust. The route from Hardknott leads eastward towards the Wrynose Pass and Ambleside.
The pass is described as one of the most challenging roads in Britain. A series of hairpin bends make visibility difficult in various places, and the road surface is in poor condition and slippery when wet. The pass is often closed in winter due to ice that makes the route impassable for vehicles. Traffic ascending the pass has priority as advised by the Highway Code.
The challenging 1 in 3 gradients, steeper than the mountain stages of European bicycle races including the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, draw endurance cyclists. It is part of the annual Fred Whitton Challenge, a 112-mile ride around the Lake District. An "average" cyclist who was trained over six weeks for a 2019 Eurosport documentary called England's Toughest Climb failed to complete the route.
A road over the pass was built by the Romans around AD 110 to link the coastal fort and baths at Ravenglass with their garrisons at Ambleside and Kendal. The Romans called this road the Tenth Highway. The road fell into disrepair after the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century, becoming an unpaved packhorse route used to transport lead and agricultural goods. By the early Middle Ages, it was known as the Waingate ("cart road") or Wainscarth ("cart pass"): there is an 1138 record of a party of monks traversing it in an oxcart. Hardknott pass and its surrounding area fell within the domain of the Lords of Millom, being situated between the headwaters of the Esk and Duddon. Grazing and hunting rights were given to the monks of Furness Abbey by the Lords of Millom in the 13th century, which they held until the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536–41).
In the 1880s an association of hoteliers, the English Lake District Association, financed improvements to the road in the hope of encouraging tourist excursions by carriage; by 1891 the scheme was judged to be "not the success that was anticipated". Nevertheless, the route had some popularity with cyclists and early motorists, with the Cyclists' Touring Club 1911 Guide to North-West England describing the old coach road as "difficult going West, cruel coming East". The first motor vehicles were taken over the Hardknott and Wrynose passes, from the Eskdale side, in 1913.
In 1936, the Cumberland Highways Committee considered, and rejected, a proposal to make the pass more accessible to motorised vehicles by laying down a new road surface and making other improvements. However, during the Second World War the War Office used the area for tank training, completely destroying the existing road surface. After the war the damage was repaired and the road tarmaced. A decade after the local government had rejected opening the highway to vehicles, the war's legacy had inadvertently created a direct motor route between Ambleside and Eskdale for the first time.
The courses of the Roman and modern roads are not identical. The Roman highway is to the north of the modern road on the western side of the pass and to the south on the eastern side.
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is primarily famous for the Cumbrian Mountains, its lake and coastal scenery, and for its literary associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets, Beatrix Potter, and John Ruskin.
The Cumbrian mountains, or fells, include England's tallest mountains: Scafell Pike (978 m (3,209 ft)), Helvellyn (950 m (3,120 ft)), Skiddaw (931 m (3,054 ft)), and Cross Fell (893 m (2,930 ft)), which all have a topographical prominence of more than 600m. The region contains sixteen major lakes. They include Windermere, which with a length of 18 km (11 miles) and an area of 14.73 km2 (5.69 square miles) is both the longest and largest lake in England, and Wast Water, which at 79 metres (259 ft) is the deepest lake in England.
The Lake District National Park was established in 1951, and covers an area of 2,362 km2 (912 square miles), the bulk of the region. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.
National Park
The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951, a month after the Peak District, the first UK national park. It retained its original boundaries until 2016 when it was extended by 3% in the direction of the Yorkshire Dales National Park to incorporate areas land of high landscape value around the Lune Valley.
The national park received 18.14 million tourist visitors in 2022. This equates to 29.15 million tourist days, counting visits of greater than three hours. It is the largest of the thirteen national parks in England and Wales and the second largest in the UK after the Cairngorms National Park. Its aim is to protect the landscape by restricting unwelcome change by industry or commerce. The area of the national park, with the exception of the 2016 extension, was designated a World Heritage Site in 2017 as a cultural landscape. This was the fourth attempt to list the park, after two attempts in the 1980s and one in 2012 failed.
The park is governed by the National Park Authority, which is based at offices in Kendal. It runs a visitor centre on Windermere at a former country house called Brockhole, Coniston Boating Centre, and Information Centres. The Park Authority has 20 members: six appointed by Westmorland and Furness Council, four by Cumberland Council, and ten by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.
Human geography
The precise extent of the Lake District was not defined traditionally, but is slightly larger than that of the National Park[citation needed], the total area of which is about 2,362 square kilometres (912 sq mi). The park extends just over 51 kilometres (32 mi) from east to west and nearly 64 kilometres (40 mi) from north to south, with areas such as the Lake District Peninsulas to the south lying outside the National Park.
Settlement
There are only a few major settlements within this mountainous area: the towns of Keswick, Windermere, Ambleside, and Bowness-on-Windermere are the four largest. Significant settlements close to the boundary of the national park include Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Ulverston, Dalton-in-Furness, Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermouth, Penrith, Millom and Grange-over-Sands; each of these has important economic links with the area. Other villages are Coniston, Threlkeld, Glenridding, Pooley Bridge, Broughton-in-Furness, Grasmere, Newby Bridge, Staveley, Lindale, Gosforth and Hawkshead. The economies of almost all are intimately linked with tourism. Beyond these are a scattering of hamlets and many isolated farmsteads, some of which are still tied to agriculture;[citation needed] others now function as part of the tourist economy.
Communications
Roads
The Lake District is very nearly contained within a box of trunk routes and major A roads. It is flanked to the east by the A6 road, which runs from Kendal to Penrith (though the National Park extension approved in 2015 is east of the A6); across its southern fringes by the A590, which connects the M6 to Barrow-in-Furness, and the A5092, and across its northern edge by the A66 trunk road between Penrith and Workington. The A595 (linking the A66 with the A5092) forms the park boundary from Calder Bridge to Holmrook, then crosses the coastal plain of the park until turning inland at the Whicham Valley, forming much of the park boundary again until joining the A5092 at Grizebeck.
Besides these, a few A roads penetrate the area itself, notably the A591 which runs north-westwards from Kendal to Windermere and then on to Keswick. It continues up the east side of Bassenthwaite Lake. "The A591, Grasmere, Lake District" was short-listed in the 2011 Google Street View awards in the Most Romantic Street category. The A593 and A5084 link the Ambleside and Coniston areas with the A590 to the south whilst the A592 and A5074 similarly link Windermere with the A590. The A592 also continues northwards from Windermere to Ullswater and Penrith by way of the Kirkstone Pass.
Some valleys which are not penetrated by A roads are served by B roads. The B5289 serves Lorton Vale and Buttermere and links via the Honister Pass with Borrowdale. The B5292 ascends the Whinlatter Pass from Lorton Vale before dropping down to Braithwaite near Keswick. The B5322 serves the valley of St John's in the Vale whilst Great Langdale is served by the B5343. Other valleys such as Little Langdale, Eskdale and Dunnerdale are served by minor roads. The last of these is connected with the first two by the Wrynose and Hardknott passes respectively; both of these passes are known for their steep gradients and are together one of the most popular climbs in the United Kingdom for cycling enthusiasts. A minor road through the Newlands Valley connects via Newlands Hause with the B5289 at Buttermere. Wasdale is served by a cul-de-sac minor road,[a] as is Longsleddale and the valleys at Haweswater and Kentmere. There are networks of minor roads in the lower-lying southern part of the area, connecting numerous communities between Kendal, Windermere, and Coniston.
Railways and ferries
The West Coast Main Line skirts the eastern edge of the Lake District and the Cumbrian Coast Line passes through the southern and western fringes of the area. A single railway line, the Windermere Branch Line, penetrates from Kendal to Windermere via Staveley. Railways once served Broughton-in-Furness and Coniston (closed to passengers in 1958) and another ran from Penrith to Cockermouth via Keswick (closed west of Keswick in 1966 and completely in 1972). Part of the track of the latter is used by the improved A66 trunk road.
The Cumbrian Coast line has three stations within the boundaries of the national park (and additionally Drigg, about a third of a mile from the park boundary). The line gives railway enthusiasts and others a flavour of a pre-Beeching railway line, with features like manually operated level crossing gates, as well as giving a good connection to the steam railway into Eskdale and providing access for cyclists and serious walkers to the Western Fells.
The narrow gauge Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway runs from Ravenglass on the west coast up Eskdale as far as Dalegarth Station near the hamlet of Boot, catering for tourists. Another heritage railway, the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, runs between Lake Windermere and Haverthwaite, and tourists can connect at Lakeside with the boats up the lake to Bowness.
A vehicle-carrying cable ferry, the Windermere Ferry, runs frequent services across Windermere. There are also seasonal passenger boats on Coniston Water, Derwent Water, and Ullswater.
Footpaths and bridleways
There are many paths over which the public has a right of way, all of which are signposted at their origin on public roads and at some other points. Within the area of the National Park in 2012 there were 2,159 km (1,342 mi) of public footpaths, 875 km (544 mi) of public bridleways, 15 km (9 mi) of restricted byways and 30 km (19 mi) of byways open to all traffic. There is also a general "right to roam" in open country, which includes approximately 50% of the national park.
Many of these tracks arose centuries ago and were used either as ridge highways (such as along High Street) or as passes for travelling across the ridges between settlements in the valleys. Historically these paths were not planned for reaching summits, but more recently they are used by fell walkers for that purpose. The Coast to Coast Walk, which crosses the north of England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, traverses the national park from west to east.
Bridleways are intended for horse riding and walkers, with cyclists also permitted to use them. Cyclists must give way to all other bridleway users. Motor vehicles are only allowed on "byways open to all traffic" (green lanes) but in practice Traffic Regulation Orders have been brought in on several prohibiting motor traffic, although a system of permits operates on Gatesgarth Pass.
Land ownership
Most of the land within the national park is in private ownership, with about 55% registered as agricultural land. Landowners include:
Individual farmers and other private landowners, with more than half of the agricultural land farmed by the owners.
The National Trust owns around 25% of the total area (including some lakes and land of significant landscape value).
The Forestry Commission and other investors in forests and woodland.
United Utilities (owns 8%)
Lake District National Park Authority (owns 3.9%)
Physical geography
The Lake District is a roughly circular upland massif, deeply dissected by a broadly radial pattern of major valleys which are largely the result of repeated glaciations over the last 2 million years. The apparent radial pattern is not from a central dome, but from an axial watershed extending from St Bees Head in the west to Shap in the east. Most of these valleys display the U-shaped cross-section characteristic of glacial origin and often contain long narrow lakes in bedrock hollows, with tracts of relatively flat ground at their infilled heads, or where they are divided by lateral tributaries (Buttermere-Crummock Water; Derwent Water-Bassenthwaite Lake).[b] Smaller lakes known as tarns occupy glacial cirques at higher elevations. It is the abundance of both which has led to the area becoming known as the Lake District.
Many of the higher fells are rocky, while moorland predominates lower down. Vegetation cover in better-drained areas includes bracken and heather, although much of the land is boggy, due to the high rainfall. Deciduous native woodland occurs on many of the steeper slopes below the tree line, but with native oak supplemented by extensive conifer plantations in many areas, particularly Grizedale Forest in the generally lower southern part of the area. The Lake District extends to the sea to the west and south.
The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike (978m/3210'), has a far-reaching view on a clear day, ranging from the Galloway Hills of Scotland, the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Snowdonia in Wales.
Cumbrian Mountains
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Major fells and towns shown within the National Park
Lake District
The mountains (or 'fells') of the Lake District are known as the "Cumbrian Mountains", "Cumbrian Fells" or "Lakeland Fells". The four highest fells exceed 3,000 feet (914 m). These are:
Scafell Pike, 978 m (3,209 ft)
Scafell, 965 m (3,166 ft)
Helvellyn, 951 m (3,120 ft)
Skiddaw, 931 m (3,054 ft)
Northern Fells
The Northern Fells are a clearly defined range of hills contained within a 13 km (8 mi) diameter circle between Keswick in the southwest and Caldbeck in the northeast. They culminate in the 931 m (3,054 ft) peak of Skiddaw. Other notable peaks are Blencathra (also known as Saddleback) (868 m (2,848 ft)) and Carrock Fell. Bassenthwaite Lake occupies the valley between this massif and the North Western Fells.
North Western Fells
The North Western Fells lie between Borrowdale and Bassenthwaite Lake to the east and Buttermere and Lorton Vale to the west. Their southernmost point is at Honister Pass. This area includes the Derwent Fells above the Newlands Valley and hills to the north amongst which are Dale Head, Robinson. To the north stand Grasmoor, highest in the range at 852 m (2,795 ft), Grisedale Pike and the hills around the valley of Coledale, and in the far northwest is Thornthwaite Forest and Lord's Seat. The fells in this area are rounded Skiddaw slate, with few tarns and relatively few rock faces.
Western Fells
The Western Fells lie between Buttermere and Wasdale, with Sty Head forming the apex of a large triangle. Ennerdale bisects the area, which consists of the High Stile ridge north of Ennerdale, the Loweswater Fells in the far northwest, the Pillar group in the southwest, and Great Gable (899 m (2,949 ft)) near Sty Head. Other tops include Seatallan, Haystacks and Kirk Fell. This area is craggy and steep, with the impressive pinnacle of Pillar Rock its showpiece. Wastwater, located in this part, is England's deepest lake.
Central Fells
The Central Fells are lower in elevation than surrounding areas of fell, peaking at 762 m (2,500 ft) at High Raise. They take the form of a ridge running between Derwent Water in the west and Thirlmere in the east, from Keswick in the north to Langdale Pikes in the south. A spur extends southeast to Loughrigg Fell above Ambleside. The central ridge running north over High Seat is exceptionally boggy.
Eastern Fells
The Eastern Fells consist of a long north-to-south ridge, the Helvellyn range, running from Clough Head to Seat Sandal with the 950 m (3,118 ft) Helvellyn at its highest point. The western slopes of these summits tend to be grassy, with rocky corries and crags on the eastern side. The Fairfield group lies to the south of the range and forms a similar pattern with towering rock faces and hidden valleys spilling into the Patterdale valley. It culminates in the height of Red Screes overlooking the Kirkstone Pass.
Far Eastern Fells
The Far Eastern Fells refers to all of the Lakeland fells to the east of Ullswater and the A592 road running south to Windermere. At 828 m (2,717 ft), the peak known as High Street is the highest point on a complex ridge that runs broadly north-south and overlooks the hidden valley of Haweswater to its east. In the north of this region are the lower fells of Martindale Common and Bampton Common whilst in the south are the fells overlooking the Kentmere valley. Further to the east, beyond Mardale and Longsleddale is Shap Fell, an extensive area consisting of high moorland, more rolling and Pennine in nature than the mountains to the west.
Southern Fells
The Southern Fells occupy the southwestern quarter of the Lake District. They can be regarded as comprising a northern grouping between Wasdale, Eskdale, and the two Langdale valleys, a southeastern group east of Dunnerdale and south of Little Langdale, and a southwestern group bounded by Eskdale to the north and Dunnerdale to the east.
The first group includes England's highest mountains: Scafell Pike in the centre, at 978 m (3,209 ft) and Scafell one mile (1.6 km) to the southwest. Though it is slightly lower, Scafell has a 700 ft (210 m) rockface, Scafell Crag, on its northern side. This group also includes the Wastwater Screes overlooking Wasdale, the Glaramara ridge overlooking Borrowdale, the three tops of Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and Esk Pike. The core of the area is drained by the infant River Esk. Collectively these are some of the Lake District's most rugged hillsides.
The second group, otherwise known as the Furness Fells or Coniston Fells, have as their northern boundary the steep and narrow Hardknott and Wrynose passes. The highest are Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How which slightly exceed 800 m (2,600 ft).
The third group to the west of the Duddon includes Harter Fell and the long ridge leading over Whitfell to Black Combe and the sea. The south of this region consists of lower forests and knolls, with Kirkby Moor on the southern boundary. The southwestern Lake District ends near the Furness peninsula and Barrow-in-Furness, a town which many Lake District residents rely on for basic amenities.
Southeastern area
The southeastern area is the territory between Coniston Water and Windermere and east of Windermere towards Kendal and south to Lindale. There are no high summits in this area which are mainly low hills, knolls and limestone cuestas such as Gummer's How and Whitbarrow. Indeed, it rises only as high as 333 m (1,093 ft) at Top o' Selside east of Coniston Water; the wide expanse of Grizedale Forest stands between the two lakes. Kendal and Morecambe Bay stand at the eastern and southern edges of the area.
Valleys
The main radial valleys are (clockwise from the south) Dunnerdale, Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, the Vale of Lorton, and Buttermere valley, the Derwent Valley and Borrowdale, the Ullswater valley, Haweswater valley, Longsleddale, the Kentmere valley, those converging on the head of Windermere - Grasmere, Great Langdale and Little Langdale, and the Coniston Water valley. The valleys break the mountains up into blocks, which have been described by various authors in different ways. The most frequently encountered approach is that made popular by Alfred Wainwright who published seven separate area guides to the Lakeland Fells.
Only one of the lakes in the Lake District is called by that name, Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others such as Windermere, Coniston Water, Ullswater and Buttermere are meres, tarns and waters, with mere being the least common and water being the most common. The major lakes and reservoirs in the National Park are given below.
Bassenthwaite Lake
Brotherswater
Buttermere
Coniston Water
Crummock Water
Derwent Water
Devoke Water
Elter Water
Ennerdale Water
Esthwaite Water
Grasmere
Haweswater Reservoir
Hayeswater
Loweswater
Rydal Water
Thirlmere
Ullswater
Wast Water
Windermere
Woodlands
Below the tree line are wooded areas, including British and European native oak woodlands and introduced softwood plantations. The woodlands provide habitats for native English wildlife. The native red squirrel is found in the Lake District and a few other parts of England. In parts of the Lake District, the rainfall is higher than in any other part of England. This gives Atlantic mosses, ferns, lichen, and liverworts the chance to grow. There is some ancient woodland in the National Park. Management of the woodlands varies: some are coppiced, some pollarded, some left to grow naturally, and some provide grazing and shelter.
Coast
The Lake District extends to the coast of the Irish Sea from Drigg in the north to Silecroft in the south, encompassing the estuaries of the Esk and its tributaries, the Irt and the Mite. The intertidal zone of the combined estuaries includes sand, shingle and mudflats, and saltmarsh. The dune systems on either side of the estuary are protected as nature reserves; Drigg Dunes and Gullery to the north and Eskmeals Dunes[31] to the south. South of the estuary, the coast is formed in low cliffs of glacial till, sands, and gravels.
The district also extends to the tidal waters of Morecambe Bay and several of its estuaries alongside the Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas, designated on M6 motorway signposts as the "Lake District Peninsulas", and the southern portions of which lie outside the park. These are the Duddon Estuary, the Leven Estuary, and the western banks and tidal flats of the Kent Estuary. These areas are each characterised by sand and mudflats of scenic and wildlife interest. The coast is backed by extensive flats of raised marine deposits left when the relative sea level was higher.
Value City (closed) [90,000 square feet]
837 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport Square, Newport News, VA
This location opened on August 5th, 1993 and closed in November 2008; it was originally a Murphy's Mart, which opened on October 3rd, 1973 and became an Ames in early 1987, which closed in April 1993. The majority of the building became a Stratford University campus on May 21st, 2012, and the rest became part of a Waters Edge Church in November 2012.
Shiny silver- something I value very highly... especially when it clings to my curves as well as this!
I've had this snug fitting strapless gown for so long I've forgotten where I bought it! But that doesn't really matter because it still looks Fabulous, especially in this ensemble!
This is a reshoot of me wearing my excitingly snug and tight fitting silver wet look lycra spandex strapless gown. For this set I've matched it up with silver elbow length opera gloves, fishnet hose and a newly arrived pair of shiny silver platform stocking boots with 6" heels.
I do hope you like my ensemble and the way it hugs my curves as much as I do!
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APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE: 2000-2005
MISSING ITEMS: Sleeping bag
PERSONAL FUN FACT: The Bitty Bunch line was one of the frivolities in Bitty Baby's collection. The sets made for Bitty Bear and co. didn't have any practical value other than being mega cute. Therefore, I never actually anticipated that I'd own any of the pieces from the Bitty Bunch collection (other than the animals themselves of course). Despite knowing I didn't want to spend my money or Christmas/birthday gift opportunities on things like the Bitty Bunch Playhouse, I did admire them in the pages of the catalogue. I probably spent too much time in the Bitty Baby section altogether as a kid. That's why I instantaneously recognized this house when I happened upon it at a local thrift store in 2020. It was in September that year when I had to go get my oil changed. It is an adult task I dread...I'm not really sure why getting things done to my Jeep makes me so anxious. But I rewarded myself with a trip to this thrift store on the way home. We usually find at least something in this particular location. In the past, we've actually been lucky enough to come home with Bitty Baby stuff! As we went into the basement of the store and shimmied into the super narrow toy aisle, I spotted this fabric house on one of the shelves. I immediately headed over to it to inspect. Sure enough, there was a tag which stated it was American Girl Bitty Baby, and that it contained TWO of the animals. Colleen and I excitedly began looking inside for the two creatures that were supposed to be there. But we found none...I wasn't going to buy just the house. I relentlessly searched the entire toy section of the basement a dozen times over, hoping to locate the animals. We did end up recovering Bitty Puppy, which prompted me to purchase the house. It was rather filthy when I first brought it home, as to be expected since it is fabric. But a mixture of water and Oxy Clean made it smell/look wonderful again!
Luc Arnouts, Vice-President, International Relations and Networks, Port of Antwerp- Bruges, Belgium ; Nancy Gillis, Programme Head, Climate Action and First Movers Coalition, World Economic Forum ; Chris Pickett, Chief Operating Officer, Flock Freight, USA ; Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania ; Ceri-Ann Droog, Global Digital Director, Atkins, United Kingdom, speaking in the The Role of Logistics Hubs in Industry Transformation session at the Industry Strategy Meeting 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 March. Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader
Leading the rail train that picked up the ex-New York Central west of Mattoon, Ill., was No. 1915. It is a B23-7 built in 1978 for Conrail. It was later conveyed to Norfolk Southern where it had roster number 4030. It was subsequently sold to Power Source Supply where it had roster number PWSX 4030. The Conrail markings were obliterated but it still wore its Conrail blue. There are numerous photos of the 1915 working for Conrail and most of them are of better quality than t his one. But this image has sentimental value to me.
Chassis n° 82782
Coachwork by Reutter
Bonhams : The Zoute Sale
Important Collectors' Motor Cars
The Zoute Grand Prix Gallery
Estimated : € 280.000 - 330.000
Sold for € 287.500
Zoute Grand Prix Car Week 2025
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2025
- Delivered new in the USA
- In-period competition history
- Fully matching numbers and colours
- Restored in Poland by a recognised specialist in 2019 (bills and photographs available)
- Offered from an important Porsche collection in Poland
Its factory Kardex reveals that this Porsche 356A Speedster, chassis number '82782', was delivered on 26th November 1956 via Hoffman in New York, USA. The Porsche was delivered in Weiss (White) a with Rot (Red leatherette) interior, and left the factory equipped with sealed-beam headlights and US bumpers. The car retains fully matching numbers and colours.
In 1952 a trial batch of 15 Type 356 roadsters was constructed at the behest of US importer Max Hoffman, who had persuaded Porsche of the potential for a 'cut-price' entry-level model. The roadsters' successful reception in the USA led to the introduction of the Speedster model in 1954.
Instantly recognisable by virtue of its low, wraparound (as opposed to V-shaped) windscreen; smaller and entirely retractable hood; lower door waistline; horizontal trim strip at the level of the door handles; and twin bucket seats, all of which served to emphasise its sporting image, the Speedster was effectively an 'economy' model intended to compete with the cheaper British sports cars. The Speedster was powered initially by the 1.5-litre version of Porsche's horizontally opposed four, gaining the new 1.6-litre engine with the introduction of the improved 356A for 1955. Priced at $2,995, the Speedster was the lightest of the 356s, enjoying a commensurate performance boost that meant over 100mph was possible. Allied to its already renowned handling characteristics, this made the Speedster an instant success in the burgeoning North American sports car racing scene. Its combination of style, performance and value for money made the Speedster deservedly popular (4,822 examples being constructed between 1954 and '58) and today this most handsome of the 356 variants enjoys iconic status.
In California during the 1970s, the Speedster was serviced at Lukes & Shorman Inc (Bay Area Porsche specialists). The Porsche was restored in 1976 and its use in a local competitions is documented. In April 1986, at 86,442 miles, a pre-purchase inspection was carried for Emile Ragoof of San Anselmo, CA (the report survives). In July 1986 at 86,938 miles, the Speedster was sold (see handwritten ownership note on file). In addition there are invoices dating from the 1980s and 1990s for regular servicing: shock absorbers, carburettor kits, braking system parts, etc.
In 2019 a comprehensive bare-metal restoration was carried out by Piotr Bem Classic Porsche Restoration (Poland). The rebuild included bodywork; a mechanical overhaul (engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes); electrical system; and a complete interior retrim. The restoration was carried out under a formal contract with staged invoices (Rozliczenie 1–8), which are on file together with Excel cost calculations and a full photographic record. The invoices document all stages of the restoration including disassembly, metalwork repairs, lead loading, paint, gearbox rebuild, brake and steering overhauls, upholstery, and final tuning. Overall restoration costs exceeded PLN 166,000 (US$44,820) plus parts, evidencing the scope and quality of the work. Supporting documentation includes the following:
- Porsche Kardex
- US ownership and service notes
- Invoices from Lukes & Shorman and other Bay Area specialists
- 1986 pre-purchase inspection report
- Restoration contract, Rozliczenie 1-8 invoices, Excel cost summary
- Full photographic record of the 2019 restoration
Supported by the foregoing provenance, this fully matching Speedster - boasting in-period competition history - has been treated to a last-nut-and-bolt restoration by a recognised Porsche 356 specialist and comes from one of the most important Porsche collections in Poland. Additional equipment offered consists of a driver's manual and tonneau cover.
@ Dambulla Wiharaya
Monk was showing his money to the beggar and beggar the one who decided which note he wants...however i have noticed that beggar asked 100/- note and this foreign monk gave it to him without any doubt....
yea..this monk is really great to be a human...
True Value, Shop Rite Hardware and Paint Supply, Silas Deane Hwy Wethersfield, CT, Pics by Mike Mozart
Why?
Locality is inherent to the value of craigslist; I go to craigslist.org but I get kicked over to the local instance of craigslist (my IP address sources me to somewhere in the illustrious Lansing, MI). But how does craigslist know where to send me? Some mysterious system of assigning a geocoded IP address to just the right site must be in place...I wonder what that map looks like.
When Ian Clemens proposed the idea, I looked around to find an existing map of craigslist sites-to-areas -maybe even find the lookup that they themselves use. I couldn't find anything like it.
Whether it matches their system well or not, here is a map that approximates geographic coverage to individual sites using a Voronoi process as a base (more info on process below). It is at least a start at visualizing the geographic coverage and distribution of the community-driven instances of craigslist. Shapes like this might provide some useful context for other data, demographic or market information, for instance. Also, when pulled into VFX, it can serve as an input to some spatial querying on those other metrics.
This and other ginormous map prints available at www.zazzle.com/idvswag
Benedictine sisters to shutter midtown monastery
By Johanna Willett Arizona Daily Star
20160927
For about 75 years, the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have called the monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road home.
But no more.
This past weekend, the sisters announced to volunteers, benefactors and other friends that the monastery will shut its doors within the next two years.
“It was a difficult decision to come to, but it has to do with basically a fewer number of sisters today and the fact that everyone is aging,” said Sister Joan Ridley, superior of the Tucson Monastery. “We don’t have many newer members, so we want to regroup forces and consolidate sisters in one spot.”
The 16 Tucson sisters are part of a larger congregation based in Clyde, Missouri. Including the Tucson nuns, there are about 65 sisters, Ridley said.
Leadership at both sites has worked toward this decision for about a year with the hope that consolidation will revitalize the aging order.
The decision is still too new for the sisters to say for sure whether all will leave Tucson for Clyde. Some of the nuns have lived here for about 25 years, Ridley said.
Stay or go, they will all have to develop a few new habits. The sisters plan to sell the property, which is about 7 acres between East Speedway and East Fifth Street.
“We may be in touch with some other national Catholic organizations that purchase property and convert it to senior housing or things like that,” Ridley said. “Our first desire is that it would be used for the good of seniors and stay within the religious tradition.”
The Tucson convent’s history as documented on its website begins in 1935 with an invitation from Diocese of Tucson Bishop Daniel Gercke to the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Until the completion of the Tucson Monastery in 1940, the sisters lived in the Steinfeld Mansion , 300 N. Main Ave. Architect Roy Place designed the current monastery.
“The Benedictine Sisters have been a blessing and gift in our community since 1935,” said Bishop Gerald Kicanas of the Diocese of Tucson in a prepared statement. “They have held us in prayer and opened their home to us all. … They cannot imagine the impact they have had on us, not just as Catholics but all in our community.”
Valencia orange and date palm trees dot the property, along with an ancient avocado tree that Ridley suspects is one of the oldest in Tucson.
The sisters sell soaps, salves and lotions and make liturgical vestments, or clothing.
Every day, the monastery holds four services in its chapel, along with Mass on Sunday.
“We’re very sad,” Ridley said. “It’s a real loss to the city of Tucson and the people that we have grown to love and who love us.”
Contact reporter Johanna Willett at jwillett@tucson.com or 573-4357. On Twitter: @JohannaWillett
I made the card for, errr... valentines day and posted this photo of it on b3ta... then it went viral. I did give it to someone and the guys in the office gave a few out too.
For those not in the know, Tesco is one of the major supermarket chains in the UK. They have 'Tesco value' branded low-cost merchandise. The idea for this card, which is a parody/satirical swipe at the commercialism of valentines etc, was copied by Asda (Walmart) for a PR stunt in the UK.
Around every 14th Feb this image will appear in newspapers and magazines in the UK - I wish they wouldn't do that.
GRANVILLE became VANCOUVER in 1886. The Post Office was located at the Hastings Mill about 1/3 mile from the townsite of GRANVILLE. There had been significant economic activity in the area and across Burrard Inlet at Moodyville since the early 1870's.
The old Hastings Mill Store and Post Office (circa 1865), is thought to be the oldest building in Vancouver, and was one of the few buildings to survive the great fire of 1886 that swept through what was Vancouver. In 1930 the store was moved from Burrard Inlet to its present site at Alma and Point Grey Road. Link to photo - www.findfamilyfun.com/images/hastingsmill1a.jpg
On the morning of Sunday, June 13, 1886, the City of Vancouver was only two months old. The fledgling settlement comprised no more than a thousand buildings on a small pocket of land along the Burrard Inlet, now Gastown and the Downtown Eastside. By that afternoon, only about three buildings still stood. The rest had burnt to a crisp in under an hour. The blaze started midday when fires burning mill waste spread wildly out of control due to strong winds. According to a newspaper account, the men watching over the clearing fires could do nothing but “flee for their lives.” Minutes later, the whole city was awash in smoke, ash and ember. Most of Vancouver’s buildings had been built with freshly-milled lumber that lit up like tinder. Residents had no time to pack up their lives before heading for safety. According to eyewitness accounts, flames engulfed Vancouver’s wooden sidewalks “faster than a man could run.” LINK to the complete article - bcanuntoldhistory.knowledge.ca/1880/the-great-vancouver-fire
LINK to a newspaper article from - 19 June 1886 - VANCOUVER in Ashes - www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-vancouver-i...
VANCOUVER today is the third largest metropolitan conglomerate in all of Canada. The founding name was Granville with the Post Office opening - 1 April 1874 and became Vancouver - 1 May 1886.
Link to an article - Early Vancouver Postmarks (to 1905) Compiled by Gray Scrimgeour (starts on page 684) - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2011-06-v020n02-w07...
- sent from - / VANCOUVER / JY 14 / 86 / B. C. / - split ring cancel - an early strike of the second VANCOUVER split ring hammer (A1-2) - this second split ring hammer was proofed - 24 June 1886 - dia - 21.0 mm / left arc - 5.0 mm / right arc - 5.0 mm. There were at least 7 different split ring hammers issued for the Vancouver Post Office.
- arrived at - / VICTORIA, B.C. / AM / JY 16 / 86 / CANADA / - cds arrival backstamp
Message on Canada Post Card reads - Vancouver, B.C. / July 14 / 1886 - Messrs - We returned the "Imperial" Cigars - they are a little too high for our taste. Please credit us with same. Yours truly - Malee & Brown
Malee & Brown were wholesale Wine & Spirit Merchants in Vancouver - during the June 13, 1886 fire they lost their business valued at $8,000.
(clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada • Tuesday, Jan 18, 1887) - FAILURE AT VANCOUVER. A heavy failure is reported from Vancouver, it has been known for some time back that the wholesale liquor firm of Malee & Brown were in "deep water" financially. A few days since Mr. Brown sold his interest in the business to Mr. Malee, who, it now appears, was not able to finance the concern any longer, and yesterday made an assignment of his estate to trustees this city for the benefit of his creditors. The amount of his liabilities are said to be large, in the neighborhood of $10,000. A number of firms in Victoria are said to be interested in the estate to a considerable extent. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-victoria-daily-times-malee...
Addressed to: Messrs Robt. Ward & Co. / Victoria, B.C.
One of the best value Sauvignon blanc out there. Simple but elegant. Delicate and restrained acidity. Light citrus mixed with peaches and apricots. Best part is the lingering finish.
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Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Cleveland Portrait Advertising Handbill
Political Party: Democratic
Date Made: ca. 1891-1897
Measurement: Handbill: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.; 8.5725 x 6.985 cm
Classification: Ephemera
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Finding a way to add value of rooftop solar to a home’s appraisal - t.co/07jxYFcZQE t.co/q0lCRNKCn2 (via Twitter twitter.com/EnergySaversCA/status/741291707745062912)
" Rubió de Sòls, is a new family wine project Also is the name of an ancient historical town called Rubió de Baix or Sols, located in the town of Foradada, in the valley of Rúbies Montsec . It is a natural protected area with species of fauna and highly valued flora, surrounded by well preserved historical and cultural monuments of Catalonia, such as the Montsonís Castle and the Monastery of Salgar.
The farm has planted five hectares of vineyards, divided into five lots, with two different microclimes. Planting is mainly characterized by the majority culture Xarel • LO. It has become a clonal selection of different "xarelos de Catalunya", with the idea of bringing more diversity in the wines. The soils are deep and wide range of minerals and agronomic characteristics of the site are ideal to produce a balanced and highest level of quality grapes.
Precision viticulture work with traditional driving strain in glass and with a wooden stick for each plant. The distribution of the grapes is three-dimensionally, a system that requires manual harvesting. He is a certified organic winery. Registered in the CCPA, following biodynamic principles, particularly to provide organic fertilizers and labor for land. Respect for nature is his priority. The property has a continental climate, high thermal contrast between day and night, and highlights the specific microclimate of the location, defined by the direct influence of the River Segre.
The current facilities of the winery are prepared to produce a quality wine. There is a complete cooling system for the development and mantenimento of wines. A part of the section of production and aging, have a technical laboratory and tasting room. Its production is exclusive and limited to vineyards planted with the main objective to develop a "estate wine" added value comes only with time and the development of fine wines and typical farm"
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