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The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits.
Close to where the tall ship is currently docked there is a memorial to Admiral William Brown. The captain and some of the crew travelled to Foxford County Mayo, Brown’s hometown on Friday to take part in wreath laying ceremony at the Admiral Brown bust.
ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentine Navy. She was built in the 1950s at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1962, and she continues to be a school ship with yearly instruction voyages for the graduating naval cadets.
The Argentinian Navy has a strong connection with Ireland.
William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy"
Architects: Sir Gilbert Roberts and William Brown, 1973. The suspension bridge's 1,560m length joins Europe and Asia. Istanbul, Turkey.
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)
When this was published in my book 'These Were Our Dogs' in 2007, I believed it to be John Brown. I am now 90% certain it is his younger brother William. (see Royal Collection: albert.rct.uk/childrens-albums/william-john-and-archie-brown)
The rest of the information given in the book is correct. It was taken by "Hills and Saunders" in 1871, probably at Windsor but possibly at their studio in Eton,. The dogs are Corran, Dacho, Rochie and Sharp.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits.
Close to where the tall ship is currently docked there is a memorial to Admiral William Brown. The captain and some of the crew travelled to Foxford County Mayo, Brown’s hometown on Friday to take part in wreath laying ceremony at the Admiral Brown bust.
ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentine Navy. She was built in the 1950s at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1962, and she continues to be a school ship with yearly instruction voyages for the graduating naval cadets.
The Argentinian Navy has a strong connection with Ireland.
William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy"
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits.
Close to where the tall ship is currently docked there is a memorial to Admiral William Brown. The captain and some of the crew travelled to Foxford County Mayo, Brown’s hometown on Friday to take part in wreath laying ceremony at the Admiral Brown bust.
ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentine Navy. She was built in the 1950s at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1962, and she continues to be a school ship with yearly instruction voyages for the graduating naval cadets.
The Argentinian Navy has a strong connection with Ireland.
William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy"
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits.
Close to where the tall ship is currently docked there is a memorial to Admiral William Brown. The captain and some of the crew travelled to Foxford County Mayo, Brown’s hometown on Friday to take part in wreath laying ceremony at the Admiral Brown bust.
ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentine Navy. She was built in the 1950s at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1962, and she continues to be a school ship with yearly instruction voyages for the graduating naval cadets.
The Argentinian Navy has a strong connection with Ireland.
William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy"
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An abbreviated early history of Pitcairn Island follows below.
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This mural depicts the 150 years since Pitcairn Island was abandoned by the descendants of the Bounty mutineers in 1856 and their subsequent re-settlement on Norfolk Island on the 8th June 1856 and the building of the airport in 1942 through until 2006.
The mural pays tribute to the 12 Tahitian women who came with the mutineers to Pitcairns Island
The motto of Norfolk Island is "Inasmuch" perhaps the World's Shortest National Motto
Norfolk Island, a small inhabited island and Australian territory in the Pacific, took its motto from Matthew 25:40 "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me"
Inasmuch is defined as "In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; - followed by as".
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A History of the Bounty Mutineers and Pitcairn Islanders up to Re-Settlement of Norfolk Island in 1856
Lieutenant William Bligh had been commanded by the British Admiralty to sail the HMS Bounty with a crew of 45 to Tahiti to collect Breadfruit seedlings to be taken to the West Indies as a source of food for the slaves held in the British colonies there. Bligh was a skilled navigator but a man with a short temper and he eventually destroyed his working relationship with his 'First Mate' Fletcher Christian and many others. Bligh's treatment of Christian became unbearable and Christian and others hatched an un-thought out mutinous plan to seize control of the Bounty which they carried out in a bloodless mutiny on 28 April 1789.
Bligh and 18 men, were placed in a 7 Metre (23 foot boat) and set to sea about 56 km (30 nautical miles) from Tofua. Amazingly after 47 days they made it to Kupang in Timor having traveled over 6,710 km or 3,618 nautical miles. Other loyalists were left in Tahiti, there being no room in Bligh's longboat. Owing to their needed skills 4 loyalists were forced to accompany Christian.
Bligh and his crew attempted to land at Tofua to augment their scarce provisions but were attacked by natives resulting in John Norton being stoned to death. Remarkably Norton was the only casualty on Bligh's epic 47 day long boat voyage.
With Bligh gone, in September 1889 Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed the Bounty to the island of Toubouai where they had intended to land. However the natives refused to admit them so they proceeded on to Otaheite. After sailing back to Tahiti for supplies a second ineffectual attempt at landing on Toubouai was attemped before refuge was this time found for a short time at Otaheite, With tensions rising Christian decided it was time to leave and he and eight of the mutineers sailed in the Bounty for the Pitcairn Islands having kidnapped 8 Otaheitan women and a 15 year old girl (Susannah) as well as 6 Otaheitan men. An additional 3 Otaheitan women are thought to have undertaken the voyage voluntarily. Twelve of the Bounty mutineers (and the four Bligh loyalists who had been unable to accompany Bligh) were permitted to remain at Otaheite, taking their chances that the Royal Navy would not find them and bring them to justice.
Bligh's return to England in 1890 led to the commissioning of the HMS Pandora to search for the mutineers. The Pandora reached Tahiti on 23 March 1791. The mutineers and loyalists were quickly apprehended and trials of the 14 living mutineers who had remained in Tahiti followed once back in Britain. Only three were ultimately hanged for the Mutiny.
Two of the 16 mutineers had died in Tahiti between 1789 and 1790. Matthew Thompson shot Charles Churchill and was subsequently stoned to death by Churchill's Tahitian family in an act of vendetta.
In September 1889 23 year old Fletcher Christian sailed the Bounty from Tahiti in search of the Pitcairn Island group along with the 8 remaining mutineers, six Otaheitan male servants and 12 women, one with a baby. The 6 Otaheitan men shared 3 Otaheitan women according to Tahitian heirarchical rules. Each of the 9 mutineers took an Otaheitan wife. They eventually sighted the conveniently incorrectly mapped Pitcairn Island on 15th January and landed on the 17th January 1790. The Bounty was burnt to the waterline on 23rd January 1790 in what is now Bounty Bay in order to avoid their detection.
The mutineers successfully evaded capture on Pitcairn Island for some years however with the exception of John Adams by 1800 all the men including the 6 Tahitian men had been killed as a result of jealousy in fights over the women or by alcohol induced tensions.
Mutineers Fletcher Christian, John Mills, William Brown, John Williams and Isaac Martin all died on 20th September 1793, just over 4 years after the Bounty Mutiny in what was reported to be a massacre perpetrated by the Tahitian men. Its causes were attributed to the fact that Williams had earlier demanded taking one of the 3 wives allocated to the 6 natives after his own wife had been accidentally killed. William McCoy suicided in 1797-98 and Matthew Quintal was executed by John Adams and Edward Young when he seriously threatened the lives of others. Young died of asthma related causes in 1800.
The next generation of births began soon after arrival of the mutineers on Pitcairn with a male child, Thursday October Christian, born in October 1790. In 1791-92 Matthew Quintal, Daniel McCoy, Elizabeth Mills and Charles Christian were born and Mary Christian in 1793.
The number of children that had been born to the mutineers was twenty-three. Fletcher Christian left three children, with Thursday October Christian, a male child, the first born on the island. John Mills left two children; William McCoy, three; Matthew Quintal, five; Edward Young, six; and John Adams, four. John Williams, a Frenchman, Isaac Martin, an American, and William Brown, an Englishman, left no children.
While a number of ships had passed by Pitcairn Island it was not until September of the year 1808, that Captain Mayhew Folger, in the ship Topaz, of Boston, on a sealing voyage, actually cautiously landed and went ashore at Pitcairn Island. There, after initial reticence, he met John Adams, his real name, although he is sometimes referred to by the alias Alexander Smith. By this time Adams was the only remaining living mutineer. Folger was so impressed by the functional god fearing community that was now Pitcairn that he favourably relayed this impression back to Britain. Adams asked his wife and family if they wanted to go to England but it was agreed that they would stay and live out their lives on Pitcairn.
John Adams by 1808 had surviving the killing of 7 of the mutineers, all 6 of the Tahitian males, and the deaths of 3 of the Tahitian women, to become the only adult male left on Pitcairn along with nine Tahitian women and 23 children. John Adams had become the patriarch and after turning to Christianity had succeeded in creating the model harmonious community that had so impressed Captain Folger.
Following Captain Folger's accidental discovery of the Pitcairn Island colony, it was nearly six years before, in 1814, Her Majesty's ships Briton and Tagus, commanded by Captains Staines and Pipon, passed near the island. They were met by canoes manned by Thursday October Christian, 24, son of Fletcher Christian, the mutineer, and George Young, 18, son of Edward Young. Captain Staines, so impressed by the Pitcairn community decided to leave John Adams on Pitcairn and sailed away.
On 10th December 1823 British whalers John Buffett and John Evans arrived to introduce the first non-Bounty non-Polynesian blood to Pitcairn Island. Buffett was granted permission to stay by the Captain of the Whaling ship Cyrus but John Evans being refused, jumped ship.
In 1825 Captain Beechy arrived in Pitcairn on the ship Blossom. Adams, now 62 and feeling secure from prosecution, gave the captain of the HMS Blossom a written account of the mutiny. This, and evidence of the functionality of the Pitcairn community earned him an amnesty in that year from his part in the mutiny.
In 1825, the Pitcairn community numbered twenty adults and thirty-five children, making a total of sixty-one persons. During a period of thirty-five years there had been twenty-seven births, and of the original settlers from the Bounty there remained only John Adams and five of the Tahitian women. These six, with the addition of Buffett and Evans, now made up eight of the adult population. On the 29th of March, 1829 John Adams died on Pitcairn Island aged 69 years having made an enormous contribution to the survival and stability of Pitcairn Island.
In 1828 twenty-nine-year-old George Hunn Nobbs former privateer and soldier of fortune arrived and was to soon oust both Buffett and Adams and become the community patriarch virtually taking over from Buffet as the teacher for which role he was more qualified. Nobbs also had passed to him by Adams the role of officiating pastor.
With population pressures beginning to impact on the islander's way of life on February 28th 1831 the sloop Comet arrived as a convoy vessel for the Lucy Ann which was to transport on March 7th 1831 the 87 residents, the entire population, from Pitcairn to Tahiti where they had been given land and support by the British Government. The experiment failed, as much for cultural reasons as for the deaths of several due to disease. Within the space of 5 months the entire population was back on Pitcairn with the population problem to remain a continuing issue.
About the year 1832—33 Pitcairn was dubiously favoured with a new arrival, in the person of Joshua Hill an educated 70 year old Englishman who somehow quickly established control of Pitcairn, even having Buffett, Evans and Nobbs removed briefly from the island. By 1836 his harsh rule forced a public hearing and this time it was Joshua Hill who was forcibly removed from the island, a broken old man.
Following Joshua Hill's removal Nobbs, with the hearty consent of nearly all the people, assumed sole charge as pastor and schoolmaster. Under his benign rule peace once more reigned, and the former brotherliness between the families, that had been so fully established under John Adams, was once more fully resumed.
In 1838 Her Majesty's ship Fly visited Pitcairn, and for the first time the English flag was hoisted on Pitcairn Island, Captain Elliott told the people "You are now under the protection of the English flag." Her Majesty's ships of war were annual visitors from then until the entire community was removed to Norfolk Island in 1856.
In 1841 Fletcher Christian's widow Isabella died. Christian had called her Mainmast or "Mai'mas'. She was of course very old when she died, but retained vivid recollections of the events of earlier years.
By 1848 the transformation of Pitcairn back into the British fold was complete with an elaborate canon salute using the old Bounty Gun to commemorate the birthday on May 2nd of Queen Victoria.
In September 1850 Susannah, the fifteen-year-old girl who came to Pitcairn on the Bounty in 1789, finally died aged 75, the last survivor of those who came to the island from Tahiti sixty years previously.
In August 1852 Admiral Fairfax Moresby arrived on HMS Portland. His attention turned to sending the much-respected Pasteur Nobbs to England to be ordained as a minister which was carried out with Nobbs returning some 9 months later. Influenza and a number of accidents as well as drought had plagued the small community which was drawing irrevocably closer to a decision to abandon Pitcairn Island forever.
By the 1850's population pressures led to the Pitcairn Islanders to plead with Queen Victoria to relocate them to Norfolk Island. Queen Victoria recognized their predicament and granted them approval to settle on Norfolk Island where they arrived on the 8th June 1856 on the HMS Morayshire, commanded by Captain Joseph Mathers, after 36 days at sea thereby commencing the 3rd British Settlement of Norfolk Island.
While sections of some families such as the Youngs and McCoys returned to Pitcairn in 1858 and 1863, Norfolk today remains home to many of the descendants of Bounty Mutineers Fletcher Christian, William McCoy and Matthew Quintal, Edward Young and John Adams as well as later Pitcairn arrivals, Buffett, Evans and Nobbs.
References Include various Wikipedia articles, Peter Clarke's book 'Hell and Paradise', a great read, and the outstanding website Pitcairn The Early History by Rosalind Young from which much information has been used.
Former RAAF Helicopter Crewman / Loadmaster, Ian Bawden has kindly given permission for some of his photos to appear.
Nuclear powered ships approaching the port of Fremantle were required to carry a Harbour Pilot Advisor on board. It fell to the RAAF Search and Rescue crew at Pearce, to carry out these transfers.
Here, Ian and his crew, along with RAAF UH-1B Iroquois A2-716, are captured on the deck of the USS Enterprise.
From left the crew are, Ian Bawden, Rick Hughes, USN Officer, Mark Eldridge and Bill Brown. The photo was taken around 1983.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
TERRA / Heft-Reihe
William Brown / Die neue Erde
Cover: Johnny Bruck
Moewig-Verlag
(München / Deutschland; 1959)
ex libris MTP
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
When this was published in my book 'These Were Our Dogs' in 2007, I believed it to be John Brown. I am now 90% certain it is his younger brother William. (see Royal Collection: albert.rct.uk/childrens-albums/william-john-and-archie-brown)
The rest of the information given in the book is correct. It was taken by "Hills and Saunders" in 1871 probably at Windsor but possibly at their studio in Eton,. The dogs are Corran, Dacho, Rochie and Sharp.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter"
Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for the building of a library and museum.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
William Brown / Drei setzten sich ab
Science Fiction Roman / Leihbuch
Cover: Jan Groenmeyer
Riedel-Verlag
(Menden/Deutschland; 1955)
ex libris MTP
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Built in 1875 -79. Architect Sir James Allanson Picton was the Chairman of the Libraries Committee. Designed by Cornelius Sherlock it was based on the rotunda of the British Museum in London, the Picton reading room is 100' in diameter and 56' high.
It was the first public building in Liverpool to be lit by electric lighting when opened in 1879.
A view of the room
flickr.com/photos/4737carlin/1312021859/
see the "picton reading room" tag for pictures from the library and also the grave of Sir James Allanson Picton
my web site
Warren House, now known as Cannizaro House, was built in the early 1700s in the Queen Anne style. In 1705, William Brown bought 300 acres of poor quality land, most likely formerly part of the common, and commissioned the building of both Warren House and its neighbour, Westside House.
The modern day name of Cannizaro, which is attached to both the house and the park as well as a nearby road, derives from its occupants in the early 19th century, the naturalised British citizen, Francis Platamore, Count St Antonio, and his Scottish wife, Sophia who leased Warren House in 1817. In the early 1830s, Francis succeeded to the dukedom of Cannizzaro in Sicily. Unable to resist the temptation of Italy and his Milanese mistress, the Duke left both his wife and Wimbledon. Sophia, now Duchess of Cannizzaro, continued to live in the house until her death in 1841. The house has been known as Cannizaro, and variant spelling of Francis’ dukedom, ever since.
The house and park have long associations with the great and good (and wealthy) of London. Famous occupants have included John Brown, Governor of the Bank of England, Thomas Walker, Surveyor General and Member of Parliament (from 1738-48), Lyde Browne, a wealthy London businessman from 1757 to 1785 and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Treasury (in residence from 1785 to 1806 and under whom the House became a major social centre for London’s elite), Arthur Eden, a Treasury Civil Servant from 1842-54, Duleep Singh, the deposed Maharajah of the Punjab briefly in 1854, John Bousted – a Ceylon tea planter merchant from 1860 to 1879 , one Mrs Schuster from 1879 to 1896 who held amateur dramatic performances in Cannizaro Wood and Lord Aberdeen, Prime Minister under Queen Victoria. Among visitors to the House were William Pitt and Sir Robert Walpole, both Prime Ministers, King George III, Lord Tennyson, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Lady Randolph Churchill and the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Salassie.
Henry Dundas created the Lady Jane Wood in the park as a memorial to his second wife, Lady Jane Hope.
A major fire in 1900 destroyed much of the House but it was restored and extended to form the house much as it stands today.
Kenneth Wilson, a director of the Ellerman and Wilson shipping line, moved into Cannizaro with his wife in 1920. Together they did much to restore and develop the grounds into the park as it is today. The Wilsons were the last private owners of Cannizaro House and gardens. The Wilson’s daughter Hilary, wife of the 5th Earl of Munster, sold the house and gardens to Wimbledon Borough Council after her parents’ death in 1947.
Cannizaro House became a municipal home for the elderly in 1947 and the gardens and park were opened to the public. Under Wimbledon Council and, from 1965, its successor body, Merton Borough Council, the gardens saw further improvement until decline set in as a result of swingeing cuts in local government funding from the 1980s onwards. These improvements included the water and wild gardens and the Belvedere (although I’m not sure I’d class that particular development as an improvement). The House itself was sold by the Council and has been a hotel since 1987.
In 1987, Cannizaro Park, which extends to 34 acres, was listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest as Grade II*. In part in response to the decline in standards of care given to the Park by Merton Borough Council, the Friends of Cannizaro Park was established by a group of local residents as a voluntary group to protect the interests of the park. This had led to renewed interest in the park, and importantly, additional funding. Major re-planting have been undertaken in the Azalea Garden, the Water Garden and Iris beds as well as better general maintenance and some municipal facilities like night time security and cycle racks. An anniversary ceremony was held in 1999 marking 50 years of public ownership and a Millennium fountain commissioned which was presented in 2001. Historic statues such as that of Haile Salassie (who served his exile from Ethiopia in Wimbledon) and Diana and the Fawn have been restored and most recently the Friends have funded the creation of a new Herb Garden.
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Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Glad i took this shot, at the time i did not think i needed it so never used it, now I am glad i still have the RAW file saved. The new library looks amazing, if you get chance go see it for yourself. My old shots i took I am going to either re-edit the ones have on flickr now and add some never used ones to this set like this one.
my web site
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
VIOLA
BILLIARD HALL
WM. BROWN
PROP.
GOOD FOR
5¢
IN TRADE
Date: Circa 1910
Source Type: Token
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: This token appears in tokencatalog.com, the premier source for token information.
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William Brown / Untergang der Galaxis
Leihbuch / Zukunftsroman
cover: ?
Bewin-Verlag
(Menden / Deutschland; 1958)
ex libris MTP
The Grade II Listed The Harlequin, 21 and 22 Steep Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
On corner of Michaelgate and Steep Hill dating from around 1170. A 2 storey timber framed building with jetty to north and two to east, of the late 15th century. Curved braces. Parts of earlier 12th Century fabric inside much restored. It may have been the property known as the Corner in the 13th century and the Cornershop in the 15th century, The Harlequin Inn from at least as early as 1791 until the licence was removed in October 1931. It was recorded as being in Fish Hill (Michaelgate) in 1826. Recorded as the Harlequin and Brazier in 1868 Post Office directory. Its brewery was A and B Hall Ltd 1901-31. It was numbered 20 Steep Hill in 1863. 1791-1799, Ralph Brown, then the Harlequin and Columbine; 1825 W Ward; 1826-1843, William Brown; 1857, S Brown; 1862-3, Alfred Hyde; 1867, W L Lees; 1877, S Pool; 1881, E Thurston; 1885, W H Beckett; 1899, Mrs Cornwallis; 1913-1931, F Reynolds; 1975, Frank Brewer antique dealer (19-21) Harlequin antique galleries (bookshop) at least 1970 to date. Alterations made internally in 1901.
Steep Hill consists of independent shops, tea rooms and pub and in 2011 Steep Hill was named "Britain's Best Place" by the Academy of Urbanism. The central (and steepest) part of the route is unsuited to any form of vehicle, and only passable on foot. A handrail is provided along this section. Steep Hill along with Strait was created when the line of Ermine Street was diverted to the east in the 11th century. The route is part of the Roman route from the ford over the River Witham to the Forum in modern Bailgate, and thus the final part of Ermine Street.
The name is an 18th century creation. Previously named after the poultry market, The Poultry (14th century), Polther Hill and the Pultry (16th century). John Speeds original 1607 survey plan names it Bore Hill. The part between Well Lane and Strait was called Foot of the Hill in 1826. While the section between Danesgate and Well Lane was recorded as Bowers Hill in 1856.
William Brown / König im Sternenreich
Leihbuch / Zukunftsroman
cover: ?
Bewin-Verlag
(Menden/Deutschland; 1966)
ex libris MTP
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I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
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The theme for Liverpool Pride 2017 was International Love, with organisers spreading the Liverpool message far and wide. Liverpool Pride's International Love theme complemented a city-wide season of events and performances to mark the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The 50 Summers of Love season will run from May to August 2017.
Liverpool Pride has grown to become one of the city's major annual events. Last year, the festival attracted more than 32,000 festival goers to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Liverpool Pride returned to the St George's Quarter for a second year. The festival site covered the areas of St George's Hall Plateau, St John's Gardens and William Brown Street, and featured three stages.
The Main Stage located on William Brown Street and feature acts including Atomic Kitten and the Plateau Stage in front of St George's Hall showcased the World On One Stage sponsored by Manchester Airport and supported by The Arts Council, and featured music linked to the festival theme of International Love, the Garden Stage with indy music and spoken word was be located within St John's Gardens.
Men's 60 Meter Dash at 2014 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships March 7-8, 2014 at the New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory in New York, NY.
Twee Amerikaanse atleten Charles Robinson en Willam Brown tijdens atletiekwedstrijden in het Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, 14 augustus 1949
Foto Ben van Meerendonk / AHF, collectie IISG, Amsterdam
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Pilot Officer W S F Brown
Pilot
Royal Air Force
18th December 1939 Age 24
Name: BROWN, WILLIAM STANLEY FRANCIS
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 149 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/12/1939
Service No: 70794
Additional information: Son of Lt.-Col. George Brown, D.S.O., O.B.E., Royal Engineers, and Ethel Maude Brown, of Farnham, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 54. Grave 567. Cemetery: NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764148
Wellington N2961 Information
Type ..................................... Wellington
Serial Number ...................N2961
Squadron.............................149
X1D ......................................OJ-P
Operation............................Reconnaisance
Date 1 .................................18th December 1939
Date 2 .................................18th December 1939
Further Information
"Wellington Mk.1A. Delivered by Vickers (Weybridge) between Aug39 and Dec39. N2961 was one of two 149 Sqdn Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: N2962. Airborne 0927 from Mildenhall. Crippled by enemy fighters and ditched, 1505, some 40 to 50 miles off Cromer, Norfolk. As the bomber hit the sea, it turned 90 degrees to starboard with the waves breaking over the fuselage. At least three airmen were seen clinging to the dinghy, but despite an extensive search by the Cromer lifeboat 'H.F.Bailey' no survivors were found, though two bodies were eventually washed ashore.
F/O M.F.Briden KIA
P/O W.S.F.Brown KIA
Sgt V.H.G.Richardson KIA
AC2 I.D.Leighton KIA
AC1 P.J.Warren KIA
AC2 A.G.Foster KIA "
www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=9985
Flying Officer Michael Franklin Briden is commemorated on the Runnymeade memorial
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1530406
Sergeant Valentine Henry Garner Richardson is also remembered at Runnymeade
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2940214
AC2 Isaac Davidson Leighton is also remembered at Runnymeade
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1803296
AC1 Peter John Warren is also remembered at Runnymeade
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1809681
AC2 Alan Gordon Foster (Wireless Operator \ Air Gunner) is buried at Leconfield.
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2408312
And a story of a contemporary crewman from 149 squadron can be found here in the “Battle of Heligoland” that took place on the 18th December 1939 - an undoubted disaster that put an end to daylight bombing by the RAF, although it was not quite the 40 Wellington’s shot down that individual Luftwaffe Pilots claimed.
William Brown / Weltuntergang
cover: Johnny Bruck
Leihbuch / Zukunftsroman
Bewin-Verlag
(Menden / Deutschland; 1956)
ex libris MTP
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
Today I decided to experiment with my Voigtländer 15mm lens and as a result I discovered a spot on my sensor and I have been unable to remove it … I can’t even physically see it. I have examined some of my earlier photographs and have discovered that the spot has been there for months.
To be honest I am finding it difficult to use this lens, especially wide-open, because it is a manual focus lens. Some photographs have a lot of distortion especially when the camera is angled.
The Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 Super Wide Heliar E aspherical III is the first native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander. There are a few more on the way.
The Argentinian navy tall ship ARA Libertad (Q-2) arrived into Dublin port for the August bank holiday weekend. She is docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and will be open to the public for visits until late Sunday.
A memorial window in St John the Baptist church, South Carlton for William Brown who died 27th June 1874.
Still image from Afterimages (William Brown, UK, 2010).
Afterimages is a zero-budget feature film by William Brown.
It tells the story of Dennis, an introverted baker living in Scotland, who finds a mobile phone, which contains nothing except a disturbing video.
Dennis thinks to hand the video to the police, only to find the makers of the film. He follows them and his world seems changed forever...
Afterimages was mentioned in the Films of the Year survey for 2010 in Sight & Sound magazine by esteemed critic and academic Catherine Wheatley.
Afterimages follows William Brown's last film, En Attendant Godard, which was named by influential critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as one of the Top Five Films of 2009 in Sight & Sound magazine.
En Attendant Godard played at CPH PIX 2010, as well as at the NorthWestFilmForum in Seattle and the ArtsEmerson Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Afterimages will also play at CPH PIX 2011.
This blue upstairs bedroom was probably my favorite room in the house. Even with its crumbling walls and collapsing ceiling, it still felt warm, even cheery.
Still image from Afterimages (William Brown, UK, 2010).
Afterimages is a zero-budget feature film by William Brown.
It tells the story of Dennis, an introverted baker living in Scotland, who finds a mobile phone, which contains nothing except a disturbing video.
Dennis thinks to hand the video to the police, only to find the makers of the film. He follows them and his world seems changed forever...
Afterimages was mentioned in the Films of the Year survey for 2010 in Sight & Sound magazine by esteemed critic and academic Catherine Wheatley.
Afterimages follows William Brown's last film, En Attendant Godard, which was named by influential critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as one of the Top Five Films of 2009 in Sight & Sound magazine.
En Attendant Godard played at CPH PIX 2010, as well as at the NorthWestFilmForum in Seattle and the ArtsEmerson Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Afterimages will also play at CPH PIX 2011.
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music presents a colorful new twist on William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Oct. 3 - 7 in UC's Patricia Corbett Theater. Tickets still available! Visit ccm.uc.edu or contact 513-556-4183 for more information. Photography by Mark Lyons.