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24 Doors of Merchants' – Day 2
Day Two's door is the door into School House at the Boys' School!
When Canon Armour marched his pupils along Liverpool Road to their new school in 1878, he would have found, on arrival, the main school building, the lodge, the Headmaster's house and a fives court. The last of these disappeared many years ago but the other three components remain, outwardly unchanged in many ways but inwardly, often transformed.
The Headmaster's house, situated at the end of the drive is a large dwelling. Occupied when new by Canon Armour and then by his successor, Henry Cradock-Watson, it remained in use as the Head's house until the arrival of Rev C J Russell in 1929. On 14 March 1929 it was decided at a Governors meeting that "school house be used for part of the school premises" as of September, £500 being set aside for the conversion. The changes resulted in extras classrooms used to accommodate, over the years, both Senior School and Junior School classes, administration offices [headmaster's office and bursar's department] the and image press.
The view shown on the postcard [part of a series taken about 1900 – 1910] is taken from what was the Head's garden, later occupied by the tennis courts and, latterly, by the Ian Robinson Sports Centre.
The first photograph below shows the entrance to the Headmaster's garden to the left of the lamp standard. The Head's privacy is protected by bushes and a thick privet hedge and it will be noticed that the window to what is now HM's study appears to be bricked up. The area now occupied by the Junior School Hall is totally changed.
The second photograph shows the pond in the Head's garden where, apparently Canon Armour used to keep geese. The house can just be seen through the trees with the houses of College Avenue on the left. The Ian Robinson Sports Centre now occupies this space.


The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, a garden and coffee/tea in common area. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. On-site self-parking is complimentary.
Kentisbury Grange has designated areas for smoking.
Situated in Barnstaple, this boutique hotel is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Exmoor National Park and 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from Arlington Court. Marwood Hill Gardens and Lynton Cinema are also within 9 miles (15 km).
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a bar/lounge and coffee/tea in a common area. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a meeting room, concierge services and wedding services are on-site.
All 20 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and iPod docks. Other amenities available to guests include TVs, fridges and minibars.
Kentisbury Grange offers 20 forms of accommodation with iPod docking stations and minibars. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature premium bedding. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and espresso makers. Bathrooms include a shower with a rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries and a hairdryer. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, safes and telephones. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
The Coach House – This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.


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These are the world's best bars of 2022
The annual ranking of World's 50 Best Bars was released yesterday, and Delhi's Sidecar made it to the list
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Behind the bar at Paradiso, Barcelona. (Photo: @paradiso_barcelona, Instagram)
The best place to drink on Earth has changed. Paradiso, a bar hidden behind a pastrami shop in the El Born neighborhood of Barcelona, has been named the top drinking spot by World's 50 Best Bars. It's the first time an establishment outside New York or London has won the prize. The hidden bar's entrance is a white refrigerator door after which visitors pass a counter specializing in cured meat. The bar features a dramatic, arched wooden ceiling and such cocktails as smoked milk punch with bourbon and tahini.
The No. 2 spot in World's Best went to Tayer & Elementary, the London bar that mixes casual drinks in its industrial front half and more ambitious cocktails in the back. It was last year's runner up, too. Third on the list was Sips, another Barcelona spot that soared 34 spots, from No. 37.
The top-rated taproom for the last two years, the Connaught Bar, ranks No. 8 this year, a relatively notable drop. "It's relinquished its crown," says presenter Mark Sansom, content director for the World's 50 Best Bars.
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New York still maintains a powerful grip on the list. Six Big Apple bars are included in the top 50, including Overstory, which stands on the 64th floor of an office building in the Financial District. The idiosyncratic Double Chicken Please, which specializes in food-focused cocktails on the Lower East Side, placed highest among new entries, at No. 6.
This year's awards were announced in a live event that included 1,000 invited guests in Barcelona. It was the first time since the awards started in 2009 that the ceremony did not take place in London. (The awards were bestowed virtually in 2020.)
With the new venue came an unusual number of new entries: a total of 14 among the 50. Among them were places from cities making their debuts, including Red Frog in Lisbon and the speakeasy-style drinking spot L'Antiquario, in Naples, Italy.
The list had some notable omissions. Both El Copitas in St. Petersburg and Insider Bar in Moscow—respectively ranked No. 8 and No. 13 last year—were not under consideration because Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year. "As an organization, we do not believe it is right to promote Russia as a drinking destination at this current time," says Sansom. "We acknowledge all those in Russia who have bravely denounced the actions of their leaders."
Among the individual awards given out during the ceremony, the Campari One to Watch prize was given to the minimalist Scandinavian bar, Roda Huset, in Stockholm, No. 78 on the list. The committee highlighted the bar's ability to break into the top ranks in the future. The Kettle One Sustainability title went to Little Red Door in Paris. And the Michter's Art of Hospitality award was handed out to Hanky Panky in Mexico City, the first time the prize was given to an establishment in Mexico.
The second half of the list, bars ranked 51-100, had been announced on Sept. 27.
Prestigious places that dropped out of the top 50 include Tokyo's SG Club, which fell from No. 18 to 63rd place. Re, in Sydney, fell more than 40 spots, from No. 46 to No. 87.
The list demonstrated the importance of relaxed Covid-19 restrictions in such rankings. Mexico City, which welcomed visitors back earlier than most other cities following the start of the pandemic, placed three bars in the top 15 spots, more than any other country. Tokyo, known for its talented cocktail culture, had only one spot: Bar Benfeddich took No. 48.
The annual list is compiled by World's 50 Best Bars, which is affiliated with World's 50 Best Restaurants; both are owned by UK-based William Reed Business Media. More than 650 drinks experts from around the world— including bartenders, writers, and consultants—cast votes regarding their experiences from January 2021 through July 2022.
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Before the pandemic, voters could cast up to five votes for places in their home country; at least two votes had to be international. To address travel restrictions in such cities as Tokyo, the association allowed voters who were unable to travel to limit voting to five regional spots. "While voting guidelines aren't back to pre-pandemic regulations, we have made changes in the way voting operated to ensure the most authentic vote possible," says Sansom.
World's 50 Best Bars (* denotes a new entry)
1. Paradiso, Barcelona
2. Tayēr Elementary, London
3. Sips, Barcelona
4. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
5. Little Red Door, Paris*
6. Double Chicken Please, New York
7. Two Schmucks, Barcelona
8. Connaught Bar, London
9. Katana Kitten, New York
10. Alquimico, Cartagena
11. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
12. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
13. Hanky Panky, Mexico City*
14. BKK Social Club, Bangkok
15. Salmon Guru, Madrid
16. Drink Kong, Rome
17. Coa, Hong Kong
18. Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
19. The Clumsies, Athens
20. Baba au Rhum, Athens
21. Cafe la Trova, Miami
22. Attaboy, New York*
23. Satan's Whiskers, London*
24. Tropic City, Bangkok*
25. Kumiko, Chicago
26. Sidecar, New Delhi
27. Tres Monos, Buenos Aires*
28. Argo, Hong Kong
29. Maybe Sammy, Sydney
30. Swift, London*
31. Line, Athens
32. Baltra Bar, Mexico City
33. Manhattan, Singapore*
34. Overstory, New York
35. 1930, Milan
36. Dante, New York*
37. A Bar with Shapes for a Name, London
38. Zuma, Dubai *
39. Locale Firenze, Florence *
40. Red Frog, Lisbon
41. Cantina OK!, Sydney*
42. Cochinchina, Buenos Aires
43. Himkok, Oslo
44. Carnaval, Lima
45. Galaxy Bar, Dubai*
46. L'Antiquario, Naples
47. Employees Only, New York
48. Bar Benfeddich, Tokyo
49. Lucy's Flower Shop, Stockholm*
50. Bulgari Bar, Dubai
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Scientific Games Corporation has announced a new three-year contract with Norsk Tipping, Norway's national lottery operator, to provide interactive casino and Instant games.
The contracts, which Scientific Games won following a competitive procurement process, may be extended for one additional year, and SG games will be offered via the SG remote gaming server platform.
Scientific Games also provides Norsk Tipping with lottery instant games as well as lottery gaming systems and retail technology.
"We look forward to offering more game entertainment from Scientific Games to Norwegians. The instant games, technology, and services provided by Scientific Games have proven successful and helped us in our mission to grow responsibly. Since launching our iGaming program several years ago, Norsk Tipping remains committed to providing the very best portfolios of interactive casino and eInstant products to our players, while executing our responsible gaming principles."
In the Nordic region, in addition to providing lottery systems and retail technology to Norsk Tipping, Scientific Games will soon launch new gaming systems technology for Danske Spil in Denmark, the company advised.
The Company currently provides instant games to Danske Spil, Veikkaus Oy in Finland and several lotteries in Sweden; as well as lottery systems and retail technology to Islensk Getspa in Iceland.


June was a busy month for us which was very different from previous years. We usually got a ton of Fall brides but never this many in early summer. Each one was beautiful and unique and we adored every minute of it. Brooklyn & Nathaniel were no exception. The wedding was so lovely and the couple so beautiful. We are always a bit sad when we don't get to plan the event. But, it is always super exciting to be able to create such colorful floral for such an important day! This was one of my favs. It even got featured in The Wedding Mag!
"Our Bride Brooklynn was such a beautiful and carefree soul. She was so sweet walking into my office, not sure exactly what she wanted in terms of flower types. She told me she didn't want anything too flashy, just colorful and fun, which matches her personality perfectly. Billowy white drapery above the dance floor, pink napkins on the tables, and pops of blue, pink and yellow floral everywhere. The centerpieces were precious and simplistic which fell into theme well. Some tables adorned rustic wooden details with ball jars filled with the same bright colors and some held gold lanterns with a floral wreath around the base atop crisp white linens. And after the ballroom was set, it looked just like Brooklynn… colorful, bright and fun!
We wish you the very best Brooklyn & Nathaniel!
Ps… I am still crushing on the colors in this bouquet!


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Conquering California
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Many Americans worry about illegal immigrants sneaking across our southern border. But did you know there was a time when it was the other way around? We were pouring into Mexico, and Mexico didn't like it.
They tried to stop us, but we just kept coming. It truly was an invasion. Because when all the dust had cleared, we came away with the land the dust rose from. We wrested away Mexico's northern territories and made them part of the United States.
One of those territories was California. This is the tale of how illegal immigrants from the United States of America helped take California from the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos), during the Mexican-American War. It's a tale of blood and bumbling. Intrigue and idiocy. And heroism and hubris.
This is raw history, both painful and laughable. It pulls no punches. It's a history of our Golden State, and its not so golden, inglorious beginnings.
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. . . The Bear Flag Revolt roared through California in 1846. But to understand why all those Bears were so revolting, it helps to go back to when the Mexicans were revolting. That began in the year 1810.
They fought for 11 bloody years against Spain, and in 1821, finally won their independence. Mexico became a brand new country, stretching from the current Oregon border, all the way south to Central America.
That's a mighty long spread. It's about 2,700 miles, as the buzzard flies.
Their most northern territory was Alta California. "Alta", by the way, means "Upper". There was also a Baja California, and "Baja" means "Lower". The separation point between the two Californias was right around where it's at today, at the current international boundary, between San Diego and Tijuana.
At that time, Alta California covered a huge-assed amount of territory. It consisted of what are now the states of California, Nevada, Utah, much of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Yeah, it was even bigger than Texas. So take that, Texas.
But most of this humongous territory was unoccupied, except by Native Americans. The Mexican inhabitants were known as Californios. And almost all the Californios lived west of the Sierra Nevadas and Colorado River, in what is now the state of California.
Did Mexico appreciate owning this vast amount of real estate? Not hardly. Mexico's capitol, Mexico City, was over 1,800 miles away from Alta California's traditional capitol of Monterey. And the Mexican government was bogged down in all kinds of political intrigue. They didn't have the time, attention span, or political will to bother themselves much with their faraway land up north.
Alta California was like a latchkey kid that had to fend for itself and survive independently, the best it could. This allowed it to evolve into a semi-autonomous region, where local rule prevailed over federal rule. Californios became frustrated with Mexico City. They even debated as to whether they should remain with Mexico, seek independence, or allow Great Britain, France, or the United States to annex them.
Oh sure, sometimes the politicians down south would pay token attention to their lonely child up north. Like a parent who hollers from another room, the central government in Mexico City would issue edicts to Alta California. And like a passive-aggressive child who hollers back reassurances of cooperation, these edicts were acknowledged by Californios and supported with public proclamations.
But they only enforced the edicts they liked.
Finally, in 1842, the central government decided that Alta California was becoming too upstart and independent. So they appointed a tin god named Manuel Micheltorena to be the new governor. And they recruited a small army of thugs to go up there with him, and show those recalcitrant Californios a thing or two.
This army consisted of men who'd been convicted of crimes and given a choice of going to jail, or going up north to help the new governor. They were derisively referred to as "cholos".
The cholos enabled Micheltorena to travel to Alta California with all the swagger and pride of a gangster. When he arrived and assumed the governorship, the only pay he gave the cholos was what they could rob from the citizens.
And so a reign of terror descended upon the Californios, as the cholos raped and pillaged and ravaged the countryside, all under the approval and supervision of the new governor.
By 1845, the Californios had enough. They formed a militia and fought back, and in the Battle of Providencia, forced Micheltorena and his thugs to flee back to Mexico City.
The victorious militia decided they weren't going to accept anymore governors appointed by Mexico City. Instead, they replaced Micheltorena with two Californio governors they appointed themselves.
Pio Pico was to govern southern Alta California. He made his capitol The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciuncula River. And if that sounds like a mouthful to you, then just call it Los Angeles. Or, even better, call it L.A.
Commandante General Jose Castro was to govern northern Alta California, with headquarters near Alta California's traditional capitol of Monterey.
The naming of their own governors was a big event in Alta California. And Mexico City wisely shrugged their shoulders, gave in, and decided to support it.
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Horrabridge War Memorial ~ Horrabridge, Devon.
Client : Mr. Andrew Collins.
There has been a chapel in the village of Horrabridge since about 1256 A.D. which had been built by the monks of Buckland Abbey. It was pulled down after the Dissolution and a pair of cottages built in its place. In 1891 they too were demolished to make way for the present day church and St. John the Baptist was consecrated in 1893 by the Bishop of Exeter. The Grade II listed church was designed by George Fellowes Prynne, built from local greenstone with sandstone dressings, its architecture is in the Perpendicular style. As an architect he had designed many parish churches throughout England particularly here in the South-West.
We were approached by PO (CS) Andrew 'Tiny' Collins from 42 Commando of the Royal Marines to take a look at the war memorial in the village. He was spearheading a campaign to raise funds to clean up the memorial in preparation for Remembrance Sunday and also to commemorate the centenary of WW1.
The war memorial itself is set back on an elevated area within the church walls. There is an additional memorial plaque set into the rear wall honouring those who had died during WW2. The church walls and the memorials are also Grade II listed.
The work required us to clean the granite memorial, re-point the stone walls surrounding it and to re-paint the raised lead lettering commemorating those who had given their lives during conflict.
The walls surrounding the memorial had been built using local rustic slate and capped off with a granite coping. Although a lime mortar was used during its construction it had been re-pointed at some point in time using a cement based mortar. And this hadn't been carried out to a good standard by any means.
Cement based mortars are no good for stonework. They are not 'breathable' and when water or moisture enters into the fabric of a wall it can't escape. When this freezes it expands causing untold damage to the stonework. A classic example of this is when you see signs that the face of the stone has spalled away from itself. Lime based mortars on the other hand are 'breathable' and will let moisture escape back out through the jointing. It will also greatly enhance the appearance of the wall.
Our first job was to hack out all the cement joints. Most of the pointing was loose and defective and came out easy. Once the joints were hacked out they were flushed out with a hose to remove all the loose dust and debris in preparation for us to re-point.
Next the granite memorial, the concrete floor area around it, along with the granite coping stones to the walls, were given a good clean by means of low pressure water jetting to remove algae. We had to be mindful of the raised lead lettering depicting the names on the memorial and these areas were cleaned by hand using just clean water and soft bristle brushes.
Traditionally over the centuries granite has been lettered in a number of ways. The memorial here at Horrabridge has been lettered in what is termed as the 'Raised Lead' method. This can only be achieved by hand. First of all the letters are set out and drawn onto the granite surface in pencil, then small keyholes are drilled into the granite at various points within the body of each letter. Depending on the letter, up to 7 or 8 keyholes can be drilled for each individual letter. Lead is then beaten into the granite forcing the lead into the keyholes which acts as an anchor to hold it in place. The lead is left proud of the surface. From this stage the lead is then cut back in different ways to achieve the desired letterform required. You will find many commemorative war memorials and gravestones around the world are lettered using this method. Another method of lettering is known as the 'Flush Lead' method. This too can only be achieved by hand. This method requires the stonemason to firstly 'V-cut' the lettering into the surface of the stone. Again keyholes are drilled into the stone and the lead is beaten into place. The lead is then cut back with the surface of the stone using a 'Lead Paring' chisel. Finally the lead is rubbed down smooth so it is flush to the surface. This method is best suited for marble and usually found on very early examples of marble memorial work. Either method requires a high level of skill and patience to achieve and considered an art form in its own right.
Now that all the preparation work had been completed we were able to start the re-pointing.
A coarse sand and lime mortar was used for this. The joints are left flush to the surface of the stonework and after a couple of hours they are lightly rubbed in with a stick.
They are then left over night for the initial set to take place. In the morning these joints are finished off further still with a stiff churn brush to show the edge of each stone and reveal the coarse aggregates within the lime mortar.
The joints are also sprayed with clean water after brushing to stop the mortar drying out too quick which helps prevent shrinkage.
The jointing is still soft at this stage and more periodic brushing and damping down is carried out over the next few days as the mortar begins to finally set. That's the beauty of lime based mortars. When the re-pointing to the walls surrounding the war memorial had been completed, it was time to concentrate on the memorial itself.
The memorial consists of a plain wheel-head cross. The head of which is decorated with raised circular embellishments called 'Roundels'.
The 5 foot (1.5m) cross stands on a tall trapezoidal plinth, and the whole stands on a two-stepped square base, all of which is cut from local granite. Almost all the jointing on the granite cross and its base had failed. These were cut out, prepared and re-pointed in a lime mortar.
The memorial was unveiled on Sunday the 20th of February 1921 by Major A. Irving Muntz and dedicated by the Venerable E. F. Newman, Archdeacon of Plymouth.
The next task was to re-paint the raised lead lettering. The letters on the memorial commemorating those that had died during the 2nd world War were painted first.
Then the lettering honouring those who gave their lives during the 1st World War were re-painted.
Re-pointing was also carried out to the wall underneath the granite kerb edging along the base.
Further re-pointing was carried out to the walls either side of the enclosure, and this was done to finish everything off.
It's impossible to picture every face behind all of the names inscribed on memorials up and down the country but here in Horrabridge there are 16 names set into the granite memorial honouring the local men killed during the First World War. Below are the biographies of those men. Compiled by Peter Hamilton-Leggett, they give us an insight as to who these men were.
Sergeant Alfred Barnett BALDWIN.
Born in Southsea, 1871. Son of Alfred and Julia Baldwin. He married Alice Greedy Dyke in East Stonehouse in 1895. He was a professional soldier having enlisted in the Marines in 1888. In 1904 he was awarded the R.N. Long Service and Good Conduct medal. Having completed his 21 years of service he was discharged on the 3rd of August 1910. Six weeks later he enrolled into the Royal Fleet Reserve. At 39 he is described as a Royal Marine Pensioner and also an Auxiliary Postman. At the beginning of the war Colour Sergeant Baldwin was called up and chosen for the Royal Naval Division (R.N.D.) or Winston's Little Army. He saw service at Dunkirk and the Defence of Antwerp in October 1914. By early 1915 he was part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. Baldwin was the first R.N.D. casualty on the Gallipoli Peninsular and was buried at sea. He was aged 43. He left a 43 year old widow and 3 children aged 18, 15 and 5. His medals are now in a private U.K. collection. He is also commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, (panel 7).
Sapper Percy John BRIMBLECOMBE.
Born on the 1st of July 1894 to John and Francis Catherine Brimblecombe of North Hill, Plymouth. His parents moved to The Green, Sampford Spiney soon after they were married where his father was the rural postman. He attended Horrabridge School leaving in 1907 to take up an apprenticeship. In 1914 Percy joined The Royal Engineers 12th Field Company. He saw action in France and Flanders. He was killed in action on the 9th of August 1915 aged 21. He had been awarded the 1914-1915 Star medal, the 1914 British War medal and qualified for the Victory medal. He is remembered on the Thiepval memorial in Picardy, France and also on the Callington War memorial.
Lance Corporal Christopher Alfred CAVE.
Christopher was born in Plymouth in 1884. His father, William James Cave, was a plumber in the Dockyard and his mother, Mary Ann, ran the White Lion Inn, Clarence Place, Plymouth. By 1911 the family were living at 7 Maderia Villas, Horrabridge. In 1914 he enlisted into The Devonshire Regiment before transferring to the Gloucestershire Regiment where he saw action in France and Flanders. In July 1916 he was wounded and died on the 22nd of July. He was aged 32. He had been awarded the usual 3 medals and was buried in Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais. When his widowed mother, Mary, was informed of his death she had moved to Bibiani, Horrabridge.
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Wilson FOX.
Reginald Fox was born in 1866 in Wellington, Somerset. He was the second eldest son of Charles and Caroline Fox. His father owned the banking firm Fox, Fowler & Co. A branch opened in Tavistock when they took over the Tavistock Bank (Gill & Son) in 1889. Reginald was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Clare College, Cambridge where he played cricket for Cambridge University. In 1881 he married Sophia Mabel Pease. By 1902 they were living in Grimstone Manor. He was on the board or treasurer of numerous Tavistock institutions. He also had two major passions, horses and the army. He was a well known horse judge. On the military front he was Commanding Officer of the Volunteer Battalion 2nd (Prince of Wales) Devonshire Regiment based in Bedford Square Tavistock. In 1914 he resigned his commission and was appointed to the command of the 6th Devon Regiment, with which he went to India and later to Mesopotamia. He was killed in action during the first relief of Kut, Mesopotamia on the Ujailah Redoubt. He was awarded the Victory medal, The British War medal and the Territorial Forces War medal. He is also remembered on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq, on a brass plaque inside Wellington Church and in the War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1918.
Private Frederick William FRISE.
Son of Frederick and Jessie Elizabeth Frise of Dostabrook Cottage, Horrabridge. He was born in 1899. He enlisted in Plymouth at the outbreak of war, joining the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He saw action in France and Flanders and almost survived the war. He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal. He was captured at Berry au Bac and taken prisoner on the 27th of May 1918. He was sent to Friedrichsfeld prison camp. His record card lists him a 'Schneider' or tailor by occupation. He died of pneumonia and is buried in the St. Avold Military Cemetery, Moselle, France.
Gunner William Henry HARDING.
William was born in Tavistock in 1892 to Charles and Catherine Harding. By 1911 the family was living at Magpie, Horrabridge and nineteen-year old William was following in his father's footsteps working at harness making. At the initial outbreak of war, William enlisted in the 4th Wessex Battalion of the Royal Horse Artillery. Almost at once he moved to the training camp on Salisbury Plain. It was whilst on initial training and before he could see any action that William died on the 9th of October 1914. His body was returned to Horrabridge where he was buried with full honours in St. John's churchyard. His grave can still be seen today south-east of the church. He was aged 22 years.
Midshipman Malcolm Alfred milner HARRIS.
Malcolm was born in 1900 in Simons Town, South Africa. His father, Rear Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris (1844-1926) was Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station. Just before 1908 the family moved to The Brake, Yelverton when Sir Robert retired. Five months before his sixteenth birthday Malcolm enlisted into the Royal Navy (the 1st of January 1916). After a very brief training he was given the rank of Midshipman (the 14th of January 1916) and joined the crew of H.M.S. Defence, celebrating his sixteenth birthday whilst on board. Just over two weeks later he was to see violent action at the Battle of Jutland, the largest sea battle of the war. The Defence was hit by two salvoes from the German ships that caused both of its magazines to explode. The ship exploded and sank almost immediately with all loss of life, 849 men and 59 officers. Only a few bodies were recovered for burial. He is also remembered on the Crapstone Memorial and The Plymouth Naval Memorial. His parents are buried in Walkhampton churchyard.
Private Lionel Archibald HODGE.
Born in 1896, the son of Richard and Thirza Hodge. Lionel enlisted at Plymouth joining the Devonshire Regiment. He was killed in action whilst fighting in Egypt on the 3rd of December 1917 aged 22 years. At that time his parents were living at East Crowndale, Whitchurch. He had won two medals, the Victory and the British War medals. He is also remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial.
Driver James LEWIS.
James was born in Bermuda, West Indies in 1896 to James and Mary Lewis. By 1911 the family had moved to 3 Station Road, Horrabridge where both father and son were gardeners. James joined the 3rd Devon Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He survived the war but died of wounds on the 3rd of July 1921, aged 25 years. Although not named on the memorial he is buried in St. John's churchyard.
Captain Oscar Frederick MUNTZ.
Born in 1877. His father, George Muntz of Umberside Hall, Tamworth, died in 1898 leaving an estate valued in excess of one million pounds. Oscar was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Cirencester Royal Agricultural College. In 1902, aged 25 years, he joined the Imperial Yeomanry (North Devon Hussars) where he was able to indulge in his favourite sport of polo. It was probably around this time that he either rented or purchased property in Goodameavy where he formed a stud of polo ponies. By 1910 he was at Heathcot, Yelverton. It was only natural that he should meet up with Imogen Mary Collier whose parents owned Foxhams. She was renowned for her ponies and pony breeding. The couple married on the 1st of February 1915 in St John's church, Horrabridge. On the 5th of October 1915 he joined the British Expeditionary Force ( the B.E.F. was the force sent to the Western Front at the beginning of the war). He returned home whenever he could and always stayed at Foxhams. He was awarded the usual three medals. Whilst away his wife continued breeding and showing horses. Oscar died of wounds received in an assault on the heavily contested Moislains Wood on the 4th of September 1918. He was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L´Abbe, France, (grave VII. B. 7.).
Corporal William Edward RADMORE.
William was born at 8 Wyndham Street, West Plymouth in 1877 to George and Anna Radmore. After school, William trained to be a junior clerk and had left home by 1901. Aged 37 he joined the Army Service Corp on the 9th of October 1914. He saw active service and was awarded the usual three medals which were the Star, the British and the Victory medals. He was soon promoted to Corporal and saw some action in France and Flanders. He died in Plymouth on the 23rd of November 1916. When his elderly parents were informed of his death they were living at Haytown, Sampford Spiney. He is buried in Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth.
Ship's Carpenter Frederick George RIDMORE.
Born on the 25th of July 1896 at Cole Cottage, Sampford Spiney to Louise and Amelia Ridmore. Frederick, aged 14, was earning a living as a boy golf caddy on the golf links (probably at Yelverton). He joined the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war as a ship's carpenter. At some point he joined H.M.S. Raglan which, on the 20th of January 1918, was attacked by a Turkish battlecruiser, a light cruiser and four destroyers. Raglan was sunk with the loss of 127 lives. His body was never recovered. He is also remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, (plot 28).
Stoker 1st Class petty officer William Henry SMITH.
Born in 1891, William was the son of William and Edith Smith. After a brief stay in Tavistock the family moved to No. 1 Magpie Cottages next to the Magpie Bridge. By 1911 the family had grown and young William found himself with six siblings. His father had progressed from a pointsman to a signalman on the G.W.R. at Horrabridge. At the outbreak of war William, now 23, joined the Royal Navy. He eventually found himself aboard the Plymouth built H.M.S. Indefatigable, a battlecruiser. It was not long before he found himself involved in the largest naval battle of the war, the Battle of Jutland. On the 31st of May 1916 she was hit several times in the first minutes, the explosion ripping a hole in her hull, and a second explosion hurled large pieces of the ship 200 feet in the air. Only two of the crew of 1,019 survived. William's body was never recovered. He is also remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Private George SOPER.
George was born in 1887 at Chudleigh to William and Mary Soper. By 1901 the family had moved to Higher Town Cottages in Horrabridge. Young George, now 14, found employment as a butcher's boy. By 1911 George had left home and was working as an agricultural labourer in Chudleigh. At the outbreak of war five of the Soper children enlisted. The eldest, William, and youngest John, survived the war unscathed. Ernest and Frank were wounded and discharged. George, who had joined the Devonshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 14th of May 1916 aged 30. He was buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
private Ernest Walter TREMBATH.
Born on the 27th of January 1893 to William and Elizabeth Trembath of The Elms, Sampford Spiney. His father William, was working for himself as a carrier and houseman. By 1912 all the family had emigrated to Canada as farmers. Once Canada entered the war Ernest enlisted. He joined the 78th Manitoba Regiment on the 12th of June 1916. He saw action in France and died of wounds whilst at the Canadian Clearing Station on the 1st of February 1918 aged 25 years and is buried at the Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
The Woodrow Brothers. Their parents, James and Louisa Woodrow, lived at Eggworthy. James was gamekeeper to Edwin Spurrel of Eggworthy Farm. They had two children, Walter and John.
Lance-Corporal Walter George WOODROW.
Walter was born in 1892 at Witham Friary, Somerset. He was educated at Sampford Spiney School. After leaving school he became a domestic gardener. He volunteered for active service and joined 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment in September 1914. He served with the Expeditionary Force in India, Egypt, Palestine as well as France and Flanders. He was killed in action in the Forest of Reims on the 20th of July 1918 aged 26 years and was buried where he fell in an unmarked grave.
Private Reginald John WOODROW.
John was born in 1894. He was also educated at Sampford Spiney School. He volunteered for active service and joined the 5th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment in September 1914. He served with the Expeditionary Force in India, Egypt, Palestine as well as France and Flanders. He was killed in action in the Forest of Reims on the 20th of July 1918 aged 24 years and was buried where he fell in an unmarked grave.
It is not known how many war memorials there are in Great Britain, but their numbers are certainly in the tens of thousands. In the aftermath of the First World War, the people of Britain needed a focus for their grief, loss and pride. War memorials were erected across the U.K. in the greatest wave of remembrance our history has ever seen to honour those that had died during this conflict. They form an important part of our rich cultural heritage and connect us with the war that shaped the world we live in today. Only around 3000 free standing war memorials are currently listed by Historic England and only around 20 of these are Grade I listed. Over this centenary period Historic England are committed to doubling those numbers.
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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
By Norm Farrell on March 3, 2021 • ( 11 Comments )
It is easy to understand why Premier Horgan decided the entire Milburn report would be kept secret and reliable experts who had already worked for BC Hydro would be recalled for a quick review that paid scant attention to problems noted by Peter Milburn.
Vaughn Palmer suggested the Site C Project Assurance Board was designed to be ineffective. On that score, the BC Government was a total success.
In 2017, when John Horgan spoke of his government's dedication to completing Site C, engineers had long been aware of serious geotechnical obstacles. The Premier announced "enhanced oversight" of the floundering project and said BC Hydro had retained multi-national consultants Ernst and Young (EY) to help oversee the budget, timelines, and risk assessments.
The Premier also promised that BC Hydro water rentals would fund a program to assist new entrants to agriculture. That was to quiet critics who deplored destruction of "extraordinary" farmland in the Peace River valley and harm done to families who had worked that land for decades. Of course, like the pledge of enhanced Site C oversight, that was a promise quickly forgotten.
In 2017, as he continues to do in 2021, Horgan blamed his Liberal predecessors, saying:
Megaproject mismanagement by the old government has left B.C. in a terrible situation. But we cannot punish British Columbians for those mistakes, and we can't change the past. We can only make the best decision for the future.
The new Premier's 2017 decision was a misjudgement of epic proportions. His NDP Government could have walked away from Site C and written off $2 billion, about half of their suspect and unsupported estimate. Instead, they added $2 billion to the $8.7 billion budget. Today, BC Hydro is on its way to spending $16 billion to $20 billion with no certainty the project can be safely completed.
Quite a change from a 1981 Globe and Mail report about BC Hydro's application to build the $1.95 billion Site C power project on the Peace River.
But the Premier's 2017 promise of enhanced oversight was not the first assurance offered project skeptics. Highly paid and familiar civil servants had previously worked on a reporting and accountability framework.
Journalist Sarah Cox inquired why government had not reinstated the oversight role of the B.C. Utilities Commission and The Narwhal later asked who was serving on Horgan's "enhanced project assurance board." The energy ministry replied members would be "highly-qualified, independent external advisors" but declined to name them.
After examining court documents, Ms. Cox found fault with government's assertion that oversight was autonomous. She reported:
"Independent" is far from the word that should be ascribed to the new board, which primarily consists of members of BC Hydro's board of directors. The board's terms of reference, released in court documents, state it will have "up to two" independent advisors.
One of those advisors is energy consultant Lorne Sivertson, …author of a pro-Site C report for B.C.'s construction trade unions that was used last fall to discredit an independent report by the watchdog B.C. Utilities Commission.
The BCUC report found the Site C project could cost more than $12.5 billion while other renewable energy sources could provide the same amount of power for $8.8 billion or less.
Sivertson's report was released at a Vancouver press conference, prior to a second pro-Site C press conference in Victoria also organized by construction trade unions.
The Narwhal went on to report on government members assigned to the project assurance board. ADM Les MacLaren had been integrally involved with selling Site C to the public. Lori Wannamaker, previously a high official in Christy Clark's government and now John Horgan's Deputy Minister, was also on the board. She had worked with former Energy Minister Dave Nikolejsin to disparage BCUC reservations about the Site C project.
Sarah Cox noted that six BC Hydro directors sat on the assurance board, including John Nunn. Site C critic Lindsay Brown had asked about the man Vaughn Palmer wrote was "previously responsible for a substantial portion of the engineering work on Site C."
Another BC Hydro director on the project assurance board was civil engineer John Ritchie, who had been employed by a company working on Site C. The board was headed by BC Hydro's top official, Chair Ken Peterson.
When the project assurance board was populated by insiders and avid Site C cheerleaders, inevitably, it would fail to protect the public interest. Everyone involved knew that but were satisfied with the status quo.
The main responsibility for massive waste and destruction in northeast BC lies not with self-interested enablers and not to the previous government; it belongs to the man who four years ago needed money to wage an election campaign. To get it, he made promises to a group of trade union leaders.
Continuation of Site C was one result continue.
An In-Sights reader provided comments to me that echo what I have heard from other professionals. They are worth sharing:
As a soil scientist, vegetation ecologist and photographer who has worked and traveled in the Peace River Valley between Hudson Hope and Fort St. John, I'm "fit to be tied" by this corrupt, unjustifiable project, which spits in the face of FN Treaty 8 rights…
Also, like others have commented, I firmly believe this dam will never hold water where it's located.
Why? Because of the deep deposits of highly unstable, fine-textured substrate. The "bedrock" Shaftbury Shale turns to muck when exposed to water… The entire landscape to considerable depth was deposited within Glacial Lake Peace. There's a high percentage of silt in the fine-textured deposits of this once massive glacial lake.
Silt is the best conductor of water (vs. sand or clay). As the water penetrates, the fine-textured materials collapse and slump like pudding…
—Alex Inselberg, M.Sc. Soil Science, UBC (Ret. consultant with 35 years of field experience in BC)—
In Photos: The Destruction of the Peace River Valley for the Site C Dam
Categories: BC Hydro, Horgan, John, Site C
Treasures handed down
Site C bywords: misinformation and secrecy
Bill Horne says:
And the majority of the BC Building Trades unions supporting #SiteC are based in the US. Unless they've changed over the years, a large % of these union members' dues flow south to HQ in the US. One more layer of colonization; so much for sovereignty.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAoOH9IuEg-CQcR4FLYmRM-Ap4ngSmfT/view?usp=sharing
Evil Eye says:
Premier Horgan, Photo-Op the second, is doing his best to bury the provincial NDP for good.
The NDP, day by day will taste more and more foul by the taxpayer, and as the Clark government before, will lead the NDP into not 19 years in the political wilderness but end the provincial NDP for good.
They have become irrelevant; a collection of self centered, self serving talking mouth who are trying to rule by news release.
Site C's epitaph will be "$16 billion was not enough". The NDP's epitaph will be more like We didn't give a f***; we will never give a F***, F*** the taxpayer.
I would like to add, this project will suck funds from schools, hospitals, transit improvement projects and for those on the Island, the E&N.
Horgan is either utterly stupid or he is a Liberal plant to destroy the NDP.
If I was a member of the NDP, I would want him gone and fast. Who is not afraid to "bell" Horgan?
kennylad says:
He is a dirtbag liar and hypocrite.. Cut from the same used toilet paper as the scum before him.
There can be little doubt that the Project Assurance Board was intentionally crafted to give the public false assurance of probity whilst in reality the only assurance was project continuance at any cost or risk.
The Milburn report confirms that the board wasn't an accidental paper tiger; it was a deliberate Trojan horse. And that horse bore the brand of J. J. Horgan Ranch. As Minister Ralston said, the report was very helpful.
So Mr. Horgan went shopping for a 42nd opinion to use as the elusive cover he needed and which cover Mr. Milburn failed to provide. Horgan didn't come up with the king-sized duvet of a yes, but was happy enough to achieve a twin-sized comforter of a maybe. We know that because he surely would have told us about the yes in upper case script, and a no would have had even him stripping the bed.
$16-20 billion of public funds and John Horgan's reputation riding on a maybe. Prudent he ain't.
22mt says:
22 billion is my guess that site c will cost if they can ever get around the geotechnical issues-the entire area is gravel-silt -shale for 125 ft down and the shale is 900 ft down-this is like trying to get a sandbox to hold water—it is impossible-but throw more money at it and all the issues will magically dissapear-there are hundreds of people working at site c that know of the crooked corrupt problems there and know one will say a word which makes them all guilty of covering up this disaster and in the end no one will be held crimminally accountable for spending billions of bc ratepayer dollars and destroying the peace river valley and its wildlife habitat all for crooked corrupt political and corporate greed—mark meiers-charlie lk bc
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James King says:
I've been reading the 'Geotechnical Safety Overview Report' which is linked both on BC Hydro's site and at the foot of the Ministry's website press release. The report is an amalgam of Hydro's own 'solutions' for the geotechnical issues appended by comments from the two (undoubted) experts Hydro chose to provide professional backup.
The most interesting thing I've been able to draw from a close reading of that material is the fairly obvious conclusion that much of what the HYDRO technical approach to addressing site instability comprises is a set of 'contingent' solutions.
In my view, the most relevant part of Hydro's submission – in that vein – is the qualifying statement at the end of the 'experts' review:
The Panel functioned as independent reviewers of the methodologies used by the Project Team for analysis and design of the proposed enhancements, based on information provided by the Project Team. Given the large amount of work being completed by the Project Team and the associated documentation, it was not possible for the Panel to perform a detailed review of all of the material in the available time. In particular, the Panel has not performed detailed checks of calculations and designs completed by the Project Team. Such detailed checks are provided by the quality control/quality assurance programs for the project. The Panel provides its opinions concerning the methods and approaches being used based on information provided by the Project Team. However, the ultimate decisions and responsibilities for the designs remains with the BC Hydro.
Our review services were performed within the limits prescribed by BC Hydro in a manner consistent with the level of care and skill normally exercised in the current standard of professional engineering practice. No other representation to BC Hydro, expressed or implied, and no warranty or guarantee is included or intended.
Much like the auditor's certification on any set of financial statements, the quality of the review and the audit is largely the result of the quality and completeness of the material presented for review.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210303-geothermal-the-immense-volcanic-power-beneath-our-feet
Since Site C is going ahead, as announced by the our fine example of a bottom feeding swamp dwelling Premier, there's nothing more that I personally can find to say on the subject, except that mother nature will be the deciding factor in the end.
The site C dumpster fire..liberals got it past the point of no return?pre election?


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Les Beckman
Post subject: Re: Cuba
Bartman-TN wrote:
Hungry Wolf has been a leading researcher on Cuba railroads and has several books and videos out on the subject.
On one of his videos that I have, there is a short segment with a fireless cooker at one of the sugar mills moving from a dead stop, quickly up to SPEED! That thing really moved out, and gave me a new respect for the design!
All of the Cuban steamers were interesting, but the ones that I really wonder about (besides the ex-Southern 2-6-0 mentioned above) are the two big engines; 2-8-2 Mikado's. Numbered 1850 and 1910, they were built by Baldwin in 1935 (the 1850) and by Alco-Brooks in 1925 and originally ran on Cuban mainlines. Interesting that one of the sugar mills actually took these rusting hulks and restored them to service. Might they still survive today? Lots of steel in those two big engines!
rock island lines
I wonder if American dollars and volunteer work can now help establish a good Cuban rail museum and interpretive railroad. That would be an interesting development.
Bartman-TN
I was able to ride behind 1850 and 1910 as they were long distance regulars over mainline routes for many years. I understand that 1910 is being used on tourist trains. I haven't heard anything lately about 1850, but it was supposed to go into tourist service also.
For those that don't know, the last numbering series had locomotives numbered by size, thus 1850 and 1910 were about the largest steamers ever on the island. They looked good pulling long lines of sugar cane cars.
The ability to convert sugar production into biofuel production is an opportunity for the US and Cuba to work toward mutually beneficial goals, while making use of unused facilities. No reason this could not be done with rail movement of fuelstocks.......which could easily include new generation of steam powered by waste from the process.
I think what we are going to see is a lot of vision from a lot of businesses, and a lot of shakedown and adaptation to cultural differences.....while the Canadians do what they do, act like the Gentlemen they are and continue to pursue their business with Cuba while hopefully expanding them since they can do so without having to deal with static from down south.
Our history of dealing with Cuba from the time of the Spanish American War hasn't been without its truly ugly chapters.....which led to the revolution which led to 50 years of pretending. It's irrational to maintain a feud over diminishing idealogical differences with our close neighbors for decades. I'm cautiously hopeful.......
whodom
I'm very interested to see the status of ALCO 2-8-0 #1816, Porta's project engine in Cuba. It was extensively modified under Porta's direction and served as the prototype for a series of new-construction 0-6-2T's to be built for Cuban service. These locomotives were completely designed in Argentina but just about the time production was set to begin Cuba's sugar industry collapsed.
I found this page at Smugmug with photos dated February 2014, apparently showing a bunch of Cuban steam (including the 1816) being restored. Anyone know any details about this?
http://shipsnmoreships.smugmug.com/Crui ... /i-WQMXfD8
Hugh Odom
The Ultimate Steam Page
http://www.trainweb.org/tusp
rock island lines wrote:
The impression I have gotten, from both write-ups and correspondence with UK associates, is that the Cubans will, of course, be most happy to take your money, but not necessarily give you what you actually want. This has been reinforced by supposed repeated rebuffs to purchase Cuban steamers intact in the past.
The best way to help "preserve" such rail preservation and operation would be to actually go to Cuba and pay to visit/ride at any rail museums operated. This starts what is typically an ugly, acrimonious discussion as to whether such tourism in what is still at its heart a Communist government/country functions to support a dictatorship or, as some of my British friends said, "makes the case for capitalism by eroding socialism one foreign bank note at a time!" (The same arguments were made about steam tourism in China, naturally.)
The cynic in me strongly suspects that the primary interests of the "powers that be" in Cuba are not concerned so much about the actual historical and cultural heritage of the sugar plantations of old, but only how much money from overseas can be extracted from them via either tourism or scrap metal. (Ditto the vintage automobiles with horsedrawn or rodent-treadmill propulsion.)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Agreed. Also, their attitude towards privitization of property and private businesses should still be of concern. Virtually all commercial operations are state concerns with the exception of a few very small retail and restaurant businesses. the "powers that be" are interested in retaining as much power as possible and will only make those concessions that they feel are absolutely necessary.
"When a man runs on railroads over half of his lifetime he is fit for nothing else-and at times he don't know that."- Conductor Nimrod Bell, 1896
G. P. Bensman
Location: Rossville, GA.
A very good Cuban friend of mine just said today, " Do not trust Raul. They are the owner of Cuba and will not make any change. Why will you change if you have all the power?"
A few items that have not been mentioned here.
1. Brazil has made payments to Cuba to NOT produce sugar. So the land lays fallow, and the people outside the big cities have nothing to do. They have been told nothing and wonder what happened? The bearded One never said it would be like this. Sounds like a perfect scenario for revolution.
2. Several million Cubans in Miami and New Jersey have equally donated to Republicans and Democrats to maintain the "Blockade". Some want an invasion and they want their property returned to them. I can imagine a tidal wave of American attorneys filing endless suits in the World Court to recover the assets of many thousands of families, GM, AT&T, Hershey, etc., etc.
Let's think about the fact that American corporations purchased, owned and maintained almost ALL the steam locomotives remaining in Cuba today.
3. CNN today called the Cuban government "an autocratic regime".
It is a Communist Military Dictatorship. Period.
In our world of railroad preservation, I see the most chance for interested Americans to help Cubans develop and manage their historic assets in Cuba.
daleperu
I was there on tours in 2002 & 2003, two of the last good years for sugar trains and steam. Both tours were permitted under State Department special permits. We had the option to have the passport stamped or not. If you chose not, a visa card was stamped instead and returned at departure.
Both were raifan tours. These were the last two good years for steam operations. By 2005, few steam operations were available. Here on RYPN it has been pointed out China's scrap merchants have laid waste to mills, railroads and rolling stock. This since 2011 and with Cuban Government's laws enacted to preserve steam have not been followed. Over 200 sugar mills have dismantled and scrapped as well as the rail networks that served these industries. At one time the island hosted standard gauge (the most common), 3 ft gauge (maybe all gone by now), 30 inch gauge (more common at sugar mills) and the odd 27 1/2 inch gauge on several connected lines. Some of the odd narrow gauge equipment has been moved to Havana. The Hershey Electric operates with cars from Barcelona, Spain and had only two Brill Cars that were available for service as well a few old GE steeple Cabs.
Steam is preserved at few Sugar Mill railroads that operate for tourists. It is nothing like real operating sugar trains. Many Locomotives have been rounded up and moved to unborn railroad museum's in Havana. Many of these locos are sitting out in lots and are in disrepair. A visit to Cuba to see railroading today would be much different with former European, Mexican and now Chinese diesels invading.
Dale Brown
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Trevor Heath
Location: Casa Grande, Arizona USA
Cuba was the scene of the last (known) boiler explosion in the world.
It occurred in March 2000.
Loco was 1382 a Baldwin at the AC Sandino sugar mill.
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Trevor -
Number 1382, a 3' gauge 2-8-0, Built by Baldwin in 1915, s/n 42690.
Again, info from Mr. Hungry Wolf's booklet. He states that the 1382 was built as Cuban Central Railroad #7.
BTW, you state that the explosion occurred in 1990. Adolf Hungry Wolf's book was published in 1996. Might you have the date wrong?
I believe that the explosion of #1382 (2-8-0) took place in March 2000.
Sorry for the typo......the Cuban Boiler Explosion was March 2000
Here is an image of the loco from 1997 and a side view of the exploded engine
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Frank J. DeStefano
Anyone know what was the exact cause of the boiler explosion? Because of the displacement of the smokebox and the fragmented flues, it appears the blast occurred at the front of the locomotive, which makes me believe it was not the result of crown sheet failure.
Sorry if this has engine's incident been discussed before but I am unaware of its history.
rjenkins
Location: Lawrence, Mass.
Weld failure on the front tube sheet, if I remember correctly.
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Kids sculptures
Girl with red balloon
Reference BK-1
£683 $781 (estimated exchange)
34 cm / 13.39 inches
6 cm / 2.37 inches
16 cm / 6.3 inches
1 kg / 2.21 lbs
This sculpture is made by lost wax bronze casting.
Overview: Sculpture Girl with red balloon
(Lost wax bronze casting) Girl with red balloon, sculpture that marks the beginning of the collection "Gráffiti".
Miguel Guía proposes with this sculpture of a girl the "Gráffiti" style and a bright metallic balloon red nickel in the shape of a heart, to take it to a three-dimensional representation, inspired by the famous work of Banksy (girl with balloon) to which is added the metallic red effect on the globe, characteristic in numerous Pop Art works, proposing this fusion of styles, through sculpture.
With good lighting, this work manages to imitate the drawing that we would produce with a template of "Gráffiti".
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Bombay Bicycle Club: 'We had no plans to do anything again'
The indie-rock quartet are back with a new album after a six-year hiatus
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Bombay Bicycle Club: 'We wanted to be looking forward, as well as celebrating our past'
When most bands or artists take a break, it often entails them going somewhere sunny, peaceful and removed from everyday life in a bid to regroup. For Jack Steadman, it involved hitching a lift on a cargo ship traversing the Pacific Ocean in early 2015. His band Bombay Bicycle Club had just announced an "indefinite hiatus" so their frontman – a big fan of solo travelling because "I hate compromising," as he jokes – decided to take to the high seas to reclaim his creativity.
"I wanted to go to the most isolated place I could find, and that turned out to be in the middle of the ocean," he smiles when we meet in the office of his Irish label, his bandmate Suren de Saram seated across the table. "I wish it was a bit easier to do; it wasn't straightforward, but it was fun. And it was much more social than I thought it would be – in a kind of cool way, but I was a bit like 'This isn't what it's meant to be like!' All the crew were really cool and very friendly. We hung out a lot and did karaoke. They were really good at it."
The London indie-rock quartet had been playing together since their mid-teens, and decided that it was the right time to step away from the band after the touring cycle for their last record, 2014's So Long, See You Tomorrow, wound down.
We started selling most of our gear, which we've now had to buy back at inflated prices
"Whenever you get to the end of the touring cycle, the thought of the next album is always looming over you," nods Steadman. "Because you do end up on this conveyor belt in a band, sometimes; album, tour, album, tour, album, tour. And that thought just bummed me out a bit. I really wanted to make a different kind of music. And I think it came at the right time, because it wasn't just me feeling a bit tired and a bit jaded – I think everyone had things that they wanted to do that they couldn't have, because we had been in the band since we were 14, 15. So the musical aspect of it was the main driving force, but it certainly wasn't the only reason."
Bombay Bicycle Club bassist Ed Nash (left), drummer Suren de Saram, guitarist Jamie MacColl and lead singer Jack Steadman
Aside from providing an interesting interview topic, Steadman's around-the-world trip also spawned what would become his solo record God First, released in 2017 under the Mr Jukes banner. An eclectic collection that drew influence from jazz, soul and electronica (and even featured Charles Bradley on one track), it was a necessary record to release solo, he says.
"With hindsight, when you listen to So Long, See You Tomorrow, you can hear this other style of music almost being crammed into it in a way that I don't find very elegant, now that I look back," he shrugs. "I'm really proud of that album, but you can hear all these different sounds and samples and quite eclectic textures from all over the world, being kind of just shoved into this record. And I think if I had done that anymore, it just would have exploded. I've now realised that it was it was right to separate them at that moment and all those samples and more hip-hop and electronica could go into the Mr Jukes basket – and then you could keep Bombay Bicycle Club as just this kind of... guitar band."
Other members of the band pursued different lines, too; bassist and co-songwriter Ed Nash released his own solo album under the pseudonym Toothless, while drummer de Saram continued to play as a session musician for Jessie Ware amongst others. He admits that it was a real possibility that Bombay Bicycle Club would not regroup at all.
"We certainly had no plans to do anything again at that point. We started selling most of our gear, which we've now had to buy back at inflated prices," he laughs. "But [2019 was] the 10th anniversary of our first album coming out – so it was the talk of maybe doing some shows to mark that, that got the ball rolling on the album. Then it escalated into eventually making a full-on new album. We wanted to be looking forward, as well as celebrating our past."
No one had written anything with the band in mind during their hiatus, so Steadman and Nash returned to the fold with a blank slate in front of them. They embarked on writing sessions in a house in Cornwall every month, citing first single Eat, Sleep, Wake as a turning point "where everyone got excited and felt confident and felt like we could actually do this."
The title track of Everything Else Has Gone Wrong mentions their "second wind" and was the last song to be written for the album. "I think those lyrics are reflecting on the ups and downs of writing music, and that feeling of just feeling relieved when you've finally done it," explains Steadman. "It can be sort of emotionally difficult to have these real highs of writing something great, but then weeks and weeks of uncertainty and self-doubt. It's very much about that kind of oscillation."
Bombay Bicycle Club have never made the same album twice, but in any case, their time away from the band brought a new eclecticism to Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. Steadman accepts that his Mr Jukes solo project may have had an impact.
Bombay Bicycle Club are taking things slowly after their break, signing a one-album deal with their label
"I imagine subconsciously, it did," he says. "But I do write music in the same way for both projects; it's always starting with a laptop and samples from my hard drive, and just drums. And then I guess with Bombay, you just kind of swerve it into a more "band" kind of framework and put some guitars on it."
The album's title (and its lyrical themes) may suggest tongue-in-cheek pessimism, but they both claim that it's supposed to be an optimistic album; a salve in the shape of music amidst the constant turmoil of modern living.
"I guess 'music is the salvation' is the broad stroke that that we hope everyone can can relate to," Steadman says. "For me, it was very much more like an introspective, 'Everything else has gone wrong' in the more miniature scenes in your life, where you're just walking home somewhere and you're feeling a bit depressed, or you're waking up and you're just feeling anxious. I mean, it's not really like what's happening in the world, but it's very personal. And for me, I can write music and that's really cathartic. But for other people, it's just listening to music. Obviously, that's the same for me, too – but [writing] music has always been a better communicator."
If we do go on to make another album eventually, it'll be similar to the last few years: we need some time to go away and experience a bit of life individually outside the band
Working with producer John Congleton at his Los Angeles studio was a great leveller, Steadman says, although he admits that he initially had reservations.
"We knew that there was going to be some friction there, because the way that he works is so different to how we're used to working," he says. "He works very quickly and very instinctively – and we like to spend a long time fixing mistakes and striving for perfection. But I find personally, I'm less of a perfectionist now. I really changed a lot in just those three weeks. He was very contagious; his personality. He's kind of quite philosophical in a way; like, 'None of this matters. It's all meaningless'."
"His trademark quote was 'Everything's just a distraction from death'," adds de Saram, laughing. "When you're making music or doing any kind of art, you do have this huge inflated sense of what you're doing, and it's so important for someone to bring you back down. A lot of the time, producers do the opposite to what John does and further expand that ego – but it was great to work with someone who was like 'Nah, no one cares, man'."
For now, they are taking things slowly and have signed a one-album deal. The future of Bombay Bicycle Club remains very much in the realm of 'seeing how it goes'.
"We've made tentative plans to make an EP, maybe next year," adds Steadman. "But we're not thinking too far ahead, just because of the nature of what we've just done."
"I find it difficult to imagine us completely drawing a line under the band and doing some farewell shows, though," de Saram says. "I'd like to think we'll always leave the door slightly ajar. I think if we do go on to make another album eventually, it'll be similar to the last few years: we need some time to go away and experience a bit of life individually outside the band. I think that's very healthy."
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is released on January 17th. Bombay Bicycle Club play Vicar Street on February 10th and 11th
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The SPEAKER BAG is shockproof and protects your speaker from scratches & breaks during transport or in the event of a fall. The bag is also water-repellent and offers ideal protection when it gets wet.
In addition to the speaker, the power supply unit including the cable also has its own compartment in the inside pocket. This compartment can also be closed with a flexible band, so nothing gets mixed up.
Thanks to the carrying strap, you can simply hang your speaker around your shoulders and have your hands free for more important things.


A thorough breakdown of our exam results can be seen here.
"The 2018 cohort have done themselves and the school proud with a great set of results. They were the first group to follow through a pathway of just three A-levels (with no AS) and took reformed courses in almost all subjects. The proportion achieving A*-B grades has remained at a similar level to previous years, with the numbers achieving the very top grades going up. The students are going on to a whole range of exciting university and work-related opportunities for the next step in their education.
Students at QMGS were celebrating on Thursday following a pleasing set of results. 67% of all grades came in at A/A* or 7-9. In the Mathematics GCSE, 85% of all entries were a grade 7 or better.
This year group took reformed GCSE exams in 62% of all entries and have worked very hard to overcome the challenges of these new courses.
As ever, they have much more to be proud of other than their exam performance. Members of year 11 were part of the expeditions and trips to north and central America, Europe and Asia; and have made great progress through the school's combined cadet force. They have excelled in sporting/musical performance and have impressed with their entries to science/maths Olympiads and national design competitions.
I am delighted for their success and look forward to their continued involvement with QMGS in the sixth form.


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Neighbourhood Watch Figures
Post author By Andy Mason
As Neighbourhood Watch volunteers celebrate National Neighbourhood Watch Week 2017 – the movement is proudly raising its official member household coverage to 8.7 million member households.
Previous figures had suggested the movement's reach was an already impressive 3.8 million member households.
But the latest available figures* from the ONS Crime Survey of England and Wales shows 37% of respondents said they were members of Neighbourhood Watch – when this is averaged against the population data it equates to an estimate of just over 8.7 million households.
Lynn Farrar, chair of the Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network – the national charity that supports the Neighbourhood Watch movement said: "We know that many millions of people identify as being a member of a scheme. By joining us at you'll get tailored information and timely information to help keep you and your family safe."
*ONS Crime Survey of England and Wales 2012/13 from the ONS Crime Survey of England and Wales show 37% of respondents said they were members of Neighbourhood Watch – when this is averaged against the population data it equates to an estimate of just over 8.7 million households.
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Q: What does `Encoder.SaveFlag` do? Encoder.SaveFlag is one of the EncoderParameter variants which can be used when saving a bitmap to a file, stream, etc.
This parameter IS documented but the documentation says essentially nothing about what it is for, despite even using it in an example.
Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.imaging.encoder.saveflag
In the example, the parameter is first used in this snippet:
// Create an Encoder object based on the GUID
// for the SaveFlag parameter category.
myEncoder = Encoder.SaveFlag;

(Note that the comment actually says nothing meaningfully useful to understand the intent - it really just restates the code).
It is then used while creating several new new EncoderParameter() objects, but again without actual explanation.
Thanks