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Two lovely pictures above, thanks Graham and Tom
Graham, great dramatic view of St Mary's Lighthouse, takes me back to times spent walking along coastline, (freezing in winter though)
Grandchildren love going along the road to Whitley Bay, (the arcade being the attraction)
They also enjoy walking along to the lighthouse
I prefer Tynemouth, the old castle, and unusual little streets and shops.
So much history around that part, so interesting!!
Any more photos Graham
Graham, great dramatic view of St Mary's Lighthouse, takes me back to times spent walking along coastline, (freezing in winter though)
Grandchildren love going along the road to Whitley Bay, (the arcade being the attraction)
They also enjoy walking along to the lighthouse
I prefer Tynemouth, the old castle, and unusual little streets and shops.
So much history around that part, so interesting!!
Any more photos Graham
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shelagh,it was freezing and blowing a hoolee.we where in tynemouth in the morning and for lunch then we drove up the coast.no other photos from the because of the weather.going back in february so fingers crossed the weather is a bit better...graham..
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Hi Patricia and Graham, Our Cowichan town of Duncan is known as the City of Totems.
Indigenous people from all over the world come here to exchange ideas and carvings.
as Patricia said every totem tells a story and has nothing at all to do with religion.
https://duncan.ca/visitors/totems-tour/
Just click on the different red/orange dots on the map.The one from New Zealand(#39) took LONG time to carve.
Click the picture then click to enlarge and the whole story of our First Nations rich Heritage and meanings are explained.
I had the honour of being at the setting and unveiling of the Rick Hansen "man in motion pole" #35
Matt
Indigenous people from all over the world come here to exchange ideas and carvings.
as Patricia said every totem tells a story and has nothing at all to do with religion.
https://duncan.ca/visitors/totems-tour/
Just click on the different red/orange dots on the map.The one from New Zealand(#39) took LONG time to carve.
Click the picture then click to enlarge and the whole story of our First Nations rich Heritage and meanings are explained.
I had the honour of being at the setting and unveiling of the Rick Hansen "man in motion pole" #35
Matt
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Matt, thanks for the link.everybody deserves to know their heritage which is why i go to beamish once a yesr.
Where else can you go into a coalmine and visit a pit village as it was 100 years ago?graham..
Where else can you go into a coalmine and visit a pit village as it was 100 years ago?graham..
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Certainly agree with you Graham.That is why I was thrilled to go to Toledo and tried,without much success,
to find El Necavee piazza.My great grandfather in the 1200's was the head Rabbi of Toledo
before the Diaspora from Spain and I had been told by my grandmother Mathilde there was a square named after him.
Matt
to find El Necavee piazza.My great grandfather in the 1200's was the head Rabbi of Toledo
before the Diaspora from Spain and I had been told by my grandmother Mathilde there was a square named after him.
Matt
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Patricia, totem poles of Alaska, very interesting...wonderful how colours, shapes and images tell a story or give a history of certain tribes..good picture
Matt;
followed the link, lots of good information, now getting acquainted with Duncan and the amazing history of its people.
You are living in a lovely part of the world, Matt
Thanks for the link
Matt;
followed the link, lots of good information, now getting acquainted with Duncan and the amazing history of its people.
You are living in a lovely part of the world, Matt
Thanks for the link
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I love visiting Beamish, its only a 90 minute drive from me.
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We heard about this and went to visit. Here is some little known neat history..............
Every year on the Thursday and Friday closest to May 11th British and American armed forces meet on British soil in North Carolina. The reason is a memorial service honoring the British seamen buried in a piece of land deeded by the U S government to Britain on the island of Ocracoke in the Outer Banks. It's a story of heroism and gratitude that is little known outside of the tiny town.
It begins in May of 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. United States has been pulled into World War II. We're fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, and Europe is being pummeled by German Luftwaffe. But the shores of the continental United States are far from safe. In fact, from January to May, 1942, German U-boats shadowed our coastlines and sunk our merchant ships. And the proof was in the debris which washed up nightly on the shores of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
The German strategy was to batter the British, making it difficult for them to produce manufactured goods, and to destroy our shipping lanes, making it impossible for US manufacturing to supply our allies overseas with oil, iron, lumber, food items and more.
The United States was not well-prepared to defend against the German attack, especially given the 2,500- odd miles of coastline from Maine to New Orleans. As a result, attacking our merchant ships began to look like shooting fish in a barrel. "In the first months of the war we were losing more than a ship a day" says Joseph Schwarzer, Executive Director of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island, "that's when the coast of Hatteras became known as the graveyard of the Atlantic and Torpedo Junction." Merchant ships went down in staggering numbers. From January to June, 1942, almost 400 ships were lost. So intense was the pounding taken by our merchant fleet that it was not uncommon to find bodies and remains of wrecks washed up on the beaches in the morning. "Residents would be awakened by a flash of light and the sound of distant explosions. They could actually see the ships on fire out on the water. In the morning they'd find debris washed up on shore," says Schwarzer.
American military response was slow. So, protection, initially, came not from our own armed forces but from our British allies with the loan of deep-sea trawlers, refitted with minesweeping equipment, a device designed to detect submerged objects, like submarines, and depth-charges to be able to attack the German U-boats.
For the crews of the ships HMS Bedfordshire, and the British tanker San Delfino.
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Thanks for the story, Patricia. The locals along the eastern seaboard at that time didn't exactly help the war effort. They would line up along the coastline in their cars with the headlights on, pointed out to sea, to watch the shipping and in doing so would silhouette the ships sailing up and down the coast. This made it easier for the German U boats to target them. There was also no blackout, so this made it very easy for what the German navy would call the second happy time. The first being the early days of the battle of the Atlantic. It was contended that the American naval commander Ernest J King, disliked the English so much, that he did not listen to British advice on how to travel in convoys with escorts.
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Phil, Interesting, but I have never heard that before i.e: cars lined up with their headlights on, would this be for the 2,500 miles of
Eastern Shoreline? What I have heard is that because of the slow response to Blackout the lights from the Buildings, etc., were
the source of focus for the Germans.to enable them to more readily target the ships.
Animation simulating a tanker silhouetted against lights of a city. When partial blackouts were introduced towards the middle of 1942, skyglow continued to be a problem in coastal cities.
Eastern Shoreline? What I have heard is that because of the slow response to Blackout the lights from the Buildings, etc., were
the source of focus for the Germans.to enable them to more readily target the ships.
Animation simulating a tanker silhouetted against lights of a city. When partial blackouts were introduced towards the middle of 1942, skyglow continued to be a problem in coastal cities.
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Great to see so many good photos posted on here from you all.
Cheers Joe.
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Thanks, Shelagh & Joe for your kind comments.
We have just returned from the Waterfowl Festival in
Easton, Maryland. It is held every year and is a big
event for Artists local & far and wide to show their
paintings. Also, there were handmade carved wooden Duck
Calls, Sculptings of every kind and plenty of music,
Food and Drink, as you walk around the different displays.
Only prob was it was really cold!!!! Otherwise, we had a
lovely time.
The paintings were breathtaking - here is one by a local Artist there, Judy Rogers. She won first prize
with another painting called "The Long Stretch!"
I only had it on my entrance ticket!!
We have just returned from the Waterfowl Festival in
Easton, Maryland. It is held every year and is a big
event for Artists local & far and wide to show their
paintings. Also, there were handmade carved wooden Duck
Calls, Sculptings of every kind and plenty of music,
Food and Drink, as you walk around the different displays.
Only prob was it was really cold!!!! Otherwise, we had a
lovely time.
The paintings were breathtaking - here is one by a local Artist there, Judy Rogers. She won first prize
with another painting called "The Long Stretch!"
I only had it on my entrance ticket!!
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