Normally when there isn’t a charge for churches, museums and the like we will give a suitable amount, as we did at Lichfield Cathedral.
Wells Cathedral doesn’t insist on a charge to enter but the way the approach is constructed makes it difficult or embarrassing to avoid. It leaves a small amount of resentment towards the institution and spoils the experience a bit.
Wells Cathedral is quite impressive inside though.
Another of the most successful songwriters of the 60s, Ken Howard, has died. Together with his songwriting partner Alan Blaikley (whose death I noted here) he wrote hits for The Honeycombs, The Herd and, most notably, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. Their songwriting list is impressive.
This was a no 4 for the latter band in 1965.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: Hold Tight!
Later in their career Howard and Blaikley went into writing TV Themes and musicals.
This is perhaps the most familiar of those tunes.
Vejle Symfoniorkester: Miss Marple TV Theme
Kenneth Charles (Ken) Howard: 26/12/1939 – 24/12/2024. So it goes.
Bath’s War Memorial lies just down from the Royal Crescent at the junction of Royal Avenue and Queen’s Parade Place. It takes the form of a memorial wall with a Cross of Sacrifice before it:-
The inscription on the cross reads:-
To the left of the memorial is a plaque in memory of those who died in air raids on the city:-
The first plaques on the left of the memorial wall are a Great War addendum plus a dedication to Forces, Civil Defence and Special PCs:-
Continuing from left to right are the Great War Names:-
The Great War Dedication, “They died for us, men of Bath who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” lies above the name plaques:-
Middle Great War plaque (World War 2 dedication below):-
Posted in Dumbarton FC at 12:00 on 29 October 2024
In the Third Round of this year’s Scottish Cup Sons have been drawn at home to Alloa Athletic. To be played on the weekend of 30/11/24.
This is a bit meh as they’re a reasonably familiar opponent and we’ll be playing them three more times in the league too. In fact we’ll meet them twice in a week as we have an away game against them the previous Saturday.
Posted in History, Trips at 12:00 on 28 October 2024
As well as the old Roman pools and archaeology the Roman Baths in Bath act as a museum with various exhibits to see.
Head of Sulis Minerva. The Roman name for the baths (and Bath itself I think) was Aquae Sulis – the waters of Sulis. Sulis was a local goddess and was merged by the Romans, as was their habit with foreign gods, with one of their own, in this case Minerva:-
A late Roman brooch probably Celtic in origin:-
Roman coins of various denominations:-
I forgot to post this picture among the archaeological ones. This is the Frigidarium, the cold plunge pool bathers went into after the main baths:-
There were various illustrations around the walls of how certain things might have looked in Roman times. For some reason the humans depicted mainly seemed to consist of scantily clad women.
This is a video of the water inflow into the baths. (It needs tilting by 90 degrees. My video editing skills are non-existent):-
After her adventures in The Stolen Lake, Dido Twite is trying to make her way home to England on the Royal Navy ship HMS Thrush. She gets diverted on to a smaller ship going to the island of Aratu to help look for Lord Herodsfoot, an envoy searching out games for the ailing King James III back in Britain. On board she meets the ship’s Doctor, Talisman van Linde, whom we later find is actually a woman, Jane Talisman Kirlingshaw, born on the island but miraculously preserved from a fall from a precipice by landing on a Dutch trading ship being swept past in a tsunami following an earthquake. Talisman was subsequently brought to Europe where she trained as a doctor. Her presence is essential to the plot as she is the daughter of its Sovran King John (once known as John Kirlingshaw) and his long dead island wife Erato.
On their way to Limbo Lodge, the palace where King John has lived kept almost in seclusion since Erato died, obstacles are put in the way of Dido and Talisman both, as the King’s brother Manoel Roy seeks to prevent Talisman succeeding as titular ruler since he desires the position for himself. The islanders they meet, who by and large are helpful, are presented sympathetically by Aiken, as are their beliefs.
Pedant’s corner:- “feel even dryer” (drier,) “where she had gown up” (grown up,) “Mr Ruiz’ residence” (Ruiz’s; plus other instances of Ruiz’,) “a trading schooner who will receive her cargo” (schooner which will receive.) “None of the group were aware of” (None … was aware…,) “to take anything with them Plates, bowls, baskets of fruit” (needs a full stop after ‘them’.)
Posted in Dumbarton FC at 20:30 on 26 October 2024
SPFL Tier 3, The Rock, 26/10/24.
Two wins in a row! Great.
And against a barrage of media interest in our opposition, all but egging them on.
Their story could have gone two ways today after their administration on Monday and subsequent fifteen point deduction. Either it could have galvanised them or else they could have continued stumbling along as they have been this season.
Two from Jinky Hilton and a single from Ryan Blair did for them, though.
So we’re now second bottom (I note we would still have gone above ICT even without their fifteen point penalty) but we’re only five points off top spot. It’s a crazy division.
We’re at home to the league leaders next week. It doesn’t get easy.