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The History of Everyday Buildings. Please do not quote extensively from this site, or reproduce images, without acknowledgement. If you wish to quote from the Diary of Charles Morrison or reproduce Gina G. Morrison’s paintings please contact me for permission in advance. Charles Morrison’s Diary, 15 to 31 March 1864. Jesse Boot and Boots Cash Chemists. A Spotter’s Guide to Boots the Chemist. Charles Morrison’s Diary, 1 to 14 March 1864. Angus Macdonald’s Diary, 1864 to 1873. On Joseph Frisby Ltd.
Introducing Charles Morrison | Building Our Past
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The History of Everyday Buildings. Charles Morrison with his nephew Charles, from Dornoch, and George Mackay (Geordie Kay), a shop assistant, outside his shop on Bank Street, Stornoway, c.1910. (c. K. Morrison). 6-7 North Beach Street, Stornoway. John O’Groat Journal. Since first publishing this blog, I have been contacted by Catherine Beveridge, a descendant of Charles Morrison’s erstwhile business partner Angus Macdonald. It turns out that Angus also kept a diary in the 1860s, and Catherine has kin...
Charles Morrison | Building Our Past
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The History of Everyday Buildings. Category Archives: Charles Morrison. Charles Morrison’s Diary, 15 to 31 March 1864. March 12, 2017. Tuesday 15th March The Bills and tickets for the Soiree out. At night we were at Mr Caunter’s. Wednesday 16th March I had a letter from Kate. I wrote Lexy. At night we were at Mr Caunter’s. After going up … Continue reading →. Charles Morrison’s Diary, 1 to 14 March 1864. February 26, 2017. Angus Macdonald’s Diary, 1864 to 1873. February 24, 2017. February 13, 2017. Monda...
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The History of Everyday Buildings. Woolworth’s: 100 Years on the High Street. Historic England, 2015). Click here for 8 classic features. To help you recognise an old Woolworth’s store, and some of my childhood memories. Apethorpe. The Story of an English Country House. Paul Mellon Centre for British Art with Historic England, Yale University Press, 2016). Book of the Week. I have also published the following about aspects of Apethorpe:. 50, 2007, 59-94. English Heritage Historical Review. Railway and Ca...
Dairy Chain: The Story of the Meadow Dairy Company | Building Our Past
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The History of Everyday Buildings. A Spotter’s Guide to Historic Butchers’ Shops. Charles Morrison’s Diary, 15 to 31 December 1863 →. Dairy Chain: The Story of the Meadow Dairy Company. December 8, 2016. 15 Fossgate, York. Previous posts have discussed the provisions shops of Lipton’s. Home and Colonial Stores. And the Maypole Dairy Co. All these businesses, though long gone, had distinctive shopfronts which can still – occasionally – be recognised on modern high streets. 15 Fossgate, York. Allied Suppli...
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About This Blog | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. What’s This Blog About? When is it Published? Who’s This Blog by? My name’s Daniel Wright, and I’m a freelance transport writer. More details in the “About me” section, and contact details in the “contact the author” section. Do You Do Talks? Why, now you come to mention it, there is a. The Beauty of Transport. How Did All This Begin? Oh, seriously. I see...
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Streets Ahead, Inside (Nils Ericson Terminal, Gothenburg, Sweden) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. Streets Ahead, Inside (Nils Ericson Terminal, Gothenburg, Sweden). In an ideal world, all bus or coach stations would be as good as the Nils Ericson Terminal in Gothenburg. Actually, in an ideal world, all bus or coach stations would. There’s an obvious immediate similarity with Grimshaw’s Waterloo International. There’s a lot going on in here, both in ...
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Space Station (El Intercambiador de Transportes de La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. Space Station (El Intercambiador de Transportes de La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain). I sat down to write this article on the second official day of the British summer. As such, I looked out from my desk to see leaden skies and hear the hissing of the summer rain. At that point I decided it was time. The Beauty of Transport. Unfortunately, despite...
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The Bridge (Øresund Link, Denmark/Sweden) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. The Bridge (Øresund Link, Denmark/Sweden). There are many bridges in the Danish city of Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö. But there is only one Bridge. If the Bridge is mentioned in either city, everyone knows precisely which one is being referred to. It requires no further elaboration. It’s this one, the Øresund Bridge:. Via this flickr page. Thanks ...
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Lost Beauty #9: Hardwick’s Hall (the old Euston station, London, UK) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. Lost Beauty #9: Hardwick’s Hall (the old Euston station, London, UK). The Euston Arch in 1896. The waiting cabs are very Sherlock Holmes, aren’t they? See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. The Euston Arch dated back to the very birth of the railway industry, in the first half of the 19. The Great Hall in 1905. Although the structure ...
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White-painted Wonders (Streamline Moderne bus shelters, England) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. White-painted Wonders (Streamline Moderne bus shelters, England). It’s good news for lovers of geometric white buildings this week as we return to the topic of Art Deco / Streamline Moderne / Modernist (take your pick of your preferred term) transport shelters. In previous entries we’ve looked at Art Deco tram shelters. Via this flickr page. Google Maps says ...
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Come in to my Webb (Webb Bridge, Melbourne, Australia) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. Come in to my Webb (Webb Bridge, Melbourne, Australia). What do you do with a nearly-new railway bridge when the rail link it carries closes just six years after it was opened? Well, in the case of the city of Melbourne, Australia, you convert it into a visually exciting piece of landmark cycle/pedestrian infrastructure. Working with artist Robert Owen. Webb ...
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Claude Monet: Railway Enthusiast | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. Claude Monet: Railway Enthusiast. Water Lilies. Claude Monet (1919). In the public domain, via this WikiArt page. The water lily paintings, however, came at the end of Monet’s long career. Before that, like many Impressionist painters (as we’ve seen here. Monet seems destined to have been an artist. He went to school with Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)...
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The Horn Section (or, The Music of Trains) | The Beauty of Transport
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The Beauty of Transport. Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Publishing weekly at 1700 UK time. The Horn Section (or, The Music of Trains). Here’s the sheet music:. And if you don’t have a piano easily to hand, here’s what it sounds like:. The question is…where are you? I’m prepared to bet that a good majority of people hearing this piece of ‘music’ will know exactly where they are: a railroad crossing in the United States of America. Indeed, TV series.
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Our First NVHome: The Townhouse Edition
Our First NVHome: The Townhouse Edition. Our journey building an Andrew Carnegie! Virtual Tour - Model. Monday, July 27, 2015. New Home, New Pest. Let's chat briefly about pest and your home! When you started to build your home, did you ever think about the homes you could destroy in the process? I sure did not, but I will never forget again. We have now been in our home for nearly eight months, and there were no sightings of bugs until. They started building the row of townhomes behind us. OH MY GOSH.
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Building Our Online Business. Successes and Failures In Creating Our Business. Build A Business With Your Hobby. January 26, 2010. Learn How To Turn Your Hobby Into A Business. Click this link to learn more about How To Make Money With Your Hobby. Making money with hobby. Posted in Creating Income. Free Website – Can I Really Make Money? November 30, 2009. About a week ago I was given a Free Website. You can visit it Here. But, how do we know these offers are really legitimate. I’ve gone and se...But did...
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Building Our Past | The History of Everyday Buildings
The History of Everyday Buildings. William Macleod: Stornoway Photographer. January 2, 2017. Many Stornoway families treasure photographs depicting their Victorian and Edwardian ancestors, attired in their Sunday best. These sepia portraits, usually in the small format of. Cartes de visite,. Are often stamped on the border or on the reverse, ‘W. Macleod, Stornoway’. Sadly, numerous sitters like most of those illustrated here are unidentified. Georgina never did grow old: she died aged 35 in 1867. William...
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Building our Ravenna
Monday, August 19, 2013. Day 88 = Final Walk through.and I guess we are closing tomorrow? I did not take any pictures, but am planning on it tomorrow when we close.and about that closing. Haven't heard anything since early last week from NVR.matter of fact hubby emailed LO this morning to say "hey we are still good for tomorrow, right? Isn't that the "norm" that there is some kind of confirmation or "OK" from them? The plan for the rest of the week:. Maybe over the weekend, work on getting the master clo...
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Building our Jefferson with Ryan Homes
Building our Jefferson with Ryan Homes. An online timeline of the building of our dream home a Jefferson model through Ryan Homes In Pittsburgh,PA. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Its been a while.so here is an update. Hello everyone yes its been a long while since I have posted anything on here about our house. Lisa and I have been very busy with the baby and also trying to get everything unpacked and settled in and of course enjoy the holidays with our little boy. Saturday, September 29, 2012. We do still...
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Building Our New Dream Ryan Home - Milan in Richmond, Virginia
Building Our New Dream Ryan Home - Milan in Richmond, Virginia. Ryan Homes Building Process. Building a Ryan Home Milan in Richmond, Virginia. Structured Cable - Wiring Meeting. Selectable options - 14 Day Appointment. Pictures from the Model Home. Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Made a service call to our PM this week, and despite his busy schedule he came right out to fix the issue! Tuesday, June 2, 2015. We finally closed on our home today! 160;Whew.what a day! Monday, May 25, 2015. I've been trying to find...
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Building our Rome with Ryan Homes!
Building our Rome with Ryan Homes! Wednesday, August 14, 2013. We closed this morning, woohoo! Thursday, August 8, 2013. Less than one week until closing! Here are few pictures of the basically finished product! Monday, July 15, 2013. We went by the house on Sunday and took a bunch of pictures! Last week they were working on the trim work and installing cabinets in the kitchen, wet bar and bathrooms. It's really staring to come together :-). Front windows in Living Room. Kiddos being hams :-). We are bui...
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