Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 107
February 19, 2016
February 17, 2016
St Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire
Carving on Tower of St Oswald’s Church at Winwick, Lancashire.
OS grid reference: SJ 6038 9283. St Oswald’s parish church is located on Church Walk, off Golborne Road, in the middle of Winwick Village, in Lancashire (it used to be in Cheshire).It is a largerly 14th century building on the site of a pre-Conquest chapel and prior to that a pre-Christian, pagan temple.The church houses an 8th-9th century cross arm section, an ancient font, old inscriptions anda Med...
Measuring George Washington
After the American Revolution ended, the State of Virginia wanted to honor its most renowned son with a commemorative statue.
Finding A Worthy Artist
Fine art and fine artists were a rarity in Colonial America. Perhaps it was because people were more concerned with survival and earning a living than they were with fine accouterments. The earliest American artists of stature, John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West, began their careers in the US, but relocated in Lon...
“Their Cries Were Most Agonizing”: An Irish-American’s Overland Account, from The Wilderness to Petersburg
Irish in the American Civil War
Between 11th June and 9th July 1864, the New York Irish American Weekly ran a series of letters from a young man to his brother back in New York. Taken together, they offer a highly detailed account of his experiences with the 147th New York Infantry during the Overland Campaign. Written on almost a day-by-day basis, they describe the campaign from its opening clash at the The Wilderness all the way through the 18th June assault at Petersburg.
The author of th...
Artist Nina Hamnett, Jazz Age’s Wildest Party Girl
On the 14th of February 1890, Welsh artist, writer and bohemian party girl Nina Hamnett was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Her emerging artistic skill helped her escape an unhappy childhood. She moved to London where she studied at Pelham Art School, then the London School of Art and in 1914 she went to Montparnasse, Paris, to study at Marie Wassilieff’s Academy. Her social life and artistic career rapidly took off.
“A natural rebel, with her tall, boyish figure, short hair,...
double-edged sword
Julie d’Aubigny (1673-1707) was a 17th century swords woman and opera singer! What an interesting combo!
Her father, Gaston d’Aubigny was a secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, comte d’Armagnac, the Master of the Horse for King Louis XIV. Because Gaston trained court pages, his daughter was trained in dancing, reading, drawing, and fencing. When she was a bit older, she traveled to Marseille- stopping along the way to performimpromptu fencing shows while dressed as a man.
Upo...
Sipping the South: A brief history of South American Wine.
Fascinating
Recently a good friend of mine presented me with a bottle of Malbec wine imported from Argentina. I looked at him curiously for a moment, like a wine snob from France might look at a New World wine from Australia. I really didn’t have a good reason to be arrogant. There was nothing wrong with this wine. In fact, this variety of grape grown in Argentina is quite palatable and unique in favour. To best describe its flavour, I shared my Malbec wit...
February 16, 2016
Ireland in 8,000 B.C.
Best Descriptive Writing Sites
Describing Ireland in 8,000 B.C. has proven a difficult task. The information is scattered and it takes many websites to compile an accurate picture. There is a short descriptive essay at the end of this assignment. Questions can then be posed on whatever topic you decide. This is a post for teachers, mainly, so bear that in mind please. It should suit students aged 11-15. I hope you enjoy the post and any of my books can be viewed by just clicking on the image...
14 February 1941: Mines Crush Homes in Valletta & Senglea – 5 Dead
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Senglea
FIRST MINES TO BE DROPPED ON LAND
Heavy mines struck homes in Valletta and Senglea tonight, causing serious damage and killing civilians. The 314th air raid on Malta was the first of a series of three waves of attacks. Over a period of three hours, ten JU 88 bombers dropped bombs, parachute mines and flares on all sides of Grand...
Granny, the looter
To have a relative who was ‘out’ in 1916 – that is, someone who took part in that mad assault on the British Empire known as the Easter Rising – is something to be treasured.
Of course, there were plenty of other people ‘out’ in Easter Week – all of them risking life and limb, not for Ireland, though, but for themselves and their families as they smashed in windows and took whatever plunder they could carry from city centre businesses.
There were probably more looters out a...
