#Hinton St John

[maypoleman1]

30th October

Punkie Night

Source: Calendar Customs website

On the last Thursday in October, Punkie Night takes place at Hinton Saint George, near Ilminster in Somerset. The local children go begging for candles bearing lanterns made out of manglewurzles, or mangold. The lanterns are of the same design as the Halloween hollowed out turnips or pumpkins, lit up by candles inside, and it is bad luck to turn down the kids’ requests. Unlike their Halloween cousins however, the punkie lanterns are ornately carved and decorated and the proceedings are led by a Punkie King and Punkie Queen who have been judged to have come up with the most impressive lanterns. The origin of the punkie lanterns are alleged to have been as way-finding aids for the drunken men of Hinton returning home from the nearby Chiselborough Fair, put out by their worried wives and girlfriends. This is possible, but it is just as likely the lanterns have the same ancient symbolism as those of Halloween - representations of the heads of the dead, indicating the onset of the dark time of the year at the old Celtic festival of Samhain.

[fideidefenswhore]

The view of a monastery as a kindergarten was shared by all those able to plan and pay for the education of their children. Some stretched its services to the absolute limit. A fourteen-year-old named Francis had been brought to Hinton Charterhouse (Somerset) by Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; at the latter's execution (1521) he was left there. John Jerves of Thetford put his baby daughter in the care of the nuns of St George's Priory in the town and, confident of their care, he neglected to send them any payment for her stay.

Clark, J. G. (2021). The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History. United Kingdom: Yale University Press.

[real-odark]

Ok hello I need to ask a few things like specifically in your desc it said you like 80s movies what 80s movies do you like I need to know like no pressure ofc but if it's not trouble yeah what 80s movies do you like okay bye I'm going away now bring slurped down a worm hole wheeeee

HI?!! no yeah its not a trouble dont worry about it!!!

uhh i like a lot of different ones hmm.,,. i really like john hughes movies like ferris bueller and the breakfast club weird science etc cuz i mean. who doesnt., i like the karate kid trilogy, dead poets society, back to the future, s.e. hinton movie adaptations (like the outsiders), the og star wars trilogy (iknow that ep 4 wasnt technically 80s but WHO CARES), ghostbusters, st elmos fire, clue, stand by me, little shop of horrors, mannequin, bill and ted, weekend at bernies, and when harry met sally !!

im sure theres more but thats like a pretty chunky list that comes to mind first :3 thank u for the ask!!

[brookston]

Holidays 7.25

Holidays

Act Like a Caveman Day

Arthouse Theatre Day

Battle of Isted Day (Denmark)

Bayreuther Festspiele begins (Wagner festival; Germany) [thru 8.28]

Be Adamant About Something Day

Carousel Day

Chicory Day

Community Day (Galicia, Spain)

CTNNB1 Awareness Day

Ebernoe Horn Fair (Sussex, UK)

Feed the Country Ducks Day

Festival of Picaresque Animality

Fire Service Day (Belarus)

Grotto Day (UK)

Guancaste Day (Costa Rica)

Health and Happiness with Hypnosis Day

International AfroLatinx, AfroCaribbean & Diaspora Women’s Day

International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners

International Red Shoe Day

International Stop Rapping Over Vocals Day

John Knill Day (Cornwall, UK) [Every 5 Years]

Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

Jumat-ul-Wida (India)

Merry-Go-Round Day [also 5.17]

Miracle Treat Day (Canada)

Mugwort Day (French Republic)

National African American Hepatitis C Action Day

National Campus Press Freedom Day (Philippines)

National Carousel Day

National Clay Day

National Day of Galicia (Spain)

National Day of the Writer (Brazil)

National Hire a Veteran Day

National Houston Day

National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (UK)

National Video Game Team Day

Occupation Day (Puerto Rico)

Patient Safety Day

Rain of Black Worms Day (Romania)

Red Shoe Day

Republic Day (Tunisia)

Road Transport Workers’ Day (Tajikistan)

Rosiland Franklin Day

Santiago Apóstol (Spain)

725 Day (Las Vegas)

Test-Tube Baby Day

Thread the Needle Day

Traditional Palestinian Dress Day

World Drowning Prevention Day (UN)

World Embryologist Day

World IVF Day

World Youth Days 2023 begins (Lisbon, Portugal; Roman Catholic; until 7.31) [Varies; @Every 3 Years]

Food & Drink Celebrations

Antifascist Pasta Day (Italy)

Candles on a Cake Day

Culinarian’s Day

Frozen Fruit Freeze/Juice Day

Indie Beer Day (Australia)

National Hot Fudge Sundae Day

National Wine and Cheese Day

Independence & Related Days

Abode of Heaven (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Andany (Declared; 2017; Dissolved Sep. 2018) [unrecognized]

Atlia (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Commonwealth Constitution Day (Puerto Rico) 

Rathunis (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Revolution Anniversary Day (Cuba)

New Year’s Days

A Day Out of Time (Last Day of the Year; Mayan, Galactic)

4th & Last Thursday in July

Berne Swiss Festival begins (ends Saturday; Indiana) [4th Thursday]

International Digital Adoption Professionals Day [Last Thursday]

National Chili Dog Day [Last Thursday]

National Intern Day [Last Thursday]

Great Texas Mosquito Festival begins (ends Saturday) [4th Thursday]

National Refreshment Day [4th Thursday]

Shiraz Day (Australia) [4th Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 25 (4th Week of July)

Quilt Odyssey Week (thru 7.28) [Last Thursday thru Saturday]

Festivals Beginning July 25, 2024

Antigua Carnival (St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda) [thru 8.6]

Bangor State Fair - Bangor, Maine) [7.28 & 8.1-3]

Beer Garden (Jackson, Wisconsin) [thru 7.26]

The Big Seafood Festival (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) [thru 7.26]

Burn in the Forest (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) [thru 7.29]

Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary, Canada) [thru 7.28]

Cambridge Folk Festival (Cherry Hinton, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Camp Bestival (East Lulworth, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Cave City Watermelon Festival (Cave City, Arkansas) [thru 7.27]

Down to Earth Summer Conference & Trade Show (Wachusett Mountain, Westminster, Massachusetts)

Elkader Sweet Corn Days (Elkader, Iowa) [thru 7.28]

Glier’s Goettafest (Newport, Kentucky) [7.28 & 8.1-4]

Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival (Iron River, Wisconsin) [thru 7.28]

Kneading Conference (Skowhegan, Maine) [thru 7.26]

Labadie Rib Fest (Bay City, Michigan) [thru 7.28]

Latitude Festival (Southwold, Suffolk, England) [thru 7.28]

Munger Potato Festival (Munger, Michigan) [thru 7.28]

Plumas Sierra County Fair (Quincy, California) [thru 7.28]

San Diego Comic-Con International (San Diego, California) [thru 7.28]

Southeast Alaska State Fair (Haines, Alaska) [thru 7.28]

Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, Canada) [thru 7.29]

Sugar Grove Corn Boil (Sugar Grove, Illinois) [thru 7.28]

Viljandi Folk Music Festival (Viljandi, Estonia) [thru 7.28]

Whole Hawg Days & Poker Run (Eufaula, Oklahoma) [thru 7.27]

WOMAD (Wiltshire, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Feast Days

Alexander Rummler (Artology)

Anne (Eastern Christianity)

Christmas in July

Christopher (Western Christianity)

Cucuphas (a.k.a. Cueufas, Cougat; Christian; Saint)

CW Apple Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Elias Canetti (Writerism)

Eric Hoffer (Writerism)

Feast of Formation of Saint Ann (Mother of the Virgin Mary; Byzantine Rite)

Festival of Paper Dolls (Japan; Everyday Wicca)

The Festival of the Knee Knockers (Shamanism)

Furrinalia (Old Roman Goddess of Springs)

Glodesind (Christian; Saint)

Grand Fête des Escaldes (Andorra)

Holbein (Positivist; Saint)

Hot Fudge Sundae Day (Pastafarian)

Ilyap'a Festival (Inca thunder god)

James the Great (Western Christianity)

Jane Frank (Artology)

John I Agnus (Christian; Saint)

Josephine Tey (Writerism)

Julian of Le Mans (Christian; Translation)

Magnerich of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Maxfield Parrish (Artology)

National Baha’i Day (Jamaica)

Nissen, Abbot of Mountgarret, Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Paul (Christian; Martyr)

Shylock Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Slippery Slim (Muppetism)

Thea and Valentina (Christian; Virgins)

Thomas Eakins (Artology)

Unveiling Day (Satanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Adventures of André & Wally B. (Pixar Cartoon; 1984)

Air Force One (Film; 1997)

Alice the Whaler (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Film; 2008)

Armor Wars (Film; 2025)

Auto-da-Fé, by Elias Canetti (Novel; 1935)

Back in Black, by AC/DC (Album; 1980)

Batman: The Killing Joke (Animated Film; 2016)

Broken Quest (Animated tV Series; 2013)

Caddyshack (Film; 1980)

China Grove, by the Doobie Brothers (Song; 1973)

A Chorus Line (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Drinking Buddies (Film; 2013)

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Dylan Goes Electric (at the Newport Folk Festival; 1965)

Einstein on the Beach, by Philip Glass (Opera; 1976)

Fame, by David Bowie (Song; 1975)

First Lensman, by E.E. "Doc" Smith (Novel; 1950) [Lensman #2]

Good Burger (Film; 1997)

He Can’t Make It Stick (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1943)

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (Film; 1962)

Justice League: Warworld (WB Animated Film; 2023)

Kill ‘Em All, by Metallica (Album; 1983)

Lara Croft Tom Raider: The Cradle of Life (Film; 2003)

Last Train to Clarksville, recorded by The Monks (Song; 1966)

Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (WB Animated Film; 2017)

Life is Elsewhere, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1973)

Lucy (Film; 2014)

Maximum Overdrive (Film; 1986)

Much Ado About Mutton (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

The New Car (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1931)

Paul’s Boutique, by The Beastie Boys (Album; 1989)

Porky’s Spring Planting (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Red Dawn (Film; 1984)

Ruby Sparks (Film; 2012)

Salmon Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1975)

Seabiscuit (Film; 2003)

Step Brothers (Film; 2008)

The Tree’s Knees (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

Twelve O’Clock and All Ain’t Well (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

X-Files: I Want to Believe (Film; 2008)

Yes, by Yes (Album; 1969)

You Can’t Hurry Love, by The Supremes (Song; 1966)

Today’s Name Days

Jakob, Jakobus, Thea, Thomas, Valentina (Austria)

Ana, Yana (Bulgaria)

Beata, Jakov, Krsto, Valentina (Croatia)

Jakub (Czech Republic)

Jacobus (Denmark)

Jaagup, Jaak, Jaako, Jaap, Jako, Jakob, Jass (Estonia)

Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jimi (Finland)

Jacques, Valentine (France)

Jakob, Valentine (Germany)

Anna (Greece)

Jakab, Kristóf (Hungary)

Cristoforo, Giacomo (Italy)

Jēkabs, Marika (Latvia)

Aušrinė, Jokūbas, Kristupas (Lithuania)

Jack, Jakob, Jim (Norway)

Jakub, Krzysztof, Nieznamir, Sławosz, Walentyna (Poland)

Jakub (Slovakia)

Jaime, Santiago (Spain)

Jakob (Sweden)

Jac, Jack, Jacki, Jackie, Jackson, Jacky, Jacques, Jimmie (Universal)

Coby, Colby, Diego, Israel, Jacob, Jacoby, Jack, Jackie, Jackson, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jacques, Jaime, Jake, Jakob, James, Jameson, Jamie, Jaquan, Jaqueline, Jaxon, Jaxson, Jim, Jimena, Jimmie, Jimmy, Kobe, Koby, Kolby, Santiago (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 207 of 2024; 159 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 30 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 20 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 19 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 18 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 27 Red; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 12 July 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 10 Dante (8th Month) [Holbein]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 36 of 94)

Week: 4th Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 4 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.25

Holidays

Act Like a Caveman Day

Arthouse Theatre Day

Battle of Isted Day (Denmark)

Bayreuther Festspiele begins (Wagner festival; Germany) [thru 8.28]

Be Adamant About Something Day

Carousel Day

Chicory Day

Community Day (Galicia, Spain)

CTNNB1 Awareness Day

Ebernoe Horn Fair (Sussex, UK)

Feed the Country Ducks Day

Festival of Picaresque Animality

Fire Service Day (Belarus)

Grotto Day (UK)

Guancaste Day (Costa Rica)

Health and Happiness with Hypnosis Day

International AfroLatinx, AfroCaribbean & Diaspora Women’s Day

International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners

International Red Shoe Day

International Stop Rapping Over Vocals Day

John Knill Day (Cornwall, UK) [Every 5 Years]

Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

Jumat-ul-Wida (India)

Merry-Go-Round Day [also 5.17]

Miracle Treat Day (Canada)

Mugwort Day (French Republic)

National African American Hepatitis C Action Day

National Campus Press Freedom Day (Philippines)

National Carousel Day

National Clay Day

National Day of Galicia (Spain)

National Day of the Writer (Brazil)

National Hire a Veteran Day

National Houston Day

National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (UK)

National Video Game Team Day

Occupation Day (Puerto Rico)

Patient Safety Day

Rain of Black Worms Day (Romania)

Red Shoe Day

Republic Day (Tunisia)

Road Transport Workers’ Day (Tajikistan)

Rosiland Franklin Day

Santiago Apóstol (Spain)

725 Day (Las Vegas)

Test-Tube Baby Day

Thread the Needle Day

Traditional Palestinian Dress Day

World Drowning Prevention Day (UN)

World Embryologist Day

World IVF Day

World Youth Days 2023 begins (Lisbon, Portugal; Roman Catholic; until 7.31) [Varies; @Every 3 Years]

Food & Drink Celebrations

Antifascist Pasta Day (Italy)

Candles on a Cake Day

Culinarian’s Day

Frozen Fruit Freeze/Juice Day

Indie Beer Day (Australia)

National Hot Fudge Sundae Day

National Wine and Cheese Day

Independence & Related Days

Abode of Heaven (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Andany (Declared; 2017; Dissolved Sep. 2018) [unrecognized]

Atlia (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Commonwealth Constitution Day (Puerto Rico) 

Rathunis (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Revolution Anniversary Day (Cuba)

New Year’s Days

A Day Out of Time (Last Day of the Year; Mayan, Galactic)

4th & Last Thursday in July

Berne Swiss Festival begins (ends Saturday; Indiana) [4th Thursday]

International Digital Adoption Professionals Day [Last Thursday]

National Chili Dog Day [Last Thursday]

National Intern Day [Last Thursday]

Great Texas Mosquito Festival begins (ends Saturday) [4th Thursday]

National Refreshment Day [4th Thursday]

Shiraz Day (Australia) [4th Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 25 (4th Week of July)

Quilt Odyssey Week (thru 7.28) [Last Thursday thru Saturday]

Festivals Beginning July 25, 2024

Antigua Carnival (St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda) [thru 8.6]

Bangor State Fair - Bangor, Maine) [7.28 & 8.1-3]

Beer Garden (Jackson, Wisconsin) [thru 7.26]

The Big Seafood Festival (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) [thru 7.26]

Burn in the Forest (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) [thru 7.29]

Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary, Canada) [thru 7.28]

Cambridge Folk Festival (Cherry Hinton, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Camp Bestival (East Lulworth, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Cave City Watermelon Festival (Cave City, Arkansas) [thru 7.27]

Down to Earth Summer Conference & Trade Show (Wachusett Mountain, Westminster, Massachusetts)

Elkader Sweet Corn Days (Elkader, Iowa) [thru 7.28]

Glier’s Goettafest (Newport, Kentucky) [7.28 & 8.1-4]

Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival (Iron River, Wisconsin) [thru 7.28]

Kneading Conference (Skowhegan, Maine) [thru 7.26]

Labadie Rib Fest (Bay City, Michigan) [thru 7.28]

Latitude Festival (Southwold, Suffolk, England) [thru 7.28]

Munger Potato Festival (Munger, Michigan) [thru 7.28]

Plumas Sierra County Fair (Quincy, California) [thru 7.28]

San Diego Comic-Con International (San Diego, California) [thru 7.28]

Southeast Alaska State Fair (Haines, Alaska) [thru 7.28]

Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, Canada) [thru 7.29]

Sugar Grove Corn Boil (Sugar Grove, Illinois) [thru 7.28]

Viljandi Folk Music Festival (Viljandi, Estonia) [thru 7.28]

Whole Hawg Days & Poker Run (Eufaula, Oklahoma) [thru 7.27]

WOMAD (Wiltshire, United Kingdom) [thru 7.28]

Feast Days

Alexander Rummler (Artology)

Anne (Eastern Christianity)

Christmas in July

Christopher (Western Christianity)

Cucuphas (a.k.a. Cueufas, Cougat; Christian; Saint)

CW Apple Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Elias Canetti (Writerism)

Eric Hoffer (Writerism)

Feast of Formation of Saint Ann (Mother of the Virgin Mary; Byzantine Rite)

Festival of Paper Dolls (Japan; Everyday Wicca)

The Festival of the Knee Knockers (Shamanism)

Furrinalia (Old Roman Goddess of Springs)

Glodesind (Christian; Saint)

Grand Fête des Escaldes (Andorra)

Holbein (Positivist; Saint)

Hot Fudge Sundae Day (Pastafarian)

Ilyap'a Festival (Inca thunder god)

James the Great (Western Christianity)

Jane Frank (Artology)

John I Agnus (Christian; Saint)

Josephine Tey (Writerism)

Julian of Le Mans (Christian; Translation)

Magnerich of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Maxfield Parrish (Artology)

National Baha’i Day (Jamaica)

Nissen, Abbot of Mountgarret, Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Paul (Christian; Martyr)

Shylock Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Slippery Slim (Muppetism)

Thea and Valentina (Christian; Virgins)

Thomas Eakins (Artology)

Unveiling Day (Satanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Adventures of André & Wally B. (Pixar Cartoon; 1984)

Air Force One (Film; 1997)

Alice the Whaler (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Film; 2008)

Armor Wars (Film; 2025)

Auto-da-Fé, by Elias Canetti (Novel; 1935)

Back in Black, by AC/DC (Album; 1980)

Batman: The Killing Joke (Animated Film; 2016)

Broken Quest (Animated tV Series; 2013)

Caddyshack (Film; 1980)

China Grove, by the Doobie Brothers (Song; 1973)

A Chorus Line (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Drinking Buddies (Film; 2013)

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Dylan Goes Electric (at the Newport Folk Festival; 1965)

Einstein on the Beach, by Philip Glass (Opera; 1976)

Fame, by David Bowie (Song; 1975)

First Lensman, by E.E. "Doc" Smith (Novel; 1950) [Lensman #2]

Good Burger (Film; 1997)

He Can’t Make It Stick (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1943)

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (Film; 1962)

Justice League: Warworld (WB Animated Film; 2023)

Kill ‘Em All, by Metallica (Album; 1983)

Lara Croft Tom Raider: The Cradle of Life (Film; 2003)

Last Train to Clarksville, recorded by The Monks (Song; 1966)

Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (WB Animated Film; 2017)

Life is Elsewhere, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1973)

Lucy (Film; 2014)

Maximum Overdrive (Film; 1986)

Much Ado About Mutton (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

The New Car (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1931)

Paul’s Boutique, by The Beastie Boys (Album; 1989)

Porky’s Spring Planting (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Red Dawn (Film; 1984)

Ruby Sparks (Film; 2012)

Salmon Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1975)

Seabiscuit (Film; 2003)

Step Brothers (Film; 2008)

The Tree’s Knees (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

Twelve O’Clock and All Ain’t Well (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

X-Files: I Want to Believe (Film; 2008)

Yes, by Yes (Album; 1969)

You Can’t Hurry Love, by The Supremes (Song; 1966)

Today’s Name Days

Jakob, Jakobus, Thea, Thomas, Valentina (Austria)

Ana, Yana (Bulgaria)

Beata, Jakov, Krsto, Valentina (Croatia)

Jakub (Czech Republic)

Jacobus (Denmark)

Jaagup, Jaak, Jaako, Jaap, Jako, Jakob, Jass (Estonia)

Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jimi (Finland)

Jacques, Valentine (France)

Jakob, Valentine (Germany)

Anna (Greece)

Jakab, Kristóf (Hungary)

Cristoforo, Giacomo (Italy)

Jēkabs, Marika (Latvia)

Aušrinė, Jokūbas, Kristupas (Lithuania)

Jack, Jakob, Jim (Norway)

Jakub, Krzysztof, Nieznamir, Sławosz, Walentyna (Poland)

Jakub (Slovakia)

Jaime, Santiago (Spain)

Jakob (Sweden)

Jac, Jack, Jacki, Jackie, Jackson, Jacky, Jacques, Jimmie (Universal)

Coby, Colby, Diego, Israel, Jacob, Jacoby, Jack, Jackie, Jackson, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jacques, Jaime, Jake, Jakob, James, Jameson, Jamie, Jaquan, Jaqueline, Jaxon, Jaxson, Jim, Jimena, Jimmie, Jimmy, Kobe, Koby, Kolby, Santiago (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 207 of 2024; 159 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 30 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 20 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 19 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 18 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 27 Red; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 12 July 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 10 Dante (8th Month) [Holbein]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 36 of 94)

Week: 4th Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 4 of 31)

[wankerwatch]

Lords Vote

On: Victims and Prisoners Bill

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd moved amendment 149A, after clause 48, to insert the new clause, Imprisonment or detention for public protection: release test II. The House divided:

Ayes: 91 (61.5% LD, 23.1% XB, 7.7% Lab, 3.3% , 2.2% Con, 1.1% Green, 1.1% PC) Noes: 192 (93.2% Con, 3.1% , 2.1% XB, 1.6% DUP) Absent: ~527

Likely Referenced Bill: Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill

Description: To require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 2nd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (56 votes)

Addington, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Beith, L. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Brinton, B. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burnett, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Clement-Jones, L. Dholakia, L. Featherstone, B. Foster of Bath, L. Fox, L. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Grender, B. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Humphreys, B. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Janke, B. Jolly, B. Kramer, B. Lee of Trafford, L. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Newby, L. Northover, B. Oates, L. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Parminter, B. Pinnock, B. Randerson, B. Russell, E. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sheehan, B. Shipley, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Suttie, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Tope, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Walmsley, B.

Crossbench (21 votes)

Anderson of Ipswich, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Carter of Haslemere, L. Clancarty, E. Cromwell, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Freyberg, L. Hogan-Howe, L. Hope of Craighead, L. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. Kidron, B. Meston, L. Pannick, L. Prashar, B. Sentamu, L. Somerset, D. St John of Bletso, L. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L. Trevethin and Oaksey, L. Vaux of Harrowden, L. Warner, L.

Labour (7 votes)

Blunkett, L. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L. Quin, B. Whitaker, B.

Non-affiliated (3 votes)

Fox of Buckley, B. Paddick, L. Verdirame, L.

Conservative (2 votes)

Garnier, L. Moylan, L.

Green Party (1 vote)

Jones of Moulsecoomb, B.

Plaid Cymru (1 vote)

Smith of Llanfaes, B.

Noes

Conservative (179 votes)

Agnew of Oulton, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Altrincham, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Ashcombe, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Balfe, L. Banner, L. Barran, B. Bellamy, L. Bellingham, L. Benyon, L. Berridge, B. Bethell, L. Blencathra, L. Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, B. Booth, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bray of Coln, B. Bridgeman, V. Browning, B. Brownlow of Shurlock Row, L. Buscombe, B. Caine, L. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Cameron of Lochiel, L. Camrose, V. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Choudrey, L. Colgrain, L. Courtown, E. Crathorne, L. Cruddas, L. Davies of Gower, L. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Dobbs, L. Douglas-Miller, L. Duncan of Springbank, L. Dunlop, L. Eccles, V. Effingham, E. Elliott of Mickle Fell, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Farmer, L. Finn, B. Fleet, B. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Foster of Oxton, B. Framlingham, L. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Frost, L. Fuller, L. Glendonbrook, L. Godson, L. Gold, L. Goldie, B. Grimstone of Boscobel, L. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Hammond of Runnymede, L. Harlech, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Henley, L. Herbert of South Downs, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Horam, L. Houchen of High Leven, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Howard of Rising, L. Howe, E. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Jackson of Peterborough, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jamieson, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Johnson of Lainston, L. Johnson of Marylebone, L. Jopling, L. Kempsell, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kirkham, L. Kirkhope of Harrogate, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lansley, L. Lawlor, B. Lea of Lymm, B. Leicester, E. Lexden, L. Lilley, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Livingston of Parkhead, L. Lucas, L. Magan of Castletown, L. Mancroft, L. Manzoor, B. Markham, L. Marks of Hale, L. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. McInnes of Kilwinning, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. McLoughlin, L. Mendoza, L. Meyer, B. Minto, E. Mobarik, B. Monckton of Dallington Forest, B. Montrose, D. Morris of Bolton, B. Mott, L. Moynihan of Chelsea, L. Moynihan, L. Murray of Blidworth, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Noakes, B. Norton of Louth, L. Offord of Garvel, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Parkinson of Whitley Bay, L. Pickles, L. Popat, L. Porter of Fulwood, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Randall of Uxbridge, L. Reay, L. Redfern, B. Risby, L. Roborough, L. Rock, B. Sanderson of Welton, B. Sandhurst, L. Sater, B. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sharpe of Epsom, L. Shephard of Northwold, B. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stewart of Dirleton, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Sugg, B. Swinburne, B. Swire, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. True, L. Udny-Lister, L. Vaizey of Didcot, L. Vere of Norbiton, B. Wei, L. Wharton of Yarm, L. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Wolfson of Tredegar, L. Wyld, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Non-affiliated (6 votes)

Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Faulks, L. Foster of Aghadrumsee, B. Grade of Yarmouth, L. Hoey, B. Taylor of Warwick, L.

Crossbench (4 votes)

Bew, L. Cavendish of Little Venice, B. Craigavon, V. Kilclooney, L.

Democratic Unionist Party (3 votes)

Browne of Belmont, L. McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown, L. Morrow, L.

[lboogie1906]

Frederick Augustus Hinton (1804-1849) barber, abolitionist, early advocate for independent Black presses, and founding member of the Colored Conventions movement, was born enslaved in Raleigh to unknown parents. Emancipated in Philadelphia in 1825, he became a member of the city’s elite society of African American political activists. He opened his “Gentleman’s Dressing Room” where he operated a prosperous hairdressing, wig-making, and perfume business. He married Eliza Howell (1828) the daughter of wealthy oysterman and community leader, Richard Howell. He joined St. Thomas African Episcopal Church where he networked with other influential Black families such as the Fortens, Purvises, Burrs, and Casseys.

He sat on committees to promote the abolitionist newspapers, the Rights of All (1829-30) and the Colored American (1837-41) and served as the Philadelphia distribution agent for William Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia Library Company of Colored Persons. In December 1833, along with Joseph Cassey, Robert Purvis, Jacob C. White, William Whipper, Thomas Butler, James McCrummell, and John D. Dupee, he delivered “Eulogy on William Wilberforce, Esq.” in the Second African Presbyterian Church.

He was a promoter of National Colored Conventions where African Americans from numerous states came together to discuss the problems and prospects for the race. He served as a delegate to five out of the first six national Colored Conventions (1830-35). He opposed the American Colonization Society’s efforts to relocate African Americans to Africa, which he saw as a ploy to strengthen slavery in the US.

He broke away from anti-colonizationists to promote immigration to Trinidad and Liberia. He joined with Robert Purvis in the drafting of the Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens.

Two years after his wife and infant daughter died, he married Elizabeth S. Willson. Her brother, Joseph Willson, had been his protégé and wrote Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society in Philadelphia. His only surviving child from his first marriage, artist and educator Ada Howell Hinton had established her school. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[wutbju]

Edelweiss “Weisy” Spencer Roberts, died Friday, February 18, 2022, at Baptist Health in Lexington, KY, at the age of 97. Born February 5, 1925, in Lynchburg, VA, a daughter of the late John Kilpen Spencer and Letitia Florence Womeldorf Spencer. Weisy was a graduate of E.C. Glass High School, received her bachelor’s degree from Bob Jones University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she was a member of Sigma Lambda Delta Literary Society, as well as some graduate work at Morehead and Eastern Kentucky University.

She moved to Bourbon County, KY, following her marriage in 1947 to Marion Roberts who predeceased her. She was a talented artist, seamstress and knitter, having graced many family members and friends with her creations. She also like to travel and enjoyed trips to many states and several different countries. Weisy was a substitute teacher for both Bourbon County and Paris City Schools for many years and taught full time at St. Mary School in Paris for several years. She had worked for the UK Extension Service as a SNAP employee, was an insurance adjuster for Federal Crop Insurance, and worked as a life insurance agent with Pennsylvania Life. She spent part of many summers as an adult volunteer with the Bourbon County 4-H Camp program and was a member of Little Rock Christian Church for 75 years.

Survivors include her children, Sherrie Wilson, Randy (Judy) Roberts, and Ben (Linda) Roberts; grandchildren, Traci (Joey) Wasson, Stephanie Adams, Cathy Eads, Danny Roberts, Laura (Chris) Jones, and Beth Roberts (Tom Viehe); great grandchildren, Shae (Tommy) Stanfield, Carraden Adams, Austin Adams, David W. Eads, Thomas Eads (his fiancé Lilah Donnelly), Anna Eads, Eleanor Viehe, Sam Jones, Alexis (Zack) Morris, Tabitha Wasson; great, great granddaughters, Joanna Stanfield, Amber Leigh Oney; her sister, Alyce (Lionel) Harrison of Huddleston, Virginia; niece, Marian Duncan of Carlisle; and a nephew, Billy Knippenberg of North Middletown; as well as a host of nieces and nephews around the United States.

Along with her parents, Weisy was preceded in death by her son-in-law Jack Wilson as well as six brothers, and four sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home with Rev. Rex Graham officiating. Visitation will be held preceding the service 1:00 p.m., until time for the service. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Gardens with pallbearers being Danny Roberts, Austin Adams, Billy Knippenberg, Joey Wasson, Chris Jones, Tom Viehe, Thomas Eads and Kenwood Soper. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Little Rock Christian Church.

[cowboymaterials]

It’s international overdose awareness day (August 31st) so today is a good day to learn about your local harm reduction services! Since the beginning of the pandemic, overdose rates have skyrocketed. In Ontario where I work there has been a 79% increase in overdose related deaths, which can be largely attributed to people using alone (x). Similar figures can be found for the United States. The supply has changed too. We are seeing more frequently fentanyl cut with benzodiazepines, a combination with a significantly higher fatality rate. Those hit the hardest have been people who are homeless with 1 in 6 deaths being someone experiencing homelessness (x). If you aren’t educated on how to identify and prevent overdose deaths now is the time to learn.

Naloxone (generic) or Narcan (brand) is a fast-acting drug that temporarily reverses the effects of an overdose, restoring breathing and providing time for life saving intervention. Naloxone is used to respond to only opioid-related overdoses such as Fentanyl, Heroin, Morphine, and Codeine. Naloxone administered to someone not having an overdose has no effect and is completely harmless. It generally comes in two forms, a nasal spray and an injectable. If you can, have a naloxone kit in your home, car, bag, or workplace.

In Canada you can get naloxone at almost any pharmacy for free (or free with a prescription) provided you have a health card. The pharmacist will give you a short demonstration on how to administer naloxone as well. Multiple harm reduction agencies exist across Canada and also supply naloxone as well as other free supplies such as needles, alcohol swabs, pipes, and sometimes testing kits to verify the purity of a drug. If your province does not have free naloxone at pharmacies, majority of needle exchange and harm reduction services will have it for free.

Alberta

Grande Prairie & Fort McMurray: Northreach Society

Hinton: Options HIV West Yellowhead

Edmonton: Streetworks

Red Deer: Turning Point Society

Calgary: Safeworks Harm Reduction Program

Calgary & Medicine Hat: HIV Community Link

British Columbia

I would list them all but there’s more than 1000 harm reduction programs in the province. This handy map can help you locate the one nearest to you.

Manitoba

Street Connections provides a list of naloxone and needle exchange programs.

The Manitoba Harm Reduction Network

New Brunswick

Fredericton, Miramichi and Bathurst: AIDS New Brunswick|SIDA Noveau-Brunswick

Saint John: Avenue B Harm Reduction

Moncton: Ensemble

Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John’s: AIDS Community of Newfoundland and Labrador (ACNL)

St. John’s: St. John’s Women’s Centre

Nova Scotia

Halifax: Mainline Needle Exchange

Truro: Northern Healthy Connections Society

Cape Breton: Ally Centre of Cape Breton

Ontario

The Ontario Harm Reduction Network has a list of harm reduction programs.

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown: PEERS Alliance

Charlottetown, Montague, Souris, Summerside, O’Leary & Albertson: Needle Exchange Programs

Quebec

Montreal: Cactus Montreal

Montreal: L’Association Québécoise pour la promotion de la santé des personnes utilisatrices de drogues (AQPSUD)

Saskatchewan

Saskatoon: Prairie Harm Reduction

Multiple harm reduction programs can be found across Saskatchewan here

Yukon

Whitehorse: Blood Ties Four Directions Centre

This is by no means a definitive list of all the harm reduction organizations in Canada. If you can’t find a harm reduction service in your community many HIV and AIDS organizations, First Nations community and friendship centres and homeless shelters carry these supplies or can direct you to the proper organizations. As well call your local public health organization for more information.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Thursday 10 August 1837

7 ¾

11 55

the flags wet – damp morning with small rain F57 ½° at 8 ¾ - sent off at 8 ¾ my note written and dated last night to ‘Charles Priestley Esquire’ compliments – should be glad to see him in the course of tomorrow (i.e. today) if convenient to him; if not, beg him to name the nest earliest time that may suit him – ready in an hour – making memoranda – went downstairs at 9 – A- had Mr. Horner – breakfast at 9 5 with Mr. Gray and sat talking till 10 about the Russian railroad to Moscow (from St. P-) and the colosseum and the Adelaide gallery in London (Mr. G- partly did the artificial water and boat sailing on it) – then planning about the east tower cellaring etc. to be lighted (if light so wanted) by flat-roofed passages under the terrace – then in the wine cellar – had the inner door cased – then on coming out (1 port 1 migma and 1 marsala) had Mr. Garlick, surgeon (H-x) to apply for standage for 2 gigs and if the hotel tenant preferred it stable room for one horse – out about – out then at 11 ¼  – John Booth came back from taking the empty barrels and my note to Mr. Charles Priestley and brought note back – Mr. CP- will be here at 10 on Saturday morning if possible – Letter from Mr. Watson for Messrs. Gray, York, for A- Mr. Jonathan G- from home or A- letters would have been answered sooner – no letter therefore had been written to Mr. W. Priestley but they would claim the money due (£540) and if WP- did not pay the money Messrs. G- would threaten him with a chancery suit – brought the letter in to A- sat talking it over till near 1 – agreed that Mrs. AW- had better write her own instructions to Messrs. G- to proceed as they proposed and to receive the annuity for her in future – I wrote A- copy of what her aunt should write A-‘s pony being galled with the girth and unable to bear the saddle, A- and I set off to walk to Cliff hill (George to follow by and by with the other pony and walk back himself) at 2 ¾ - walked with her to beyond Hardcastle’s (Roydelands) and left her there at 3 23 walked leisurely back – stopt some while at Hipperholme quarry in returning – and a little while at the Listerwick engine pit and wheel-race – the pentrough put up – the head wheelwright promised that all should be ready for Joseph Manns’ going on with the engine pit the end of the next month – 19th August instead of 1 June!!! – home about 4 ½ - with Mr. Gray planning about the glacis on the east side of farmyard and house – then with Sam Booth and Jack Green planting out 2 fine young Ragland oaks on the back road embankment near the back Lodge – then at the Lodge with Mr. Gray and Mawson planning about Lodge-stuff moving at 9d. per yard – about 80 yards will be done when the mass agreed for was [cleared] off – ordered another mass down = about 180 yards at 9d.   180+80 = 260 at 9d. = £13.10.0 – spoke to Zebedee at noon today about taking Franks’ place in going to the post – he said he was no scholar – he would rather go with horses – I said I should have no regular going with horses – but he had best consider whether he would like to stay or not the greatest inconvenience to me would be his not living nearer than Hx- Hinton came at 7 to ask for carts at Northgate and if I wanted the stone that came out of the drains he was going to make – the stone by custom his – no! in that case quite satisfied but did not want it – referred him to Blythe for carts – came in at 7 10 – A- wanted me her aunt had written the letter and A- had written copy of letter to Mr. Gray I wrote her another shorter letter for herself which she copied and sent – Dinner at 7 25 A-‘s Travellers Inn tenant Holt came to ask her if she had a field to let – she had one, but had somebody else in view for it, but would not forget his application – coffee at 9 – read the paper – A- came upstairs before 10 and about or soon after 10 at which hour F57° very fine day – had just written so far of today at 10 40 pm

[ltwilliammowett]

Floating citadels

It is well known that the French Revolution produced some wild ideas. And that Napoleon liked to have his fingers in the pie anyway, because he was just about to make a name for himself as a general. And he also had an eye on England. To convince the more gullible part of the French public that the idea of invasion was a good idea and should be taken seriously. He created posters with so-called floating citadels to illustrate these plans. But they were never built. The English, on the other hand, used these posters to awaken British patriotism and raise awareness against a possible French invasion.

The St. Malo raft, by John Fairburn 13 February 1798

This engraving, published in 1798, shows the gigantic raft of St. Malo, which was designed in 1791. The engraving informs us that this extraordinary structure was 600 feet long and 300 wide, carried 500 cannons, 36 and 48 pound guns, and was to carry 15,000 troops for the invasion of England. In the centre is a bombproof, metal-clad citadel. These raft was to be driven by 4 large paddle wheels, powered by 4 windmills. Whenever the wind machine was not available, the paddle wheels could be driven by horsepower.

A similar model this time able to carry 60.000 men and 600 guns.

Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to Tayllerand, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in 1797:

"The government must destroy the English monarchy or expect to be destroyed by these scheming and enterprising islanders themselves. The present moment offers a capitalist opportunity. Let us concentrate all efforts on the Navy and destroy England. When that is done, Europe will be at our feet.”

The machine is described as: ‘Flat; 2,100 Feet long, and 1,500 Feet broad; has 500 Cannon round it, 36 and 48 Pounders; at each end is two Wind Mills, which turns Wheels in the Water at every point of the Wind to Navigate; in the middle is a Fort enclosing Mortars, Perriers, &c. It carries 60,000 Men, Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery.’, by William Hinton 29 January 1798

Contemporary sources report how crazy this plan was. Since it would take far too much material to build one of these rafts. Not to mention the time, the men and the costs. And so the foreseen invasion never happened. Napoleon abandoned the plan because he realised that he could not cross the English Channel while the powerful Royal Navy was patrolling it.

This one by J. Atkin, shows a real monster : 2500 x 1800 feet, with a enormous stone fortification that seems to have been about 500x500 feet, the thing was powered by four water turbines driven by 550 feet -tall windmills, it was supposed to be capable of supporting 500 36- and 48-pounder canon, plus 50,000 troops.  It looks like it was built for calm water.

Admiral Jervis of England proved to be right when he said

"I'm not saying the French can't come - I'm just saying they can't come by sea."

Napoleon also seriously considered using a fleet of troops with balloons as part of his planned invasion force. A tunnel was also considered. Napoleon kept the idea of an invasion alive, but then planned to hit England indirectly by conquering Egypt, where English commercial interests were high. And so he  set sail for Alexandria in May 1798.

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« lidos de Maio/junho/julho - 2021» Oi gente, pensei em voltar a postar aos poucos e tentar não me afetar tanto pela pressão de postar. Hoje vou fazer um resumão dos livros lidos dos últimos meses. Vou ter que dividir em dois porque o Instagram tem aquela palhaçada de limite de caracteres. O último post assim foi em Abril, então bora lá que tem muito livro pra citar. • MAIO • The Lion's Den, Katherine St. John O morro dos ventos uivantes, Emily Bronte Check, Please! - #Hockey, Ngozi Ukazu Check, Please! - Sticks and Scones, Ngozi Ukazu Amari and the Night Brothers, B.B. Alston Heartstopper Vol. 4, Alice Oseman • JUNHO • Last Tang Standing , Lauren Ho The Outsiders - Vidas sem rumo, S. E. Hinton Where Dreams Descend, Janella Angeles The rise of kyoshi, FC Yee Before the coffee gets cold, Toshikazyu Kawaguchi Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, Adiba Jaifirdar Cheer up, Crystal Frasier The road trip, Beth O'Leary The first sister, Linden A. Lewis • JULHO • The bone shard daughter, Andrea Stewart The Sisters of the Winter Wood, Rena Rossner Six crimson cranes, Elizabeth Lim You and me on vacation, Emily Henry The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix Good Omens, Neil Gaiman These Hallow Vows, Lexi Ryan Survive the night, Riley Sager The ones we're meant to find, Joan He The cost of knowing, Brittney Morris Blood Like Magic, Liselle Sambury Se quiserem mais detalhes sobre qualquer um desses livros é só falar! Quem sabe não crio coragem e volto a postar resenha também 😂 Já leram algum desses livros ou conhecem de nome?? https://www.instagram.com/p/CWl7TuOMIqg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[authorgraves]

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley

(Aug. 30th 1797 - Feb. 1st 1851)

Brief Bio:

Born to political philosopher William Godwin and feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley was given an advanced education for her time. At age 17 she fell in love with one of her father's political followers, a married poet named Percy Shelley. Together with her step-sister Clair Clairmont, they traveled Europe, and the Shelleys married upon the death of Percy's wife. In 1816, the trio spent a famous summer at Lake Geneva with Lord Byron and John Polidori, where they challenged each other to write ghost stories. This gave rise to the idea that became Frankenstein. In 1822 Percy drowned at sea with William Wordsworth off the coast of Italy. Mary returned to England with her son and focused on cultivating her career as an author. She wrote many novels, travel memoirs, and political articles, and eventually died of a brain tumor at age 53.

Notable Works:

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818)

Mathilda (1819)

The Last Man (1826)

Falkner (1837)

The Grave: She and her family are buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church in Bournemouth. The cemetery is situated on a hill. Take the stairs up from the right side of the church, and she is immediately on your right.

St Peter’s Church, Hinton Rd,

Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2EE

Surrounding Area:

Across the road from St. Peter’s Church is a restaurant named Mary Shelley, where a portrait of its namesake hangs on the wall. Bournemouth is a seaside community, with many boardwalk destinations.

Further Reading:

Mary Shelley Project Gutenberg

St. Peter’s Church website

“To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death.”

[victorianwhitechapel]

Ada Wilson

Ada Wilson (b. Zoa Ada Bisdey Elbury)

Birth date: 1863 Attacked: March, 1888 (ca. 25, survived) & 25th June 1891 (ca. 28, survived) Death (age): August 24th 1952 (aged 89)

Complexion: ? Eyes colour: ? Hair colour: ? Height: ? Ocupation: Seamstress, tailoress, waterproof hand clothes making.

Resting place: ?

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Early life

Zoa Ada Bisdey Elbury was born in 1863 in Bristol, to Henry Edwin Elbury and Emma Fry. They married shortly before she was born. He had been born and bred in Bristol, and she was from Somerset. Henry’s father and elder brother were both stoneware potters – he followed them into this occupation, and seemed to do reasonably well. By 1871, Henry and Emma had been married for eight years, and had three children – Ada, Charles and Henry – and a servant. They lived in what seems to have been reasonable comfort on Clarence Square, in Bedminster, Bristol.

In the circumstances, it is hard to know whether the family’s next appearance in the census – at 39 Stratfield Road, in Bromley St Leonard, signified a reversal of fortunes. If guests and auxiliaries were anything to go by, then they had a lodger in 1881, rather than a servant. There were more mouths to feed (Rose, Emma and Thomas) and Ada, now 17, was earning her living – as a tailoress.

1888 Attack

Ada Wilson lived at 9 Maidman Street, Burdett road, a small thoroughfare lying midway between the East India Dock and Bow roads in Bow, a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. On March 28, 1888, at 12:30am while she was at home she was attacked by a man of about 30 years of age, 5ft 6ins in height, with a sunburnt face and a fair moustache. He was wearing a dark coat, light trousers and a wide awake hat. According to Ada, the man was a completely unknown, and forced his way into the room and demanded money, and when she refused he stabbed her twice in the throat with a clasp knife and ran, leaving her for dead. It is reported that nearby neighbours almost captured the man, but he found his escape.

Witness and neighbour Rose Bierman, a young Jewess who lived upstairs with her mother at the same building as Ada, explained that she knew Ada was married but didn’t know her husband, and that she was always getting visitors. About the man who attacked her she said that “whether he was her husband or not I could not say.(…) Well, I don’t know who the young man was, but about midnight I heard the most terrible screams one can imagine. Running downstairs I saw Mrs. Wilson, partially dressed, wringing her hands and crying, ‘Stop that man for cutting my throat! He has stabbed me!’ She then fell fainting in the passage. I saw all that as I was coming downstairs, but as soon as I commenced to descend I noticed a young fair man rush to the front door and let himself out. He did not seem somehow to unfasten the catch as if he had been accustomed to do so before. He had a light coat on, I believe. I don’t know what kind of wound Mrs. Wilson has received, but it must have been deep, I should say, from the quantity of blood in the passage. I do not know what I shall do myself. I am now ‘keeping the feast,’ and how can I do so with what has occurred here? I am now going to remove to other lodgings.“

A couple of young women rushed up to two police-constables on duty outside the Royal Hotel, and said that a woman was being murdered. The two constables, Ronald  Saw  and  Thomas  Longhurst, immediately ran to the house indicated, and there found  Ada Wilson lying in the passage, bleeding profusely from a fearful wound in the throat. Doctor Wheeler, from the Mile End road, was instantly sent for, who, after binding up the woman’s wounds, sent her to the London Hospital (Sophia Ward), Whitechapel, where Dr William Rawes ascertained that she was in a very critical condition.

Detective-Inspectors Wildey and Dillworth had charge of the case, and looked for the attacker. Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, April 1, 1888 issue reports that “subsequent enquiries … revealed the fact that a dispute arose between the woman and a man who she states is her husband … He was pursued for some distance by a neighbour … But the would-be murderer sharply turned a corner, and was soon lost in the labyrinth of streets.” No conviction was ever obtained. By the time Ada Wilson returned home from the hospital, on April 27 1888, all hope of finding her attacker – or of proving anything in a court of law – seemed to have disappeared.

Authorities at the time of the 1888 Whitechapel murders made no link between her attack and those murders and she never was questioned again.

Mrs Wilson

On 2 January 1889, a little over eight months after returning from the hospital, she married Samuel Wilson (she was already using his surname as many women did when lived with their common-law husband but weren’t legally married) at the registry office in Bristol. Samuel was older than Ada: he said that he was thirty-three on his marriage certificate. He described himself as an engine fitter. He abandoned Ada in or around February 1891; she returned to her parents’ house in time for the 1891 census, at which point the family resided at 78 Rounton Road, Bromley St Leonard. According to the enumerator’s records, Ada was married, twenty-seven years of age, and a “waterproof hand” – making waterproof clothing from India rubber. This profession – lightly skilled, but perhaps quick to be picked up once one had the job – perhaps suggested a degree of specialisation, but Ada was still firmly in the clothing-manufacturing trade.

Ada was attacked by her husband again on June 25 1891. He was drunk and asked her money, which she didn’t have, and he asked to live with Ada again, but the proposition failed to appeal to her. “Go to work,” she said, “and be different”. He was arrested. According to the Daily News, July 8, 1891 issue, “Samuel Wilson, 40, was indicted for maliciously wounding Ada Wilson, his wife” who was also injured with a knife on her neck. Her parents were also assaulted. When the case came to the Quarter Sessions at Clerkenwell on 7 July 1891, Samuel Wilson defended himself. The chairman Mr. Richard Loveland-Loveland, said that “the prisoner was a very dangerous character, and therefore he would be sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour.” She asked for a separation.

Little  more is seen  of Samuel,  or  Ada.  Whether  they  ever  took out  their separation  order is  not  known. In December 1898 Ada’s brother Henry had a daughter and named her Zoa Lavinia  Elbury.

Later life

Zoa Ada Wilson died on August 24th 1952, aged 89 of a pneumonia, at the Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, London; she was the widow of engineer Samuel Wilson.

Aftermath

Authorities at the time of the murders made no link between her attacks and the Whitechapel murders. Samuel Wilson was never arrested for those crimes.

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To know more:

Casebook website - Casebook Message Boards - Press report (from Casebook) - Press report (from Casebook) - Press report (from Casebook) - Biographic details from Casebook website - Wiki Casebook - Casebook Forums

JTR Forums

Jack The Ripper.org - Press reports (from Jack The Ripper.org)

Jack The Ripper Tour

The Jack The Ripper Tour

Jack The Ripper Map

Crimenes de Whitechapel (Spanish)

Jack El Destripador (Spanish)

Red Jack (Italian)

BEGG, Paul (2013): Jack The Ripper. The Facts.

BEGG, Paul & BENNETT, John (2014): The forgotten victims.

BEGG, Paul; FIDO, Martin & SKINNER, Keith (1996): The Jack The Ripper A – Z.

EDDLESTON, John J. (2001): Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia.

FIDO, Martin (1987, 1993): The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack The Ripper.

HINTON, Bob (1998): From Hell… The Jack The Ripper Mystery.

JAKUBOWSKI, Maxim & BRAUND, Nathan (1999): The Mammoth Book of Jack The Ripper.

MATTHEWS, Rupert (2013): Jack the Ripper’s Street of Terror: Life during the reign of Victorian London’s most brutal killer.

RIPPER, Mark: Ada Wilson. Doubly Unfortunate, in Ripperologist no. 125, April 2012.

SCOTT, Christopher (2004): Jack the Ripper: A Cast of Thousands.

SUDGEN, Phillip (1994): The Complete History of Jack The Ripper.

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Reading 2018

​Douglas Wolk, Live at the Apollo

George Grella Jr., Bitches Brew

Dan Clowes,The Death-Ray*

Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code

Ta-Neishi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power

Daniel H. Wilson, Guardian Angels and Other Monsters

William Gibson, Nueromancer*

Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine

Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

George Pelecanos, Shoedog

David J. Bauman, Moons, Roads, and Rivers 

Franchesca Ramsey, Well, That Escalated Quickly

George Pelacanos, The Turnaround

Robyn Carr, The Family Gathering 

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 

Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room

John le Carre,The Looking Glass War

Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama*

Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Philip Roth, American Pastoral 

Tao Lin, Richard YatesJoe Gross, In On The Kill Taker

Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water 

Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas

Otessa Mossfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation 

Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success  

Robert Caro, The Power Broker

Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth  

David Baumann, Angels & Adultery

Arthur C. Clarke, 2001

Nicole Chung, All You Can Ever Know

Kathy Wang, Family Trust

​Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

*Tracey Daughtery, The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion

Sarah St. Vincent, How to Hide in Winter

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

Stephen King, Elevation

Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s 

Brian Abrams, Obama -an oral history 

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms*

Ha Jin, Waiting

Bill Janowitz, Exile On Main Street

Gina Arnold, Half A Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella

Kim Un-su, The Plotters

Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog* 

*re-reads

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Birthdays 7.22

Beer Birthdays

George Crum (1832)

Steve Grossman (1952)

Eddie Blyden

Angela Little; St. Pauli Girl 2000 (1972)

Travis Smith (1979)

Five Favorite Birthdays

S.E. Hinton; writer (1948)

Edward Hopper; artist (1882)

Rhys Ifans; Welsh actor (1968)

Tom Robbins; writer (1936)

William A. Spooner; religious lader, dyslexic (1844)

Famous Birthdays

Orson Bean; comedian, actor (1928)

Stephen Vincent Benet; poet (1898)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel; German astronomer (1784)

Albert Brooks; actor, writer (1947)

Alexander Calder; artist, sculptor (1898)

George Clinton; funk singer (1940)

Rick Davies; rock keyboardist (1944)

Willem Defoe; actor (1955)

Oscar de la Renta; fashion designer (1932)

Al Di Meola; jazz guitarist (1954)

Bob Dole; politician (1923)

Colin Ferguson; actor (1972)

Louise Fletcher; actor (1934)

Giovanni Gabrieli; classical composer (1554)

Danny Glover; actor (1946)

Don Henley; pop singer, drummer (1947)

Emma Lazarus; poet, writer (1849)

John Leguizamo; comedian, actor (1964)

Karl Menninger; psychiatrist (1893)

Emily Saliers; pop singer (1963)

Paul Schrader; film director, writer (1946)

Bobby Sherman; pop singer, actor, politician (1945)

David Spade; comedian, actor (1964)

Terence Stamp; actor (1938)

Niky Sweet; adult actress (1987)

Alex Trebek; television game show host (1940)

Amy Vanderbilt; etiquette writer (1908)

Selman Waksman; biochemist, microbiologist (1888)