#HMT HOLIDAYS

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4 8 11 for wip ask

hiya! thanks for the ask <3

4. dont walk too close

oh my GOD okay this might be my favourite wip at the moment. i started it a little while ive been on a hmt break because i was in need of angst and this fic is ANGST.

i dont want to say too much in case it turns out to be really spoilery, but its a sirius-centric/black brothers-centric fic that starts right as sirius leaves for hogwarts. ive seen a lot of depictions of him rebelling against his parents before he went to school, but what if he didn’t? what if he was their perfect son, but somehow ended up in gryffindor and learned that maybe the world wasnt what he thought? what if that changed everything?

what if — stick with me now — what if it changed where regulus was sorted, too?

yeah, thats right — im talking gryffindor!regulus.

the fic is gonna follow all of sirius’ first year — including the holidays — and then his second year too (regulus’ first). i dont know how far along ill take it, but if it only goes as far as second/third year, there’ll at least be an epilogue showing snapshots of later years. here’s a lil sneak peek of the very start:

Generally, Sirius Orion Black III was not afraid.

He did not hide; he did not cry; and he did not tremble.

Today, he felt like doing all three.

Of course, he wouldn’t. Mother had raised him better than that, for a start, but the pure humiliation of showing that sort of emotion was beneath him. He was a Black, for Merlin’s sake. To show his fear was perhaps one of the most ridiculous things he could do.

”Now, remember what I told you, Sirius,” his mother instructed, adjusting his shirt collar to sit properly against his neck. It was a little tight for him, but it made his jaw look sharp, so he wore it anyway. “You don’t want to go making acquaintances with the wrong sort.”

”I know, Mother,” said Sirius with a nod.

”And you tell the hat you’re a Slytherin like a good boy.”

Sirius nodded again. “Yes, Mother.”

Licking her thumb, his Mother smoothed back a lock of his hair that had fallen out of place. “I expect a letter home before the end of the first week to inform me of your fellow housemates and the connections you’ve made.”

”Of course, Mother.”

Stepping back, Walburga Black eyed him appraisingly, then nodded to herself. “Good. Kreacher!”

With a crack, their house elf appeared before them, head bowed. “Mistress Black,” he croaked.

”Take him to the station. Make me proud, Sirius,” she added with a stern look. Sirius only had time for a short nod before he felt the elf’s bony hand wrap around his wrist and with another loud crack, the pair of them burst away.

8. the warmth of your arms rivals the sun (its burning out)

hdfjgukyaegrf okay so this is a sequel to hold me tight (and never let me go), so im not going to say too much about it. all i will say though is that it is very james-centric. there are of course storylines for wolfstar, and for jegulus as a whole, but it is a james fic. it is my baby. you’re getting nothing more ;)

11. sink your teeth in

so, this one’s just a one shot i think. it actually might be integrated into either hold me tight, or the sequel. basically its touching on some of remus’ fears about his lycanthropy and how it might affect his relationship with sirius now that theyre becoming more — well — serious. i really like it actually, but its still in planning as well so there’s no snippet to share :(

thanks for asking! <33

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WIP Files Tag!

Thanks for the tag, @gracehosborn!

Rules: Post names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you and ask with the title that intrigues them, then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Hoookay... there are a lot if we're counting co-authored works so I'm limiting these to things that already have some kind of presence in the world

Unnamed HMT final work

Father Madison blasphemous church smut (featuring - lams!)

Sweetbitter (Regency lams with @mariexcherie)

Chef's kiss (enemy chefs-to-lovers-to-??? with @cyanspica)

Holiday-verse Thaurens (with @cyanspica)

Unnamed professor-student Thaurens (this one will be soooo good when I can finally get around to actually, you know, writing it)

Nostos (historical baby John)

Tagging @cyanspica @mariexcherie @binch-i-might-be @ouiouixmonami @that-redredwhite @that-gal-kay

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Do you have anymore headcanons about the glory that is HMT's Papa Hollis? Mostly stuff about him being a supportive Hollstein shipper?

i think abt papa hollis a lot tbh bc he’s just so Good. one of my faves is that for hollstein’s tenth wedding anniversary, he presents them with this gigantic photo book - and i mean book; it’s a leather-bound book with glossy photo paper - of hollstein over the years. he starts with their college days [he’d forced laura and carmilla into taking a photo together in their freshman year dorm on move-in day bc that’s what parents do] and works all the way up through their relationship (so far). it’s composed of the snapchats laura (and eventually carm) sends to marc, candids he gets of them during visits and vacations together, holiday card photos, facebook and instagram photos, etc and laura cries for like a week abt it

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It’s that time of year again!

We have the diaries for the new year and we’ll be shortly taking appointments, however this time round we’re trying something different.

Because the demand for Saturdays is always high we’re going to open for two late night sessions a week.

So everyone who has booked ‘full days’ before still can, but these will be now referred to as 5 hour appointments.

If you need to book around work we’ll have ‘evening’ appointments starting from 16:00 on a Weds & Thurs where you can sit 2-3 hours respectively.

This should hopefully save you guys some of your well earned holiday time and make it quicker to get through large scale projects!

As for 2018 appointments James will be contacting ongoing clients shortly, with new projects picked up from Oct 31st onwards.

Thanks! Team HMT.

[mrhenryharrell]

Powin Energy Powers Up 2 MW/8 MWh Energy Storage System for Critical Grid Support in California

From concept to commissioned in six months

Powin Energy, a leading manufacturer and developer of scalable energy storage systems for commercial and utility customers, announced today that its 2 MW/8 MWh Millikan Ave. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Irvine, California, is officially online. The Millikan Ave. BESS provides emission-free and highly reliable critical peaking capacity and grid support services to Southern California Edison (SCE). Powin Energy developed the project and manufactured, installed, and commissioned the system in less than six months from the date the project was awarded, an industry first for an energy storage asset of this size on a distribution system.

“The natural gas and resulting capacity shortages due to the Aliso Canyon emergency shutdown necessitated that we bring this project online by the end of 2016. I am so impressed by our team’s performance on this project – everyone worked long hours over the holidays to meet this incredibly short project timeline,” said Geoff Brown, President of Powin Energy. “This also would never have been possible without the support of our project partners at HMT Electric and Eaton. I’d also like to thank SCE and the City of Irvine for their extensive support completing this interconnection and permitting process in record time.

“This project’s success was essential for Powin. It allowed us to demonstrate how quickly our system can be deployed and how our bp-OS software eliminates many of the hardware components that other battery vendors use for calibration and balancing. We strongly believe that deploying grid support resources in months rather than years and at a fraction of the cost of a gas peaker plant presents the power industry with an attractive alternative to serve their peak capacity needs.”

The Powin Energy BESS is interconnected on the Virgo 12 kV distribution line out of the Estrella 66/12 kV substation and can deliver 2 MW of power for over four continuous hours, providing a reliable and continuous source of energy during peak demand events. In addition, the system will supply regulation and flexible capacity support as needed. The storage system consists of over 2,400 Li-ion battery packs, each containing 3.7 kWh of lithium iron phosphate prismatic modules. Eaton provided the power converter, transformers, and switchgear. Powin Energy’s project was selected through a competitive solicitation initiated in response to the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Aliso Canyon Energy Storage (ACES) request for energy storage systems that could be operational by the beginning of 2017.

Powin’s BESS is controlled by the company’s bp-OS – which includes the industry-exclusive Battery Odometer and Warranty Tracker™ – that was patented in both the United States and China in 2016.

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Interview – Nirupesh Joshi, Founder of Bangalore Watch Company, on Building a Watch Brand in India

Nirupesh Joshi and his wife Mercy Amalraj founded Bangalore Watch Company in 2018 with the goal of representing 21st-century India with exciting and high-quality watch collections. Neither worked in the watchmaking field prior to this, as both had successful tech and consulting careers. Nirupesh is an aviation and watch enthusiast and grew frustrated by his home country’s lack of desirable watch brands. His latest collection, the MACH 1, celebrates the Indian Air Force MiG 21 Type 77 with multiple design elements and perfectly encapsulates the brand’s ethos. The limited MACH 1X (21 pieces) even has a dial comprised of aluminium alloy from a MiG 21. 

I recently talked with Nirupesh about India’s watchmaking history, his thoughts about in-house production, the inclusion of Swiss movements in current and future collections, and much more. This burgeoning brand from Bangalore is certainly one to watch. 

Nirupesh Joshi and his wife Mercy Amalraj, founders of Bangalore Watch Company

Erik Slaven, MONOCHROME – Can you tell us a little bit about India’s watchmaking past?

Nirupesh, Bangalore Watch Company – We’ll have to get through a small history lesson to understand this background. India has always had a taste for high-quality watches. The Royalty of India and their penchant for fine watches and jewellery from Cartier or Van Cleef and Arpels is well documented. This trend of high consumption continued throughout the period of British occupation of India – the story of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso concept, born after a polo match, is well known. After the British occupation ended and India gained independence, Nehru – a forward-thinking political leader and the first prime minister of independent India – brought forth industrial reforms in the 1950s modelled after the Soviet system of Autarky. HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools) was set up in the mid-1960s and was tasked with producing the first indigenous wristwatch brand in the country. Using technology transfer and training from Citizen Japan, some estimates put HMT at producing about 115 million watches during its lifetime.

The Bangalore Watch Company MACH 1, proudly representing the modern side of Indian watchmaking.

In the 1980s, India’s economic stance changed. We opened our economy to the world and laid the foundation for what is today a fully globalized economy. Import duties, which were extremely high for luxury goods, were also reduced by a significant margin. This brought an influx of Swiss and international brands to India.

In the recent past, the rising middle class made room not only for Swiss luxury brands but utility brands like Titan and Fastrack. Fossil and its portfolio of contemporary fashion brands like Armani, Michael Kors, etc… have also found a strong foothold with the rise of e-commerce and ‘shopping mall’ culture. Today’s wristwatch market in India is truly a buyer’s market and the customer is king with a multitude of options.

With well-known Indian watch brands (past and present) like HMT, Titan and its sub-brand Fastrack, how does Bangalore Watch Company distinguish itself from these larger, more familiar brands?

There is a certain romance about HMT. They’re really affordable watches with an average price of $30 to $50 and are from a bygone era. The Indian government officially announced the closure of HMT in 2013 and all overstock items are being sold now. Titan and Fastrack are utility brands and almost everyone in India starts with a Titan and quickly grows into other brands.

If you’re a young executive in India, there’s very little in the wristwatch space that excites you. How much longer are you going to pretend to be excited about a watch dedicated to a US flight training school or a US space mission?

Bangalore Watch Company has a clearly defined audience. Our customers are upwardly mobile, well-travelled, well-read, executives and business owners, and excited about the idea of wearing well-built watches that are inspired by stories from India. They’re also aware that they’re buying a product that’ll last a lifetime and won’t cost them their next international holiday.

Therefore, we never see ourselves competing with a Titan or Fastrack.

I previously asked you about in-house movements, which are not part of your near-term roadmap, but are there any plans for in-house production of components – cases, dials, hands, etc.? 

We’re always on the lookout. Our hands (and perhaps dials in the future) are produced by our partner company in Bangalore. They are very reputed in the hands and indices business and supply many well-known Swiss brands as well. Cases, however, are a no. 

Authenticity is a big part of our brand ethos. We’ll never pretend to do something that we know we’re not good at. We’ll play to our strengths and use the best partners we can find for things we need help with. The wristwatch manufacturing ecosystem in India is at a different level. The quality and workmanship required to execute high-quality watches like the ones we want to make are just not available in the country. The pursuit of “Made in India” sounds fancy, but it’s futile given the ecosystem today.

Your watches have been relatively affordable to date. Are you considering more luxurious, expensive watches that rise well into four figures (EUR/USD)? 

Our aim was to create a brand with authentic storytelling and decent quality at the sub-$1000 price point. We are just two collections into that journey now and are excited about the huge opportunity that lies ahead. We have a ton of exciting stories we want to bring out through our future watch collections as we did with the MACH 1.

We also recognize that there is an opportunity and appetite for watches at a higher price level, both in India and overseas. If we do pursue that, however, it’ll be under a different label.

As a self-confessed aviation enthusiast, would you revisit the IAF and other aircraft for a future collection? Perhaps the HAL HF-24 Marut fighter from the 1960s, the first Indian jet (just as an example)?

The only other story that came close to being the inspiration for a pilot watch collection was the HAL TEJAS LCA (Light Combat Aircraft). This fighter plane is entirely developed in India, including the avionics by our ADA (Aeronautical Development Authority). Multiple squadrons of IAF are now scheduled to induct this plane for light combat roles. Very cool fighter jet and a very cool story!

You mentioned an expensive watch you almost purchased in Hong Kong but ultimately passed on as you never really connected with it. Could you share what brand and model it was?

There were two watches. First, the Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon. I was never into the Speedy as it was just not my style. But, when I first tried on the zirconium oxide ceramic case, I was smitten by how it felt on my wrist. Second was the IWC Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Chronograph. Obvious for a guy that’s into planes, eh?

Your new Mach 1 series have Swiss Sellita automatics. Are you exploring other Swiss movement options for future collections – ETA or Soprod, for example? Would you return to Miyota or use a Seiko calibre?

Sellita has turned out to be an outstanding choice for us. They were very flexible with our requests, deliveries were on time and the movements are very easy to service. We’ll continue using Swiss movements for all of our projects as long as they can meet our pricing goals for what our customers are willing to pay. If we use an ETA or Sellita mechanical chronograph, it’ll push the prices beyond what our customers would be comfortable paying. So, it all comes down to that.

Are there any Indian companies you would collaborate with for a watch or collection? Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki or Air India, for example. 

Seven out of ten owners of BWC watches are from India. For a large majority of India’s young people, mechanical watches aren’t as exciting as their next new smartphone or 65-inch flat-screen television. We’re trying to make high-quality watches exciting again, hence the storytelling. Tata, Maruti or Air India are all seen as ‘legacy’ brands, and may not serve our cause. On the other hand, collaborations are always fun and allow us to widen our customer base. We have a couple of projects that are in the works, but I have to be tight-lipped about them now!

Exotic or labour-intensive dial materials are definitely popular these days, such as meteorite, enamel or even wood. You used aluminium alloy from a MiG 21 for the Mach 1X dial. Are there any plans for more speciality dials?

I mentioned earlier that we don’t like to follow a trend just because it is cool. For us, it’s all about the story. If a material adds more authenticity and excitement to the story (like the MACH 1X), we will try our best to get it done. There are a couple of exciting stories in the pipeline, so you’ll have to keep your eyes peeled.

The MACH 1X model with aluminium dial

Have you been inspired by either a watch brand or specific individual in the industry in regard to design, technical specs, etc.?  

There are many, so here’s a list of what inspires me most. 

Jean Claude Biver for his clarity of thought, Christopher Ward (watch brand) for its business model, Oak and Oscar for its community, Konstantin Chaykin for its innovation and Hajime Asaoka for his modesty.

With Covid-19 dominating the news and causing global disruptions to business and daily life, do you see a potential angle for watches? A model that donates a portion of sales to the medical effort, etc.? And just as a side note, you’re in the “Silicon Valley” of India and Samsung’s Research Institute in Bangalore just developed an app for their Galaxy smartwatches to remind wearers to wash their hands every two hours. They developed and published the app within two weeks. Cool stuff!

Mercy, my wife and business partner, and I contributed to a few charities from a personal capacity. We don’t see a business angle here. Right now with the shipping delays and lockdowns, our goal is to ensure all our deliveries are on time and letting our customers know they can reach us if they need us.

For more information about the brand or to make a purchase, visit their website. 

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That Was the Year That Was – 1948

Free healthcare, free schooling, free love – and now early retirement free from the financial woes that plague the rest of us. Could there be a luckier year to have been born than 1948?

As pensions fall off a cliff, the smug 61-year-old is planning the next safari or cruise. Nourished and nurtured by a "cradle-to-grave" welfare state and protected by final salary, the holy grail of pension schemes, the 1948ers would appear to have had it all.

Those of every generation are inclined to believe themselves more fortunate than the previous. But in Britain, 1948 keeps ticking the boxes. "We are, indeed, the blessed people," says the author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, who attributes their timely conception to the "bitterly cold and austere" nights during the 1947 fuel crisis.

"We missed out on national service. We had the golden age of the Eagle and the Beano together. No other generation had them combined."

Sharing his birth year with Prince Charles, Lord Sacks, the chief rabbi, and the singer Lulu, he detects another trait. "Everyone born in 1948 was a great achiever. You either become chief rabbi or king. It’s almost automatic."

BRITAIN 1948

Britain has changed greatly since 1948. Today people are much richer. They live in far more comfortable homes and ordinary people can afford things that were luxuries in 1948 (like foreign holidays). People are also healthier and they live longer. They also have things like the internet that were not even dreamed of in 1948.

British society has changed a great deal since 1948. In the 1950s large numbers of West Indians arrived in Britain. Also from the 1950s many Asians came. In the late 20th century Britain became a multi-cultural society. There was another changed in British society. In the late 20th century divorce and single parent families became much more common.

For a long time after 1948 unemployment remained very low and the late 1940s and the 1950s and 1960s were a long period of prosperity. However this ended in the mid-1970s. In 1973 there was still full employment in Britain (it stood at 3%). However shortly afterwards a period of high inflation and high unemployment began. In the late 1970s unemployment stood at around 5.5%.

In 1948:

A quarter of British homes had no electricity.

People often lived in the same town all their lives, near their families.

There were often more than three children in every family.

One third of the British population went to the cinema at least once a week.

There were only 14,500 television sets in the whole country and there was only one channel (BBC). Hardly any homes had a television.

Most families listened to the wireless (radio) for their entertainment.

Many homes did not have a telephone or an indoor toilet.

Cooking was done from scratch using produce grown locally. You could only buy items that were in season and most of what you bought was made or grown in the UK.

There were only just over a million cars on Britain’s roads.

Petrol rationing remained until 1954. For most people, this made the car an unaffordable luxury. Most people used public transport to get around.

Air travel was mainly for the rich. To go abroad, most people travelled by ship.

The average weekly wage was £3 18s (£3.90). Now it is about £400.

In 1948, most people in Britain worked in manufacturing industries, where they made things (in factories for example). Heavy industries like coal mining, iron and steel making, ship building and engineering employed millions of workers. Most of these workers were men. The majority of women stayed at home to look after their families and their homes.

Today, most people work in service industries such as education, health, shops, banks and insurance, where they provide services for other people. There is very little heavy industries left. People can buy of make the same things cheaper elsewhere. New technology means that factories use more machines to do the work and fewer people.

More women work today. It is normal for women to have jobs, even if they have young children.

SS Empire Windrush

The arrival of the SS Empire Windrush in June 1948 at Tilbury Dock, Essex, in England, marked the beginning of post-war mass migration. The ship had made an 8,000 mile journey from the Caribbean to London with 492 passengers on board from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands.

Most of the passengers were ex-servicemen seeking work.

This marked the beginning of post-war mass migration.

When they walked down the gangplank onto British soil they could not have imagined that their journey would begin an important landmark in the history of London and the rest of country.

The passengers on board the Windrush were invited to come to Britain after World War Two, to assist with labour shortages.

Many of the passengers had fought for Britain during the war.

They later became known as the ‘Windrush Generation.’

Later, Enoch Powell, the Tory Health Minister from 1960-1963, was to invite women from the Caribbean to Britain to train as nurses.

It was he who several years caused an uproar with his anti-immigration ‘rivers of blood’ speech.

In reality the response to the call for labour was minimal and by 1958 only 125,000 workers had arrived in Britain from the Caribbean islands. However, there were also other factors at play.

National Health Service is established

The National Health Service, established by the post-war Labour government, represented a fundamental change in the provision of medical services. The General Practitioner (GP) service became organised on the basis of a ‘capitation fee’ paid by the government on every patient registered with a doctor. Voluntary and municipal hospitals were integrated under state control, exercised by the Ministry of Health.

Olympic Games open at Wembley Stadium in London

The so-called ‘Austerity Games’ were held in London while rationing was still in force in Britain. Fifty nine nations took part, but the defeated powers of Germany and Japan were excluded. London saw the first Olympic photo finish, in the 100 metres, and the introduction of starting blocks for sprinters. These were the first Games since Berlin in 1936. The 1940 Games went to Tokyo, then Stockholm, but were cancelled – as were the 1944 games – due to World War Two.

UK cost of living 1948

Price of an average house £1,651.

Average Salary £300 a year.

Average Family Car £590.

Litre of Fuel £0.02.

FLOUR 1.5KG £0.04.

BREAD 1 LOAF £0.02.

SUGAR 1KG £0.05.

MILK 1PT £0.08.

BUTTER 250G £0.04.

CHEESE 400G £0.04.

POTATOES 2.5KG £0.03.

BACON 400G £0.17.

1948 News & Events

1 January – British Railways created when the government nationalizes the railway industry.

4 January – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

5 January – the first episode of the radio serial drama Mrs Dale’s Diary is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme.

12 January – the London Co-operative Society opens Britain’s first supermarket, in Manor Park, London. In the same month, Marks & Spencer introduce self-service in the food department of their Wood Green store and also this year Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society opens a self-service supermarket in Portsmouth.

17 January – all-time highest attendance for an English Football League game as 83,260 people watch Manchester United draw with Arsenal in a match played at Maine Road.

30 January – 8 February: Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and win 2 bronze medals.

4 February – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. George VI becomes King of Ceylon.

March – Trades Union Congress and Government agree a formal policy of voluntary wage restraint.

The Administrative Staff College (established in 1945) runs its first courses at Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, the UK’s first business school.

The "New Look" in women’s fashion becomes available in British stores.

17 March – Britain signs the Treaty of Brussels with Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

23 March – the radio comedy Take It From Here, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, is first broadcast by the BBC.

1 April – Nationalisation of the electricity supply industry under terms of the Electricity Act 1947 comes into effect.

Fire services in the United Kingdom return from the National Fire Service to control of local authorities (under terms of Fire Services Act 1947).

15 April – Rowntree’s introduce Polo mint sweets.

16 April – arrival of Australian cricket team in England for a tour in which it will not lose a match.

24 April – Manchester United F.C. defeat Blackpool 4–2 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium to claim their first major trophy for 37 years.

30 April – the Land Rover is unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor Show.

4 May – release of Sir Laurence Olivier’s film of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which will be the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

13 May – National Assistance Act supersedes the old Poor Law system.

14 May – the murder of June Anne Devaney, a three-year-old girl in Blackburn leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40,000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer.

14–15 May – at midnight, the British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated as the state of Israel comes into being.

June – Professor Lillian Penson becomes the first woman elected to serve as Vice-Chancellor of a British university (London).

5–13 June – first Aldeburgh Festival.

21 June – the Manchester Baby, the world’s first electronic stored-program computer, runs its first program.

22 June – The ship HMT Empire Windrush arrives in Britain with 492 Jamaican immigrants

An Order in Council removes the title of Emperor of India from the Royal Style and Titles, recognising the independence of India in 1947.

1 July – The Town and Country Planning Act 1947 and its equivalent in Scotland come into effect as the foundation of modern town and country planning in the United Kingdom, requiring planning permission for land development and establishing the system of Listed buildings.

The National Museum of Wales opens the Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans to the public, the first open-air museum in the UK (director: Iorwerth Peate).

4 July – 1948 Northwood mid-air collision: A Scandinavian Airlines Douglas DC-6 and an Avro York of No. 99 Squadron RAF collide over Northwood, London and crash killing all 39 people aboard both aircraft.

5 July – The National Health Service begins functioning, giving the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.

Changes to the National Insurance social insurance scheme come into effect.

The Children Act 1948 comes into effect, transferring responsibility for child welfare from Poor Law Guardians, Approved schools and voluntary organisations to new local authority Children’s Departments with professional Children’s Officers.

15 July – first London chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous.

25 July – end of post-war bread rationing.

29 July – 14 August: Olympic Games held in London. Great Britain and Northern Ireland win 3 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals at the event, which is televised by the BBC.

29 July – Stoke Mandeville Games are held for the first time, the predecessor of the Paralympic Games.

The highest ever daily Central England temperature value, 25.2 °C (77.4 °F) is reported for this day.

30 July – gas boards created as the government nationalises the gas industry.

18 August – jockey Lester Piggott, aged 12, wins his first race, at Haydock Park Racecourse.

September – The first new comprehensive schools open in Potters Bar and Hillingdon.

Judicial corporal punishment (birching and flogging) is abolished in the UK.

6 September – flying the de Havilland DH 108, John Derry becomes the first British pilot to break the sound barrier.

8 September – Terence Rattigan’s play The Browning Version premieres in London.

October – the Hoover Company open a new factory for the mass production of washing machines at Merthyr Tydfil.

12 October – topical debate programme Any Questions? first broadcast on the BBC Home Service. It will still be on the radio more than sixty years later.

20 October – 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster: a KLM Lockheed Constellation airliner crashes into power cables on approach to Prestwick Airport in Scotland, killing all 40 people on board.

27 October – 6 November: first postwar Motor Show held at Earls Court, London. A record 562,954 visitors witness a wide range of new products from British manufacturers. Most successful will be the Morris Minor and Land Rover; but there are also the Morris Six, new Morris Oxford and Wolseley 4/50; Jaguar XK120, the world’s fastest production car at this time, and Mark V; Hillman Minx Mark III; Austin A70 and Atlantic; Vauxhall Velox and Wyvern; Singer SM1500; Sunbeam-Talbot 90; and Bristol 401.

8 November – the King issues Letters Patent granting the title of Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom, with the style Royal Highness, to the children of The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. Their first child is due later this month.

14 November – Princess Elizabeth gives birth to a son.

15 November – rising actor and comedian Ronnie Barker, aged 19 and from Bedford, makes his stage debut in the play Quality Street at the County Theatre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

19 November – Peter Griffiths is hanged at Liverpool’s Walton Gaol for the murder of June Anne Devaney.

December – Patrick Blackett wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation".

10 December – T. S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry".

15 December – the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s one-month-old son (later The Prince of Wales) is christened His Royal Highness Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh.

26 December – the first series of Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting on the BBC Home Service.

Undated

Scottish advocate Margaret Kidd becomes the first British woman King’s Counsel in Britain.

Snettisham Hoard discovered near King’s Lynn.

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is founded.

From the end of the year, manufacturers are permitted to make Utility furniture to their own designs.

“Black widow” road safety poster (slogan: “Keep death off the road – Carelessness kills”) by William Little issued.

Posted by brizzle born and bred on 2019-01-13 16:19:55

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Home Made Theater Offers "Play It Forward" Initiative

Home Made Theater Offers “Play It Forward” Initiative

Home Made Theater, Saratoga’s resident theater company, is pleased to announce its Play It Forward initiative. Play It Forward provides children in need the opportunity to attend a live theatrical performance, HMT’s holiday production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. During their annual subscription and membership drive, HMT asked their subscribers and members to contribute an additional $12 (the cost of a…

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Shalimar Bagh, also known as the "Shalimar Gardens," is a magnificent Mughal garden located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Shalimar Bagh is situated on the northeast shore of the Dal Lake, approximately 15 kilometers from the city center of Srinagar.

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just a heads up for anyone following hold me tight (and never let me go) (which im gonna just start calling hmt(anlmg) because thats such a damn long name) on ao3 that there'll be no update this week, sorry! ive been trying to stick to one chapter a week aside from unforseen issues like my laptop breaking but last week has been super busy and im on holiday this week so will have no time to write and catch-up with myself

this might also mean no update the following week too but ill try my best to get something out!! <3

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How digital marketing works for Travel & Hospitality Industry?

Travel Technology is regarded as the keystone of travel business growth. Whether it is for increasing efficiency, new resources for creating a professional network or new ways to reach out potential customers; digital marketing is a boon for every business of all kinds. It has proven specifically beneficial for the Travel and Hospitality services industry.

Before the Trend of digital marketing, Travel & Hospitality Industry depended on traditional marketing platforms and sales agents to shove their travel services to the customers. Usually, marketing and sales from b2b , b2c agents and customers , hardly uniting their endeavors for a successful lead management process.

Fundamentally digital marketing works for Travel & Hospitality Industry by using different digital marketing strategies. Each of these strategies serves for a distinct reason, even though they have a common objective.

Digital marketing is especially beneficial For:

1. Travel & Hospitality Agencies 2. Travel Franchisees & Travel agents 3. Travel Operators 4. Tours and Travel holiday Service providers

Well-structured digital marketing campaigns can use an integrated way to achieve the objective.

Digital Marketing Techniques:

Search engine optimization (SEO)

Search engine marketing (SEM)

Content marketing.

Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Pay-per-click advertising (PPC)

Affiliate marketing.

Email marketing

By using above techniques to find below things easily

Know Your Audience:

Before attracting your targeted audience, you should understand them. You should know about their interests, goals, motivations, and behaviors

After knowing your audience you need to frame your content that satisfies their needs and show your service as the solution.

Create Interest:

If your content is relevant and enticing for the target audience, they’ll have the interest and perform an initial action. The action includes registering for your services, visiting your website, calling you to know more, etc.

Select Different Platforms for Digital Marketing:

Promote your service (Offers on Flight, bus, hotel, holiday) through the different online channel. To reach a good number of potential audiences you need to give attention towards search engine optimization, search engine advertising, banner advertising, paid social media advertising, public relations and video marketing.

Create a USP:

You need to create a unique selling proposition that will make your travel services prices differential from your competitors’. What does your business offer that others don’t?

Make Travel Bookings Easy:

Make buying your services (Flight, bus, hotel and holiday) easy for prospects by explaining you’re pricing with transparency. It will help to increase your revenue.

Retain Your Customers:

Be sure that most of your travel business will be generated by the existing customers. So retain the customers by providing them loyalty services, added value and deliver what you promise. This can be done by email marketing, remarketing tactics and social media updates.

Make your Customers Your Advocate:

Offer convenient ways to your customers to become an advocate. Like, let your customers give a review on your service booking flexibility and quality and delivery.

You can offer some discounts as a way to incentivise them. It helps to get more business from new customers.

As per recent Adobe survey, average calculations in different categories. Travel and hospitality industry  in  the top place in digital marketing tactics usage to get best revenue.

You can visit website for more :

I2space – www.i2space.com,

eTravos- Cloud Travel  Solution, Travel White Label Portal,

Hozbe – Hospitality Cloud Technology,

OBIBOGDS-BUS BOOKING SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Directly shoot a mail :  info@i2space.com or call: 040-64626302

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eTravos-Travel Portal Development

Travel portal software- i2space technologies is India’s No 1 Online Travel portal Platform provides Travel portal software with API Integration for Travel, Tour and holiday businesses at very affordable price.Our Travel portal development teams have competence in working on a wide variety of software tools for travel portal applications.

We assure the client with the wide-ranging Travel portal software  from the scratch to the end from Travel website design specialized in building both static and dynamic website to the payment integration serving the travel operators and agencies to provide a ready to use Travel portal software  with user friendly accessibility and well demarcated features for the automated online reservation of tickets both for buses and flights. We have provided this extensive feature to a great number of leading travel agencies in a monistic approach.

Our Travel portal development, serving the upcoming online traffic serves all the old unturned stones to fit the trend. Making all the old agencies and the upcoming operators to go with the globalized pattern of online portal development saves revenue, labor and fills us with handful returns. So, we the i2space gifts you with the SEO effective and comprehensive model of travel portal software. So, visit our site to have one stop solution to all your travel related queries thus redefining your motto of success.

Create Your Travel portal software via white label integration & Sell across B2C and B2B Channels.

For more details please visit our website http://www.i2space.com/onlinetravelportal.html

India Office:

Plot No.1, H.No.23-304/1, Kriti Mansion, 1st floor,

HMT Sathavahana Nagar,Kukatpally Housing Board,

Hyderabad-500085, Telangana

Land Mark : Vinay kumar supermarket Phone :    040-64626301/2/3

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The Zabarwan Range is situated to the east of Srinagar city, overlooking the famous Dal Lake. It forms a picturesque backdrop to the cityscape, with its rugged peaks rising majestically against the sky.

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Nishat Bagh is situated along the banks of the Dal Lake, approximately 11 kilometers from the city center of Srinagar. It is easily accessible via a scenic drive along the Boulevard Road, offering stunning views of the lake and surrounding mountains.

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Pari Mahal is situated on the Zabarwan mountain range overlooking the Dal Lake in Srinagar. It is perched on a hilltop, providing panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, valleys, and the shimmering waters of the Dal Lake.