#whitegate

[aiaantarctica]

("Indoor/Outdoor Ice Complex", Whitegate, DC, Antarctica, 2021)

[pepperstrawberry]

After finding some new ways to practice my line confidence, I scratched this out. Line art took like 40 minutes, color took me a few hours, but mostly cause I was messing around. This is kinda a weird idea update for a super old Entervoid character: "Kale Whitegate" Only, I think I'm just going to call her Gate.

[blackpoolhistory]

Shaw's Depository building on Whitegate Drive, near the junction with Manor Road.

[random-racehorses]

Random Real Thoroughbred: WHITEGATE WAY

WHITEGATE WAY is a bay mare born in Great Britain in 1997. By GREENSMITH out of LADY LONGMEAD. Link to their pedigreequery page: https://www.pedigreequery.com/whitegate+way

[afterdarkchef]

"Aziraphale Whitegate is a cellist, the pride and joy of the wealthy and well known, God-fearing, Whitegate family. He is front and centre of their church community, representing everything the family stands for. Talent, dedication, class, subservience and above all else the image of perfection Gabriel has carefully crafted for them.

Crowley hates him the second he meets him. From the tip of his polished shoes to his perfectly buttoned shirt Aziraphale represents the worst of society as far as the guitarist is concerned. Now he’s expected to play alongside him and make nice, even though Aziraphale isn’t exactly making it easy.

But people’s lives are a lot more complicated under the surface."

ko-fi if you are so inclined and like what you see

@goodomensafterdark

[fapper]

This whiteg girl legit said to this guy on the phone “ill pay you $50 to build us the tent” i hate it here i hope everyone explodes tonight actuaylly

[wehavecomeforyourprivateschools]

😂😂😂

[whitegerua]

Hi Stranger!

I think I need to introduce myself. I`m Whiteger. I have been playing sso since the fall of 2018. At first, I played on a Russian server and reached account level 21, but... but for some reason I went to another server. This is how Daniela Rockwill was born(20 lvl at the moment)

In this blog I will be posting photos and short stories about my adventures in Jorvik. Actually, I don't know if anyone will see this post or not, but at some point the idea of ​​blogging became a lifesaver for me. The desire to play the game is getting less and less every year, but I don't want to say goodbye to a game that gave me a lot of positive emotions. The blog is a reason not to put Star Stable online in the furthest place of my heart, a reason to revive the desire to continue playing.

So, welcome to my cozy (hopefully) corner❤️

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Ireland roster

Athletics

Mark English (Letterkenny)

Andrew Coscoran (Balbriggan)

Cathal Doyle (Bettystown)

Luke McCann (Dublin)

Brian Fay (Dublin)

Thomas Barr (Waterford)

Christopher O'Donnell (Loughborough, U.K.)

Eric Favors (Haverstraw, New York)

Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport)

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght)

Sophie Becker (Ballykelly)

Ciara Mageean (Portaferry)

Sophie Bideau-O'Sullivan (Melbourne, Australia)

Sarah Healey (Monkstown)

Jodie McCann (Dublin)

Sarah Lavin (Lisnagry)

Fionnuala McCormick (Wicklow)

Philippa Healy (Ballineen)

Kelly McGrory (Laghy)

Nicola Tuthill (Kilbrittain)

Kate O'Connor (Dundalk)

Badminton

Nguyen Nhat (Dublin)

Rachael Darragh (Letterkenny)

Boxing

Jude Gallagher (Newton Stewart, U.K.)

Dean Clancy (Sligo)

Aidan Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Jack Marley (Dublin)

Daina Moorehouse (Dublin)

Jenny Lehane (Ashbourne)

Michaela Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Kellie Harrington (Dublin)

Gráinne Walsh (Tullamore)

Aoife O'Rourke (Castlerea)

Canoeing

Liam Jegou (Huningue, France)

Noel Hendrick (Dunadea)

Michaela Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Madison Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Cycling

Ben Healy (Kingswinford, U.K.)

Ryan Mullen (Colwyn Bay, U.K.)

Megan Armitage (Tullamore)

Erin Creighton (Belfast, U.K.)

Mia Griffin (Glenmore)

Alice Sharpe (Cambridge, U.K.)

Kelly Murphy (London, U.K.)

Lara Gillespie (Dublin)

Diving

Jake Passmore (Leeds, U.K.)

Ciara McGing (London, U.K.)

Equestrian

Austin O'Connor (Mallow)

Cian O'Connor (Dublin)

Shane Sweetnam (Cork)

Daniel Coyle (Ardmore, U.K.)

Abigail Lyle (Bangor, U.K.)

Susie Berry (Dromore)

Sarah Ennis (Howth)

Aoife Clark (Dublin)

Field hockey

Kyle Marshall (Markethill)

Peter McKibbin (Belfast, U.K.)

Jonny Lynch (Lisburn)

Peter Brown (Banbridge)

Nick Page (London, U.K.)

David Harte (Ballinspittle)

Tim Cross (Melbourne, Australia)

John McKee (Banbridge, U.K.)

Matthew Nelson (Belfast, U.K.)

Daragh Walsh (Dublin)

Shane O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Sean Murray (Lisburn, U.K.)

Jeremy Duncan (Kilkenny)

Michael Robson (Belfast, U.K.)

Ben Walker (Glenageary)

Lee Cole (Shankill)

Ben Johnson (Waterford)

Golf

Rory McIlroy (Jupiter, Florida)

Shane Lowry (Dublin)

Stephanie Kallan (Phoenix, Arizona)

Leona Maguire (Cavan)

Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan (Dublin)

Rowing

Daire Lynch (Clonmel)

Philip Doyle (Banbridge, U.K.)

Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen)

Paul O'Donovan (Lisheen)

Ross Corrigan (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Nathan Timoney (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Holly Davis (Bollincollig)

Alison Bergin (Cork)

Zoe Hyde (Killorglin)

Margaret Cremen (Rochestown)

Aofie Casey (Skibbereen)

Aifric Keogh (Furbo)

Fiona Murtagh (Galway)

Emily Hegarty (Skibbereen)

Natalie Long (Cobh)

Eimear Lambe (Dublin)

Imogen Magner (Ely, U.K.)

Rugby

Jack Kelly (Dublin)

Andrew Smith (Dublin)

Harry McNulty (Cashel)

Mark Roche (Glenageary)

Zac Ward (Downpatrick)

Chay Mullins (Bristol, U.K.)

Jordan Conroy (Tullamore)

Hugo Keenan (Dublin)

Hugo Lennox (Skerries)

Terry Kennedy (Dublin)

Gavin Mullin (Blackrock)

Niall Comerford (Dublin)

Sean Cribbin (Dublin)

Bryan Mollen (Glasthule)

Kathy Baker (Navan)

Megan Burns (Tullamore)

Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Dublin)

Alanna Fitzpatrick (Portarlington)

Stacey Flood (Dublin)

Eve Higgins (Kilcock)

Erin King (Wicklow)

Vicky Elmes-Kinlan (Rathnew)

Emily Lane (Cork)

Ashleigh Orchard (Belfast, U.K.)

Beibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe)

Lucy Mulhall (Wicklow)

Sailing

Finn Lynch (Bennekerry)

Robert Dickson (Sutton)

Sean Waddilove (Howth)

Eve McMahon (Howth)

Swimming

Max McCusker (Harlow, U.K.)

Thomas Fannon (Torquay, U.K.)

Shane Ryan (Haverford Township, Pennsylvania)

Daniel Wiffen (Magheralin, U.K.)

Darragh Greene (Longford)

Conor Ferguson (Belfast, U.K.)

Grace Davison (Bangor, U.K.)

Victoria Catterson (Belfast, U.K.)

Erin Riordan (Whitegate)

Danielle Hill (Newtonabbey, U.K.)

Mona McSharry (Grange)

Ellen Walshe (Dublin)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Dublin)

[aiaantarctica]

(Tolliver Building, East Whitegate, DC, Antarctica, 2021)

[ingek73]

‘A firm of funeral directors sent Valentine’s Day cards to residents of a care home, in what has been described as an “appalling stunt” that the undertakers have admitted was “misjudged”.

The cards sent to Whitegates Care Centre in Surrey were decorated with a red heart and a pink bow, the Sun reported, and bore the words: “Sent with love from TH Sanders & Sons.” ‘

[blackpoolhistory]

A view along Whitegate Drive outside the former tram sheds (now a Tesco petrol station) in 1962 with Greenwood Avenue on the right and the Saddle Inn on the left.

[atlanticcanada]

Irving Oil weighing its options, including the possible sale of its assets

Irving Oil says it’s undertaking a “strategic review” with an eye to its future.

In a release Wednesday, the company says it’s looking at a number of options, including the sale of its assets.

“No decisions have been made about where this strategic review may lead,” the company said in the release. “Consideration will be give to a new ownership structure, a full or partial sale, or a change in the portfolio of our assets and how we operate them.”

Founded in 1924, Irving Oil operates Canada's largest refinery in Saint John along with more than 900 gas stations and distribution terminals spanning Eastern Canada and New England.

It also operates Ireland's only refinery, located in the village of Whitegate in County Cork.

In 2019, Irving Oil acquired Ireland’s Top Oil, a supplier of home heating oil, gas and diesel fuel.

The company established its European operations in 2014 with an office in London, England, and in Amsterdam.

More to come...

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/w76EiYN

[dry-valleys]

" Back into the trees.The light was growing, shrouded by storm clouds, but ahead I could see the wide swathe of land cleared of trees that surrounded the slopes of Eads Byrig and it was there, among the stumps, that most of Ragnall’s men were camped, and it was there we killed them. We burst from the woods with bloodied swords and we rode among the panicked men and we cut them down. Women screamed, children cried. My son led men from my right, slicing into fugitives fleeing from our swords. “

Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Pale Heights sits on the Mid-Cheshire Ridge, a landscape that has been here for 225 million years; while not the highest point I’ve ever been, it is the highest ground for miles around in what is otherwise flat country and thus has been fought over as long as humanity, which is considerably younger than these hills.

Eddisbury hillfort was built in 200-100 BC by the Celtic tribes who lived here before being conquered by the Romans who ruled Britannia from 43 onwards, though by this stage what is now Cheshire was mostly peaceful.

Until 410, when, the Romans having abandoned Britannia as their own city was conquered by the Vandals, the Anglo-Saxons came to Britannia; of the kingdoms they founded, which bitterly fought one another and the Celtic Britons who had lived here since before the Romans, Mercia was the biggest in this area and sought to be the biggest in all Britain.

Chester, the biggest city in this area (it still is, and I rode out from the caravan site at Delamere early mass in the cathedral on Easter Sunday), saw a big gain for the Anglo-Saxons and a setback for the Britains in 613-6, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria (which was at war with Mercia and with the British kingdoms of Powys and Gwynnedd at the time), won the Battle of Chester.

From this time, the Britons were pushed back to what is now Wales and Cornwall, where they still live, but have been driven out of most of Cheshire and the rest of what is now England.

Although the English and Welsh continued to squabble here, and in most other places, a bigger threat came when the Vikings invaded Britain in 793 and began a series of campaigns against all the British kingdoms. 

Resistance was marshelled by Alfred the Great of Wessex (which is to the south of Mercia; Mercia itself was battered by the invaders) and Alfred’s daughter, Aethefllaed, built a fortress here in 914 as she pushed back the invaders and undo the gains they had been making for over a hundred years in Mercia.  (It is a sign of how ruthlessthe Vikings were that they managed to get the English and Welsh to agree on something and unite against them!)

After the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, Athelfled’s nephew, Athelred, defeated the Vikings and became the first king of what can meaningfully be called a united realm of England; here, some Danes still lived (if they became Christians), but the Viking ways were abandoned and any more attacks beaten off and Cheshire came to a time of peace. 

In 1066, England was conquered by William the Bastard of Normandy and these lands were given to the Earls of Chester who hunted in what became called Delamere Forest; in 1312 the Earldom of Chester was merged with the Princedom of Wales, so that the heir to the throne is still called the Earl of Chester.

The woodland declined after the farming of Vale Royal Abbey (founded 1281) and the secular landlords who took over when it was dissolved in 1539. There was also more industry and the salt trade, especially, called for more and more wood which led to trees here being cut down.

In 1812, the medieval forest law was abolished and these areas split between the crown and the local gentry and nobles; soon afterwards, Blakemere Moss (6) was drained, for tree-planting enterprises which failed, and the old wood seemed lost. 

The railway came to Delamere in 1870, and though the Whitegates Way (2) on which I cycled here, ceased to be a working railway in 1966 (it had also opened in1870), trains are very much still coming to and from Delamere as we shall see.

The Forestry Commission, which had been set up in 1919 to address the lack of timber that had become known in World War 1, took over Delamere in 1924 and still own most of it.

I first came here in May 2016 (4,8, the rest being April 2023) when walking the Sandstone Trail and it has somehow taken me this long to come back and admire the view.

 From here you can see (6) Blakemere; the story that started so badly in the 19th century had a happy ending when it was rewatered in 1998 and 2010 and restored to its former glory, as you can see. The whole area is set in the fast-growing Mersey Forest which we will soon be seeing much more of.

You can see also the industries of (7,8) Ellesmere Port (please see here for my work in that striking place) and (10) Fiddler’s Ferry power station, built in 1973 and decommissioned in 2022; it is odd, and sad, to think it will be knocked down by the time I come back, which will certainly not take me six or more years, and preferably won’t involve being ‘sliced’ by Anglo-Saxons or Vikings.