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It’s been a bit of a trying week, so the opportunity to attend a “Booze and Books” event at my friend’s bookshop was a nice way to go into the weekend.
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BCC Executive VX13 YMC
Seen at Oxford Peartree Services.
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OMC Global GX72 CDV
Seen at Oxford Peartree Services.
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Port Meadow SSSI, Oxford
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Carousel Scania N230UD ADL Enviro400 in blue livery on service Flightline 102 to Heathrow Airport. Used to run in the Thames Travel on River Rapids route X40 from Oxford to Reading via Wallingford.
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Maintaining Your Locks: Expert Advice from Oxford Locksmiths
🔒 Safeguard your Oxford property! MB Locksmiths shares expert tips: inspect regularly, use the right lubricants, consider dampness, upgrade wisely, and mind those window locks. Your security deserves top-notch care! 🏰💡 #LockMaintenance #OxfordSecurity
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Paropsia vareciformis (Griff.) Mast.
Kedah, Selatan FR, Kedah
(Image credit M. Nazri, Kedah)
Canopy. Paropsia vareciformis (Griff.) Mast. Passifloraceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Dendulang (sharing name with Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth., a Fabaceae), Belimbing hutan]. Native to: Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand.
Synonym(s):
Trichodia vareciformis Griff.
Paropsia bakhuisii Boerl. & Koord.-Schum
Paropsia malayana Planch. ex Mast.
Alsodeia chrysodasys Miq.
Ref.:
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674742-1
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
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Paropsia vareciformis (Griff.) Mast.
Kedah, Selatan FR, Kedah
(Image credit M. Nazri, Kedah)
Leaf. Paropsia vareciformis (Griff.) Mast. Passifloraceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Dendulang (sharing name with Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth., a Fabaceae), Belimbing hutan]. Native to: Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand.
Synonym(s):
Trichodia vareciformis Griff.
Paropsia bakhuisii Boerl. & Koord.-Schum
Paropsia malayana Planch. ex Mast.
Alsodeia chrysodasys Miq.
Ref.:
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674742-1
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
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OH Oxford - Gimme Shelter
Sign for the Gimme Shelter house in Oxford, Ohio. (Miami University student house)
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OH Oxford - Real Housewives Of Oxford
Sign for the Real Housewives Of Oxford house in Oxford, Ohio. (Miami University student house)
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Engineering Building, University of Leicester
The Engineering Building (1959–1963) was the first major building by British architects James Stirling and James Gowan. This Grade II* listed building comprises workshops and laboratories at ground level, and a tower containing offices and lecture theatres.
The building is part of the Red Trilogy by James Stirling. Beginning in the late 1950s, the architect designed three university buildings featuring distinctly red materials: red bricks and red tiles. The Red Trilogy includes the Engineering Building, University of Leicester (1959–1963), the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (1964–1967), and the Florey Building, The Queen's College, Oxford (1966–1971). James Stirling and James Gowan worked together on the design for the Engineering Building. The Trilogy's two later buildings were designed by Stirling, without Gowan.
The Engineering Building is a large and complex structure. Stirling and Gowan were tasked to design spaces for offices, laboratories, auditorium, and workshops with heavy machinery. The design also includes a water tank on top. The workshops are located in the low-rise section of the building, in a hall with a rectangular floor plan. Connected to the workshop hall is the tower, which houses auditorium, offices, and laboratories. The water tank sits on top of the tower. The tower section is notable for its chamfered edges and its prismatic geometry. The auditorium is located at the base of the tower. The auditoriums seating arrangement is designed typically stadium-like with staggered rows of seats. The angled auditorium floor results in a pronounced wedge-shape on the building's exterior. The tower's facades are clad in glass and red tiles, the workshop hall's facade is entirely made of frosted glass.
A unique feature of the workshop hall is its roof construction. The roof's geometry is rotated by 45 degrees in respect to the floor plan's orientation. This results in a unique jagged roof line and a diamond-pattern-like perimeter. The roof appears as a series of multiple translucent prisms. The translucent effect was achieved by lining the glass panes with fibre-glass. Other parts of the glass shell are completely opaque, in contrast. Here, the glass panes were coated with a thin layer of aluminium.
Stirling and Gowan were commissioned in 1957. The design is dated to 1959. Construction lasted from 1960 to 1963. The consulting structural engineer was Frank Newby.
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Stagecoach Manchester 13193 OE62 ZSG works a 350 service for Ashton at Oldham Mumps Interchange.
New to Oxford Bus Company as 369 and registered Y25 OXF.
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Transit London VMH45340 LJ17 WRX
RATP Dev - Transit London
VMH45340 - LJ17 WRX
Volvo B5LH MCV EvoSeti.
Oxford Street, London.
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