HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA IN GOOGLE EARTH PART TWO ( 2/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA PART TWO (2/3)
1. ROPE WAY TO TABLE MOUNTAIN,CAPE TOWN 33°56'54.33S 18°24'11.28E
2. OLD FORT CONSTITUTIONAL HILL,JOHANNESBURG 26°11'23.21S 28° 2'34.80E
3. VENETIA DIAMOND MINE, 22°25'54.60S 29°19'12.96E
4. CITY HALL,DURBAN 29°51'30.80S 31° 1'35.16E
5. ST.AUGUSTINE'S CATHEDRAL,CAPE TOWN 33°57'46.26S 25°37'20.80E
6. MONUMENT,DURBAN 29°51'31.37S 31° 1'30.88E
7. SINGNS ON MOUNTAINS 25°41'34.60S 28°10'16.36E
8. SOUTH AFRICA MUSUEM,CAPE TOWN 33°55'44.02S 18°24'53.66E
9. TOWN HALL,PORT ELIZABETH 33°57'44.86S 25°37'25.36E
10. FORT AMIEL 27°44'47.16S 29°55'17.52E
11. GREEN POINT LIGHTHOUSE,CAPE TOWN 33°54'5.00S 18°23'58.69E
12. HIPPOS,ST.LUCIA 28°19'18.90S 32°24'30.39E
13. DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM,PRETORIA 25°45'12.11S 28°11'4.07E
14. ST.GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL,CAPE TOWN 33°55'29.68S 18°25'10.10E
15. MILLENNIUM TOWER,DURBAN 29°52'32.76S 31° 3'26.94E
16. DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,PAARL 33°43'58.57S 18°57'47.91E
17. CHAPEL,UP CAMPUS,PRETORIA 25°45'16.55S 28°13'57.63E
18. RHENISH MISSIONARY CHURCH,STELLENBOSCH 33°56'16.61S 18°51'32.29E
19. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST,JOHANNESBURG 26°10'40.51S 28° 2'20.99E
20. SEAL ISLAND,FALSE BAY 34° 8'14.81S 18°34'57.76E
21. VOORTREKKER MONUMENT,PRETORIA LEON 25°46'34.83S 28°10'32.68E
Sights Of London (1951)
A British Instructional Film.
Big Ben. High angle shot over London. Suitcase with many labels of different destinations stuck to the sides. Golden Arrow train pulls in to a station. Aeroplane taxis on runway. People disembark from a passenger liner. Voiceover describes how some come as tourists, some as businessmen, some for sport and some for culture and entertainment. One man has a backpack. Buckingham Palace. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the royal carriage are driven through streets lined with crowds - it is the celebration of their Silver Wedding anniversary. A sword is presented to the King. Shots of the crowds. Crowds of people rush to the gates of Buckingham Palace - high angle. The King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family wave from the balcony. Houses of Parliament. C/U of Big Ben. Exterior of Westminster Abbey. Interior of Abbey - boy kneels down and lays flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier. Buses. Westminster Cathedral. Parliament Square and Whitehall. Home Office and Cenotaph. Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street. Trafalgar Square. Church of St Martin in the Fields. People feed the pigeons (including a nun and some children). The roof of the Central Criminal Court or Old Bailey. Pan down to front entrance. St Paul's Cathedral. Sign outside reads: Dangerous. Shots of interior with rubble and bomb damage (shot during wartime). Tower Bridge. Tower of London - crowds of people lead procession of Beefeaters. Tower Hill - choirboys beat a wall with long reeds - beating the bounds. Bell Tower. Tower of London - various views. Housing: tenement building in the East End, bomb damaged houses, children playing cricket amongst rubble - Why go to Lords?. West End - modern flats in Mayfair. Cumberland Hotel. Marble Arch. Docks. Loading and unloading of cargo. Shot of goods stacked in warehouse. Packing cases, wording on the side: Rosario - Made in England and J.A. Buenos Aires. Goods stacked in warehouse. A celebrity (?) is helped on to a motor boat. It is leaving from (the new?) P.L.A. Charing Cross Pier. Battersea Power Station. Printing presses of Fleet Street. The Times being taken off machines. Underground trains leaving depot. Women getting on to bus. Underground station.
Many people descending elevators. Crowds of men in Frogmorton Street (sp?) in The City. Barclays Bank Ltd. The British Bank of Iran and the Middle East. Bank of British West Africa. Standard Bank of South Africa. Bank of England in Threadneedle Street. Old Royal Exchange. Interior of the Mint, Tower Hill with coins being made. Busy shopping streets. Including Bond Street and Regent Street. Busy market - Berwick Street. Man tries some grapes and a woman buys flowers. Eros in Piccadilly Circus. Policeman chats to people and gives directions - good C/Us. Directs the traffic. Buses. People watch the tennis at Wimbledon. Ted Schoeder (sp) and Gardner Malloy (?) Weather vane. Cricket. Spectators. C/U of man with newspaper on head. Denis Compton and Evans are mentioned Wembley - final of the Association Football Cup. King George VI shakes hands with the teams - Blackpool and Newcastle United? Shots of the crowd - celebrations after goal is scored. Lights of Piccadilly - Guinness, Jacobs, Criterion Restaurant etc. Warner Brothers' cinema showing June Bride. News Theatre lights. Coliseum. Unidentified personalities at Saddlers Wells Ballet (just entrance). Shop windows at night. Houses of Parliament and Big Ben at night.
Note: lots of this shots also found in other B.I.F. films. A cut reel exists with sections missing.
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Remembrance Sunday 2019
The Royal Family will lead the nation in paying respects to its war dead at the traditional wreath-laying service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
Political leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, will take a break from election campaigning to attend the service at the memorial on Whitehall in central London.
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Sol Plaatje holds National Remembrance Day ceremony
Sol Plaatje Municipality today held the National Remembrance Day ceremony in Kimberley.
The day is held to remember those who lost their lives fighting for freedom including people who died fighting in the First and Second World War.
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War, to remember armed forces soldiers who died in the line of duty.
Kgosi Galeshewe and Kgosi Janjtie who fought against colonialism were also honoured.
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World Day of Remembrance #WDR2015 , 10 Years of UN Recognition, 20 Years of Global Remembrance
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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National Remembrance Sunday
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9 November 2014 - National Remembrance Sunday has been held in Johannesburg. Commemorated throughout the Commonwealth, the day is held in tribute to all the Commonwealth dead in any combat since World War 1. In South Africa that includes the country’s struggle for freedom and democracy.
Shine no more - Architecture of Aeons
Take a listen to the first single Shine No More from the latest album Architecture of Aeons releasing on 03-September-2016.
As always thanks to Concerts SA OTHERWORLD TATTOO STUDIO Buffelsfontein Baard-olie Simon Subrosa
African & Caribbean War Memorial
The African and Caribbean War Memorial started as a tribute project to ex-RAF Caribbean veterans of World War 11 (WW2) who arrived on the MV Empire Windrush in 1948, and was an extension of the commemorative plaque and sculpture scheme run by the Nubian Jak Community Trust to highlight the historic contributions of Black and minority ethnic people in Britain. The memorial was originally to be placed at Tilbury Docks, as part of the centenary commemorating the outbreak of World War 1 (WW1); however, as the project began to evolve into a larger tribute that included both world wars and commemorated servicemen and women from both Africa and the Caribbean, it was agreed by the memorial recipient – the Port of Tilbury – and the project organizers that a new more accessible location needed to found.
After exploring a number of potential sites, including the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, London’s Southbank, and Peckham Square also in London, and having consulted local stakeholders, the Trust finally settled on Windrush Square in the heart of Brixton, South London. The area has a strong connection with African and Caribbean culture and history, since the arrival on the MV Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, near London, on 22 June 1948, bringing the first large group of West Indian migrants to the UK, among them many former servicemen. The arrivals were temporarily housed in the Clapham South deep shelter in Southwest London, about two miles away from Coldharbour Lane in Brixton. Many only intended to stay in Britain for a few years, and although a number returned to the Caribbean, the majority remained to settle permanently.
The African and Caribbean War Memorial was temporarily displayed outside the Black Cultural Archives, No. 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, at 11 minutes past 11am, on 11 November 2014, at an Armistice Day ceremony marking the First World War Centenary.
The African and Caribbean War Memorial was designed by Jak Beula of the NUbian Jak Community Trust. It consists of two 6-foot obelisks made from Scottish whinstone, weighing approximately 0.75 tons. It is inscribed with the name of every regiment from Africa and the Caribbean who served in World War I and World War II, as well as where they served, and when. It also includes a pyramidal plinth made from Ancaster stone and weighing just under 1.5 tons (combined weight 3 tons). The memorial is supported by Lambeth Council, Department of Communities and Local Government, Her Majesty's Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Heritage Lottery Fund, Black Cultural Archives, Madstone Limited, Association of West Indian Personnel and a number of community stakeholders.
National armed forces day in Kimberley
The army marched in Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Wednesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa also visited the city for armed forces day.
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Manchester | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:05 1 Name
00:04:06 2 History
00:04:15 2.1 Early history
00:09:08 2.2 Industrial Revolution
00:16:40 2.3 Blitz
00:18:28 2.4 Post-Second World War
00:21:01 2.5 Since 2000
00:23:48 3 Governance
00:27:59 4 Geography
00:31:22 4.1 Climate
00:33:30 4.2 Green belt
00:34:34 5 Demography
00:41:44 6 Economy
00:46:31 7 Landmarks
00:50:12 8 Transport
00:50:21 8.1 Rail
00:51:57 8.2 Metrolink (tram)
00:53:01 8.3 Bus
00:54:21 8.4 Air
00:56:20 8.5 Canal
00:56:56 9 Culture
00:57:05 9.1 Music
01:01:46 9.2 Performing arts
01:03:53 9.3 Museums and galleries
01:06:17 9.4 Literature
01:09:52 9.5 Nightlife
01:12:31 9.6 Gay Village
01:13:10 10 Education
01:17:18 11 Sport
01:20:59 12 Media
01:26:17 13 Twin cities and consulates
01:27:49 14 Honorary citizens
01:28:14 15 See also
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Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 545,500 as of 2017. It lies within the United Kingdom's third-most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 3.2 million. It is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council.
The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium, which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It was historically a part of Lancashire, although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century. The first to be included, Wythenshawe, was added to the city in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand at an astonishing rate around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and directly linking the city to the Irish Sea, 36 miles (58 km) to the west. Its fortune declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation, but the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration.In 2014, the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network ranked Manchester as a beta world city, the highest-ranked British city apart from London. Manchester is the third-most visited city in the UK, after London and Edinburgh.
It is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first inter-city passenger railway station; scientists first split the atom, developed the stored-program computer and produced graphene in the city. Manchester hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
UK national anthem - a capella, one person sings SATB
So I've decided to make use of the fact that my range can extend from soprano down to nearly bass range and start recording a cappella videos (using the acapella app). Just a very short one to start with, leave requests in the comments! Like rate subscribe :)
Prince Charles made an honourary high chief in Vanuatu
Prince Charles has been made an honorary high chief in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and said the new title was a very great honour. Report by Sarah Duffy.
Southern Rhodesia in World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:37 1 Background
00:06:19 2 Outbreak of war
00:10:40 3 Africa and the Mediterranean
00:10:50 3.1 Early deployments
00:12:29 3.2 East Africa
00:18:05 3.3 North Africa
00:25:30 3.4 El Alamein
00:27:48 3.5 Tunisia
00:31:21 3.6 Dodecanese
00:33:16 3.7 Italy
00:38:19 3.8 Balkans and Greece
00:41:31 3.9 Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
00:45:00 4 Britain, Norway and western Europe
00:50:01 5 Burma
00:56:01 6 Southern Rhodesians in other theatres
00:57:03 7 Home front
00:57:12 7.1 Rhodesian Air Training Group
01:00:23 7.2 Home service
01:02:09 7.2.1 Women
01:04:22 7.3 Domestic politics
01:05:00 7.4 Economic impact; conscripted labour
01:11:15 7.5 Internment camps and Polish refugees
01:13:57 8 End of the war
01:14:47 8.1 Statistics
01:17:45 9 Legacy
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Southern Rhodesia, then a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom, entered World War II along with Britain shortly after the invasion of Poland in 1939. By the war's end, 26,121 Southern Rhodesians of all races had served in the armed forces, 8,390 of them overseas, operating in the European theatre, the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre, East Africa, Burma and elsewhere. The territory's most important contribution to the war is commonly held to be its contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), under which 8,235 British, Commonwealth and Allied airmen were trained in Southern Rhodesian flight schools. The colony's operational casualties numbered 916 killed and 483 wounded of all races.
Southern Rhodesia had no diplomatic powers, but largely oversaw its own contributions of manpower and materiel to the war effort, being responsible for its own defence. Rhodesian officers and soldiers were distributed in small groups throughout the British and South African forces in an attempt to prevent high losses. Most of the colony's men served in Britain, East Africa and the Mediterranean, particularly at first; a more broad dispersal occurred from late 1942. Rhodesian servicemen in operational areas were mostly from the country's white minority, with the Rhodesian African Rifles—made up of black troops and white officers—providing the main exception in Burma from late 1944. Other non-white soldiers and white servicewomen served in East Africa and on the home front within Southern Rhodesia. Tens of thousands of black men were conscripted from rural communities for work, first on the aerodromes and later on white-owned farms.
World War II prompted major changes in Southern Rhodesia's financial and military policy, and accelerated the process of industrialisation. The territory's participation in the EATS brought about major economic and infrastructural developments and led to the post-war immigration of many former airmen, contributing to the growth of the white population to over double its pre-war size by 1951. The war remained prominent in the national consciousness for decades afterwards. Since the country's reconstitution as Zimbabwe in 1980, the modern government has removed many references to the World Wars, such as memorial monuments and plaques, from public view, regarding them as unwelcome vestiges of white minority rule and colonialism. Southern Rhodesia's dead of the war today have no official commemoration, either in Zimbabwe or overseas.
Spring and Labor Day | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:27 1 History
00:06:22 2 Africa
00:06:31 2.1 Algeria
00:06:54 2.2 Egypt
00:07:17 2.3 Ethiopia
00:07:34 2.4 Ghana
00:08:13 2.5 Kenya
00:08:51 2.6 Libya
00:09:26 2.7 Morocco
00:09:41 2.8 Mozambique
00:09:54 2.9 Nigeria
00:10:25 2.10 Somalia
00:10:42 2.11 South Africa
00:11:50 2.12 Tanzania
00:12:07 2.13 Tunisia
00:12:22 2.14 Uganda
00:12:37 2.15 Zimbabwe
00:12:57 3 America
00:13:07 3.1 Argentina
00:14:19 3.2 Bolivia
00:14:33 3.3 Brazil
00:15:02 3.4 Canada
00:16:32 3.5 Chile
00:17:27 3.6 Colombia
00:17:55 3.7 Costa Rica
00:18:29 3.8 Cuba
00:18:51 3.9 Dominican Republic
00:19:11 3.10 El Salvador
00:19:26 3.11 Guatemala
00:19:41 3.12 Haiti
00:19:57 3.13 Honduras
00:20:14 3.14 Mexico
00:20:34 3.15 Panama
00:20:52 3.16 Paraguay
00:21:09 3.17 Peru
00:21:26 3.18 United States
00:25:32 3.19 Uruguay
00:26:02 3.20 Venezuela
00:26:41 4 Asia
00:26:50 4.1 Bahrain
00:27:06 4.2 Bangladesh
00:27:33 4.3 Bhutan
00:27:47 4.4 Cambodia
00:28:04 4.5 China
00:29:13 4.6 Hong Kong
00:29:32 4.7 India
00:32:36 4.8 Indonesia
00:33:00 4.9 Iran
00:33:32 4.10 Iraq
00:33:48 4.11 Israel
00:34:10 4.12 Japan
00:36:09 4.13 Jordan
00:36:24 4.14 Lebanon
00:36:53 4.15 Macau
00:37:16 4.16 Malaysia
00:37:37 4.17 Maldives
00:38:06 4.18 Myanmar
00:38:23 4.19 Nepal
00:38:42 4.20 North Korea
00:39:16 4.21 Pakistan
00:40:34 4.22 Palestine
00:40:49 4.23 Philippines
00:42:39 4.24 Singapore
00:42:55 4.25 South Korea
00:43:20 4.26 Sri Lanka
00:44:00 4.27 Syria
00:44:15 4.28 Taiwan
00:44:34 4.29 Thailand
00:44:54 4.30 Vietnam
00:45:17 5 Europe
00:45:27 5.1 Eastern Bloc under communist governments
00:46:51 5.2 Albania
00:47:21 5.3 Armenia
00:47:41 5.4 Austria
00:48:14 5.5 Belgium
00:48:45 5.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:49:35 5.7 Bulgaria
00:50:40 5.8 Croatia
00:51:43 5.9 Cyprus
00:52:15 5.10 Czech Republic
00:52:35 5.11 Denmark
00:53:09 5.12 Finland
00:53:37 5.13 France
00:54:52 5.14 Georgia
00:55:06 5.15 Germany
00:58:21 5.16 Greece
00:59:48 5.17 Hungary
01:00:33 5.18 Iceland
01:01:07 5.19 Ireland
01:02:31 5.20 Italy
01:04:01 5.21 Lithuania
01:04:41 5.22 Luxembourg
01:05:27 5.23 Macedonia
01:06:04 5.24 Malta
01:06:47 5.25 Netherlands
01:07:35 5.26 Norway
01:08:11 5.27 Poland
01:10:09 5.28 Portugal
01:11:29 5.29 Romania
01:12:49 5.30 Russia
01:15:03 5.31 Serbia
01:16:16 5.32 Slovakia
01:16:43 5.33 Slovenia
01:17:17 5.34 Spain
01:18:13 5.35 Sweden
01:20:32 5.36 Switzerland
01:23:00 5.37 Turkey
01:26:45 5.38 Ukraine
01:28:10 5.39 United Kingdom
01:29:52 6 Oceania
01:30:01 6.1 Australia
01:30:58 6.2 New Zealand
01:31:33 7 See also
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International Workers' Day, also known as Workers' Day, May Day or Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace.The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as Labour Day, International Workers' Day or some similar name – although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.
When We Are Married 1987 J.B.Priestley
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Bermuda | Wikipedia audio article
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Bermuda
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Bermuda () is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 1,070 km (665 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and 1,759 km (1,093 mi) north of Cuba. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is self-governing, with its own constitution and its own government, which enacts local laws, while the United Kingdom retains responsibility for defence and foreign relations.
Bermuda's two largest economic sectors are offshore insurance and reinsurance, and tourism. Bermuda had one of the world's highest GDP per capita for most of the 20th century. The island has a subtropical climate and lies in the hurricane belt and thus is prone to related severe weather; however, it is somewhat protected by a coral reef that surrounds the island and its position at the north of the belt, which limits the direction and severity of approaching storms.
Portsmouth | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:57 1 History
00:05:06 1.1 Early history
00:06:40 1.2 Norman to Tudor
00:12:14 1.3 Stuart to Georgian
00:17:39 1.4 Industrial Revolution to Victorian
00:21:23 1.5 Edwardian to Second World War
00:25:20 1.6 Post-war
00:30:36 2 Geography
00:36:00 2.1 Climate
00:37:41 3 Demography
00:40:19 4 Government and politics
00:42:47 5 Economy
00:47:32 6 Culture
00:50:43 7 Literature
00:53:13 8 Education
00:55:54 9 Landmarks
01:00:46 10 Gunwharf Quays
01:03:02 11 Southsea
01:06:06 12 Religion
01:09:14 13 Sport
01:12:07 14 Transport and communications
01:12:17 14.1 Ferries
01:13:55 14.2 Buses
01:14:39 14.3 Railways
01:15:32 14.4 Airport
01:16:47 14.5 Canal
01:18:27 14.6 Possible public transport projects
01:19:19 15 Media
01:22:04 16 Notable residents
01:26:06 17 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Portsmouth ( (listen)) is a port city in Hampshire, England, with a total population of 205,400 residents. The city of Portsmouth is nicknamed Pompey and is mainly built on Portsea Island, a flat, low-lying island measuring 24 square kilometres (9 sq mi) in area, just off the south-east coast of Hampshire. Portsmouth is the only island city in the United Kingdom, and is the only city whose population density exceeds that of London.Portsmouth is located 70 miles (110 km) south-west of London and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Southampton. With the surrounding towns of Gosport, Fareham, Havant and Waterlooville, Portsmouth forms the eastern half of the South Hampshire metropolitan area, which includes Southampton and Eastleigh in the western half.
Portsmouth's history can be traced back to Roman times. A significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth has the world's oldest dry dock. In the sixteenth century, Portsmouth was England's first line of defence during the French invasion of 1545. By the early nineteenth century, the world's first mass production line was set up in Portsmouth Dockyard's Block Mills, making it the most industrialised site in the world and birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Portsmouth was also the most heavily fortified town in the world, and was considered the world's greatest naval port at the height of the British Empire throughout Pax Britannica. Defences known as the Palmerston Forts were built around Portsmouth in 1859 in anticipation of another invasion from continental Europe.
In 1926, Portsmouth was officially elevated in status from a town to a city. The motto Heaven's Light Our Guide, a reference to the city's eight-pointed star and crescent moon emblem, was registered to the City of Portsmouth in 1929. During the Second World War, the city of Portsmouth was bombed extensively in the Portsmouth Blitz, which resulted in the deaths of 930 people. In 1944, Portsmouth was the pivotal embarkation point for the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. In 1982, a large proportion of the task force dispatched to liberate the Falkland Islands deployed from the city's naval base. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia left the city to oversee the transfer of Hong Kong in 1997, which marked for many the end of the empire. In 1997, Portsmouth became a Unitary Authority, with Portsmouth City Council gaining powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined, responsibilities previously held by Hampshire County Council.
Portsmouth is one of the world's best known ports. HMNB Portsmouth is considered to be the home of the Royal Navy and is home to two-thirds of the UK's surface fleet. The city is home to some famous ships, including HMS Warrior, the Tudor carrack Mary Rose and Horatio Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory (the world's oldest naval ship still in commission). The former HMS Vernon naval shore establishment has been redeveloped as a retail park known as Gunwharf Quays. Portsmouth is am ...
Sept. 26, 2017 - House of Assembly Proceedings
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