#TBT: Corpus Christi's chemical industry sector began in 1934 with Southern Alkali
Southern Alkali, the first heavy industry to begin operating in Corpus Christi, opened in 1934 along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
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Southern Alkali, the first heavy industry to begin operating in Corpus Christi, opened in 1934 along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum, writes for the Herald. Honiton’s first cinema was opened in the High Street in July 1913 with a performance...
There is a kind of ideal beauty that reduces us all to yearning for perfection. "The Red Violin'' is about that yearning. It traces the story of a violin ("the single most perfect acoustical machine I've ever seen,'' says a restorer) from its maker in 17th century Italy to an auction room in modern Montreal. The violin passes from the rich to the poor, from Italy to Poland to England to China to Canada. It is shot, buried, almost burned and stolen more than once. It produces music so beautiful that it makes you want to cry.