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Part 8 consultation is under way Town & Village Renewal Scheme in Enniskerry for public realm works, including pedestrian accessibility, development of a community garden and remedial works to the Town Clock. Funding has been approved and there is match funding available from the council's own resources and the community to facilitate the project. The Bray district has been working closely with the local community and businesses on the project. A Part 8 application has been prepared which sets out the works and will go out to public consultation. The proposed works include closure of the s...

1585, May 7 The Great Fire of Darlington swept through the wooden buildings of High Row and Skinnergate, rendering 800 of the town’s population of 1,200 homeless. There was no brigade, so the people threw milk and even beer on the flames. It took Darlington 50 years to recover. 1757 The first recorded fire engine – a portable pump – was stationed in the south-west corner of St Cuthbert’s churchyard and the churchwardens were tasked with keeping it “fit for use on any sudden occasion”. 1837 A manual fire engine – one pumped by hand rather than by steampower – was statione...

Date Time Launceston replicated in Minecraft map Launceston landmarks like Kings Bridge, UTAS Stadium and the Town Clock have been recreated in popular video game Minecraft using 3D LiDAR scans from the City of Launceston’s digital data assets. The Council has used LiDAR – which stands for Light Detection and Ranging – to undertake scans of the city for several years. The scans are used by the Council to create 3D computer models of city projects and new development proposals. Thanks to technology advancements, it’s become a simple process to convert these LiDAR scans into a basic Min...

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Santa Cruz has seen its share of flooding Gary Griggs © Provided by Santa Cruz Sentinel A flood on the San Lorenzo River in 1940 looking toward Beach Hill from Ocean View Avenue. (UCSC Library historical photo collection -- Contributed). We seem to regularly bounce back and forth between drought and flood on the central coast, and this is the way it always seems to have been. As long as people have lived in the Monterey Bay area, they have experienced both dry years and wet years, and sometimes back-to-back. As I am writing this on Thursday...

The Town Clock, or Market Cross, in North Walsham's town centre. - Credit: Supplied by Historic England A new partnership seeks to peel back the layers of North Walsham's past and take a peek inside. Historic England has joined forces with North Norfolk District Council on the project, which they say will be the first in-depth survey of the market town's rich heritage.  And Historic England's architectural investigators have called on the community to get involved by sharing any historic photos or information they have, in particular relating to the buildings in and around the Market Plac...