#OnThisDay - 8 February 1890, a deputation from #Myland including the rector, described to #Colchester Council the disgraceful condition of the parish roads.
Some, notably Severalls Lane and Clay Lane (now Turner Rd) were said to be exceptionally bad. Some things don't change!
#OnThisDay - 19 November 1896, the ‘older boys’ at #Myland School were ‘drilled with dumbbells’ .
In 1896 the school was still housed in what is now the Church Hall.
Latin American pride. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Calle 13 - Latinoamérica
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8
#JukeboxFridayNight #myLand
Like everywhere else, in Colombia it's us, the working people, who do everything while the rich want to get everything for free.
Edson Velandia & Adriana Lizcano - Todo Regalao
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0LLIkGUwIr4
#JukeboxFridayNight #myLand
Another collab, but only Colombian bands on this one. Bambarabanda from the heights of the Andes close to the border with Ecuador, Puerto Candelaria from Medellín, second largest city in the country.
Both bands with a theatrical flare, not taking themselves too seriously and having some good […]
I'm fourth generation Pākehā, born in Aotearoa and made by Aotearoa, but still a cultural hybrid of this land and the land that wove the British cultures. I tip my hat respectfully to the Mana Whenua of Aotearoa and offer this song by English band, Simple Minds (with Lou Reed), "This is Your […]
Frente Cumbiero (Colombia) and Minyo Crusaders (Japan) are both excellent bands that reinterpret folk music from each of their cultures.
When they decided to collaborate and make Japanese Cumbia, (or Colombian Minyo, can't be quite sure), sparks flew.
My partner's japanese, so this music holds […]
Lido Pimienta is such an incredible artist that is simultaneously profoundly Colombian, but also unlike anything else coming from our country.
Truly an unique, underrated treasure, and one I'm always happy to listen to.
Lido Pimienta - "Nada" (feat. Li Saumet) […]
Being mixed race, son of a continent violently colonised by European white supremacy, and with the knowledge that my veins contain the blood of both the oppressor and the oppressed, my allegiance is always to the latter.
This is the anthem of the indigenous guard of one of the many indigenous […]
Bookmark resting on a patch of earth, reading, "All land is rented."
#dharma #philosophy #art #buddhism #interestsinland #impermanence #forabit #mementomori #mindfulnessofdeath #canttakeitwithyou #mine #myland #yourland
#OnThisDay - 21 March 1854 the Foundaton Stone was laid for the new St Michael's Church at #Myland / #MileEnd.
St Michael's was a separate parish as long ago as 1254.
@MylandChurch
More:
www.mylandchurch.org.uk/history
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc...
#OnThisDay - 8 February 1890, a deputation from #Myland including the rector, described to #Colchester Council the disgraceful condition of the parish roads.
Some, notably Severalls Lane and Clay Lane (now Turner Rd) were said to be exceptionally bad. Some things don't change!
A filthy Australian man squinting in the 45° burning sun, a beau blue sky and sweat a drippin
Wominjeka Bunji, <Hello old friend> … now please turn off that 45° sun please and thank you! My eyes 🐶 #Australia #MyLand #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #ProudBlakFella #Wominjeka
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