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  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
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  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_56.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_55.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_52.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_61.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_59.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_58.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_57.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_54.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_53.jpg
  • Artisans at the Tibetan Handicrafts Centre on 2nd November 2009, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tibetan craftsmen artisans in exile live and work here, making traditional relgious iconography and handicrafts.
    himalaya20091102_51.jpg
  • Chimney sweep's green broom sticking out of a chimney, while chimey is being cleaned. Early winter morning outside a north London home. It is tradition that to gain good luck the people in the house should go outside to watch the broom appear.
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  • Wallers from the South West England Dry Stone Walling Association (SWEDSWA) demonstrate dry stone wallers in Priddy, Somerset. Across the UK, there are over 150,000 miles of wall in a state of disrepair. The members of SWEDSWA try to do their bit to rebuild some of those across the South West of England, demonstrating and educating their trade skills to the general public at country events such as this - a sheep fair held annually since 1348.
    priddy_fair08-21-08-2013_1.jpg
  • Wallers from the South West England Dry Stone Walling Association (SWEDSWA) demonstrate dry stone wallers in Priddy, Somerset. Across the UK, there are over 150,000 miles of wall in a state of disrepair. The members of SWEDSWA try to do their bit to rebuild some of those across the South West of England, demonstrating and educating their trade skills to the general public at country events such as this - a sheep fair held annually since 1348.
    priddy_fair04-21-08-2013_1.jpg
  • Wearing the traditional kimono, a middle-aged geisha lady from the 'Minamoto Kitchoan' store collects money from westerners in London on behalf of the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami appeal. While standing in the street on Picadilly, in the heart of Westminster, an English gentleman stoops to organise the contents of his briefcase. Originally, the Geisha were traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance. Such a scene is unusual on a London street but the tsunami disaster encouraged many ex-patriate Japanese to collect money from Europeans for their countrymen.
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  • Deep in the West Sussex countryside are a group of Territorial Army soldiers. They have stopped in a remote lane to consult their Ordnance Survey maps during a day of learning to navigate with maps and compasses. Over a weekend learn the skills needed to be part-time army volunteers known as the TA and have far to go. Together they look at maps and argue where they should go next. Looking on with mild amusement is their senior officer who accompanies them to assess their leadership skills and initiative. Behind them a road sign tells them the road ahead is a dead end to traffic. It is a very English summer landscape of lush green vegetation and grasses. The TA work as part of Britain’s reserve land forces. Together with the Regular Army they provide support at home and overseas including Iraq and Afghanistan. .
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  • Ahmad Shah, carpenter, has been working at Turquoise mountain for a year and a half, and is paid Sixty dollars a day ( which relative to the average is considered a very good wage). He is widowed and has two grown up children who are also carpenters. Before TM he worked for another company making tables and chairs. The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to the charity . Turquoise Mountain  was set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • Jawid, a third year Ceramics student from Istalif, working on a kick-wheel in the Ceramics School.  Jawid is one of fifteen trainee potters working at Turquoise Mountain to improve his skills in glaze and clay techniques.  This new knowledge will help Jawid to attract new business and make high quality pots when he graduates from the three-year programme. The Turquoise Mountain Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which invests in Afghanistan’s traditional crafts, historic building and landscapes in order to preserve cultural heritage, improve living conditions and create economic opportunities.
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  • A herdsman travels across the lake on a boat. The Turkana herdsmen have had to change their traditional way of living as pastoralists and learn new skills. Some of the younger men have become fishermen on Lake Turkana.
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  • This is Kaka Khalil with local builders. He has 7 children up to the age of 13, including a new born baby who is only ten days old. He lives with his three brothers. His father lived in this house and his grandfather before him. His father was tailor for king Zahir Shah. Kaka Khalil acts as a community representative.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to the  charity Turquoise Mountain  which was  was  set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
    afghan20_10_070_1.jpg
  • Standing with a recently-killed deer run-over on a nearby highway, members of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course (see Corbis image 42-18212808) pose by the gutted carcass of their animal in a forest near their facility at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State. These tough-looking men host visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of escape and evasion instruction. Should they land in enemy territory for example, they will need all the skills learned here to survive possibly weeks in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is of paramount importance. Here the teachers stand around the venison which is strung up on a branch, its intestines and organs already removed by a hunting knife. They wear camouflage uniforms, face paint to look vicious, threatening and heartless.
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  • A young apprentice stop near the top of a city centre chimney during a steeplejack course in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Using an elaborate system of harnesses and pulleys, the young lad is learning the skills to work safely and efficiently at dangerous heights and the town stretches below. Sponsored training is offered through the Steeplejack Industry Training Group Association and CITB-ConstructionSkills for young people aged 16. Applicants for this scheme will have to pass aptitude tests, literary and Maths assessments, and problem solving. Each year, the Steeplejack Industry Training Group and CITB-ConstructionSkills offer 12 places on training courses for trainee steeplejacks and 12 places for trainee Lightning Conductor Engineers.
    steeplejacks02-17-03-1993_1_1.jpg
  • A young couple demonstrate their rock 'n' roll dancing skills in front of a crowd in Myatts Fields park in Camberwell, South London UK. Spinning his partner on the specially-laid flooring, the gentleman is dressed in a double-breasted suit in keeping with the 1950s theme of this fair's celebration of a newly-refurbished park. The lady wears a red dress and holds her arm out to regain balance as she is pulled back towards her dance partner. The seated crowd watch attentively beneath London Plain trees whose foliage gives welcome shade on a warm summer afternoon.
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  • Delal and her daughter and grand children. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
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  • Women in the workshop. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4470_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4287_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4519_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4463_1_1.jpg
  • Delal's daughter shows a woman how to stitch. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4375_1_1.jpg
  • Delal's daughter shows a woman how to stitch. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4372_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4342_1_1.jpg
  • Delal shows a woman how to stitch.Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4327_1_1.jpg
  • Delal shows a woman how to stitch.Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4326_1_2.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4286_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4253_1_1.jpg
  • Children of some of the work shop attendees play on their mother's iPhone. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4465_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4455_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4418_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4377_1_1.jpg
  • Delal's daughter shows a woman how to stitch. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4360_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4354_1_1.jpg
  • Delal shows a woman how to stitch. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4347_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4270_1_1.jpg
  • Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4275_1_1.jpg
  • A woman learns how to sew at a workshop in Shatila. Delal is a Syrian Palestinian refugee from Damascus. She now lives in Shatila camp with her family after they fled the war in Syria. She runs workshops with her adult daughter where they teach other Syrian women refugees traditional handy craft.
    IMG_4257_1_1.jpg
  • A gaucho / cowboy saddles up his horse before a horse skills competition, Lujan, Argentina.
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  • A gaucho / cowboy saddles up his horse before a horse skills competition, Lujan, Argentina.
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  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
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  • Members of Operation Centaur lead Shire horses Nobby and Heath before they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-04-09-02-2018.jpg
  • A detail of Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leading Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-55-09-02-2018.jpg
  • A detail of Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leading Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-52-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-48-09-02-2018.jpg
  • A detail of Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leading Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-42-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-39-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-30-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-28-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-23-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-25-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-22-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-21-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-16-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-10-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Members of Operation Centaur lead Shire horses Nobby and Heath before they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-06-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-65-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they harrow an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-37-09-02-2018.jpg
  • A circus family poses for a portrait outside their big top tent before performing at another local show in south London. The family members are from the well-known Czech Faltiny Troupe who are travelling here on a European tour with Gerry Cottle's Circus in 1990. Wearing traditional the costumes of east European performers, the adults and their children look happy with their lives in the circus ring.
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  • A shipbuilder wearing a face mask, leans through the incomplete window belonging to the superstructure of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work. His overalls are torn from jagged steel edges and his skin is dirty. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today the city of Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Seen from St Catherine's Church in the old city of Gdansk, Poland, the famously sprawling shipyard is seen from across the city's old housing and trees. Once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • With orange sparks falling away below, a shipbuilder welds while standing on a scaffolding gantry on the hull of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the worker wears a protective hood on his head. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Two shipbuilders chat beneath the heavy lifting cranes at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the two men in the foreground and those behind, wear bright yellow hard hats, protecting them from steel edges and rusting machinery. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Circus acrobats perform high above auditor Ernst & Young's staff during a company Academy Day held for 3,000 of their London employees at Excel in London's Docklands England. Lit with blue light by powerful spotlights, the two girls are suspended in mid-air using hoops attached to safety ropes. They both make dramatic shapes in the air to demonstrate confidence, synchronised teamwork and co-operation between partners, the themes of this corporate day out of the office. The employees out of sight below are attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Rows of freshly-produced biscuits stretch off into the distance to roll off the conveyor belt at the Delacre factory at Lambermont, near Liege, southern Belgium. Seen at a slight angle the new products called Moments were created by McVitie’s, the British company owned by United Biscuits. The round biscuit base has been swiped by a milk chocolate topping on the outer shortbread edges and they proceed through to another stage in the bakery factory. Multitudes of these snacks are manufactured before export across Europe. Delacre Biscuits is a subsidiary of United Biscuits having been making biscuits since Brussels pharmacist Charles Delacre decided to sell chocolate in 1870, which was then regarded as a medicinal tonic.
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  • Chairman of Ernst & Young Mark Ottey peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of E & Y staff who have congregated at an Ernst & Young Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • A motivational guru is standing on a podium to address an audience of Ernst & Young staff during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. Standing confidently on his rostrum with a laptop computer, bottled water and a pyramid as teaching aids, he holds his hand to encourage the personnel to participate by offering their ideas and input dring the seminar. Each employee attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for Ernst & Young staff during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theate and each employee will attend this fair where pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and motivational gurus talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • A lady employee of Delacre Biscuits sorts through sub-standard product from rows of steadily moving, freshly-produced biscuits on the conveyor belt at the company factory at Lambermont, near Liege, southern Belgium. Seated opposite a colleague also dressed in white overall and hair net, both women concentrate on the job, removing the snacks that fail quality control for whatever reason means the biscuit is unfit for sale. The biscuits are from the Moments range created by McVitie’s, the British company owned by United Biscuits. Multitudes of these snacks are manufactured before export across Europe. Delacre Biscuits is a subsidiary of United Biscuits having been making biscuits since Brussels pharmacist Charles Delacre decided to sell chocolate in 1870, which was then regarded as a medicinal tonic.
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  • Four small vessels belonging to traditional oyster fishermen use nets to catch a new harvest of shellfish aboard their antique boat from the Fal Estuary. On calm waters, the oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
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  • Details of traditional Uighur instruments in a Kashgar city shop, China
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  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 is a Uighur of Turkic origin, he has been making over 40 varieties of  traditional instruments in his workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  his own creation for five generations.  These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to Chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region he inhabits.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an in their institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
    chimusika_001_1.jpg
  • Detail of the wide variety of tools used to make traditional Uighur and other Muslim and Central Asian instruments: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek, etc.  in Kashgar city's most respected workshop, China
    chimusika_013_1.jpg
  • Ababakri Selay, 80 and son, Muhammad Turson, 40 are Uighurs of Turkic origin, they make  over 40 varieties of instruments in ther workshop: Rawap, Duttar, Tanbur, Huxtar, Gijek and many others, including those of  their own creation. Five generations have been involved in this traditional instrument making. These five generations have lived through Chinese imperial rule, Russian influence, civil war, and back to chinese rule. Amidst all this they have continued to make music and instruments and sold them throughout the Muslim region they inhabit.  They are the principal instrument makers in the city, an institution an institution in their own right and highly respected, Kashgar city, China
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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, a traditional thatcher works in afternoon sun. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof’s slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
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  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
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  • Working in a dark corner of Desford Brickworks, the factory owned by Hanson Brick in Leicestershire, a labourer pats his clay aggregate into a clod (also known as a clot or warp) a lump of kneaded clay formed into a rough brick shape by hand in preparation for being thrown into the mould (or mold) and shaped once again with a stock. He will then skim off the surplus with the bow - a wire stretched between the ends of a curved wooden rod used for removing excess clay from the mould, which hangs on the wall by a nail. The stage afterwards is the firing in the kiln. Obviously the mechanisation of brick making endangers the careers of skilled craftsmen like this man. <br />
Bricks may be made from clay, shale, soft slate, calcium silicate, concrete, or shaped from quarried stone but Clay is the most common material.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
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  • Lacquering a giant Buddha statue. The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
    2006-11-08_Artisans Angkor_A.jpg
  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
    2006-11-08_Artisans Angkor_F.jpg
  • The Artisans Angkor is a collective of artists producing carvings of wood and stone, silk making and other traditional artistic forms. The artists, who have little other opportunity, and many of whom are deaf and dumb train for approximately 4 years, then work for the collective. They also have the opportunity to develop their own studios. The skill and craftmanship that can be viewed here is extraordinary. All of what they produce is the quality is perfect goes on sale at various shop outlets.
    2006-11-08_Artisans Angkor_C.jpg
  • A pair of awkwardly splayed legs disappear into the cold, murky waters of the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. Having just dived head-first off a platform that juts out into the lake, the person is half in and half out and the splash is frozen in time. He or she is in incopetent diver with such ungainly plunge into the waters. It is otherwise a quiet moment. The water is largely undisturbed apart from the dive and buoy markers float to for a boundary line to keep rowing boats and bathers apart. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
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