#peterborough

[frenchcurious]

Arc Haus, situé à Wansford, près de Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Royaume-Uni. Ouvert en 1932 sous le nom de Wansford Knight, un relais routier, hôtel et restaurant. - source Sally Jo.

#peterborough #cambridgeshire #royaume-uni

[unplaces]

Hill St E, Peterborough, South Australia.

#Peterborough #South Australia #Australia #January 2015

[unteriors]

Queen Street, Peterborough, South Australia.

#Peterborough #South Australia #Australia

[antifainternational]

ALERTA! ALERTA! PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO ANTIFASCISTA! Saturday!

#antifa #drag queens #antifascist #drag queen story time #antifascism #peterborough

[newsfromstolenland]

Over the Canada Day long weekend, 19 Peterborough residents reported receiving flyers promoting anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and white supremacist propaganda, marking the third time in three months that such flyers were distributed to various neighbourhoods in the city.

“It's just not acceptable that our brothers and sisters in the Jewish community have been targeted for this kind of vile hatred,” said Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal.

The mayor said the hateful conduct originated from the United States and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy organization, and others have specifically linked the flyers to the U.S.-based hate group Goyim Defense League (GDL). GDL is described as a “loose” network of individuals on the internet who stream antisemitic content and engage in stunts to harass Jewish people.

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

The latest tent encampment in Peterborough, Ont., had a short-lived stay after being removed on Thursday.

A day earlier there were about 10 tents pitched at Millennium Park in the city’s downtown. But by Thursday morning, bulldozers were on the scene removing the last of the belongings.

By 11 a.m. city staff and police had cleared the site.

A man identified as Ray told Global News videographer Robert Lothian that he and others living in the park didn’t deserve the abrupt exit. He says he has been experiencing homelessness for the past two and a half years.

“I was actually told by my one friend that they physically took his tent — took his stuff — you know what I mean,” he said. “They didn’t just tell him to move, they took it. I don’t think that’s proper. I think they should have given him a time limit and let him do his own thing.”

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#cdnpoli #canadian politics #canadian news #canada #canadian #ontario #peterborough #homelessness #classism

[metrocentric]

Fletton Quays, Peterborough

#peterborough #derelict

[wgm-beautiful-world]

BURGHLEY HOUSE - ENGLAND

#burghley #house #casa #peterborough #lincolnshire #stamford #england #inglaterra #united kingdom #reino unido #europe #europa

[arbron]

Trent University—The Great Hall

#the great hall #trent university #peterborough #ontario #canada #photograph #my photos #mine

[vox-anglosphere]

Burghley House was built in the shape of an 'E' to honour Queen Elizabeth I. It lies on the border of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.

#Burghley House #Stamford #Lincolnshire #Cambridgeshire #UK #Lord Cecil #Cecil family #Elizabethan era #baroque #Elizabethan architecture #Peterborough #English mansions

[steadfast-unmoving]

Peterborough, November 2023

#original photographers #street photography #photographers on tumblr #liminal #new topographics #Peterborough #November 2023 #out_with

[frenchcurious]

Volkswagen à Peterborough en 1971. - source Scott Cisco via Cartes Postales et Vieilles Photos Volkswagen.

#volkswagen #peterborough #royaume-uni

[unplaces]

Collins St, Peterborough.

#Peterborough #South Australia #Australia #January 2015

[atlasandacamera]

Peterborough, England

#queue #photography #travel #travel photography #city #england #streets #europe #uk #peterborough

[shamandrummer]

The Mysterious Peterborough Petroglyphs

The Peterborough Petroglyphs are the largest collection of ancient rock carvings in all of North America, made up of over 900 images carved into crystalline limestone located near Peterborough in Ontario, Canada.

Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976, local indigenous people believe that this is an entrance into the spirit world and that the Spirits actually speak to them from this location. They call it Kinoomaagewaapkong, which translates to "the rocks that teach."

The petroglyphs are carved into a single slab of crystalline limestone which is 55 metres long and 30 metres wide. About 300 of the images are decipherable shapes, including animals, humans, shamans, solar symbols, geometric shapes and boats.

It is generally believed that the indigenous Algonkian people carved the petroglyphs between 900 and 1400 AD. But rock art is usually impossible to date accurately for lack of any carbon material and dating artfiacts or relics found in proximity to the site only reveals information about the last people to be there. They could be thousands of years older than experts allow, if only because the extensive weathering of some of the glyphs implies more than 1,000 years of exposure.

There are some other mysteries surrounding these remarkable petroglyphs. The boat carvings bear little resemblance to the traditional boat of the Native Americans. One solar boat -- a stylized shaman vessel with a long mast surmounted by the sun -- is typical of petroglyphs found in northern Russia and Scandanavia. A Harvard professor believes the petroglyphs are inscriptions (and maybe even a form of written language) left by a Norse king named Woden-lithi, who was believed to have sailed from Norway down the St. Lawrence River in about 1700 B.C., long before the Greenland Viking explorations.

Another vessel depicted in the petroglyphs is a large ship with banks of oars and figure-heads at bow and stern. There is a large steering oar at the stern, a necessary feature only for vessels that are 100 feet or more in length. However, the Algonkian people who inhabited the region never built anything more seaworthy than a birch-bark canoe or a dugout. Even reluctant archaeologists admit that the ships "do not look like real Algonkian canoes" but steer away from any controversial conclusions about pre-Columbian visitors by speculating that the vessels are simply a shaman's idea of magical canoes that travel the universe.

Another peculiarity is the figure-heads at bow and stern which resemble birds. The same design can be seen in Etruscan repousse gold work of the 9th century BC. The bird-headed ships were portrayed 200 years earlier, when Egyptian artists carved their images into the walls of Pharaoh Ramses IIIs "Victory Temple" in the Valley of the Kings.

Yet another mystery is the presence in the petroglyphs of a tall figure or 'god' which stands with arms akimbo and with a halo radiating rays, presumably from the sun. Cowering before him are two minute humble humans in attitudes of supplication. Scientists think the figure may represent a sun god but there doesn't exist any known cases of sun worship among the indigenous people of the region.

Some historians and researchers believe there is more to the petroglyphs than meets the eye. Some maintain that they are in fact a sky map of the heavens based on European tradition from 3100 BC. Evidence includes four signs which are the same as those found for the identical astronomical position at Lewes, England, leading to a possible speculative connection between the Peterborough petroglyphs and the megalithic people of Ancient Britain.

So the petroglyphs of Peterborough remain an intriguing riddle, a sort of code to which the key is still missing.

#petroglyphs #peterborough #rock art #megalithic people #ancient britain

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A city staff report recommends service cuts for Peterborough Transit that would impact weekend and statutory holiday schedules and the community bus service.

City council on Monday will review a staff report that recommends a number of service reductions. The recommendations come as a result of January’s approval of freezing the operating budget at the 2022 level of $18.2M — reducing the proposed 2023 operating budget by over $1.05M (5.8 cent), which staff said was required to meet rising costs of wages, fuel and vehicle maintenance.

An estimated reduction in revenue from ridership of $110,000 was approved, reducing the net savings to over $951,000. Staff warned a budget reduction would result in service and staff cuts.

The latest report estimates $794,800 could be saved (impacting an estimated 58,588 riders) by implementing these changes as of June 25 (except statutory holiday service which would be effective July 2): [List in article] [...]

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