Tuesday, 23 November 2021

 

Roots go deep!

Photo: Lisbeth Taylorson.


Bridges hold a special fascination for a lot of people. The Romans of course excelled at them. Rivers were a major obstacle to primarily the movement of troops but the state as it developed post-Roman demanded communication and commerce that made bridges essential. Apart from primitive clapper bridges that can still be found in remote locations, only the arch - until modern times - served the purpose. Of course the best arch makers were the masons who worked for the church. The bridge at Stanton Drew is perhaps the best example of this with its ribbed structure and as a result received a much more sympathetic renovation after the flood. Woollard Bridge was less fortunate and was sadly destroyed in an act of municipal vandalism. Pensford's old bridge in contrast is a rather humble affair of two buttresses and three arches that has been repaired over the centuries with some older than the others. However it retains a certain charm and social significance not applicable to others on the Chew, insofar as it was always seen and experienced as the 'heart' of the village. The older inhabitants used it as a meeting place where local news was exchanged, whilst staring into the watery depths beneath. Generations carved their names into the coping stones as an indelible memorial of their passing. Fortunately it remains and scores of people still lean over its parapet - despite its failings - to gaze in wonder at a vista of arches spanning time and those that have crossed before.


Photo Dom Lowe. Home of John Locke, Acker Bilk and me. LOL.
















Photo: Dom Lowe

Oh and some of the other facade of the mill!
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Notice the asymmetrical roof line.
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There is a bit of a mysterious cutting at the end of the 'Maranatha' garden as if the river filled it. Could it have been used to keep a 'barge' at some time?
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The outbuildings to Mill House can be clearly seen and the privet hedge which ran either side of the path which I remember well. It led to the double privy.
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What is now Paul Hunt's house was my grandfather's vegetable patch, important to keep a large family fed.
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A shortcut footpath to the station, mainly for workmen, existed to the left of Viaduct House that avoided the long slog up Pensford Hill.
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Flag pole on the church tower rather than the cockerel. The river can be seen miandering its way to Publow in the distance.



Tim Veater
NeilandJanet Kay Yes it came from Dom Lowe's collection of postcards. It was taken from the 'siding' adjacent to Guys Farm where we used to toboggan if the snow settled. It was a exhilarating ride! It's fun trying to date these early images and spotting all the changes. From the evidence of the school (after the first but before the second buildings) it must have been taken sometime between 1906 and 1915 (I think) Of course the cottage on the right was where I grew up and the group of buildings to the left of the church was where my grandparents lived from about 1900 onwards until they were demolished in 1968. Interestingly the 1885 OS map marks it as 'The Vicarage', a little realised fact in the village I believe. See: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/.../2020-01/pensford_ca_v3.pdf


Enjoyed your trip down memory lane Ros. We all have them and seem to spend more time going down them as we get older. My Sundays as a child were rather 'straight laced' and starchy affairs, though not without their humour and highlights. It was best clothes day and THREE(!) Gospel Hall services that could be very tedious surrounded by adults. I envied Steve Perry who was a Choirboy, whose religious obligations appeared much less strict and more relaxed. For him Sunday was a normal day of freedom; for me play was restricted and centred on religious observance that I took a long time to break free from. It had its advantages in routines and meeting largely the same group of people every week, who became a sort of extended family. With God on our side, who could be against us? (Irony but partly true in mind at least) Growing up in the world, you discovered it wasn't always quite so protected or secure. Innocent until proven guilty in later life, those memories become more distant by the day. Stanton Drew Lane each Sunday used to fill with characters and their lives, held together by common belief and faith, now only reappears to an ever diminishing select few, in 'Memory Lane', though I guess on misty days, their spirits might still wander beneath the echoing arches of the viaduct.



























Jane with her grandad in the doorway of the butchers' shop 



Pensford's River Chew 

In July 1813 James HARFORD of Chew Magna sold the houses and property standing on the site now occupied by Nelson House to Thomas SMITH the Elder. The property consisted of dwelling houses, gardens and stables on an area of one rood and ten perches with tenements in the occupation of Mathew Jacob WATTS and Monty HARVEY, Thomas SMITH the Elder, Thomas SMITH the Younger, Jacob SAYS and Richard BATH. The leashold of the land was purchased at the same time from Charles KOMOYO of Haldwell House, Somerset. The total purchase price is not clear but it was probably in the range of one hundred and fifty pounds; one house was sold immediately to John HAZLE of Poblow. (Taken from notes on Nelson House, Pensford, researched by an owner.)






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Sunday, 21 November 2021

 ALL COINCIDENTAL FATALITIES OF COURSE!

Wake up people. See what the controllers are doing to us.


As I have been warning you for two years!

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Will it be climate change? 🤔
You who know EVERYTHING, could you tell me in one word, what's happening?
1) 33-year-old professional dancer Santo Giuliano suffers a heart attack following a medical practice.
2) Football player Jalen Leavey dies.
3) Football player Tirrell Williams dies.
4) Football player Okafor Kelechi dies.
5) Football player Lee Moses dies.
6) Footballer Stephen Sylvester dies.
7) Footballer Emmanual Antwi dies.
😎 Footballer Cayetano Nsofor dies.
9) Footballer Moira Claire Arney dies.
10) Baseball pitcher Andrew Roseman dies.
11) Footballer Nickolas Lawrinas dies.
12) Footballer Miquel Lugo dies.
13) Footballer Devon DuHart dies.
14) Footballer Ivan Hicks dies.
15) Footballer Joe Bradshaw dies.
16) Footballer Drake Geiger dies.
17) Footballer Joshua Ivory dies.
18) Quandarius Wilbur dies.
19) Footballer Dimitri McKee dies.
20) Rugby player Dave Hyde dies.
21) Baseball player Yusuke Kinoshita dies.
22) Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore dies.
23) Speeder Cameron Burell dies.
24) China Olympic champion Gilbert Kwemoi dies.
25) Former footballer Franck Berrier dies.
26) Belgian footballer Jente Van Genechten suffers cardiac arrest.
27) Venezuelan marathon champion Alexaida Guedez dies.
28) 29-year-old Jose dos Reis collapses on the field and has to be resurrected.
29) Diego Ferchaud suffers from cardiac arrest.
30) Austrian ASV Baden player collapses on the field and needs to be resuscitated.
31) 16-year-old football player in Bergamo suffers cardiac arrest.
32) 27-year-old Belgian footballer Jens De Smet dies.
33) 13-year-old football player suffers a heart attack on the field.
34) Football player Dylan Rich dies.
35) Birati Club Münster player suffers cardiac arrest.
36) Abou Ali collapses with cardiac arrest.
37) Ice hockey player Sebastian Bos dies.
38) Former NFL professional Parys Haralson dies.
39) Football player Francis Perron dies.
40) 19-year-old FC Nantes football player suffers cardiac arrest.
41) Germany volleyball coach Traktor Divitz dies.
42) Shrewsbury striker Ryan Bowman treated with defibrillator during game.
43) Goalkeeper Lukas Bommer dies.
44) Professional footballer Fellipe de Jesus Moreira suffers a double heart attack.
45) Cycling champion Gianni dies.
46) Englishman Helen Byrne with heart problems has to be removed from the field at the World Cup.
47) Germany team leader Dietmar Gladow dies.
48) German goalkeeper Bruno Stein dies at 15 years.
49) US 14-year-old soccer player Ava Azzopardi collapses in coma.
50) Dies after collapsing during a basketball practice in US 12-year-old Jayson Kidd.
51) Robert Lima dies of heart attack in Uruguay and within hours his wife dies.
52) Bodybuilder George Peterson dies.
53) Former Kick Boxing Champion Steel Cali dies.
54) Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden dies.
55) Italian footballer Giuseppe Perrino dies on the court


British Government replies thus:

What is the concern?

Recently there have been reports of an extremely rare but serious condition involving blood clots and unusual bleeding after AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination. Some people with this condition have suffered life changing effects and some have died. These cases are being carefully reviewed but the risk factors for this condition are not yet clear.

Although this condition remains extremely rare there is a higher risk in people after the first dose of the AZ vaccine. To date and overall, just over 10 people develop this condition for every million doses of AZ vaccine given. This is seen more often in younger people and tends to occur between 4 days and 4 weeks following vaccination.

Similar conditions can also occur naturally, and clotting problems are a common complication of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. An increased risk has not yet been seen after other COVID-19 vaccines in the UK.

American government replies thus:

These vaccines were developed very fast. Are they safe?

It is true that the Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen Biotech vaccines have been developed very quickly. But the technology behind the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines is not new. They both are what are called mRNA vaccines, which function very differently than the types of vaccines used in the past. mRNA vaccines, rather than using a weak or ineffective sample of the virus to trigger antibodies – like in a flu shot – mRNA vaccines instruct your cells to create a harmless protein (called “spike” protein) that your body recognizes as foreign, creating an immune system response. Scientific papers describing this mRNA technology, discovered by Hungarian scientist Katalin Karikó (who oversees mRNA work for BioNTech) were first published in 2005. The Janssen Biotech vaccine uses a different mechanism of action, a recombinant, replication-incompetent human adenovirus serotype 26 (Ad26) vector, encoding the SARS-CoV-2 viral spike (S) glycoprotein. All three vaccines are designed to tell your body how to make the Spike protein, part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.


Pfizer Inc. and federal health officials are investigating the death of a health-care worker 16 days after the person received the first dose of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine. So far, the evidence doesn’t suggest a connection, Pfizer said in a statement on Tuesday. The Florida-based physician developed a rare disorder called severe thrombocytopenia that decreases the body’s ability to clot blood and stop internal bleeding. https://www.livemint.com/science/health/pfizer-investigates-post-vaccine-death-for-possible-connection-11610528723842.html

Possible link to blood clots after Moderna vaccine

The risk of blood clotting after vaccination is still vanishingly low. A case study in the US has described a patient who developed thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), a rare blood-clotting disorder, 10 days after receiving the Moderna mRNA vaccine. It is unclear if the blood clots are connected to the vaccine, but researchers reporting on the case in the Annals of Internal Medicine believe it’s possible.

The patient, a 65-year-old man with chronic hypertension and hyperlipidemia, presented to hospital 10 days after receiving his second dose of the Moderna vaccine. He was diagnosed with TTS, a disorder that has (in very rare cases) appeared in people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Doctors could not determine any other causes of the patient’s TTS. He’d had no recorded exposure to heparin, a medication linked to the clotting disorder, and he had no infections that may have caused it. Sadly, the man passed away.  https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/possible-link-to-blood-clots-after-moderna-vaccine/

CDC Recommends Use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Resume

Updated Nov. 15, 2021
  • Reports after the use of J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine suggested an increased risk of a rare adverse event called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). Most reports of this serious condition, which involves blood clots with low platelets, have been in adult women younger than 50 years old.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/JJUpdate.html

An undiagnosed problem. Has covid jabs made it worse?

18 February 2020

Sudden deaths in footballers are more common than we previously believed and despite screening, cardiac conditions are still the leading cause of death in footballers. There are increasing calls made by some doctors and bereaved families for regular cardiac testing for footballers.

In recent times there have been a number of high profile deaths including Marc-Vivien Foe aged 28 and former England defender Ugo Ehiogu, who died, aged 44. However,  possibly the most well-known case of a sudden cardiac arrest is that of Fabrice Muamba who collapsed whilst playing for Bolton Wanderers. Thankfully, due to the actions of staff and a doctor at the stadium, he managed to pull through.

But why does this happen? Sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes is mostly caused by a number of factors, with the most common being:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) – an inherited condition where the heart muscle walls become thick. The thickened muscle can then affect the heart’s electrical system, leading to fast or irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) which can lead to sudden death.

Coronary artery abnormalities – sometimes people are born with coronary arteries that are connected abnormally. These arteries then become compressed during exercise and do not provide proper blood flow to the heart muscle, leading to sudden death.

Undetected congenital heart disease (present at birth)

Screening study of 11,000 Football Association players

To investigate the issues facing young footballers further, Consultant Cardiologist Dr Aneil Malhotra conducted a study that screened more than 11,000 Football Association players aged 16 for sudden cardiac death over a period of 20 years. They all had an electrical recording of the heart (ECG) and a cardiac ultrasound scan (echocardiogram).

The results were shocking.

42 individuals had cardiac diseases that could cause sudden cardiac death, having presented with hardly any symptoms prior to the test.

30 out of the 42 players had surgery or other treatment for their heart defect and were able to go back to playing football, but the other 12 stopped playing.

Eight died during exercise – six from conditions that had gone unidentified and two, who were diagnosed with HCM and were advised against competitive sport.

Should we increase the amount of cardiac testing in athletes? The worldwide debate

There is ongoing debate worldwide regarding the implementation and the extent of screening needed of athletes and their hearts.

Mandatory screening for all young adults who participated in sports has been introduced in Italy, which has resulted in an 89% reduction in sudden cardiac death. However, screening isn’t always supported and critics say that false results can lead to increased anxiety and a negative effect on well-being. There are also cost implications of carrying out further screening tests. These are the reasons why in the USA, they do not recommend this way of screening athletes. Instead, they suggest a healthcare professional go through a 14-point checklist to screen for heart disease, with a follow up only if necessary.

There is likely to be a continuing debate about whether increased screening is proven to be successful. However the study by Dr Malhotra provides evidence that early detection saves not only lives, but also sporting careers.

Our partners at British Heart Foundation view is

 “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart condition. Whilst cardiac screening amongst athletes may help detect the condition, we also stress the importance of everyone having a full awareness of their family medical history, especially if a member of the family has died suddenly under the age of 50.”

Although my view is that cardiovascular screening programmes should be a targeted and planned strategically (with focus on those who have family history) there should be regular screening for young adults who participate in sport.

In addition to screening, an increased education and awareness of cardiac arrests within the sporting field through resuscitation training and easy access to defibrillators will really help to prevent deaths both on and off the sporting field.

For more information please visit the BHF website.




Tributes paid to Scotland international rugby star Siobhan Cattigan after sudden death aged 26 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tributes-paid-scotland-international-rugby-25585678


https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/high-performing-athletes-covid-vaccine-injuries/?fbclid=IwAR3r2uGp_i6jr8Gv0UkvDFUzHa13GhVWQCXT_754iK9NRyggliwvH9zXoIU


A world record-holder in static breath-hold freediving, a veteran triathlete, a professional tennis player, a professional mountain biker — they were all high-performing athletes until COVID vaccines ruined their health, and their careers.


 

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