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Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson feeding emus at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 1954

from State Library of Queensland

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Thorndike His wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Casson Their wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Dame Sybil Thorndike and her husband Sir Lewis Casson were a popular and celebrated theatrical couple from the 1920s onwards. Both acted from an early age; Thorndike beginning her professional career with Ben Greet, Casson with Poel, and the Vedrenne-Barker company at the Royal Court. They met acting in Annie Horniman's repertory company at the Gaiety Theatre Manchester and married in 1908. They moved to London and toured the USA before returning to Manchester where Casson directed his wife in a highly acclaimed production of Hindle Wakes. During the First World War Thorndike acted at the Old Vic (while Casson was in the army) and began to win critical recognition for her work. She followed this with a series of special performances of Greek plays and two years in Grand Guignol melodramas alongside her brother Russell and Casson (who also directed). Thorndike's next role was in Shaw's St Joan (written for her), widely regarded as the finest moment in a long career which saw her play a variety of parts with a range of celebrated co-stars (among them Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, and Ashcroft). Casson continued to act occasionally but concentrated his energies on directing, helping to establish Equity, promoting CEMA, and serving on the board of the Arts Council. Source: archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/5a71a208-af16-305b...

Shame we couldn't call these ClareMorris Minors!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Guinness Barge

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    You can see this landing stage on the OS 25" map, but I don't remember it, so it must have been removed not too long after this photo. This page (by Irish Ship and Barge Fabrication) states that the last barge sailed in 1961.
  • guliolopez said:
    Here's a video of the same barge "on the move" - with funnels reclined. (Niall has the photo location spot-on BTW)
  • FrigateRN said:
    What a great old picture NLI, I love it and thank you for sharing. keep up the good work, your pictures are appreciated.
  • Economic Quiet said:
    Where did they store the barrels.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    If you watch guliolopez 's video, you can see the barge full of empties going upstream.