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In this series, Jeff and Andy look at historical events that took place on this day.The Boston Massacre takes place outside of the Customs House on King Street, advancing the US and Britain down the road of revolution. This series is brought to you by the great Boss Shot Shells.

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On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived at the 1861 Customs House in Galveston, TX as part of his tour to command troops sent to enforce the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States. Now, that same courthouse is set to continue the charge toward freedom for all. In this classic Digital Transformers episode, join Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton as they discuss plans for the new June Nineteenth Museum, dedicated to honoring this important moment in history and ending modern slavery and human trafficking, with former Galveston Assistant City Manager Douglas Matthews and Hope4Justice CEO Tim Nelson. Additional Links and Information:Learn more about Digital Transformers: https://supplychainnow.com/program/digital-transformers/Subscribe to Digital Transformers and other Supply Chain Now Programs: https://digital-transformers.captivate.fm/listenThis episode was hosted by Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/digital-transformers-classic-honoring-juneteenth-abolishing-modern-slavery-dt83

“E” is for Exchange Building (Charleston). One of the grandest and most significant public buildings constructed in colonial America, the Exchange and Customs House on East Bay was constructed by Peter and John Horlbeck between 1767 and 1771.

Send me a messageToday's guest is the delightful Jess Miller. Jess has been and remains a totem here in Sydney for many important and successful socially and environmentally impactful campaigns and initiatives - from delivering improved cycling infrastructure in the early 2010s to the Garage Sale Trail to the 202020 Vision or Greener Spaces Better Places program. Add to that a five year side hustle as one of Sydney's youngest ever city councillors, plus mothering and you have the ingredients for someone who is made from audacity and insanity, depending on who you ask and at what stage her visionary process is at.Jess is here is to chat about her upcoming installation at the Vivid Festival in a couple of weeks - A New Normal. This is a fascinating initiative, that has been breaking ground in Melbourne by seemingly taking a product development approach to urban development and planning. Two worlds that are seemingly distinct with very little overlap. As you'll hear in this conversation it's an attempt to transition Sydney to greater self sufficiency, greater environmental stewardship, improving social value outcomes and delivering economic benefits along the way. This work is definitely not for the feint of heart, but just about everything Jess has pursued - from spending her initial year of university in Brazil, to A New Normal - isn't for the usual operator. In many ways A New Normal is the perfect brand for her - outside the usual paradigm of thinking and doing, going from vision to action and doing it with a flare of creativity and spirit of partying along the way.Her energy is infectious and even from just a small amount of time with her she reeled me in with the persuasion, power and potential of what she is doing with A New Normal. She is part humble, part curious, part audacious, part insane. She is going for it though, and what a role model she is at a time when radical and urgent action is a panacea to our challenges but also fears and doubts. I hope you enjoy this one.I'm hosting a very exciting night at Customs House on the 29th of May in Sydney, coincidentally in the middle of the Vivid Festival where the city comes to life in a nightly light show. That night I'm doing my first big house event experience with former NSW Premier and Australian Foreign Minister, plus Friend of The Pod, Bob Carr. On the night we'll be exploring the implications of future climate action when 40% of the world's population is voting in domestic elections in 2024. It's great to be working with a couple of really great operators as part of producing this show.The first is Souling - Natasha Ritz's first book. Add the code findingnature (al one word) at checkout for 10% off the book. The second is Gilay Estate. A phenomenal new off-grid hut on the Liverpool Plains. Add Finding Nature to the description of your booking for a free dinner and breakfast bundle . Production, graphic and social media support comes from the wonderful Rob Rogers. I couldn't do this without his expertise and generous support.Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

Antisemitism is on the rise in Arizona; The abortion issue continues to stir up state politics; we'll pay a visit to Yuma's Customs House, and more...

“It was fantastic to open my eyes to the differences in hospitality, the differences of properties - meeting other cultures, foods, everything. But having been there and having worked abroad, I think the main pillars remained with me from Irish hospitality - good food, good welcome and doing everything you can for your guests.” We're in lucky company with Peter Barrett, 4th Generation Owner and General Manager of Dunmore House, an award-winning, 4-star hotel on the Clonakilty Bay shores of West Cork, Ireland. Many changes have unfolded over the years since his great-grandparents came across this coastal farm in 1934, however, the one thing that has not changed is “family welcoming family”. Having recently returned home from global studies and luxury hospitality experiences, Peter shares his excitement in continuing his family legacy, reciting the Irish Proverb “Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin,” as for him and the ways in which he treats his guests, “there's no place like home.” Today, as many like me celebrate their Irish Heritage, and many more celebrate an excuse to drink a smooth pint of Guinness, Peter and I banter about what makes Irish hospitality recognizable around the world, how the vista views from Dunmore House are unmatched, and why travelers should not pass up new Irish cuisine. Sláinte! Top Takeaways [1:40] A story that spans across numerous generations started as a working farm shortly after the Irish War of Independence, slowly turning into a community gathering spot for wedding breakfasts, growing into a proper hotel in the 1960s, of which the Dunmore House stands true to today.  [10:00] Peter shares the fortune he sees in his hospitality upbringing and how his time away from home - studying in Switzerland and working in Hong Kong, Thailand and the United States -  gave him a fresh perspective and newfound appreciation for Irish hospitality.  [15:00] Expect to stay in a setting that is a “home away from home” - with familiar characters that will treat you as family, warmth felt from the welcome to the wood fireplace, food that will fill your stomach and your soul.  [17:30] Everything from the amenities in the rooms to the produce picked from the gardens is proudly Irish. Peter explains how there is a sense of sustainability and stewardship that comes with owning a property and being a part of a community for many generations.   [21:50] Dine In Good Company at Dunmore House, experiencing “a sense of place by the sea using the finest resources from West and County Cork” at the Michelin Guide recommended Adrift Restaurant, and other casual and alfresco dining destinations.  [25:25] There's adventure abound around Clonakilty Bay, whether you choose to walk the beaches, go for a sea swim or kayak, seek out humpback whales off the coastline or meander through town stopping in magical and musical pubs. Notable Mentions John Hanly & Co Luxury Irish Designed Products Voya Irish Organic Skincare Fifty Shades Greener Clonakilty Blackpudding dede at the Customs House in Baltimore, Ireland Visit For Yourself Dunmore House Website +353 023 883 3352 @dunmorehousehotel Stay In Good Company Website 

Edwin Arlington Robinson was born in Head Tide, Maine on December 22, 1869 (the same year as W. B. Yeats). His family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870, which renamed “Tilbury Town,” became the backdrop for many of Robinson's poems. Robinson described his childhood as stark and unhappy; he once wrote in a letter to Amy Lowell that he remembered wondering why he had been born at the age of six. After high school, Robinson spent two years studying at Harvard University as a special student and his first poems were published in the Harvard Advocate.Robinson privately printed and released his first volume of poetry, The Torrent and the Night Before, in 1896 at his own expense; this collection was extensively revised and published in 1897 as The Children of the Night. Unable to make a living by writing, he got a job as an inspector for the New York City subway system. In 1902, he published Captain Craig and Other Poems. This work received little attention until President Theodore Roosevelt wrote a magazine article praising it and Robinson. Roosevelt also offered Robinson a sinecure in a U.S. Customs House, a job he held from 1905 to 1910. Robinson dedicated his next work, The Town Down the River (1910), to Roosevelt.Robinson's first major success was The Man Against the Sky (1916). He also composed a trilogy based on Arthurian legends: Merlin (1917), Lancelot (1920), and Tristram (1927), which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1928. Robinson was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems (1921) in 1922 and The Man Who Died Twice (1924) in 1925. For the last twenty-five years of his life, Robinson spent his summers at the MacDowell Colony of artists and musicians in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Robinson never married and led a notoriously solitary lifestyle. He died in New York City on April 6, 1935.-bio via Academy of American Poets Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

This week, we're bringing you stories from stellar wordsmiths at the Sydney Final of the Australian Poetry Slam Competition 2023 - hosted by Word Travels. Through months of heats – Mt Druitt to Double Bay, Northern Beaches to Newtown – these lyricists gathered at Customs House to compete for the crown of Sydney Slam Champion. We've selected some of the highlight performances from the evening for your enjoyment. You'll hear performances by Andrew Cox, Maddy Godfrey, Lily, JMO and E3. And music by John Maddox. Content warning: The stories include references to struggling with mental health, self harm and suicidal ideation.    Credits Produced by Phoebe Adler-Ryan. Compiled and mixed by Darcy Allen. The recordist was Stewart Geddes. A special thanks to the Word Travels team for making this episode possible. You can find out more about Story Week and the Australian Poetry Slam Championship at: www.wordtravels.info  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Baluji Foundation are celebrating their 15th anniversary with a UK tour.  Amelia Hilton talked to the organisation's founder, Baluji Shrivastav OBE, about reaching this milestone and sharing music from across the world with audiences. The next tour date is at Customs House, South Shields on 25th June 7.30pm followed by performances at the Waterloo Festival London, St John's Church Waterloo on the 14th July and 16th July. For the full list of tour dates and to learn more about the foundation, visit www.balujimusicfoundation.org To learn more about Baluji's story and discuss lessons visit www.baluji.com

It's become an annual tradition to invite the one-and-only Karen Swallow Prior on the show to discuss a classic novel, and this time around it's Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter. In this first episode of the series, we chatted about that difficult opening section, “The Customs House”; why Karen chose to include this book in her series of annotated classic novels for B&H Publishing (alongside Austen, Hardy, Conrad, Bronte, etc.); ways Hawthorne seems to be working out his connection to his family's long and fraught history; and much more! Happy listening!Close Reads HQ is a community-supported endeavor. To help ensure that future episodes get produced, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

The streets of Dublin have been brought to life through a new augmented reality app. The 'Dublin Discovery Trails' application allows history enthusiasts and visitors to the city to go back in time and see the Guinness barges sailing down the Liffey as well as witness the Customs House fire of 1921.  Sean was joined by Marie Kavanagh, Docklands Area Manager with Dublin City Council to discuss…

The streets of Dublin have been brought to life through a new augmented reality app. The 'Dublin Discovery Trails' application allows history enthusiasts and visitors to the city to go back in time and see the Guinness barges sailing down the Liffey as well as witness the Customs House fire of 1921.  Sean was joined by Marie Kavanagh, Docklands Area Manager with Dublin City Council to discuss…

Public Speaking with Alfie Joey Public speaking is the subject matter for this week's podcast. Kevin was salivating about Alfie Joey. After all, he's quite the celebrity in the North East. For around 10 years Alfie has been the voice of breakfast on BBC Newcastle. With passionate listeners, many do not know what he looks like, but they know his voice alright. Alfie is soon to step away from his job at the BBC and start offering public speaking coaching plus a number of other related offers. He's multi-talented. How to Motivate the Troops in Newcastle in the Morning? Most observers will probably think folk in Newcastle are at their best, in a skimpy outfit, at night. So, Alfie has all on to raise spirits first think in the morning. http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Breakfast-Presenter-on-the-BBC.mp4 Alfie's morning show ranks as one of the most listened-to radio shows outside of London. They use RAJAR to measure listenership. Alfie, he places a huge amount of focus on every link. He wants to entertain. He's Interviewed Keir Starmer Block of wood or really nice. You decide. http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Keir-Starmer.mp4 Alfie is stepping away from the BBC on Halloween 31 October 2022. He's going to star in Robin Hood in pantomime at Customs House, South Shields. From mid-January, he'll have an empty diary. Link to Alfie Joey's TEDx Talk - Changing Lanes Click on the image to listen to Alfie's Changing Lanes TED talk. Public Speaking on Britain's Got Talent So, Alfie appeared on BGT. The lesson here is:  when the world is watching, you'd better be good. http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Britains-Got-Talent.mp4 It's a Huge Risk, But Alfie is Energised http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Huge-Risk.mp4 Rehearsing and Being Distracted Alfie tells us a story about allowing space for people to come in. http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Rehearsing.mp4   Public Speaking Expert Alfie Joey Gives a Testimonial http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alfie-Joey-Testimonial.mp4 The Next 100 Days co-hosts… Graham Arrowsmith Graham runs Finely Fettled to help organisations that want to market to affluent and high-net-worth customers.  He also runs Meet Professionals which is being offered to financial advice groups as a white-labelled lead generation and conversion system. Contact Graham on LinkedIn: Visit Graham's LinkedIn Profile and by email. Kevin Appleby Kevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO which provide both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com

This week on the #wednesdaywellbeing show comes with a content warning!! This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions before listening and take care of yourself. Tonights topic is sexual violence and domestic abuse. Far more than that, we discuss how you can heal fully from these types of horrific experiences. To provide some perspective, here are some key statistics from trusted sources showing the scale of the problem in England and Wales. 1 in 4 women are raped, sexually assaulted and or sexually abused. 1 in 6 children have been sexually abused and 1 in 20 men have been raped or sexually assaulted as an adult. That's more than 1 in 20 people every 12 months. My guest tonight Geua Hila spent over 30 years battling with depression and anxiety after falling victim to sexual abuse, divorce and homelessness.Geua is the founder of The Wholistic F.A.I.T.H Process; a process that allows all who will apply it, to become enlightened and feel empowered in reclaiming a life they have lost.  Through inspirational and motivational speaking, she has unlocked doors for women to regain control and use their negative past experiences as fuel for a positive present and future. She has spoken on platforms such as The Evolve Network, women-only group She'roes, International Women's Day events and Kingdom Women of the Word. She has also featured on Jessie Wang's podcast ‘Voices Unheard' and this week she's joining me on my podcast as she prepares to share her story at an event. You can join Geua at Customs House on the Friday the 7th of October 2022 at 10:00  till 15:00 BST. Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/think-and-feel-great-seminar-reach-out-tickets-409417417517You can listen on DH9digital or at Nova Radio on Sunday or on Amanda Joy's Podcast too. This is possibly the most challenging and inspiring interview I've ever done.Support the show

On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived at the 1861 Customs House in Galveston, TX as part of his tour to command troops sent to enforce the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States. Now, that same courthouse is set to continue the charge toward freedom for all. In this special Digital Transformers episode, join Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton as they discuss plans for the new June Nineteenth Museum, dedicated to honoring this important moment in history and ending modern slavery and human trafficking, with former Galveston City Manager Douglas Matthews and Hope4Justice CEO Tim Nelson. Additional Links & Resources: Learn more about Supply Chain Now:https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now ( https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now) Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs:https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe ( https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe) Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/ (https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/) Post-COVID Strategies for Working Capital Survey:https://bit.ly/3yglyQj ( https://bit.ly/3yglyQj) WEBINAR- 3 ways to stay afloat through the supply chain crisis: A distributor's story:  https://bit.ly/3uaUBeC (https://bit.ly/3uaUBeC) WEBINAR: Sustainability and Profitability: The ripple effect of shipping less air https://bit.ly/3A87xFM (https://bit.ly/3A87xFM) This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/digital-transformers-crossover-special-honoring-juneteenth-abolishing-modern-slavery-934

On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived at the 1861 Customs House in Galveston, TX as part of his tour to command troops sent to enforce the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States. Now, that same courthouse is set to continue the charge toward freedom for all. In this episode, join Kevin L. Jackson and Scott as they discuss plans for the new June Nineteenth Museum, dedicated to honoring this important moment in history and ending modern slavery and human trafficking, with former Galveston Assistant City Manager Douglas Matthews and Hope4Justice CEO Tim Nelson. Additional Links and Information: Learn more about Digital Transformers: https://supplychainnow.com/program/digital-transformers/ (https://supplychainnow.com/program/digital-transformers/) Subscribe to Digital Transformers and other Supply Chain Now Programs: https://digital-transformers.captivate.fm/listen (https://digital-transformers.captivate.fm/listen) Hope for Justice:   https://hopeforjustice.org (https://hopeforjustice.org) June 19th Museum: https://june19museum.com/ (https://june19museum.com/) This episode was hosted by Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/digital-transformers-special-juneteenth-modern-slavery-dt30

Cities are amazing – built environments full of diversity, energy, culture, and pace. What makes a city more liveable though as cities get more crowded, traffic intensifies, and people struggle to find affordable housing close to their schools, workplaces, and communities they know and love? Does a city need our refining to truly sing in 2022? I am speaking today to Dr. Tammy Wong Hulbert – who I met almost 20 years ago when we worked together at Customs House on Sydney's iconic harbourside foreshore. Now based in Victoria, an hour's flight from Sydney Australia, Tammy has a real sense of what makes cities liveable. Tammy is an artist, curator, and Senior Lecturer at RMIT University, School of Art, Master of Arts (Arts Management) specializing in curating. In 2021 she was the recipient of an Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) Research Innovation Award. Her research focuses on ‘curating inclusive cities' enacted through collaborations with marginalized urban communities, to unearth and care for their perspectives and build citizen participation through exhibitions and public art projects. These methodologies stem from Tammy's art practice which focuses on expressing the multi-layered and fragmented spaces between cultures, a result of her position as a fourth-generation Australian of Chinese descent and living in a super-diverse and postcolonial society. She has remained dedicated to increasing the dialogue around Australia's relationship with Asian and Chinese communities through arts activity and has worked with a wide range of contemporary artists and communities in Australia and Asia in galleries, museums, and public spaces during her career. Her most recent curatorial project was Becoming Home: Stories of Chinese Australians at ArtSpace Realm in Melbourne, Victoria (2022). She is currently working on an ARC Linkage project Vital Arts: Skilling young people for their futures awarded in 2021.   Hear Tammy discuss: What makes a city liveable and how do we know we are in one? Why is inclusiveness such a big part of a liveable city dynamic – any examples of good and bad models you can share? As a child of an immigrant family, what do you make of how transferable are “city living experiences” from one big city to another? Cities have become in some ways less vital during the Covid-19 pandemic where many people had to be in lockdown ad there was some movement globally away from traditional centres to more space, more affordable housing, and lifestyle changes – tree or sea change for example. How does that affect the viability of cities long term? Take away: What is your final takeaway message for us on The Politics of Liveable Cities?     To connect with Tammy: LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tammy-wong-hulbert-107130b4 W: www.tammywonghulbert.com

This is the first of three episodes which will be released over the next 8 days to conclude the War of Independence Series. Endgame I is a fast moving show that takes you back to Cork in the opening weeks of 1921. The war develops a new ferocity with the declaration of martial law. The episode is based around one of the enduring controversies of the war - the kidnapping of the widow Maria Lindsay. The episode also looks at the IRA's worst defeat - the Clonmult ambush and the largest battle of the war - Crossbarry. Then we move to Dublin and finish with the IRA assault on the Customs House. Sound by Jason LooneyAdditional Research Sam McGrath Additional Narrations by Aidan Crowe and Therese MurrayHand painted pewter figures of Irish Revolutionary - https://irishhistory.bigcartel.com/category/handcrafted-historic-models See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory.

A deep dive into the history of the Clarksville Customs House.

On the 1st of August, 1862, Victor Smith, Collector of Customs for the District of Puget Sound, sails into Port Townsend on the lighthouse tender USS Shubrick to move the Customs records to Port Angeles, designated as Washington Territory's new Port of Entry. The citizens lock up the records, but Smith threatens to order the Shubrick to shell the Customs House and commercial district with her three 12-pound cannons. Reluctantly, the city council relents and Smith takes the records to Port Angeles. Over the next four years, the citizens of Port Townsend in Jefferson County will persist in their attempts to have Smith dismissed from office and will finally succeed.Listen now to learn more!Merchandise for the History of the Evergreen State is now available at https://washington-history-by-jon-c.creator-spring.comA special thank you goes out to Al Hirsch for providing the music for the podcast, check him out on YouTube.You may notice that the podcast no longer has advertisements in it, so I am not making any money from the show, so if you'd like to show your support and thanks for the show, please consider becoming a monthly supporter of the show, or even just a one time donation will be greatly appreciated, and will go towards research materials for future episodes of the podcast:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EvergreenPod

This week Merlin is joined by fellow AJ journalist Will Ing. On the menu: A 1.8 billion pounds budget boost for new homes on post industrial ‘brownfields' | 'Greenwash' accusations over a rash of vertically planted ‘living walls' sprouting over London | Outrage after MPs green light dumping sewage in London's rivers | Hotel plans for Grade-I listed Customs House unanimously voted down | And what the COP26 climate summit could mean for London's built environment? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lake Tahoe, one of the most precious, spectacular luxury lifestyle markets, and markets in general, on the planet. Know one knows Lake Tahoe luxury real estate like Trinkie Watson with Chase International Real Estate. A San Francisco native, Katrine ‘Trinkie' Watson spent her first seven years in Woodside, California. She lived in San Francisco until her move to Lake Tahoe in 1966. A descendant of the John Breuner family, her California heritage goes back four generations. Watson attended Harker's School for Girls in Menlo Park, Grant School, Burke's and Hamlin's in San Francisco, The Branson School in Ross, Mill's College, University of Wisconsin and University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated. Education was very important to her family.Watson's business career started as a receptionist with Standard Oil of California at the Bush Street headquarters in San Francisco. She matriculated to the travel department, where she routed auto trips on maps across the country. An opportunity to work for the 1964 Republican Convention took her to Milton Esberg's Public Relation's firm, where she worked on fundraisers for San Domenico school in Marin and the Republican Finance Committee for the Republican Ball.In 1966, returning home from a trip to Aspen and Sun Valley, Idaho, with friends, Watson suggested a stop in Squaw Valley, where she ran into an old friend that had married and just acquired a vacation home there. Negotiating a rental agreement with them for residency to “try it” for a year, she ended up staying.In 1996, she opened a small Chase office in Tahoe City and added another small office in Homewood; then, in 2001, she combined the two offices into a larger space on West Lake Boulevard near Tahoe City. When Starbucks took up a space in the new Customs House, Watson moved the office there in January 2008. An additional office in the Truckee Hotel was established in 2005 and an office Squaw Valley was added in 2008.Over the years, Watson has held many positions and awards, including president of the incline Village Board of Realtors®, president of the Tahoe Sierra MLS, president of the Lake Tahoe Music Festival three times, board director of the Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation and Tahoe Forest Hospital Foundation, along with many more.Katrine ‘Trinkie' Watson, a California and Nevada Regional Lake Tahoe Broker®, was the 1995 President of the Incline Village Board of Realtors®. In 1996, she was selected Realtor® of the Year in Incline Village, and she was 1997 President of the Tahoe Sierra Multiple Listing Service. In the real estate business for 44 years, she is a resource for fine residential properties in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Trinkie graduated with a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a believer in continuing education in her profession.Through the National Association of Realtors®, she has earned the designations of Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Certified Residential Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Graduate, Realtors® Institute (GRI), Leadership Training Graduate (LTG) and Performance Management Network (PMN) as well as Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS). Trinkie's extensive leadership background began in school and continues today.  Currently she is an Advisor for Lake Tahoe Music Festival and a Board member of the Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation. Trinkie is a dog lover and is raising her 8th German Shepard.

Located in the former Customs House of Limerick there's a compact gem of a museum that is the legacy of a family who loved art, archaeology, and design. John and Gertrude Hunt left their diverse and amazing personal collection in a trust so that it could be accessible to everyone in the generations which came after them. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Frank Lott, the Executive Director of the Customs House Museum joins Charlie and Katie on this episode. Frank shares plenty of Clarksville history including how the Customs House got its name. He also talks about some major changes coming to the Museum.

In this episode of City Between we discuss the film "Working Girl" 1988 to dive into NY's history and culture. Bruce and Sam go deep on the Staten Island Ferry, commuter shoes, tequila, chardonnay, secretaries, the Customs House, Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and more - Join us! This is the first film in a trilogy about working women - next up is 1994's "I Like it Like That". Join us!  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

Hello and welcome to Episode Thirty Eight of Page Turn: the Largo Public Library Podcast. I'm your host, Hannah! If you enjoy the podcast subscribe, tell a friend, or write us a review! The English Language Transcript can be found below But as always we start with Reader's Advisory! The Reader's Advisory for Episode Thirty Eight is Light It Up by Nicholas Petrie. If you like Light It Up you should also check out: Nothing Short of Dying by Erik Storey, Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen, and Fox Hunter by Zoë Sharp. My personal favorite Goodreads list Light It Up is on is Book Series for Men Who Like Action. Happy Reading Everyone Today's Library Tidbit is on the History of Juneteenth! For those that don't know Juneteenth is a portmanteau of June and Nineteenth and is so named because it is a holiday celebrated in June on the Nineteenth. Juneteenth has gone by a few different names, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day. It is the celebration of the emancipation of people who had been enslaved in the United States. Specifically it is the celebration of the announcement that slavery had been outlawed in the United States and that all people who had been enslaved were free people made in Texas by the Union Army General Gordon Granger on June 19th, 1865. Now for those of you who were taught US history in schools you may noticed some weird discrepancies with the dates you were taught. After all the Emancipation Proclamation was made on September 22, 1862, and on January 1, 1863 3.5 million enslaved African Americans were free under the law in the United States of America. But with the American Civil War the land mass that was considered the United States of America was constantly changing. The American Civil War officially ended on May 9, 1865. Who then was still enslaving people in June of that year? Short answer, a lot of states. Medium answer, news took time to travel. More complicated answer? People were still being enslaved in Delaware and Kentucky up until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865, and of course the Thirteenth Amendment still allows for the enslaving of people if they have been imprisoned, which is partially why we have such a bloated prison population. So once slavery was abolished by the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln had the Union Army announcing this fact as they advanced during the Civil War. Texas being more remote than other slave states the Union Army didn't focus on that state for most of the war. This meant that the enforcement of the new law was slow and inconsistent. On June 19, 1865 Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Texas and read out the proclamation at the Union Headquarters at the Osterman Building, as well as a few other locations including the Customs House, the Courthouse, and the now named Reedy Chapel-AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church. The proclamation he read was: The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere. The proclamation starts out fairly strongly. I personally do not enjoy the idea that they expected enslaved populations, who had experience immense abuse and trauma, to stay and work for those that had abused and traumatized them. Especially as it took a series of legal cases in the Texas Supreme Court of formerly enslaved people to have legal status as free people between 1868 and 1874. But, it did,

*Please note this episode contains mild language that some listeners may take offense to* Wayne began his training at South Tyneside College in Performing Arts, before moving on to Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead.  Upon leaving Theatre School he returned to his native North East to work with ‘Boyle Yer Stott's Productions'. With Boyle Yer Stotts, Wayne performed in many of their critically acclaimed productions for over a decade. While working as an actor in a variety of stage & TV work, he also added writing & directing to his list of credits, many of them as an in house writer and director of children's theatre at The Customs House in South Shields.  This is something that he carried over into his own company ‘Walton-Gunn Productions', a home town based theatre company, that produces multiple pantomime & children's productions every year, alongside new writing projects.   His Theatre credits include: The Machine Gunners, Dangle In The Dust, Cuddy's Miles,Ride A White Swan, Tom & Catherine:The Musical, Hamlet, Pray For Rain, Bored Stiff, Love In NE32, Romeo & Juliet,Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather, Hadaway Harry, Being An Ultimate Warrior and The Big Time.  His Film and TV credits include: Two series of ITV Real Crimes and the gangster film in which he bares all Six Bend Trap  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gemma-louise-hirst/message

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

Deirdre Morley found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing of her children; HSE cyberattack; Gaza Israel ceasefire; Water safety; Wheelchair liveable home; 100 years since burning of Customs House; BBC under fire over Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana; Hospital services badly hit by cyberattack; Bob Dylan at 80

Deirdre Morley found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing of her children; HSE cyberattack; Gaza Israel ceasefire; Water safety; Wheelchair liveable home; 100 years since burning of Customs House; BBC under fire over Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana; Hospital services badly hit by cyberattack; Bob Dylan at 80

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

WELCOME TO LISTEN AGAIN The Customs House Hour will keep you right up to date with your favourite theatre on the banks of the Tyne. Hosted by Ray Spencer, The Customs House Hour will be packed with music, chat, Customs House news and special guests. It's going to be fun, you really won't want to miss it. The show is live each and every Sunday 11am on Radio Shields, and is then available to listen again at anytime!

Today we invite you to enjoy the Harbour Tour.

Matthew Henson, The Great African American Explorer and his contributions...Why is Matthew Henson so important? Matthew Henson was an African American explorer best known as the co-discoverer of the North Pole with Robert Edwin Peary in 1909.“The lure of the arctic is tugging at my heart. To me the trail is calling! The old trail, the trail that is always new.” ~Matthew HensonMatthew Alexander Henson, (born August 8, 1866, Charles county, Maryland, U.S.—died March 9, 1955, New York, N.Y.), African American explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary on most of his expeditions, including that to the North Pole in 1909. Orphaned as a youth, Henson went to sea at the age of 12 as a cabin boy on the sailing ship Katie Hines. Later, while working in a store in Washington, D.C., he met Peary, who hired him in 1887 as a valet for his next expedition to Nicaragua (1888). Peary, impressed with Henson’s ability and resourcefulness, employed him as an attendant on his seven subsequent expeditions to the Arctic (1891–92; 1893–95; 1896; 1897; 1898–1902; 1905–06; 1908–09). In 1909 Peary and Henson, accompanied by four Inuit, became the first men to reach the North Pole, the rest of the crew having turned back earlier. Henson’s account of the journey, A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, appeared in 1912. The following year, by order of Pres. William Howard Taft, Henson was appointed a clerk in the U.S. Customs House in New York City, a post he held until his retirement in 1936. Henson received the Congressional medal awarded all members of the Peary expedition (1944).  Matthew Alexander Henson was born on August 8, 1866, in Charles County, Maryland. The son of two freeborn black sharecroppers, Henson lost his mother at an early age. When Henson was 4 years old, his father moved the family to Washington, D.C., in search of work opportunities. His father died there a few years later, leaving Henson and his siblings in the care of other family members.  At the age of 11, Henson left home to find his own way. After working briefly in a restaurant, he walked all the way to Baltimore, Maryland, and found work as a cabin boy on the ship Katie Hines. Its skipper, Captain Childs, took Henson under his wing and saw to his education, which included instruction in the finer points of seamanship. During his time aboard the Katie Hines, he also saw much of the world, traveling to Asia, Africa and Europe. In 1884 Captain Childs died, and Henson eventually made his way back to Washington, D.C., where he found work as a clerk in a hat shop. It was there that, in 1887, he met Robert Edwin Peary, an explorer and officer in the U.S. Navy Corps of Civil Engineers. Impressed by Henson's seafaring credentials, Peary hired him as his valet for an upcoming expedition to Nicaragua.  Summary

When we interviewed Ahmet Dede, head chef of Dede in Baltimore, none of us (including Dede) were aware that he was about to win another Michelin star. Instead we listened, rapt, to the many stories he had to tell. Among them: childhood memories of lavish breakfasts on the floor of the Ankara house that his grandfather built;  his rise in Ireland to earn his first Michelin star at the West Cork restaurant, the Mews; and the origins of some of his favourite dishes in his native country of Turkey. What are Turkish culinary regional differences? What constitutes a great kebab? Most importantly, is it possible to be both a dedicated chef and a passionate Turkish native, yet manage to keep those identities separate? Note: we had so much fun talking to chef Dede that we reluctantly had to cut some of the interview for time. Specifically, Blanca, Dee, and Mei, in their wrap up, refer to Dede educating himself on the Michelin system by reading The Perfectionist, Rudolph Chelminski’s scrupulous biography of the tragic chef Bernard Loiseau. You can find Dede talking about beginning as a pizza chef to earning his first MIchelin on the bonus material on the Headstuff+ (https://headstuffpodcasts.com/) website. (http://www.spicebags.ie) Chef Dede also said that he is planning to have his mother into the restaurant for a Four Hands dinner as soon as it is possible. Once you hear Dede talk about his mother’s cooking , you will be as excited as we are. Watch http://www.spicebags.ieand https://www.customhousebaltimore.com/ for updates on this event. Referenced in this episode: Dede Restaurant, Customs House, Baltimore https://www.customhousebaltimore.com/dedeAyla Turkish Foods, 30 Capel Street, Dublin: www.ayla.ie On Dede's new Michelin Star in the Irish Independent: www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/ahmet-dede-bags-his-second-michelin-star-with-less-formal-dining-by-the-sea-40010934.html

My Podcast this week deals with the demolition of Herbert Park in Dublin, the home of the only leader of the 1916 Rising to be killed in action, and the report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981.' 40 Herbert Park was demolished two weeks ago in a shameful act of political and corporate vandalism and greed. Its demolition again raises serious concerns at the refusal of successive Irish governments to protect Moore Street, part of the “laneways of history” linked to 1916 and where the leaders of the 1916 Rising held their last meeting. Dublin City Council has now said that legal proceedings will be issued and is calling for the home to be restored.James Connolly Heron, the grandson of James Connolly described it as; “a flagrant breach of the law and a direct challenge to each and every elected representative holding office on behalf of citizens.” He called for the house to be “rebuilt brick by brick, stone by stone, garden by garden.” If you agree with James Connolly Heron and if you believe that the Irish government must protect Moore Street why not write and tell them that. Write to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin - Government Buildings, Merrion Street Upper , Dublin 2 or email him at webmaster@taoiseach.ie:  and the Minister for Heritage Darragh O'Brien at The Customs House, Dublin D01 W6X0. Like characters from the GulagLast week saw the publication of the report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981' The years from 1976, when the British government ended special category status and sought to impose its criminalisation strategy, to August 1981 when the second hunger strike ended after the deaths of 10 republican POWs, were hard and challenging and difficult. For those of us who lived through those traumatic years much of what is in the report; ‘I am Sir, you are a number: Report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981' confirms what we already knew. However, the strength of the report is in its detail, in the confidential British government documents it accessed and in the eyewitness accounts of the prisoners and two prison governors. I spent a short time in the H-Blocks on remand awaiting trial on an IRA membership charge. I wrote about it in my book ‘Before the Dawn.'I wrote; “I was struck by the spirit of the prisoners. In my other jail experiences, we had been cushioned by our numbers and by the prisoners' own command structure from dealing directly with the screws; it had been possible for prisoners in the cages to serve long terms with little or no contact with the administration. Here in our individual cells, in the Blocks, it was different. If you wanted to resist a search, you had to face the screws on your own... They were like characters from Solzhenitsyn's Gulag, shuffling along in big boots without laces, wearing, for their visits, ill-fitting jackets and trousers. Most of the trousers had their backsides slit open, and all of the blanket men had long, unwashed hair and unkempt beards.”

Covid-19 is an existential threat to Britain’s theatres. They must survive with little to no income until audiences return. The Customs House was established in 1848 in South Shields The building comprises a theatre of 441 seats, a 145 seat studio, a gallery, a restaurant, a bar, a box-office and a community room that holds 100 people.  Ian talks to the Executive Director Ray Spencer and they cover; Welcoming people back into the workplace Return of the pantomimes Winning the Great British Panto award Anxiety and our brain's reaction to change Switching off and feeling positive Being able to see family again Whist on lock-down because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian Farrar wanted to create something special for the listeners. Ian live streamed (Facebook, YouTube & Twitter) for three hours on the 19th June 2020 and interviewed 6 of his friends back to back! We have edited those videos and created bonus podcast episodes. The original videos can be watched again on the respective social media platforms. Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 6:Fire

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through […]

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 5: the Devonshire Street resumptions with Sylvia Rosenblum

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through […]

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through […]

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 4: Bubonic Plague with Sylvia Rosenblum

WIlliam Stein, a partner at Dattner Architects, discusses the new canopy that covers the station at Bowling Green. Sited between the landmarked Customs House and historic Bowling Green Park, the new station canopy is a dramatic, transparent, curved steel and glass structure sensitive to its historic surroundings. The project involved close coordination with multiple public agencies and community organizations.

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 3 with Sylvia Rosenblum

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the Boston Massacre on its 250th anniversary. In particular, we learn about the stories of two of the five men killed in that famous clash, and why we know their names today.   And we also take a look at some key events that occurred this week in US history, like the 1807 law that ended the US participation in the African slave trade, the controversial election of 1876, and the Bloody Sunday clash that occurred in Selma, Alabama 55 years ago. And birthdays, including March 2, 1904 Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss March 3, 1847 inventor Alexander Graham Bell March 4, 1888 football legend Knute Rockne Feature Story: The Boston Massacre at 250 On March 5, 1770 – 250 years ago this week - British troops stationed in Boston found themselves face to face with a jeering crowd of men. The soldiers had been sent to rescue one of their number who had been cornered by the crowd near the Customs House. Bostonians hurled epithets, as well as snow and ice, at the soldiers, but there was little about the incident to suggest that blood would soon flow.  That changed when one of the soldiers fired his musket – likely by mistake.  Immediately his fellow soldiers, thinking an order to fire had been given, opened fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding six more. The Boston Massacre, as the incident became known, did not come out of nowhere. Tensions had been rising steadily in colonial cities like Boston at least as far back as 1765, the year the British government imposed the Stamp Act to compel the colonies to pay some of the costs of their defense by the British military during the recently concluded French and Indian War. The colonists, having grown accustomed to little British interference in their affairs for most of the eighteenth century, protested the act and the many more that followed. Although the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, Parliament followed it with the Townsend Acts of 1768 which also imposed taxes and fees.  This act likewise touched off protests and acts of vandalism in Boston. It also led to a boycott of British goods that was organized by the Sons of Liberty. In response to these disturbances, the British government sent 2,000 troops to Boston to maintain order.  For a city of just 16,000 residents, 2,000 soldiers represented a major show of force and intimidation by Parliament. Not surprisingly, Bostonians treated the soldiers with scorn from the very start. Minor altercations on the streets between citizens – usually young tradesmen and dock workers – and soldiers occurred frequently. By early 1770, tensions were running high. In early March several brawls broke out between workers and soldiers, fueling rumors of an impending crackdown by the soldiers on Sons of Liberty activity and a plan to cut down the Liberty Tree in South Boston. This was the essential background to what led to the events of March 5, 1770. The “Boston Massacre,” as the more zealous patriots termed this clash, enraged colonists from New Hampshire to Georgia. This fury was stoked by skilled propagandists who quickly wrote and distributed a pamphlet titled, “A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre.” As the title indicates, they framed the incident not as one marked by confusion and miscommunication, but rather one where the British soldiers acted with malice and intentionally murdered the five victims. Paul Revere then added the final touch – an engraving that purported to show what happened on the night of March 5, 1770. It shows a crowd of well-dressed and well-behaved Bostonians on the left being shot – as if by firing squad – by a tightly organized line of British soldiers on the right. Both the pamphlet and image circulated widely throughout the thirteen colonies. In Boston, officials moved quickly to prosecute the soldiers.  The commander of the British soldiers, Captain Thomas Preston, and eight of his men were arrested and charged with murder. Samuel Adams, a leading figure in the Sons of Liberty movement, led the prosecution.  His cousin John Adams defended the soldiers – not because he sympathized with British rule, but rather because he believed the defendants deserved a fair trial. Despite raging public hostility toward the defendants, John Adams succeeded in demonstrating that all the conflicting eye-witness testimony meant that the defendants could not be found guilty. Preston and six soldiers were declared not guilty, while two others were convicted of manslaughter but were soon released.  And soon, despite all the fury and angry talk against “British oppression,” the city of Boston returned to calm, as did the rest of colonial America. The five victims were buried in the Granery cemetery and then kind of forgotten. And here’s where things got interesting. Many decades later – long after the American Revolution - two of the men became famous. Alright, one of them became famous and the other somewhat better known. Let’s start with the case of the better known man, Crispus Attucks. Surely you’ve heard of him. He’s the African American man who was the first to die the night of the Boston Massacre. Little is known about Attucks’ life, except that he likely was a slave who had either earned his freedom or simply run off from his owner. In any case, he was living as a free man in Boston when things between locals and British soldiers got sticky. We know his name today because his story highlighted the contradiction at the heart of the American founding: a nation that professed to be dedicated to liberty was also the world’s largest slaveholding society.  How ironic, many a historian and commentator has noted, that the first blood shed in the cause of liberty was that of a man born into slavery and whose enslaved brothers and sisters represented fully 20% of the American population. But here’s the thing: this observation about the significance of Crispus Attuck’s death did not emerge until the 1840s and 1850s – 70 to 80 years later – when African American abolitionists began to celebrate Attucks as an original American patriot as a way to bolster their demand for an end to slavery and the inclusion of blacks as full citizens of the republic. And from that point forward, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, the return of white supremacy under Jim Crow, and then into the 20th century, the legend of Crispus Attucks continued to grow, as African Americans pushed for civil rights and full membership in American life. If you want the full story about the life and legend of Crispus Attucks, check out ITPL Episode 079 where I speak with historian Mitch Kachun about his book on the topic. The less-well known victim of the Boston Massacre was Patrick Carr. He was born in Ireland and later emigrated to the colonies where he took up the trade of leather work. The reason we know about Patrick Carr is that he was Irish. His name and story remained forgotten until the late-19th century when Irish Americans began digging into the historical record looking for colonial and Revolutionary heroes. Irish immigrants, of course, did not face anything like the oppression experienced by African Americans. Nonetheless, when they began to arrive in massive numbers in the 1840s and 1850s, they were confronted by seething anti-Irish and anti-Catholic nativism. The whole Know Nothing movement of this period was aimed at stopping the influx of Irish immigrants and making life very hard for those already here. The Irish were denounced for bringing crime, poverty, disease, election fraud, and godless popery to America. After a few decades, as an Irish American middle class emerged, the Irish began to enjoy rising levels of income, education, and political power. But the one thing they lacked was respectability. Thus began the quest to find Irish heroes in the American past who would give the Irish a claim on American belonging. Irish American historians discovered that 3 of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were born in Ireland. They also touted Timothy Murphy as the hero sharpshooter whose helped win the pivotal Battle of Saratoga. They likewise wrote about George Washington’s favorite spy, Hercules Mulligan. And, of course, they celebrated Patrick Carr for his martyrdom at the Boston Massacre. Some writers even went so far as to claim – without any evidence - that as an Irishman and an American, Patrick Carr had TWO reasons for hating British tyranny. These two stories from the Boston Massacre remind us that history has many uses. And one of them is as a tool for group advancement. African Americans and Irish Americans are hardly the only groups in America to seek acceptance by finding representative figures in the American past. German Americans, Jewish Americans, Italian Americans – you name it – have identified and celebrated people and moments in American history that reflect positively on them as early contributors to the American experiment.  ___________ If you live anywhere near Boston, lots of events commemorating the 250th https://revolution250.org/2020-boston-massacre-events/ https://www.masshist.org/features/massacre1770-2020 https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/250th-anniversary-of-the-boston-massacre-highlights-from-our-collections/ For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com  Music for This Episode Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com) The Joy Drops, “Track 23,” Not Drunk (Free Music Archive) Borrtex, “Perception” (Free Music Archive) John Bartman, "African Bliss" (Free Music Archive) Doc Turtle, "The Talons of Adventure, The Antlers of Romance" (Free Music Archive) Blue Dot Sessions, "Pat Dog" (Free Music Archive) Jon Luc Hefferman, “Winter Trek” (Free Music Archive) The Bell, “I Am History” (Free Music Archive) Production Credits Executive Producer: Lulu Spencer Graphic Designer: Maggie Cellucci Website by: ERI Design Legal services: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Social Media management: The Pony Express Risk Assessment: Little Big Horn Associates Growth strategies: 54 40 or Fight © In The Past Lane, 2020 Recommended History Podcasts Ben Franklin’s World with Liz Covart @LizCovart The Age of Jackson Podcast @AgeofJacksonPod Backstory podcast – the history behind today’s headlines @BackstoryRadio Past Present podcast with Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young, and Natalia Petrzela @PastPresentPod 99 Percent Invisible with Roman Mars @99piorg Slow Burn podcast about Watergate with @leoncrawl The Memory Palace – with Nate DiMeo, story teller extraordinaire @thememorypalace The Conspirators – creepy true crime stories from the American past @Conspiratorcast The History Chicks podcast @Thehistorychix My History Can Beat Up Your Politics @myhist Professor Buzzkill podcast – Prof B takes on myths about the past @buzzkillprof Footnoting History podcast @HistoryFootnote The History Author Show podcast @HistoryDean More Perfect podcast - the history of key US Supreme Court cases @Radiolab Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell @Gladwell Radio Diaries with Joe Richman @RadioDiaries DIG history podcast @dig_history The Story Behind – the hidden histories of everyday things @StoryBehindPod Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen – specifically its American Icons series @Studio360show Uncivil podcast – fascinating takes on the legacy of the Civil War in contemporary US @uncivilshow Stuff You Missed in History Class @MissedinHistory The Whiskey Rebellion – two historians discuss topics from today’s news @WhiskeyRebelPod American History Tellers ‏@ahtellers The Way of Improvement Leads Home with historian John Fea @JohnFea1 The Bowery Boys podcast – all things NYC history @BoweryBoys Ridiculous History @RidiculousHSW The Rogue Historian podcast with historian @MKeithHarris The Road To Now podcast @Road_To_Now Retropod with @mikerosenwald © In The Past Lane 2020

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 2: Photography with Sylvia Rosenblum

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through [...]Read More... from Developing Sydney Part 1 with Sylvia Rosenblum

Developing Sydney is new series with Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney and is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go ahead. However, the exhibition is now online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the series examines Sydney 1900 – 1920 through […]

Jan Broman, along with his brother, founded Fotografiska as a meeting place to inspire a more conscious world, using photography - portrait, fashion, nature and documentary photography, for example, to initiate conversations. Not just conversations about the here and now, but what the photos represent and the world around us. The renovated former Customs House, built in 1906 in the heart of Stockholm, is home to Fotografiska, now considered one of Scandinavia’s most important and powerful artistic magnets. Since opening almost ten years ago, Fotografiska has hosted some of the biggest names in photography from Annie Leibovitz to Gus Van Sant to Martin Parr. But Fotografiska is anything but a regular museum or art gallery. At its core it is a dedicated hub of human interaction, a creative space that nurtures thoughts and discussion and encourages the exchanging of ideas. As Jan says, “What we have become is more like a place where conversation can take place. And it can be inspired by what we do in the exhibition spaces, but it could also be inspired by what we do with the food, and helping people to get a bit more conscious.”Because Fotografiska’s vision is to inspire a more conscious world, Jan and his brother are keen to share their values of inspiration, inclusion, innovation, sustainability and relevance not just with their partners, but with the people who come to meet there. To make its accessibility even greater and to make more impactful places for photography around the world, Fotografiska is very soon expanding to New York, and London not long after that.“We see people meeting, meeting their friends, meeting family and loved ones. All kinds of meetings take place here. Fotografiska is more and more becoming a familiar sort of a place for conversations.”In this podcast:The importance of creating a space for meeting and talkingThe value of talkingWhy Fotografiska isn’t just relevant in Sweden, but around the worldHow to be more consciousHow photography can raise awareness of global issuesThe benefits of getting older If you run a company you have to be able to fight and changeWhy the world needs more empathy right nowLinks:www.fotografiska.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sun-toasted and sultry, it’s one of the Caribbean’s hidden gems. Santa Marta is not just the oldest city in Colombia, but South America’s oldest city. It doesn’t instantly arouse you with the breath-taking good looks of Cartagena, but it’s laidback beach vibe, historical pedigree and revivified colonial quarter offer stimulation galore. My ebullient Viva Expeditions guide, Claudia, led me through the city staples, which starts with a visit to Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino. This stately 17th-century hacienda is where the great liberator, Simón Bolívar, spent the last days of his epic life.Bolívar was a guest of the hacienda’s Spanish owner, Joaquín de Mier, who was a staunch backer of Latin American independence. The hacienda, which produced rum, honey, and sugarcane, has been transformed into a museum that commemorates El Libertador through a series of Bolívar-themed exhibits within the hacienda and monuments that dot the expansive grounds. The hacienda is worth a visit alone for its evocative rooms preserved in period style, which include a chapel and the room where Bolívar died in 1830.Now doubling as a formal homage to the legend who liberated six countries from Spanish colonial rule, the impressive white-marble memorial is composed of three monumental statues that depict Bolívar in different stages of his life. The hacienda’s grounds are also graced with the lush 22-hectare Jardín Botánico. is a relaxing place to stroll. Adjacent to the hacienda, the eclectic Museo Bolivariano triumphs the work of Latin American artists; don’t miss Alejandro Obregón’s portrait of a withered Bolívar shortly before his death.From there, Claudia whisked me to the heart of town, where we popped into Museo del Oro. It’s not quite the Aladdin's Cave that you'll find in Bogota, but Santa Marta's gold museum showcases an impressive collection of artifacts and gold from regional tribes, in the former Customs House. Somehow this pre-Columbian gold and ceramics withstood the avarice and bloodlust of the Spanish conquest. I drooled over displays of exquisite jade, copper, and gold work fashioned by the Tayrona and Nahuange, between 200AD and 1600AD.Lording over the heart of town, the glinting white edifice of Santa Marta Cathedral beckons like a wedding cake, with a romantic aura and reputed to be the oldest church in Colombia. It's a melange of varying architectural styles, but its lofty belltower and stout altar dome underscore its time-honoured grandeur. The remains of Bolivar were buried here until he was reinterred in his birthplace of Caracas in 1842. Legend has it that his heart is still here, hidden in an urn in the cathedral walls.Lover’s Square gives you an authentic taste of Santa Marta’s personality. Dramatically rejuvenated after decades of decay as a seedy enclave for prostitutes and drug dealers, romance suffuses this made-over square. You’ll see newlyweds posing for pictures in the park’s centrepiece, an ornamental, whitewashed gazebo. Loved-up young things kiss amid potted flowers under burnished street lamps, salsa spills from nearby bars and even elderly couples are spurred into action, with impromptu salsa performances.Pedestrianised Calle 19, which runs east from the square, is studded with characterful bars, cafes, and restaurants, elegantly painted in a cheerful palate of pastel hues, that increasingly cater to a hip, discerning crowd. The area also abounds with tantalising street food, where backpackers swap stories over arepas. I also soaked up the carnival atmosphere of Plaza Bolivar. With its shoeshine boys, street vendors, mustachioed men playing board games, and couples making out, Plaza Bolívar is your quintessential Latin American square, backed by the elegant mustard-yellow city hall.The new malecón (boardwalk) funnels south from the gritty port area, to the spiffy new marina, where there is also a small beach. Claudia warned me not to swim here – the water quality isn’t flash. Edged with more street fo...

Recorded @ Malahide Community School 2pm Thursday 19 September 2019 A century on—how do we view the War of Independence? How has recent scholarship changed our view of the War of Independence? What new sources are now available? And has this in turn affected how we commemorate these events? History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, chaired this special Hedge School, geared towards senior cycle history students. Donal Fallon (co-editor of the blog Come Here To Me), Liz Gillis (author of 25 May: The Burning of the Customs House 1921), Martin Mansergh (government's Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations), Mary McAuliffe (Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, UCD), and Kevin Manning (history teacher, Malahide Community School) responded to questions devised by the students of Malahide Community School, Portmarnock Community School, Skerries Community School, Sutton Park School and St Fintan's High School, Sutton. The Hedge School was supported by the Commemorations Unit of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

For episode 12 I asked Cormac Nugent for an interview on behalf of Extinction Rebellion Ireland. It's a long episode but you don't have to listen to it all in one go! Cormac has been with the group for a few months and hosts some of their public 'Heading for Extinction' talks. He knows an awful lot about the climate crisis situation and more importantly, what we need to do about. We cover a LOT in this episode so it's longer that usual but you won't notice the time going. We sure didn't! Some of the highlights we talked about are: How Cormac became involved in Environmentalism. The Montreal Protocol: protecting the ozone. Who Extinction Rebellion are, their demands and values. Why they do disruptive actions. What The Climate Emergency the Irish government declared means for us and the climate emergency measures bill. A brief science of the climate crisis: previous extinctions, carbon absorption by the ocean, coral reefs, soil degradation. The temperature rise, why and how it happens, what needs to be done to stop it. Tree cover in Ireland and the problem with sitka spruce. Our carbon budget. What a just transition means. Electric cars Vs public transport. The top 3 causes of climate change. Erica Chenoweth’s studies including the 3.5% rule. Rebellion Week. What you have to do to risk arrest. Examples of affinity groups: Plant Bandits and The Bumble Bees. Advice for battling eco-anxiety. How to get involved: Social Media Channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Joining your local group (or setting one up if there isn't one!). Via your College/University XR society. Again, you can set one up if there isn't one! By attending local Heading for Extinction talks, NVDA workshops and monthly meetings, all events are listed on their Facebook page here. Share XR's events and posts online and with your friends and family. Donate to their GoFundMe by clicking here. Join protests in person. Find and join your nearest strike on the 20th of September! [Sign up to be a steward here.] School-age students have self-organised marches around the country and they need you to attend. Dublin: Gathering 12:00 at Customs House, marching at 12:30 to Merrion Sq., rallying 13:00 - 14:00 at Merrion Sq. in front of Govt. buildings Cork City: Gathering on Grand Parade St. from 12:00, marching at 12:20. Kerry (Tralee): Meet at County Buildings, Ratass, at 9am Clare (Ennis): Meet at The Height, O’Connell Square at 9am Drogheda: Demonstrating from 13:00 outside St. Peters's Church, West St. Galway: Demonstrating from 13:00 - 16:00 in Eyre Square Navan: Demonstrating from 13:00 - 15:00 at the Market Square Limerick: Marching from Arthur's Quay Park at 13:00, finishing at City Hall. Dundalk: Demonstrating from 12:30 - 15:00 in the Market Square Kenmare: Demonstrating from 9:00 - 13:00 outside the Courthouse Dingle: 12pm at the Town Park climateactiondingle@outlook.ie. Other Causes to Suport: Climate Connect. Friends of the Earth. Stop Climate Chaos. Educational Resources: Latest IPBES Report (Biodiversity Loss). IPCC Reports. Cowspiracy

Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Chester A. Arthur. Some of the highlights include:Educational and Professional Background of Chester A. ArthurHis time as a New York politician, including work in the Conkling Political Machine and as Head of Customs House and conflict with President HaysHis Stalwart Candidacy as Vice PresidentHis election and short tenure as VP.Leadership issues from his Presidency, including the confusion on how to take office, his enactment of Civil Service reform, his work on the surplus budget and the tariff, immigration issues and Civil Rights in the South.Leadership Issues, including (a) What are your expectations? (b) How much does a leader’s health matter? (c) Arthur adopted a code for his own political behavior but subject to three restraints: he remained to everyone a man of his word; he kept scrupulously free from corrupt graft; he maintained a personal dignity, affable and genial though he might be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is your host Venkadesh Narayanan from IISCM. According to Customs Broker Licensing Regulations, 2018 the applicants shall meet the following eligibility condition to submit the application1) he is a citizen of India2) he is a person of sound mind3) he is not adjudicated as insolvent4) he holds an Aadhaar number5) he holds a valid PAN card To read the full transcript of this podcast, please click here. *****For more details related to Supply Chain Consulting, Certifications (CSCP, CPIM and CLTD) and Executive Development Programs, please visit www.IISCM.org. Fhyzics is an Authorized Channel Partner (ACP) of APICS, USA [Part of the ASCM Network].

Hi, this is Venkadesh Narayanan from IISCM. This podcast is on Customs House Agents. Import and export is a complex process which involves several stakeholders. In addition to performing a movement of goods from or to the terminal, one has to focus on insurance, packaging and hiring carriers, you also need to file several documents with the customs department. To read the full transcript of this podcast, please click here. *****For more details related to Supply Chain Consulting, Certifications (CSCP, CPIM and CLTD) and Executive Development Programs, please visit www.IISCM.org. Fhyzics is an Authorized Channel Partner (ACP) of APICS, USA [Part of the ASCM Network].

In episode 29 Cecilia & Carly are back and bringing you along for a special hometown! The gals recount their recent exploration of a haunted Hamilton location, The Cannon Knitting Mills and share a couple of their favourite local ghost stories, hotspots and even murders!? Carly tells the story of arguably the most infamous local ghost the Dark Lady of Customs House and Cecilia shares spooky tales of Albion Falls and its connection to famed local murderess Evelyn Dick.  

If you’re looking for an early winter warm-up, Vivid Sydney is a festive beacon of seduction, hauling in the crowds like moths to the flame. If you’ve never “done” Vivid, you must. It’s an essential, albeit seasonal, slice of the city’s soul. Gearing up for its 11th year, this rampantly successful festival takes top slot on the cultural calendar. The PR pap now describes it as a “23-day intersection of art, technology and commerce.” Yes, there’s live music and seminars and thought-leaders. The Cure is playing at Sydney Opera House and there’s an audience with Spike Lee. It’s kind of like a Ted-X conflab with Christmas trees. But truth be told, it’s the lights, the giant projections, the trippy installations, the illuminations that woos millions to this unrivalled spectacle. And in the past few years, the lighting spectacles have fanned out far beyond Circular Quay, with a swag of locations festooned in wonder. There’s also the famous Light Walk, which curates more than 50 radiant works into the largest gallery of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. This year, there’s nine precincts to check out with large-scale installations, including Taronga Zoo. In fact, what is particularly distinctive about this year’s edition of Vivid is the huge family-friendly focus. Here’s a few examples. Taronga Zoo is staging “Lights for the Wild.” Follow the illuminated trail which winds through the zoo's grounds and meet the giant multimedia light sculptures, from the magnificent Sumatran tiger and her new cubs to a swarm of tiny buzzing bees and the larger-than-life gorilla family. Take a step into a tech-filled wonderland at the Samsung Electric Playground, inspired by the best features of the new Galaxy S10. It’s being billed as tomorrow’s playground, where you control the light patterns. The Argyle Cut in The Rocks is where to head for the new Pixar Studios Installation, pulsating with 30 years of Pixar characters. Darling Harbour's Tumbalong Park is being transformed into playSPACE, where six space themed installations have been designed to create the sensation of giving you a trip into deep space. It doesn’t often snow in Sydney, so Circular Quay is going to be staging Let it Snow, a fully immersive installation replicating the sensation of walking through a snow blizzard. And alongside the Opera House, one of Vivid’s most popular canvases is Customs House. This year it will be transformed into an underwater wonderland, a deep-dive under the harbour, heaving with neon sea creatures.And one of my Sydney friends tell me that there’s a lot of buzz about Beetopia. This is going to be installed in the Royal Botanic Gardens, a touch-sensitive, giant glowing bee hotel which emits the smell of honey. Crawling with oversized native bees, the installation is touch sensitive, so when you pat a bee, it will respond with a gentle buzz – a bit like a vibrating phone. Meanwhile, Luna Park is stepping up to the spirit of Vivid. Coinciding with the festival, they are launching Volare, their newest ride, which claims to be Australia's largest and highest wave swinger. It will mimic the sensation of flying above the lights of Vivid.Also, while you’re at Vivid, check out the massive Star Wars exhibition which has been in Sydney for a few months, but is leaving town in mid-June for Tokyo. Lucas Films has prised open its archives to showcase some of its treasures. 200 original objects used in the making of the Star Wars movies – costumes, props, models, you name, including the original R2-D2 and the Millennium Falcon. That’s on at the Powerhouse Museum until June 10.Vivid Sydney roars into life on Friday week, May 24, running through to June 15. Treat the family to a weekender in Sydney’s warm early winter glow.  https://nz.sydney.com/

Join Beth and Grace this week as they explore the legends and ghosts of Niagara and Hamilton. Who is this tormented vampire bride of Niagra? and what or who is she looking for? Who is the Dark Lady that haunts Custom House in Hamilton and why her death is still a mystery? Listen to find out if it's haunted or is it history? Follow us: Instagram: @scareberia Facebook: facebook.com/Scareberia  Twitter @scareberia

As Key West became increasingly wealthy, the four story architectural marvel known as the Custom House was built, and it is a perfect example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It's easily one of the most beautiful buildings in Key West and the crown jewel of the island. Despite the difficulties and delays in construction, the Custom House opened in April of 1891. Built at a total cost of $107,955 - and that was almost $30,000 over the budget. The Key West climate took an immediate toll on the building and the salty air eroded parts of it. The Hurricanes of 1909, 1910, and 1920 caused considerable damage to the brick building. The new building housed Key Wesr customs offices, the District Court and the post office. When it first opened, the building was occupied on the first floor by the postal and custom services, with the second floor containing the courtroom and court offices, while the lighthouse inspector and other government officials were housed on the third floor. During its prime the Custom House heard thousands of cases and judgments ranging from rum runners to ship salvaging claims. The most significant proceedings dealt with the sinking of the US Maine in Havana Harbor, which ultimately led to the Spanish American War. As the decades passed, the Customs House saw a decrease in use. In the 1930s, the customs offices, the District Court and the post office all moved to new facilities. The Navy moved some of its personnel into the building into a utilitarian office space, they dropped the ceiling and turned the large gracious rooms into small functional offices. The beautifully arched wrap-around porch was also enclosed to create additional workspace. Despite the fact that in 1973, the Custom House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Navy eventually decided to abandon the building. With all of its former tenants relocated, the Custom House was sealed, fenced off and left a feral cats, transients and just general decay. In 1976, after being declared a Historic Custom House by the Treasury Department, the structures ownership title was given to the city of Key West. Throughout the 1980s, the custom houses future remained in doubt. Various plans were drafted, which saw the historic building being converted into a yacht club and at one point even to an upscale resort. Ultimately after being sold in 1991 to the Florida Land Acquisition Advisory Council. The Key West Art and Historical Society undertook the restoration of the dilapidated building. In 1993, historic renovations began on the building under the supervision of lead architect Bert Bender. What had originally cost less than $110,000 to build in four years, now cost nearly $9 million to renovate over nine years. Restoration of the building followed historical preservation guidelines and used original construction materials. The building required modernization in order to accommodate a public museum and offices. This required the installation of additional stairwells and elevator, temperature control climates, archival rooms, offices and facilities to accommodate over 300,000 visitors a year. With restorations completed in 1999, the Key West Art and Historical Society reopened the beautiful Custom House as the crown jewel of Key West And it was today December the 14th, 1888, that the contract for the Custom House at the end of Whitehead Street was awarded. The structure was completed three years later and occupied in the latter part of 1891. And that's what happened today in Key West history. Today in Key West was History is brought to you by 43 Keys Media. To learn more about our glorious past here on the Florida Keys and our future visit http://43keys.com. This program as well as others are also available as an Alexa flash briefing. Just tell Alexa to "play today in Key West history as my flash briefing."  

Full show notes here Born and Bred in South Shields, where he stills lives with Trish their four kids and Max the Dog. He has only ever lived out of the town for 15 years and never anticipates repeating the mistake.. A circuitous route led to him going from accountancy to degree to sales to lecturing to eventually taking up his current role as Executive Director of The Customs House Trust which he has held since January 2000. During his tenure The Customs House , once described as having neither national or regional significance has established itself as part Arts Council England’s National Portfolio of arts Organisations.(NPO) Successfully delivering national programmes Creative Partnerships, Find Your Talent and Night Less Ordinary. The Customs House is Particularly proud of its work with Children & Young People and was created a centre of Best Practice by Trinity College London for its deliver of Arts Award training, it continues to be the regional lead on Arts Award training teachers and staff of cultural organisations. The Customs House is particularly proud of its work with Looked After Children for which it received a national award. The Customs House remains a centre for Talent Development with many young people making their first steps towards a career in the arts at The Customs House. He also spent 25 summers creating the much loved character Tommy the Trumpeter who’s legendary parties and pantomime appearances entertained generations of children. He currently writes & directs The Customs House pantomime appearing as Dame Bella. He remains a much sort after host and after dinner speaker. A school governor ray recently became patron of Waves – Additional Needs support Group. He is Chair of The Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust. Ray was awarded MBE for services to northeast theatre in 2010. Hon. Fellowship University Of Sunderland Hotspur Award Northumbria Association Lifetime Achievement Pride of South Tyneside Awards Lifetime Achievement STEP Awards WOW AWARD Johnson Press Show Sponsors:- Far North Sales & Marketing Far North Sales & Marketing Consultancy are all-encompassing Business Development specialists, our aim is growth, your growth. We understand that the overhead of permanent experienced members of a team may be a step too far, maybe you would like to take a product to market, run a fresh pair of eyes over the sales process or just get over a lean period, we can help.

Churchview, number 34 on the Main Street of Chapelizod, is a detached three-story Georgian building that lies sandwiched between two lanes leading to St. Laurence’s Church. The building is commonly known as the House by the Church Yard and has long been associated with the name of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the Irish writer of supernatural, Gothic and mystery fiction.The village and its history made a strong impression on Le Fanu’s imagination, and the characters and stories he grew up with re-appear in several of his works. In these, Le Fanu likes to look back at the heyday of the village in the middle of the 18th century, when a bustling social life revolved around the officers of the Royal Irish Horse Artillery. Le Fanu spent his childhood in Chapelizod, while his father worked as chaplain in the Hibernian Military School. The Hibernian Military School was built to educate the children of the 400 soldiers of the Royal Irish Horse Artillery, garrisoned in the area.Built around 1740, the sadly dilapidated building of Churchview is one of the earliest surviving structures in the village. It is believed by many to be the house which gives its name to Le Fanu’s 1868 novel ‘The House by the Churchyard’, a work in which Le Fanu combined a lively portrayal of life in Chapelizod in the 1760s with a macabre tale of deceit, murder and retribution.The story opens with the annual festivities held on nearby Palmerstown Green, where we are introduced to some of the residents of Chapelizod. These include General Chattesworth and his eligible daughter Gertrude, the local rector Doctor Walsingham and his ill-fated daughter Lilias, and some of the more colourful officers of the regiment, including Lieutenant Puddock and Gunner ‘Fireworks’ O’Flaherty. Courtships, rivalries and duels - all treated with a strong element of farce - provide much of the plot in the first half of the novel, until the arrival in the village of a mysterious stranger by the name of Mr Mervyn sets in train a sequence of sinister events, culminating in the attempted murder of Doctor Sturk in the Phoenix Park by an unknown assailant. Sturk’s body is carried back to his house (perhaps the very building that stands on Main Street today), where he lies in a coma until the key to the mystery is at last revealed when he is briefly brought to his senses by being trepanned, the desperate operation carried out by a whiskey-soaked Dublin doctor known as ‘Black Dillon’, who arrives by coach at dead of night.Although less well known than Bram Stoker or Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu has always been regarded as a key figure in the development of Gothic and mystery fiction. His vampire novel ‘Carmilla’ influenced Stoker’s creation of ‘Dracula’, and many writers of ghost stories have paid tribute to his subtle ability to make the flesh creep. The English writer E.F. Benson said of him: “No one else has so sure a touch in mixing the mysterious atmosphere in which horror darkly breeds.”Le Fanu’s novel ‘The House by the Churchyard’ was also admired by James Joyce, who – like Le Fanu – knew Chapelizod in his youth and who wove elements of Le Fanu’s story into his own ‘Finnegan’s Wake’.During the second half of the 18th century, the appearance of Dublin city transformed as buildings like the Customs House, Trinity College, and the Four Courts were constructed. Other building works were undertaken to improve the streetscapes of the inner city, and magnificent Georgian mansions were constructed for the city’s elite. However, following the Act of Union in 1801 – through which the Irish parliament in Dublin was removed and united with British parliament in London – there was a marked reduction in the property prices in the city. Many of the old Georgian houses were converted into tenements, each containing multiple large families renting individual rooms in the building. These inner-city tenements became notorious for their squalor, and the neighbourhoods surrounding them gained a reputation as slums.It was in this context that Churchview was converted into tenement style housing. Little is known of the history of the house during this period of its existence, apart from that a David Cant is recorded as living there in 1914, when the rated value of the premises was £13.Like many tenement buildings in Dublin during the 20th century, the building accommodated a staggering number of people. The Irwins and their eight children lived on the first floor, the Farrells, with four children, lived on the second floor, and the Doyles with two children lived on the top floor. A bachelor Mr Flaherty had the basement all to himself. There are also reports of a local boxing club situated in the basement at some stage during the buildings life.The Irwin’s were the biggest and last family to have lived in the house. Frances Martin Irwin herself, the mother of the family, was raised in Chapelizod and was one of the lucky children who attended the Hibernian Military School, where Sheridan Le Fanu’s father was Chaplin years before her time.Although it was not as squalid as some of the tenements of the inner city, it was certainly overcrowded, and at a young age Angela and Mary Irwin had to move out of their childhood home into Martin’s Row. The rest of the children followed suit – Monica and Tony Irwin moving to the nearby Mulberry Cottages – as did the building’s other tenants, until Frances was the only person left behind. Of Frances’ eight children, half remained close by in Chapelizod, and she lived in Churchview until her death in 1968. She is buried in the Hibernian Military School in the Phoenix Park.The descendants of the Irwin family still live in both the Mulberry Cottages and in Martin’s row, continuing their link with Chapelizod. In the years following her death the building remained unoccupied, and today the house by the churchyard stands apparently forgotten, in a state of dangerous neglect – waiting for a skilful and sensitive hand to resurrect it from its death-like slumber.Further Reading:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1851) Ghost Stories of Chapelizod. First published in the Dublin University Magazine, January 1851. Republished posthumously in the 1923 collection Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery, edited by M. R. James. Available to read online here.Carmel McAsey (1962) "Chapelizod, Co. Dublin." Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 17, No. 2, 37-53.Kevin Brennan (1980) "J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Chapelizod and the Dublin Connection." Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 33, No. 4, 122-133.John Cronin & Associates and Cathal Crimmins Architects (2003) The Built Heritage of Chapelizod: A report to Dublin City Council and The Heritage Council as a part of the ‘Chapelizod Urban Design, Conservation and Land Use Plan 2003’.

Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city.  Fights break out regularly.  The local courts would not punish locals and the army would not punish soldiers for fighting.  Street brawls become more frequent.  A mob chases customs informer Ebenezer Richardson into his house and threatens his life.  He fires into the crowd, killing a young boy.   A few weeks later, a British soldier on guard at the Customs House strikes a boy for being insolent.  A mob soon forms, threatening the soldier.  Another squad of soldiers attempts to rescue the guard, but soon finds itself surrounded.  The situation flies out of control and the soldiers fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding several others. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com

Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city.  Fights break out regularly.  The local courts would not punish locals and the army would not punish soldiers for fighting.  Street brawls become more frequent.  A mob chases customs informer Ebenezer Richardson into his house and threatens his life.  He fires into the crowd, killing a young boy.   A few weeks later, a British soldier on guard at the Customs House strikes a boy for being insolent.  A mob soon forms, threatening the soldier.  Another squad of soldiers attempts to rescue the guard, but soon finds itself surrounded.  The situation flies out of control and the soldiers fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding several others. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Holly Williams, co-founder of The Curators Department.They dissect what it means to be a curator in 2017, including how to create a sense of wonder while organising information and generating experience, and consider if it’s the curators job to set the scene in order for artists to deliver stories.Holly tells GLAMcity about a number of exhibitions she has recently worked on, including Creative Accounting, which examines our relationship with money, how bank notes can be an amazing art form as well as government propaganda, and how traditional silver coins morphed into symbols of affection known as ‘love tokens’ used by convicts set for transportation to Australia.She also fills us in on her recent exhibition currently showing at Customs House titled Something Else is Alive, which aims to uncover the secret city of animals that exist in the urban world.

Karun Cowper spoke to Sally Hunter, human rights activist and member of the magnificent WACA (Whistleblowers Activist Citizens Alliance) about their action on Friday hanging a banner reading “Border Force Tortures Refugees - Deportations = Death” off the Channel 7 building in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. The building was in a direct line of sight of the Border Force headquarters in Customs House, where operational matters in Manus Island and Nauru refugee detention camps are managed. WACA spokesperson Zianna Fuad said on Friday “The federal government and its refugee detention industry contractors have again sought to avoid being held to account with their proposal to settle the Manus class action compensation case out of court. WACA has staged this action to call on the Federal Government to repeal the Border Force Act, evacuate the camps immediately, bring them here and end the illegal indefinite detention of refugees”.

Saturday Live's summer road trip begins in South Shields, at the Westovian Theatre, with Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. As preparations for the maritime themed summer parade get underway, actor and presenter Denise Welch talks about why the North East will always be home, the return of TV series Boy Meets Girl and keeping her Geordie accent. Olympian Brendan Foster talks about his athletic career and his inspiration for founding the Great North Run. Leading the summer parade in South Shields is listener Ray Spencer, who is also the Executive Director of the Customs House arts centre. Ray will be revealing his maritime themed costume and sharing his love of pantomimes. JP Devlin reveals what happened when he followed up a listener email and went to the reunion of the Double Decker Club, who set off on a holiday across Europe in the summer of 1964, on a red double decker bus purchased from London Transport. Graham Young has been celebrating the British chippy for the Birmingham Mail since 2005. He talks about how he became a chip reviewer and what makes the perfect take-away. Mike, Chris, Steve and Ken from the English folk group The Wilson Family will be performing live and talking about the regional influences that inspire them. Chris Rea shares his Inheritance Tracks. He has chosen My Father, sung by Nina Simone and So What by Miles Davis. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Held on Wednesday 8 August 2007 at Customs House, Brisbane. Suburban sprawl and urban regeneration are changing the face of our cities. But is all growth necessarily good growth? And who is looking after the interests of future generations

Held on Wednesday 8 August 2007 at Customs House, Brisbane. Suburban sprawl and urban regeneration are changing the face of our cities. But is all growth necessarily good growth? And who is looking after the interests of future generations

Held on Wednesday 26 September 2007 at Customs House, Brisbane. Transport, tolls and tired commuters in 2007. Getting the balance right in a changing city. It costs you more to get around, with petrol prices and tolls.

Kris McIntyre explores a secret haven where you can read, dine and unwind – and catch up on international newspapers. A quiet haven away from the hectic hub of Sydney’s Circular Quay, Customs House is possibly one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Inside this beautiful Heritage-listed building you’ll find a unique perspective on the city and plenty of opportunity to be sociable or solitary. You can easily wile away a whole day here … and the best part is, that unless you want it to indulge in some pretty fabulous food and wine, it won’t cost you a cent.

Kris McIntyre explores a secret haven where you can read, dine and unwind – and catch up on international newspapers. A quiet haven away from the hectic hub of Sydney’s Circular Quay, Customs House is possibly one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Inside this beautiful Heritage-listed building you’ll find a unique perspective on the city and plenty of opportunity to be sociable or solitary. You can easily wile away a whole day here … and the best part is, that unless you want it to indulge in some pretty fabulous food and wine, it won’t cost you a cent.