Working Class History5d ago
📣 New Podcast! "27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins" on @Spreaker #anniversaries_history #ballantyne #british #canada #columbia #day #dockers #facts_weekly #history #history_historical #history_otd_on #history_weekly #in #lives #news_everyday #pier #stories_daily #this #vancouver
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-may-1935-ballantyne-lockout-begins--72014205
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins

On this day, 27 May 1935 in Canada, employers at Ballantyne Pier locked out members of the Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association in an attempt

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Show threadAssoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 24

Many, many books by R.M. Ballantyne – including FIGHTING THE FLAMES and THE LIGHTHOUSE – can be downloaded for free from @gutenberg_org

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/333

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Ballantyne

Books by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Project Gutenberg offers 78,352 free eBooks for iPhone, iPad, Kobo, Android and Kindle.

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Show threadAssoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 24

Ballantyne’s research led him to spend 16 days on the Bell Rock lighthouse:

“I did not think that any building made by man could have withstood the terrific sea that has been swirling and roaring round and pounding against us.”

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/4783307/rm-ballantyne-bell-rock-lighthouse/

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Show threadAssoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 24

“One thing that Ballantyne did, which sets him apart from contemporary children’s authors, was carry out detailed research for his novels […] He worked in a Cornish tin mine (Deep Down: a Tale of the Cornish Mines), went to the bottom of the Thames in a diving suit (Under the Waves), and for Fighting the Flames worked in a London fire station.”

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Ballantyne #firefighters #firebrigade

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 24

RM Ballantyne (1825–1894) was born #OTD, 24 April. Best known today for THE CORAL ISLAND – which influenced Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie, William Golding, & others – he wrote more than 100 books.

In this blog post, National Library of Scotland Curator Graham Hogg introduces Ballantyne’s 1867 novel FIGHTING THE FLAMES: A Tale of the London Fire Brigade

https://blog.nls.uk/curators-favourites-r-m-ballantynes-fighting-the-flames/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Ballantyne #firefighters #firebrigade

Michael Gisiger Feb 15

This is why I prefer #thrifting for #vintage #clothes online: you can create a carefully curated list of search requests and, occasionally, the desired item appears. You only have to be patient.

This cardigan is made from 100% camel hair by #Ballantyne in #Scotland. Very nice!