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A brief history of Norwich

Whilst there is evidence of human habitation of the East Anglian region going back to Palaeolithic times and there is evidence of Romans being in the region, recorded history of Norwich itself actually begins around 520 AD. At that time kingdom of East Angles was formed following the merging of the North Folk and the South Folk. Then, also at some point around this time, several small settlements amalgamated around a ford over the River Wensum at the area we now call Norwich.

As the centuries progressed Norwich became a thriving market town and by 949 even had its own mint. The next major even occurred in 1004 when it was attacked by Danes who had sailed their long-boats up the River Wensum from Great Yarmouth. In 1070, following the Norman invasion, the town was deemed important enough to have a ‘Keep’ built on what passes for a hill in the town centre. Also during Norman times the building of the cathedral began in 1096. Norwich was granted city status by a royal charter in 1194. The city walls were built between 1297 and 1334; this gave rise to 12 toll gates being created allowing access to the city on payment of the requisite fee. Around this time the significance of the Keep as a military installation dwindled and it increasingly became used as a prison. Also around this time the practice of digging peat for fuel declined. The result of this was that the channels began to fill with water creating the beginning of the Norfolk Broads. In 1404 King Henry IV granted the city a charter allowing it to elect a mayor, sheriffs and aldermen – to run the city’s affairs.

Geographically very different in past centuries, Norfolk was one of the more important sheep farming and wool producing areas of the country. A testament to the importance of wool to the local economy is the famous textile, Worsted, which took its name from the nearby village of the same name. It was also the wealth created by the wool industry during these times that paid for the building of Norwich’s medieval churches. In 1336, to encourage the development of the industry, Edward III even encouraged Flemish weavers to settle there, an act which helped secure the importance of Norwich as a centre of the wool industry right up to its demise at the Industrial Revolution. Edward’s act resulted in more than two thirds of the 16,000 population being Flemish or Huguenot weavers by the 1570s. These largely protestant weavers would have an influence during the English Civil War. With Oliver Cromwell having been born not far away in Ely, the whole of the East Anglian region mainly supported the Commonwealth. The famed Maiden Troop of the civil war was raised in Norwich and contained many of the Flemish and Huguenot settlers. The strength of Parliamentarian support meant that Norwich was barely bothered by any military action at this time.

It was during the Georgian period that the city emerged as a centre of banking and insurance. The Gurney Bank and Norwich Union Fire Insurance companies were both established toward the end of the 18th century. The Gurney Bank went on to become Barclays. Entrepreneurs also moved into the city’s breweries, amalgamating all the small micro-breweries into six major ones. The result was that Norwich ended up being able to produce more beer than all the breweries in London.

The first railway in Norwich (which ran to Yarmouth) opened in 1844 and by 1846 there was also a line to London. Prior to that, it was said to be faster to sail to Amsterdam than travel to London. The first recorded telegraph message in Norwich was in 1853, the city’s first horse drawn bus service was in 1879 and in 1893 the Norwich Electric Company started generating for local industries.

At the beginning of the 20th century a tram system began operating in the city, only to be replaced with buses by 1935. In the First World War factories in the city were converted to ‘war work’. One of them, Mann Egerton, produced Short seaplanes, from which the first aerial torpedo was launched to sink an enemy battleship. During the Second World War Norwich was bombed heavily resulting in 80% of its housing stock being damaged and around 2000 homes being totally destroyed. Fortunately most of the historic buildings in the city escaped damage.

Being somewhat isolated from the main commuter routes along and across the country Norwich has not expanded as many other cities have. Thus, its population is fairly steady at around 120,000 meaning that it hasn’t suffered the inevitable urban sprawl and retains its identity as a compact and historic city.

Historical names associated with Norwich inlude:
Horatio Nelson – Admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar attended school here between 1767 and 1768.
Elizabeth Fry – born a member of the Gurney family in 1780, she married a Quaker, Joseph Fry, and went on to become a Quaker minister herself and a renowned prison reformer.
Edith Cavell – born in 1865 in a village outside Norwich she was executed by the Germans in the First World War for helping British soldiers escape, whilst she was working as a Red Cross nurse in Belgium. She is buried in Norwich Cathedral.

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Buy Florida Panthers Tickets – a not to Miss Season

In 1992 H. Wayne Huizenga was given the NHL franchisee for Miami. Florida Panthers played at the Miami Arena that season. The team is at present ranked 12th in the Eastern Conference. This season is expected to be good one for the team. Various sites are offering cheap Florida Panthers tickets. So if you are a hockey fan, this will be a not to miss season.

Team History

William A. Torrey, who was the general manager for New York Islanders for 20 years, was appointed as the Panthers’ first president. Ron Nielson was the team’s first coach. Star players like the New York Rangers goaltender John Vandiesbrouck, rookie Rob Niedermayer and Scott Mellany played for the Panthers in the first season. They finished a point less than 500 missing the final spot in the Eastern Conference just by a narrow margin. Florida Panthers is known to have the most successful first season expansion ever.

In 1995, Doug Mclean replaced Ron Nielson. In 1996, the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins in 5 games, Philadelphia Flyers in 6 games and Pittsburg Penguins in 7 seven games to enter the Stanley Cup Finals. However they lost the cup to the Colorado Avalanche. In the 1997-98 season they had the worst franchisee record and a total of 15 game losses that season. Chicago Blackhawks also took their top player Vanbiesbrouck. The Panthers moved to the Bank Atlantic Centre in 1998. Pavel Bure was traded from Vancouver Canucks in 1999. That was a major trade off event for the Panthers. The 2001-02 season was the worst for the Panthers. 2003 saw a 6-5 victory for the western Conference at the NHL- All Star Weekend hosted by the Panthers.

On June 23 in 2006 Roberto Luonogo and Lukas Krajicek were traded for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen with Vancouver Canucks. June 22 2007 saw another trading. The Florida Panthers got Tomos Vokoun from Nashville Predetors. A month later the Panthers showed off their new jerseys to the lucky fans holding the Florida Panthers tickets. The jerseys were unveiled at the Bank Atlantic Center.

The Present Season

The 07-08 season has high expectations from the Panthers. Additions like Tomas Vokoun, Richard Zednik, and Radek Dvorak are thought to turn the game around. Goaltender Ray Emery are expected to be the star of the season. Young players like Mike Richards, Raffi Torres, Brad Richardson and defenseman Brent Burns are also thought to be the strong aces of the team.

This season the main focus is on the defense of the team. Brian Campbell and Eric Brewer are expected to be the big minute players. This is expected to be a very exciting season for the Panthers. Florida Panthers tickets sale is already on a roll. It is better to buy the Florida Panthers tickets in advance, as they will be cheaper.

To buy Florida Panthers tickets you can search the net. There are many websites and online ticket brokers offering cheap tickets. The difference in the ticket pricing depends on where you get the seats. You can ask for specific seats depending on where you would like to be seated. There are many who also sell tickets online. You can also check the selling option to buy the tickets. Before buying the tickets it better to shop around and look for cheap tickets.

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David Noonan’s Biography and Exhibitions at Saatchi-gallery

David Noonan was born on 1969 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.Beginning each of his screen prints by making a collage, David Noonan brings together an eclectic array of found imagery – sourced from film stills, books, magazines, and archive photos – to create dramatic scenes that suggest surreal narratives. These collages are then photographed and turned into large-scale screen prints, a technique remarkable for its sumptuous finish that relates to both artistic authenticity and mass media. Printed in harsh contrast black and white, Noonan’s images encapsulate the romanticism of golden age cinema, and its associations to memory, fiction, and modern mythology.

Approaching image making with an auteur’s indulgence, Noonan presents a fabricated vision that is awesome in its complexity. Using the liturgy of art itself as a departure point for invention, Noonan conceives his work as ‘documentation’ of plausible performances: his cast of characters are positioned as participators in highly elaborate artworks, invoking covert and futuristic ritual. Stylistically referencing Surrealism and experimental film, Noonan’s work poses as the aesthetic remnants of ‘lost masterpieces’, weaving his own extravagant fantasies into fabric of collective consciousness.

Piecing together plausible narratives from his readymade motifs, Noonan renders the intimacy of psychological space as indistinguishable from public cognisance. Using the qualities of photomontage to replicate the linear aspects of film, Noonan’s disparate imagery collates to convey a transient sense of time and space that is both theatrical and strangely insular. Through his process of screen printing, Noonan capitalises on the effects of transluscent layering and exaggerated lighting to replicate the flickering chimera of cinematic projection; an intangible illusion simulating the abstraction of dreams.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

• David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles

2005

• Images, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

• David Noonan: Four New Films, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

• David Noonan: Films and Paintings 2001-2005. Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia

• David Noonan, HOTEL, London, England

2004

• they became what they beheld’, Foxy Production, New York

• they became what they beheld’, Three Walls, Chicago

• Paintings, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

• Translation, Villa Kobe, Halle/Saale, Germany

Conclusion:

David Noonan Gallery is pleased to present the first Los Angeles solo exhibition by the London based, Australian born artist David Noonan. Historical imaginations, invented memories, bohemianism and late 20th century British theatre inspire David Noonan’s installation of large-scale screen prints, collages and bronze sculptures.

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Find more information about David Noonan Exhibitions or looking for his paintings please visit us on http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/david_noonan.htm

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