Lamps

Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in the Totterdown area of Bristol earlier this morning.The single car incident happened near the Three Lamps junction (Bath Road and Wells Road) on the A4. Police were called to the incident at about 5.40am.A woman, believed to be in her 30s died and a man was taken to the BRI with head and neck injuries, which are not believed to be life threatening.Police closed the road, pending an examination by the road policing unit's collision investigation unit.They would like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time who may have witnessed the incident. Anyone able to help is asked to contact the police's collision investigation unit on 0845 4567000.Police have confirmed they have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of driving while disqualified.

Bill Finch answers gardening questions

Q: Of late I have been having a problem that perhaps you can help me with, perhaps not. You see, for the last couple of weeks I have only been able to receive P. Allen Smith and other floral-related programming on my television, all with a purplish hue, to the point I'm beginning to feel like a bloomin' idiot! Could the problem possibly be with my dish antenna? Take a look at this photo and tell me what you think. I value your opinion.

A: P. Allen Smith, of course, is a little too dandy to make use of the latest garden fashion sweeping the South. But there must be thousands of abandoned dish antennas in Alabama just begging to find a higher use. I used my dad's discarded dish antenna to make the roof of a chicken coop, but I can imagine a very attractive satellite dish gazebo surrounded by used-tire planters (Felder Rushing, the ball is in your court).

Madrid 'to read' under stars

Madrid - Poems will hang from street lamps and bookstores will stay open until the wee hours next week as the Madrid region celebrates International Book Day, organisers said on Monday.

More than 600 writers, musicians and artists will join in next Monday's festivities, which feature 350 events such as round-table discussions, lectures and poetry readings, said Santiago Fisas, cultural affairs director for the Madrid regional government.

Public libraries and a total of 120 bookstores across the region will extend their hours to bring readers and authors together.

Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda, recipient of the 2006 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour, will meet with high school and university students.

Fuencarral Street in downtown Madrid will be decked out with hanging books of poetry so pedestrians are surrounded by verse, Fisas said.

Barbara’s Unique

500+ lots Sold W/O Reserve, Very Partial List; Primo Hitchcock DR w/corner cab set; Vict bow china; 5 sec barrister; Eastlake parlor chairs; walnut game table; Vict oak paw table; octagon butler table; pr 6' bookcases; pr burl chairs; oak proprietors desk/chair; petite Vict china; gilt mirrors; GWTW lamps; framed prints oils inc signed Anthony Quinn Triple; corner stands; multi tiers; ball claw piano stool; jewelry chest; oak hall tree; clocks; much more.
2nd half 3,500+ pc comic book collection!! Super hero sci-fi boxed dealer bagged for resale sells @ 3:45 pm
100's smalls inc: Fostoria; dinner sets; sterling; much Depression glass; capo di monte; cut; pressed; carnival; Victorian; B&G; Noritake; political; turnabout cookie jar; Stangl serv/14; Fenton; 2 Sandwich; cobalt glass serv/8; candlewick; Doulton; Hull; Lenox; Belleek; Stangl Goebel birds; 1840s Mulberry Flow Blue; Hummels; Caldron; Cambridge stemware; HP France fish set serv/12; XL Vict cupid Blenheim pitcher; McCoy; Wedgwood; Royal Copenhagen; Zsolnay; glass baskets; much more.

CANTON BARN

LISTING AS FOLLOWS: Circa 1830 tiger maple 2 over 4 Federal chest w/backsplash & walnut trim; ca 1850 Sheraton 2 drwr banded work table; acanthus carved ca 1860 mahog game table w/lift top; Sheraton turned leg 2 drwr pine kitchen work table 40"x46"; black finish ca 1820 boot jack end; 6 board blanket chest has snipe hinges & rose bud nails; antique painted finish bird cage; Windsor side chair; pr of Empire slip seat flame mahog side chairs; Vict Eastlake white MT lamp table w/fancy base (believed Parker); pr of hairpin loop needlepoint seat Vict side chairs; 30"h BW insert MT Vict fern stand; Vict oak stick & ball easel; small Vict oak shield style mirror hall tree; 22" oval white MT Vict BW lamp table; mahog 3 section Halis stack bookcase; turn-of-the-century custom mahog pedestal base serpentine top lamp table w/claw feet; BW Vict oval wood top lamp table w/carved base; custom 36" round crotch mahog top center table; full size Simmons brass bed dated 1902; 3 prong bell shade Vict hanging lamp fixture; pr of 14"h Vict lamps w/metal bases & vaseline centers; pr of 10" pink Depression glass Daisy & Button boudoir lamps w/matching shades; two antique kerosene lamp founts w/HP bases; acroagate 20"h table lamp; grain finish Waterbury mantel clock; gilt framed oil painting of boats w/sails on 20"x14"h canvas (unsigned;) framed artist signed hand colored French print; oak framed hand color portrait of Vict woman signed JW Gies date 1899; other Vict prints and engravings; two Vict wall mirrors; three bound volumes of newspapers from Hartford Daily Courant 1902, Hartford Times 1918, and The Hartford Courant 1946; 1920s Holmes & Edwards silver plate set in orig box; lg set of Noritake china Brian pattern; 7" openwork Meissen handled basket w/flower trim; 5"h Oriental carved jade animal figure; 7"h Satsuma covered biscuit jar; pr of 9" hand chased sterling silver candlesticks; Staffordshire cheese dish w/cover; 6" blown cranberry vase w/ground pontel; 6"h cranberry Nailsea End-of-the-Day swirl vase; small pr of wooden duck decoys; pattern pressed items including 2 part punch bowl; and numerous other items!
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