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British Tour 1963: 29 September 1963 – 3 November 1963 — Europe 60 1964: 1st British Tour 1964: 6 January 1964 – 27 January 1964 Europe 28 2nd British Tour 1964: 8 February 1964 – 7 March 1964 Europe 58 1st American Tour 1964: 5 June 1964 – 20 June 1964 The Rolling Stones: North America 11 3rd British Tour 1964: 1 August 1964 – 22 ...
[2] [3] The site is maintained by the Association for Portland Archaeology – a small group dedicated to researching, investigating and excavating on Portland. [4] Open days have been held on the site, where guided tours take place of the preserved site, showing and explaining the visible remains and artefacts and how Mesolithic people lived. [5]
The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, is made from Portland stone. Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation [1]) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that is quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. [1] The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by ...
In order to furnish it, he travelled all over the UK and Europe to buy genuine Tudor and Stuart articles. In 1977, at the time of his death, the house was bequeathed by Lewis to Weymouth Civic Society, who continue to own and operate the house today. The Civic Society volunteers provide guided tours of the house during opening hours.
After becoming a hotel in 1950, the castle reverted to being a private residence in the 1990s. It is now hired out for functions and events, and is Portland's most expensive residential property. [3] The castle, built of Portland stone, was originally a rectangular block until it was extended in the 20th century. It also has projecting corner ...
Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust began the sculpture park in 1983, saving the quarry from further mineral extraction with the creation of sculptures, and the park officially opened in that year. Many of the original site specific sculptures can still be discovered today, although some didn't last much longer than a year.
Made from Portland stone, from the Isle of Portland in Dorset, the foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales on 12 June 1923 and it was opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 4 July 1925 to a crowd of 30,000. [4] Construction had cost £60,000 and was funded through public donations.
The Rolling Stones had four concert tours in 1966. Ike & Tina Turner supported them on the UK leg in the fall. "I didn't know who the Stones were," Tina recalled. "They were just these white boys and Mick was the one who was always standing in the wings watching us.