Happy May Day, traditionally known as the day of the workers and appropriate then for this month’s City Daily Photo Theme Day of Revolution. Today’s photo was taken by Susie on a walk to Ramsbottom in Lancashire with the Altrincham and District Ramblers.
Germany leads Europe in windpower and the UK as a windswept island could do so much more - a green revolution to evolve and revolve!
I was honoured to be asked to choose one of 2015's CDP theme days and came up with the Revolution theme, which is deliberately open to interpretation: A windmill or wind turbine going round (or vinyl, wheels, machinery etc) or a new idea … or revolutionary figures past and present in your region.
The following revolutionary movements started in 19th Century Manchester (and Salford and Rochdale) as a reaction to the industrial revolution which started here:
British Suffragette movement
Trades' Union movement
UK Vegetarian Society
Marxist-Engels communism
The Rochdale Pioneers who started the Cooperative Movement ...
There are many modern day equivalents so, go on, seize your inner revolutionary!
You have wind farms we have Solar farms down here, and they look awfull
ReplyDeleteI think they are beautiful myself Bill and rather them than radioactive power plants...
DeleteDon Quixote would be over-awed at these
ReplyDeleteAgreeing with Gerald, where the man of the Mancha when you need him
ReplyDeleteNice pic and good choice for this theme !
ReplyDeleteThere is a real resistance to wind farms here - people think they are bad for their health.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable 😞 isn't it Pat?
DeleteTheir isn't much revolutionary about wind turbines. They don't go round most of the time, and so don't generate much electricity.
ReplyDeleteWind power doesn't make financial sense. None would have been erected if they'd had to pay for themselves. They've all been built because the government has forced energy companies to do so, and with generous payments to rich landowners.
The workers have paid for every one of them through higher energy bills and higher taxes
Afraid I disagree with you on these points. Will have to post a link to prove my poiints to you.
DeleteQuite a good take on the theme- very striking against that background. You chose well coming up with this one.
ReplyDeleteGood choice and thanks for choosing this theme. It has been fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming up with this very challenging theme, Chrissy. Lots of us struggled to come up with something interesting.
ReplyDeleteHope your trip across the USA has been fun.
A great theme day post.
ReplyDeleteI'm totally with you on this one Chrissy, it makes no sense not to use natures power. We have a big wind farm along the rugged coastline down Albany way, I think they look magnificent up there on the cliffs. You sure threw us a challenge Chrissy, have enjoyed seeing the results :)
ReplyDeleteWind turbines get such a bad press down here, Chrissy. With many intellectual giants bemoaning that they bedeck the countryside with uglineess. And coal-mines ... and nuclear power plants ... Blimey ...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the May theme. Having gotten halfway through the contributions, the variety is simply astounding.
Like your theme day choice. Plenty of room for interpretation, as you say. Nice post from you too!
ReplyDeletePerfect shot for theme day. We could use some of those here in New Mexico.
ReplyDeleteGreat contribution to the revolution theme!
ReplyDeleteA revolutionary choice for the theme day!
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