Nowości

Memorial plaque for engineer Stefan Skrzywan, contractor of the water supply and sewerage system in Łódź

On June 19, 2014, a commemorative plate dedicated to engineer Stefan Skrzywan was unveiled in the city of Łódź. The plaque was affixed to a wall of the former headquarters of the city's water supply company at the Narutowicz Street 65, where Rectorate of the University of Łódź is located. The sponsor of the plaque was the state company AZERSU JSC, of Baku, Azerbaijan. The unveiling of the plaque was one of the events connected with preparations for the celebration of the centenary of the completion of the water works in Baku, which falls in 2017.

 

Participating in the ceremony were Hasan Hasanov, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Teyyub Jabbarov, Vice President of AZERSU, Hanna Zdanowska, President of the city of Łódź, Professor Włodzimierz Nykiel, Rector of the University of Łódź and Czesław Cieslak, a representative of the Water and Sewerage Company of Łódź.

 

Stefan Skrzywan (1876-1932) was born in Odessa. After graduating from the Institute of Technology in St. Petersburg in 1911, he worked in the construction of water and sewage system in Warsaw under the direction of William Heerlein Lindley. When construction of the water supply in Baku began in 1911, Skrzywan replaced Englishman Frank Durham, who had previously represented W.H. Lindley in the Caucasus.

 

Construction of the water works in Azerbaijan impressed the Europeans. The viaduct for the water extended about 180 km, originating from the springs of in the foothills of the Caucasus in Shollar, near the town of Guba. Water, by the force of gravity travelled to a pump station located about 40 km from Baku, from where it was sent under pressure through the water pipe network.

 

The waterworks in Baku was the final fully completed project of Sir William H. Lindley. In February 1917, despite the raging war and the Russian Revolution, he was present in Baku for the occasion of opening of the taps with clean water. In December of that year, Sir W.H. Lindley died in London.

 

Engineer Stefan Skrzywan survived World War I and was invited to finish the work on a comprehensive water supply and sewer system of the city of Łódź. The project included most of the work carried out by the W.H. Lindley and his associates earlier in the 20th century. No one was more qualified to be the contractor of the project than Skrzywan. Thanks to Skrzywan’s diligence, attention to detail and his understanding of the concept of aesthetic and engineering, Lindley’s project was completed posthumously and still appeals to us today with its timeless beauty.

 

William Lindley’s first grandchild

It is not what you might think. We do not refer again to the history of the Lindleys’ family. It is here and now. The proud grandfather is William Lindley V (Francis William Naunton Lindley, Bill, born in 1955). He is the direct descendant of William Lindley (1808-1900).





The happy parents are Edward William Robert Lindley (Edward, born in 1983) and  Emma Lindley (né Kelly,born the same year). Ed and Emma married on the 4th August 2012. Their child - Francesca Grace Lindley - was born on the 1st September 2013.




.Congratulations to proud new parents! She couldn't have happened to a nicer parents!

What a great feeling:

“There’s nothing in this world that compares to being a grandparent…no words can express the emotions that grow from the first moment grandparents learn that a grandchild will soon be part of their loving family”  (unknown member of the European Union of Grandparents).

“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” Rudolph Giuliani.

Happy William Lindley V with the fragile grandchild - Francesca Grace 

Congratulations from all members of The Societas Lindleiana!

London's blue plaque for the Lindleys!

There is quite a chance that William Lindley and Sir William Heerlein Lindley will be honored by the prestigious English Heritage sheme called London's blue plaques already in 2014! This electrifying news came to us yesterday. We cannot reveal more details at this moment because we are still in the middle of the procedures. It is only worth mentioning that it would greatly coincide with our plans of the family reunion in the United Kingdom in 2014.  


Here is an example of the blue plaque:

The London's blue plaques scheme, founded in 1866, is believed to be the oldest of its kind in the world and has inspired many other schemes across London, the UK and even further afield. 

Run successively by the (Royal) Society of Arts, the London County Council, the Greater London Council, and since 1986, English Heritage, it commemorates the link between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. It is a uniquely successful means of connecting people and place. 

For more details see: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/

William Lindley's School in Hamburg

Director Bernd Peschka wrote to us from Hamburg, that school led by him, by the special decree of the Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg on  the 17th April 2012 got the new name: "Vocational School of William Lindley". The school marked (G2) trains personnel for the construction industry associated with renewable energy. Students in the beautiful and historic building, have access to the very well equipped technical devices.



"Berufliche Schule William Lindley" is located in the district Rotherbaum at Bundesstraße 58 in a historic building designed in 1909 by architect Alfred Erbe in the former Heinrich-Hertz-Realgymnasium.







We congratulate Mr. Director for completing succesfully all the procedures to give their school the name of the great English engineer William Lindley, who devoted twenty years of his life to the modernization and beautification of this wonderful Hanseatic city. Director Peschka Director will inform us soon about the events in his school.

We look very much forward to it!


For more information visit:

www.g2-hamburg.de

Here is the latest news: 14 November is the day: 

Die Umbenennung möchten wir am 14. November 2012 in der Zeit von 13:30 Uhr bis ca. 16:00 Uhr

in einem Festakt in der Aula mit Ihnen feiern. Als Gäste kommen Herr Senator Ties Rabe, Herr Obermeister Fritz Schellhorn (Vorsitzender der Innung Sanitär, Heizung, Klempner), Herr Dr. Ortwin Pelc (Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte) und Frau Katrin Lindley (Ururenkelin) zum Festakt.

Robert Hugh Lindley Egerton (1931-2012)

On 19 January 2012, passed away Robert Hugh Lindley Egerton (1931-2012), grandson of Robert Lindley, age 80 (for friends and family Robin).
 

Robin's grandfather, Robert Searles Lindley worked in Warsaw as a deputy of his brother Heerlein William Lindley in the years 1881 to 1886. Robin, minerals geologist by profession, was born September 26, 1931. Most of his adult life he spent working in the overseas colonies of Great Britain. After his marriage with Claire Brune Priedaux he settled in Godstone, Surrey, which he inherited from his parents. Since 1989  he was retired. He died at a nearby hospital, 19January 2012 at the age of 80 years. He left his wife Claire and four children.

Funeral will take place on Thursday, 2nd February, 2 p.m., at St Nicholas Church: Church Lane, Godstone,  
Surrey, RH9 8BW

He was one of the first descendants of the Lindleys in Britain, with whom I contacted in the autumn of 1994. First we  exchanged letters, later I visted Godstone. Robin remembered perfectly the family's history and shared with me anecdotes of the prewar period. Made available to me too many precious family photographs. Some of them were p[rinted in the book "The Lindleys. The family of civil-engineers." Robin and Claire twice visited Warsaw, in 2000 and 2006. The second time was associated with the Lindley family-reynion in our city. Each time Robin visited excellent facilities built by his ancestors in Warsaw in the 19^th century he radiated with pride. Last time we have seen each other was farewell to late Marie Lindley in 2010. He was frail, but still full of good energy.

Today I  write this short note to give Him last farewell. We shared a thread of sympathy and Godstone house was a magical place for me, the seat of the family. I was there always a welcome guest.

Robin in English means also a beautiful bird - in Polish Rudzik. Today Robin is as free as a bird. Maybe part of his soul travels with each of the small Rudziks. Think of it when you see One..

Our thoughts are with his loved ones.
Richard and Hania Żelichowscy

*
SOCIETAS LINDLEIANA send its condolences to the EGERTON FAMILY.
Peace be upon him!