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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

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

Finally we have bench dedicated to William Heerlein Lindley!

 

Multimedia Warsaw Fountain Park

The next time you are in Europe, you might want to make your way over to Poland to check out the Multimedia Warsaw Fountain Park in person. This spectacular water show was recently unveiled in anticipation of being a candidate city for the European Capital of Culture 2016.

A magical performance involving light, water and sound, the Multimedia Warsaw Fountain Park will be displayed every Saturday. Water jets will be shooting impressively illuminated water to the heights of 25 meters. There will also be laser and film projections on screens of water haze.

Located right next to the Vistula river bank, the Multimedia Warsaw Fountain Park was created in the hopes that it will revitalize this area. It will operate as a regular park all other days with benches and bike paths.

The first wonderful show of music, light and water in Warsaw was held on Saturday, the 7^th of May, 2011, at Podzamcze by the Old Town.

If you feel tired you may relax on the bench dedicated to William Heerlein Lindley.   

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/multimedia-warsaw-fountain-park

http://plusmood.com/2011/05/grand-opening-of-europes-biggest-multimedia-fountain-park-in-warsaw/

"Our Star", soprano Maacha Deubner

Maacha Deubner is the direct descendant of William Heerlein Lindley, who had three children, two daughters and one son. Younger daughter Ottilie Caroline (1881 – 1925), married Doctor Ludwig Deubner from Berlin. From all Deubner’s descendants Maacha Deubner shows the biggest musical talent. She  was born in Freiburg, Germany. She studied singing in Hamburg with Judith Beckmann and attended masterclasses with Ralph Gothoni, Dalton Baldwin, Kurt Widmer and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.






Maacha - happy smile

Since then she performs extensively all over Europe and in the USA (including guest performances in Philadelphia and at the Carnegie Hall in New York, together with Gidon Kremer in the world premiere of Giya Kancheli 's "Lament" for violin, soprano and orchestra).
She has been invited to numerous festivals such as the Göttingen Handel-Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, Wien Modern, David-Oistrach Music festival in Pärnu, Estonia, West Cork Chamber Music Festival (Ireland), as well as the Berlin Festwochen.

Collaboration with conductors such as Vladimir Jurowski, V. Ashkenazy, Kurt Masur, Michael Gielen and Valery Gergiev in guest appearances with leading European orchestras.
Recent opera engagements include the Konstanze in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" in Berlin with director George Tabori, Wanhilt in Siegfried Wagner's "The Blacksmith of Marienburg" in Gdansk, Poland,  the title role in Rudolf Kelterborn's opera "Julia", Donna Anna, and various others.

 

Together with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin she recorded "Sardakai" , opera of Ernst Krenek, which was awarded the Echo Classical Award in 2007.

 

Her widely spread repertoire also underlines her specific interest for contemporary music and chamber music, documented on various CD-recordings on ECM New Series label, RCA Red Seal/Sony BMG Classics, Capriccio, Naxos (Marco Polo), edel classics and others 

(see discography).

If you want to hear Maacha Deubner come check her address and get her CD records!

http://www.omm.de/artists/deubner/kurzvita-en.html