2016 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Stadion im. Edwarda Jancarza

Local heroes

The reigning Miss Speedway

Entrance of the gladiators

Singing the Polish Anthem, red and white are the colours of Poland.

The gladiators present themselves to the audience.

Preparations for the start

Further information:

http://speedwaygp.com/newslist

Girls and motorcycles

Since quite a long time I collect original photos showing early motorcycles, especially from the Austrian maker Puch. Comparatively rare are photos with girls or women sitting on motorcycles. I am always happy to find one.

On the backside: "Ella & Gertie 1914-1918", unknown motorcycle, unknown registration number.

The motorcycle in the front is a Puch 220 (built from 1926 to 1929), the registration number is for Vienna before 1930. The motorcycle in the back seems to be a Puch 250. From Vienna to Schönfeld-Kirchberg are about 120 km.

This and the following photo are Puch 250 from the early 1930s  The 'A' registration number is for Vienna (1930 to 1939) and the 'O' ist for Upper Austria (1947 to 1990).

Sporty AJS 350 R8 from about 1930, registration number is for Munich.

Early Puch TF 250 in yellow, early 1950s, Vienna registration number.

Power Plant area Gorzów

Impressions from my place of work with Hasselblad 203FE, Distagon 4.0/40 and CFV 50c.

Moto Racing Show Gorzów 2016

A race course in the middle of the town over the beautiful Warta bridge - a loud and gasoline-smelling feast for the whole town and its surroundings, thousands of spectators frame the race course. Vehicles on the road, in the air and on the water, one evening long no trafic signs and regulations. Many food and beer stalls and a big concert stage complement the gasoline event. 

Warszawa of the 1950s

Speedway is a national sport in Poland.

Races are still going on, the Warta bridge sidewalks are full of spectators.

The music concert is at the opposite shore of the Warta.

 

Jaraczewo

Jaraczewo is a little village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. The little village has an interesting church with a wooden tower.

The school

Trzęsacz - church eaten by the sea

The first Church in Trzęsacz was built in 1124, the current remains are from the late 14th or early 15th century. At erection time, it was located almost two kilometers from the sea shore. 

Over time, the process of abrasion caused the land surrounding the church to recede at the expense of the Baltic Sea. Year by year, water would come closer; in 1750 the sea was as close as 58 meters, in 1771 parts of the cemetery were swallowed, and 1820 the distance shrank to 13 meters. Finally, on August 2, 1874, the last service took place in the temple. By 1885 the temple stood over a chasm and, with permission of the Prussian government, it was deprived of the roof and left abandoned.

On the night of April 8–9, 1901 the most vulnerable, northern wall of the church collapsed. During the following years, part by part, most of the construction was swallowed by the sea, which mercilessly moves south, taking away the land. The last drop took place on February 1, 1994, when part of the southern wall collapsed.

Many artists were inspired by the church ruin. Lyonel Feininger, who spent regularly his summer vacancy between 1891 and 1936 at the Baltic Sea often painted and draw the Trzęsacz ruin.

Fortified shore to protect the last remains of the church

Not the typical summer weather

 Trzęsacz is a tourist attraction

Source and further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruins_of_the_church_in_Trz%C4%99sacz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYU9EjJ3Uk