Until 1998 there was also a fully equipped theatre ( designed by Cecil Beaton ) which – unusually for a space dedicated to amateur productions – had full fly tower facilities.

Until the late 1970s Canning Vale was a farming area consisting of mostly market gardens and dairy farms due to its swampy terrain with an unusually high abundance of permanent fresh water.

Until the end of 1993, Turkmenistan had experienced less economic disruption than other former Soviet states because its economy received a boost from higher prices for oil and gas and a sharp increase in hard currency earnings.

Until the 19th century Folkestone remained a small fishing community with a seafront that was continually battered by storms and encroaching shingle that made it hard to land boats.

Until the internet became accessible to the general public in the early 1990s, slash was hard to find, published only in fan-edited non-profit fanzines ( often called only " zines "), usually priced just high enough to recoup printing costs, sold via adzines or at conventions.

Until quite recently, the maps produced by the Geographers ' ( A-Z ) Map Company did not list their publication date, so dating them can be quite hard.

Until the 1920s, most shipping lines relied heavily on emigration for passengers and they were hard hit when the US Congress introduced a bill to limit immigration into the United States.

Until the release of ATA-2 standard in 1996, there were a handful of large hard drives which did not support LBA addressing, so only Large or Normal methods could be used.

Until recently, most consumer touchscreens could only sense one point of contact at a time, and few have had the capability to sense how hard one is touching.

Until then, most baseball games ' pitching schemes required players simply to press the button corresponding to the pitch they wanted to throw, and hold the button down for a certain length of time to determine how hard the pitch was thrown.

Until recently however, home game telecasts were hard to come by, as the Cardinals often failed to sell out games at Sun Devil Stadium.

Until that point, they are just a collection of numbers on the computer's hard drive that describe the individual elements of a picture and how they are arranged.

Until the age of six or eight, when the hard shell becomes fully developed, the young tortoises are very vulnerable to predators, and may fall prey to rats, badgers, magpies, foxes, wildboar and many other animals.

Until the early 20th century, bars or sticks of hard shaving soap were used.

Until the past few years, most classic hits stations have either leaned towards pop hits of the 60s through the 80s or were actually classic rock stations without a lot of hard rock.

Until he touches the wall, he is " open " to be " pegged " ( i. e. struck hard with a thrown ball ) by the player who caught it.

George sings: " Once my bike was hard to ride, but I didn't mind / Until I found they'd hitched a charabanc on behind.

Until the early 1990s there were commonly several bids to hold the Eastercon, but since then the realisation appears to have grown that putting on an Eastercon involves a lot of hard work, and now it is normal for there to be only one serious bid.

Until 1833, these three buildings provided America with spendable hard currency.

Until this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.

Until the winter of 1978-79, when a major mixing event took place, the Dead Sea was composed of two stratified layers of water that differed in temperature, density, age, and salinity.

Until the Winter War ( 1939 – 40 ), Finland's territory also reached to the Barents Sea, with the harbor at Petsamo being Finland's only ice-free winter harbor.

Until after the defeat of Cannae it remained faithful to Rome, but, after a vain demand that one of the consuls should always be selected from it or perhaps in order to secure regional supremacy in the event of a Carthaginian victory, it defected to Hannibal, who made it his winter quarters: he and his army were voluntarily received by Capua.

Until the 20th century, the islands were completely isolated during the winter, since the pack ice made the trip to the mainland impassable by boat.

Until the 18th century Oostmalle was known for its black pottery, such as " Lollepotten " which were small stoves used for personal heating in winter.

Until the 1970s, there was only one type of blight ( A1 ) in the UK, and this was unable to produce resistant spores that could survive the winter.

Until recently, Balanced Rock had a companion-a similar, but much smaller balanced rock named " Chip Off The Old Block ", which fell during the winter of 1975 / 1976.

Until the age of eleven, he visited a winter school run by a priest in the neighbouring village Personico.

Until recent history, humans in temperate climates were exposed to few hours of ( blue ) daylight in the winter ; their fires gave predominantly yellow light.

Until the severe winter of 1916 – 17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands ; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically " wiped out.

Until the construction of modern roads, the peninsula was almost inaccessible in winter due to the band of marshland cutting off the higher ground of the promontory itself.

Until winter 1999 services was operated by Flightline, using a single BAe 146-300.

Until December 2007, its main competitor was Atlanta's other AC, Peach 94. 9 ( which became Lite FM in 2002 ), and which also played Christmas music during the winter holiday season.

Until 1990 this had always been a summer only operation but instead of closing at the end of September the funicular continued through the winter.

Until approximately the 1870s men from Rothiemurchus annually, in the spring, cleared the track of rocks that had fallen on to it during the winter.

Until the 1940s Grassmere's bed was a mud bath in winter and a dustbowl in summer, with the occasional natural deposit of salt.

Until 2011, during the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, Moscow Standard Time ( MSK, МСК ) was 3 hours ahead of UTC, or UTC + 3 ; during the summer, Moscow Time shifted forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become Moscow Summer Time ( MSD ), making it UTC + 4.

Until 1967 a ferry boat provided service across the Miramichi River at Chatham, except during the period of winter freeze up.

Until the polio epidemic, the water was kept at a substantial depth to support the fish over winter.

Until the addition of a stabiliser in 1927, oil pastels came in two types: winter pastels with additional oil to prevent hardening and summer pastels with little oil to avoid melting.

Until the winter of 1941 / 42 supporting troops organic to these divisions consisted of a motorised artillery regiment ( of one heavy and two light battalions ), and one each reconnaissance, motorcycle, anti-tank, pioneer, field replacement, and communications battalions.

Until the late 19th century, winter counts were recorded on buffalo hides.