Kendal Lane c.2008

Kendal Lane c.2008

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile I tend to wait until I am at least part way through a set or project, I thought I would put this up now. This is an idea I want to explore further, based on my Backstreets and Rooftops photographic project from some years 

Kings Cross, Industrial Redux

Kings Cross, Industrial Redux

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have been so busy this last few weeks, it’s taken a while to get the last of these up. Our last morning in London, we went to have a proper look around some of the new development of the Kings Cross area. After exploring 

When film goes Fubar

When film goes Fubar

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been flicking through some very old archives while backfilling some gaps in this site which got lost when transferring the structure at some point and came across these. These, from my notes, were taken using Kodak Gold 100 in a QB35 – this 

Bloody Towers, Foodies and Camden, Again

Bloody Towers, Foodies and Camden, Again

Reading Time: 4 minutesDay three of our London adventure, and up bright and early to visit the Tower of London. It is my other half who is the history freak, but I am always up for somewhere like this to explore photographic ideas. I am glad we got 

Agfamatic 200 and Truprint XG 200

Agfamatic 200 and Truprint XG 200

Reading Time: 3 minutesI am going back a bit through some of my archives and pulling out a few old experiments to look over. This is partly personal – I have not done as much photography for a while, and also have a pile of undeveloped film I 

West End, Colourmen and The Turner Appreciation Society

West End, Colourmen and The Turner Appreciation Society

Reading Time: 4 minutesLondon, day 2. The general itinery seemed to split itself into West End, East End, and today we head off towards Covent Garden and the west end shops. I have enduring memories of visiting Covent Garden Market as a child, though my last quick visit 

London… Lets ‘ave yer!

London… Lets ‘ave yer!

Reading Time: 4 minutesI once read an article on Youth Crime, which had a wonderful quote from a teenage participant in the 70s, along the lines of “someone gets a wierd idea and then it just goes from there. As you will know, we like to break up 

Hyde Park Sunsets

Hyde Park Sunsets

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I lived in Hyde Park one of my favourite photography subjects was the sunsets. I’ve always wondered what it is that can make them so colourful in this unassuming inner-city area – I am guessing the polution and poor air quality has a lot 

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one. Christmas has been a bit more subdued this year, though a fine selection of dining was done, and a fine sellection of presents obtained. Here’s the annual Christmas card. And here’s a few quick tree pictures… Normal service will be resumed 

Norwich, again, and Cambridge

Norwich, again, and Cambridge

Reading Time: 5 minutesI have been down to Norwich, and Cambridge again, for yet more sorting of my father’s affairs (i.e mess). Actually, it was quite productyive on this occasion, as I did find much more of his art work, which I will discuss in due course, and 

Beer, food, trains…

Beer, food, trains…

Reading Time: 3 minutesSomewhere I have been meaning to get to again for some time, is Middleton Railway. This little heritage line, tucked away in the arse-end-of-the-least-salubroious-area of Leeds is actually the oldest surviving railway in the world. Built as a horse drawn waggonway in 1758 to serve 

Bridlington

Bridlington

Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the first time in some years the annual seaside trip that Unison provides me was not to the usual Scarborough or Whitby, but the smaller East Yorkshire Town of Bridlington, somewhere I have not been until now. We planned not to take children this