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Part one, Devon in 2013
No Through Road
Here Be Badgers
Failsafe Subject
Descending Cardiac Hill
There's a Pond in There Somewhere
Low Seat
...
No Through Road
Here Be Badgers
Failsafe Subject
Descending Cardiac Hill
There's a Pond in There Somewhere
Low Seat
...
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Part Two
Still in south-west Scotland, mid-1980s, at least at first...
What a Hunk
Chip behind the camera
Solway Firth
Dreamscape
Paddles
Waterback Property
I actually have no idea where this is. Not Scotland, certainly. More likely back in London.
Star and Crescent
Trying to salvage something from a light-damaged transparency
Tomorrow, London and down to Dawlish
Still in south-west Scotland, mid-1980s, at least at first...
What a Hunk
Chip behind the camera
Solway Firth
Dreamscape
Paddles
Waterback Property
I actually have no idea where this is. Not Scotland, certainly. More likely back in London.
Star and Crescent
Trying to salvage something from a light-damaged transparency
Tomorrow, London and down to Dawlish
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Here we go 2-3-4
Explorer
Sky Ripple
Red Brick
Dapple
A Family Affair
Living the Dream
...
Explorer
Sky Ripple
Red Brick
Dapple
A Family Affair
Living the Dream
...
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Part Two
Long time ago in London and Devon
Troll Bar
Grand Union Canal
Peekaboo
Hampstead Heath
Comfort Break
Coryton Cove, Dawlish. Billy (whose parents live in Dawlish) on shutter duty
There is a Light...
Billy under the railway platform at Dawlish
Thwack
Spontaneous Gorilla
Somewhere on Dartmoor
more tomorrow
Long time ago in London and Devon
Troll Bar
Grand Union Canal
Peekaboo
Hampstead Heath
Comfort Break
Coryton Cove, Dawlish. Billy (whose parents live in Dawlish) on shutter duty
There is a Light...
Billy under the railway platform at Dawlish
Thwack
Spontaneous Gorilla
Somewhere on Dartmoor
more tomorrow
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Just a token few from the 80s today. I'm having a bit of a hard time of it.
Pile-up
Canines
A Nice Cup of Tea 1
Big Business
Homeward Bound
A Nice Cup of Tea 2
The Last Rise
Can't say what's going to happen over the next few days. I'll try to get back, but no promises
Pile-up
Canines
A Nice Cup of Tea 1
Big Business
Homeward Bound
A Nice Cup of Tea 2
The Last Rise
Can't say what's going to happen over the next few days. I'll try to get back, but no promises
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So the cold I had has turned into bronchitis. Grooh. Not that this makes it difficult to post, but it does get in the way of the editing or of coherent thought, so here's a few more people and animals I know/knew nearly half a lifetime ago, topped off with some deep Devon material from 2013 in a shorter part two
Mango
Chip gets stuck in
Parrot
Clive and Tom
Hard Men
Gypsy Nick and Clive of India
Loolie Kitten
Tallulah was born on my 36th birthday in October 1984, so at last a date for these pics.
Grooming
Chip (given name Priscilla, but no one called her that) and Pussa (given name Ursula, but no one called her that)
Toots
Chrissie Boy
Phil the Prof
well, he's a Prof now, back then he was just a lecturer
...
Mango
Chip gets stuck in
Parrot
Clive and Tom
Hard Men
Gypsy Nick and Clive of India
Loolie Kitten
Tallulah was born on my 36th birthday in October 1984, so at last a date for these pics.
Grooming
Chip (given name Priscilla, but no one called her that) and Pussa (given name Ursula, but no one called her that)
Toots
Chrissie Boy
Phil the Prof
well, he's a Prof now, back then he was just a lecturer
...
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Part two
Scutterbups
Queen Anne's Lace
(I think)
The Path to Golden Joy
Social Housing
no promises
Scutterbups
Queen Anne's Lace
(I think)
The Path to Golden Joy
Social Housing
no promises
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Hi photo fans, and welcome to the Show that Never Ends, but may well pause for a few days. As the more alert may have noticed, I've been struggling with a virus for a while now, and now I've got a mild case of bronchitis – it's gorn to me chest, as my old Ma would say (not me, I'm not as uncouth as she). It's nothing to complain about, really, in the grand scheme of things, but feverishness has a way of messing with my mind. At times, recently, I've been more or less scared silly of losing it, and along with a swirling delirium of daemons there's a whole pack of black dogs circling the homestead. Having the house move fall through has been a huge strain, too, and the sense of powerlessness in the face of a slow tsunami of daunt is overwhelming. Herself (also unwell) and I have already decided to postpone Xmas. Although maintaining this thread is a form of therapy, I feel that stepping away from the interwebz in general for a short while might be a good idea (although I reserve the right to change my mind again ), and hopefully I can return in 2018 refreshed and well, and with a new purpose and sense of delight.
But before I go, some more pix of a life and time that seems as remote to me now as my early childhood did then. It's only a partial picture, a false narrative, as I rarely whipped out my instrument at times of sorrow, greyness, Thatcher and despair. As the song says, reality is only temporary.
But anyway, that's enough hot brain flossifying. Here's some golden ages from the mid 80s to sign off with..
Golden Goal
The Old Crew
Dollis Hill Sunset
Cat's Cradle
Rings
The Clockmender
But before I go, some more pix of a life and time that seems as remote to me now as my early childhood did then. It's only a partial picture, a false narrative, as I rarely whipped out my instrument at times of sorrow, greyness, Thatcher and despair. As the song says, reality is only temporary.
But anyway, that's enough hot brain flossifying. Here's some golden ages from the mid 80s to sign off with..
Golden Goal
The Old Crew
Dollis Hill Sunset
Cat's Cradle
Rings
The Clockmender
In timeless moments we live forever
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Part Two
The Joy of Kitten
Rocket Boy
This guy turned 39 last month
Backhand
Intricacy
Unclear Family
On Broadway
Cricklewood Broadway, that is
The Joy of Kitten
Rocket Boy
This guy turned 39 last month
Backhand
Intricacy
Unclear Family
On Broadway
Cricklewood Broadway, that is
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Part Three
Big Ed
Founder member of the Wednesday Night Crew
On Broadway Again
Thames Twilight
Multi-Tasking
Chip wrangling a joint, a straight and a telephone. Not to mention wrapping presents
Pals
Toots and Tallullah cuddle up
Mates
Bill and Ed at the Mansions
Big Ed
Founder member of the Wednesday Night Crew
On Broadway Again
Thames Twilight
Multi-Tasking
Chip wrangling a joint, a straight and a telephone. Not to mention wrapping presents
Pals
Toots and Tallullah cuddle up
Mates
Bill and Ed at the Mansions
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Part Four
Shredding
Shadow Dance
Photobucket removed another picture of this Art Deco figurine because it 'violated their terms of Use'. Stupid cunts
Light Weave
Whistling at the Wayside
Leon and Vonny
Chip and Billy
Not a great picture, but as far as I know the only picture of my best pal and best gal together
The Heart of Saturday Night
Bye for a bit.
Merry Xmas one and all
Shredding
Shadow Dance
Photobucket removed another picture of this Art Deco figurine because it 'violated their terms of Use'. Stupid cunts
Light Weave
Whistling at the Wayside
Leon and Vonny
Chip and Billy
Not a great picture, but as far as I know the only picture of my best pal and best gal together
The Heart of Saturday Night
Bye for a bit.
Merry Xmas one and all
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Hi again.
Well, survived that more or less intact.
Forgot to mention back then that the lost camera was handed in to the village shop more than a fortnight after I lost it, and although I'm pretty sure it will never function again, at least I retrieved the memory card and battery. Not that the lost pictures were up to much, but here they are in part one. Part two is back in the 1980s.
Meeting
Roots and Bridges
It's a Worry
Shady Lane
The Top End
Church and School
Holy
Dyinglight
I haven't even started looking at the December photos, so that's the last of 2017 for a bit.
Well, survived that more or less intact.
Forgot to mention back then that the lost camera was handed in to the village shop more than a fortnight after I lost it, and although I'm pretty sure it will never function again, at least I retrieved the memory card and battery. Not that the lost pictures were up to much, but here they are in part one. Part two is back in the 1980s.
Meeting
Roots and Bridges
It's a Worry
Shady Lane
The Top End
Church and School
Holy
Dyinglight
I haven't even started looking at the December photos, so that's the last of 2017 for a bit.
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Part Two
Meanwhile, back in my green age in the ’80s, when, if not everything, at least more things than now seemed possible
Monumental
The Holocaust Memorial in Gladstone Park (part of it, anyway)
Unfine Dining I
The sister-in-law's cat Spats watches as two of her grandkittens (sibs to Tallullah) chow down
Unfine Dining II
Butch and Tosca, also part of the s-i-l's menagerie, go full-on two dogs, one bowl
Just Round the River Bend
Frost on the banks of the Lea at Ware
Design Classic
Most every time I visited my mother in Ware, in the ’70s through the ’90s, I took a picture looking east from the bridge where my father died in 1967
Watergate
Still and Chill
Hearts and Vanes
back tomorrow
Meanwhile, back in my green age in the ’80s, when, if not everything, at least more things than now seemed possible
Monumental
The Holocaust Memorial in Gladstone Park (part of it, anyway)
Unfine Dining I
The sister-in-law's cat Spats watches as two of her grandkittens (sibs to Tallullah) chow down
Unfine Dining II
Butch and Tosca, also part of the s-i-l's menagerie, go full-on two dogs, one bowl
Just Round the River Bend
Frost on the banks of the Lea at Ware
Design Classic
Most every time I visited my mother in Ware, in the ’70s through the ’90s, I took a picture looking east from the bridge where my father died in 1967
Watergate
Still and Chill
Hearts and Vanes
back tomorrow
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Part one today returns to Deepest Devon in 2013: part Two continues in the winter of 84/5.
Monet: a Study for 'Duck Weed'
Sycamore
The Old Guys
Brocade Skirts
Street Theatre
Somewhere, a Stream
...
Monet: a Study for 'Duck Weed'
Sycamore
The Old Guys
Brocade Skirts
Street Theatre
Somewhere, a Stream
...
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Part the second
Well Wrapped
Frozen
not sure where these two were taken; torn between Richmond Park and Hampstead
Meditation
Pathways
Bottom of Primrose Hill
Source
Ouch
Herring gull atop a giant 'breakfast' egg adorning the TV-AM studios at Camden Lock
Fatale 1-3
Besotted Billy and Flo, the woman with whom he destroyed his life. A story for another time
Well Wrapped
Frozen
not sure where these two were taken; torn between Richmond Park and Hampstead
Meditation
Pathways
Bottom of Primrose Hill
Source
Ouch
Herring gull atop a giant 'breakfast' egg adorning the TV-AM studios at Camden Lock
Fatale 1-3
Besotted Billy and Flo, the woman with whom he destroyed his life. A story for another time
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Grey damp day slowly dying outside, so glad to start going on a nice long walk five summers ago, here in part one. Part two is still in the mid-’80s
Heads
Depth
Roadside Attraction
Gold Top
Look Homeward, Bozo
Over the Hill
This continues tomorrow.
Heads
Depth
Roadside Attraction
Gold Top
Look Homeward, Bozo
Over the Hill
This continues tomorrow.
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Part Two
Turning Milder
Pools
Haircut Selfie
Stoned and Throned
Sarah the Heartbreaker at the Mansions
Always Room for One More
Pick of the Week
Big-Eyed Kit from Cricklewood
Thigh-slapper
TT is amused
Perfect
more fake news from a third of a century ago tomorrow...
Turning Milder
Pools
Haircut Selfie
Stoned and Throned
Sarah the Heartbreaker at the Mansions
Always Room for One More
Pick of the Week
Big-Eyed Kit from Cricklewood
Thigh-slapper
TT is amused
Perfect
more fake news from a third of a century ago tomorrow...
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Carrying on carrying on: Summer of 2013 in part one, Winter of 1984-5 in Part Two.
Cranesbill
Where's Wally?
Lane
Thanatophiles Catered For
Homeland
Abundance
...
Cranesbill
Where's Wally?
Lane
Thanatophiles Catered For
Homeland
Abundance
...
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Part Two
Further adventures in Brighton and London
Ball
Furball
Flo's fat cat, name forgotten
Buddah and Button
Martial
Future Games
A Night on the town
Snip
Across the Alley from the Alamo
Happy New Year!
Further adventures in Brighton and London
Ball
Furball
Flo's fat cat, name forgotten
Buddah and Button
Martial
Future Games
A Night on the town
Snip
Across the Alley from the Alamo
Happy New Year!
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As promised, following on from yesterday in both parts.
Ears
East End
of Crediton, that is
Fully Clothed
Cascade
Gnarl
Ripple
...
Ears
East End
of Crediton, that is
Fully Clothed
Cascade
Gnarl
Ripple
...
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