Ray's Photos

[Rayge]

Back again; part one from the archives, part two from earlier this month. Have fun


Bastion
Langstone Rock, Dawlish


Power Trio


Friday Night at Vernon Terrace
Pic by Bill


Four Seater Sofa
Mother, Uncle Ed, the Hatchet, and Aunt Ciss visiting the Mansions, late 1980s


Where's Diane Arbus When You Need Her?
Matt, Llanbadarn, 1981


Ooooh, Betty!


Rude Intrusion

...

[Rayge]

Part Two

Resuming the walk I was taking a couple of days ago up the page


Weir on the Yeo


Fordton: the Big House


Signalbox


Off-Road Living


The Eastern Approaches


Porch Travesty
How the fuck did they get planning permission for that?


Staring Match

[Rayge]

Part one today is from early October, in and around Crediton and Sandford. The archive section in part two has come unstuck in time and space, to the extent that I can't place either any more than I have


The Many Universes Theory


Autumn Comes to Peoples Park


Writhe



Loiter
Adolescent herring gull stakes a claim to the roof of Streambank


Moving Towards the Light / Into the Big Sticks


Bus Stop

...

[Rayge]

Part Two


Swaying Landscape


Mementos
Carlton Mansions 1980s


Convoy
Thames at Putney


Red Dawn
Cricklewood


A's Cap
Bill returned from a trip to visit relatives in the US in the mid-70s with an Oakland A's cap that he wore on and off for a decade or so


Baking Day
Late 1980s

Back on Monday

[Rayge]

Part one is in that extraordinary source of random memory-joggers and/or -stumpers, the print scans (not actually) folder, while part two celebrates the autumnal glories of Devon earlier this month


Cosmic Accident with Buddah and Giant Tortoise: Not Many Dead


Little Em
Clive's younger daughter on his lap. 1986 or ’87, Penrhyncoch


Golden Gate
Putney, late 1980s


Thanks, Izzy
The View from Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge south over Bristol towards Somerset


Anarchy and Peace
A rare beardless Adrian showing off his self-designed and knitted creation at his flat in London (I think). Phew! Rock and roll!


Shelter
Weston-Super-Mare, around 1980

...

[Rayge]

Part Two
First, we get closer to himself than would be advisable in any creature well-endowed olfactory-wise, then indulge in some of them there autumn colours in the garden


Honk


Blaze


Hamamelis rubra


Hamamelis Pallida
Two witch hazels


Viburnum opulus


Chomped
Leaf-Cutters do their dastardly work


Blue Berries, Red Leaves


Japanese Maple

That's all for now: More tomorrow, I hope.

[Rayge]

Today, in Part One, I'm out and about in the countryside in the first week of this month. Part Two takes in a different place for every shot from the archives.


The Triumvirate
Three venerable oaks on the hill outside my home


Homeland
The view from said hill over my home and greenhouse to Upton Hellions in the distance


New View
The cutting down of my neighbour's Douglas Fir gives a whole new perspective on things


Ploughed
The field at the bottom of Cardiac Hill gets a makeover


Contours


Pathway to the Sky


Gathering
Fallen leaves begin to cover Creedy Beach
Tomorrow, further out and aboutness and obvious subjects

...

[Rayge]

Part Two


Ready for My Close-up
Brighton 1980s


The Observatory
Avon Gorge, Clifton, Bristol, 1980s


Tom
Clive's second son, aged about three, Penrhyncoch, late 1980s


Bella
Geoff and Karen's Shih Tsu, late 1980s again


Running Repairs
St Cuthbert's, Wells, same time as last two



So Young
Clive visits at UKC 1969-70. Pics by Richard Gollin

will try to get back tomorrow

[Rayge]

Part One today continues to wander around my corner of Devon with a blissed-out grin on its face earlier this month. Part Two, meanwhile, continues to flit hither and yon, randomly through the archives


The Killbot Retirement Home


We Going Out?


Ivy Narcissus


Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness Ahoy!


The View from the Vets


Undulate Redly

...

[Rayge]

Part Two
Don't have a clue about the provenance of many of these - well, I took ’em, but when and where...


Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!


Invitation


Canalside
Regents Park Canal, London, late 1980s


Run, Rabbit Run
Carlton Mansions, around 1980


Foiled Again
As above


Sol Performer
Hove Bandstand, 1980s


Distillation
Sun sets over Chanctonbury Ring, Shoreham Power Station in foreground, long-lensed from Hove seafront, 1980s

Very busy packing, and dealing with desolation of garden by unseasonable hard frosts, but will try to get some editing done before tomorrow.

[Rayge]

Well I missed the deadline yesterday, soz. Part one is the usual randomish selection of pics you've seen before, but that have now been tarted up a bit, from last century's archives, while part two is wandering about the general vicinity about three weeks ago. These pics are starting to take on a vaguely elegiacal air, now that I know we're leaving the area. Or perhaps it's just that Autumn feeling. Heigh ho. But first, last century:


Saturday Night
Vernon Terrace, Brighton, 1980s. Acid had been taken. Frisbee had been played. Pic by Bill


The Man Who Was Not There
Cork St, Bath, late 1980s


Katrina, No Hurricane
Brighton, 1980s


Ozone Terrace
Lyme Regis, 1980s


Caption Redacted
Executing a pretty nifty move in Stanmer Park, Brighton, playing with Bill and Gav. One of them took this, and
managed to make a right-foot flick-up of a roller into my left hand look like I just got whacked in the jewels.


Temple to Hathor
Fairfield, Romney Marsh, 1980s


Pakistan


Dome Dancing
London (obvs), 1990s maybe.

...

[Rayge]

Part Two

Around 9 October, and I'm walking into, and around Kirton (as Crediton is pronounced, and these days often spelled, around here).


Lonesome
Sequoia


Wagon and View
'Tarka View', a new residential development to the East of Crediton


Convoy
Overtook these four (there's a dog there somewhere) on the footpath. I was first struck by the contrast of hair, but they were
moving too fast to get a telephoto shot of that. Note the decorous way the blonde is holdingthe poo-bag well away from her.


Full Coverage


Incongruous Thatch


Aslant


Reticulation of the Real


Dead Man's Hand


Cafe Society
Outside Ashton's coffee Lounge. I very much like the reflections in the window.

More from Devon and Mars tomorrow, I trust, as I put a shift in at the editing suite today. You Lucky People

[Rayge]

In part one today, more of autumn in Devon from the 10th and 11th of last month, then off to the last century for a scamper through the archives in Part Two


Scatter
Sumac leaves. Missed out on photographing them on the tree this year


Park Patrol
Scrap gets a great dane's eye-view of the kiddies' playground


Future Games
This could be me in ten years in another timeline to the one I'm taking. Never seen this guy before, but he was sitting
in 'my' spot overlooking Creedy Beech for the whole half an hour that Scrap and I were hooliganing there. Exchanged
pleasantries, but that was that.


Babes Behind Bars


Evening


Turning in the Magic Light


Skyline Scribbles

Further views tomorrow

...

[Rayge]

Part Two


Rothko at the Beach


Freesias
1988?


City
Looking north-east from the dome of St Pauls
Late 1980s


Round the Bend
As above, looking westish


Night Out
Chip and Karen at the Restaurant, Thornbury Castle - 1990 maybe?


Stepping Out
Complete strangers, overlooking the Avon Valley near Oldland, 1990s


Hot Gossip
Belsize Road, Kilburn, 1988-’89

More random romping tomorrow

[Rayge]

Today pretty much continues where I left off yesterday, except that the archive material is in Part One this time.


Not That Ed
Old Compton Street, Soho, 1980s


Ghost Rainbow
Carlton Mansions. Mid-1980s


Surgery
Liverpool Street Station opened up in the middle of being made over in the Broadgate development. Late 1980s


Blue Bough


Hi, I'm Polar
This charmer was a favourite of Ed and Daphne's daughter, Laura. Late 1980s, Ladbroke Grove


Courtship


Meadow Lurk
Sally, 1989?

...

[Rayge]

Part Two
It's sunsetish on 11 October last, and I'm halfway up the hill that rises behind my garden


Look North


Local dignitary


This is the Way, Step Inside


Framed
Since the neighbours cut down their Douglas fir, you can actually see the house and garden from up the hill


Gable Ends


Territory
Know pretty much every inch of it. Sad to leave it, but looking forward to discovering somewhere new

Tomorrow, leading up to my birthday...

[Rayge]

Part one today is from 14-15 of last month and takes in glamorous locations in Glamorgan, Devon and Dorset.
In part two, some show and tell material from slides taken in the late 1980s.


Two Retired Academics and a Spaniel Walking Away in Penarth One Sunday Lunchtime
Clive and Phil (combined friendship age of just under 100 years), with whom I'd hoped to spend the weekend in Cardiff
on a pre-celebration of my 70th birthday on the following Tuesday: sadly, circumstances out of all control prevented that.


Yep. ’Tis
Penarth


Oranges and Lemons
Near Exeter


The Long and Winding Road
The mazy approaches to what was the main gate through the Iron Age defences of Maiden Castle, Dorset


Ditch and Ramparts
As above


Destination
Arrived at our hotel in West Lulworth, Dorset: view from the front of house


Docked

Tomorrow: sunset at Lulworth Cove

...

[Rayge]

Part Two


Dripping With Nectar
Hoya bella does its incredibly sweet-scented thing


Base
Carlton Mansions


Chip and Toots on Hampstead Heath
Toots died at the beginning of 1987. I think this has to be 1986


Smashed
The building at the back housed Tottenham County School, which I attended from 1959, from its foundation in the 19th century
until it moved a mile North in 1962 or 1963. The rubble in the front is from the newly demolished council depot that backed on
to the site. The area to the right was the boy's playground; the building was as a quadrangle, and the girl's playground was in
the middle, where the teachers could keep an eye on them.


Ancient
The Roman Baths, Bath. Bath Abbey church in the background


Prog Rock Revealed
Bisque Showrooms, Bath

Further randomness tomorrow

[Rayge]

Part one today is drawn from the archives and from the 1980s, while in part two, it's 15 October, getting on for evening in the last day of my Sixties


Another Day at the Beach
Brighton Beach, and Bill's lifeguard station, sometime in the 1980s


Thrash
unripe rye on a gusty day


Watching TV
Matt at the Mansions


Backward Existentialist
A sumac in autumn, no idea where.


Golden
Nope, no idea


Data Retrieval

...

[Rayge]

Part Two


Welcome to Lulworth Cove
Have fun. Try not to die horribly


Stair Hole

And then, remarkably, after being in hiding all day, the Sun came out

Folds
Note adults on top, for scale





Going Down



The Cove

Tomorrow: three score and ten.