Ray's Photos
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In tonight's thrilling instalments, part one is floundering about in Devon and Somerset last month, while part two is out and about in late October 1987.
Primeval
Regret
Laid
Hedgers at work
The New Place
Kitchen
Boy vs. Tree part 1,798
The Long Plantation
Gated Crossing
More from then when I get some edited
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Primeval
Regret
Laid
Hedgers at work
The New Place
Kitchen
Boy vs. Tree part 1,798
The Long Plantation
Gated Crossing
More from then when I get some edited
...
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Part Two
Shelter
On Weston sea front
Cleft
Just north of Weston
Sunset over Exmoor
Snuggled
Mangotsfield
Needs Orange
Carlton Mansions
Horatio and Martin
Central London
next time, whizz! Bang! Guy Fawkes night at Ed's
Shelter
On Weston sea front
Cleft
Just north of Weston
Sunset over Exmoor
Snuggled
Mangotsfield
Needs Orange
Carlton Mansions
Horatio and Martin
Central London
next time, whizz! Bang! Guy Fawkes night at Ed's
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In Part One today, November 5 1987, and fireworks at Ed's place. In part two, the last week of January this year.
Roman Candle
Sparklers
Sign Writing
Disc
Eruption
Shower
Pink
...
Roman Candle
Sparklers
Sign Writing
Disc
Eruption
Shower
Pink
...
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Part Two
Orange
One of the less challenging colour schemes in the new house in Taunton
Taking Possession
A moiety of my record, book and CD collections taken over in a symbolic gesture of ownership
Hello in There
Primulas
The shamefully neglected winter garden in Sandford still capable of the odd flower
Scrap 1
Crediton
Bandstand
Likewise
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Orange
One of the less challenging colour schemes in the new house in Taunton
Taking Possession
A moiety of my record, book and CD collections taken over in a symbolic gesture of ownership
Hello in There
Primulas
The shamefully neglected winter garden in Sandford still capable of the odd flower
Scrap 1
Crediton
Bandstand
Likewise
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In part one, signs of life, and not-so-life, in the Devon countryside in late January. In part two, London in November 1987, scanned from slides. Enjoy.
Or else...
Standing Tall
Three Graces
Up and Under
Snowdrops
Rush
First Out
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Or else...
Standing Tall
Three Graces
Up and Under
Snowdrops
Rush
First Out
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Part Two
Two from the Mansions to start
Caligula's Hoard
Cars Hiss By My Window
Central London for the rest
Pub
Hell and Heaven
I loved the Atlantis bookshop. Just seven short months from this date, I would let a hairdresser near my head for the last time. Bastards
Let Me In
The owner of the cafe awaits admittance
Slaver
Slosh
Very high tide on the Thames, looking downstream from the Embankment towards Blackfriars Bridge
Next time, snow in part two and Westminster sunsets in part one
Two from the Mansions to start
Caligula's Hoard
Cars Hiss By My Window
Central London for the rest
Pub
Hell and Heaven
I loved the Atlantis bookshop. Just seven short months from this date, I would let a hairdresser near my head for the last time. Bastards
Let Me In
The owner of the cafe awaits admittance
Slaver
Slosh
Very high tide on the Thames, looking downstream from the Embankment towards Blackfriars Bridge
Next time, snow in part two and Westminster sunsets in part one
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Today, in part two, it's getting to the end of January, and Devon's rather insipid version of the white hell – well, white heck – is back. Before that, though, out and about in London in November/December of 1987
Bridge
Clock
The Strand
Two Sunsets over the Thames
Gormenghast
Bend
From Putney, looking downriver
Next time, the last of 1987
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Bridge
Clock
The Strand
Two Sunsets over the Thames
Gormenghast
Bend
From Putney, looking downriver
Next time, the last of 1987
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Part two
A Light Dust
Council Chamber
The Fallen
Unfurling
Entrance
Queen of the Hill
Blue Sky Kinking
that's it for today
A Light Dust
Council Chamber
The Fallen
Unfurling
Entrance
Queen of the Hill
Blue Sky Kinking
that's it for today
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In part one today, the last of last month: and in part two, the last of 1987.
The Village
Drops in the Wood
The Prickly Seat
The Devil in the Detail
Drama in the West
Tremble
Delve
...
The Village
Drops in the Wood
The Prickly Seat
The Devil in the Detail
Drama in the West
Tremble
Delve
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Part Two
Lap Usurper
Sal, Bella and Chip, Mangotsfield
Post No Bills
Winter Light
Gladstone Park, London
Walkers
As above
Waterfront
The Avon at Bath
And that's it for the year. No knowledge of any Xmas shots - maybe this was the year that C&I were supposed to go to my mother's for Xmas, but didn't make it because we both got a nasty virus
Lap Usurper
Sal, Bella and Chip, Mangotsfield
Post No Bills
Winter Light
Gladstone Park, London
Walkers
As above
Waterfront
The Avon at Bath
And that's it for the year. No knowledge of any Xmas shots - maybe this was the year that C&I were supposed to go to my mother's for Xmas, but didn't make it because we both got a nasty virus
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Today, a quick dip in the bran tub of (mostly) the early 1980s, then, in Part Two, a few chilly snaps from the beginning of this month.
Begin with a few visitors to the Mansions in the early 1980s
Glyn and Paul
Two friends from University days. I've known Glyn from the 68-69 academic year, half a century, my second-oldest chum. Paul, older than both of us, came to Kent as a mature student in the early 1970s. He married Frankie (whom you've seen before), and through her we got to be good friends, although we lost touch after Chip died.
Hobson Expatiates
Michael Hobson was a former student of a friend of Clive, who became a friend. The girl, Clive's eldest by his first wife Jean (whom I met when I was ten, when I started at secondary school). She was born in 1974, so I'm thinking this was 1982 or so
Drawing
Nick and Hazel
In the early eighties, several Aberystwythians used the Mansions as a stoned stop-over when on their way to or from Heathrow
Wild Water
From Hove, looking toward Shoreham
Burnham Beeches: Detail
Old Timer
As above
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Begin with a few visitors to the Mansions in the early 1980s
Glyn and Paul
Two friends from University days. I've known Glyn from the 68-69 academic year, half a century, my second-oldest chum. Paul, older than both of us, came to Kent as a mature student in the early 1970s. He married Frankie (whom you've seen before), and through her we got to be good friends, although we lost touch after Chip died.
Hobson Expatiates
Michael Hobson was a former student of a friend of Clive, who became a friend. The girl, Clive's eldest by his first wife Jean (whom I met when I was ten, when I started at secondary school). She was born in 1974, so I'm thinking this was 1982 or so
Drawing
Nick and Hazel
In the early eighties, several Aberystwythians used the Mansions as a stoned stop-over when on their way to or from Heathrow
Wild Water
From Hove, looking toward Shoreham
Burnham Beeches: Detail
Old Timer
As above
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Part Two
Here comes February, and look what greets us
'Drive'
'Glade'
Sledgers
Tiny spots of colour on the horizon. look hard
Bud and the Bughouse
Transformed Woodland
Triumphal Arch
we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when...
Here comes February, and look what greets us
'Drive'
'Glade'
Sledgers
Tiny spots of colour on the horizon. look hard
Bud and the Bughouse
Transformed Woodland
Triumphal Arch
we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when...
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Part One, a walk in the woods at the beginning of February 2019 in Sandford, Devon. Part Two, Cricklewood and Kensal Green, January 1988.
Syncopation
Collapsing
Fuck Yngwie, Here's Some Proper Shredding
Enchantment
...
Syncopation
Collapsing
Fuck Yngwie, Here's Some Proper Shredding
Enchantment
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Part Two
Tulips
Oil Lamp and Candle
Angular Momentum
Stone and Straw
Kensal Green Necropolis
Rococo Gothic
Tomb of Charles Spencer Ricketts (who he?)
Falling Angel
Note the lippy...
Back tomorrow, dog willing
Tulips
Oil Lamp and Candle
Angular Momentum
Stone and Straw
Kensal Green Necropolis
Rococo Gothic
Tomb of Charles Spencer Ricketts (who he?)
Falling Angel
Note the lippy...
Back tomorrow, dog willing
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Sorry I didn't make it yesterday - major stress events going on in my life right now. But I have a respite. Part one today, sensibly staying indoors in January, possibly February 1988. Part Two goes out and about in Devon at a similar time this year
It's a Worry
It took a long while for Sally to stop being afeart of Tallulah, who delighted in dominating her, while Pussa treated her with total disdain.
New Romantic
Ark
Mob
Clubbing
These four from the collection of Ed's daughter, Laura
Fish Fire
Bladder Wreck
Billy's lamp, made from camel bladders, became mine some time in the 1980s after it was damaged by bulbs that burned too hot
...
It's a Worry
It took a long while for Sally to stop being afeart of Tallulah, who delighted in dominating her, while Pussa treated her with total disdain.
New Romantic
Ark
Mob
Clubbing
These four from the collection of Ed's daughter, Laura
Fish Fire
Bladder Wreck
Billy's lamp, made from camel bladders, became mine some time in the 1980s after it was damaged by bulbs that burned too hot
...
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Part Two
Bleak
Entry
Brighter
People's Park, Crediton, the following day
Across the Fields
On the Bank
Winter Greens
I'll try to be back soon
Bleak
Entry
Brighter
People's Park, Crediton, the following day
Across the Fields
On the Bank
Winter Greens
I'll try to be back soon
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Part One continues with more from early this month, while part two, from the bran tub, goes to West Wales some time in the very early 1980s
Brightening Up
The Badger Sett
Quilt
I Surrender
Baloo is a cross between a mastiff and an Irish wolfhound
Arc
Swollen
Next time, That London
...
Brightening Up
The Badger Sett
Quilt
I Surrender
Baloo is a cross between a mastiff and an Irish wolfhound
Arc
Swollen
Next time, That London
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Part Two
Standing Stones
Can't remember what they're called - something to do with Taliesin, I think, and north-east of Aberystwyth
Dry Valley
One for the geologically minded. As above
Ready for War
Good Eating
Suspicion
Déjeuner sur l'Herbe
This tea party may be in honour of Holly's birthday, which, despite her name, is in late spring, May I think
Relic
Abandoned piece of farm machinery of uncertain function
Ten Rings, Three Bangles, and a Rollie
A Nice Cup of Tea
Two Views of Trish
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Standing Stones
Can't remember what they're called - something to do with Taliesin, I think, and north-east of Aberystwyth
Dry Valley
One for the geologically minded. As above
Ready for War
Good Eating
Suspicion
Déjeuner sur l'Herbe
This tea party may be in honour of Holly's birthday, which, despite her name, is in late spring, May I think
Relic
Abandoned piece of farm machinery of uncertain function
Ten Rings, Three Bangles, and a Rollie
A Nice Cup of Tea
Two Views of Trish
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More disgraceful scenes and scenesters from the turn of the 1980s in Brighton and London in part one, while part two takes a swift day trip to London on the 11th of this month and doesn't get outside much.
Livener
Chopping
Amphetamine sulphate
Billy's Dragons
Now my dragons, as it goes
Lick
Most of these have been up before, maybe recently, but they're better versions
Biggles Attacks!
Hennaed
Frankie showing off her new hair colour on the balcony at the Mansions
Little Brother
Frankie's little brother, Andrew. At the age of 55, he died of an aneurysm after being accidentally
knocked down by a bullock in his front garden. True story
Sleazy Drug Den
...
Livener
Chopping
Amphetamine sulphate
Billy's Dragons
Now my dragons, as it goes
Lick
Most of these have been up before, maybe recently, but they're better versions
Biggles Attacks!
Hennaed
Frankie showing off her new hair colour on the balcony at the Mansions
Little Brother
Frankie's little brother, Andrew. At the age of 55, he died of an aneurysm after being accidentally
knocked down by a bullock in his front garden. True story
Sleazy Drug Den
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Part Two
Victorian Vaulting
Mediaeval masons had their cathedrals, 19th century engineers their railway stations. The results were the same.
This is Paddington
Glimpses of the Past
St Pauls seen from inside London Bridge Station
Reach
The Shard
Bronze Bear
Statue of Paddington on platform one of the eponymous station – I'm on my way home at this point
Light Show
Apologies for the wobble - had not set the camera properly
Tracery
till next time
Victorian Vaulting
Mediaeval masons had their cathedrals, 19th century engineers their railway stations. The results were the same.
This is Paddington
Glimpses of the Past
St Pauls seen from inside London Bridge Station
Reach
The Shard
Bronze Bear
Statue of Paddington on platform one of the eponymous station – I'm on my way home at this point
Light Show
Apologies for the wobble - had not set the camera properly
Tracery
till next time
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