Cine film of Riber Castle and Zoo, August 1969
As a follow-up to my last post, here’s a cine film taken by my father of a family visit to Riber Zoo on 30th August 1969. The castle building appears to be in a state of complete ruin – very different...
View ArticleIt’s almost Christmas on Pride Park
Tonight’s lovely almost Christmas gridlock on Pride Park, Derby. A merry bah humbug to you all. The post It’s almost Christmas on Pride Park appeared first on ten pence piece.
View ArticleStapleford Miniature Railway Open Weekend – August 2017
I’ve been meaning to post a few photographs from this event for some time as a follow-up to the 1974 cine film I wrote about earlier this year. The railway is currently open to the public on a couple...
View ArticleThe spirit of London 2012 lives on
As a visitor to the London Paralympics in 2012 one of the things I appreciated most were the temporary bright pink signs to the events seen around the capital. Even though I’m a relatively frequent...
View ArticleThe Ship Inn
The Ship Inn. A random image, found in amongst pictures of caravans and a family holiday at the seaside. The film it was on was developed in September 1968. Does anyone recognise this particular Ship...
View ArticleA farewell to 2017: January to June
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View ArticleA farewell to 2017: July to December
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View ArticleBuckfast Abbey and Buckfastleigh
Today’s wanderings around Devon took me to Buckfast Abbey. It’s very quiet at this time of year, so there’s plenty of opportunity for reflection and generally poking around the site. The Benedictine...
View ArticleColour pictures of Derwent Dams in the drought of 1959
In 2017 I drove up to the Derwent Dams for the first time in several years. This afternoon as I was going through more boxes of slides that my father left, I came across these ones of the dams. They...
View ArticleBritish Celanese Motor Club Driving Tests – June 1960
Earlier on today I came across a number of photographs taken on the afternoon of Sunday June 26th 1960 at the British Celanese Motor Club Driving Tests event. Thanks to my late father’s meticulous...
View ArticleThe Oulton Park monument
One of the more incongruous sights at a motor racing circuit is at Oulton Park, Cheshire. I was reminded while watching the British Touring Cars racing on ITV4 this afternoon that I took a photograph...
View ArticleOwn a piece of bygone Spondon
Since I started publishing my father’s photographs of bygone Spondon, I’ve been delighted by the interest that they’ve attracted. I was recently contacted by Kaff at Cherrytree Picture Framers in...
View ArticleSpondon Home Guard
A conversation I had earlier on today reminded me that I have a photograph of the Spondon Home Guard. It was taken during World War II, outside the gatehouse lodge at Locko Park. I don’t…Continue...
View ArticleTransplant +75: Carsington Water
Carsington Water is a pleasant 30 minute drive from home. It’s somewhere I enjoy going to think, especially when it’s quiet. It was very quiet this morning, as well as being cold and rather eerie...
View ArticleChester in 1952 vs 2018
I spent the last weekend in Chester with friends. On Saturday morning we walked around the city and retook a series of six photographs that my father shot in 1952. Five of the locations were…Continue...
View ArticleCine film of grasstrack motorcycle racing, Hopwell Hall, 1951
I recently found a couple of Pathescope films shot by my father in the early 1950s. The more interesting one is of grasstrack motorcycle racing in September 1951. Pathescope is a 9.5mm cine film...
View ArticleTerminus
One of my Christmas Day highlights (*) was seeing John Schlesinger’s film Terminus for the first time in many years. A 33 minute short produced by British Transport Films, it documents a day at...
View ArticleDartmouth Harbour in 1955 and 2019
Two views of the harbour at Dartmouth, the first taken in 1955 and the second a couple of days ago. Not very much seems to have changed in the last 64 years. The walls are…Continue Reading The post...
View ArticleChester in 1952 vs 2019
I returned to Chester last week to attend the BPS occupational psychology conference. As I arrived early, I took the opportunity to re-shoot two of the 1952 photographs of Chester that I’d got wrong...
View ArticleA blat to Rutland Water
It was perfect weather for getting out in the Caterham today. Rather than head up into the peaks as usual, I decided instead to meander towards Rutland Water. The drive along the A6006 and...
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