Monthly Archives: August 2011

Beached

But not everything in Sheringham reflects badly on values of a previous age (previous posting).  The traditional British holiday stoicism of enduring a chilly beach come what may survives too. Photo: Sheringham, Norfolk, 29th August 2011

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Time Warp

I like Sheringham, a cheery little seaside town with few pretentions and the slightly old fashioned feel of a less complicated age about it.  But sometimes it’s a surprise to discover what the time warp throws up. Photo: Sheringham, Norfolk, … Continue reading

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Blue Door

I pass this garden almost every day.  One day the paint must have been fresh.  I can’t remember when.  Before my time? Photo: Mowbray Road, Cambridge, 28th August 2011

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Re-cycle

Another bicycle trashed and abandoned in Cambridge, cycle city. Photo: Cambridge June 2011

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Orford Derelict

Photo: Orford, Suffolk, 16th August 2011

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Vernacular 2

And it works as well (better?) in black and white. Photo: Boatshed, Orford, Suffolk, 16th August 2011

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Vernacular

Corrugated iron is disregarded as a makeshift material in this country.  In some places, Zanzibar by curious example, it is accepted as an honourable part of the vernacular.  Wherever, its status as the perfect building material for photography it is … Continue reading

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Exquisite Corpse

‘Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would … Continue reading

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Woodbridge Blue

Rope £9 for 10m. Photo: Woodbridge, Suffolk, 15th August 2011

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Transition

A window in transition.  Walking by two hours later a demure figure had replaced the scene of dismemberment. Photo: Woodbridge, Suffolk, 15th August 2011

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Aldeburgh 1

Aldeburgh likes to adopt the air of being a rather smart, cultured place, but sometimes it catches some of the cherrio jollyness of its northern neighbours, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.  Come the Aldeburgh Carnival it lets its hair down. Photo: Mill … Continue reading

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Orford

Can’t usually get very excited about pretty picture views, but I like this because it reminds me of an early morning walk along the Ore – water lapping, swallows twittering overhead, the plaintiff call of waders, skeins of Canada Geese … Continue reading

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Che

A reminder in a week of unrest that it takes more then liberating trainers from branches of JJB Sports to change the world. Photo: Che, Coe Fen, Cambridge, 12th August 2011

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Time

An aged figure playing with time – a metaphore for the average National Trust visitor. Photo: Formal Garden, Anglesey Abbey, 10th August 2011

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Myxi

Myxomatosis (sometimes shortened to “myxi” or “myxo”) is a disease which affects rabbits and is caused by the Myxoma virus. It was first observed in Uruguay in laboratory rabbits in the late 19th century. It was introduced into Australia in … Continue reading

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