part of the view from the south bank

a curious incident

an usher came out of the queen elizabeth hall to insist that "tripods are not allowed !"

yet there is no sign forbidding them

he threatened to call security because i was unwilling to comply

can anyone explain ?

portsmouth skyline from porchester

portslade docks in a frosty dawn

 

"behind the desk sat an attractive blonde with long expressive fingers ..."

 

passing a gate which is usually closed, i spotted this old sign in the car park of a neighbouring company

 

... a very skilfull drawing

 

wadworth's northgate brewery at devizes

 

ellen rose forward ...

... waiting for a train

nice old lettering at bradford-on-avon

 

bradford-on-avon pigeons holding a meeting

 

a steeple in trowbridge

 

corsham steeple

to my eye, the weathercock has a chinese dragon sort of style about it

 

a bit of corsham court

 

the folly next to corsham court

this was the backdrop for scene one in a short play called "hamlet, an every-day story of countryfolk", wot i wrote

 

resident doves at the folly in corsham

 

two very important dogs in their malmesbury pied-a-terre

 

i lived in the right hand cottage at 35 horsefair in malmesbury from about 1950 to 1955

 

my brother dave has taken the principle of neighbourhood watch to his heart

 

david forward and his sculptures

 

a garden fence in gastons road in malmesbury

 

a nice old cast-iron sign in malmesbury

 

a segment of the porch of malmesbury abbey

 

a waterspout on the porch of malmesbury abbey

 

an ancient coffin in malmesbury churchyard ... just my size !

 

a sign board in the athelstan museum ... i remember mister saunders

as a boy he'd served in the army in india before the first world war

after the first world war he sold tea from a van in the cotswolds and the severn valley and was frost-bitten

he knew how to break horses

in the nineteen fifties and early sixties, his little grocery shop in saint john's street was still without electricity and lit by tilley lamps