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Liverpool and the Mersey

The two things are inseparable, and this is a quick visit to the quayside at Liverpool. I was looking at some old folders of images and I was surprised to find these, which had been largely overlooked when I first shot them. Looking again I quite lik...

Posted: 11 Dec 2022 11:28PM

Places - Yorkshire Sculpture Park

When photographing other people's artwork it's still possible to make the image our own, unless of course it is just a record. Being selective is one way, showing the item in the context of its surroundings can be another. Here's a few images from Yo...

Posted: 8 Dec 2022 11:47AM

Railway Memories

It's a while since we went to one of these re-enactments, before Covid Lockdown, so maybe 2023 will bring the opportunity back once more. Interesting environments, interesting people all dressed up and happy to be photographed, some good food as well...

Posted: 7 Dec 2022 11:41AM

Adventures around Woodbridge, Part Two

Yesterday we looked at Boulge and touched upon the world of Edward FitzGerald and the Suffolk Poets. Today we move firmly to the 20th Century, in fact 1980 and the depths of Rendlesham Forest. Within the forest we find Woodford Airfield, used in WWII...

Posted: 6 Dec 2022 9:47AM

Adventures around Woodbridge, Part One

The original reason for visiting Woodbridge was to look at various places relating to a distant relative of the FitzGerald part of our wider family, Edward FitzGerald. EFG was the Victorian Poet who became famous when his small pamphlet translating t...

Posted: 5 Dec 2022 9:10AM

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