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District Line ( London competition)

doors closing… dead eyed they hang from leather loops ears plastic wrapped to numbing music cloth wrapped meat destined for abattoirs of chrome and...
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Touring with Harry ( London Competition)

Harry just loves the city of London. Most days and nights he can be found driving his open topper past all the world famous landmarks that London has...

Blue tarpaulin

As Mike awaits the return telephone call he swivels and tilts his chair back to study the gathering storm clouds through a dirt smeared window.....
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Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...!! ( IP)

‘…better now or never Rudo…bring them all in and let’s get on with it…! Hi guys bad news I’m afraid, there’s no easy way to say this but…! As from...
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so OS in love

‘Is it possible to increase the size please? ‘ I can! Let’s try A1 and see how that comes out, then go from there! Will that be OK? I nod a yes and...

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20 of my comments have received 21 Great Feedback votes

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A nice snapshot of nature

Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2015

A nice snapshot of nature here sand lady.

"...tattooed by the sun..."    I liked this line, a lovely sweet image
 

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I really enjoyed reading this

Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2015

I really enjoyed reading this  window tale, all the little snippets of estate living.

I only hope he doesn't clean the window you have as a picture, beautiful colours that don't need rinsing off.  

ps Reminds of an Edward Hopper...

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Posted in Peep Show

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I think we should smile at

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015

I think we should smile at strangers.

Offer a hug, you never know what may happen

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   "...silence saying it all,

Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2014

   "...silence saying it all, when we ask, Why?..."

Why indeed.  How I detest war

ps  protocol stops me from writing expletives on here

Regards and take care

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Posted in The Power and the Glory

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This sadly reminds me of the

Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2014

This sadly reminds me of the WW1 trenches when gas was used as a weapon.

Indiscriminate in its use as the wind follows no borders.

Regards.

ps   Nice to dip back and  read  your " Camera Obscura, Lacework tales etc

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A  nice visual treat to read

Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2014

A  nice visual treat to read I thought.

Not far from where I live an old  rusting gasometer has recenty been dismantled to make way for housing.

Sad in some ways,  it was a local landmark, and as  all you had to say to lost tourists...

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Posted in Saltley Gas Works (Necropolis)

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I liked this one and your

Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2014

I liked this one and your exchange of LDV history  plus an insight into other lost buildings with Rhiannonw.

ps. As  your son  is interested  in photography, perhaps he make like to visit the website of the artist Arthur Lockwood. He spent...

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Thanks for posting this.

Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2014

Thanks for posting this.

 I read about Conner  in the news and  found  his  story profoundly sad.

I hope more read of the circumstances surrounding his death.

Regards

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Posted in The Wheels of the Bus

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The reference to Wifred Owen

Posted on Sat, 31 May 2014

The reference to Wifred Owen is a nice touch    "...Dulce et Decorum..."    

Regards.

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Posted in War of Sounds

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