Thursday, July 27, 2006

LONDON AND SUBURBIA - AUGUST 1980

BACK TO LONDON, AND AMAZINGLY TO THE SUN

After more than two weeks touring Scotland and the Lake District in the company of Messrs. Fog, Mist and Clouds, it was nice to rediscover the bright colours of a sunny day"


"LAW SOCIETY/COURTS - Professional Deformation, as well as picture deformation"


"WESTMINSTER ABBEY - Look how dark it was before the cleaning"


"BIG BEN - 12h27 p.m. GMT"


"CHURCHILL: blood, toil, tears, and sweat! Easily: blood, sweat and tears"


"HYDE PARK, and the Sheraton Park Tower, Knightsbridge. Nice views"


"WINDSOR - Alexandrina Victoria - Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India - the last monarch of the House of Hanover. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years"


"WINDSOR CASTLE is an official residence of The Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world. A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years"


"MARKET CROSS HOUSE - Queen Charlotte Street is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest street in Britain at just 51 feet 10 inches. To the right of Queen Charlotte Street is Market Cross House, thought to have been built in 1687. Its leaning appearance was caused by the use of unseasoned timber and structural changes that have happened over the years"


"THE RIVER THAMES AT WINDSOR"


"HAMPTON COURT - wrought-iron gate"


"HAMPTON COURT GARDENS - a subtle mix of 500 years of royal gardening history. It was Cardinal Wolsey (c1475-1530) who created the earliest garden at Hampton Court, But it was Henry VIII (1509-47) who, in 1529, began to establish the structure of the gardens, very much as they remain today"


"HAMPTON COURT PALACE - Last one close the door"


"THAMES, everywhere"

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