I was lucky enough to have grown up in East London, which was local enough to walk into central London most weekends when most city streets* were deserted.

If time allowed I could extend my walk into west London taking in the riverside, the architecture, the parks and the people – ideal subject matter.

For no particular reasons I often found myself drawn to military subjects on horseback.

I am reminded that a long dead aunt and more recently poet Billy Collins (in his poem Statue in the Park) once explained the hidden meanings behind the horse pose on some of these plinths.

A horse seen rearing up on two legs apparently meant that the rider had died in battle.

If you notice that only one horse leg is raised, it means that although the rider was wounded he did not sustain them in battle but elsewhere.

If all four-horse legs are touching the plinth, then it meant that the rider had died of a cause other than war. But I digress.

Before digital cameras were invented you had to wait for days to find out how good your captures were. Thank goodness that’s all changed.

It’s so easy (once you’ve remembered) to slip a compact into your pocket to achieve fair results without spending a lot of cash.

Most of the pictures on this site will have a story attachment to supplement the photograph. Although most appear in colour I have included some black and white ones.

I do hope that you find something to ‘tickle your fancy’.

Have fun!

Dennis

*Roads do not exist in the City of London.