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Oh dear, I should have at least tried to smile, but it looks like I was caught by surprise. My dad snaps me moments after I had photographed the dmu in the background, which has just arrived at Lambley station. The camera in my hand is the basic one I used almost exclusively between 1973 and 1976. The date is Tuesday 15th July 1975. I have mixed feelings about this summer because, although I didn't know it then, I had failed most of my 'O' Levels; I blame lack of application and an obsession with the railway hobby. I recall this with some trepidation as No. 2 daughter prepares to take her GCSEs this summer, but no, she is very conscientious where school work is concerned and emphatically not a follower of the railway hobby.
The Alston branch ran through the valley of the river South Tyne between Haltwhistle in Northumberland and Alston in Cumbria. The line closed to all traffic on 3rd May 1976, in what may have been the final act in the implementation of Beeching's cuts.
Since that time, the South Tynedale Railway has opened a 2' narrow gauge line using the old trackbed from Alston to Lintley (3½ miles), and has plans to extend further north.
Scan of a colour print.
This catalogue for 1929 showing box tops for chocolates and biscuits was issued by the Leeds colour printers George H Harrison & Sons of the Statue Printing Works. It was issued in two formats, for large and small cartons, and contains numerous stock designs that could be overprinted with a brand and retailers name. The colourways and designs are very 1920s 'chocolate box' in style with little of contemporary graphic design! They show very traditional scenes, Christmas and such, as well as charming 1920s 'flappers' along with a smattering of historical and 'Far Eastern" promise and delights! The prices ranged from 55/- per thousand for designs in Section C, through 65/- in Section B and Section A's designs coming in at 75/-.
This shows a lid and front panel design overprinted, as an example, as "Gaiety Chocolates" to show what could be provided at additional cost. The scene is rather 'Arabian Nights".
The fishing vessel 'Sofia', netting at Ammochosti, Tilos. 7 October 1997.
High-res scan of a large-format Kodak print.
Oh boy, these shots were flat as hell in the straight scans. The lighting was not as good as I anticipated, but they responded well in post. Again, loving the fullness of colour that Ektar is capable of.
Merry Christmas!
Hasselblad 500C w/ 80mm f/2.8 + 21mm ext. tube. Kodak Ektar 100 (shot at 200).
From a 1930s printers almanac showing examples of colour separation and printing as being used for high quality advertising. This quite lucious illustration is intended to seel the multi-coloured woollen yarns available fromt he famous Bardford concern of Lister's. Lister's originated in silk production but diversified into other fibres especially the locally important wool industry and became known for fine velvets as well as heavier moquettes. The paper label design is lovely with the very '30s image of the modern lady golfer!
An advert page from a May 1955 edition of "Illustrated" magazine, one of the many popular such magazines produced from the vast stable of the Odhams Press in London. Created in 1898 Odhams took advantage of the increasing market for illustrated magazines and by 1938 introduced the first such 'colour' title, Woman. In post-war years a new plant in Watford was constructed and this would in later years become part of the Fleetway/IPC Group that Odhams folded into in 1961. "Illustrated" incorporated other titles from 1939 including "News Review" and "The Passing Show" to better compete with Picture Post. In post-WW2 years, with the lifting of paper rationing, the market expanded again and Illustrated was one of the weeklies that sold over a million copies per issue. The cost of advertising in the magazine must have therefore have been consumate with circulation and prime pages took advantage of the colour gravure printing.
This is another in the highly successful series of Rowntree's adverts for their Fruit Pastilles and Gums that were issued in the 1950s. They relied on a minimum of text, the product packaging to show the subject of the advert and bold colours of the sort that colour gravure printing such as this could so successfully reproduce even on poor quality papers. This is the 'boy' version of the advert.
From an exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo.
In the 23. Trierenberg Super Circuit 2014 this photo was submitted in Colour Prints, and was Accepted in Salon 1 and 3.
From a 1930s printers almanac showing examples of colour separation and printing as being used for high quality advertising. This image demonstrated the Vivex Clour Process system as produced via three-colour blocks by Gee & Watson.
The selection still looks delicious! Macfarlane, Lang were origianlly a Glasgow company who had built a large bakery in the est of the city, the Victoria Biscuit Works, and had also expanded as a national brand and opened an additional works in Osterley, west London.
The harbour in Emborio, Halki, with the caique 'Captain Costas' berthed at the quayside. Saturday 5 October 1996.
On a damp, overcast spring morning in 1980, long before Star City Casino, Pyrmont power station is on the far right and the railway yards at Darling Island sprawl over much of the scene.
Kodak Colour Print film
This catalogue for 1929 showing box tops for chocolates and biscuits was issued by the Leeds colour printers George H Harrison & Sons of the Statue Printing Works. It was issued in two formats, for large and small cartons, and contains numerous stock designs that could be overprinted with a brand and retailers name. The colourways and designs are very 1920s 'chocolate box' in style with little of contemporary graphic design! They show very traditional scenes, Christmas and such, as well as charming 1920s 'flappers' along with a smattering of historical and 'Far Eastern" promise and delights! The prices ranged from 55/- per thousand for designs in Section C, through 65/- in Section B and Section A's designs coming in at 75/-.
The title page is rather old-fashioned in style even for 1929 but is designed to show the technical skill of the company. The Statue Printing Works was situated on Lovett Road, Leeds.
A supplement entitled "The advertiisng appeal of gold and silver print" for Coronation Year in the March 1937 issue of Advertising Display and Press Publicity. This very colourful page details the various designers, printers and manufacturers involved; The Grosvenor Studios did the artwork, it was printed by Marshall Hardy Ltd on John Dickinson's papers, using blocks by Knighton & Cutts with inks by Johnston & Bloy and Shackell Edwards Co. Ltd. and it looks suitably 'regal'.
The 'shadow' comes from the reaction of the metallic inks with the opposite page that looks at the future of neon signs for advertising; in annuals such pages were often separated by a piece of tissue paper.
"Seen passing the Swan Lake Restaurant as the Miniature Railway takes its passenger on their joy ride."
Colour by R Matley. Plastichrome by Colourprint.
Postally unused.
As a coda to these few shots of the Alston branch I include one more taken by my dad. The only thing I can say for certain about it is the date: Tuesday 15th July 1975. Otherwise, my guess is that this is the same dmu seen here after leaving Lambley station, bound for Haltwhistle. If I'm right, the dmu will soon head out over the Lambley viaduct, out of sight on the right.
The Alston branch ran through the valley of the river South Tyne between Haltwhistle in Northumberland and Alston in Cumbria. The line closed to all traffic on 3rd May 1976, in what may have been the final act in the implementation of Beeching's cuts.
Since that time, the South Tynedale Railway has opened a 2' narrow gauge line using the old trackbed from Alston to Lintley (3½ miles), and has plans to extend further north.
Scan from colour print.
Showing the "Christopher Hill Limited" grain silo on the left (later RHM Agriculture and then Dalgety).
Colour by E R Bichard; Plastichrome by Colourprint.
Postally unused.
Livadia, Tilos. 25 September 1997.
Another old holiday snap and another high-res scan of a large-format Kodak print. I've been really encouraged by how well these have scanned; with judicious use of the built-in fading correction software and a bit of dust-spotting in Photoshop they're actually cleaner and brighter than the original prints.
This was the second of two holidays I took with the late and much lamented Laskarina Holidays, a package tour company for people who don't like package tour companies, and who specialised in offering low-key self-catering villa holidays on off-the-beaten-track Greek islands.
Tilos is an island great for walking with a good smattering of remote beaches that, back in 1997 at least, were mostly 'clothing-optional'.
A rather fine insert in the Winter 1936/37 issue of the UK trade journal Printing Review. It serves two purposes; firstly as an example of six rubber mat colour printing showing the versitility of the process in which tracings of the artwork were taken on six mats, one used for each colour.
The insert is for the "Kent Vale" paper and shows several of the weights and finishes available, firstly on the cover and then on the four interleaved graduated pages that overlap producing the final image on the final page. Sadly, given the discussion of the process no artist or printer is given. The name Kent and vale is suggested in the artwork of hop fields and oast houses; a scene especially connected with the county of Kent. The paper is described as Cream Weave parchment style that was tub sized, air dried and of rag quality. Different weights, shades and sheet sizes are available.
The insert is issued under the name of the Allied Paper Merchants and, I am sure, the "W.T." stands for Wiggins Teape, the long established British papermakers founded in 1761. Becoming a public company in 1919 by the date of this advert they had acquired over 30 associated companies and the "Allied" likely marketed the papers produced by the whole group.
The sun rises above the hills of Rhodes, as seen from the harbour in Emborio on the island of Halki. Saturday 5 October 1996.
One of my favourite photos from Halki. The chaps on the pier were angling for garfish, a long and slender little fish that's quite common in the waters around the island. Garfish is very good to eat, though the eggs are toxic and the green bones tend to put some people off eating them!
Passengers await the arrival of the Up Riverina Express, then a 900 class railcar DEB set, one weekend afternoon at Moss Vale in 1977. As a teenager, this was one of my early rail shots.
Another scene from this day:
www.flickr.com/photos/highplains68/6381881641/in/photostream
Country: SUDAN
Operator: SUDAN RAILWAYS
Item: STEAM
Class or Maker: SudanRly/220
Wheel Arrangement or Type: 4-6-2
Number: 263
Place details: SENNAR JUNCTION Loco Shed
Additional notes: 3ft6 AMCB/25
Original source material: Colour print
Photographer: Alec McBlain
Copyright: Photographer
Library locator reference: AMCB.0274
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1976APR19AMCB008cs
Country: INDIA
Operator: CALCUTTA TRAMWAY
Item: TRAM
Class or Maker: -
Wheel Arrangement or Type: Bo-2-Bo
Number: 180
Place details: CALCUTTA
Additional notes: new bodies on 1930 trucks
Original source material: Colour print
Photographer: Eric H. Gaskell
Copyright: Photographer's estate
Library locator reference: EHGA0002
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1977JAN13EHGA001cp
A small fishing boat sets out into the early morning sunshine from the harbour in Emborio, Halki. Saturday 5 October 1996.
...as seen from Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire.
Taken with an Olympus OM2 & standard Fujinon 55mm 1.4 lens on Boots Colourprint film.
A stone seal marked with 樂, the Chinese character for my surname, "joy". I often use it as a profile picture online.
Harambee Avenue, Lamu, Kenya; the main street that runs N - S through Lamu Town, just wide enough for laden donkeys to pass, and always bustling with local people just going about their daily business. Tuesday 9th January 2001.
Scanned from a Kodak print.
I haven't been out for more than a week, owing to reasons both meteorological and medical, so I've been trawling my archives...
Emborio, Halki. Friday 4 October 1996.
Having spent rather too much of my time over the past few years house-hunting, I've become somewhat cynical about the way that estate agents describe properties, so I'd love to know what they'd make of this one: 'scope for improvement' perhaps, or how about 'offering considerable potential for a discerning purchaser to create their dream home'?