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When I was a kid the shop on the left was a Butchers shop and the shop on the right was a general store or 'corner shop' as we say.. The shop in the middle was always joined to the corner shop. This is also on the 'left right' bit of road where my friends and I would stack our bicycles from trying to take the corners too fast. Great fun!
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Here's Olive's wonderful grocery shop in Maryport, much more civilised. I love Olive's shop
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Built on the corner of Seymour and Neil Streets in the provincial city of Ballarat, this former butcher's shop would have been erected in the early 1900s.
Built of red brick, the shop still has its signs with the lettering clearly cut into stone. On the upper panes of its windows, 1930s signs painted in brilliant red and cobalt blue advertising ox beef, corned beef and choice veal are still clear, if a little faded by the passing years. It also has its original white tile panels with black tile chequered detailing around the windows and corner door. The shop still boasts a very original interior, with high ceilings of pressed tin, weatherboard walls and windows of dark blue and lime and bottle green dimpled glass.
No longer the local butchers, the shop today functions as a studio for a local artist who has embraced the shop's original function and its history by hanging her works from the original meat hooks that hang from a rail along both the Neil and Seymour Street facades.
Mick the Meat's Shop Front this is our friendly local Butcher Mick Maginness "Mick The Meat" this is just a small one man shop and we always use him for our meat (no tough meat here!) Whenever you go he is always busy and have to stand outside sometimes to get served. When I asked him if I could take a photo he couldn’t wait to pose.
Our walk towards the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple continues down the Hall Bazaar. This is a typically dusty Indian bazaar street with a variety of stores on either side of the street- foodstuff, garments, electronics, Sikh headgear, cafes and restaurants, household goods- you name it. We are at the other end of the Hall Bazaar street now and there is the gate at the other end of the street. The Hall Bazaar was designed by the British, due to this, this is the only 'bazaar' or market street in Amritsar which features a sidewalk (footpath) on either side of the street. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
I excused myself from our able tour guide to walk a few steps so that I could take a closer view of the Khair ud din mosque (see previous picture) and another interesting building (follows immediately after this). As I turned around, I spotted this tuktuk repair workshop outside Hall Bazaar. We rode tuk tuks several times during our visit to Amritsar. These vehicles are put through through absolute hell and competition is intense. They load up to six heavily built adults in (three facing outwards). Going over severely potholed and poorly maintained streets, almost zero suspension in these vehicles means that you are instantly airborne with even the smallest pothole, let alone going into some pothole which appear large enough to swallow the vehicles themselves! Most are fitted with a crude diesel engine, which with a kat kat kat staccato beat makes these ramshackle devices sound like a large overloaded lawn mowers on wheels. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Built on the corner of Seymour and Neil Streets in the provincial city of Ballarat, this former butcher's shop would have been erected in the early 1900s.
Built of red brick, the shop still has its signs with the lettering clearly cut into stone. On the upper panes of its windows, 1930s signs painted in brilliant red and cobalt blue advertising ox beef, corned beef and choice veal are still clear, if a little faded by the passing years. It also has its original white tile panels with black tile chequered detailing around the windows and corner door. The shop still boasts a very original interior, with high ceilings of pressed tin, weatherboard walls and windows of dark blue and lime and bottle green dimpled glass.
No longer the local butchers, the shop today functions as a studio for a local artist who has embraced the shop's original function and its history by hanging her works from the original meat hooks that hang from a rail along both the Neil and Seymour Street facades.
Built on the corner of Seymour and Neil Streets in the provincial city of Ballarat, this former butcher's shop would have been erected in the early 1900s.
Built of red brick, the shop still has its signs with the lettering clearly cut into stone. On the upper panes of its windows, 1930s signs painted in brilliant red and cobalt blue advertising ox beef, corned beef and choice veal are still clear, if a little faded by the passing years. It also has its original white tile panels with black tile chequered detailing around the windows and corner door. The shop still boasts a very original interior, with high ceilings of pressed tin, weatherboard walls and windows of dark blue and lime and bottle green dimpled glass.
No longer the local butchers, the shop today functions as a studio for a local artist who has embraced the shop's original function and its history by hanging her works from the original meat hooks that hang from a rail along both the Neil and Seymour Street facades.
We had lunch at Brother's Dhaba near the Harmandir Sahib/ Golden Temple. We opted for Amritsar's other favourite- 'sarson ka saag', Hindi for cooked mustard leaves. It was delicious, if a tad oily. The restaurant was filled with architecture students from my home town Pune (Poona). As we were walking down the steps back to street level, I took a picture of this metal etching of the Harmandir Sahib/ Golden Temple, which looked pretty plain jane then. It's only when I viewed the picture later in the viewfinder that I could see the gold! Probably due to the angle of light or the darkness of the stair well, this etching had looked totally chrome when I took a picture of it. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
The small white pickup truck, the small local shop, the vending machines and the small shrine (on the left). To me this symbolizes Japan more than the standard "Bullet train passing mt Fuji".
Note: red sign sais " food departmentstore". Below that from left to right: Gekkeikan (sake), Kirin beer, Sapporo beer. Food for the thirsty...
see my Kasugaicho set for more of this town.
Raja Exclusive is one of the more reputed local clothing stores in Amritsar. We visited this store as my sis in law wanted to pick up some dress material here for some of her relatives. Apart from leather sandals or jutti (see previous pictures), Amritsar is also famous for it's rajai (unfilled quilts), loose trousers-long knee length suits (more like the Pakistan traditional dress) and embroidered dresses. Despite the store pitching hard, my brother and I passed on the Pakistani style suit offer as it is difficult to wear an outfit like that outside of Punjab. My sis in law picked up a couple of embroidered dress materials though. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Still in the small by-lanes behind the Harmandir Sahib/ Golden Temple at the fag end of our Amritsar heritage walk, this man just goes on to show that you do not necessarily need a store or establishment to carry on your business! This itinerant tradesman sits on the steps of a closed store to ply his trade of enameling of kitchen utensils. It's an age old and almost outdated process, especially in today's non stick, stainless steel cookware or melamine ware in a microwave culture, but some traditional households still call for it. In households which still use brass cooking pots, the insides of the pot needs to be enameled, probably to prevent oxidation and discolouration, which may affect the food cooked or stored in it. The enamel coating wears out after prolonged use, so people like this tradesman re-enamel the insides of the pot, which he is seen doing right here. It was almost forty years since I last witnessed something like with when my late granny (bless her soul) got some cooking pots re-enameled in the southern Indian city of Madras (Chennai). (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
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We went shopping with Dagmar for some new shades. Despite the orange frames, she ultimately decided against this pair..
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It wasn't too long before we came across yet another store selling glass bangles or 'choori', which is traditional wear for weddings, engagements and other festive occasions. For notes, please see previous pictures earlier in this album. I was surprised at the 'Singapore' name- that place is so far away! The hotel we were staying in was called Hong Kong International, here is Singapore Jewellery, and there were other odd store here and there in Amritsar with a far east name. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Built on the corner of Seymour and Neil Streets in the provincial city of Ballarat, this former butcher's shop would have been erected in the early 1900s.
Built of red brick, the shop still has its signs with the lettering clearly cut into stone. On the upper panes of its windows, 1930s signs painted in brilliant red and cobalt blue advertising ox beef, corned beef and choice veal are still clear, if a little faded by the passing years. It also has its original white tile panels with black tile chequered detailing around the windows and corner door. The shop still boasts a very original interior, with high ceilings of pressed tin, weatherboard walls and windows of dark blue and lime and bottle green dimpled glass.
No longer the local butchers, the shop today functions as a studio for a local artist who has embraced the shop's original function and its history by hanging her works from the original meat hooks that hang from a rail along both the Neil and Seymour Street facades.
Not long ago this street leading to Amritsar's Harmandir Sahib/ Golden Temple was a typically congested, narrow and dusty Indian street. Just look at it now! Although pedestrianized, a couple of motor scooters still managed to sneak through. We are now walking on the sidewalk, have just come on here from the largely pedestrianized street. I got ripped off here at this point. One is supposed to cover one's head while going to the Golden Temple, and we have vendors hassling you to buy head covers. One elderly Sikh gentleman put a head cover on my head and said, pay anything you like. I gave him 20 Indian rupees. Seeing a 50 rupee note in my wallet, he insisted on that too. The disposable bandana wouldn't have been worth more than 5 or 10 Indian rupees, and although 70 Indian rupees was still really quite a pittance, I did not like the way the well dressed elderly Sikh gentleman tried to take advantage of his age to rip me off all that extra money. My sis in law was severely pissed at my naivety but in the end the incident was soon forgotten. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Full load for this poor trishaw guy- here is another frail soul hauling a mean load of what appears to be grey material for blanket making,
a product Amritsar is famous for. Although the poor chap makes a living this way, I think it's inhuman to overload him so, considering the erratic traffic conditions, less than optimum road conditions and his wobbly wheels. The trishaw driver in the background is probably envying this tuk tuk driver over his good fortune- he has at leas got a load for today. It's a really a dog's life for these poor individuals. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Well not quite, but it looks like something from The League of Gentlemen, which was filmed in Hadfield near here...
Ian South is finally putting his knifes down after 40 years service, the last butchers shop in Greenfield will now be run by Tim; who also makes very good pies :)
I finally get my turn to pose before that bhangra (also spelled bhangda) diorama. But I was not alone- there are two other 'singles' posing on either side of me, and no, I have no idea who they are. We are walking towards the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple. It is mandatory for all visitors to cover their heads, and there are numerous vendors walking around offering the disposable bandanna for that purpose. I am seen here wearing one of those headscarves which was virtually forced upon me by an elderly local (see previous captions). Notes about the bhangra dance appear in previous captions. While the bhangra is for men, or couples, the ladies have another form of folk dance called the Giddha or Giddhah, which is depicted by the other diorama on the far side. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Back to the shopping street and the long walk to the Kiyomizu-dera bus stop at last! It was quite a long way down and the exit path from the temple seemed to be never ending! (see previous pictures). Don't you simply love the colour of the kimonos of those Chines (or Korean) e tourists! They are, as girls do everywhere else in the world, busy taking selfies! Part of the fun of visiting the Kiyomizu-dera temple is the approach to the temple along the steep and busy lanes of the atmospheric Higashiyama District, which is where I am now. The many shops and restaurants in the area have been catering to tourists and pilgrims for centuries, and products on sale range from local specialties such as Kiyomizu-yaki pottery, sweets, and pickles to the standard set of souvenirs. Sannenzaka stretches from the top end of Ninenzaka and is also called “Sanneizaka.” The gently curving 150 meters slope with stone stairs and pavement has served as an approach to the temples and shrines near here from the old times. Detailed notes about the Kiyomizu-dera temple and it's subsidiaryshrines appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). (Kyoto, Japan, Apr/ May 2019)
Our Amritsar trip is now complete. There is little else left to do now than to return to our hotel, re-organize our packing and then head to the train station for our train ride to Chandigarh. So it's back to shooting out of the tuk tuk. That's the traveler in me for you- although I say the trip is over, I simply have to keep taking pictures of things that catch my fancy till the very last minute, wherever I go. And so back to the subject of local intra-city freight, we've seen trishaws and tractor-trailer combos. And now this- horse drawn wagon. Amritsar has scores of these too. I was amazed at the generous supply of horses available for menial tasks. Now that is one mean load for a single skinny horse! (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
The inconspicuous other entrance to the Harmandir Sahib/ Golden Temple is still some way off- most people use the gorgeous clock tower entrance. But on the way there is this even more nondescript place-a former wrestling arena. It's quite obvious it is no longer in use, and as you can see, people are living all around it. Those were the days, our guide said, when the youth had to do physical exercise like gymnastics and wrestling. The youth of today, they only want to take a selfie in front of a former wrestling arena like this and post on social media like Instagram, fishing for likes and comments, he lamented.
We must admit that he had a point there! (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
How far to Royston Vasey?
[This isn't actually where Edward and Tubbs keep the precious things, it's a gamekeeper's hut by Foulstone Road on the outskirts of Sheffield]
The first refugees coming from Minor Asia (Turkey) established a refugee settlement in 1924, an area above Volos. It was continuously growing since then, turning inti a town, and In 1947 it was given the name Nea Ionia, taken from their native places forced to leave in Minor Asia.
So here is a closer look at the erstwhile Amritsar Town Hall- it was closed at the time. The building now houses the Partition Museum, a fascinating collection of records and documents pertaining to the partition of India into India and Pakistan back in 1947. More on that later in this album.The Amritsar Town Hall was completed in 1870 and the building of the Government School in its neighbourhood was completed in 1873. Other historic buildings in the area, but outside the walled city are the Railway Station, constructed in 1859, and the District Courts and the Treasury in 1876. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Our Amritsar trip is now technically over, and we now have to wrap up our visit. But my sis in law had one more chore up her sleeve- to pick up some woolens, which Amritsar is famous for. Out tuk tuk driver told us not to shop in the scores of shops in the old city. Instead he took us to the retail outlet of OCM Mills, one of the oldest factories in India. You will better much better quality there, he said. We agreed, for quality is what we always look for. But that meant a slightly long-ish ride to a more modern part of Amritsar town. I was now shooting out of the moving tuk tuk. On the way I spotted lots of hard working trishaws like this one here. This poor trishaw driver is hauling a pretty mean load, considering his frail appearance and the wobbly wheels of his contraption. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
The architecture style changes yet again as we continue along on our Amritsar heritage walk. The sheer diversity of diaspora in old time Amritsar was nothing short of mind boggling. Notes about this phenomenon appear in one of my subsequent captions. After a while we gave up trying to keep up with the various architecture styles.
Only missing probably was Islamic style of architecture- Pakistan is just over 40km away, and hundreds of thousands of Moslems escaped into Pakistan after the partition. (and vice versa with the Hindus). Thanks to the ill will and animosity generated as a result of the partition, most of the Moslem era buildings ended up getting demolished and redeveloped more in keeping with local architectural styles in subsequent years. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Twilight beckons in a charming town near Hakone Yumoto Station, with shops casting a cozy light for evening wanderers.
We have reached a large intersection now and another horse drawn wagon appears. Pictures of local transport are blurred as I have been shooting out of a moving tuk tuk. Amritsar's traffic was certainly from a different era- it was like a live lesson in history, or turning the pages of a history book. We had horse drawn wagons or 'tonga's in Poona (Pune) way back in 1971 when we moved to the city. Today, spotting a horse drawn wagon in Poona (Pune) is probably akin to spotting today a live dinosaur on the high street! (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
My sis in law finally yields to the temptation of glass bangles in Amritsar, and here she is, smiling triumphantly after bagging her prize catch! Despite the several stores we had seen earlier, which seemed to specialize in glass bangles (earlier in this album- see previous pictures), our tuk tuk driver recommended this store, for the best deals and better quality of the product on offer. It was a bit isolated, away from the main cluster of shops in the congested old city quarter. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
For Monday's challenge, which was......'The subject for posting on Dec. 13, 20, and 27 will all have the same theme which is holidays.'
Spotted this chap on Saturday looking for a big turkey in my local butchers. Good to know Santa supports the small business and not the big supermarkets :-)
Continuing on the Christian theme, here is a rather Victorian looking piece of architecture in one of the ancient buildings in the congested Amritsar old city quarter. The diaspora in the good old days was mind boggling- most of those ethnicities have left now. Note that almost all the balconies are rendered in wood, testimony to the Sikh carpentry skills at that time. Just to remind you, we are on our Amritsar heritage walk, through the old city quarter of Amritsar in northern India. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
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So our fascinating Amritsar heritage walk starts right here- this is our entry point into the bowels of the congested Amritsar old city district. No, no that closed door- that door was firmly shut with several padlocks. Our walk starts right here, so after viewing this ancient door, we now turn left to enter what is called Quila/ Katra Ahluwalia (Ahluwalia fort). Brief notes appear in subsequent captions. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Our friend the tailor had told us that there had once been a jail at the far end of this street, which was called Jail Road. Well, the end of the street was just metres away. And as informed by the tailor, the erstwhile jail,dating back to the days of Ranjit Singh (the founder of Punjab) has been knocked down now and has been redeveloped. Well, the buildings did look more modern. But here again was yet another contrast between Amritsar and where we come from= Bombay and Poona (Mumbai and Pune) in Western India. There, the street would have been widened a bit, and a bit more redevelopment done. But not so here. Despite the new buildings, the street was as narrow as it would have been during the days of Ranjit Singh!(Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
Shooting out of the moving tuk tuk on the way to the woolens showroom, I felt that going around in Amritsar is like stepping back in time. While in other parts of India, local intra city freight is hauled mostly by pick up trucks and other light commercial vehicles, here in Amritsar a wide variety of vehicles is used. We saw goods being hauled on trishaws, here now is a tractor trailer combo- these vehicles ideally belong on rural roads. Horse carts are another popular mode for transportation of goods within the city. The tractor is Eicher.
Starting off primarily as a tractor builder, Eicher is now an important producer of trucks and bus chassis in India. This ageing tractor is hauling a mean load of what appears to be grey cloth for making blankets. In other parts of India, the two chaps riding atop the load wouldn't be allowed either. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)
I spent a morning taking photographs at my local butchers. I like the traditional look of the subjects and surroundings and it makes a unique and interesting place to take portraits. I chose here to take portraits for my college portraiture project as i like an interesting background and things to be happening in my portraits, also to portray sides of a person not often shown in a portrait.