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End of Vicars' Close in Wells.
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England, is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with original buildings surviving intact in Europe.[3]John Julius Norwich called it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century".[8] It comprises numerous Grade I listed buildings, comprising 27 residences (originally 44), built for Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury, a chapel and library at the north end, and a hall at the south end, over an arched gate. It is connected at its southern end to the cathedral by way of a walkway over Chain Gate.
The Close is about 460 feet (140 m) long, and paved with setts. Its width is tapered by 10 feet (3.0 m) to make it look longer when viewed from the main entrance nearest the cathedral. When viewed from the other end it looks shorter. By the nineteenth century the buildings were reported to be in a poor state of repair, and part of the hall was being used as a malt house. Repairs have since been carried out including the construction of Shrewsbury House to replace buildings damaged in a fire.
The Vicars' Hall was completed in 1348 and included a communal dining room, administrative offices and treasury of the Vicars Choral. The houses on either side of the close were built in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Since then alterations have been made including a unified roof, front gardens and raised chimneys. The final part of the construction of the close was during the 1420s when the Vicars' Chapel and Library was constructed on the wall of the Liberty of St Andrew. The south face includes shields commemorating the bishops of the time. The interior is decorated with 19th century gesso work by Heywood Sumner and the building now used by Wells Cathedral School.
Loco Number 32
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Lemon carbonated style. Purely and simply because a colleague relayed a story about how to do this to me yesterday, I immediately decided to give it a go. Strobist info, 1 SB24 camera left at 1/2 and 1 SB24 camera right at 1/4 both through shoot through umbrellas and both triggered with eBay triggers.
This is the lobby of Union Station, in St. Louis. It's a hotel lobby now. The rest of the station has become a shopping mall. I used my homemade 3 exposure HDR technique that I always use for my interior stuff. It was shot with purely available light. Three exposures. One normal, one 2 stops overexposed, one 2 stops under, and manually blended in Photoshop to enhance highlite and shadow detail.
Quite a poor scan, but uploaded purely for the rarity factor. 37109 heads 1X01 Royal Train to Nottingham from its overnight stay in South Yorkshire on 21st March 1997. The train usually ran with the dedicated Royal Duffs, but on this occasion was single headed. I was on nights in Sheffield box when the assisting engine for the top n tail section went by, was a little surprised to see the tractor! 37109 only worked as far as Woodburn Jn, where it was uncoupled and ran light back to Toton. Its seen here passing Don Valley stadium in Attercliffe. I wonder if HRH required the tractor for haulage.....?
A few train rides of my youth have a habit of sticking in the memory purely for reasons of drama - for instance, passing by the coke works just south of Chesterfield in the evening with the orange glow lighting up the carriage and sulphurous fumes seeping through the windows.
Another such ride was the one between Sheffield and Rotherham where you passed an almost continuous line of steel foundries and factories hugging the trackside along the 9 mile route. And, to complete the industrial scene, there were seemingly endless supplies of vapours escaping outlets and stacks, and mineral wagons parked alongside loading bays bringing in supplies.
Fast forward 40 years and it's no surprise there's little left of this once thriving activity, although some of the more specialist factories have survived (including Sheffield Forgemasters, pictured) and still make a muted presence alongside the railway line. The mineral wagons and sidings are long gone though with supplies now being brought in by road.
Pictured here is the now disused Brightside station, with steps from the footbridge removed, and offering a view to the Sheffield skyline. The gritty and industrial feel still remains but, looking in the other direction, the retail park of Meadowhall now occupies the area where factories once stood, and the grassy environmental transition is well underway.
The train sweeping effortlessly by is a Cross Country Voyager working the 10.35 Newcastle - Reading (1V87) service. No clickety-clack on 60 foot rail-lengths, or awe-inspiring view of the once powerful Sheffield steel industry for these passengers.
I guess the Voyager won't appeal to everyone but this section of track still stirs the memories for me and it was good to finally get down here with a camera.
5th April 2017
Well I was back at the Pleasant again, purely thanks to a fallen tree blocking the line near Sevenoaks Tunnel causing a very welcome two hour delay, but would the weather be kind ?.
With heavy rain if not persistent drizzle only clearing by late morning, grey leaden skies remained all afternoon, however, during my journey home from work, glimpses of brightness !!
After arriving home, I kept one interested eye on proceedings whilst enjoying a much needed cuppa, with the other eye on the promising brightening skies above !!
I really didn’t need this tbh 😂, long day / week and all that, trouble was, I knew what could possibly be on offer, particularly with the days rain rinsing everything below, another draw was 002, the one I’ve been after.
Anyway, off I shot, arriving with just a few minutes in hand.
Seeing off a large rain fuelled floater by seconds, much to my surprise and delight, 4y19 had been switched from the ‘Down Main’ to the ‘Down Slow’, I’d never witnessed this in all my years of coming here !!, also, it certainly helped with the lengthening and cracking contrasting shadows.
Running +120 at this point, retro large logo blue liveried Class 69002 ‘Bob Tiller CM&EE’ poses very well in some rather delicious early evening conditions as he heads over Mount Pleasant crossing, Northam, and onwards to the nearby docks for loading.
The title and style are purely for a theme not at all representative of the location just look at my Syon Album to see (www.flickr.com/photos/simon__syon/sets/72157628180957271).
This is a first time go at long exposure day shots.
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Purely delighted to have these TWO monarchs visit our fading flowers. This is only the third time to see monarchs this season here. Thrilled!
Loco Number 13
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Morning amongst the ancient cypress trees of Lake Fausse Pointe in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana.
Taken in Monkwood. I have this feeling that this is one of those pictures that appeals to me and no one else, based purely on my process of seeing the composition through the lens.
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Does anyone else design their garden purely around plants they like to photograph? Been checking these new daisies of mine every morning waiting for a dew drop with a reflection in.. it was such a tiny drop I couldn't actually see the reflection without the macro... maybe thats just old age :)
Manchester Town Hall
I try to find an image that depicts the content of each of my albums on Flickr and process them as a square image purely for presentational purposes. My current offering is a misty Beetham tower shot that doesn't really sum up Manchester. I've been aware of the bee symbol for many years and always thought that's the one for me but never seemed to get around to finding a good example so last Saturday I went out of my way to find it.
Just to fill you in on why I've picked this image for my album cover - the worker bee was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, at a time when Manchester was taking a leading role in new forms of mass production. Seven bees are included in the crest of the city's arms which were granted to the Borough of Manchester in 1842. The bee denotes Mancunians' hard work during this era and Manchester being a hive of activity in the 19th century.
If you look hard enough you will see it in many forms around the city, most noticeable on the city bins. Alas, I didn't find an example that floated my boat but I did know of a mosaic version in the Town Hall so off I wandered in the hope of rescuing a disappointing, unmotivated photo shoot.
In the main foyer of the town hall is a beautiful mosaic floor but not one single bee symbol was to be found. At one end of the foyer was an information desk manned by several staff and a security guard. The staff were dealing with a queue of people so I asked the guard if he knew the whereabouts of a mosaic bee. They're on the upper floor leading into the great hall but that floor is closed today for a private function he said.
"Is it open any other time?" I enquired. "Yes, but why do you want to see a bee?" So I explained I'd been all over town looking for a symbol for my Flickr album but not to worry I could come back another day.
I was just about to turn around and head out when he said "just wait a minute, let these function photographers pass - just nip up these stairs, turn right and they're in the middle".
It won't mean anything to anyone who just peruses my stream, especially without reading this, but I'm made up with this. Not because it's a great image, but because someone went out of their way to make it happen for me and I left feeling upbeat and happy about my morning's shoot and photography in general, which I've not done for several months. So thank you to the gentleman on security for not being a "jobsworth" and taking an interest in my request. A simple gesture goes a very long way.
When I took this photograph, I took it purely because I wanted to make a memory for myself of what was an excellent holiday and trip. It was taken just at the bottom of the garden, essentially, of the place that we were all staying. It brings together a lot of the things I like: Shooting landscapes on film and large format, Scotland, sunsets being by the water and among the mountains, layers in wide open landscapes, and a feeling of contentment.
This photograph won't win any prizes, but that's not why I took it. I took it so that I can look at it in times to come and hopefully feel something of the calm and tranquillity of this evening. The next trip to Scotland cannot come soon enough.
I'm not big on diptych work purely because I'm not very good at it..let me know your thoughts..I might have removed this and upload one of these individually by then!
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England, is claimed to be Europe's oldest purely residential street with original buildings intact. John Julius Norwich called it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century".It comprises numerous Grade I listed buildings, comprising 27 residences (originally 44), built for Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury, a chapel and library at the north end, and a hall at the south end, over an arched gate. It is connected at its southern end to Wells Cathedral by a walkway over Chain Gate.
The close is about 460 feet (140 m) long, and paved with setts. Its width is tapered by 10 feet (3.0 m) to make it look longer when viewed from the main entrance nearest the cathedral. When viewed from the other end, it looks shorter. By the nineteenth century, the buildings were reported to be in a poor state of repair, and part of the hall was being used as a malt house. Repairs have since been carried out, including the construction of Shrewsbury House to replace buildings damaged in a fire.
The Vicars' Hall was completed in 1348 and included a communal dining room, administrative offices and treasury of the Vicars Choral. The houses on either side of the close were built in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Since then, alterations have been made, including a unified roof, front gardens and raised chimneystacks. The final part of the construction of the close was during the 1420s, when the Vicars' Chapel and Library was constructed on the wall of the Liberty of St Andrew. The southern face includes shields commemorating the bishops of the time. The interior is decorated with 19th-century gesso work by Heywood Sumner and the building now used by Wells Cathedral School.
We happened upon this air show purely by luck. We were leaving a campground in Washington State, headed for the Oregon Coast. As we were driving my wife said she wanted to see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds in the near future. I told her to Google their schedule. She did and sure enough, there was an air show that weekend in McMinneville, Oregon, right on our route. As it was Friday we thought we could catch the practice round. Due to heavy traffic we missed some of the initial demo teams - such as some F-15s. We found a field with photographers across the road from the airport and settled it. Great show. There were several planes I had never seen before (so feel free to help identify them). There were several military planes on the schedule. All of these were limited to fly bys but it was still cool - this included the F-35 demo from Hill AFB, a C-17 from McChord, and the USAF Thunderbirds. Excellent show and we are so lucky we found out about it.
I took these photos in mid-August 2022.
Purely, eggs fried in butter with lid on pan - nothing else
Some photogs have referred to this type of shot as a "macro", but that's incorrect. It's more accurate to say it's a close-up.
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Had a purely magical experience with this immature bald eagle today. It was perched about 200 yards aways when I first saw it.
I gradually approached, constantly looking for signs of agitation. Eventually approached to within 40 feet . The youngster didn't budge for the next 20 minutes or so. Amazing.
The caption on these images are purely what Andrew Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
The S15’s were designed by Robert Urie for the London & South Western Railway purely as a Fast Freight engine, working the heavy night express goods trains between Exeter and Nine Elms, and from Southampton to Nine Elms.
Built at Eastleigh Works 506 was completed in October 1920, and delivered to Nine Elms shed in Battersea, before a move to Strawberry Hill shed in 1922. In 1923 a new marshalling yard and shed were built at Feltham, and 506 was re-allocated to where she would spend the rest of her days.
The type was employed working both cross London goods trains between Feltham and Willesden, as well as the heavy goods train between London and the Docks at Southampton, and they proved to be very strong and capable locomotives.
The type was so successful that after Robert Urie’s retirement as the Chief Mechanical Engineer, his replacement Richard Maunsell modified the design and built a further batch of S15 locomotives in 1927, No.828 at Ropley being one of this type.
Nationalisation of Britain’s railways took place in January 1948 which saw the formation of British Railways, and 506 was renumbered to 30506. Though in fact life for the engine was virtually unchanged.
Withdrawn in January 1964, 30506’s last duties were in the June of that year, when she was rostered to tow several of her sisters to the scrap yards of South Wales. Fate stepped in when due to badly blowing superheater elements in the boiler, she failed with low steam and water at Staines, and was towed back to Feltham. Clearly, she wasn’t ready to go for scrap!
In October 1964 30506 was herself towed to the Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry Island, South Wales where she would remain until rescue came in the form of the Urie Locomotive Society who purchased her in March 1973. Moving to Alresford by road in 1976, restoration saw her back in steam in August 1987.
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
45421 was withdrawn from service in February 1968.
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Surely inspiration for a model railway ??
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
The caption on these images are purely what John Wiltshire wrote on the 35mm slide mounts plus my own research into the locations. I therefore welcome any additional comments providing interesting information about the locomotives or the history of the location, line closure dates etc. Also please make caption links to other FLICKR images of the same location so we can all see how the locations have changed over time.
Due to recent unauthorised publication of my John Wiltshire images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorisation for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my John Wiltshire photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Luxembourg!
Me and Russell went purely on the strength of a couple of photographs I'd seen on Google Images, I think.
I wasn't really all that enamoured with the place, truly. There was a nice mix of old and new architecture though, which I enjoyed. It was a nice exploration of a city, just not quite as good as I had expected.
This was taken on a rather high bridge on a very collllllld evening. Brr. As always, Russell was much more well-equiped for the weather, and I had a open hoodie under an open coat. Again, Brr.
I'm not great with heights, but I felt a lot better there than back by where I was staying- lots of scary people on corners with the smell of drugs in the air. Eek.
Claimed to be Europe's oldest purely residential street with original buildings intact. John Julius Norwich called it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century". It comprises numerous Grade I listed buildings, comprising 27 residences (originally 44), built for Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury, The close is about 140 metres (460 ft) long, and paved with setts. Its width is tapered by 3 metres (9.8 ft) to make it look longer when viewed from the main entrance nearest the cathedral. When viewed from the other end, it looks shorter. This Shot is from the Main Entrance.
Explore #120 11/22/09
Playing with pictures while Hadley sleeps and sleeps. So glad for him to finally be getting some rest. And for me, I actually did some photo housecleaning. Deleting dozens of shots took great willpower
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We happened upon this air show purely by luck. We were leaving a campground in Washington State, headed for the Oregon Coast. As we were driving my wife said she wanted to see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds in the near future. I told her to Google their schedule. She did and sure enough, there was an air show that weekend in McMinneville, Oregon, right on our route. As it was Friday we thought we could catch the practice round. Due to heavy traffic we missed some of the initial demo teams - such as some F-15s. We found a field with photographers across the road from the airport and settled it. Great show. There were several planes I had never seen before (so feel free to help identify them). There were several military planes on the schedule. All of these were limited to fly bys but it was still cool - this included the F-35 demo from Hill AFB, a C-17 from McChord, and the USAF Thunderbirds. Excellent show and we are so lucky we found out about it.
I took these photos in mid-August 2022.
My most used hoop again with all the other purple things I forgot to put in the first one. I didn't realise I had so much purple!
This hoop flatlay series started with a challenge from Deanne Love on Instagram:
'Grab your fav hoop, put on some cool tunes, then GO! Collect as many things in your house that match your hoop 😊 Make some circle art, take a flatlay pic and share it
It has really taken off on Instagram myfavhoop with many people (including me) doing it with more than one hoop. There are now more than 500 photos created for Deanne's challenge.
A little bit of fun during lockdown.
A purely documentary shot.
An areal view of the canopy of a section of primary forest in the Bolivian Amazon. The vegetation cover is 100%.
Compare it to the secondary forest flic.kr/p/2rDt3Yz flic.kr/p/2rDxUB9
Frame captured from drone video. DJI Mavic Air II
Upscaled with Lightroom Classic
I suggest exploring it at large size.
Great as a screensaver! :-)
A shot uploaded purely for historical value.
In the early 1970s I joined the Dalescroft Railfans Club and took part in a number of their bus trips trawling the depots of various regions of the UK. Anyone who has done them will realise they were pretty intense and trying to cadge some sleep during overnight journeys or even between depots during daylight hours, could be a challenge.
One such trip took me to the London area where we visited the following depots / stabling points: Bricklayers Arms, New Cross, Hither Green, Tennison Road, Selhurst, Stewarts Lane, Old Oak Common, Willesden, Finsbury Park, Straford, and Ripple Lane.
By now, getting more of an interest in photography, I went armed for the first time with an Agfa Billy Zero folding camera purloined off my Dad, together with a single reel of 127 monochrome film which gave me the sum total of 8 exposures! Needless to say I couldn't let diesel hydraulics go to waste and bagged this one of D1015 "Western Champion" at Old Oak Common shed, where I'm pretty sure the Hymek behind is D7030.
It's hardly the best of images but I figured any Flickr folk who were members of the DRC might just have taken this trip, and might even be in the frame here. However, you should note it was taken 46 years ago!
Incidentally I still have the Dalescroft Railfans Club badge, and indeed the Ian Allan Locospotters Club badge.
3rd March 1973