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LF 9967 putting in a hard days work for the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
A 36 seater open top omnibus with a body by Birch, mainly constructed from wood. Withdrawn from service in 1925.
The wonderfully restored and rebuilt L6739 Bristol Blenheim in Mk1 configuration. This type of aircraft first flew in 1935.
Photographed here at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
Landscape of Sorghum field during sunset in the background near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Sorghum is the 5th most abundantly grown cereal crop in the world, with it being staple in among poorer rural populations.
I'm guessing that this is a conversion from a normal PT Cruiser car rather than a genuine Chrysler Panel Cruiser. Either way it is a great looking vehicle.
The Chrysler PT Cruiser with its retro styling was in production from 2000 until 2010. I think that the PT Panel Cruiser was only made as a concept vehicle. There was an attractive convertible model made for a few years. PT was a reference to Plymouth Trucks, as this model was originally going to be marketed under the Plymouth brand name.
Photo taken in 2019.
Memorial stone for Lieutenant Cather VC next to the war memorial in the town centre of Portadown, County Armagh.
Geoffrey Shillington Cather was born on 11th October 1890. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers he found himself in charge of 600 soldiers on 1st July 1916 near Beaumont Hamel ready for a 'Big Push' during the Battle of the Somme. Their objective was only 600 yards away across No-Mans Land. In very short time the 600 men had suffered deaths and casualties of about 500. After retreating, Lieutenant Cather continously led sorties in to No-Mans Land to recover wounded soldiers. This was done in view of the enemy and under fire. After many hours of helping the wounded Lieutenant Cather fell victim to the German firepower and died. He has no known grave and his name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
Migrants walking on the Ludhiana-Delhi Highway (NH-44) near Ludhiana, Punjab, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
In this unfolding human tragedy, children were probably the worst affected. Leaving the place that they grew up in and knew as home, holding their parent's hand to walk endlessly, and without being able to fathom the uncertain future their families were heading into, their plight insufferable yet unspoken.
4018 at Great Victoria Street Station, Belfast,
These 3 car units came in to service during 2012-2013 replacing much older rolling stock.
Photograph taken in September 2019.
A rural labourer tying his turban at a farmers' protest site near Ludhiana, Punjab.
The turban is an important functional as well as symbolic head gear in most of South Asia. For the affluent, it is a symbol of their social stature and power. But for the poor, it is a part of their everyday attire that is very versatile in its functional usefulness.
*This was clicked before the farmers called off their protest after the government repealed its new farm laws that the farmers were opposing.
Focussing on the 'upside down house' built on the promenade May 2019 as part of Brighton Festival. The coloured lines around the edge are part of Brighton's Rainbow crossing.
Candid portrait of Shruti at a cafe in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
The shot captures the play of light and shadows on her portraiture while we were sitting in the open with only a globe light lighting our table.
I asked to take his photo and he asked what he should play while I took the shots. I immediately asked for The Entertainer’ the theme tune from the Sting:
The Entertainer - theme music from The Sting - Scott Joplin
I was going to say 'I ought to tell you I never shot anybody before' but he was already belting out the tune ..... to the enjoyment of the passers by. They made it very difficult to get a clear shot.
It was William the Conqueror who ordered construction, probably in 1080, of the White Tower as a stronghold within the then mainly wooden Tower of London. Henry III had the tower whitewashed.
A group of migrant agricultural labour working in a rice field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Next to the field, the farm owner and his family and friends were having a Sunday get-together.
For the labourers, who come from a different state and culture and usually suffer in economic destitution, it seemed like a strange spectacle that had them filled with curiosity and intrigue.
BD 209 working hard at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire. The body had been used as a garden shed and the chassis was recovered from being used as a farm trailer.
The Leyland G7 was made from 1919 until 1924. BD 209 is the only one of its type left with removable windows and fold back roof. So the bus could operate as a bus or open air charabanc.
VYT 878 at the Lifeboat Museum within the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The long lived Fowler Challenger 33 range had a prototype running in 1953 with production models from late 1955. Even after the Fowler name had been discarded by Leyland the basic crawler tractor from the original design was still being produced under other names in the 1980's and may be even later.
VVS 839 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham.
The Wolseley Four Forty-Four with a detuned 1250cc engine (used in the earlier MG sports cars) was made from 1953 until replaced by the more powerful 15/50 with 1489cc B series engine in 1956.
The door mounted mirrors seem to blend in well on this car, instead of the traditional wing mirrors of the era.
A plaque commissioned by the Bomber Command Association to commemorate the valiant efforts of the Resistance movements to assist Allied airmen behind enemy lines.
Designed by Elizabeth Lucas Harrison.
A boatman and his boat on the bank of Ropar Lake, Punjab.
Ropar Lake on the Sutlej River contains a few tiny islands where isolated nomadic settlements can be seen. These can only be reached by such boats.
The wonderfully restored and rebuilt L6739 Bristol Blenheim in Mk1 configuration. This type of aircraft first flew in 1935.
Photographed here at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
A farmer tending to his field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Punjabi culture has a unique aspect that is very different from the Vedic social structure generally prevalent in northern India, which considers people from the labouring class - peasants and artisans - as socially lower 'shudras'. However, in Punjab they are held in high regard for the 'blood, sweat and tears' that they infuse into producing supplies essential for society's welfare and progress. The credit for this empowerment goes to a large extent to the Sikh Gurus and their legacy; their teachings are held in high respect across religious lines in Punjab.
PS: This write-up in no way discounts the socio-economic issues and hardships some classes of people in Punjab continue to face. I, for one, believe that we will continue to evolve into a more inclusive society.
I'm always seeing photo's taken on trains or the underground and I always wonder how the photographer has the front to take them.
So when I saw these commuters enjoying their journey after a few drinks I actually asked if I could take their photo. They agreed and continued with their celebrations. I was pleased with the blurry results. They reflected the way the girls heads were probably feeling and the bumpiness of the train.
Built in 1951 and served with the Royal Dutch Navy as a mapping ship. Zeefakkel took on her new role as a cadet training ship in January 2000.
On a visit to Southend Pier with both Dutch and Belgium cadets on board.
As part of the Brighton Festival this performance is showing at Black Rock in Brighton. A booklet gives the background to the performance. This is an excerpt:
In the context of the carnage and cleansing happening daily in the Middle East, which results in the mass exodus of people to safe havens in Europe, Silence asks why these people left their homes and exposed themselves to the dangers and humiliation of displacement.
For me, the dark,sobre and chilling performance brings home the reality of the situation far better than any news does.
On display at Southend Pier Museum. Photo taken with permission.
There is still a lot of affection locally for these cream and green pier train carriages. There were four 7 car sets in use from 1949 until 1978. Made by AC Cars at Thames Ditton.
Kumaoni tribal woman near Ramgarh, Uttarakhand.
While driving down from Mukteshwar, I saw this woman on the roadside carrying a haystack. Usually I don't stop for streetshots when I am driving long distance. But something made me stop and grab my camera. I call it my street photographer instinct. Walking up to her, I asked if I could click a photograph. With a wry smile, she asked me what I would do with the photo of an old woman like her. "I see beauty where others don't, this is my art", I told her. And behold, she gave me the most lovely pose. Couldn't have hoped for a better street portrait.
Winter’s bitterness is beginning to take hold. The snow is sparse, but the biting cold and relentless winds cut deep. The lake has transformed into a relentless, churning force of unimaginable power and beauty. It’s time to settle in.
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