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ZA 947 had an overnight transit stop at London Southend Airport in the company of the Lancaster, along with a Spitfire and Hurricane. All from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Built n 1942 this particular aircraft has served with USAAF, RCAF and Scottish Aviation.
The Hotel Victoria opened in 1899 and was demolished about seventy years later to make way for modernisation of the town centre in Southend-On-Sea, Essex. The dour concrete structure in the righthand photograph orginally opened as a Barclays Bank.
Displayed at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
Over 100,000 of these 500cc motorcycles were produced. Some were fitted with sidecars, but mainly used by despatch riders and as escorts for road convoys. A popular motorcycle in civilian hands in the post war years
This BSA M.20 is in RAF blue.
Behind the motorcycle is a 1943 Fordson wireless operators truck.
Wandering the shores late in the fall. A single golden leaf comes to rest about as far away from its lofty perch as possible, be North the cold crisp waters of Lake Huron.
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YSY 247 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
This is one of the nicer variants in the Audax style of Minx produced from 1956/57 to 1967. The tail fins and more enhanced grille introduced on this model year was certainly an improvement on the original version.
Very solid family car. I had an earlier model with a column gear change and front bench seat, no seat belts. It also had a very good sound quality valve radio.
YX13 AEF entering Chelmsford Bus Station, Essex.
First Essex 44537 with dedicated Chelmsford City signage.
YN04 YJR on rail replacement duty for Greater Anglia at Southend Victoria Station, Essex.
NIBbuses is based near Wickford, Essex.
View from Southend Pier Head at near enough low tide. Looks like discarded pieces of the pier structure from years gone by. May be from one of the fires or where vessels have hit the pier.
A new photoessay is up on the website!
In 2016, I returned to two particular places in the Canadian Rocky Mountains – Kananaskis and Yoho National Park – at two different times – mid-July and late-September. While the locations were constant, returning at different times offered an opportunity to glimpse the relativity of one moment in time with another, resulting in a deeper experience and understanding of the connected ecosystem.
Check out the images and words that were a result of these ventures here:
HMS Enterprise heading upriver in the Thames Estuary passing The Point, Canvey Island, Essex.
This vessel is one of two Echo Class multi-role survey ships. They have a secondary role of mine counter measures.
HMS Enterprise was launched in 2002 and has a total crew of 72 with usually 48 on board whilst on normal duty. Her deployments include; migrant rescue work in the Mediterranean,evacution of British citizens from Libya and patrols around the Falklands.
LNER Thompson Class B1 Mayflower heading towards Benfleet across Leigh Marshes with the backdrop of the Hadleigh Downs.
Mayflower was ordered by the LNER and built in 1948. But she only came in to service after nationalisation with British Railways.
Photograph taken in the rain. Wasn't expecting that!
Preserved ex London Fire Brigade ALL 386H at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. held at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The wonderfully restored and rebuilt L6739 Bristol Blenheim in Mk1 configuration having a basic check round.. 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.
Also in view is the 1946 Avro C19 Anson.
8743 H at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham.
The classic 'sit up and beg' body styling that was first introduced in the 1930's. Although the Anglia model was updated during 1953 to the 100E version the body shape remained in production until 1959 as the Ford Popular.
H564 VKU AND H310 SYB displayed at the Big Wheels 2018 event held by Canvey Island Transport Museum, Essex.
On the left is a AWD-TL8/14. A 4 4 wheel drive truck that was a reincarnation of the old Bedford TL.
On the right is a Reynolds Boughton AB44 military light truck. Not a popular vehicle when in service. The braking system was a cause for concern.
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*****Update April 2020****** See comments from Carl Lemon regarding AWD-TL8/14. It is a two wheel drive vehicle.********
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Renovated K6 red telephone kiosk with an recorded audio history of the local area. Voiced by Dame Helen Mirren who grew up locally to this Clifftown area of central Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
Old Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent.
Photo taken through the dirty window of a moving car. I can't complain though as it was my car and I had cleaned it the day before! My daughter was driving.
Looks like SJB 233G got the short straw in display locations. This was at the Festival of Steam 2019 held at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
Produced from 1961 until 1973, but really a product designed in the late 1950's. Production could have commenced in late 1958 but for commercial pressure on the design house Karmann from larger customers than Volvo to supress their involvement with this project.
A 2+2 touring coupé rather than an outright sports car. Running gear based on the reliable Volvo Amazon components.
Forever associated with Roger Moore in the TV series The Saint.
A light cruiser that was launched on 29th September 1914 and finally decommissioned in 2011.
HMS Caroline's main claim to fame is that she was present at The Battle of Jutland. Interestingly towards the end of WW1 HMS Caroline was fitted with a flying-off platform to launch fighter aircraft over the North Sea to try and intercept German airships. She started her long association with Belfast in 1924 when her weapons and some boilers were remove and HMS Caroline became a floating administration and training base. She took on the role of Royal Naval headquarters for Belfast Harbour during the Second World War and played a very important part as a base for operations in the Atlantic Ocean. Post WW2 she was more of a training facility and accomodation ship. Has been a floating museum near the Titanic Quarter of Belfast for about 3 years now.
Basildon base First Essex's YY66 OZW in dedicated X10 Basildon to Stansted Airport livery working route 25 Basildon to Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
G29 TGW
in Labworth Car Park, Canvey Island, Essex working the shuttle connection to Canvey Island Transport Museum. This was for the Big Wheels 2018 end of season event.
On the day of the Flying Festival 2019. A modern electric buggy with a 1921 Leyland / Dodson Charabus for company. Just over the fence is a kit built light aircraft, G-CEIL, from 2006 called a Just Escapade.
Photographed at Shenfield Station, Essex.
The Class 315 suburban emu's from 1980/81 are currently working alongside the ultra modern Class 345 Bombardier Aventra's on the London Liverpool Street to Shenfield route for Transport for London (TfL).
Photograph taken in 2019.
Himalayan Griffon Vulture flying near Rohtang La, Himachal.
This threatened species of Old World vulture is one the largest raptors that can be seen soaring above the snow clad mountain ranges of Himalayas.
Alley leading to a pub at Lakeside in Pokhara, Nepal.
Being a top destination for international travellers, Pokhara shows an interesting amalgamation of local Nepalese culture with modern international hues.
A major tourist attraction within the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent. The interior of the submarine is open for the able bodied to clamber their way through. I did it many years ago, but would not attempt it now.
H.M. Submarine Ocelot is a Oberon Class vessel commissioned in January 1964 and paid off in August 1991.
She was equipped with a stealth diesel engine and some of her mission details are still classified. This was the last warship built at Chatham for the Royal Navy, although a few more warships were built later and supplied to overseas customers.
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 juvenile deer walking through a stream during a light drizzle in Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
Watching the young deer dragging its legs in the water made me think of a youngster dragging his feet and he walks around with his teenage attitude, without a care in the world.
Male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in eclipse plumage swimming in the colorful summer early morning light at North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.
On the way to Photo London at Somerset House we got distracted by the photo opportunities at Victoria Station. We were approached by Station Security twice but when we showed them our photo's they realised we really were practicing.
On the way to Photo London at Somerset House we got distracted by the photo opportunities at Victoria Station. We were approached by Station Security twice but when we showed them our photo's they realised we really were practicing.
9905 MY displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, otherwise marketed as KR200, was in production from 1955 until 1964 powered by a 200cc engine. It was developed from an earlier similar microcar.
DYW 721C displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. I don't think that I've seen an HA model of the Viva at a classic car show before. They were very prone to rust if I remember right. Was a fun small car to drive though. Produced from 1963 until replaced in late 1966 by the somewhat more stylish HB model.
Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
A truely lovely vehicle that I was lucky enough to travel on from Brentwood to Upminster.
Livery and signage in the style of East Kent reflecting the heritage of this coach.
FFN 451 photgraphed here leaving Upminster Station heading to Ongar via Brentwood.
Ensignbus Vintage Running Day 2018.
These rather dangerous looking kerbs have appeared in Southend-On-Sea, Essex. Some reports of cars being damaged by them and pedestrians tripping over the additional kerbs already.
The main problem with cycle lanes around the town are that they are very fragmented. They do not join up in a continuous route.
Two ghost signs really.
This is in High Street, Canvey Island, Essex. Behind the lettering for Kynoch's Club looks to be the words Cosy Club.
Kynoch was a major ammunition manufacturer from mid Victorian times through to beyond WW2. They had a very large establishment that was called Kynoch Town on the Thameside Essex marshes to the west of Canvey Island. Later called Cory Town and Coryton. A number of people from Canvey Island were employed there.
The Kynoch Club was behind the row of shops in the photo with the sign above the entrance (that still remains) where the vans are parked.
The Chocolate Parlour in North Street, Lurgan, County Armagh.
The very nice lady owner allowed me to take this photograph.
Now finally closed for good to be demolished and make way for a major redevelopment of the area.
I don't know when it was built for sure, but the first landlord that I've found listed was for 1878.
Little Grebe juvenile swimming in pond at Mallakpur village near Ludhiana.
Grebes are common residents of village ponds in Punjab. These waterbirds like to hide and nest in overgrowth near the banks of waterbodies. However, they can be easily spotted as they swim into open water when their nesting spots are inadvertently approached.