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27 November 2012. I'd guess that the faded Union Jack flag bunting may be a leftover from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee earlier in summer 2012.
Quicksilver is a slot machine company. This branch is at 475 High Road Tottenham. Gambling of various kinds is a contentious issue locally. Even Sir Stuart Lipton the Mayor of London's so-called "Tottenham champion" managed a brief passing reference in his report on Tottenham about the "overabundance of betting shops.
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§ Aerial view of where I took these photos.
§ Let them eat banners and repay loans in bunting.
General George Washington officially hoisted the Grand Union flag on January 1st, 1776, at Somerville near Boston. The Union Jack of Great Britain was replaced by the 13 stars, representing the original 13 states of the Union, in June 1777.
The flags are a bit random in their inaccuracies, but let's not get picky. At least he made an effort, which is more than the others have ...
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. After its discovery in 1903 by the French Antarctic Expedition it was used for whaling and British military operations (Operation Tabarin) during World War II and then continued to operate as a British research station until 1962.
In 1996 Port Lockroy was renovated and is now a museum and post office operated by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust. Proceeds from the small souvenir shop fund the upkeep of the site and other historic sites and monuments in Antarctica.
A local firefighter put up a massive display of flags in rememberence of the tragedy at the World Trade Center. Each flag represents a country where at least one person had perished.
Another from last Sunday at Cardiff Bay. This was a high diving show into a large water tank Divers were from Mexico.
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The American Flag
Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
By angel hands to valour given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven.
For ever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?
Joseph Rodman Drake . 1795-1820
This photograph was taken with a Leica R5 with a Leica R Vario-Elmar-R 1:4.5/75-200 70mm Kodachrome 64 Program Priority mode.
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