Grimy and paint faded locos of the UK
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I always love to find old buildings and grain elevators, and these are right in my city. I’m sure there are some stories to be told here, especially if we look deep enough.
but it is mainly the outcome of the need we have felt for making democracy such a good thing, like a scrubbed and shining schoolboy. Actually democracy partakes of the sweat and blood of the real world. It is grimy and dangerous and will never survive until it can learn to understand the ways of bullies and take its own part. I happen to care for it not because of any moral perfection it may have, but because it is by and large the best instrument I know for giving us the kind of world we want to live in :-)
Max Lerner, 1938
HFF!! Truth Matters!! Character Matters! Impeach the bully!
john moulton homestead, grand tetons national park, wyoming
Two passengers converse whilst having a cigarette as they await their train on a dark and grimy Winters evening.
Bento Mesh Head: Catwa Amelie BOM (an earlier mesh head by Catwa that I've always loved. Dusted it off, and used it for this photo :-) )
Body: Maitreya Lara BOM
Face/Body: Amira by [Glam Affair]
Hair: Paola by DOUX
IKON Promise Eyes (Dew)
Ensemble: Merry Christmas Wishes by BOUDOIR (made for Maitreya & Legacy)
Heels: Daisy by Mosquito's Way
Winter Wonderland Necklace: Basta! (on the MP)
Chimpanzee Christmas Baby Animesh (Companion; also available as "held"): [Rezz Room]
Glass of wine: :::ChicChica:::
Irish Pub - Building - winter edition: DRD
Irish Pub - Barrel Table - A: DRD
Irish Pub - Barrel Table - B: DRD
Irish Pub - Signs: DRD
Irish Pub - Stools: DRD
Irish Pub - Square Table: DRD
Grimy Cobblestone Street: DRD
Bushes collection: Pitaya
Fresh Cristmas Tree: Pitaya
City Sidewalk: ionic
Snow covered woods [Snow Base]: Soy.
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Festive pub build thanks as always to Kynne Llewellyn and Kitty von Cat ♥♥
☑NEW DRD Death row designs
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets ＠Eclipse
❁┈ ʙʟᴏɢ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛs ┈❁
⋆⸜ᵀᴴᴬᴺᴷ ᵞᴼᵁ⸝⋆
A look at the older, grimier part of the city of Springfield. Mostly silent now, the tracks empty. Graffiti and vines beginning to make an appearance. Wondering what the future may hold, but clinging to the past....that’s what I see.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8DRen60X10
DRD - Kicked To The Curb - His Stuff
NEW @ Fameshed
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed/217/230/800
Other Stuff
DRD - The Pack Rat - Black - Static Car
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Cobble Rectangle
Cat with Mouse
NOMAD // Tall House
REMODEL: Two Story Town House - Grey
West Village Patina Urn - Whitewashed
FMA Shirts & Pants
TETRA - Double Wrap Bootie with Socks
One second I'm blogging flowers and light rooms and the next minute I bring you a Prison Yard. Yep, and it's pretty darn awesome....The Prison Yard set is brought to you by DRD and can be found at the Anthem Event right now! Pictured from the set is:
DRD - Prison Yard - Fence Wide
DRD - Prison Yard - Fence Narrow - Door
DRD - Prison Yard - Hoop Two
DRD - Prison Yard - Hoop One
DRD - Prison Yard - Basketball Court
DRD - Prison Yard - Tower
DRD - Prison Yard - Bench One
DRD - Prison Yard - Bench Two
DRD - Prison Yard - Speaker Light
DRD - Prison Yard - Wall One
DRD - Prison Yard - Wall Two
DRD - Prison Yard - Table One
DRD - Prison Yard - Table Two
Anthem Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/86/161/1114
DRD Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row/115/140/21
DRD Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2dwEbV
Also from DRD the new Grimy Cobblestone Streets. It made a great blacktop for the Prison Yard! Here I used the Cobble Square but the pack comes with everything you need for a town!
You can find it now at the mainstore (LM above).
A previous release from Revival that really are some of the most handy landscaping things I've come across because they are everywhere in RL...WEEDS!!! No, not that kind...
Pictured in this scene:
.:revival:. dry weed S
.:revival:. dry weed L
Find them at the Revival Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Crawls/217/116/2001
Revival Flickr: flic.kr/ps/XQjgP
Other items used:
[DDD] Spooky Forest Tree - C,B,A Twinkle
ionic : Motel Parking lot - RARE
[we're CLOSED] grass field dry 03 - random
shepherd_dog_v5.1
Trashcan-CM
DUMPSTER -URBAN JUNGLE
LB_SilverBirch{Animated}*4Seasons
[ keke ] blow me away rowan leaves
tarte. falling leaves - ground scattered (old)
Thanks for your support and hope your week is amazing! ❤️
A sudden gust of wind lifted Nanny's skirt and Little Jimmy saw something he was sure he wasn't ever supposed to see...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ber5Dd6KFY
The Nanny Series - www.flickr.com/photos/57752611@N04/albums/72157713351584766
ANTINATURAL[+] Doctor Crow / Umbrella
ANTINATURAL[+] Doctor Crow / Helel Frills / BLACK
ANTINATURAL[+] Doctor Crow / Doctor Hat / BLACK
ANTINATURAL[+] Doctor Crow Doctor Suit
ANTINATURAL[+] Doctor Crow / Crow Legs
Maitreya Mesh Body - Bento Hand
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp One
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Cobble Rectangle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScSHEnFNRck
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Wearing:
VCO HAIR _ Rinco
GENUS Project - Genus Head - Baby Face
Le Forme Camille GENUS skin Applier Sugar HUD
Le Forme Camille GENUS shape
[Heaux] Glass Eyes - Sky
Luas Milicent Hat Black
Luas Milicent Dress RARE
Luas Milicent Bracers Black
Luas Milicent Doll Key
Scene:
DRD - Antique Shoppe – Storefront
DRD - Deadmore Mortuary – Building
DRD MS - Magick Shoppe
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Straight Road
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Corner Road
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp One
Soho Street Wall Clock
DRD - Boho Fish Shack - Netted Lamp
DRD - AE - Arcade Express - Train Car End – RARE
DRD - AE - Arcade Express - Train Car Center – RARE
DRD - AE - Arcade Express - Train Car Steps – RARE
02 - 8f8 - Green Grocers - Delivery Truck RARE
ionic : Electric Train Poles
Railroad Track Section
zenith rare
*HEXtraordinary* Nope Cat - Tabby Companion
PIXEL BOX - Steampunk Umbrella Hat
{-Maru Kado-} Barn Owl_04 (steampunk/
{-Maru Kado-} Barn Owl_05 (steampunk/
so many group invites , thank you so so much xx
Credits
DRD - DRD Irish Pub Collection @ Uber
Here the new DRD Irish Pub Collection. , you get a loads of options, with different tables, stools, chairs, signs, wall art, table clutter, benches, booths, lights, a big Mahogany bar with a lot of details and of couse he building itself.
also featured
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp
RD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets
Foxwood - Starlight Bench
Taken at Ippos Colletive
Love SL photography and looking for like minded artists or places to shoot? Come visit the Ippos Collective: 4 Picturesque SIMS to visit and/or settle. Come for the magic....stay for the friends. <3
Have a fantastic hogmanay and New year from me to you .
Lots of love
Bunny (Edinburgh, Scotland )xx
Burns’ original Scots verse written in 1788,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne,
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’lltak‘ a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup!
and surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak' a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin' auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin' auld lang syne.
Thank you to everyone for your kind support and encouragement . love you xxxx
www.youtube.com/watch?v=to1xT93IlUI&t=62s>=
💥AULD LANG SYNE 💥 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards💥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ppqjbd_wHw&list=RD-Ppqjbd_wH...
Eddi Reader - Auld Lang Syne
Wearing:
.Entwined. Nina
GENUS Project - Genus Head
Insol: Lori applier, tone 'Milk' (Genus)
VUK. Coat V2 (HOODIE WHITE) /// MAITREYA
Scene
MINIMAL - Joker Stairs Backdrop
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp
Thank you for the group invite....,totally shocked xx
Melancholy birds..doesn't it give you a little frisson of fear when you see a whole bunch of birds looking at you...I mean really looking...at you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxSn0m-VTs&list=PLPesPmzv-3I...
DRD - Deadmore Mortuary
(Building Shown)
NEW @ UBER
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/126/129/1200
Other Stuff
DRD - Antique Shoppe - Storefront
DRD - MM3 - Mystery Mansion
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Cobble Square
DC Watching Crow
[The Forge] Plague Doctor Mask
[Eyck] Occisor Claw
PFC~Raven Pauldron
Oinc Liam Boots
EC Catsuit
DRD is back at it with an amazing Irish Pub set at Uber...You've really got to see it to appreciate it! Step inside and you feel like you've walked right into a legit Irish Pub...Have a drink or five and next thing you know you'll be on your way in the town square doing a pub crawl...
Pictured from the new Irish Pub set:
DRD - Irish Pub - Building
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - J
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - K
DRD - Irish Pub - Mahogany Bar
DRD - Irish Pub - Square Table - A
DRD - Irish Pub - Square Clutter - A
DRD - Irish Pub - Stool - G
DRD - Irish Pub - Stool - E
DRD - Irish Pub - Stool - F
DRD - Irish Pub - Chair
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - H
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - F
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - E
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - A
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - C
DRD - Irish Pub - Sign - I
DRD - Irish Pub - Wall Art - C
DRD - Irish Pub - Barrel Table - C
DRD - Irish Pub - Stool - E
DRD - Irish Pub - Square Clutter - B
DRD - Irish Pub - Square Table - B
Uber: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/126/129/1200
DRD Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row/115/140/21
DRD Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2dwEbV
Various previous release items by DRD that can be found at the mainstore (LM above):
DRD - Beer Stand - Tall Table
DRD - Beer Stand - High Back Stool
DRD - Roady's Biker Bar - Bar Stool - Brown
DRD - Roady's Biker Bar - Bar Stool - Green
DRD - Tequila Bar - Bar
DRD CS - The Joint Coffee Shop - Bike Rack
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp One
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Lamp Two
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Cobble Square
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Drain
DRD - Antique Shoppe - Storefront
DRD - Voodoo Shoppe - Storefront
Additional items used:
ionic : 19th Century Park Bench
Yugen.// young linden. 02.
[we're CLOSED] party lights L2
Thanks for your support and have a fantastic week! ❤️
Hepzebah needed that attic space...the family junk had to go..cheap too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_biMtzAxiy0
DRD - MM3 - Mystery Mansion
NEW @ Mainstore.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row/126/139/21
(Shown)
Mystery Mansion
32 - DRD - MM3 - Toy Elephant
2 - DRD - MM3 - Uprooted Tub - RARE
1 - DRD - MM3 - Canopy Bed - RARE
31 - DRD - MM3 - Childs Bench
9 - DRD - MM3 - Old Table
17 - DRD - MM3 - Side Table Full
13 - DRD - MM3 - Decomposed Child - MYSTERY RARE
13 - DRD - MM3 - Decomposed Adult - MYSTERY RARE
6 - DRD - MM3 - Eowyns Hope Chest
8 - DRD - MM3 - Jaimys Sewing Machine
16 - DRD - MM3 - Broken China Cabinet
29 - DRD - MM3 - Toy Trike
22 - DRD - MM3 - Dining Table
4 - DRD - MM3 - Old Dining Chair Two
15 - DRD - MM3 - Side Table Empty
10 - DRD - MM3 - Old Sofa
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets
NEW @ ECLIPSE Event
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row%20North/124/55...
seen thru a grimy window of the historic Loves Cottage,
and post processed, for sliderssunday, because it looked really wierd..
Working in the grimy conditions of a Great Western Railway MPD. A Timeline Events photo charter inside the Loco Shed at Didcot Railway Centre
On the last day of my holiday I decided to visit Leake street graffiti tunnel. And as I mentioned before new art works had appeared, only the ceiling remained as it was before.
A little bit more about the tunnel:
Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s coolest street art spots. Tucked away underneath Waterloo station, it’s an ever-changing canvas of colourful murals.
This 300 metre tunnel is the city’s largest legal graffiti wall and has been a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.
Leake Street Tunnel wasn’t always a legal wall. Before 2008 it was just a dank and grimy tunnel squirrelled beneath Waterloo Station.
That all changed when British street art superstar Banksy (yes, the Banksy) decided to hold a street art festival called Cans Festival down in the tunnel.
Banksy invited the biggest and brightest names on the international street art scene to come down and put up a piece of work in the tunnel. And that was it – Leake Street was no longer dank and grimy, but instead a bold, colourful and cool place where artists could showcase their work.
Since then, Leake Street graffiti tunnel has been flying the flag for the London street art scene. The fact that this is a legal wall means that artists can work in peace and that no two visits are ever the same.
The sheer number of artists who work on the tunnel means that there is always something new to see. Sometimes it’s sad to say farewell to old favourites, but the upside is a dynamic series of pieces that draw artists from around the world.
Credits :
from Luas Holly Gacha @ Kustom9
Luas Holly Beret Brow
Luas Holly Boots Brown
Luas Holly Coat RARE
Luas Holly Jumper Garnet
Luas Holly Purse RARE
Luas Holly Scarf Garnet
FABIA- Gacha -Penelope- RARE @ EPIPHANY
Serenity Style- Urban Bus Stop @ Uber
(come in 2 version one clean ands other with artistic graffiti )
~ASW~ The Crisanta Plant Set I @ Sense
~ASW~ The Crisanta Plant Set II @ Sense
~ASW~ The Crisanta Plant Set IV @ Sense
~ASW~ The Crisanta Trees - Red (S) @ Sense
~ASW~ The Crisanta Trees - Yellow (L) @ Sense
DRD - Grimy Cobblestone Streets - Straight Road @ ECLIPSE
.Florix. Falling Leaves - Floor RED @ Trés Chic
.Florix. Falling Leaves - 02 RED @ Trés Chic
.Florix. Falling Leaves red , yellow @ Trés Chic
FOXCITY. taxi pose
FOXCITY. Taxi prop
Taken at Ippos Colletive
Love SL photography and looking for like minded artists or places to shoot? Come visit the Ippos Collective: 4 Picturesque SIMS to visit and/or settle. Come for the magic....stay for the friends. <3
#14 in the Window Worlds Series
Virginia Creeper / Parthenocissus quinquefolia, dangling over (lovely) grimy garage windows. ;-)
I have a couple of these shots and I could decide what to post first so I pointed at my laptop screen and picked this.
This shot confirms that not everywhere in the Teesside environs is smoggy and grimy.
Dogtrot Houses are modest American homes that were built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They feature a curious design—two front doors.
Info found on "The Spruce
www.thespruce.com/my-house-has-two-front-doors-3972272#:~....
Created with Dream Wombo.
I grew up in a house with 2 front doors, but the reason was because my parents enclosed the garage and made it into a family room. They added the door so all of us grimy kids could come into the house without traipsing the outdoors into the formal living room.
A grimy 33029 'Glen Loy' passes Brimpton in West Berkshire with 6Z47, a 1046 Westbury to Woking via Guildford working.
Class 33s were frequent visitors to the Berks & Hants line until the end of the trains from Meldon Quarry in Devon in the early 1990s.
By 2014 they were rare visitors. Around that time, VolkerRail, the specialist plant supplied to Network Rail contracted WCRC to move their cranes. This was one such move.
Colourful buoys seen on the side of an abandoned boat left to decay.The once attractive blue of the boat's hull, now discoloured ,the peeling paint, the rust eating into this once proud vessel. Yet the grimy and dirty coloured buoys caught my photographic eye.
Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s coolest street art spots. Tucked away underneath Waterloo station, it’s an ever-changing canvas of colourful murals.
Leake Street graffiti tunnel is one of London’s not-so-hidden gems. This 300 metre tunnel is the city’s largest legal wall and has been a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.
Leake Street Tunnel wasn’t always a legal wall. Before 2008 it was just a dank and grimy tunnel squirreled beneath Kings Cross Station.
That all changed when British street art superstar Banksy (yes, the Banksy) decided to hold a street art festival called Cans Festival down in the tunnel.
Banksy invited the biggest and brightest names on the international street art scene to come down and put up a piece of work in the tunnel. And that was it – Leake Street was no longer dank and grimy, but instead a bold, colourful and cool place where artists could showcase their work.
Since then, Leake Street graffiti tunnel has been flying the flag for the London street art scene. The fact that this is a legal wall means that artists can work in peace and that no two visits are ever the same.
Leake Street Tunnel is a short walk away from Waterloo Station. It takes about five minutes to walk it from the station via York Road.
www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1eSZmRmgp6mjFbEbSZSYA_gfA...
As CP G13 switches Northern Maine Junction on the former Bangor and Aroostook overhead, ST NMWA prepares to depart for Waterville behind a ragtag lashup of grimy Pan Am motors including a C40-8 third out. Mechanical issues with the fourth motor would push the train's departure out of NMJ back by an hour.
From a slide taken in August 1984 on a walk around London, we have the taxi rank entrance to Liverpool Street station to the right, and the large and grimy Broad Street station the next building down.
A real image of change, by the end of 1986 Broad Street station was no more making way for the Broadgate development, and Liverpool Street station is very different now as well.
Although long changed, it reminds me of my first years at work where this was simply a daily scene.
Always take photos of your area. You think things will stay the same but they rarely do.
A pair of grimy Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors help Amtrak’s California Zephyr with some extra horsepower over Soldier Summit and the Rocky Mountains on July 7, 1988. At this point in the trip, the train is heading downgrade through the curves at Kyune, Utah. D&RGW EMD SD40T-2 Nos. 5407 and 5366 join three Amtrak F40PHs with the long train that includes two private cars on the rear.
100x outdoor adventures #25
Looking grimier than ever, my local underpass is also overseeing extensive road development to the A1 just north of Newcastle. The poor thing doesn't know what to do next.
Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s coolest street art spots. Tucked away underneath Waterloo station, it’s an ever-changing canvas of colourful murals.
Leake Street graffiti tunnel is one of London’s not-so-hidden gems. This 300 metre tunnel is the city’s largest legal wall and has been a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.
Leake Street Tunnel wasn’t always a legal wall. Before 2008 it was just a dank and grimy tunnel squirreled beneath Kings Cross Station.
That all changed when British street art superstar Banksy (yes, the Banksy) decided to hold a street art festival called Cans Festival down in the tunnel.
Banksy invited the biggest and brightest names on the international street art scene to come down and put up a piece of work in the tunnel. And that was it – Leake Street was no longer dank and grimy, but instead a bold, colourful and cool place where artists could showcase their work.
Since then, Leake Street graffiti tunnel has been flying the flag for the London street art scene. The fact that this is a legal wall means that artists can work in peace and that no two visits are ever the same.
Leake Street Tunnel is a short walk away from Waterloo Station. It takes about five minutes to walk it from the station via York Road.
www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1eSZmRmgp6mjFbEbSZSYA_gfA...
Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s coolest street art spots. Tucked away underneath Waterloo station, it’s an ever-changing canvas of colourful murals.
Leake Street graffiti tunnel is one of London’s not-so-hidden gems. This 300 metre tunnel is the city’s largest legal wall and has been a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.
Leake Street Tunnel wasn’t always a legal wall. Before 2008 it was just a dank and grimy tunnel squirreled beneath Kings Cross Station.
That all changed when British street art superstar Banksy (yes, the Banksy) decided to hold a street art festival called Cans Festival down in the tunnel.
Banksy invited the biggest and brightest names on the international street art scene to come down and put up a piece of work in the tunnel. And that was it – Leake Street was no longer dank and grimy, but instead a bold, colourful and cool place where artists could showcase their work.
Since then, Leake Street graffiti tunnel has been flying the flag for the London street art scene. The fact that this is a legal wall means that artists can work in peace and that no two visits are ever the same.
Leake Street Tunnel is a short walk away from Waterloo Station. It takes about five minutes to walk it from the station via York Road.
www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1eSZmRmgp6mjFbEbSZSYA_gfA...
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Tram Line 4, Seats (cropped from B&T)
The back part of this Valencian CAF tram (operated by Metrovalencia) is somewhat grimy and battered, but it does posses a lounging sofa. It made us remember the similar area of the first generation TGV Atlanltique ;-)
This is number 36 of the Valencia album.
Thirty-two years ago, my beloved mother gifted me an address book, that had a handmade padded fabric cover complete with flowers on the front. It was so pretty that I tucked it away so it wouldn't get grimy from handling. In this photo you see just under a three-inch portion of the book on its longest side.
Wishing everyone HMM! and a happy week ahead.
Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s coolest street art spots. Tucked away underneath Waterloo station, it’s an ever-changing canvas of colourful murals.
Leake Street graffiti tunnel is one of London’s not-so-hidden gems. This 300 metre tunnel is the city’s largest legal wall and has been a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.
Leake Street Tunnel wasn’t always a legal wall. Before 2008 it was just a dank and grimy tunnel squirreled beneath Kings Cross Station.
That all changed when British street art superstar Banksy (yes, the Banksy) decided to hold a street art festival called Cans Festival down in the tunnel.
Banksy invited the biggest and brightest names on the international street art scene to come down and put up a piece of work in the tunnel. And that was it – Leake Street was no longer dank and grimy, but instead a bold, colourful and cool place where artists could showcase their work.
Since then, Leake Street graffiti tunnel has been flying the flag for the London street art scene. The fact that this is a legal wall means that artists can work in peace and that no two visits are ever the same.
Leake Street Tunnel is a short walk away from Waterloo Station. It takes about five minutes to walk it from the station via York Road.
www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1eSZmRmgp6mjFbEbSZSYA_gfA...
I had a wander around the fishing boat harbour when we paid an early morning visit to Brixham to try and capture the boats in all their grimy glory and wasn't disappointed.
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The Haymarket station of 1977 cuts a dour and depressing sight when compared to the vibrant, light and airy station of today - and indeed a walk down to platform level would reveal a spartan, grimy and uncared for scene that only added to the depression.
Today's structure has embraced the best of this elegant facade but, together with a new and enhanced building immediately behind, has transformed the station into an appealing, busy and altogether more confident space with coffee vendors, news-stands, and a waiting area that caters to the needs and expectations of today's traveling public. More importantly it (together with the electrified railway system) is entirely in keeping with the upmarket business and conference area that Haymarket has become. Just a pity, for the rail enthusiast at least, those blue Scottish Region BR totems didn't make the cut!
In this scene, perhaps as interesting as the building are the two cars on the left. Nearest the camera is what appears to be a then fairly common Vauxhall Viva 2-door saloon - the number plate of RES 23J suggests it was registered in Perthshire sometime in 1970/71.
The car behind is even more interesting, and certainly nowhere near as common. To my untrained eye, I'm guessing a Ford Zodiak Mk IV Executive - but am open to correction. The 'K' suffix on the number plate indicates it would have been registered in 71/72.
Despite it being 10.25am everything looks pretty quiet here, so perhaps no surprise it was a Sunday. I took the shot after visiting Haymarket Depot - my next port of call would be Edinburgh Waverley before heading out Stirling way.
There's a bit of vertical distortion, which I opted not to correct to avoid losing detail from the sides of the image.
Agfa CT18
17th July 1977