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The former Tynewydd Junior School in Ogmore Vale.
It was open from 1892-2003.
Like many historic buildings it was deliberately left insecure until it became so badly damaged (in this case a severe fire) that it was declared unsafe and could be knocked down.
Within six months a set of ugly new build houses were in it's place.
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
(Sulukule, Istanbul, Aug. 08)
A photo with a story, and not so optimistic but I'd like to tell it nonetheless : I met Birol’s wife (let’s call her Gönül, a common name for women of that age there) at Sulukule. She did not allow me to take her in photos (forbidden by the men of her family she told me) but wanted me to photography the tatoo on her chest…
She is a woman in her early 30s with hair died in blond and both her forearms have plenty of scars strangely neatly alligned, apparently self-inflicted wounds made the same day like sorts of wierd decorations, this shows a lot of suffering in her life. She has 2 young children, about 4 and 2 years old : could not ask how Birol could possibly have fathered the kids as he is serving a jail sentence far away, in çanakkale, with 5 more years to go…
(Other women too in that neighbourhood have their husbands in jail and some sell souvenirs made in glass beads, something that is done in other areas in Turkish jails as well...)
She is a neighbour of the family who (being evicted like all the others), had chosen to move that day ; she too will have to leave within one year and the whole Roma population will eventually be scattered in various parts of Istanbul (NB : it is interesting to note that this was the first Roma settlement in the world : they had settled there since almost 1000 years during the Byzantine era and before the Turks moved in Constantinople).
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... As I am not disciplined enough to make a proper "travelogue" with photos in neat succession but as I still have a lot to tell about my experience there, I'll type a text telling about my impressions as it could be useful to other travellers :
First, I entered into a small café in poor condition - the place where only tea is served and where only men are spending long hours : all, very friendly and respectful, happy to talk to a foreigner and offering quantities of free teas for the pleasure of the conversation and of being taken in photos ;
Then, I spotted some children and tried to take decent photos of them in the ruins and with the ancient walls in the BG ;
A nearby family was busy with house removal and it was not easy to understand who was related with who, many neighbours, friends, "akrabas" = family were around there too.
But in the same time, when I was taking photos of mostly young children, I was challenged by older ones (not more than 12 or 13 years old, though), 2 of them hit me repeatedly on my back precisely when I was pressing the shutter, to test me, see my reaction (even, collecting stones probably meant to be thrown at me = I sensed that the situation could become dangerous) : first, I laughed but they definitely wanted to upset me, carried on the same way so in the end, and in the presence of a passing man, I said that it was a shame to treat foreign visitors that way, that in Turkey in general everyone was welcoming and that they'd better leave me alone or I'd deal with them and give them some severe "ceza" (correction) - ... well, this was said very loud but not too seriously - I did not think of it any more as the man chased the eldest of the 2 boys...
But about 10 minutes later, in front of the family busy with transporting furniture with whom I was talking, the same man reappeared with one of the screaming offending boy and the way he beated him in public was absolutely disgusting - an adult (and not the father) throwing the child on the ground and hitting him repeatedly with his foot : I succeeded in reasoning him but not before the child was badly beaten and humiliated : that's how young adults grow angry IMO...
Apart from that unpleasant experience, nothing dangerous happened to me ; still, one has to be weary of thieves (leaving the area, I suddenly became aware of a youngster who was following me, moved backward and he was doing the same, then entered in a shop and talked a bit to the shop keeper : he was still waiting for me, so I stayed longer inside another shop and was helped by every one)...
Saw drug trafficking happening in front of me in the open but pretended not to see it (and this, I dared not photographying although the dealers did not seem very threatening to me) ;
Saw also other kinds of misery, - but also, plenty of children enjoying the holidays and other women seeming happy with their lives and ready to joke with me, even sing for me !...
(More infos about that very special place - the oldest Roma settlement ın the world that was almost reachıng 1000 years of age : Sulukule (Wiki) and here too).
In the 1950s, optimistic enthusiasm abounded for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This drawing shows a Ford Nucleon nuclear-powered car, with the radioactive core stored way back in the rear. The black-and-white inset shows the nuclear fuel being changed by a robotic arm, which would be needed only once every 5,000 miles. The engineers didn't quite grasp the amount of lead shielding that would be needed around the reactor. (Drawing on display at Alamogordo, NM.) See also this article from Sept. 2008
I hear that when country and western music is played backwards, you get your truck, dog, and wife back. ;)
Wendover, Ontario.
Libby, she is so cute, I really love her outfit it's so adorable, I love her hair colour too the light and dark pink it looks like a strawberry ice cream with sauce.
Nadezhda Ivanovna, 79 sounds optimistic and hardly ever complains to the Red Cross workers: “Food is not good - but I do not need it better. Meat? I do not need it at all. It is much worse that I cannot pay for the medicines without which I can hardly breathe. I cannot say my pension is sufficient, but I do have a reasonable way of life, nothing superfluous.” Then she adds after a pause; “I can keep my room clean, all right, but there is nobody to clean my carpets…” The Red Cross nurse, who brought a food parcel from the Moldova Red Cross, promises Nadezhda that she will come with volunteers and help her later that week. he town of Bendery, 40 km from Chisinau, capital of Moldova.
In Soviet times the local Red Cross branches all over the country were capable to provide home care for the elderly in Bendery, 40 km away from the capital Chisinau. Today the Moldova Red Cross is struggling to retain its place in the society and sustain the competition with other NGO’s. The Norwegian, Swiss and Swedish Red Cross societies and the International Federation support the Moldova Red Cross work with various programmes. The International Federation emergency food support operation aims to help lonely elderly, single headed families and families with many children through the lean months of spring before the new harvest. 6,700 people will be able to improve their food ratio in the poorest European country.
Photo: Margarita Plotnikova / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Photos of Beakerhead 2014 Event - An Optimistic Evening with Mark Stevenson. British Consulate General Anthony P. Kay speaking before Mark Stevenson.
Photo by: Jeff Cruz
Stylish and smart Italian teenage woman with long brown hair is leaning against a bookcase in a book store at university in Italy. Joyful and optimistic teenager from Italy posing at school library.
The tower blocks at Cruddas Park, opened with an optimistic flourish by Hugh Gaitskell Labour leader, on the 9th June 1962, have had yet another makeover. This latest revamp is more radical than previous ones and the optimism returns.
The local Public House has been totally refitted with the boozer on the ground floor and flats above. I hope the dwellings are well soundproofed.
Thomas Dan Smith was Newcastle City leader from 1960 to 1965 with a vision to improve the city and make it a commercial centre to rival the best in the world. He was compared to an American style 'city boss', called Mr. Newcastle by his supporters, and Mouth of the Tyne by his opponents.
Whilst many see him as a visionary, and ahead of his time, others brand him a charlatan, entangled in a web of corruption that almost toppled the Wilson Labour government.
His most controversial plan was for high rise housing, and the Cruddas Park scheme was part of what was called a 'city in the sky'.
The flats were built by Wimpey to a Swedish modular design. It was later to be alleged that Dan Smith took cash and other benefits for awarding the contracts.
Smith was sentenced to six years imprisonment for his involvement in the Poulson affair.
Taken on 1st September, 2010 at 1045hrs with a Leica IIIf on Fujicolor Pro 400H colour negative stock.
Libby, she is so cute, I really love her outfit it's so adorable, I love her hair colour too the light and dark pink it looks like a strawberry ice cream with sauce.
Komatiks and snowmobiles still on the ice in Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Travel on the frozen bay was still possible but not for much longer
The Optimistic Orchestra [Optimistorkestern] is a group of bronze statues created in 1985 by Yngve Lundell (Malmö, Sweden)
(#10 Loud - Monthly Scavenger Hunt, July 2006)