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WXG 557 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The MG T Type series of very British sports cars were produced from 1936 until 1955, with a break during the war years.
The MG TC was first marketed in September 1945, an upgrade of the short lived MG TB of 1939. 10,001 TC's were made before production ended in November 1949.
Features of the model include 19" Dunlop wire wheels and a low fuel warning light instead of a fuel gauge.
Another rendition of landscape with Dhauladhar mountains in the background from The Mirage - Andretta, Himachal.
This is another view from the porch of the master-house at The Mirage. This was my second take on this scene. While the earlier was clicked before I saw an artist's sketch of the very same scene - pillar and bell in the foreground, forest and mountains in the background - displayed inside the house, this one was clicked after I had seen the sketch.
Two X30 'Pier to Air' Southend-On-Sea to Stansted Airport buses in view. YY66PCF nearest the camera is heading to Stansted Airport. YY66 PBV, in front is on the return journey to Southend-On-Sea.
Shruti's portrait at The Mirage - Andretta in Himachal.
This candid shot was clicked indoors using ambient light only - a mix of natural daylight and dresser lights - while she was getting lady-ready.
I once read somewhere that monochrome photo-art has become cliched. Amateur photographers click monochrome portraits of the poor in developing and third-world countries, and think that they've created art. While I don't entirely agree with that assessment, I'm happy that I can hope to escape such criticism considering the spread of subjects in my art portfolio.
275 BBB on display at the Steam and Transport Festival 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent.
The car derived Thames 300E van was in production from 1957 until 1961. Powered by the reliable 1172cc side valve engine that first appeared in the early 1930's. The van had a slightly shorter wheelbase than the 100E car models.
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.
NDL 652R in the bright sunshine of Easter 2019.
Festival of Steam 2019, Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
NDL 652R spent a few years working in Essex for NIBS before preservation
At the Le Blockhaus d'Eperlecques bunker museum near St Omer.
I'm assuming that this held gunpowder, but don't know that for sure.
Reduced from £20 in the outlet sales section of a major bookseller store.
Yesterday's man has left a legacy that the United Kingdom is struggling to cope with. Not that David Cameron himself is struggling of course.
Gugielmo Marconi had very strong associations with Chelmsford, Essex. The Chelmsford Museum has put together an excellent display about Marconi. Crompton Electrics and Hoffmann Bearings also have a large area dedicated to their factories that were in Chelmsford. I was very impressed.
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.
Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
The diesel powered rolling stock runs on a 3' gauge single track with a passing loop. There are island style platforms at either end of the railway. This version of the pier railways dates from 1986 and the local council is looking at options for a replacement. The first railway to run the length of Southend Pier (an earlier pier) was a horse tramway in 1851. The much loved electric pier railway came in to service during the 1890's with major upgrade of rolling stock in 1949. That system closed in 1978 and no trains ran on the pier again until 1986.
Displayed in Southend Pier Museum. The original Southend Pier Electric Railway was designed and installed by Crompton Electrics of Chelmsford, Essex.
Photograph taken with permission.
This commemoration took place on the sea wall at The Point, Canvey Island Essex.
It was on the 19th June 1944 that two of the 379th Bombardment Group were in an air collision over Canvey Island, only 15 minutes flying time away from their base. One of the aircraft has been damged by enemy fire and lost power and height hitting another B-17 as it did so. The unnamed aircraft was 44-6133.
Top left is Captain Rebecca Bird of the United States Air Force representing the USAF.
Seated in the front row of the top centre photo are relatives of the B17's aircrews who came over from America to attend this event. Bottom right is "Mr Canvey Island" Ray Howard M.B.E., a true gentleman who even found time to talk to me.
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.
Photograph from the Rochford Hundred Agricultural Society's Ploughing Match 2019. Held at Hall Farm, Little Stambridge Road near Rochford, Essex.
A short production run for the Fordson Super Dexta, 1962-64. Built at the Dagenham plant just prior to Ford tractor production in the UK moving to Basildon, Essex. The Super Dexta looks very similar to models made before 1962 .
Three modes of transport that are allowed to pass under the railway bridge in the Duke Street restrictions.
This momument is at the far end of what was the Western Front during the Great War. It was First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, who formed the Royal Naval Division during 1914 to fight alongside the British Army. In 1914 there were more Royal Navy volunteers than required in the senior service and they were allocated to what became the 63rd Royal Naval Division that was later absorbed in to the mainstream Army.
This memorial was unveiled in 1928 to a design by Charles Sergeant Jagger. 500 soldiers and sailors died in the nearby area.
Photograph taken in September 2018.
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.
Labourer working in a paddy field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Farmers in Punjab are heavily dependent on these migrant labourers to work in their fields, as the younger generation among farming families don't prefer working in their fields themselves.
Part of an extensive full size diarama scene depicting the Operation Market Garden failed military action in September 1944.
This display is at the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, Ooterbeek, Netherlands. The building itself played a central role in Operation Market Garden being a combined headquarters, casualty station and one of the last defensive positions before the Allied troops were evacuated.
I believe the car is a pre 1936 Opel model, probably a 1.3 litre.
Z7015 developed a fault just after getting in to position for take off from Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
A Canadian built aircraft that spent many years as an instructional airframe. It was returned to flying condition with the Shuttleworth Collection and Imperial War Museum working together to achieve a return to the skies on 16th September 1995. Unfortunately it stayed on the ground for the Flying Festival 2019. Still good to see it though.
KKT 277, registered in 1948, at the Flying Festival 2019 held at Old Warden Airfield by the Shuttleworth Collection. Not sure about the grille being a standard fitment and I suspect that the tractor itself may be a few years older than 1948, but I'm only guessing. Grateful for any help on that.
The backdrop is provided by N103NA, Flabob Express, Douglas C47/Dakota. Built in 1943 and had served with the RAF and Pakistani Air Force.
In the Folkestone Garden of Remembrance, Sandgate Road.
The Royal Gurkha Rifles are based at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.
Photo taken in 2019.
79-BHS-3 working route 317 from Eindhoven Station through Valkenswaard to Dommelen, Netherlands.
Bravo Direct is a brand name operated by the large Hermes business.
There are electric versions of this model of bus, but this one is diesel powered.
YJ06 GNO day tripping to the Steam and Transport Festival 2019 held at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent.
Cooks Coaches are based in Westcliff-On-Sea within the Borough of Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
GR 8671 displayed at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
The MG T Type Midget range of cars were made in progressive upgrades from 1936 to 1955, with a break for the war years.
I think the post war MG TC is probably the most pleasing on the eye. Still having that 1930's era look about it. An all time classic.
AYR 506 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The information board attached to this car says that this one of only eight in the world.
The basic design goes back to the mid 1920's when Talbot produced the 14-45 model, which was reworked in to the Talbot 65. The car has a Darracq body, made in Fulham. Not far away from where Talbot built this car in North Kensington.
Preserved ex London Fire Brigade ALL 386H at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. held at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
A special treat to be able to walk freely around 7 of the Douglas Dakota / C47/ C53 Skytrooper aircraft that will be part of the Daks Over Normandy 75th anniversary event on 5th/6/h June 2019.
Civil Air Transport (CAT) was used as a support for Cold War operations by the CIA.
They were at Old Warden Airfield for the Shuttleworth Collection's Flying Festival 2019.
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:
YN04 YJR on rail replacement duty for Greater Anglia at Southend Victoria Station, Essex.
NIBbuses is based near Wickford, Essex.
Keeping some very good company on the airfield at Old Warden is this Land Rover equipped for airfield fire fighting.
Photo taken at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection.
Back in the early 1970's I sometime drove a very similar looking Land Rover. It had a steering problem with a very poor righthand turning circle. Made right hand turns whilst towing another vehicle a bit difficult at times.
NVK 131X displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham. The Series III range had a 14 year production span starting in 1971. With the Series III models came softer options to appeal to the growing leisure market for rugged off road vehicles. Not as pleasing on the eye as earlier and very late Land Rover versions in my opinion.
Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
At this point on the pendulum style ride the intrepid passengers are upsidedown at 100 feet in the air.
AY67 PXM parked up in the bus layover area outside of Rayleigh Station waiting to start the afternoon school run.
Lovely interior mural at the tea parlour called Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex. The wiring cable passing through the beam on the top right gives the game away. The chandielier is real.
On display within Ely Cathedral for a space science related exhibition.
This type of protective space suit was first used in 1980 on Soyuz spacecraft missions.