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Reminiscing

Last September I had an operation on my heart. 2 Aneurysms and a leaking valve. I was on the operating table for nine and a half hours, and was woken 4 days later. Luckily the operation was successful. I still have some health problems and am unable to get about like in the good old days. So I am looking through my old photos and picking out ones i like. This reminds me of the good old days and keeps my mind active.
Clockwork Orange many years later.
"Clockwork Orange" many years later.
Walking through a dark wood, then see this cute little doll on a fence.
Except I could swear it was staring at me.
Suddenly not so cute, even a little bit evil.
Innocent ?

Walking through a dark wood, then see this cute little doll on a fence.
Except I could swear it was staring at me.
Suddenly not so cute, even a little bit evil.

Beep Beep.
Beep Beep.
A beautiful place to take a dog for a walk
A beautiful place to take a dog for a walk
How very strange to advertise this
How very strange to advertise this
Old buildings are beautiful.
Old buildings are beautiful.
A peaceful place early before thousands of people get there to enjoy the beach.
West Wittering early in the Morning.

A peaceful place early before thousands of people get there to enjoy the beach.

Why do people sit on rowing machines inside buildings when the real thing is so nice.
Rowing on the Thames

Why do people sit on rowing machines inside buildings when the real thing is so nice.

Maybe an Albino.
A ghost Red Deer

Maybe an Albino.

Actually to drive away he presses a button and the van rises to normal height.
I cannot really see the point of it, not unless the button has a good lock.
In which case it will be a good thief deterrent.
A low rider

Actually to drive away he presses a button and the van rises to normal height.
I cannot really see the point of it, not unless the button has a good lock.
In which case it will be a good thief deterrent.

This vintage car built before 1905 is on the annual run to Brighton from Hyde Park.
Broken down on Brixton Hill after traveling a few miles.
There are hundreds of cars in the run, plenty travel all the way with no trouble.
I usually get about 800 photos as they go past.
Broken down on Brixton Hill.

This vintage car built before 1905 is on the annual run to Brighton from Hyde Park.
Broken down on Brixton Hill after traveling a few miles.
There are hundreds of cars in the run, plenty travel all the way with no trouble.
I usually get about 800 photos as they go past.

Good memory's of playing in the sea with my granddaughter
Good memory's of playing in the sea with my granddaughter
Must be Christmas again, another boring year gone....Yes Dear.
Must be Christmas again, another boring year gone....Yes Dear.
Canada House, strange I never noticed that before.
Canada House, strange I never noticed that before.
I can understand why he makes his father walk behind him.
I can understand why he makes his father walk behind him.
I wonder why she looks so sad on a beautiful sunny day.
Would really like to see her now, 12 years later.
Thursday the 11th of February 2010

I wonder why she looks so sad on a beautiful sunny day.
Would really like to see her now, 12 years later.

There are no names or inscriptions on the huge stone. some faint pictures of sailing ships scratched into the sides. I have never seen any flowers placed on the grave except for one year a small posy of flowers with a letter in an envelope was left on the top.
I never read the letter, it might have been very personal.
I have a photo of it somewhere. 
It is in a corner of the Cemetery, and is a beautiful spot that time of year.
Joseph Bruce Ismay the owner of the Titanic is buried under the stone block lower right.

There are no names or inscriptions on the huge stone. some faint pictures of sailing ships scratched into the sides. I have never seen any flowers placed on the grave except for one year a small posy of flowers with a letter in an envelope was left on the top.
I never read the letter, it might have been very personal.
I have a photo of it somewhere.
It is in a corner of the Cemetery, and is a beautiful spot that time of year.

This is how the photo came out of the camera.
The frames before and after were normal.
I did nothing to the photo, whatever happened was done by the camera.
on the right of the image you can see the front bumper.
The left of the image is the boot of the car.
The background looks normal, nothing missing.
A Daimler car.

This is how the photo came out of the camera.
The frames before and after were normal.
I did nothing to the photo, whatever happened was done by the camera.
on the right of the image you can see the front bumper.
The left of the image is the boot of the car.
The background looks normal, nothing missing.

Not for long it wont be.
Not for long it wont be.
I would love to shoot this.
I would love to shoot this.
Time to turn left, all that water on his screen is affecting his judgement.
Time to turn left, all that water on his screen is affecting his judgement.
I must admit I had a powerful feeling of my stomach being in a tight knot.
Me standing on a pane of glass 300 foot above the ground.

I must admit I had a powerful feeling of my stomach being in a tight knot.

I used to get dozens of good photos along this road when there were spring tides.
Hopefully get back there sometime.
Putney Embankment at high tide.

I used to get dozens of good photos along this road when there were spring tides.
Hopefully get back there sometime.

Stitching does not always work.
Stitching does not always work.
If you are really old you will understand the title.
Hat tester for the Susquahanna hat company at work.

If you are really old you will understand the title.

In the winter, I cannot stand closer than 10 foot because it is too hot.
This is what my bonfires normally look like.

In the winter, I cannot stand closer than 10 foot because it is too hot.

Normally my fires only produce flames and heat.
It must have been sabotaged.
Something appears to have gone wrong with my little bonfire.

Normally my fires only produce flames and heat.
It must have been sabotaged.

Life for ducklings is grim. So many other animals want to eat them. You will see a mother with 10 or 12 chicks. And as the weeks go by, the numbers keep dropping. Sometimes they all go.
Wish i were back in the egg, it is tough out here. Yeah, me too.

Life for ducklings is grim. So many other animals want to eat them. You will see a mother with 10 or 12 chicks. And as the weeks go by, the numbers keep dropping. Sometimes they all go.

My new vehicle, and my old one.
My new vehicle, and my old one.
At age 16 on my BSA Gold Star, 500cc single cylinder.
Very close ratio gear box, about 80mph in first gear, 90mph in second gear, 100mph in third gear, speed in fourth varied depending on conditions. I thought I was a very good rider, superb even. By the time I reached 17 years old I realised I was not going to live much longer because of how I rode it.
So I changed to a car. and here I am 62 years later. Sometimes I made good decisions.
Me in the middle with the scarf.

At age 16 on my BSA Gold Star, 500cc single cylinder.
Very close ratio gear box, about 80mph in first gear, 90mph in second gear, 100mph in third gear, speed in fourth varied depending on conditions. I thought I was a very good rider, superb even. By the time I reached 17 years old I realised I was not going to live much longer because of how I rode it.
So I changed to a car. and here I am 62 years later. Sometimes I made good decisions.

My first job, age 15, was in the machine shop at Simmons and Hawkers in Feltham, close to London Airport. They supplied this old bus to take the workers from Wandsworth to Feltham.
Simmons and Hawkers was in Wandsworth for many years before they moved to Feltham.
My father worked there in Wandsworth but did not want to travel when they moved.
Simmons and Hawker bus.

My first job, age 15, was in the machine shop at Simmons and Hawkers in Feltham, close to London Airport. They supplied this old bus to take the workers from Wandsworth to Feltham.
Simmons and Hawkers was in Wandsworth for many years before they moved to Feltham.
My father worked there in Wandsworth but did not want to travel when they moved.

On the bank, my parents, my wife and my son.
The river Mole disappeared in 1976, which was a long hot summer, before Global Warming was invented.
This year 2022 it has flowed non stop, not even lower than usual.
River Mole dried up.

On the bank, my parents, my wife and my son.
The river Mole disappeared in 1976, which was a long hot summer, before Global Warming was invented.
This year 2022 it has flowed non stop, not even lower than usual.

One of my favourite photos.
Taken by my wife Brenda.
Stocks.

One of my favourite photos.
Taken by my wife Brenda.