Our third attempt at taking a train went even worse than the previous two. We had arrived on Thursday night and headed off for Ventimiglia market on Friday morning. We strode confidently through and behind the Old Town, down beside the botanic gardens, to the sleepy little station at Garavan, a single platform either side […]
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My Tony Benn story
Thursday, 13 February 2014
News of Tony Benn’s serious illness prompts me to recall my one connection with him, a tangential, passing moment. Twitter is all a-flutter this morning, squabbling over whether he was a great man or not. Irrelevant to me. I think he was a good man, which is much more important. He had empathy in spades […]
Smithsonian Folkways Pete Seeger Album
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
http://www.folkways.si.edu/pete-seeger/folksingers-guitar-guide-vol-1-an-instruction-record/american-folk-music-instruction/album/smithsonian
#walkfromdalston to Olympic Park & Stratford 15 Nov 2013
Friday, 15 November 2013
Across Hackney Downs, over Lower Clapton Road to Millfields and the River Lea. Middlesex Filter Beds, across Hackney Marshes and along the river to the Olympic Park. Up onto the Green Way and a circuitous route through building sites, around the Park to Stratford. With Heather and Geneviève. Googlemap
#walkfromdalston to Limehouse Basin 8 Nov 2013
Friday, 8 November 2013
South through London Fields & Broadway Market, onto the canal. East past Victoria Park, turning south towards Mile End, eventually under Stephenson’s arches to the basin, the lock and the Thames. Googlemap
#walkfromdalston to Hampstead Heath 1 Nov 2013
Friday, 1 November 2013
West across the A10, through Highbury to the Emirates and up Hornsey Road, Hornsey Rise and Hornsey Lane into Highgate. Googlemap
Gran doing a Demo
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Clearing out my hard drive, I’ve just come across this footage. My grandfather marketed turbines. Or something. I think they had to be started by hand? Anyway, here’s Gran giving a demo. He shot this on 9.5mm film and, although I have his projector, it’s a fire hazard. I scanned in a few frames instead […]