A post of a few days ago was illustrated by a picture of a harvest near my home taken in the 1930's.The pic above is one my favourite pictures, taken by the same photograper (Chambre Hardman) only a few years after the harvest picture. They show two very different worlds though only a scant few miles apart. The passage of 70 years has strangely not changed much in both landscapes except our ship building industry is now history (the Ark Royal too) but luckily the countryside still soldiers on.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Rules the waves
A post of a few days ago was illustrated by a picture of a harvest near my home taken in the 1930's.The pic above is one my favourite pictures, taken by the same photograper (Chambre Hardman) only a few years after the harvest picture. They show two very different worlds though only a scant few miles apart. The passage of 70 years has strangely not changed much in both landscapes except our ship building industry is now history (the Ark Royal too) but luckily the countryside still soldiers on.
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What great perspective this pic has.
Did you ever visit his house/studio/emporium on Hope Street? I keep meaning to but never get round to it!
I adore such pics of those days - seriously, I can looked at them for minutes on end and imagine it.
Not yet,but I can remember hin from when I lived there.
A fantastic photograph. I'm going to send it to Commander Idle. He never served on Ark Royal, but did do two years on Hermes as First Lieutenant, I think. I was christened on Hermes and had my name engraved on the inside of the ship's bell. Idle Sr bid for the bell when the ship was decommissioned but was outgunned by others.
Idle...that is truly a great tale, christened on board? a true salt...heart of oak?
Seen what was left of the Ark Royal,when I was on the Stranraer ferry boat,when I was going to Belfast,the ferry boat passes the Cairnryan knackers yard ,that piccy is was taken at the top end of Holt Hill,Whetstone lane,looking down Holt Hill,the houses on the right have now gone but the ones on the left are still there and the big shed is what you would see if you took a picture from the same place,you would also get run over.
anon...it might be worth trying to take a comparison pic when I get back.
I love the series of vintage photographs on the blog. Happy harvesting in Napa! (although I imagine it's over by now)
great picture.
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