2012 – Page 2 – My Dad's Photos

1978 Travels

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

We got around quite a bit in the summer of 1978 as we had a French lad over to stay with us, arrange through Abington Vale Middle School. His name was Bertrand Lazard-Peillon - there is someone of that name who appears to be a journalist in France, but I have no idea if it's the same person. So here we have Downing Street - in the days when you could get close to it At my aunt's in Peterborough (Bertrand, me and cousin Liz) What is probably the Nene Valley Railway Me feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square Me resting after a busy day out Imperial War Museum in South London Hampton Court A Boeing 747 landing at Heathrow, from the days when they had public viewing platforms....

Cheers

04/11/201212/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

My father at a Lings Players "tarts & vicars" party, spring 1978. ...

Northampton 1978

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

A few from around Northampton in 1978 - the Fish Market, Market Square, from the top of the Grosvenor Centre again, and on the canals....

Italy 1977

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

In April 1977, my parents went on their first big holiday since the Club Med jaunt in 1964. This was a trip to Rome, Florence and Venice. Interestingly, they only ever went back to one of the cities - Venice, and they went there about a dozen more times. First up, Rome. Florence And finally Venice. ...

Cousins

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

Four cousins in the back garden in 1977 - Me, Chris, The Brother and Mike. And as a footnote, yes - a number of footballs did come into contact with the greenhouse......

Out and About in Northampton, 1977

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

Some pics from out and about in Northampton in 1977 - the Carnival, the Raft Race and the Borough Show. ...

Northampton 1977

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendy1 Comment

A few shots from around Northampton, including some from the top of the Grosvenor centre (which prove that I do indeed remember when all those bits were fields...) and of the Guildhall prior to the modern addition. ...

Derngate

04/11/201208/04/2015 By shendy1 Comment

In 1977 my father took a series of photos for Northampton High School, a private school for girls that at the time was based in Derngate, as part of their centenary celebrations - a number of the images appeared in their centenary magazine. I'm not quite sure how he got the gig though - quite possibly an amateur dramatics contact. ...

British GP 1977

04/11/201204/11/2012 By shendyNo Comments

This is the last of the motorsport - our trip to Silverstone for practice at the British Grand Prix in July 1977. Notable for a couple of things - the weird and wonderful 6-wheel Tyrell and also the debut of the Turbocharged Renault, the first turbo F1 car. For the afficionados: #1 James Hunt in a McLaren #3 Ronnie Petersen in a Tyrell #17 Alan Jones in a Shadow #11 Niki Lauda in a Ferrari#5 Mario Andretti in a Lotus #12 Carlos Reutemann in a Ferrari #24 Rupert Keegan in a Williams #4 Patrick Depailler in a Tyrell #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille in a Renault ...

Black and White – done!

05/08/2012 By shendyNo Comments

Feeling a bit emotional... I have actually finished scanning all of the black and white negatives - 20,254 frames from 1954 to 2005, in a process that has taken a few days under 3 years. This is the last image, taken in Lyon in 2005. I'm only actually half way through the entire scanning job, but the rest of it is in colour - negative and slides. Special credit to the Epson V700 scanner which is still going strong, but will now probably fail tomorrow as I've said that. I've had to buy a new negative holder as the existing one is starting to crack, but it's done very well!...