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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....

London, August 1973

08/01/201212/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

We obviously spent a few days with my dad's sister in London. These three are from the Imperial War Museum This one is a Barbara Hepworth piece called Two Forms (Divided Circle) - it was stolen from Dulwich Park in December last year, presumed to have been sold for scrap value....