£11 a day car hire in the Isle of Dogs in the early 80s? That's a bit steep. No wonder they have gone out of business. Or just sold up to some merchant bank to build an architecturally worthless monolith.
OK some real geek photos here! Wood Lane tube station, White City please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin's_Tower Watkin's Tower was a partially completed ironlattice tower in London, England, UK. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre (1,175 ft)-high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur SirEdward Watkin. Marketed as the "Great Tower of London", it was designed to surpass the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The tower was never completed and it was demolished in 1907. The site of the tower is now occupied by the English national footballground, Wembley Stadium. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
I'm in this photo. Second left, second row up from the bottom in the white top. I think it was taken circa '83 going by the clothing. Can't recall exactly where or when unfortunately.
that old picture of highbury is amazing i didnt realise that there ground was nearly all terraced,also the nottinghill picture is i think the totenham fa cup final,would that be correct 999
I was listening to an interview on the radio a fortnight ago and it was with a fellow named Mark Leech who heads up a top sports photography firm nowadays. He was recalling what got him into that field and opining that it was purely circumstantial. He described be 15 years old and having very little idea of what he would do for a living, but was passionate about football. Following his love for the beautiful game, he stumbled upon a junior role initially running camera film for sports photographers. On the day that he snapped Brian Kid with the bobby's helmet on, he was sent along the touchline to get more film and took the liberty of taking his camera and caught this moment. As I was hearing it described, I recognised that this must be the iconic image that I'd shamelessly borrowed from Twitter and posted up here. It just goes to show that sometimes in life, opportunities find a way of drawing out the very best talent that would remain otherwise latent. Here's a link to more about the fellow. Enjoy! http://blog.scottsmenswear.com/photographers-you-should-know-about-mark-leech/
please log in to view this image The angry brigade March from the Bush ending at the scrubs, 1972 apparently. Can anyone add some info about this?
