Woolwich in the Evening

Every Saturday, as a child I would walk with my mother to Woolwich to do our weekly shopping in the Market, which filled the whole of Beresford Square. It is now very restricted in area with much of the Square turned into public concrete area. The town has a great variety of shops, a lot of them with wonderful ethnic and fresh foods. However, we did wonder what people do in the evening now. There are still some pubs but the public swimming pool has gone (only an expensive gym and pool complex) and no cinemas and very few cafes or restaurants open at night. The former Granada Cinema, the Ebenezer Building  (1930s) is now the Cathedral of Christ Faith Tabernacle with a seating capacity of nearly 2500 and the Coronet Cinema is now the New Wine Church with a capacity of 3,000 members.

Points of view in Saffron Walden

Yesterday was our camera club's annual Points of View competition where last year's winner chooses the location and topics. Gaby set it in Saffron Walden and chose the following 5 topics: Market Day, Sweet Things, Bridge End Garden (monochrome), Ancient and Modern, and the Church. Here are a few out takes from these topics plus a couple that I liked though not relevant to the task. I was very pleased with the panorama (8 shots) except for the dominant central figure.

90 Minutes in Cambridge

In total I spent 3 hours in Cambridge yesterday photographing as the sun set and then into night conditions. Here a set of images taken in the 'blue hour' (actually 90minutes) as the daytime colours change to night.

Locked Down Cambridge Market

Some images from a visit to Cambridge Market on Monday (19th), the day when slight easing of restrictions came into force. The Market is dominated by fast food outlets and customers well regulated with Stewards present to ensure rules are adhered to. Sad to see Don Pasquale all boarded up.

 

Antigua 6.Colourful St John's

St. John’s, one of the oldest towns in the Caribbean,  was originally built after the French invasion of 1666 and is laid out in a grid pattern leading towards the busy harbor. Fires  in 1769 and 1841 destroyed many of the original buildings, but there are still many buildings over 150 years old with diverse architecture including Georgian and Victorian buildings. Today it is a town of contrasts between the luxury cruise ships and passengers that visit the bustling tourist trading areas and the local folk with their markets and slower pace of life. We concentrated our time with the latter aspect.

Brick Lane Miscellany

Part of our London walk route yesterday went along Brick Lane - very crowded and noisy with the Sunday Market in full swing, though I managed to find some people and pigeon enjoying quieter places.