diamond geezer
Friday, July 25, 2008
Olympic Marathon 1908 (the pictorial aftermath) www.flickr .com : my 1908 Olympic marathon route photos (30 new photos, mixed with 5 old ones ) Yesterday you got the words, today you get the pictures. You could just head over to Flickr and view them all there in sequence , but experience suggests you probably won't. So I'm going to give each of the 30 photos a little plug here, and then maybe you might click through and view the ones that sound interesting (or I might trick you with weasel words into viewing something mighty tedious - your risk). Windsor The castle before the tourists arrive ; The castle after the tourists arrive ; The Union Jack flying (so Her Maj was out); View from the bridge over the Thames (with wheel).Eton Filming in the High Street (proper camera crew and all); Barnespool Bridge (pretty in pink); A "25 miles to go" plaque commemorating the 1908 marathon on a wall at Barnespool Bridge (wow, who'd have thought 100 years later?); Eton College's 'School Hall' and 'School Library' ; Eton College Chapel (from a distance); The Playing Fields of Eton (with cricket pitch flattener). Slough Shoppers and birdy sculpture in the High Street ; Wernham Hoggs (don't get your hopes up, Office fans); Hilariously incorrect road markings (well, OK, quite amusing).Uxbridge The boutiques of Windsor Street ; The tube station entrance ; Pretty pink flowerbeds at the Civic Centre (well, I liked them).Ruislip Some old buildings in the High Street ; The even older Manor House .Eastcote A shop that hires hats (run by a lady called Felicity).Pinner A dull photo of the not terribly interesting River Pinn .Harrow Wembley The closest the 1908 runners got to the new stadium .Harlesden Caribbean fish shop (serving mysterious Caribbean fish); The Jubilee Clock (plus 999 personnel); The Willesden Junction Hotel (nice lettering).Old Oak Common A fairly spartan cafe (with washing line); Sidings full of old decaying railway carriages ; Site of 1966 triple murder (in front of burnt-out council house) (story ); Wormwood Scrubs prison .White City Monolithic newish BBC building ; The BBC Media Village (not the interesting end, sorry, because photography's banned).I may go back later and delete the photos you thought were the boringest, so click carefully.
• Eton: Filming in the High Street (proper camera crew and all); Barnespool Bridge (pretty in pink); A "25 miles to go" plaque commemorating the 1908 marathon on a wall at Barnespool Bridge (wow, who'd have thought 100 years later?); Eton College's 'School Hall' and 'School Library'; Eton College Chapel (from a distance); The Playing Fields of Eton (with cricket pitch flattener).
