PeterW
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Post by PeterW on May 20, 2007 19:43:48 GMT -5
I've got very little in the way of fairground rides, which is odd really because I've been going to the annual Sellindge Steam Fair a few miles from us for years. I'm usually concentrating on the old cars there! Best I can manage is a shot I've always been fond of: Stealing a Ride I love the look on the face of this little chap stealing a ride, and the 'hey, what are you doing' attitude of his friend. I took it back in the 1950s at an amusement park called Dreamland in Margate, Kent (still going). I used a borrowed Diax IIa and the film was FP3 developed in ID11. PeterW
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Post by mickeyobe on May 21, 2007 5:36:37 GMT -5
Do all UK carousels turn the wrong way? Or do ours?
Mickey
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Post by John Parry on May 21, 2007 6:13:02 GMT -5
Peter - You got him! Right down to the pumps and scabby knees. I know - for I was that boy (or one just like him!!
Regards - John
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Post by nikonbob on May 21, 2007 10:54:30 GMT -5
Very nice Paul. Loved all of them. After I posted some of my carousel photos on Flickr I received an email from the Director of The National Carousel Association asking for more photos to help identify and add ours to the list of historic carousels. They have a great site and identity can be tracked down for most makers, even the original carvers. Neat. Now to get ours on the list. Had to take another 60 photos with the digital today and right in the middle it poured buckets of rain. That's ok, fat doesn't melt, LOL. By the way, on Flickr, I'm Canuck_Curt. Way to Curt. It is about time our old girl got some recognition. Bob
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Post by nikonbob on May 21, 2007 10:58:15 GMT -5
PeterW and Paul
Some interesting photos you have posted. I must take in a steam fair someday in England. That 50's photo says so much about that time period it is a classic.
Bob
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Post by herron on May 21, 2007 14:40:12 GMT -5
Neat handheld shots, Paul.
And Peter, I adore that B&W carousel shot, scabby knees and all! (although my wife says it doesn't sound right for the word "adore" to come out of something as big as me)
LOL!! ;D
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Post by PeterW on May 21, 2007 17:14:02 GMT -5
Thanks, John, Ron and Bob. Stealing a ride is typical of the type of picture I love to take, trying to capture the ordinary life of everyday people and, if I can, something of the atmosphere of the time. People working, relaxing, window shopping, gossiping ... there's just no end of subjects. It's possibly not the easiest sort of photography, and I must admit that I've had many more misses than hits even though it was easier years ago than it is today. Nowadays anyone with a camera in the street is likely to be looked on with suspicion, particularly if there are children about, as there usually is. That's one reason why I like taking pictures at events like steam fairs, county shows, car and motorcycle rallies and so on. So many people are walking about snapping the old machinery or the horses or whatever's in the event that one more person with a camera goes un-noticed. Sometimes, it can be a bit frustrating, as when I've manouvred myself into the right position to take what I think is an interesting picture of someone gazing intently at a piece of machinery or a display, or chatting with a friend in front of it, and then they look up, say 'Oh. sorry!' and move to one side. I just smile, call out 'Thanks!', take a picture of whatever they were looking at and move on. I've got quite a lot of pictures of things I never really wanted to take! Now if I could afford a nice digital SLR I could just delete them. . PeterW
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Post by John Parry on May 21, 2007 17:20:43 GMT -5
Mickey - seem to remember all of ours going clockwise. Probably to do with us driving on the left.....
By the way - once upon a time everyone drove, or rode on the left. It's the old thing about the mounted swordsman who encounters an enemy. Pulls out his sword, charges, and swings to the right. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who changed things around on the continent. The British ride on the left - we'll ride on the right. And the USA, who weren't too keen on the British in 1812, followed suit. So don't tell me it's we who drive on the wrong side of the road!!
Regards - John
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