Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Must be around Covent garden. I didn't walked a lot on the south bank. The last picture was made very close to Covent garden. You can see a part of it. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Douglas Sharp wrote: > If you take a look at the windows below the beam this is very probably > an old weaving loft, or perhaps a tailors "sweat-shop" (Could even be a > cigar rollers shop). As there was only gas or candle light at the time > these houses were built the best use had to be made of natural light.You > still find quite a few corners like this in the East End (I lived in > Bow, during 1973), just south of the Thames, and on the south bank, > behind the warehouses. Though I must say that this alley looks very > familiar and could be just around the corner from Covent Garden. > Douglas > > Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Michiel, >> >> I'm unfamiliar with city life, but it appears that those buildings are >> very closely set together. Is the high beam in the second photo used >> to hoist large furniture items to the upper floors? >> The Rollei does a beautiful job. If it were not such a pain to get >> the film processed, I would be tempted. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >