Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then I know exactly where it is, (Off Shelton Street) , there used to be (maybe still is) a take-away on the corner that sold Pies n' Peas and Savaloy sausages. I used to get back there in the summer vacations and helped my sister and Bro-in-law setting up the "Acme Gallery" exhibitions and we used to get our lunches there. Douglas Michiel Fokkema wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >