GERBERAS

Cut flowers in other words. I am not very good at recognising different species of plants and trees, but I do know that these are Gerberas. A straight forward photographic print just using available natural light.

Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such.

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SEA DEFENCES AT HAPPISBURGH

Wooden groynes snake out into the sea from the beach. A this location on the Norfolk coast which is subjected to regular erosion.

Happisburgh, Norfolk, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2003-.

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FENCED IN

A wooden picket style fence to hold marriam grasses and sand dunes in place is featured here in this monochrome photographic print.

Holy Island, Northumberland, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge, 2003-.

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MORE PEBBLES

From the same location. A slightly different perspective of pebbles (or stones) stuck in a wooden groyne.

Sandsend, North Yorkshire, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2003-.

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PEBBLES IN A GROYNE

With the shifting sands and tides, these stones or large pebbles have become logded in the gap between these two pieces of wooden groyne. A groyne is a man-made wooden structure that the Victorians invented has part of sea defences on British beaches and shores.

Sandsend, North Yorkshire, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2003-.

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BRIDGE AT NIGHT

Drypool Bridge at night. The street lighting is reflected in the dark waters of the River Hull. This is just one of several bridges that cross this river and link East Hull with West Hull.

Drypool Bridge, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such.

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DON'T FORGET

From a personal perspective on the 11 November 2011 (11-11-11). Lest we forget, the following, who fell on operational service:

2nd BATTALION, THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT
Private T. Anderson, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. 24 May 1982. Londonderry City Centre, Northern Ireland.
Major A. French, 2 Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment, British Army. 22 May 1986. Near Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Private C. Davies, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. 9 July 1986. Near Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland.
Private M. Bertram, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. 9 July 1986. Near Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland.

BRITISH D-DAY AND NORMANDY VETERANS
Bob Thompson - Royal Military Police.
Ben Bainbridge - The RAF Regiment.
Alf Mellors - Royal Navy.
John Smith - Royal Navy.
Maxwell Vernon Hirst - East Yorkshire Regiment.
Len Pounder - Pioneer Corps.
Tom Lyons - Royal Army Medical Corps.
Phil Fisher - Coldstream Guards.
Len Wooldridge - Lincolnshire Regiment.

The four lads who fell in Northern Ireland, I personally knew two of them and Major French was the Officer Commanding the Rifle Company that I was attached to.

During the period 1998 - 2002 I undertook a major photographic documentary project with the surviving members of the Hull & District Branch of the Normandy Veterans Association. I got to know all those listed above who survived the horrors of WWII to fade away in old age.

It just seemed very appropriate to upload the above photograph and mention all those who have served their country (some who fell, others who survived but eventually faded away).

The above image is from my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

Former 24296655 Cpl TD Betts. 2 Royal Anglian 1979-88.

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LEST WE FORGET

A wreath for 'The Fallen'. From the French Resistance, on the 55th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings of 6 June 1944.

Arromanches, Normandy, France (June 1999).

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

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