Showing posts with label Brick Lane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brick Lane. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2008

London - creative expression


Hello and a warm welcome to my blog.
For this edition I have uploaded shots that I took while walking in London. They are not your classic tourist photos, more about the expression and creativity of its people, the evidence of which was everywhere. This, for example, was a very traditional funfair. There was even a coconut shy! I haven't seen one of those for years. It took me back to my childhood!

I hope you enjoy the photos I have chosen.

Do come back in two weeks to see some photos of a lovely Cornish fishing village.

Alan

















Candid moments of Mums with kids






















Covent Garden. How can she
look so relaxed?






















Shopping at Selfridges is hot work!
















Tiger "green" car. No petrol used.
None of these in Singapore!






















Big Brother seems to be an issue.
Perhaps the most famous graffitti artist is
Banksy. Have a look at his website.
Great artist!
















Quite a common theme!






















Contrasting architecture
















Shop at Columbia Road Market






















I couldn't bring myself to tell her
she has chocolate cake in her hair!






















Will you marry me?
















Literacy seems to be a problem in Islington!

















I'll never lose my van!
















Aah! What I'd do for a camera......and hairstyle
like that!















Hard night. I need a boost......
















Brick Lane on a sunny Sunday morning
















Great socks!
















Another pair of socks top right!
















Saving on overhead costs. Crafty these Japanese....
















Best decorated Estate Agents in town

Sunday, April 20, 2008

London

A big welcome to my blog, thanks for dropping by

On my way to Turkey I stayed in London for a very short visit. It was great to be back, see some close friends and London too. It was very cold! I went from 30 centigrade degrees in Singapore to 3! Ouch! It even snowed on me! Here I am with Jen, our dear friend in London looking as cold as I felt!

I hope you enjoy the photos....it was hard to keep the camera still, I was shaking so much...

I am leaving for a holiday in New Zealand next weekend so it will be 3 weeks before I upload again. Do come back then

love

Alan





















Birch trees outside the Tate Modern





















"The Crack" exhibit inside the Tate Modern





















The "gherkin"















Brick Lane. The little girl on the bike is Sofia,
our god-daughter





















Shoes growing on trees!





















St. Paul's Cathedral















Tower Bridge















HMS Belfast





















Ferry under the Millennium bridge















Not many of these left on the streets of London now















Trafalgar Square at dusk















Westminster





















The London Eye





















Can you hear the bells ringing?





















Another view of this beautiful clock tower

















Another view of the London Eye















By night





















....beautifully illuminated





















Nelson watching over London















Trafalgar square.......













.........9.00 o'clock in the morning