A bit of History

[Nick Armstrong]

One of two of the photos I've taken over the years now seem to belong in a History book rather than a photo album.

This pic, taken on Nevsky Prospekt during a 2 week stay in Leningrad in December 1982, seems almost surreal now (it seemed pretty surreal at the time!) - a different century, a different country, a different city. A military peaked cap in the crowd. Even the traffic light's red. (And that's the equivalent of Oxford Street - not much in the clothes shop window...)




I'm sure there are some more slices of history in Forumites' collections (and of course those haunting pictures of family cars of yore are right up there!)

[Serial_Apologist]

One of two of the photos I've taken over the years now seem to belong in a History book rather than a photo album.

This pic, taken on Nevsky Prospekt during a 2 week stay in Leningrad in December 1982, seems almost surreal now (it seemed pretty surreal at the time!) - a different century, a different country, a different city. A military peaked cap in the crowd. Even the traffic light's red. (And that's the equivalent of Oxford Street - not much in the clothes shop window...)

I'm sure there are some more slices of history in Forumites' collections (and of course those haunting pictures of family cars of yore are right up there!)

Today those shop window displays would probably be hailed in some design periodical as "Zen Minimalist", or something, if that shop were off the Zurich Niederdorf.

[Petrushka]

Great photo, Caliban. I was in Leningrad in December 1979 so that picture provokes some memories.

Some of my photos of Berlin in October 1980, particularly of Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall and East Berlin (a particularly good one of the Alexanderplatz) would qualify for this thread but they are all stashed away on negatives only so can't upload on here.

[Nick Armstrong]

Great photo, Caliban. I was in Leningrad in December 1979 so that picture provokes some memories.

Some of my photos of Berlin in October 1980, particularly of Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall and East Berlin (a particularly good one of the Alexanderplatz) would qualify for this thread but they are all stashed away on negatives only so can't upload on here.

Thanks Pet... and you're right, I sort of forgot the technical aspect, making it rather more difficult to post the 'historic' sort of picture - mine of course were on negs too, but some years ago there was a little photo shop near here which had an offer on (and a new machine for) scanning negatives to CD. I got quite a number of packets of old negatives transferred in this way (and some slides too).

Hence, as regards Berlin, I can assist with the following photos. I had several trips to Berlin in the late '80s, early 90s, before and just after the Wall came down. These count as 'historic' too, another vanished era...

[teamsaint]

really amazing photos, thanks to both of you.

[eighthobstruction]

great stuff....

[teamsaint]

love the piccie of Bruce Grobbelaar in particular......

here he is , after givingh up politics, in his later career between the sticks...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=960&bih=626&q=bruce+grobbelaar&oq=bruce+gro&gs_l=img.1.0.0l10.1642.8267.0.9980.9.7.0.2.2.0.85.440.7.7.0....0...1ac.1.26.img..0.9.445.5oIkOXLR13E

[EdgeleyRob]

Might not look that impressive,but this is yer actual charge of the light brigade country (death valley),Sevastopol.
A picture taken a few years ago when we were in the Ukraine.
Very moving being stood at the top of that hill.

[Stillhomewardbound]

Brandenburg Gate & Wall pictures are brill. I love the Charge of the Light Brigade picture too.

[Nick Armstrong]

Might not look that impressive,but this is yer actual charge of the light brigade country (death valley),Sevastopol

Blimey Rob, that's amazing. Battlefields really are haunted places, aren't they...

[Petrushka]

Battlefields really are haunted places, aren't they...

They certainly are. I went to the Falaise Gap in Normandy a few years ago and looking simultaneously at a 1944 photograph taken near St Lambert after the battle was unbelievably spooky as some of the buildings were recognisably the same as then.

Wish I could upload some of the Normandy/D-Day beaches photos but again they are on negs.

[EdgeleyRob]

Blimey Rob, that's amazing. Battlefields really are haunted places, aren't they...

Indeed they are Cali,like Petrushka I've also done some of the WW1 & 2 sites,very thought provoking places.

On a cruise a few years ago we sailed past the Gallipoli Peninsula,very eerie and quiet,unfortunately the pictures are lost.

Here's a bit of history,Napoleon's birthplace in Ajaccio.
I'm no photographer but you can just make out the plaque.

[Nick Armstrong]

Here's a bit of history,Napoleon's birthplace in Ajaccio.
I'm no photographer but you can just make out the plaque.

Indeed! "NAPOLEON EST NÉ DANS CETTE MAISON" What's the house now? Museum to the little chap, or just apartments?

[teamsaint]

Indeed! "NAPOLEON EST NÉ DANS CETTE MAISON" What's the house now? Museum to the little chap, or just apartments?

Bonapartments?

[EdgeleyRob]

Indeed! "NAPOLEON EST NÉ DANS CETTE MAISON" What's the house now? Museum to the little chap, or just apartments?

A museum now Cal http://www.napoleonguide.com/ajaccio.htm