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Which Board? => Photo Essays => : Sandeha Lynch November 05, 2019, 09:46:18 PM

: Just like the first time
: Sandeha Lynch November 05, 2019, 09:46:18 PM

Not the first time I owned a camera, and certainly not the first time I used one, but it was the first time I had a decent brand new SLR in my hands and could go out on the street with a project in my head.

It was early November 1982, when kids were out on the streets with their Guy Fawkes 'Guys' raising money to buy fireworks.

Pentax MV, Pentax M50/2, Ilford XP1.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49006750422_b1a280a19e_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypwN)
xp1_400_31 (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypwN) by Sandeha Lynch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeha/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49006750477_b0f317cf04_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypxK)
xp1_400_21 (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypxK) by Sandeha Lynch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeha/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49006001493_e9be69df0b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hEuyUe)
xp1_400_16 (https://flic.kr/p/2hEuyUe) by Sandeha Lynch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeha/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49006001543_85bc591c61_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hEuyV6)
xp1_400_34 (https://flic.kr/p/2hEuyV6) by Sandeha Lynch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeha/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49006750452_7dc05313b9_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypxj)
xp1_400_32 (https://flic.kr/p/2hEypxj) by Sandeha Lynch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeha/), on Flickr

: Re: Just like the first time
: kentish cob November 06, 2019, 03:31:11 PM

Fantastic little set, Sandeha.
A healthy dose of nostalgia...
I'd have been 15, and these have brought back so many memories, the shopfront especially as I was brought up above my parents' newsagent / tobacconist shop. Just the sight of the old Rothman's sign on the door... something you'd never see nowadays.
And the two lads in wellies and Harrington jackets, the must have fashion item of the time... Brilliant. Thanks for sharing these.

: Re: Just like the first time
: Sandeha Lynch November 07, 2019, 09:58:25 AM

Thanks. While I was quite proud of these at the time, they seem to have improved with age!

: Re: Just like the first time
: Bryan November 15, 2019, 03:08:20 PM

Nice set Sandeha!  I didn’t even know there was a Guy Fawkes Night until I saw this.  Do the kids still raise money for fireworks like that?  That would have been about the same time I first used an SLR.

: Re: Just like the first time
: Sandeha Lynch November 22, 2019, 01:59:40 PM

I dare say some might somewhere but it would be a rare thing now ... maybe rare since 2000.

: Re: Just like the first time
: euge... December 08, 2019, 06:06:38 PM

I think the hegemony of halloween rules the roost now for that time of year. Id be surprised though if there wasn't something in the towns with a big parade eg Lewes or Edenbridge.