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Lunch and Vauxhall.
« on: August 01, 2007, 07:56:01 AM »
While the feeble hoards where scrabbling to gawk at London's tourist attractions, we were having an al fresco lunch beside the tracks at Waterloo, preparing for a journey into the wilds of Vauxhall. I would not normally post three of the same subject, but I am sure a few others want to see why we spent an hour or more wandering around a gasometer...

Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand...

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2007, 08:34:09 AM »
the first one espcially is incredible,  almost looks like its falling on top of you.



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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2007, 08:47:56 AM »
Wow! These are amazing, and they really evoke the menace of Vauxhall  ;)

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 01:58:43 PM »
Great serie!! I really like the thrashy look of it.

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2007, 05:00:48 PM »
Yeah, the first one is my fav of the trio, but they are great as a set!

This place has been added to my list of places to go----

one of these days I'll make it to the UK.

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2007, 12:25:56 AM »
Hats off Skorj.....you've really made Vauxhall look like it's stuck in the 1890's still. Quite a feat.

Becky, I'd re-consider including it on your list (although it is a mere 2-ish miles from Wenn Mansions and you could pop round for tea). Skorj has added layers of romance and atmosphere to what is a fairly ordinary set of streets...and props to him for that. Amongst the 20 rolls of undeveloped film languishing in my fridge are 3 or 4 from the day that Skorj Snr, Skorj Jnr, Damion and I 'did' Vauxhall. Wait till you see mine before you decide for certain that you want to come here. I doubt mine will have the same positive impact on the local tourist industry.
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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2007, 12:26:38 AM »
you've really made Vauxhall look like it's stuck in the 1890's still. Quite a feat.

...OK. apart from the traffic sign  ;D

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2007, 09:04:11 AM »
...OK. apart from the traffic sign  ;D

Actually, underneath the too cool dude on the 1932 Enfield was a guy on a horse. I assume they painted them over about 1945 - after the war perhaps?

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2007, 11:39:34 AM »
I think that the first one is the best
Love it very much
The Storm Still Rages Inside

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Re: Lunch and Vauxhall.
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2007, 01:19:02 PM »
These really remind me of near where I grew up, a very "industrial english town in the 70's" nostalgia about them.
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