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Tangled Cemetery

The Friends of Nunhead Cemetery are obviously working hard to ‘tidy’ the cemetery but I particularly like the tangled madness found off the main paths. Is it selfish of me to want it to remain like this?

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And amusingly, among the statuary…

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Kate B7 January, 2012 - 22:43

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Kim7 January, 2012 - 22:46

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Steve Franks7 January, 2012 - 22:48

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Jermec7 January, 2012 - 22:49

Wonderful. A place for peace and thought. Don’t let the manicurists have their day.

Lorraine Warren7 January, 2012 - 23:16

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MAPtoulouse8 January, 2012 - 19:41

Deptford calling: Tangled Cemetery – http://t.co/4YYAKaL4 #photography #photoblog #Nunhead #cemetery

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At Peace

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I couldn’t resist shooting into the sun for this one. I seemed just the right thing to do. I like it, whatever…

The Victorians really didn’t do hands did they?

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Lorraine Warren7 January, 2012 - 14:49

RT @skinnyvoice: Deptford calling: At Peace – http://t.co/S7K2jW5L #photography #photoblog #Nunhead (she is lovely)

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Estate Trading

Squeezing the last out of the 2011 photos. A sudden reinvigorating burst of camera after a couple of empty months.

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I’ve always found The Faircharm unsatisfactory to photograph somehow. Possibly a clue is in the name. Somebody with a deep sense of irony must have thought that one up. What is there to like? So this is for the record. More new flats (Greenwich High Rd) in the background. An loads of banners telling us what it is.

I like the idea of the tide indicators that light-up ‘high’ or ‘low’ depending on the tide. But it is a statement of the bleeding obvious because to see the indicators you have to be looking at the creek anyway… fair enough though, it’s art.

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I can’t remember the real name for this derelict trading estate just off Norman Road… I’m guessing the Norman Road Trading Estate. Now here, on the other hand, what is there not to like? I’m itching to get in there and photograph it in more detail. There may be guard dogs though, it looks that kind of place. Teeth…

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This building is in a row that has been subject to serial arson attacks. Or they just spontaneously combust, coincidental to the fact that new build is going up all around them. A shame, because I love the colour of the brick here. Never replicated by the Barrett home replacements.

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Lorraine Warren31 December, 2011 - 22:22

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Karen Wiltshire31 December, 2011 - 22:27

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Martin Strange31 December, 2011 - 22:41

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Neil1 January, 2012 - 19:15

The Faircharm is pretty unlovely and uninspiring, but I do feel a bit sad when I see it and think of the now-closed rehearsal studios we used to use in there; they were good, and good times were had.

Kate B7 January, 2012 - 16:51

RT @skinnyvoice: Estate Trading #photography #photoblog http://t.co/UZ8SgbEi>> so many empty buildings, while so many are homeless…

Susan Archibald7 January, 2012 - 17:04

RT @skinnyvoice: Estate Trading #photography #photoblog http://t.co/UZ8SgbEi>> so many empty buildings, while so many are homeless…

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Three Arches Ha’penny Hatch

Feeling a rush of colour coming on…

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Given the billboard/blank canvas aspect of these arches these scribblings are a bit crap really.

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That new development behind Laban is, as I’ve mentioned before, ”inspired by dance”. Poor Laban, must have been doing some shit dancing at the time to have inspired that

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Deptford Dame31 December, 2011 - 16:06

The footwork that inspired ‘Creekside Village’ would of course be Greenwich councillors dancing to the tune of the developers.

em3 January, 2012 - 3:38

HA, that shit dancing comment totally cracked me up

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Some More Broken Things

Because this part of the Thames Path is open again, and because the beach at this end is The Dog’s absolute favourite stamping ground, and because the light seemed good this morning, we revisited yesterday’s walk.

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There is often a snarky reminder to the developers here (see other posts).

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Steps, once again, to nowhere. Certainly not over the river. Perhaps to the cable car? They’ve been here a long time, but get shifted around.

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I love the zig-zags in this photo. Follow the lines from the bottom right.

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Signs of decay…

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Another of the strange stuff that waits here.

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Fuji X100, auto ISO, auto flash, manual focus

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Kate B28 December, 2011 - 14:06

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