A series of images from the Lord Mayor’s Show yesterday in London. In a tradition stretching back almost 800 years and enshrined in a charter by King John, the Lord Mayor’s Show is a wonderfully colourful event which sees the new Lord Mayor of London travel across the City of London from Guildhall to Mansion …
This is Charlie, having a quiet cigarette break between performances on Trafalgar Square, London a couple of days ago. ‘Charlie’ (whose real name I will have to find out next time I spot him) is one of the many street performers working in central London – a familiar sight on Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, the …
Week 2 of the PAW (photo-a-week) challenge on Nikongear.com. Flower painted on wall at the corner of Walthamstow Market, London E17, UK I’ve had my eye on this flower for a while. I’d intended to shoot on an overcast (ie typical London) afternoon, but in the end took advantage of the strong backlighting in the …
‘If they was to just crack a few ‘eads, that’d be the end of it.’ This comment was made by an elderly man to his wife as they passed me in the streets leading off Walthamstow High Street last week, while I was walking home with my 17 month old daughter. It is one of …
A couple of shots of large posters in Walthamstow calling for more police officers in the London Borough of Waltham Forest (of which, of course, Walthamstow is part), the first taken earlier this year, the second in late 2009. The full wording on the poster reads: ‘Waltham Forest is calling for back-up. The evidence is …