South Shields Daily Pictures
Good Friday traditions #5
Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 2 May 2011 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
This is part of a fairly long series of pictures taken on Good Friday (22.04.2011) in South Shields. I wanted to document some of our traditions which we have followed for over a century, and I wanted to depict them in the colours and styles that I remembered as a child in the 1960s, and for that reason I have attempted to replicate the slightly faded colours of old Agfa or Kodak prints using cross processing.
To try and retain some of that authenticity you will find pictures which are not particularly straight, perhaps not well focussed, or at an unusual angle, I wanted these to look like very amateurish "snaps" which might be found in any family album.
Rather than bore you all completely, I will break up the series with some other shots from time to time.
This is the Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside Cllr. Tom Piggot and his wife Alma addressing the congregation in the Market Place in South Shields, before they head off to another public service at the West Park. They are on the the balcony of the Old Town Hall.
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@Richard: Good point I think you are right, hope to get a chance to do that later in the day.
Right, got it done, how does it look now?
@Christine: Yes I can see the sense in that.
@JoeB: Glad? I will accept all sorts of critique and criticism Joe, but I certainly don't accept such harsh rudeness from someone whose work I admire and have praised often. The outburst was uncalled for and said far more about her than it did about me. Sorry Joe but it really got under my skin. This is a community and I have aired my feelings before about those who think they should ONLY allow words of praise, and it saddens me that someone cannot accept the slightest critique without throwing a hissy fit at a fellow community member. I'm glad you, and most others, are not like that at all.
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