Tim Lewis Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Don't recall seeing these before, a very French outlook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1933588070220513.1073742852.1634742540105069&type=3 Tim Edited June 7, 2017 by Tim Lewis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Fantastic photo's, having read all of the "Idle Women" books, it brings them to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 These are, indeed, fascinating photos which I'd not seen before. It's interesting to note the photographer's attitude to photo-journalism: "I was enough of a journalist to realize that you invent a good picture. I was the pioneer of the made-up picture. The faked, invented picture." The same goes for the excellent, but posed black and white photos taken of boats (among them Owl) in Regent's Dock taken by Cyril Arapov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 What fabulous photos, I love black and white photography. Interesting to see some of the women wearing trousers, as I believe before the war this was virtually unheard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 I'd say about half of these have been used in various places before, but I have certainly not seen the whole extensive collection, which is rather wonderful, isn't it? They give a fair insight into how the boats were actually worked, I would say. The apparently strict enforcement of the (proper) use of side ponds is interesting - this must have slowed them down a fair amount. I can't put my finger on exactly why Audrey's choice of footwear doesn't seem typical of the period, but it wouldn't be my first choice for standing on one gate whilst I kicked the other one open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R ALSOP Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 The best pictures I have seen of the old days, as it was 18 years later when I started i wish we could bring it all back, especially the cut back hedges and the views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 The photo's formed part of Evelyn's diary featured as Evelyn's War serialised in the now defunct Canals Rivers + Boats in 2012: http://www.braunstonmarina.co.uk/Articles/evelyns-war-1 Also an article on Olga Kevelos: http://www.braunstonmarina.co.uk/Articles/olgas-boat-song-part-1 http://www.braunstonmarina.co.uk/Articles/olgas-boat-song-part-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Nice to see all together. How depressing the grey cabin interior must have been. the colour was still intact in part of "Umbriel's" cabin when we had her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Very absorbing images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 With the possible exception of one or two, most of those girls were on the cut for quite a short time, though their levels of education led them to record much of their experiences for which we should be grateful. Since those days, a great many have been on the cut for a lot longer, but mostly not carrying - and not under the threat of bombs falling. What would we now know of those families long gone and their way of life had they too recorded all they experienced. We have some memories handed down by word of mouth, and know of the hardships endured, and I wonder if many seeking a simpler lifestyle could actually give up their houses full of gadgets, conveniences, and collected accoutrements. They were simpler times that didn't need a rule book and regulations to follow for blowing your nose or changing a bulb, nor a computerised database linked to cameras and portable devices for checking your credentials, or fighting some fantasy war game - that is what many would wish to leave behind. But that's a older generation talking. Beautiful images. I wonder if in colour they would have been so attractive? Perhaps they would be more - ordinary? Less nostalgic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 12 hours ago, Ray T said: http://www.braunstonmarina.co.uk/Articles/olgas-boat-song-part-2 That L to R image credit has Jean Peters and Emma Smith reversed. Jean is on the left, then Emma, Sonia and Olga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargemast Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thanks a lot for that link Tim, they're all really beautiful photographs. I could have easily fallen in love with about any of these lovely hard working boat-loving girls. Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Alan W Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Excellent & nostalgic photo's. Never seen photos before of towing from the mast with what appears to be "snubber" fixed to the "luby" & not using running blocks rather than the standard fixing on the front 'T' stud which was the normal set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupertbear Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Wonderful set. As for the shoes, she is wearing a skirt and appears to have had her hair done, possibly all for the photographer's sake? I don't remember seeing that poster before, is there an original anywhere? I would have thought that a reproduction would be popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo47 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 The link to the photos is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said: The link to the photos is broken. May be because they were posted 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) This was a direct link, but not anymore. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Radio.WW2/photos/ Edited July 21, 2020 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said: The link to the photos is broken. It's a three year old link! Edited July 21, 2020 by Tim Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: It's a three year old link! How long do they usually last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Athy said: How long do they usually last? As long as whoever created the link want to! 1 hour ago, Tim Lewis said: It's a three year old link! Possibly these: https://artsandculture.google.com/search?q=David+Scherman+Canals Edited July 21, 2020 by Tim Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckbyLocks Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Yes, that one should still work. It does for me anyway. Not that I need it as I already have copies! (I did find them first!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo47 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Thanks very much for the link, a very interesting collection. The one of the lady straddling the two partly-open lock gates would give modern H&S a fit! I suppose the photographer, presumably American, would have brought his own supplies of film and not have been subject to wartime rationing: my parents told me that wedding photographers were only allowed to take three photos. I understand that the UK used to get all its pre-war supplies of film base from Gevaert, and after the fall of Europe it took time to get fresh supplies from the US under lease-lend. Edited July 21, 2020 by Ronaldo47 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said: Thanks very much for the link, a very interesting collection. The one of the lady straddling the two partly-open lock gates would give modern H&S a fit! I suppose the photographer, presumably American, would have brought his own supplies of film and not have been subject to wartime rationing: my parents told me that wedding photographers were only allowed to take three photos. I understand that the UK used to get all its pre-war supplies of film base from Gevaert, and after the fall of Europe it took time to get fresh supplies from the US under lease-lend. Interesting - but surely Ilford (and possibly other firms) were making roll films and plates in the U.K. by that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckbyLocks Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Not sure what the American Press Corps were using at that time, but Scherman was a very prolific photographer for the magazine which he later became editor for. There are well over 300 photos in this 'shoot' and only 6 of them were used in the magazine. Most of those were scenics rather than personnel too. He obviously had a team of assistants with him and apparently their biggest problem was the lack of Coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said: Thanks very much for the link, a very interesting collection. The one of the lady straddling the two partly-open lock gates would give modern H&S a fit! I suppose the photographer, presumably American, would have brought his own supplies of film and not have been subject to wartime rationing: my parents told me that wedding photographers were only allowed to take three photos. I understand that the UK used to get all its pre-war supplies of film base from Gevaert, and after the fall of Europe it took time to get fresh supplies from the US under lease-lend. The straddling the gates is where she is pushing the one gate open whilst standing on the other one, a technique I regular use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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