tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27627360350069058602024-03-14T01:23:41.932+00:00Lancaster Today Photographyeamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-34426914122289595412011-11-13T19:25:00.008+00:002011-11-14T10:37:25.347+00:00Kids day out at Greenlands Farm Village (for adults too...)<a href="http://www.greenlandsfarmvillage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Greenlands Farm Village</a> is a fantastic place to take the kids. Even if you don't get a kick from watching them interact with animals and having fun in the play areas, it a great place for us adults too! The cafe serves <i>very </i>good food (we loved the ham, egg and hand-cut chips!), the wine shop allowed us to pick up a bottle of our favourite carmenere, and the farm shop had a surprisingly wide range of foods and other products. To top it off, today they had a Chistmas fair showcasing the work of local artisans. Here are a few quick pics showing a few of the local residents and some of the activities available. I only wish I'd taken pictures of the great food we were served in the cafe. Being a foodie family (well, the other three are), we were pleasantly surprised at how good the fayre was. Clean, tasty and well-presented - we will definitely be back!<br />
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They are part of a team who run <a href="http://www.greenlandsfarmvillage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Greenlands Farm Village</a>, near Carnforth. They have a Christmas fair happening soon, an event we are now planning to attend. Watch this space for pictures!<br />
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Edit: Back from a lovely afternoon at Greenlands Farm Village and what a positive report we have. Details on the next post, but here's a festive image taken from inside the barn that was selling unique gifts from local artisans. It's a decorated branch from ceramist Wyn Abott's stand. So beautiful - I couldn't resist!<br />
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</div>Tumbling training at the City of Lancaster Gymnastics Club on a Saturday morning. Those gymnasts sure can fly!</div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-82623925379730216672010-06-26T18:46:00.001+01:002010-06-26T23:48:24.163+01:00City of Lancaster Gymnastics & Trampolining Club receive cheque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vp1P7txuMfAu672bPS9LkS6tTSBgl_ogso52_4q9XV3tH_uQ1a-0w6018yqTIsD5WSbshUR2A-515DIcAP3OLWZ4foWLDE5lqNbZKYLxp13F_Z6jB4YEDt020bbzZHUkad5IMx8L5jXH/s1600/Barrie+Wells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vp1P7txuMfAu672bPS9LkS6tTSBgl_ogso52_4q9XV3tH_uQ1a-0w6018yqTIsD5WSbshUR2A-515DIcAP3OLWZ4foWLDE5lqNbZKYLxp13F_Z6jB4YEDt020bbzZHUkad5IMx8L5jXH/s640/Barrie+Wells.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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Went looking for an image today as the light was so good. Didn't imagine I'd capture such an interesting light.eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-15364231125134188102010-06-22T15:09:00.001+01:002010-06-22T15:14:54.566+01:00Lancastrians transformed into blog headers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K_XMFCjBLnP8CgJkvU2VZeGnOMml6hrP_nEGVzYs-cC9bE8SuPPdus23ALz7nvZVoxgCKe9sfUWHu-UJJxAFDig5wnH46foM1tQuKuLJU8QC2S4jtCs2hZow7wgsvDAIUqGBZ2SWqvQc/s1600/ewm+blog+front+page.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K_XMFCjBLnP8CgJkvU2VZeGnOMml6hrP_nEGVzYs-cC9bE8SuPPdus23ALz7nvZVoxgCKe9sfUWHu-UJJxAFDig5wnH46foM1tQuKuLJU8QC2S4jtCs2hZow7wgsvDAIUqGBZ2SWqvQc/s400/ewm+blog+front+page.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Don't know if you remember Nygel Harrot and friends from a previous post on this blog? For me, there is something compelling about unsmiling people staring directly at you. It's why I've used this image of them as the <a href="http://ewmphotography.wordpress.com/">header for the new ewm blog</a>.<br />
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Incidentally, building that ewm blog yesterday has opened the way for me to resurrect the original purpose of this one. Lancaster images will return to <i>Lancaster Today</i> tomorrow or the day after. "Lancaster today tomorrow or the day after." Hmm... I like that. If only Nygel would stop staring at me, I could it enjoy it more.<br />
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p.s. critiques of that new blog are welcomed. Although this blog is sloppy and spontaneous by nature, ultimately that one needs to be more considered.eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-42319476802187024532010-06-21T19:40:00.003+01:002010-06-22T23:01:41.558+01:00Football Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktrow7nurDHEi3qJrsHjpHR590hC5qRyhLENCDimlxUMyWp4NwxAIgYLi9R-reeTtxRksA9vuialr-bv1TDWO0ZuQ1TB3kiTuTULTeOsoxmbMCDxq4-WaD3irbKe8EO6wUcN_ArqtLHVo/s1600/EWM_6372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktrow7nurDHEi3qJrsHjpHR590hC5qRyhLENCDimlxUMyWp4NwxAIgYLi9R-reeTtxRksA9vuialr-bv1TDWO0ZuQ1TB3kiTuTULTeOsoxmbMCDxq4-WaD3irbKe8EO6wUcN_ArqtLHVo/s640/EWM_6372.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
There is an art to football photography, and an art to playing football. Anticipating action before it happens: is this the art shared by footballer and football photographer..?eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-25642248279248740942010-05-18T22:30:00.016+01:002011-06-30T09:52:58.792+01:00An impression of Jon Culshaw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbtZVUbCEjDBctEd0TBNTYYY6i8LIIcut0y0GrQstpgZF8OLgI79dCy1sMm7uHUWZseeh_17bDL4OIwGeLRtuJ9yKVV4iloB-JboFwx43tX5uIyS7IAbScfsfvYYUEN1UfIG_BD3YOXCP/s1600/DSC_4786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbtZVUbCEjDBctEd0TBNTYYY6i8LIIcut0y0GrQstpgZF8OLgI79dCy1sMm7uHUWZseeh_17bDL4OIwGeLRtuJ9yKVV4iloB-JboFwx43tX5uIyS7IAbScfsfvYYUEN1UfIG_BD3YOXCP/s400/DSC_4786.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
<div>I did get a chance to share a few words with Mr C at the very end of the evening as he slipped out ahead of other guests. A gentle soul, polite and respectful. Just wish I'd had more than 90 seconds to capture that. </div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-45505105348165125532010-05-17T19:59:00.005+01:002010-05-17T20:46:42.938+01:00Lancashire black tie photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuL5r5sMNxzmqcPkd8iOVmOM2NFrRA_gP9fVtb9FdihC-4EfNjgZCW8r7rHEXQ9CcZ-wAnl7OIXJupDBr7vwiTWP_U26kjptU6tE84ZmOVa_Axxq-sRnKqoiLgbkAOPtJoEAP8Sfz_3jLR/s1600/DSC_4996.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuL5r5sMNxzmqcPkd8iOVmOM2NFrRA_gP9fVtb9FdihC-4EfNjgZCW8r7rHEXQ9CcZ-wAnl7OIXJupDBr7vwiTWP_U26kjptU6tE84ZmOVa_Axxq-sRnKqoiLgbkAOPtJoEAP8Sfz_3jLR/s400/DSC_4996.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472316584424952978" /></a>I had the great pleasure of photographing guests at a charity dinner on Saturday evening, at the University of Central Lancashire's inaugural <i>Harris Bursary Ball.</i> Hard work made easy when you meet so many varied and interesting Lancastrians in one evening.<div><br /></div><div>Having set up the background and lights, my first task was to capture two or three shots of each person / couple / group as they arrived. With only a couple of minutes to spend with each of them, I was humbled by their collective good-naturedness, and pleasantly surprised at how much personality can be captured through the eye of a fast lens. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's hard to choose one image, but this young couple appeared to me thoroughly comfortable in their own skins as well as with each other; that's good enough for me! :-)</div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-73769376157757143942010-05-05T23:52:00.004+01:002010-05-06T00:11:52.958+01:00Gordon Brown: Judgement Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotHGgtQyxkTmvjjC3zRsQ3DsROdKY3t2mrfcjhWTLj7QaSdNZ5nyo5YyS4IG5WT2YE26VWwzspI6rZA_xmZJ4PQzuCNuMsqbGXiGtq8lxAxWKqjesPht-vCtoQ_FdCCB74D35TzS_ldyz/s1600/DSC_4691-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotHGgtQyxkTmvjjC3zRsQ3DsROdKY3t2mrfcjhWTLj7QaSdNZ5nyo5YyS4IG5WT2YE26VWwzspI6rZA_xmZJ4PQzuCNuMsqbGXiGtq8lxAxWKqjesPht-vCtoQ_FdCCB74D35TzS_ldyz/s400/DSC_4691-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467923122207194770" /></a><div><i>May 6th 2010. The UK votes. </i> Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists this is not a beauty contest, despite what Simon Cowell would have us believe. I'd like to believe this portrait is a sympathetic one. </div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-20511436394715762772010-05-05T10:39:00.006+01:002010-05-05T10:54:30.226+01:00Good Ship Scarecrow, Wray Village<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5cu6cYWpi3ss8Tu-9ETPf_QhAwUVZfiNQYCg6TpLgjI3BzJdHU-27yUaDv54StqIrZoHlD6i3hj9sn_wAdjiRXVnJTvjZ85MogxNFnTA3S5A0iEFn62QgdwlN_5pcNloMAUhyphenhyphenyRYY_9Q/s1600/DSC_4739-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5cu6cYWpi3ss8Tu-9ETPf_QhAwUVZfiNQYCg6TpLgjI3BzJdHU-27yUaDv54StqIrZoHlD6i3hj9sn_wAdjiRXVnJTvjZ85MogxNFnTA3S5A0iEFn62QgdwlN_5pcNloMAUhyphenhyphenyRYY_9Q/s400/DSC_4739-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467720672995315666" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj_e4ftPkopwqglAof1O0LT6qkhYQN3WualVydEKqNUmSkbv1GBkR4XsJR1KM6oD47xbKh-mN4gVif9M4bUrvbN9KjttUkiCXr-e5NP42qpXN2uYVa4o2mN5rVb5_qEIQpQIWu4xb6cZm/s1600/DSC_4736.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj_e4ftPkopwqglAof1O0LT6qkhYQN3WualVydEKqNUmSkbv1GBkR4XsJR1KM6oD47xbKh-mN4gVif9M4bUrvbN9KjttUkiCXr-e5NP42qpXN2uYVa4o2mN5rVb5_qEIQpQIWu4xb6cZm/s400/DSC_4736.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467719665891379250" /></a><br /><div><i>On the Good Ship Scarecrow in Wray Village</i>. These little men were about 3 inches tall. Great attention to detail on a wonderfully wacky remote control pirate ship.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-21537874712874996122010-05-04T09:09:00.003+01:002010-05-04T09:37:40.469+01:00Scarecrow from Wray Village, Lancashire<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJJx4a2a1ayYXVzPDvs2K7vnevoPNT6g7zFCIC3DivSGQ0wOw5ANRcyyLk_EcdS1ew9p4289STeonAH4gG9Eb8YflrWR-L30Pgmjg9hKZ4zWaNekx0I8bNgCsJM95DD6QUbrgib3VI2ti/s1600/DSC_4724.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJJx4a2a1ayYXVzPDvs2K7vnevoPNT6g7zFCIC3DivSGQ0wOw5ANRcyyLk_EcdS1ew9p4289STeonAH4gG9Eb8YflrWR-L30Pgmjg9hKZ4zWaNekx0I8bNgCsJM95DD6QUbrgib3VI2ti/s400/DSC_4724.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467324419892891458" /></a><br /><div>Along the picture-postcard streets of Wray village yesterday were dozens - perhaps hundreds, we lost count - of not so scary scarecrows. </div><div><br /></div><div>No, that isn't a Labour Party candidate's rosette. It's a 1st place prize of some description. Couldn't quite work out how the results were organised as there appeared to be a few first prizes on show (more in later posts). Presumably, there were different categories, but what they were wasn't obvious. There was definitely a detective theme going on though...</div>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-33272347172859540362010-05-03T16:10:00.010+01:002010-05-04T09:09:34.486+01:00Wray Village Scarecrow Festival 2010<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2F-XBuRxVBbrjNFlDrywBVWAVBrcMoI_PYEV1WR9VJRmfgfoaVuB6P98eq0vu4WQ8xRCw9up5x9t7JhtitARfpFj53gt9Msze6AYTeSKYZHhEPeGDHNSwnuR-BoV23mNoF2Tt9zPnUfw/s1600/DSC_4712.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2F-XBuRxVBbrjNFlDrywBVWAVBrcMoI_PYEV1WR9VJRmfgfoaVuB6P98eq0vu4WQ8xRCw9up5x9t7JhtitARfpFj53gt9Msze6AYTeSKYZHhEPeGDHNSwnuR-BoV23mNoF2Tt9zPnUfw/s400/DSC_4712.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467323714764628386" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Taken at the <a href="http://www.wrayvillage.co.uk/scarecrows.htm">Wray Village Scarecrow Festival</a> today, May 3 2010. Wray is a several miles from Lancaster, but was stuffed full of Lancastrians today.</div><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">More images from the scarecrow festival over the next few days</span></span>, including some scarecrows of course, but also a portrait of Gordon Brown. It's election week, and politics is everywhere. The conservative village of Wray couldn't help but show its colours today, with several of the displays lampooning the Prime Minister. Rather disappointing if you ask me...eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-80030618544267909662010-04-13T11:44:00.005+01:002010-04-13T13:27:55.046+01:00Lancaster DIY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKCA8Kr04RPEaOie0AB3EkB7XVxj2ylI8QbuKg8PFkSJx_O2LVz6LHkM0gNZFuc0riMWiLliioGLuLvfDZ9hjOtbcwYXcw3Tb3LT4alkMCHWktzOAqlLYG9JZw8wZWxBNN5M-91EKvFAo/s1600/B&Q.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKCA8Kr04RPEaOie0AB3EkB7XVxj2ylI8QbuKg8PFkSJx_O2LVz6LHkM0gNZFuc0riMWiLliioGLuLvfDZ9hjOtbcwYXcw3Tb3LT4alkMCHWktzOAqlLYG9JZw8wZWxBNN5M-91EKvFAo/s400/B&Q.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459571464463093666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/templates/content_lookup.jsp?content=/bq/stores/store_finder_store_result.jsp&SearchStr=la1+1sq&orig_url=&StoreId=LAN314&menu=storefinder&noleftnav=false">Lancaster B&Q</a>, perhaps an interesting contrast to some of Lancaster's older buildings?eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-89207880764718320162010-04-12T12:35:00.005+01:002010-04-12T13:04:09.317+01:00Lancaster Lunatic Asylum 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgfytuW_rmJFqJqmZhHSODDOb3z-kPrB_iwA9h_7gvevvgaZlv6ApY-myzh-RMp5I5JzRcZyXYZzjz9gB5GdEKY5QTe9qckS9sZjpjx66AeG8OY1zSSKosNnqrTVMs0MUneDOMg-89UYj/s1600/Lancaster+Lunatic+Asylum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgfytuW_rmJFqJqmZhHSODDOb3z-kPrB_iwA9h_7gvevvgaZlv6ApY-myzh-RMp5I5JzRcZyXYZzjz9gB5GdEKY5QTe9qckS9sZjpjx66AeG8OY1zSSKosNnqrTVMs0MUneDOMg-89UYj/s400/Lancaster+Lunatic+Asylum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459213718882525378" /></a><br /><br />Derelict building, obsolete term. Here is the building commonly known as 'Lancaster Lunatic Asylum' since its completion in 1816. <br /><br />In the background is Morecambe Bay. The town of Morecambe is Lancaster's neighbouring seaside resort (click on the photo to enlarge).eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-61624229353501280862010-04-11T23:49:00.002+01:002010-04-11T23:57:44.695+01:00Lancaster Lunatic Asylum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnb_X43s22H71epiH9P5b0l9WqvKcDsdxEUZqCXR48wb_oJTfjE3CZHWZrBaUYrdjql9ECbrxVXlm95ai76tSrUM0hZLXzg-Wj3BvAlGhk3eRU7GSl7Bd8msd_k_HIui7uCUsOPVa6A9q/s1600/DSCF7215.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnb_X43s22H71epiH9P5b0l9WqvKcDsdxEUZqCXR48wb_oJTfjE3CZHWZrBaUYrdjql9ECbrxVXlm95ai76tSrUM0hZLXzg-Wj3BvAlGhk3eRU7GSl7Bd8msd_k_HIui7uCUsOPVa6A9q/s400/DSCF7215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459016625168396994" /></a>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-33642560032641053132010-03-16T17:16:00.006+00:002010-03-16T17:57:54.203+00:00Islamic school, Lancaster (The Royal Albert aka Jamea Al Kauthar)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQYcxpA8JzLZnqg5TQTQRuM8BTgSnCjiFtrff6kS4qG4MY0m2ds-DN6orYpB__KmO-abxrtl_b019-2m05SrxaYCpP0_Hq27EYvGw8ZDIv7joScaEpeOMZFMybLoRS3rGmlY9EUn-5-up/s1600-h/DSCF6036cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQYcxpA8JzLZnqg5TQTQRuM8BTgSnCjiFtrff6kS4qG4MY0m2ds-DN6orYpB__KmO-abxrtl_b019-2m05SrxaYCpP0_Hq27EYvGw8ZDIv7joScaEpeOMZFMybLoRS3rGmlY9EUn-5-up/s400/DSCF6036cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449282125903595938" /></a><br /><br />The Royal Albert building on Ashton Road, Lancaster. This impressive structure currently houses an Islamic girls' madressah and boarding school, <a href="http://www.jamea.co.uk/">Jamea Al Kauthar</a>. The school caters for 440 girls who study:<br /><blockquote>"the traditional sciences concurrently with secondary and further education, offer[ing] the 'Tahfeez Ul Quraan' programme (committing the whole quran to memory) and a two year abridged version of the Islamic Teaching programme in the English medium."</blockquote><br />I know little about the school beyond what can be found on their <a href="http://www.jamea.co.uk/index.htm">website</a>, although it's a building I'd dearly like to visit. I'll contact them and ask for a tour at some point when school is out, perhaps during the summer.eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-50123805464500861362010-03-15T09:59:00.008+00:002010-03-15T20:38:07.884+00:00The Queen is Dead: RIP Lancaster Odeon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZSFFjLLJMeU1oUcdFmLgmHulDr66eHl6lb9818abqKyTdsBvaB5TxKkDzq_K8wTLzX8soibHjuIIFH3Rjx5TiVxZMWTQKM-FzYFobuRJ9WlgBIS5RQDOuKBouBWguD8Ys37zNoqoJIHB/s1600-h/Cinema+dead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZSFFjLLJMeU1oUcdFmLgmHulDr66eHl6lb9818abqKyTdsBvaB5TxKkDzq_K8wTLzX8soibHjuIIFH3Rjx5TiVxZMWTQKM-FzYFobuRJ9WlgBIS5RQDOuKBouBWguD8Ys37zNoqoJIHB/s400/Cinema+dead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448800108409947266" /></a><br /><br />In a <a href="http://lancastertoday.blogspot.com/2009/08/regal-cinema.html">previous post</a> I snapped a shot of the old Regal Cinema (later the Odeon) lying derelict on the main thoroughfare around Lancaster city centre. <br /><br />Her Majesty has gone completely now, just a crane left standing among a few remaining pieces of rubble. A big, gaping hole in the skyline, soon to be replaced by a block of luxury apartments - or so we've been told. <br /><br />I managed to capture this last section of the old gal left standing on a dark January evening (24/01/10), the light thrown by my flash and accompanied by more spilling out from the Weatherspoons pub next door. Not sure whether the wreckers ran out of time at the end of the day or if they deliberately preserved this temporary monument. Either way, the Regal's last gasp was captured.eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-20722982188783300842009-10-03T23:06:00.003+01:002009-10-05T07:26:11.465+01:00Custom House, Lancaster<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancastertoday/3977626161/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3977626161_7a24e2e185.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a></div><span style=" margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancastertoday/3977626161/">Custom House, Lancaster</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lancastertoday/">Lancaster Today</a>.</span></div><p>The Custom House, Lancaster Quay, built in 1765 and restored as <a href="http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/acs/sites/museums/venues/lanc-maritime/index.asp?siteid=3774&pageid=12954&e=e"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FF99;">Lancaster Maritime Museum</span></a> in 1985.<br /><br />The building has played a role in <a href="http://www.globallink.org.uk/slavery/towntrail.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FF99;">Lancaster's slave trade history</span></a>, both as the place where merchants taxes would have been paid during that period, and today as a place where those links are presented for discussion.</p><p>NOTE: <i>I'm on hols until Wed and having probs uploading pics, so unless I can get it sorted there will be a short hiatus on the blog.</i> </p>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762736035006905860.post-6031144282399917392009-10-01T22:30:00.003+01:002009-10-02T07:30:49.868+01:00Lancaster Quay, reflected on River Lune<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancastertoday/3972189871/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3972189871_d53eeda9f5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a></div><span style=" margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancastertoday/3972189871/">Lancaster Quay, reflected on River Lune</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lancastertoday/">Lancaster Today</a>.</span></div><p>After suffering several cloudy days, we awoke to gorgeous bright light again this morning. It was great to get out and see reflections in the still River Lune before breakfast. </p><p>Taken from the Millennium Bridge.</p>eamon@ewmphotographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943774658557849499noreply@blogger.com4