East End Kids

Thank you Elaine. I started taking photographs with a Kodak box camera and developing my own film at the age of ten. I was new to London and just turned 18 when I took this. It was a damp Saturday and I had a day off to try and find some pictures.

Thank you so much David. I wish I had taken more in this genre looking back, but I did not have much free time and I wanted to be a fashion photographer!

Thanks Richard. Looking back they were simple times. Just an f/ stop and a shutter speed. Focus you took for granted through the waist level finder.

Thanks George, the strange thing is that unlike some others, I remember details of this day quite well.

Thanks John. I take that as a great compliment.

Thanks Jason. It’s still in my portfolio after 44 years so seems to be holding up to the time test!

Thank you for your comments Sharon. Portsmouth did indeed suffer some heavy raids the first major one being on the 10th January 1941. The raid started at around 6:40pm. I wonder if that was the one your grandfather witnessed?

Thanks Lou, kind words.

Thanks Douglas – you don’t do so bad yourself. Nice to see some London talent on here. :-))

Thanks Jean. My printing got me some assisting work with some top names in the 60’s.

Thank you Karen, taken just off the Whitechapel Road.

Hi Emily, thank you for your kind comments and choosing so many favourites! :-))

Yes Sir MrJoop, using our imagination is a pastime that springs to mind!

Thank you for saying so Cleburnus, I just wish I had taken more, (sigh :-s)

Thanks Karen. It is one of the few photos I have that has stood the test of time. :-)

Thanks Don. Looking back now, I was a kid when I took it! I am pleased it has stood the test of time.

Thanks Blue, I was taught that a great photograph printed badly will always be mediocre, whereas a mediocre photograph printed well can become great!

I was going to say, you are far too young to be in it, this was a time when an old bomb site was a playground or adventure headquarters!

Thank you kindly Scott.

Thank you Mindy, the appeal of this shot seems to have lasted through the years! :-))

Thank you kindly Maka. People like you make it a real pleasure for me to share.

Thank you!

Thank you for all your very kind comments!

You’ll have to ask her… off Whitechapel Road, Saturday, 1964!

Thanks Ben. I was 18 when I took this on my Saturday off. The fact it has lasted so long does say it was a solid picture to start with. I am pleased about that!

Yep, it took a long time to clear up the mess.

Thank you LumenLux. One of the very few of my photographs that has stood the test of time! :-)

Thanks Matt. Taken in the days when lack of life’s experience was an asset. Any subject was new and fresh and my approach was unquestioning!