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  • Carrying plants through the popular Broadway Market, a gentrified area of the otherwise poor borough of Hackney and Haggerston.
    hackney_broadway3-14-August-2011.jpg
  • Cafe society in the popular Broadway Market, a gentrified area of the otherwise poor borough of Hackney and Haggerston.
    hackney_broadway2-14-August-2011.jpg
  • Cafe society in the popular Broadway Market, a gentrified area of the otherwise poor borough of Hackney and Haggerston.
    hackney_broadway1-14-August-2011.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as a man dressed in formal tails walks towards an entrance gate for the private members' enclosure. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_posh01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Well-dressed and well-appointed English people pass-by on the River Thames during the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. In the foreground is a smart and highly-polished launch filled with a party of friends who motor past while to their port (left) a rowing boat with three men in blazers pass them going downstream. On the riverbank a garden marquee hosts another social gathering. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    henley_regatta01-03-07-1993.jpg
  • Six delegates sit down in good humour at the annual Party Conference of 1993 at Blackpool during the premiership of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In the centre of frame a lady is sitting on her partner's lap, holding her security pass and wearing a chintzy royal blue ball gown. The male friend is holding her around the waist with both hands and they chat with a third person on the end. Behind the lady in blue are three other people, one of whom is inspecting her cleavage to the surprise of another lady who is staring wide-eyed down at the lady's bosoms. It is a humorous, ridiculous scene at a formal political function
    RB-0123.jpg
  • In a grass car park, six ladies await the opening of a bottle of Champagne by an unseen male friend during the day at Royal Ascot horse racing week. Surrounded by picnic hampers, trays of food and a bottle of Pimms (the gin-based cocktail drink). They are dressed in either plain or garish colours and with their long bare legs women sit at the rear of a Range Rover car. The day is overcast, with threatening clouds behind the party but despite this, they are in a bubbly and excitable mood. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    RB-0117.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_ladies01.jpg
  • Contributing to political funds at the 1992 Tory Party Conference at Blackpool during premiership of Prime Minister John Major
    tory_party03-09-10-1992.jpg
  • An active middle-aged, middle-class husband and wife seen in their neat rose garden one warm summer's day
    english_family-15-06-1996.jpg
  • Messing about on a pedal water craft, a member of a local rowing club looks up to see where the cork to his opened champagne bottle will land on the River Thames during a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. During this annual festival of high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the wealthy upper-classes.
    henley_regatta03-03-07-1993.jpg
  • Two friends take their own smartphone portrait on walkway with the new Olympic kinetic artwork called the Shoal at Stratford. 'The Shoal' at the Stratford Centre, east London, is made up of around 100 titanium clad 'leaves' mounted between 15 and 19 metres high on metal posts. Worth £13.5m, the Shoal is part of The Stratford Town Centre Public Realm Project, designed and manufacturered using 3D technology.
    olympic_stratford36-22-05-2012.jpg
  • Cafe society in the popular Broadway Market, a gentrified area of the otherwise poor borough of Hackney and Haggerston.
    hackney_broadway7-14-August-2011.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_women01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • A family risk their safety near a larger cruiser while passing-by in a tiny motorised boat on the River Thames during the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. The father and children float past the larger vessel that could badly damage their boat in a collision. The river is busy on Regatta weekend and vessels of all shapes and sizes occupy an otherwise narrow stretch of water in rural Oxfordshire. Parties and good-humour on-board the cruisers still means that river laws and good behaviour must be followed to avoid accidents. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi.
    henley_regatta02-03-07-1993.jpg
  • We are looking down from above to office and business workers who are lying down and relaxing in the grass in their lunch break at Finsbury Circus, a circular green park space in the heart of London's financial district, the City of London. Surrounding them is an art instillation of steel sheep that are incongruously grazing among the assorted people, much like they once did when London was a home to livestock en-route to market and other animals used for transport. It is a warm afternoon and in the foreground, a man wearing a dark suit has taken off his polished shoes and is lying his head on his jacket in the warm afternoon, loosening his tight tie and stretching his neck. Elsewhere, a lady is sitting eating a packed lunch with the Sun newspaper and a man a little further behind is in jeans and plimsoll shoes. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    RB-0126.jpg
  • Listening intently to a speech given by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major's Conservative government of 1994, these city and financial dignitaries have feasted well in the old Guildhall, the City of London's town hall - the Guildhall - in the historic financial district of the capital. Wearing formal banquet attire, these chiefs of industry appear to be an all-male audience though there were also women sat at tables during the Banker's Dinner held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor, which takes its name from his official residence nearby. They concentrate on the speech to hear the Chancellor's predictions for growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_dinner-16-04-1994.jpg
  • Looking down on office and business workers who are lying down and relaxing in the grass in their lunch break at Finsbury Circus, a circular green park space in the heart of London's financial district, the City of London. Surrounding them is an art instillation of steel sheep that are incongruously grazing among the assorted people, much like they once did when London was a home to livestock en-route to market. In the foreground a man in a dark suit has taken off his jacket and is lying down to complete his Financial Times (FT) crossword. Nearby, a lady and man are sitting eating a packed lunch. The City, is the historic financial core of London from which the modern conurbation grew and its one square mile (2.6 km) boundary has remained constant since the Middle Ages.
    finsbury_sheep_people-08-03-2007.jpg
  • In a grass-covered car park, two ladies sit in the boot of a shining blue Rolls-Royce, chatting and sipping Champagne from crystal glasses by an unseen male friend during the day at Royal Ascot horse racing week. Surrounded by other cars and members of high-society who have congregated on this part of southern England, they are dressed in the fashion of the era, one of the girls' with her long bare legs dangling from the cover of this luxury car. car. The day is overcast, with threatening clouds behind the party but despite this, they are in a bubbly and excitable mood. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot_rolls_ladies-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot_couple06-18-1992.jpg
  • Delegates sing Auld Lang Syne at the annual Tory Party Conference of 1991 at Blackpool during premiership of  John Major
    tory_party04-09-10-1991.jpg
  • Young dancing tories at the annual Party Conference of 1993 at Blackpool during premiership of Prime Minister John Major
    tory_party02-09-10-1993.jpg
  • Arriving hoi polloi for Royal Ascot's Ladies Day parade to a private members' enclosure gate, watched by the Common People..Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June.
    ascot_posh02-18-06-1992.jpg
  • In a grass-covered car park, two ladies sit on garden chairs adorned with white table cloth. One pours champagne into a glass flute while her girlfriend reaches down to her beloved pet spaniel dog that eagerly licks at a fresh strawberry. The ladies are attending an international polo match between Great Britain and the USA in Windsor Great Park, near Windsor Castle, one of the Queen's official residences. There is a wicker picnic hamper on the grass too, probably containing the couples' lunch. The day is overcast, with threatening clouds behind the party but despite this, they are in a bubbly and excitable mood. Polo at Windsor is held annually and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    polo_picnic-21-06-1992.jpg
  • A group of four friends drink Champagne from glasses and plastic cups from beneath welcome shade during a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. Dressed in quintessentially English blazers that denote their university and boat club, the four are in jovial spirits during this annual festival of high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    henley_blazer_men-03-07-1993.jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti01-26-05-2015.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an  anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard showing Labour party leader Ed Milliband silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster16-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard showing Conservative party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron, otherwise silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster17-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster11-17-05-2014.jpg
  • An anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard showing party leader Nigel Farage with a daubed Hitler moustache in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster05-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour party leader Ed Milliband - both silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster07-17-05-2014.jpg
  • A voter walks past splashed paint over the anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard that shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster04-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint over the anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard that shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster01-17-05-2014.jpg
  • A voter walks past a council drains cleaner near an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster06-15-05-2014.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beautiful spring evening in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. The elegant line of period homes were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
    edwardian_houses01-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Passing mother and child below the anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
    ukip_billboard12-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Passing motorcyclist looks at the anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
    ukip_billboard08-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Landscape of the anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
    ukip_billboard02-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Standing on the back of his utility vehicle, a man empties the contents of his dustbin onto a growing pile of rubbish in a recreation park in the otherwise  affluent Allerton area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during the Merseyside dustmans' strike of 1991. Adding to this mountain of refuse, the 'Scouse' man (someone from Liverpool) is seen surrounded by black binliners and items from domestic homes which have been allocated this public space to become a temporary landfill. The industrial action aginst the local authority - over pay and working conditions  - was a health problem for Liverpool's population during the summer of 1991 when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks such as this were filled with every kind of refuse and garbage.
    RB_066-13-06-1991.jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti06-26-05-2015.jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti04-26-05-2015.jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti03-26-05-2015.jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti02-26-05-2015-2.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down and two voters reading an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard showing Labour leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - both silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster14-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint over the anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard that shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster15-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster10-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour party leader Ed Milliband - both silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster08-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint drips down an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard showing Conservative party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron, otherwise silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster06-17-05-2014.jpg
  • Splashed paint over the anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard that shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster02-17-05-2014.jpg
  • The anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron - silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster04-15-05-2014.jpg
  • The anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage, a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour party leader Ed Milliband  - both silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster05-15-05-2014.jpg
  • The anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster03-15-05-2014.jpg
  • A voter walks underneath an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster01-15-05-2014.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beautiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A jogger runs past  the elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
    edwardian_houses02-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Passing voter and the anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
    ukip_billboard07-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Nigel Farage, leader of anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP), portrayed as Hitler on a political billboard showing an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
    ukip_billboard01-09-05-2014.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • A hunched, homeless elderly man walks along Fenchurch Street in the City of London while younger and affluent office workers saunter past, smiling and with a care in the world. It is a scene of social class division, the contrasts between wealth and poverty, have and have nots, prospects and no hope for the future and of old age and youth. The old man carries a plastic bag with all his belongings and the workers carry their lunch in a paper bag. They are not only smart and he dishevelled but they stand tall and he is stooped, further proof of the hard, demanding life he leads on the capital's streets.
    misc-london02-30-08-2007.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall 100 year-old mature Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
    ernst+young_counsillors64-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a wall on Herne Hill in the south London borough of Southwark. Appearing some time over the weekend, the offensive message was left outside a jazz bar called Dee Dee's in an otherwise very affluent suburb of the capital, making this offence very unusual and shocking many residents. It was initially partly painted over then covered by sheets before council workmen appeared to remove the graffiti within 30mins after it being reported.
    racist_graffiti05-26-05-2015.jpg
  • Splashed paint over the anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard that shows leader Nigel Farage (with daubed Hitler moustache) and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster03-17-05-2014.jpg
  • A council worker empties drains near an anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster07-15-05-2014.jpg
  • The anti-EU membership 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows leader Nigel Farage and a gagged Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour party leader Ed Milliband and (coaltion) Deputy PM Nick Clegg - all silent against a bullying European Union, seen in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May.
    ukip_poster02-15-05-2014.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beautiful spring evening in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. The elegant line of period homes were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
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  • Delivery workman an the anti-EU 'UK Independence Party's (UKIP) political billboard shows an escalator leading up the white cliffs of Dover (a metaphor for unrestricted immigration access to Britain) in East Dulwich - a relatively affluent district of south London. The ad is displayed before European elections on 22nd May and UKIP's controversial right-wing policy of no foreigners into the UK to take British jobs, is promising to do well in the forthcoming election.
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