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  • Two old friends regularly spend afternoons sunbathing at Brixton Lido and talk of old times in the sun. The friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • For their regular river washing ritual, the red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file down a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • An elderly gentleman towels himself down after emerging from his regular morning swim in the cold waters off Paignton.
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  • On its regular morning walk and wearing a matching red coat as its owner, a small dog exercises in Holmead Road in the experimental community village of Poundbury, Dorset, England. As the mutt looks at the camera, the man waits for him to stop sniffing around before moving on. The pair stand on crunchy gravel, a deterrent for would-be thieves who might be tempted to this small town where middle-class residents live. Poundbury is the visionary model village that Charles, Prince of Wales sought to develop in 1993 as a successful and pioneering town near Dorchester, built on land owned by his own Duchy of Cornwall, challenging otherwise poor post-war trends in town planning and to some extent following the New Urbanism concept from the US except that the design influences are European..
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  • Four friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Bare except for their costumes, they stretch and yawn, read a newspaper and lean against a railing all the while swapping anecdotes and complaining grumpily about the state of the world near a brick wall that retains heat. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
    lido_summer04-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Four friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Bare except for their costumes, they stretch and yawn, read a newspaper and lean against a railing all the while swapping anecdotes and complaining grumpily about the state of the world near a brick wall that retains heat. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
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  • Seen from a low angle inside their open-top classic American car, two openly gay men cuddle up close to look into each other's eyes while holding their favourite cans of Websters Yorkshire bitter (beer). They are attending a classic car rally in Brighton during a Gay Pride festival, that this English seaside town regularly hosts during the hot south coast summers. The large 60s steering wheel is seen in the foreground and the vehicle's leather seat looks shiny clean against the bright light. There is a classic car magazine resting on one man's knee and they are clearly mad about this era of motor transportation.
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  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages traveling into central London. <br />
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A limited edition (1 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Rush hour train commuter checks messages on-board carriages travelling into city mainline stations in south London.
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  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
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  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
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  • Blurred commuters to and fro at the busy period at Liverpool Street station's concourse during the London rush-hour
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  • Rush hour train commuters descend by escalator into Underground at London Bridge mainline Station, en-route to tube sevices
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  • Rush hour train commuters check messages on-board carriages travelling into city mainline stations in south London.
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  • Commuters and no smoking sign on a carriage travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations
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  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
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  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations, London.
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  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations, London.
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  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners06-26-10-2020.jpg
  • With dramatic sunlight streaming between ash trees, a woman runner jogs along the inner path of Ruskin Park, on 24th September 2020, in south London, Lambeth, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • Early morning milk and bread delivery left in a crate on the doorstep of a property known as 'Geoffrey the Dyer's house', in Worstead, a village whose wealth came from the 14th century weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
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  • Meat industry workers deliver pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher02-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Early morning milk and bread delivery left in a crate on the doorstep of a property known as 'Geoffrey the Dyer's house', in Worstead, a village whose wealth came from the 14th century weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
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  • Early morning milk and bread delivery left in a crate on the doorstep of a property known as 'Geoffrey the Dyer's house', in Worstead, a village whose wealth came from the 14th century weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_doorstep01-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Bird fanciers admire caged tropical birds in the Grand Place (Grote Markt, in Flemish) bird market, Brussels, Belgium, on 24th June 1992, in Brussels, Belgium. In the cages are small birds from tropical countries, on sale every Sunday for those wanting avian company in their homes. The Brussels Grand Place hosts this bird market and the selection and prices are generally better than can be found in pet shops though the origins of these creatures are questionable. The Grand Place is Brussels’ main city square, the focal point for colourful events throughout the year. Its Dutch-styled gabled guildhalls date from the 13th century and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • A Royal Mail postal worker leans into a post box to empty a batch of letters and parcels, on 20th November 2019, in the City of London, England.
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  • A city authority Mercedes Sprinter waste collection vehicle is parked opposite the Renaissance Cloth Hall during morning rubbish duties on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • The early school bus crosses one of the bridges at the pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 23rd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
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  • Entering the Igreja Paroquial da Vera Cruz (church) for Sunday evening Mass, in Aveiro, Portugal.
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  • A couple leave the Igreja Paroquial da Vera Cruz (church) after Sunday evening Mass, in Aveiro, Portugal.
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  • A Chinese man performs early morning exercises and stretches in front of Azulejo tiles in a city park, Lisbon Portugal.
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  • Seen from one boat to another, a privately-owned motorboat ferry dependent on tourist trade crosses the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A commuter enjoys a peaceful few minutes on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A young boy sits on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A motorbike is heaved off the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local man talks on his mobile phone on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local man talks on his mobile phone on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local man talks on his mobile phone on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Commuters sit on the top deck of the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Elderly and bent lady feeds pigeons at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark.
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  • Elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark.
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  • Elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark.
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  • Postal box in rural village of Neron, Eure-et-Loir, France.
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  • Bird fanciers admires caged tropical birds in the Grand Place (Grote Markt, in Flemish) bird market, Brussels, Belgium. The archetypal Belgian gentlemen wear flat caps and in the cages are small birds from tropical countries, on sale every Sunday for those wanting avian company in their homes. The Brussels Grand Place hosts a bird market and the selection and prices are generally better than can be found in pet shops though the origins of these creatures are questionable. The Grand Place is Brussels’ main city square, the focal point for colourful events throughout the year. Its Dutch-styled gabled guildhalls date from the 13th century and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    bird_market-24-06-1992.jpg
  • Carers and elderly people from a nearby residential home take a daily walk to the seafront in Frinton, UK. As part of a daily walk, some important exercise for these still active pensioners, the uniformed staff take their charges out towards the seafront from the warmth of their home left behind. Walking slowly towards the promenade in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex. Some may be just unfit and others perhaps slightly confused or suffering from dementia or possibly just old and tired from the hardships after Britain at war. By 2050 the percentage of people worldwide over 65 years will have doubled.
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  • A woman and man stand outside a modern office building for a cigarette break.
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  • Young women use smartphones to chat on the Loughborough Estate in Brixton, South London.
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  • Young women use smartphones to chat on the Loughborough Estate in Brixton, South London.
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  • The chain ferry crossing the River Yare in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
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  • The chain ferry crossing the River Yare in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
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  • The chain ferry crossing the River Yare in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
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  • Resting road and leaf sweeper reads magazine on his cart during brief break of his morning shift in Dulwich, London.
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  • Lunchtime pedestrians on the corner of Lothbury and Tokenhouse Yard, two narrow and historic streets with the high walls of the Bank of England in the background - in the City of London, the capital's financial district. The area was populated with coppersmiths in the Middle Ages before later becoming home to a number of merchants and bankers. Lothbury borders the Bank of England on the building's northern side. Tokenhouse St dates from Charles I and was where farthing tokens were coined. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
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  • Two lunchtime pedestrians on the corner of Lothbury and Tokenhouse Yard, two narrow and historic streets with the high walls of the Bank of England in the background - in the City of London, the capital's financial district. The area was populated with coppersmiths in the Middle Ages before later becoming home to a number of merchants and bankers. Lothbury borders the Bank of England on the building's northern side. Tokenhouse St dates from Charles I and was where farthing tokens were coined. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    lothbury_corner07-12-03-2013.jpg
  • Lunchtime pedestrians on the corner of Lothbury and Tokenhouse Yard, two narrow and historic streets with the high walls of the Bank of England in the background - in the City of London, the capital's financial district. The area was populated with coppersmiths in the Middle Ages before later becoming home to a number of merchants and bankers. Lothbury borders the Bank of England on the building's northern side. Tokenhouse St dates from Charles I and was where farthing tokens were coined. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    lothbury_corner06-12-03-2013.jpg
  • In strong sunlight, a workman delivers construction site fencing in the financial City of London's Threadneedle Street, crossing the road still wet after recent showers.
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  • In strong sunlight, a workman waits to cross the road after delivering construction equipment using a hydraulic hand pallet truck in the financial City of London's Threadneedle Street, in front of traffic and still wet after recent showers.
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  • In strong sunlight, a workman waits to cross the road after delivering construction equipment using a hydraulic hand pallet truck in the financial City of London's Threadneedle Street, in front of traffic and still wet after recent showers.
    city_streets32-31-01-2013.jpg
  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise the recovery position and resuscitation to a volunteer seaside victim. Lying on the smooth sand near the water's edge, a young man wearing a wetsuit lies pretending to be unconscious, having ingested sea water and requiring immediate treatment by the staff, well-versed in saving lives. As one starts chest compressions, the other holds on the mouth before continuing mouth-to-mouth. Passing time is vital if they are to start a heart and get air into the brain.
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  • School children from a nearby primary school run beneath  100 year-old mature ash trees, through their local park.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, make repairs between training flights.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, makes last pre-flight checks before training flight.
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  • Local firefighters learn about the Hawk jet belonging to a Hawk jet in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Engineer ground staff perform scheduled maintenance to a Hawk jet in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice ditching in the cold sea during exercise.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, UK's RAF aerobatic team readies himself before a simulated ditching in the cold sea during exercise.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, during turnarounds of training flights.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, makes repairs to a BAE Systems Hawk nosewheel.
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  • Locals are caught up in downdraught as ZA939, a Westland SA-330E Puma HC1 helicopter belonging to the RAF's 230 squadron, lifts off after a five minute touch down in Ruskin Park, south London. The RAF frequently make reconnaissance flights to this Lambeth open space for crew training purposes. ..
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  • 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.
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  • Priest gives blessings during daily Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
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  • Priest gives blessings during daily Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
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  • Priest gives blessings during daily Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
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  • Priest gives blessings during daily Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
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  • London bus passengers endure the misery of another morning commute into the city unaware of Narnia movie poster.
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  • Commuters on red bus route at stop in Charing Cross Road in central London.
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  • Commuters on number 24 red bus at stop in Charing Cross Road in central London.
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  • A Royal Mail postman makes a scheduled collection of post from a post box in the busy Piccadilly street in London.
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  • 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
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  • Early morning lady jogger runs up start of Penine Way in Vale of Edale, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. .Edale is a valley in North Derbyshire, situated about 15 miles west of Sheffield, in the heart of the Peak District National Park. Edale valley is a loose collection of scattered farmsteads or 'booths' as they are known which grew up around the original shelters or 'boothies' used by shepards when tending their sheep on the hillsides. There are 5 main ones in Edale valley, Nether Booth, Ollerbooth, Upper Booth, Barber booth and Grindsbrook Booth of which the village called Edale is part. Edale village is in a lovely setting below Kinder Scout and is the start of the Pennine way, the first and longest footpath in England, opened in 1965.
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  • An elderly lady makes her way from her community village Memorial Hall which she has been volunteering this winter morning as part of a charity funds raising event. The lady might be old and frail but her spirit is such that she still finds the time to integrate into community life and remains active despite her years. Walking beneath the wrought-iron sign in Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire, she edges under tentatively to make her way home wearing a quilted coat and her wedding ring on her gnarled hands. A chilly late-morning sun shines across the architecture of the building and this is the look of a lady happy with her morning's activities with fellow parishioners.
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  • A young boy edges through a gap between some railings and the end of a fallen tree trunk that has fallen across a footpath. The child is on his way to nursery school and the night before strong winds brought down trees in the south London area and cause disruption to transport infrastructure. It is an adventure for this child who isn't bothered in the slightest at this minor inconvenience to his journey, a route he takes with his mother or father every morning. Pushing his bike first, he takes care not to hurt himself on the jagged timber
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  • A carer from an elderly peoples' residential home bends down to speak to an old lady who has been taken out for her daily walk in the fresh-air. The lady however cannot walk but seems to be enjoying her daily constitutional from the comfort of her wheelchair that the nursing specialist kindly pushes along a promenade in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex. With her hankie tucked in her sleeve she also seems to be slightly confused as if she might be suffering from a dementia or possibly just old and tired from the hardships after Britain at war. By 2050 the percentage of people worldwide over 65 years will have doubled.
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  • On both sides of the railway track, thousands of commuters desperate to get home after a long day at work in central London, line the platforms to we see from an aerial perspective. But the rail workers' union has called for industrial action and there are no trains yet for these passengers to board for north or southbound services. Sensibly away from the edges, people are standing up to six-deep in anticipation of a ride home as the exodus to the suburbs hits its peak time. 37 per cent of workers in the capital used rail or underground travel as their main form of transport to work, according to regional and local statistics compiled by the Office for National Statistics.
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  • Seen from behind as they stop at dotted give-way lines on this empty road junction, we see a strange perspective of deserted housing and empty roads, Jen West and her elderly wheelchair-bound mother Margaret - both residents of the experimental community village of Poundbury, Dorset, England. As if they are pedestrians about cross a busy highway, it is an incongruous scene of irony. Poundbury is the visionary model village that Charles, Prince of Wales sought to develop in 1993 as a successful and pioneering town near Dorchester, built on land owned by his own Duchy of Cornwall, challenging otherwise poor post-war trends in town planning and to some extent following the New Urbanism concept from the US except that the design influences are European.
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  • A schoolboy of Afro-Caribbean descent stands looking confused on a platform at Victoria mainline station in central London. The young lad looks smart in a new school uniform of cap, blazer, long trousers and polished black shoes. We might guess that it is the start of a new academic year and that he is about to attend a new school for which he needs to take a train on his own. His mother and younger and older sister are also to the far right of the picture so he may go with his elder sibling carrying a multi-coloured umbrella and a bright blue briefcase containing his lunch and a few items needed for lessons. Surrounded by adult commuters, some of who look on with mild amusement, also make await their train from the city out of town. Mostly, people mind their own business and what is a special day for the boy will become a much-travelled route.
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  • An elderly gentleman has just emerged from a swim in the cold waters off Paignton, the seaside town in Devon, south-west England. Still to towel himself down, he looks chilled to the bone but stands talking to friends out of view. The man wears dark trunks (costume) and has a large belly but otherwise looks fit and healthy, a true picture of health for a man of his age, after swimming in these seas for many years and enjoying the endorphins that are stimulated after wild, outdoor swims.
    paignton_sea_swimmer-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Striding urgently are a group of rail commuters emerging from London Bridge main line station in central London along a station concourse. Marching in step, the strangers are on their way to work in the City of London or Southwark on the south bank of the Thames. They are all passing-by a mobile smoothie drink kiosk that has the slogan "Guaranteed to keep you going till lunch." London Bridge station is one of 18 railway stations managed by Network Rail and is a major transport terminus and interchange for central London and serves over 42 million people a year. The tube station serves the Jubilee Line and the Bank branch of the Northern Line.
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