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Friday, November 13
Seen at the seaside - born again bikers - the zimmerframe years
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 13 Nov 2009 04:15 PM GMT
Wednesday, November 11
Something for Remembrance Day
by
Charles Christian
on Wed 11 Nov 2009 09:44 AM GMT
This is a prose piece + a haiga – a haigun maybe?
 Lieutenant Joseph Phillips’ lonely memorial One day, driving down a Norfolk byway, I spotted this lonely, neglected wooden cross, silhouetted against a country skyline. I asked a neighbour. He said it was erected to mark the place where a cornered German bomber pilot, shot-down during World War Two, had been beaten to death by angry locals before he could be rescued by the authorities. Intrigued, as this was the first I’d heard of any Luftwaffe pilot suffering such a fate in the UK, I did a little research. The truth wasn’t hard to find. This was no guilty memorial to a hapless Nazi but a cross to mark the site where a Canadian pilot had crashed in 1917, after steering his stricken plane clear of the nearby town of Harleston. By his efforts he saved lives that day. By his efforts, he lost own. Fatally wounded, he a few hours later. And so it comes down to this: within the space of three generations, a hero’s honest death reduced to a forgotten, crumbling cross and a muddied, muddled memory. Saturday, October 31
Sunday, October 18
New image - pretty in pink
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 18 Oct 2009 06:30 PM BST
Here's a picture I took in a car-park last week – the photo-caption spoke for itself – and after that the video-clip link was obvious...
 Saturday, October 10
Juxtapositions - October '09
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 10 Oct 2009 09:16 PM BST
So I'm standing on the platform at my local railway station, looking absent mindedly at the advertising hoardings/billboards when I noticed this juxtaposition. The caption came naturally...
 Tuesday, October 6
New street photography
by
Charles Christian
on Tue 06 Oct 2009 07:08 PM BST
Here's a photo I took about 10 days ago at a location in southern England – clue: it has a big airport nearby. I was intrigued by the preparations and then I thought "isn't there someone missing from the frame?"
 Monday, September 21
New (and seasonal) haiga
by
Charles Christian
on Mon 21 Sep 2009 09:14 PM BST
Here's a new – and totally seasonal (got to watch that kigo-factor) haiga...
 Sunday, September 6
Sunday, August 30
Seen at Scarborough - chav culture
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 30 Aug 2009 10:30 PM BST
During the recent Edinburgh Festival, I attended a masterclass on comedy song writing run by Dillie Keane and Adele Anderson of Fascinating Aida. This photo – taken earlier this summer at Scarborough – prompted me to write these words. Sing it to the tune of Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees.
 Saturday, August 15
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