Chris Plumley
Marc DavenantLondon in 1975, a glimpse into a lost world by David Granick. If you are a young photographer remember to photograph the ordinary things around you, the people, places and events we all take for granted. Eventually time will make those photographs extraordinary.
Dr Alison Mccandlish@marcdavenant and create #archives ! That’s a really lovely picture
nth_exile@marcdavenant That's extraordinary- I wouldn't have thought that horse-drawn carriages were still in use in 75!
peter@nth_exile @marcdavenant I suspect they may be GRT. They still use horse drawn carriages today, but my impression is nowadays it's primarily for recreational reasons.
Steve Holdsworth@marcdavenant love the guy’s reaction to spotting David taking the photograph
Ketamine@marcdavenant that man does not look pleased to have his picture taken!
Many Colors, Maybe Moved@marcdavenant A sort of wagon filled with flat things that look like flattened cardboard boxes, with more stacked on top, pulled by a horse. A person is leading the horse down a small street, and seems to be pointing at the camera.
@marcdavenant A sort of wagon filled with flat things that look like flattened cardboard boxes, with more stacked on top, pulled by a horse. A person is leading the horse down a small street, and seems to be pointing at the camera.
Richard Walker@marcdavenant great to see you here!!!
Sue Klefstad 🏳️🌈@marcdavenant Yes! I so agree. I love old paintings and photos that depict everyday tasks-- it's a window to another world.
bdk@marcdavenant with current direction of UK, time will soon renormalise them
Clark christopher@marcdavenant I agree with you
A Cidade Branca
Dave Steele@marcdavenant histodons group @histodons OldPostcards @OldPostcards Yes I took these photos of Hull in 1975 before there was any hint of redevelopment
Filiberreke@marcdavenant @classicretro Imagine looking at google streetview of today in 50 years
@marcdavenant Looked at slides taken by my grandparents of my father's childhood in the 60s and it's funny because in the medium term people always say to photograph people and events rather than places because that's what you'll want to remember.
However, turns out in the long term seeing a Rover P4 being loaded up with suitcases is much more interesting
robtherunt 🌱@marcdavenant Two seconds later The Sweeney turned up, did a handbrake turn in their Ford Consul, jumped out, cuffed Marc and said “You’re nicked, sunshine!”.
@marcdavenant *correction: cuffed David* 😂
The mechanical mountain goatA truly wonderful photo. So much of London's character has been obliterated by redevelopment.
David CB@marcdavenant look! People parked on the sidewalk back then too!
🌸𝔽𝕠𝕩𝕊𝕒𝕟🌸@marcdavenant
Every time I see old photo's I automatically start looking for Honda mopeds and motorcycles! I spot a Honda Cub and I think they one with the yellow tank might be an SS50. Nice :D
Every time I see old photo's I automatically start looking for Honda mopeds and motorcycles! I spot a Honda Cub and I think they one with the yellow tank might be an SS50. Nice :D
Shield Maiden@marcdavenant Oh yes, what good advice...photograph your local green spaces, your untidy little overgrown corners, your old pubs and buildings, your old hospitals and schools...because yes, in 20yrs or less, they'll be gone. I know this from returning to Derby after 15yrs away.
@marcdavenant I was born in 1975 and now feel 1000 years old!
Maude Nificent#Alt4You part 1
photo by David Granick (1912-1980) of Three Colt St Poplar, 1975. I guess its appeal is that so many of the parts of this photo represent different eras; it’s almost like an archeological dig. Three Colt St is paved with bitumen, and there is a narrow footpath on each side with proper kerbing. It looks grubby. The road veers slightly to the right before it disappears. The day is rather clear though there is no bright sunlight.
Along the left is what looks to be a victorian era brick wall, about 10 feet high; the wall is topped with a row of old barbed wire. I don’t know the area, so can’t say why we must keep out. Whatever was once there is probably gone - I count the tops of three truck/or lorry trailers; one cream, one red, one pale blue. In the distance over the fence a clock tower, with cream render. In the distance still over the fence, the vertical tower and horizontal boom of a construction crane, and further distant behind that, trees with many branches but no leaves. To the right of the picture, near the fence, a high-rise building, possibly a 1960s pre-fabricated housing tower in grey hues. Moving closer to the centre of the picture, other buildings remaining just over the fence 19th century, 2 story, brick with central chimney cap. Closer still, a metal tower, the sort built for wireless transmission. Closer yet; a 3 story brick building quite narrow at front. It has /2
#Alt4You Part 2
It has an industrial purpose as there is a massive white metal pipe leading out (maybe in) on one side. There is a curved piece appearing above the roof which looks almost like a handle and makes the building look like a ridiculously tall, fat briefcase.
On the footpaths each side some cars; an old anglia with an odd coloured door probably from a wrecker’s yard; a bright new red ford sports car, and several little motor scooters. In the distance still on the left path a pale blue cortina, and on the right a grey car maybe a vauxhall.
There is also a bit of rubbish on the paths, here and there; plaster rubble, a piece of gate set aside, piles of stacked but grubby boards.
The greatest attraction in centre of this photo a man maybe 60 or 70 years old, in brown clothing, looks a bit like a rag and bone man, guiding a horse along, the brown horse has a white blaze down neatly down the front of his head, drawing behind him a short wagon with pneumatic tires, at the front a driver’s seat with canopy it looks a little ornate like an old baker’s cart; there are cardboard boxes flattened and piled in the driver’s seat, and the roof of the wagon piled high with larger, flattened boxes. The man guiding the horse is bent a little, staring directly into the camera, his left hand, which is raised to point his left forefinger at the cameraman in admonishment, obscures his face a little. - End
Phil Gorman@marcdavenant
I wish I had photographed London's docklands in the early sixties when I had the opportunity.
I wish I had photographed London's docklands in the early sixties when I had the opportunity.
Ems_Jane@marcdavenant just love this kind of thing. Looking back at places when we were once young. And then wondering if we ever passed that street. Were we there in that time? #london
billheywood@marcdavenant
Nice Capri
Nice Capri
Josef666@marcdavenant great photo, but nothing makes you feel old than seeing historic photos and remembering you were a kid playing on the same sorts of streets when the photos was taken
dodothedev 
@marcdavenant just think what historians of the future will gleam from our photos in 100 years: millions of pictures of food, thousands of people staring at the lens with pursed lips, enough pictures of cats to make you believe that they had invaded the world and so many lude pictures, you'd think we'd all gone nudist. 🤣