QE2 farewell

 I’d almost forgotten these photos, taken nearly 40 years ago. It was summer 1969, a family holiday in the south of England, and a day trip to Southampton. The QE2 was newsworthy then – she was practically brand new. Not only was she docked at the Ocean Terminal, but imminently due to depart. Quite a sight she was too…

Stourport Basin


Stourport Basin
Originally uploaded by geoffspages

Another fine sunny day! There would be plenty of photo opportunities around the canal basin at Stourport, wouldn’t there….? Yes, there would – if it wasn’t for all the building work going on. Looks like a new waterside housing development – the waterside in question being a re-excavated former canal basin. Away from the building site, there were some nice reflections in the water – where the ice had melted, that is…
Follow the thumbnail through to Flickr for a few more photos.