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Trevor Franklyn at Bar Pot 1968. He died in a car crash coming down to Mendip soon after.
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On the wall at Alum Pot 1969.
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Alum Pot.
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Trevor and Cliff Etherden c 1968.
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PPTCC at the CSS cottage c 1970.
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Me at the back.
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Above with Tony and Cliff Etherden . Cliff turned up on a Honda 50 once. We all laughed. Pistons like pennies. It will never catch on.
TBC.
TBC.
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Wake up its Tuesday. Time to go caving. PPTCC sleeping in Fairy Cave in the 1960's. As with some others a photo by Peter Rose. I was home in bed.
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Wardy you are so kind to an old fellow. Just back from two trips today. One a photo trip the other digging. Yup- poked down two big boulders. I might take up short mat bowling its safer. Splodge incoming hopefully when I look at the camera.
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Mrs C. ( Ayesha. In white) ) in Festival cave 1960's. Got mugged by a bat and retired from the game early. ( She might have been a miss then ). Anyway she is still here surprisingly and has put up with the issues arising with my caving and diving for over 50 years.
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Last Man Standing.
John Keat left. Me then Pete Rose. C 1970. On the road near G B Cave.
Photos are everywhere now. There is a camera in everybody's pocket. A phone can be down a cave. Stuff from the 1960's is very rare especially the fun side and social stuff. None of the students except the two Petes and me had a camera. Colour as well when most of the early stuff very formally taken was in monochrome. A.E. Mc. R. Pearce was one such mid century photographer specialising in macro and shots of cave life. In most cases the photography was an adjunct to a more specialised interest.
We tend to believe that our mates and family are with us always. Sadly they fade and die much like my slide photos I suppose. Going back to the 1960's has revived old memories and reminded me that at nearly 80 I am still doing what I love best.
John Keat left. Me then Pete Rose. C 1970. On the road near G B Cave.
Photos are everywhere now. There is a camera in everybody's pocket. A phone can be down a cave. Stuff from the 1960's is very rare especially the fun side and social stuff. None of the students except the two Petes and me had a camera. Colour as well when most of the early stuff very formally taken was in monochrome. A.E. Mc. R. Pearce was one such mid century photographer specialising in macro and shots of cave life. In most cases the photography was an adjunct to a more specialised interest.
We tend to believe that our mates and family are with us always. Sadly they fade and die much like my slide photos I suppose. Going back to the 1960's has revived old memories and reminded me that at nearly 80 I am still doing what I love best.
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Me and the box in Stoke Lane Slocker. Early 70's.
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One of Pete Roses but what do you notice ? The image was scanned from the wrong side. Does not really matter does it ? Thats the issue with slide scans.
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On the moors c 1969.
Will do for now. Yesterdays kit to sort out.
Will do for now. Yesterdays kit to sort out.
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Great thanks Mr F. In batch copying slides sometimes go in the scanner the wrong way around.
Philosophy. Home Spun.
Maybe I am the most prolific cave photographer in the world. Maybe the longest running too though Mr O' Doc comes very close. I shall do my best to out run him. Of course it counts for little anyway. I have never had any recognition for my work. ( I did win a pair of knee pads once - never received ). No letters after my name. No honourable societies membership. What really makes me happy is the odd comments from people like Wardy and my couple of long term armchair followers. First of all my objective is to share. Whats the point of anything if you dont ? Second comes honesty. I don’t tart things up with fancy editing. The house agent effect. What you see is what you get when you go there. Disappointment minimal. Next door is for sale. The online interior shots make it look enormous. False expectation.
I have gamely tried to popularise cave photography to show how easy and cheap it can be. We still dont get enough here cus they are all on Facebook. I dont use attachments here as I want you to see my stuff the best way I can. So I pay for a hosting service. Tenner a month for that privilege. I start threads here never knowing where they are going . My thought processes are a mish mash. This one was only supposed to be the one topic but like I said its morphed into something else as did the mine project ( on going ). So more 60's stuff then what ? I do have a vague idea ( more philosophy ). If anyone gets pleasure from my stuff and hopefully encouragement then its a job well done. Remember the honesty bit. Be your own critic. Never mind what others do or say. Its all academic really. Who can say whats right or wrong in photography. What counts though is The Story . The Moment. Google Image is awash with perfect images. The Northern Lights well edited beyond all honesty. The false expectation of realty in a world increasingly unreal. Photography no longer the great truth but the great deceiver.
At the moment I am setting up some stuff for our new visitor to caving. Not a novice as such as he is a climber. He is the son of one of our Tuesday Diggers. Dad did a Spitfire flight recently . I did his photobook of memories. To see people with joy and amazement and to help them remember that is a great honour. Far beyond the acronyms and knee pads. Reservoir Hole next week. I do hope something good comes from it. SWMBO ( Ayesha if you get the reference ) wants to go to Tescos now so best give you a break for a while.
Philosophy. Home Spun.
Maybe I am the most prolific cave photographer in the world. Maybe the longest running too though Mr O' Doc comes very close. I shall do my best to out run him. Of course it counts for little anyway. I have never had any recognition for my work. ( I did win a pair of knee pads once - never received ). No letters after my name. No honourable societies membership. What really makes me happy is the odd comments from people like Wardy and my couple of long term armchair followers. First of all my objective is to share. Whats the point of anything if you dont ? Second comes honesty. I don’t tart things up with fancy editing. The house agent effect. What you see is what you get when you go there. Disappointment minimal. Next door is for sale. The online interior shots make it look enormous. False expectation.
I have gamely tried to popularise cave photography to show how easy and cheap it can be. We still dont get enough here cus they are all on Facebook. I dont use attachments here as I want you to see my stuff the best way I can. So I pay for a hosting service. Tenner a month for that privilege. I start threads here never knowing where they are going . My thought processes are a mish mash. This one was only supposed to be the one topic but like I said its morphed into something else as did the mine project ( on going ). So more 60's stuff then what ? I do have a vague idea ( more philosophy ). If anyone gets pleasure from my stuff and hopefully encouragement then its a job well done. Remember the honesty bit. Be your own critic. Never mind what others do or say. Its all academic really. Who can say whats right or wrong in photography. What counts though is The Story . The Moment. Google Image is awash with perfect images. The Northern Lights well edited beyond all honesty. The false expectation of realty in a world increasingly unreal. Photography no longer the great truth but the great deceiver.
At the moment I am setting up some stuff for our new visitor to caving. Not a novice as such as he is a climber. He is the son of one of our Tuesday Diggers. Dad did a Spitfire flight recently . I did his photobook of memories. To see people with joy and amazement and to help them remember that is a great honour. Far beyond the acronyms and knee pads. Reservoir Hole next week. I do hope something good comes from it. SWMBO ( Ayesha if you get the reference ) wants to go to Tescos now so best give you a break for a while.
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You could carry on indefinitely for me.
I always enjoy your "story telling" photo's - "photo journalism" as it used to be called. The great splendour of the underworld, along with very evocative older stuff.
I particularly enjoy your candid depictions of old chums doing stuff often associated with the less mature caver. Your meal time photo's of digs are great depictions of the camaraderie and I can't help but wonder what's being said.
They bring to mind some of the conversations I've heard in very similar situations. The memory of one such scene I will always cherish - A mud spattered retired physics lecturer explaining Heisenberg's uncertainty principal to a similarly adorned retired mine engineer and a postmen, was a classic! I just wish I'd had a video of it.
I always enjoy your "story telling" photo's - "photo journalism" as it used to be called. The great splendour of the underworld, along with very evocative older stuff.
I particularly enjoy your candid depictions of old chums doing stuff often associated with the less mature caver. Your meal time photo's of digs are great depictions of the camaraderie and I can't help but wonder what's being said.
They bring to mind some of the conversations I've heard in very similar situations. The memory of one such scene I will always cherish - A mud spattered retired physics lecturer explaining Heisenberg's uncertainty principal to a similarly adorned retired mine engineer and a postmen, was a classic! I just wish I'd had a video of it.
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My unedited slides as digitised by MCR. You can see the colour failure but modern editing can reverse much of that.
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