Yes, it's on there. Passed it yesterday (for about the 1,000,000th time) but didn't have any gear with me.




I know the building you mean - red brick with castellations on Raglan Road. (You can't live where we lived and not know all about the Charge of the Light Brigade - Raglan, Brudenell, Cardigan et al.) I photographed it a few years ago but didn't know it was an ex-workhouse.




The school is Quarry Mount. When I was at Queens Road (later Royal Park) in the 1950s, Quarry Mount were our fiercest rivals. Even the inter-school cricket matches turned into bloodbaths! Such fun.




The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.

Quote LeedsBornWelshRoots="LeedsBornWelshRoots"...The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.'" Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now. EDIT : A simple google got me his web site www.stuartwaltonart.com/index.htm

Quote LeedsBornWelshRoots="LeedsBornWelshRoots"...The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.'" Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now. EDIT : A simple google got me his web site www.stuartwaltonart.com/index.htm

Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now.'" Stuart Walton had his own stand in the "Pictures" section of the old Clover building in Kirkstall and also sold prints in Briggate on a Saturday, haven't seen him for ages though. I have a copy of his Whitelocks drawing, when I say a copy I don't mean its a copy of his drawing, I mean I copied his drawing

Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now.'" Stuart Walton had his own stand in the "Pictures" section of the old Clover building in Kirkstall and also sold prints in Briggate on a Saturday, haven't seen him for ages though. I have a copy of his Whitelocks drawing, when I say a copy I don't mean its a copy of his drawing, I mean I copied his drawing

I was a big fan and I didn't know either of those facts.
I do remember one guy selling small prints on a Briggate corner but the one I remember wasn't him.

I didn't write the above. But I could have done. Word-for-word.

Among others, I have a signed limited edition printed on heavy canvas-like paper, of Rosebank Road overlooking Burley (a similar scene to one suggested by Jerry Chicken a few posts ago). It cost me more than I could afford when I bought it.

I think I remember the same guy. No Stuart Walton, he; but quite good for all that.

He sold A4 prints of his work in packs of 4 or 5 in brown envelopes quite cheaply. I've still got 'em. Somewhere!

I think fans of Stuart Walton will also appreciate the work of Bob Barker.

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My favourite is "Chips and Gravy" from the 2011 collection - cos I was that boy.

Here's my attempt to recreate the Bob Barker look-and-feel on one of my own photographs …

I can see where you're coming from with that.
The contrast-y-ness, the sky and the wet paving.

Could any of you suggest a decent compact digital camera, not looking for anything too clever. Currently considering a SONY Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera. Looking to pay up to £150.
I have had Canon cameras since I was a kid but the compact versions don't seem to have as high a value on megapixels.
Thanks

The importance of megapixels in compact cameras is overrated because most don't have good enough lenses to make the most of the pixels. Equally think what you actually want to do with the images 12 megapixels can print very big if needed.

As for compact cameras - I always recommend people look at the Lumix range and pick what's closes to the price they are wanting to pay. Always good quality optics and good features. I still occasionally use my 2006 Lumix bridging camera when I don't want to carry my SLR around. The 6MP sensor easily produced A3 prints.

Fireworks over Collioure tonight:

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Sport shooting for all of them.