Whitsun action
May 30th, 2007
Picture by (yet again) “eat at joe’s”
Some juxtapositions of temporary and permanent at the annual Whit Fair in the centre of Preston. Pericles is safe in his pediment. See the same event in 1930 via the link below (may require Real Player or somesuch i.e. the BBC don’t do QuickTime):
LINK to film of the same event and location in 1930
The same location in the ‘fifties with the partially demolished town hall to the side of the square:
See also: Appearing Rooms
November 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
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