Olympus OM-10 & G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford Delta 400 (expired October 2003) @ 100asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken 11 July 2026.
Watch-maker’s door
Signs in a car park
I don’t know how long these particular signs have been in place, but the ones in the second image strongly evokes the 1970s for me. There’s just something about that little figure…
Olympus OM-10 & G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford Delta 400 (expired October 2003) @ 100asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken 11 July 2026.
Evening rain
Raindrops on my office window as dusk fell the other evening.
Panasonic Lumix GX7 & adapted Olympus Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 SLR lens.
Taken on 9 October 2026
National Telephone Kiosk Collection
Within the grounds of Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is the National Telephone Kiosk Collection which, amongst other things, includes every type of telephone kiosk used from 1912 to the present day.
I took some photos at the start of the day on 35mm film, and then just before I left on medium format.
Nikon F80 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (shot at 200asa) AND Yashica Mat 124G on Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Further scenes from Avoncroft
A bit of repetition in today’s post as the first three scenes were already published a few days ago, albeit in 35mm versions.
This roll of HP5+ seems to have resulted in quite contrasty scans, despite being developed the same way I always do.
Yashica Mat 124G on Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Barrel
Yashica Mat 124G on Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Random scenes from Avoncroft
I’ve still got some more images to post from Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings to come, but they’re either medium format pictures, or a few that I’ll bunch together in a themed post (a mix of 35mm and MF).
The pictures today didn’t really have a particular story to them though, so I felt it best to just do a big image dump.
Nikon F80 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (shot at 200asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Tasty treats in the tollhouse
One of the buildings at Avoncroft Museum is a tollhouse which was originally located at Little Malvern, Worcestershire. It was built by the Upton-upon-Severn Turnpike trust in 1822 for a total cost of £56 (equivalent to around £6,400 today – if only new houses cost so little now!).
The house was manned by two volunteers – a married couple both dressed in vintage attire and carrying out tasks using the equipment of the day. The lady was in the kitchen, preparing a whole array of baked goods – bread rolls, rock cakes, pies, and a joint of pork to be roasted. While the food wasn’t being prepared for visitors to the museum, we went back to the tollhouse later in the day and were kindly treated to a sample of some of the wares. I had a rock-cake, which was very nice, but one of our party even went so far as to take some of the bread rolls – spread with fresh hand-churned butter – home with him!
The house was fully fitted out with period furniture and appliances, including this wash-stand in one of the upstairs rooms.
Nikon F80 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (shot at 200asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
As I mentioned in yesterdays post, back at the beginning of August I took a trip to visit Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, which is situated in Worcestershire (that’s pronounced “wustersher” for any non-UK folks that are reading) in the West Midlands.
The trip was a get together of photographers form an online forum that I’m a member of. There were only three of us present – well, four actually, but the other person arrived separately and we somehow managed to miss each other for the entire time we were there!), and after some introductions – it was the first time we’d met in “real” life, we spent a few hours wandering around the place taking photographs.
The museum opened in 1967 to provide a location for the reconstruction of a 15th-century timber-framed house which had been carefully dismantled in Bromsgrove in 1962. The site is an open air collection of now over 30 buildings that have been rescued from demolition and rebuilt on the site. It was the first open air museum in England.
As usual, I spent more time looking for photographs than I did finding out about the different buildings, but I’ve added a few notes about some of the structures below where I have them…
This dovecote was originally located at Haselour Hall Manor, Staffordshire and was constructed in the early 17th century.
The windmill originates from Danzey Green, Warwickshire.
This 16th threshing barn was originally located at a farm in Cholstrey, Herefordshire.
Known locally as the ‘iron church’ or tin church’, this church was built in the parish of Whitbourne, Herefordshire, in 1891. This type of inexpensive kit-built church were built in newly established industrial areas, and isolated rural and coastal locations to promote Christianity and combat non-conformism.
Nikon F80 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (shot at 200asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
Drinks van
A couple of months back I visited Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings and have quite a few pictures to share from the day. However, as I still haven’t had time to sit down properly to pull that post together, here are a couple of shots taken during the visit NOT of historic buildings.
Nikon F80 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (shot at 200asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 1 August 2026.
