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Yorkshire Belle ticket booth

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Today’s picture shows the booking booth for the Yorkshire Belle, a pleasure boat that sails out of Bridlington on trips to nearby scenic points of interest such as Flamborough lighthouse, and the nature reserve at Bempton Cliffs where thousands of gannets roost.

The Yorkshire Belle was built in 1947 specifically to serve as a tourist boat and is the last of six such boats built to operate out of Bridlington between the 1920s and 1950s.

The boat’s future was put in jeopardy during the Covid pandemic when reductions in tourist numbers and social distancing rules meant she became unviable to operate and fundraising activity took place to prevent her loss. There’s an ITV Calendar news story covering the events.

Booking the Yorkshire Belle

Olympus OM-10 & G.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins.

Taken on 2 August 2024

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A bike on the prom

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There’s something about a bicycle, especially one propped against a fence, that seems to attract my eye. I don’t think I’m alone in this, and there are countless photographs of bicycles, both ridden and riderless to be found. I wonder if anyone has put down in words why they are a popular subject?

My own theory is that they make for a pleasing combination of geometric forms, a combination of circles, triangles and other polygonal shapes. They also make for interesting subject matter whether seen in full, or as detail – a wheel, a saddle, a chain for instance – and different points of view give even more variety – from the side, from the front, from above.

And once other factors are added to the mix there’s an almost limitless variety of pictures to be found. Every change of light, of type, of surroundings brings more into play.

The shot below is pretty simple. A bike leaning on a fence with the North Sea behind. I like the contrast of the dark bike against the bright railings. I also like the little incidental details caught by the shutter – the couple in the sea, the distant boat, and the kite that has fluttered into the edge of the frame.

Seaside bike

Olympus OM-10 & G.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins.

Taken on 2 August 2024

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Written in sand

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The beach at Bridlington is backed by a sea wall along the stretch in front of the town north of the harbour area. This means there’s a good vantage point for looking down upon the sand and seeing the activities of the people enjoying the seaside, including writing messages in the smooth wet sand.

Despite my own spelling often being atrocious (albeit usually due to my inaccurate keystrokes, rather than an inability to spell), I seem to be quite good at seeing other peoples typos, such as the ones present in the first two pictures shared today. To be fair to the authors, it’s a lot easier to spot them from up on the promenade, than it probably is a beach level.

The third shot is spelt accurately, although it’s missing an apostrophe in “mums” and the spacing leaves a little to be desired. It’s not lacking in impact though, and I wonder what “mum” thought about the message?

😀

Beach writing
Beach writing-2
Beach writing-3

Olympus OM-10 & G.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins.

Taken on 2 August 2024

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Bridlington beach

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Back to black and white again. The coming series of posts will be photographs I made during a day trip to Bridlington with my wife back at the start of August.

This shot seems quite grainy for FP4+, but I do like the light and the expansiveness of the beach, with the coast curving around to the distant promontory of Flamborough Head.

Beach scene

Olympus OM-10 & G.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 on Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins.

Taken on 2 August 2024

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St. Peter’s Church, Letwell

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This is not the first time this church has featured on the blog – I have an earlier post taken using my large format camera. The picture below was taken first though (and was the reason I went back later with the Chamonix, as I though it would be a good location for a 4×5 photograph).

St. Peter's, Letwell

Fujica GW690 & Fujifilm Pro 160NS. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 28 July 2024

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Primitive Methodist chapel

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This is the Primitive Methodist chapel in Westwoodside in Lincolnshire. I had a few frames left on a roll of film in my GW690, and so drove around looking for subject matter, of which this was a chosen candidate.

It triggered a thought as to why such chapels (and the Methodism they provide places of worship for) are called “primitive”, so I looked it up, because I think curiosity should be satisfied when you have the means to do so. Anyway, the new thing I learnt as a result of this is that the term relates to Methodists who wished to return to an earlier, purer form of Methodism that was based on the early church.

Primitive Methodism was a working class movement that began early in the 19th century in The Potteries, in the English Midlands region. By the close of the century it had an estimate 200,000 members.

It wasn’t clear from the outside whether the chapel in the picture still operates, although I suspect not. I looked somewhat overgrown and had little sign of being somewhere in regular use. I would not be surprised to see the building re-purposed into a posh house.

Primitive Methodist Chapel

Fujica GW690 & Fujifilm Pro 160NS. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 28 July 2024