Richmond roofline 11 - # 09/99

A pleasant curve, with an outlook direct onto the river. Always pleasant to the eye.

Chairs and table - # 09/98

This is something else I just liked the look of: and you can see me and my sandled feet. I chose not to fit the polariser. It's a very elegant looking restaurant on the Teddington High St.

I just love the shape of those chairs. It's a timeless design, seen in cafes for at least 100 yrs.

Boat in the window - # 09/97

Snapped in one of the old cottages beside Teddington Lock: I just liked the look of it.

Richmond Frontline 2 - Broad Shoulders - # 09/96

The "Greek Shopping Experience"........In the mid to late 19th century it appears that it was thought stylish to flank shop windows with a set of magnificently sculptured "shoulders". Here's a fine example in Teddington High St. There are many others in various states of preservation and quality. These are in the Classical Style, but others are more curvaceous and romantic. The 21st century shopping mall in steel and glass cannot compete with these elegant street-level "decorations on a human scale". The is a strong sense of leisure and style as you stroll from small specialist retail shop to small specialist shop.

Richmond Roofline: return to the Front - # 09/95

After a brief spell of leave, we return to Teddington High St. This time it's a "full-frontal" viw of Eton Villas, 1864. (You wouldn't believe that it's actually Summer, would you?)

High up, Low down - -# 09/94

Another snap taken during my little episode high up on the roof of Ham House. The formality of the 17th century garden is best viewed from up high where you never can be. In the 18th century the English Landscape movement took over and the style changed.

It's just a snap, so please forgive the cut off corner, the tilting horizon etc. and the inclusion of the edge of the roof.

Richmond roofline 10 - # 09/93

Properly trained, using the safety harness and following the health and safety directions I went on to the roof of Ham House in my mission to repair the unrepairable. But instead of doing that I took a photo for the "Roofline Series". Rooflines - being up there, where you want to be.

This is the view, looking East-North-East towards Richmond Hill. The Thames is just out of the picture at the left edge.