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Hans Valk
Most of you can't read Dutch, I suppose
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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 05:50:34 PM » |
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"Innaresting" as Neil Young would have said.. Indeed it has been said that it was near impossible to locate the exact spot anymore. But whoever's conclusion that was; he or she was wrong. The wooden trelliswork on the brick wall is no longer the same as on the recordsleeve. If you look carefully, you can see the differences. But the replacement surely was shaped with the old one in mind. Maybe by someone with some historic notion. To complement the idea your pal started out with: Worple Road was the adress were the family lived before they (or maybe only mrs. and mr. Denny) moved here. And maybe Arthur Road also was the spot where Neil Denny ended up living all alone, after his wife and son died a few years after Sandy did. What a way to grow old. -- greetings from Holland, Hans Valk |
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Henry Tompkins (Pete)
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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 07:31:52 PM » |
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That's great work and photograph, and yet a strangely sad scene. The 2 or 3 times that I had been to try and view the scene, the 2 massive wooden gates were firmly closed, making it impossible to gain access. Congratulations to your pal. |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2012, 10:38:38 PM » |
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He said that the gates being open was a major stroke of luck!
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Martin F
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2012, 10:43:05 PM » |
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It looks to me as if the gate has been moved closer to the building on the far right of the picture.
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Philip W
forgiving of the rhetorical flourish
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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2012, 02:30:01 PM » |
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And maybe Arthur Road also was the spot where Neil Denny ended up living all alone, after his wife and son died a few years after Sandy did. What a way to grow old.
Don't think so. Jim Irvin writing about the Unhalfbricking photo in his Mojo article in 1998: "Neil Denny, now 85, looks much the same today as he did back then. But now he lives alone in a maisonette in a quiet cul-de-sac..." |
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Jonathan
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« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2012, 05:18:18 PM » |
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O.k., feel free to make fun of me. Seriously, I have no problem... I don't think I ever noticed that on the other side of the gate, sitting on the lawn, was the band.  The only thing I can blame it on, is getting into Fairport (or, at least, into earlier Fairport) during the digital age. Meaning, I've only seen the CD cover, not the original LP cover. I think I would have seen them if I looked at the foot by foot LP cover, but somehow missed it on the CD cover. |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2012, 06:05:54 PM » |
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O.k., feel free to make fun of me. Seriously, I have no problem... I don't think I ever noticed that on the other side of the gate, sitting on the lawn, was the band. The only thing I can blame it on, is getting into Fairport (or, at least, into earlier Fairport) during the digital age. Meaning, I've only seen the CD cover, not the original LP cover. I think I would have seen them if I looked at the foot by foot LP cover, but somehow missed it on the CD cover. That sounds fair enough. You are excused. Jules |
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Henry Tompkins (Pete)
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« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2012, 06:26:48 PM » |
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O.k., feel free to make fun of me. Seriously, I have no problem... I don't think I ever noticed that on the other side of the gate, sitting on the lawn, was the band. The only thing I can blame it on, is getting into Fairport (or, at least, into earlier Fairport) during the digital age. Meaning, I've only seen the CD cover, not the original LP cover. I think I would have seen them if I looked at the foot by foot LP cover, but somehow missed it on the CD cover. I imagine that it was framed up that way, but I love the way each band member is in their own small section of trellis fence. |
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Poor Will (Bill)
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« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2012, 08:41:07 PM » |
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O.k., feel free to make fun of me. Seriously, I have no problem... I don't think I ever noticed that on the other side of the gate, sitting on the lawn, was the band. The only thing I can blame it on, is getting into Fairport (or, at least, into earlier Fairport) during the digital age. Meaning, I've only seen the CD cover, not the original LP cover. I think I would have seen them if I looked at the foot by foot LP cover, but somehow missed it on the CD cover. I imagine that it was framed up that way, but I love the way each band member is in their own small section of trellis fence. I'm sure I read somewhere that it just happened that way and wasn't set up at all. |
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In the words of the Zen Master " Don't just do something, sit there"
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« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2012, 09:48:04 PM » |
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O.k., feel free to make fun of me. Seriously, I have no problem... I don't think I ever noticed that on the other side of the gate, sitting on the lawn, was the band. The only thing I can blame it on, is getting into Fairport (or, at least, into earlier Fairport) during the digital age. Meaning, I've only seen the CD cover, not the original LP cover. I think I would have seen them if I looked at the foot by foot LP cover, but somehow missed it on the CD cover. I imagine that it was framed up that way, but I love the way each band member is in their own small section of trellis fence. I'm sure I read somewhere that it just happened that way and wasn't set up at all. Yes I think it's mentioned in No More Sad Refrains |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2012, 10:12:08 PM » |
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If the photographer was smart, and I think he was, he'll have positioned himself so that he got that result.
Jules
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John From Austin
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2012, 05:52:21 PM » |
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Has anyone noticed your pal's link beneath the photo - Fairport's complete set on French TV in 1969, in full color? Wow! |
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2012, 05:53:45 PM » |
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Has anyone noticed your pal's link beneath the photo - Fairport's complete set on French TV in 1969, in full color? Wow! was 1968 not 1969..  |
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John From Austin
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2012, 06:02:21 PM » |
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Yer too quick for me to make my correction!
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2012, 12:55:10 AM » |
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Yer too quick for me to make my correction!
Heh. That's a link I sent him. That I got from here! Jules |
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