by Brendan Jackson | Jan 12, 2020 | Viewpoint
The Mayflower ‘We are private detectives onward back from a musical pilgrimage We work under the name of the Fall Who would suspect this? It is too obvious’ The Mayflower club in Birch Street, Gorton, was a former cinema - the once rather grand Corona Picture Theatre,...
by Brendan Jackson | Apr 30, 2018 | Viewpoint
Coit Tower In ‘Vertigo’ (1958) the interior of the San Francisco apartment of the retired detective, played by James Stewart, was filmed on a studio set. Hitchcock insisted that Coit tower appeared prominently in the background, viewed through the apartment window,...
by Brendan Jackson | May 15, 2016 | Viewpoint
Confluence Low banks of scrub on the left bank, on the right bank a modern banqueting hall Combo and beyond that the docks. Behind us the oldest stone castle in Lithuania, sited here at the junction of the Nemunas and Neris rivers. First destroyed by Crusaders in...
by Brendan Jackson | Oct 15, 2015 | Viewpoint
Kedainiai Alps, a long way from Oldbury. Rimantas and Audrone suggest we go to visit the local chemical plant, the main employer in the area and truly one of the wonders of Lithuania they say. We soon find out why. Two kilometres outside of the town of Kėdainiai, a...
by Brendan Jackson | Oct 15, 2015 | Viewpoint
Random Warsaw These images were made using a relatively small camera, a Canon Powershot A3200 IS. They used to call these cameras pocket sized. (They have been my camera of choice to give out to people participating in projects over the last few years.) The idea is to...
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