by Wilf James | Nov 9, 2013 | Articles, France, History, Photography, Wilf James
This was first posted on Flickr in 2004. It is a subject of great interest. I have not changed the text as it is as relevant today as it was nine years ago – and will remain so! This 11th November 2004 my wife Ghislaine and I visited the Chemin des Dames, 80 kilometres of East of Paris. One of the killing grounds of WW1.
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by Wilf James | May 14, 2013 | Articles, Brian Tompkins, Classic Cameras, History, Photography
When I was about thirteen years old my cousin invited me to her 12th birthday party. I fell in love, no, not with her but with the present her parents had given her. It was a Kodak Brownie 127.
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by Wilf James | May 13, 2013 | Articles, Brian Tompkins, Classic Cameras, History, Photography
Back in the fifties the front cover of the weekly magazine Amateur Photographer always had the same banner advertisement. The advertisement was for Wallace Heaton, a very up market photographic shop. Every year they produced their catalogue which was known as ‘The...
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