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Debbie Smyth

Lowry in Salford

Winter light can always be relied on to give gold colouring and reflections, though this bridge is impressive at any time.  It is a 92 metre long, single span lifting footbridge across […]

Wisdom and Effort

“Concilio et Labore” is Manchester’s motto, which loosely translated means “Wisdom and Effort”.  The ship on this bridge represents the trading relationships of Manchester; the white heraldic antelope with its […]

Greenery and Pinkery

    Hex colour reference:   EF98AA A colourful note: mauvelous is the name of a 1993 Crayola crayon, a company with rather traditional colour terms until the public naming competition […]

Love is Afloat in Kew

A question posed in Wordpress land this week was “is your current state of mind reflected in your photography?” Copyright Debbie Smyth, 27 February 2016     Linked to I’d Rather Be Birdin’

Raining Umbrellas

Hex Colour reference:  C8385A A colourful note: maroon is the term used for a dark brown-red , with the first recorded use of this as an English colour name in 1789.  The name comes from […]

Alfred Hitchcock at the Rovers Return

Back in 1964 Alfred Hitchcock was captured o camera as he peered through the doors of Coronation Street’s Rovers Return pub. In 2015, the TV Times magazine celebrated its 60th anniversary […]