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Part 1 - Old photos and stories from the coastal edge

To navigate in historical order of old photos by year, click on the links below. May be easier to open any new links in a new window (PC users: hover over link, right click => select 'open in new tab/window') so you can come back to this overview. Note that this route will miss other related posts made for Part 1. I made new visits to some, not all, of the locations that appear in my old photos: 

1959 Newmarket, Suffolk (Cromer under two hours drive)    

          - '58 Cromer

1961 Canister Castle, Wyville, Grantham,  Lincolnshire (Brother Ian born) (Skegness one and half hours drive)

          - '61 Skegnes

          - '62 Scarborough

1963 Sherrifhales, Shewsbery, Shropshire (Sister Julie born)  (Rhyl 1.5 hours drive) 

          - '64 Rhyl

1964 Melton Mowbery, Leicestershire (fell out with Major Moyle, so had to move on)

          - '64 Withernsea

1965 Irchester (near Kettering), North Northamptonshire  (so called "Gentleman Farmer"!)

          - '65 Scarborough

1966 Burley Estate, Stamford, Lincolnshire

1967 MOD Cross Gates, near Leeds, West Yorkshire

          - '67 Scarborough

1968 Swillington, West Yorkshire

          - '70 Cornwall

1972 Chapel House Inn, Low Moor, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Family left in 1982. I had already moved to Camden Town, London in 1980)

          - '74 France and Jersey

1944. Sidney's Story for Remembrance Sunday - Convalescing in WWII on the coastal edge of Africa (posted after the above on 13th Nov, 2022)


Part 1 has 20 blog posts: dated in the post title in the range 20 July to 2 October, 2022 plus one the 13th November 2022.


Or navigate in order of visits

Click here for my first ever post for Part 1 then use NEXT button (at bottom right of the page, just above LEAVE A COMMENT/COMMENTS) to move through posts in the order I posted them. My visits did not follow the chronological order shown above. You can move back and forth through the posts using this method as links to previous post will now appear (PREVIOUS button, bottom left of page, just above LEAVE A COMMENT/COMMENTS). 


Or

look in 'Categories' (see right-hand sidebar) and click on Part 1 – Old photos and stories. Navigate to first post using NEXT at the of the bottom of the page (mentioned above)





Part 2 - London in the '80s - Life on the edge of society

NOTE: Episodes 1-8 have been taken down as they are being turned into a book and journal article. I will blog about this towards the end of 2024 ...


Navigate by viewing each episode and story in the order they were posted by clicking on the links below:


  1. Episode 1,  Part 2 – London in the ’80s. Life on the edge of society (Introduction), Wed 5 Oct, 2022
  2. Miranda's Story, Wed 5 Oct, 2022
  3. Episode 2. In our squat on Georgiana Street, at first we had an inverted traffic cone for a toilet, Wed 12th, 2022
  4. Simon's story, Sun 16th Oct, 2022
  5. Plumes Story, Sun 16th Oct, 2022
  6. Episode 3. Plume was in the Cunning Stunts and organised us to go on marches, Wed 19th, 2022
  7. John’s creative reaction to Simon’s Joseph Roth intervention: being in the midst of the impenetrable strangeness of things, Thurs 20th Oct, 2022
  8. The Berlin Connection: a concrete piece of history, Mon 24th Oct, 2022

  9. Episode 4. Minor claim to fame – best John Peel sessions of 1981, Wed 26th, 2022

  10. Episode 5. Dance away the revolution, 2th Nov, 2022

  11. Episode 6. Stint with Strawberry Switchblade, 9th Nov, 2022

  12. Episode 7. Arctic Street, the end of my Indie music era but the dawn of the double bass epoch, 16th Nov, 2022

  13. Episode 8. Reflections on and preliminary analysis of Part 2. London in the ’80s. Life on the edge of society

  14. All My Spotify playlists from Part 2: London in the ’80s

  15. My top 10 portrait photos from Part 2: London in the ’80s

  16. Subcultures Network International Conference, abstract and relevant blog post (March 2023)

  17. Simon Emmerson RIP (15 Mar 2023)

  18. London in the 80s Indie music milieu, a network linked to me (i.e. yours truly John Cook) (7th April 2023)

  19. Slides for Subcultures Network Conference, (12 April, 2023) 

  20. Report from Subcultures Network Conference (19 April)

  21. Part 2, Episode 9, Spiral Scratch EP, (3 May)

  22. Part 2, Episode 10, Damaged Goods EP (31 May)

  23. Part 2, Episode 11, Siouxsie and the Banshees (14 June)



Or

Click here for first my first episode in Part 2 then use NEXT button (at bottom right of the page, just above LEAVE A COMMENT/COMMENTS) to move through post in the order I posted them. You can move back and forth through the posts using this method as links to previous post will now appear (PREVIOUS button, bottom left of page, just above LEAVE A COMMENT/COMMENTS).  


Or

Look in 'Categories' right-hand sidebar and click on Part 2 – London in the '80s. Navigate to first post using NEXT at the of the page (mentioned above)




PART 3 - Raising a family - Camping and visits to the coast in UK and France

One and only post


Part 4 - Outsider Academic - As a Gamekeeper's Son I have travelled a long way



Part 5 - Portfolio #1 to #6 (posts that are holding areas for ideas)

  • Has its own page.
  • Portfolio #1, Highlights from Part 1, new photos from the coastal edge 
  • Portfolio #2.1, Living under the Cotswold Edge (June to Dec 2022)   
  • Portfolio #3.1, Tim's Story   
  • Portfolio #4, New portraits and pictures of characters/locations shown in Part 2, London in the '80s
  • Portfolio #5, Knaresborough through the seasons, new family homes for my Brother, Sister-in-Law, Mum, Dad, Sister
  • Portfolio #6, Miscellaneous



    Part 6 - Lighthouses - Portfolio #7 to #9

    • Portfolio #7, Lighthouses on the Atlantic Edge
    • Portfolio #8, Lighthouses on the Pacific Edge
    • Portfolio #9, Lighthouses on the British Coast



    Part 7, Portfolio #10.1 to 10.x  - Graveyards for Boats and Ships.


    https://connectionswiththeedge.com/category/part-7-graveyards-for-boats-and-ships/


    PART 10 - Stories from the coastal edge

    Sligo, Ireland #1


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