Yes, folks .. it's another Then and Now from Eccles .. the 'now' being shot on Saturday evening as I left the gallery to go home, and the 'then' from about about '78! Well, some things never change, and I don't mean the blocks of flats or the old cinema building. I mean the smoking! Man, you could die of passive smoking in Eccles! EVERYBODY smokes! Ok, don't pick me up on the accuracy of that statement, but it bloody well feels like it, I can tell you! Kids smoke, grannies smoke .. even the guy selling the fresh farm eggs at Saturday's Farmer's Market smoked! And because I live in a world where no-one smokes - and, these days, don't have to endure pubs full of smokers - the stench and sight of the hunched, grey-faced huddles, ludicrously and desperately sucking on rolled-up, burning tobacco leaves is made all the worse. I bring this up because I've been approached by a (non-smoking) chap from some sort of a Salford NHS working party, who wants to use some of my archive 'Salford - Down the line' shots in a new 'Look after yourself' kinda health campaign - something along the lines of 'Look after yourself and you'll still be here in 30 years time!'
It doesn't stand a chance!..
Wel, speaking as some-one who enjoys a good cigar now and then, I have to say that your comments may just be a little extreme, and tinged with inventiveness! With the amount of wind (all kinds!) that we get in Eccles generally, any fumes don't tend to stick around for too long. Now a good argument would be Digital v Film! Or maybeReal Ale v Processed. What say you? 8-)
ReplyDeleteLol .. well I'm all for the ale chat, over numerous samples of course!
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