Sepia Saturday 215: 15 February 2014
Alan from Sepia Saturday says: Our theme image this week features a picture postcard view of Jamaica Street, Glasgow (from the National Gallery of Scotland stream on Flickr Commons). I am not expecting people to match the Glasgow theme, or indeed the Jamaica theme, although knowing the resources and imagination of Sepians, I wouldn't be too surprised if some people took up such a challenge. The thing that came to my mind when I first saw the image was the crowds : we always tend to think of crowded streets as being something new, something twenty-first century, but clearly that isn't the case. Crowds, huh? Well the first photo that came to mind was this one.... 1954 Victoria Road Drummoyne, Sydney - Queen's visit to Australia On the back is my mother's handwriting as follows: I Googled images of Victoria Road Drummoyne and found this link from 2011 - so we're looking at about 206 Victoria Road or thereabouts. What was the Comm...