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Roof Restoration... !

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  The place where I live in is in one of the flats of the large council place in Chalvey, Slough. The roof at the time of writing is going through a "comprehensive restoration" notably with new tiles replacing old ones. It is not everyday that something like this happens.  The flats are surrounded by metal rods with planks of wood to support the people doing this huge task. It is rather strange at times to see workers with their hard hats so close to one's flat window chatting away and joking at times. Drill like sounds can be heard on occasion as well as loud knocking sounds!   The initial scaffolding around the flats in Chalvey. More was later added. The photo was taken  on a gloomy morning!   More scaffolding and a yellow metal dumpster plus what appears to be a red coloured shute for rubbish from the roof.   The flats from behind where the resident parking spaces are...                                                  Three bollards near to one of the security doors l

An Image of Self..Pure and Simple..

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Let there be Light!!

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A "Work Place" in the Curve Library, Slough

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    Public library computer which I use  for research and writing on a regular basis. Note plastic coloured  folders  for my work on the table. An Asian friend can be seen to the left using a computer behind mine.                               A close up of  two plastic coloured  folders. The one on the left contains my notes etc                                      A screenshot of blog posts for this particular blogspot Another screenshot  of a few of my emails for jobs. Over the years I must have applied for  thousands upon thousands of jobs and even had the odd physical interview..but to no avail! Self-employment beckons to get out of this situation. Two other coloured plastic folders along with a yellow one protecting a slim book.                                               A screen shot so to speak!!                                                                        My key fobs including two USB sticks!!!                                                                      

A Rose for Love

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                                                  The rose "settling in" my black bag with the sides of my coloured plastic files. The "grimy" yellow is the inner cloth lining which needs to be washed.                                                                          My Asian girl friend gave me a Rose which she cut just outside her house in Slough. It was a simple symbol of love for me which I found moving. The pics were taken at the Curve library where we often  meet and "work" together.  Also, a pic of some beautiful flowers in Slough High Street, and also a full body image of moi !!                                                                                                                                                      

Some Pics from the past.....

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  My pater's mater..probably photographed in the 1940s. It is believed that this image above and  the one below was taken at their home in Brixton, London. It also had an air raid shelter and a conservatory of sorts if I recall correctly.  George Charles Searle KPM / My pater's pater. He was a Londoner and knowledgeable on many things                            My pater's pater carrying the former as a child  in a park in the first half of                                                                                         the 1930s                          Ferdinand Herman Ritter von Rittershausen (1831-1899) an ancestor of  my late pater's                                        mater. He was knighted by Emperor Franz Josef in Vienna 1874.                                                A somewhat blurred coloured image of the blogger's mater who passed on in 2005. This photo was probably taken back in the early 1970s.