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Posted on February 20 2008 by Jag @ 8:56 pm
If you haven’t visited the new London Transport Museum yet then you might want to; it’s an excellent place to while away a Sunday afternoon. I did exactly that this weekend just gone, courtesy of a few very sociable fellow flickrites who gathered there to browse and take pics and generally just share the experience. Whilst most turned up with some serious photographic gear, I turned up with my mobile phone and snapped away as usual. Click on the green button in the Shockwave Flash image below to load a musical montage of some of the low-fidelity pictures I took and uploaded whilst there.
London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London.
(All pictures taken with my cameraphone.) Click the same green button to advance through the pics. The musical accompaniment is an infectiously bubbly track called “Deewana” by Alyssia featuring Dee and the Punjabi Hit Squad, which is itself a real hit on the London urban desi scene at the moment. (Punjabi Hit Squad are THE pioneers of urban Asian/Western fusion beat) Turn up the volume, tap your feet and enjoy!
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Route 79 Reflections on a bus journey home |
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| From London: By a British, European, 2nd-Generation Indian. Probably confused - but proud to be them all! Half of my journey to and from work is a 20-30 minute bus ride: London Bus Route 79 - between Alperton in West London and Kingsbury in North West London. I very frequently get pissed-off and frustrated waiting around in the DARK, WET and COLD - waiting for the 79 to turn up. But I have to be eternally grateful for the quality thinking time I get to myself. | ||
Hey Mr 79
It was a pleasure to meet you finally! As usual you’ve got some great shots – proving its the eye not the lens as usual!
Look forward to bumping into you again,
Phill
Comment kindly left by Phill Price — February 20, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
Cheers Phil! And likewise; it was great hooking up with you in the “real” world. Your snaps are ace too! All the best and looking forward to next time.
Comment kindly left by Jag — February 20, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
Hey Jag – great shots, particularly with a cameraphone and love the musical accompliment
Comment kindly left by Annie Mole — February 21, 2008 @ 12:20 am
It was awesome to *finally* meet you, you legend.
Comment kindly left by Anne — February 21, 2008 @ 4:21 am
Thanks Annie!
And likewise Anne; it’s not *me* who’s the legend! You are the don.
Comment kindly left by Jag — February 21, 2008 @ 9:15 am
Hi,
Would it be at all possible for you to drop me an email? I work at Time Out and am involved with the current London’s 50 Best Websites team and I have a few questions.
It’s annabelbates at timeout dot com
Thanks
Annabel
Comment kindly left by Annabel — February 21, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
Hey, I found your website with the Time Out article of the current London’s best websites and I have to say I love it!!! It’s in my”things-to-check-out” before starting to work every mornings!
Good continuation!!
P.S: Your shots with just a mobile camera are great!!! Thanks for sharing!
Comment kindly left by Marion — February 21, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Cheers to you Marion! Although I rarely update these pages every day though, so apols in advance if you don’t see anything new for a few days!
Comment kindly left by Jag — February 21, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Time Out?
Now everyone in London will be reading the site.
Grrrr!
JD
Comment kindly left by JD — February 22, 2008 @ 12:08 am
Don’t worry JD, I’m sure it won’t get too crowded here!
Comment kindly left by Jag — February 22, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
Yes, Time Out indeed. I love coming here. It’s warm and filled with beautiful things. Time Out may encourage the Nutty Brigade..
Comment kindly left by Happybutterfly — February 23, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
Haha! I loved your comment HappyButterfly! And thanks for such nice words. But aren’t we all a little nutty already? …
Comment kindly left by Jag — February 25, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
I LOVE the London Transport Museum. My son’s school was shut last Friday so we went to the LTM. It was great. I would be a very bad tube train driver – managed to over-shoot the stations on the simulator on most attempts. I wallowed in the late 70’s/early 80’s board adverts on the interior of the old District Line train. I was disappointed that the old ticket machine was out of order because I got one last time and i wanted another one and I reached over the barrier to see if the bell still worked on the old Routemaster. My son. oh yes – he had a lovely time too!
Comment kindly left by rockmother — March 3, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
Cheers Romo! Glad you and your little boy liked the LT Museum, I love it too!
Comment kindly left by Jag — March 9, 2008 @ 10:20 pm