Cotty, Can you do something about this? I'm really bummed about the "Three Horseshoes" going! Next time I visit Essex, where will I go for a pint or two?
Lord Hanningfield, Leader of Essex County Council has criticised [the most recent] proposal to develop a new runway at Stansted Airport as "unwanted and unworkable". The people don't want it. I don't want it. What more is there to say? keith whaley * * * Malcolm Smith wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I started about 3 years ago in my area.I'm mostly rural with > > the ever present urban sprawl only a few concessions away to > > my rear(south<g>) I started taking pictures,mostly winter B&W > > of farm properties,old houses and barns,old farm impliments etc. > > Now that i have the 6x7 i have started to use it more for > > this project,than the 35mm, and also have some neat IR farm > > images too. > > I'm not one who takes/accepts change well and will truly miss > > farms whan thay are all gone. > I'm really pleased to hear that you're doing that, even in rural areas > change has a habit of creeping up on you. I haven't used my 6x7 at all for > any of my photos of the local area, but I am considering using it for my > 2004 project, which I will go into in a moment. > > > However, if my daughter still wants to have a horse farm in > > the near future i might save one instead of paving one. > > My family would love a smallholding of a few acres. I understand the > attraction. > > Every year I try to do a small project and didn't know what to do for 2004, > until the government chose it for me. They have agreed to an extension of > Stanstead Airport in Essex with an additional runway. This will result in > the loss of 100 homes, 29 Grade 2 listed buildings, 2 ancient monuments and > 5000 acres (7.5 square kilometres) of mostly farm and woodland. Included in > the above is a lovely Essex pub 'Three Horseshoes', which is 560 years old. > 18 months ago, I was looking at property for sale in this area. Now I have > to record as much as I can to film, before it becomes a concrete slab. > > Malcolm

