The Archive, part 1
Prompted by unearthing a large box of my wife’s school and university photos in a box in the loft I have embarked on the massive project of digitising all of our pre-digital prints.
This is quite a voyage of discovery but a slow process as I am also documenting the text on the back of each photo and, where possible, placing them on a map.
This involves 'walking' the streets on Google maps, but it's quite exciting when I find the actual location.
Here we can see Greenhill College has been renamed since May 1990 when the original photos were taken. The college building seems to have been rebuilt too although the roofline is not dissimilar to the building that was there before.
Siraj, S. ‘Album1-Image 43b’, May 1990
Fiona Walkers (or Walters?) stands in front of a fence that has now been partly fixed and partly removed. It looks like some trees have gone too but the School warning sign remains steadfastly in place.
Siraj, S. ‘Album1-Image 43’, May 1990