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Thanks to the very kind offer of Councilor Gareth Beevers who invited me to photograph some of the behind the scenes places in Morley town hall.I had a fantastic 4 and a half hours poking my nose in all sorts of places.The piccies and story is here if anyone would like a look.http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse ... 7072Cheers

Hi there phill dvsn great pictures. Nice to have friends in high places if you pardon the pun.    

Very good. As a Morlean I've been round a couple of times - including the cells. The court is occasionally used for Emmerdale. Morley Town Hall is very similar in design to Bolton Town Hall.http://www.bolton.org.uk/

I wondered where you'd been hiding phillYou have done the place justice.Theres some really professional looking shots there phill you should be proud of yourself mate EXCELLENT job all round, but i just have one question??whats the story with the shovel in the clock???lol

Excellent Phil, nice to see parts of the Town Hall that I've not seem before, My family have close ties to the building as my Grandad was the Deputy Lord Mayor in the late 60's, early 70's. His name was James Fawcett and may well have been Lord Mayor had he not passed away so suddenley in 1971.

Thanks everyone.. Glad you enjoyed the stuff.I have another 2 behind the scenes visits this month.The next one will interest everyone who enjoys a pint of bitter, were going down instead of up for that one I think the spade represents the first sod of earth cut for the foundations of the town hall Brandy.I have a picture i'll try view for some more info on that one     

Big issue sir

LOL Brandy. That's soooo funny.That's Councillor Gareth Beevers in his exploration gear ha ha     

Phill_dvsn wrote: LOL Brandy. That's soooo funny.That's Councillor Gareth Beevers in his exploration gear ha ha      I couldnt resist it phillSo he actually is a councilor then! i thought at first you was taking the pi$$ mate loltheres some cracking shots there buddy,your really getting the hang of that photography lark now,have you thought any more about going pro?PS/ in case your reading councilor beavers:no offense intended mate    

He really is the councillor mate.As it happens i was invited to be guest speaker at the Newark camera club..Tis true :-)I'll not be going tho Dunno how they'd take to me in wellies down there!******************Hi Phill,You don't know me but I have heard a great deal about you from Gav Woodhead who works with me. To cut a long story short I am a member of Newark Photographic Society and we meet every Monday. We are looking for new speakers to demonstrate their work in the Sept 2009 to April 2010 season. I know you live in Leeds and you may consider that too far a distance to come to us. At this stage I am just sounding you out to see if your open to it but I believe the club pay a fee to speakers and this is open to negotiation. Normally we have speakers who show prints but we can also show projected images from the computer the choice would be yours.Having looked at your work on Flikr I think the club would love to have you along. Since Gav showed me what you get up to I really admire what you do and particularly think your Tinsley Towers shot with the snaky motorway and lights was fantastic. You have a good eye for composition and I am loving your tilt shift pics. What are you using for tilt shift a Nikon Lens or Lensbaby?Let me know if you consider your up for it, were not all experts but love a good talk about photography and how you achieve your effects.I have to let the chairperson know to pencil you in fairly soon so a quick yes or no would be appreciated.Keep up the good work and I hope to meet you one day and perhaps go on mission with you and Gav.********************Wonders will never cease