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  • A doorway of a holiday trinket shop featuring ear piercing, joke items in the other holiday seafront memento shop on Pier Hill at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Southend-on-Sea is a seaside town on the north side of the Thames estuary 40 miles 64 km east of central London. In its heyday, the working class visited from the capital when train transport allowed them to enjoy its beaches and the worlds longest pier. Its splendour faded on the advent of package holidays to Spain etc.
    southend_seafront-21-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Visitors to a holiday trinket shop look at the cheap items on sale at this traditional seafront memento shop on Pier Hill at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Southend-on-Sea is a seaside town on the north side of the Thames estuary 40 miles 64 km east of central London. In its heyday, the working class visited from the capital when train transport allowed them to enjoy its beaches and the worlds longest pier. Its splendour faded on the advent of package holidays to Spain etc.
    southend_seafront-19-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher signs autographs at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher359-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • The graffiti left on walls inside the Reichstag building by Soviet soldiers after their battles in the German capital at the end of the second world war. The building, having never been fully repaired since the fire, was damaged by air raids. During the Battle of Berlin in 1945, it became one of the central targets for the Red Army to capture due to its perceived symbolic significance. Today, visitors to the building can still see Soviet graffiti on smoky walls inside as well as on part of the roof, which was preserved during the reconstructions after reunification.
    reichstag_soviet_graffiti01-04-04-20...jpg
  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young man sells memorabilia and merchandise from the former DDR DGR at a market stall near the Brandenburg Gate, on 1st June 1990, in Berlin, Germany.
    selling_DDR-01-06-1990.jpg
  • Dozens of Florence postcards are seen on a rack in Piazza Santa Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral. Various views of theis city's landscapes and scenes are seen: The Duomo cathedral; Brunelleschi's Dome; Michelangelo's David statue; renaissance paintings in the Uffizi, the Ponte Vecchio and even the Leaning Tower of Pisa are all represented here - proof that the postcard is still a memento that tourists who come to foreign cities still currently wish to send friends and relatives, in the digital age.
    florence_italy68-22-10-2010_1.jpg
  • A strip of tourist postcards is on sale as a workman passes-by carrying ladder near the Eiffel Tower, at the Trocadero, Paris. It is an exceptionally dark and gloomy day in the French capital. In the foreground we see the uncut of tourist mementoes being offered for sale by North African vendors, hawking whatever they can to the many coaches that stop here on the Paris tour route. Images of the Mona Lisa, the Louvre art gallery, Notre Dame cathedral and the city skyline can be bought. But more strangely is the workman passing-by carrying a ladder, on his way to cleaning nearby windows. The ladder resembles the rung-effect of the postcards’ strip while in the background is the Eiffel Tower, rising above rooftops and the plaza floor.
    paris_postcards01-28-09-2005.jpg
  • A postcard of patron Saint Nicholas, all that is left after the burning on a bonfire of religious mementoes, personal data, accounts records and general paperwork, on 30th July 2017, in Wrington, North Somerset, England. Saint Nicholas 270 – 343AD, was an historic 4th-century Christian saint.
    data_bonfire-15-29-07-2017.jpg
  • The tower containing Big Ben amid the Gothic architecture of Britain's Houses of Parliament and jogger on the Embankment. Passing-by at speed with a slight blur, the male sportsman runs by the racks of colourful postcards showing London scenes, their prices written on makeshift marker on a white board. Beyond is Westminster Bridge that stretches of the River Thames, towards the British Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben's clock tower rising high above. It is a fine sunny day and a woman is writing more prices for tourist mementoes of another board, leaning on the river wall. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster.
    parliament12-08-04-2010.jpg
  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull03-28-09-2007_1.jpg
  • The face of ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher printed on a newspaper souvenir issue is rain streaked the day after her ceremonial funeral was held in central London. Afforded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, not seen since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, family and 2,000 VIP guests (incl Queen Elizabeth) await her cortege. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (1925 - 2013) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990, the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and the only woman to have held the office to date.
    thatcher_poster01-18-04-2013_1_1.jpg
  • With a background of fountains, a black couple take a selfie portrait with a selfie stick, in Trafalgar Square, on 20th May 2019, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-20-20-05-2019.jpg
  • With a background of fountains, a black couple take a selfie portrait with a selfie stick, in Trafalgar Square, on 20th May 2019, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-19-20-05-2019.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-24-13-07-2017.jpg
  • An Asian tourist poses for her own camera while seated on a bench, on 18th January 2017, near Parliament Square, London England.
    westminster-05-18-01-2017.jpg
  • Families admire Scallop, a 4 metre high steel sculpture of two interlocking scallop shells on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Hambling's Scallop (2003) stands on the north end of Aldeburgh beach. It is a tribute to Benjamin Britten and is pierced with the words "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" from his opera Peter Grimes. Aldeburgh is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its internationally renowned Aldeburgh Festival of arts, which takes place at nearby Snape Maltings, was created in 1948 by the resident and acclaimed composer Benjamin Britten. The Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts is where freshly caught fish are sold daily.
    scallop_hambling07-26-07-2012.jpg
  • With a background of fountains, two Asian friends take a selfie portrait with a mobile phone on which is the words "Love You", in Trafalgar Square, on 20th May 2019, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-21-20-05-2019.jpg
  • The face of ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher printed on a newspaper souvenir issue is rain streaked the day after her ceremonial funeral was held in central London. Afforded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, not seen since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, family and 2,000 VIP guests (incl Queen Elizabeth) await her cortege. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (1925 - 2013) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990, the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and the only woman to have held the office to date.
    thatcher_poster02-18-04-2013_1_1.jpg
  • An Asian couple pose for holiday photographs in London's Piccadilly Circus. While their friend holds a compact digital camera out to see the screen, the young people hold their arms out wide, almost echoing the spread wings of Eros, ("Intimate Love" in Greek mythology), was the primordial god of sexual love and beauty. The statue known as Eros in Piccadilly Circus London, was made in 1893 and is one of the first statues to be cast in aluminium. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue of an archer popularly known as Eros (sometimes called The Angel of Christian Charity, but intended to be Anteros).
    street_people16-12-10-2010 12-43-43_...jpg
  • American children stand for a souvenir photo on the Olympic rings that stand at the entrance of King Henry the Eighth's Hampton Court Palace on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling57-28-07-2012.jpg
  • Spectators choose flags to but at an official Olympic merchandise stall on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling19-28-07-2012.jpg
  • An elderly lady uses a 1970s model of Kodak Instamatic film camera whilst visiting an English country garden. With her eye pressed to the viewfinder, this amateur photographer is a pensioner on a day trip to the country and she takes a snapshot to record the beautiful view of flower beds and neatly-trimmed lawns. The Instamatic was a series of inexpensive, easy-to-load 126 and 110 cameras made by Kodak from 1963 and it was immensely successful, introducing a generation to low-cost photography and helping the growth of the contemporary photographic family album. More than 50 million Instamatic cameras were produced between 1963 and 1970. Kodak even gave away a considerable number in a joint promotion with Scott paper towels in the early 1970s in order to generate a large number of new photographers and stimulate lasting demand for its film business.
    kodak_camera_lady-23-08-1996.jpg
  • Near the mainline station called Santa Maria Novello, a young couple whose upper bodies and faces are hidden by a drawn curtain (drapes) have their portrait taken in a Florence street photobooth. We assume that the man is seated on the rotating stool while his partner sits on his lap, both their trainers viewed at the bottom as the automatic machine takes their pictures at a price of 2, 4 or 5 Euros. The Italian word Fotoressera is written on the top of the kiosk. This is particular form of photography used primarily for institutional purposes, usually for identity documents; licenses; identity cards; railway passes and resumes.
    florence_italy111-22-10-2010_1.jpg
  • With the winter landscape of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament on the river Thames opposite, tourists visit London including a woman with a David Bowie bag standing on the anti-terrorism security barriers at the southern end of Westminster Bridge, to take a picture of the London Eye, on 8th November 2017, in Lambeth, London.
    bowie_bag-03-08-11-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-22-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Tourists explore tourist sombrero trinket shops during their cruise ship excursion at Chaccoben Mayan ruins. Having disembarked from a Carnival Cruise ship at the port of Cancun, Mexico two excursion tourists walk towards a shop rack of the tacky Mexican hats, displayed under a tropical sun at the archaeological ruins of Chaccoben, Yukatan. Stitched with yellow edging and with a velvet top, the hats are prized by Americans on once in a lifetime vacations.
    tourist_sombreros01-18-05-1996_1_1.jpg
  • London lady stands for a souvenir photo on the Olympic rings that stand at the entrance of King Henry the Eighth's Hampton Court Palace on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
    olympic_cycling50-28-07-2012.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir tea bags which show the faces of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their 2018 wedding, behind two exclamation marks, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate, in the window of trinket shop in the West End, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-02-15-01-2020.jpg
  • Two ladies are shopping in a tourist trinket store in the Plaka shopping centre, the largest official Olympic merchandising outlet in downtown Athens. The 29th modern Olympic circus is gearing up for business and official and unofficial souvenirs are on sale here, including postcards and table mats with various works of art available on a rack. We see the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill, Michelangelo's 'Hands of God and Adam' image from the Sistine Chapel. 'Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci and a landscape from ancient Olympia, the birthplace of modern athletics and of the Olympic ideal. The Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. Corruption, politics, cheating and commercialism interfered with the ancient and modern games.
    greek_olympiad014-23-10_2003_1.jpg
  • A street retailer adds to the display of £1 tourist trinket souvenirs at a kiosk at the end of Westminster Bridge during the Coronavirus pandemic when the tourism industry has hit hard the UK economy and associated jobs, on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
    tourism_trinkets01-16-09-2020.jpg
  • During the UKs Coronavirus pandemic lockdown and in the 24hrs when a further 255 deaths occurred, bringing the official covid deaths to 37,048, <br />
it is expected that many shops and retail businesses will open again on 15th June, a tourist trinket shop on Oxford Street reminds customers to Mind the Gap, a pun on the gaps on the underground transport system platforms as well as social distance 2m rule, on 26th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_west_end-21-26-05-2020.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir tea bags which show the Windsors on the balcomy of Buckingham Palace, and of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their 2018 wedding, behind two exclamation marks,  and Queen Elizabeth, in the window of trinket shop in the West End, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-08-15-01-2020.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir masks which show the faces of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day, on display in the window of trinket shop in Oxford Street, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-09-15-01-2020.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir mugs which show the faces of Queen Elizabeth, Diana the Princess of Wales and the Duke and the Duke Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day, on display in the window of trinket shop in Oxford Street, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-10-15-01-2020.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir tea bags which show the faces of Queen Elizabeth and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their 2018 wedding, behind two exclamation marks in the window of trinket shop in the West End, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-04-15-01-2020.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir tea bags which show the faces of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their 2018 wedding, behind two exclamation marks in the window of trinket shop in the West End, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-01-15-01-2020.jpg
  • With weeks to go before the royal wedding, the faces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adorn merchandise that hangs from a tourist trinket kiosk on Piccadilly, on 1st May, in London, England.
    harry_meghan-05-01-05-2018.jpg
  • With weeks to go before the royal wedding, the faces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adorn merchandise that hangs from a tourist trinket kiosk on Piccadilly, on 1st May, in London, England.
    harry_meghan-07-01-05-2018.jpg
  • British Union Jack flags on sale at the London Eye and the reflection of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_flags-01-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, tourists take tragedy selfies by the shrine of flower tributes, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-08-06-06-201...jpg
  • Cracked glass in the window of a tourist souvenir shop has been sealed over with striped diagonal tape. Taped haphazardly on the pane of glass, the yellow and black stripes give a hint of damage and danger should the glass break further and cut a passer-by. Inside the shop located near Leicester Square, we see mugs with various designs celebrating the Uk and British values including the Union jack and London cityscapes. The stripes make for abstract art.
    cracked_window01-04-06-2015.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    rosettes-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Two serving soldiers in civilian suits but wearing the insignia and badges of the Royal Military Police (RMP), talk quietly together while poignantly paying their respects to the hundreds of markers that symbolise war dead. Crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918.
    remembrance21-07-11-2009.jpg
  • In the local community Stratford Centre shopping mall in East London, we see official Olympic merchandising on sale during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. A few hundred metres from the giant Westfield plaza complex that acts as a gateway to the main Olympic arenas, this market outdates the newer development where similar souvenirs can be bought for up to twice the prices offered by the stall holder. Cashions are £10 (Pounds) and duvet covers (bedding) are £20.
    olympic_stratford29-06-08-2012.jpg
  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    medals_gurkha01-16-1997.jpg
  • Two young girls stand with their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Adorned with winners’ rosettes, the horses look their finest for the judges. The girls are smart too, wearing the expected jackets and ties, jodhpurs and during competition, helmets too. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_girls-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • Michelangelo's David's genitalia appear on tourist aprons souvenirs on sale in Piazza Michelangiolo above the city of Florence. Reproduced on trinket clothing, the penis is positioned at the front. It is said that the genitals were created smaller to imply that David was not allowing himself to make decisions with pleasure in mind. "David" is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17 metre (17 feet) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence but soon came to symbolise the defence of civil liberties in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the Medici family.
    florence_italy124-23-10-2010_1.jpg
  • British royal family merchanidise and tourism souvenir tea bags which show the faces of Queen Elizabeth and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their 2018 wedding, behind two exclamation marks in the window of trinket shop in the West End, on 15th January 2020, in London, England.
    royal_souvenirs-05-15-01-2020.jpg
  • Tourist trinkets on sale at a kiosk beneath the towers of the Church of St Mary on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-274-23-09-2019.jpg
  • A week before royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their faces adorn shortbread biscuit tins in the window of a tourist trinket shop near Piccadilly Circus, on 1st May, in London, England.
    royal_wedding-08-09-05-2018.jpg
  • A week before royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their faces adorn mugs in the window of a tourist trinket shop near Piccadilly Circus, on 1st May, in London, England.
    royal_wedding-05-09-05-2018.jpg
  • A week before the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle who adorn merchandise hanging from a tourist trinket kiosk in Piccadilly Circus, on 9th May, in London, England.
    royal_wedding-01-09-05-2018-2.jpg
  • A week before royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their faces adorn mugs in the window of a tourist trinket shop near Piccadilly Circus, on 1st May, in London, England.
    royal_wedding-02-09-05-2018.jpg
  • With weeks to go before the royal wedding, the faces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adorn merchandise that hangs from a tourist trinket kiosk on Piccadilly, on 1st May, in London, England.
    harry_meghan-01-01-05-2018.jpg
  • With weeks to go before the royal wedding, the faces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adorn merchandise that hangs from a tourist trinket kiosk on Piccadilly, on 1st May, in London, England.
    harry_meghan-11-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, tourists take tragedy selfies by the shrine of flower tributes, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-08-06-06-201...jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, tourists take tragedy selfies by the shrine of flower tributes, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-03-06-06-201...jpg
  • Cracked glass in the window of a tourist souvenir shop has been sealed over with striped diagonal tape. Taped haphazardly on the pane of glass, the yellow and black stripes give a hint of damage and danger should the glass break further and cut a passer-by. Inside the shop located near Leicester Square, we see mugs with various designs celebrating the Uk and British values including the Union jack and London cityscapes. The stripes make for abstract art.
    cracked_window02-04-06-2015.jpg
  • Having just disembarked from a Carnival Cruise ship at the port of Miami, Florida, two tourists carry and pull their baggage along to a waiting coaches that will transport them for onward journeys. Comically they also wear wide sombrero hats bought in Cancun during their vacation around the Gulf of Mexico, the destination of this popular cruise line whose base is Miami. Stitched with garish colours the souvenirs provide shelter from the overhead tropical sun though the woman of this couple chooses to hang hers over a shoulder and keeps her original hat on her head. This may be the couples' honeymoon or just a special annual holiday away from the kids or a humdrum lifestyle where the weather is far from the intensity of Florida, a favourite resort for Americans not liking foreign travel.
    sombrero_tourists_1_1.jpg
  • Michelangelo's David's genitalia images on sale in Piazza Santa Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiori Cathedral. Reproduced on the boxer shorts, the penis is positioned at the opening where the wearers own genitals appear! It is said that the genitals were created smaller to imply that David was not allowing himself to make decisions with pleasure in mind. "David" is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17 metre (17 feet) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence but soon came to symbolise the defence of civil liberties in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the Medici family.
    florence_italy12-22-10-2010_1.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987_1.jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, tourists take tragedy selfies by the shrine of flower tributes, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-03-06-06-201...jpg
  • A detail of a second world war Canadian veteran's chest, festooned with gleaming military campaign medals that symbolise an era of conflict, warfare and especially of survival. Seen as a close-up of polished silver, gold and zinc-alloy, we see only the upper body minus the face of this old soldier whose campaigns include the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944 because at the bottom of his rack of fine insignia is a badge denoting the Normandy Veterans Association. Elsewhere, a medal is worn for service in Palestine. The unseen gentleman wears a Canadian pin at the top and the contribution of his fellow-countrymen as members of the British Commonwealth is recognised in battlefield cemeteries around the world. But on this day, the 11th November, old soldiers like him march past London's Cenotaph to remember friends who did not return from war.
    medals_veteran11-11-1989.jpg
  • A pet poodle looks towards us in the same way that an RSPCA charity box model spaniel does outside a seaside shop tourist. The shop is selling seaside resort holiday tourist trinkets – a postcard rack has been carefully placed in the middle of the pavement (sidewalk) as holidaymakers pass-by to browse the cheap mementoes. The owner of the poodle has stopped to choose some cards for those at home and allows his dog a little slack on the lead. The dog cranes its neck towards the viewer, matching the posture and stance of the model charity spaniel whose cast sits, posing in a sorrowful and empathy-making show of need, suffering and want – enough perhaps to encourage people to give to this charity, the RSPCA (the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals).
    poodle_spaniel00-21-08-1992.jpg
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