Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the background is Fawsley Hall where Joseph Banks used to work. In the foreground his headstone maintains a link to his past. The inscription on his headstone reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSEPH BANKS WHO LIVED FOOTMAN AT FAWSLEY THREE YEARS AND DIED THERE MUCH REGRETTED BY HIS MASTER & MISTRESS ON THE 9TH FEBRUARY 1845" http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05151.htm Contrast that with the fate of Richard Muscotts' headstone, presumably from the nearby cemetery in Rothersthorpe, which is now a 'paving slab' to keep mud levels down at a footpath stile. http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05152.htm Both shots Leica M6 : 35mm Summicron : green filter : Kodak T400 CN Graham http://geebeephoto.com