Moments from Suburbia: From last weekend

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

From last weekend

12 comments:

Looking for Blue Sky said...: I've not really seen your photographs before, these are stunning :); 11 October 2011 at 21:24
Steve said...: Beautiful colours.... this is such a vibrant season.; 12 October 2011 at 08:01
Reasons said...: Beautiful!; 12 October 2011 at 09:09
Maggie May said...: Beautiful pictures. Reminds me of *Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness* (Keats) that I had to learn as a child.
Maggie X

Nuts in May; 12 October 2011 at 18:26
Anonymous said...: Lovely photo's. You know me, I love a bit of photography. This time of year is always good, lots of colour around.; 12 October 2011 at 18:43
Rob-bear said...: Such delightful photos! Where and when do you have your next exhibition?; 13 October 2011 at 07:22
Rose said...: Beautiful, Suburbia! Don't you just love autumn?; 13 October 2011 at 13:57
Jennysmith said...: Gorgeous! Did you use a zoom lens? xx; 13 October 2011 at 15:31
Working Mum said...: Lovely photos! I always think autumn is such a great time for photos, wonderful light.; 13 October 2011 at 21:40
this is my patch said...: Wow, more photos please. These are really great! x; 16 October 2011 at 13:37
Tattieweasle said...: Absolutely stunning photos! What lens??; 2 November 2011 at 19:52
Kitty said...: Woohoo .. you can do photoing! Let's see some more :D Please x; 12 November 2011 at 16:39

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The word is derived from the Old French "subb urbe" and ultimately from the Latin "suburbium", formed from "sub", meaning "under", and "urbs", meaning "city", therefore suburbis would mean under the city. Important people tended to live on hills near centers of commercial and political activity, while the lower classes often lived in marginal areas. "Under" in later usage sometimes referred variously to lesser wealth, political power, population, or population density. The first recorded usage, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, comes from Wycliffe in 1380, where the form "subarbis" is used

Consigned to the wheelie bin at the end of the drive?

Half the population lives in suburbia but fewer like to admit it.
Car washing on a Sunday in front of a semi-detached mock Tudor home complete with twitching net curtains is the life it conveys, to repeated ridicule.
The image of a cultural wasteland between the vibrant, edgy inner city and the rural idyll was reinforced by 1970s comedies such as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and The Good Life, and dramas like Abigail's Party.
But does this prejudice have any basis today or should it be consigned to the wheelie bin at the end of the drive?
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

From last weekend

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