The original, in Hyde Park, London.

If you wanted free entertainment at the weekend, Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park was the place to go. With rabble rousers from across the political spectrum there was something to amuse or outrage all tastes.

These were snapped in May, 1974. After two and a half years, this was my 99th roll of film through the wonderful Leica M3 which had now become a part of me.

Back when the British bobby was not focused on rape and murder …. by his own.

Screed.

Yer what?

Ice cream.

Sceptics.

Are you kiddin’ me?

Nothing changes.

A presence here for over a century, per Wikipedia.

Lost interest.

Out for the count.

Comrade Lenin. British dental work at its finest.

Yeah, right!

Four eyes.

Surely not?

Shy.

Meh!

Leica M3, 35mm Summaron and 90mm Elmar, TriX developed in Rodinal, scanned on the Nikon D800.