Wrought iron beauty.

September, 1974 saw my first visit to Paris, and the obligatory first stop was at the Eiffel Tower.

Leica M3, 35mm Summaron, TriX, ‘scanned’ with the Nikon D800.

Tourist dollars are welcomed.

The tradition dates from 1748.

Conductor(s).

Boots.

EMS – for fainting Guardsmen.

There will always be an England.

Trainee.

On guard.

Chatty bobby.

Marching.

Taken in June, 1974. Leica M3, 35mm Summaron, 90mm Elmar and 280mm Telyt/Visoflex II. TriX, ‘scanned’ with the Nikon D800.

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.

The upper end.

Taken in January, 1974, Mayfair and Kensington are the ritziest areas of London. Then occuppied by the beneficiaries of inherited wealth, once those fortunes were expropriated by the state via inheritance taxes the properties largely passed to middle east oil seeking a safe haven.

Leica M3, 35mm Summaron, TriX, scanned on the Nikon D800.