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Post by Gaz on Sept 16, 2022 13:03:23 GMT
Old Quo but New photo for me. Popped on fb. A bit of nostalgia for us all. Must say Francis looks like he just got dragged outa bed.
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gerh
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Post by gerh on Sept 16, 2022 19:26:00 GMT
Huh. And not a Trotter in sight. I reckon it's the photographic version of fake news They were probably on their beano to Margate when that pic was taken Yeah... cushty!
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Sept 16, 2022 21:04:42 GMT
You made me curious dontthinkitmatters . I've searched online. The actual club, according to wiki closed in 1892 and became the new oxford and cambridge club until 1920. And I can finding paintings of the same building during this time. But we have this photo from the 70s to show it lasted long after this. It could still be there and now an evangelical church. Or it could have been pulled down. Here a painting from those earlier days. The artist is Tom Keating (1917 - 1984) I would guess post 1940s going by the age of the artist. I think the low rise tower blocks in the distance, are in this painting too but he's made them less prominent than the photo. Interesting that the sign lasted so long after its use changed.
I've just found this info under the painting. I knew the name Tom Keating was familiar. He was a famous art forger. The info is not correct because it says the building was demolished in the 1960s. Maybe they mean't late 70s because that would be when the Quo photo was taken. And though rather dilapidated, the doors are open, which suggests it was in use. This is what the website tells us about Mr Keating. "This local scene is typical of many of the works in the Southwark Art Collection. It shows the club house of the Conservative and Unionist Party situated on the corner of Commercial Road in Peckham, South East London. A girl in a yellow jumper chats to a well-dressed man, perhaps a member of the club. The building was demolished in the 1960s. This painting is attributed to Tom Keating, a trained restorer and rather unsuccessful commercial artist. Turn it over and you get a modernist abstract in pastel colours that provides a clue that things are not always what they seem. Keating became a consummate forger of Old Masters. He deliberately left signs as to the true nature of his fakes that could only be determined by careful and scientific examination.He was arrested in 1977 and his prolific output under the names of masters such as Rembrandt, Titian, Cézanne and Samuel Palmer was revealed." artuk.org/discover/artworks/peckham-unionist-club-peckham-hill-street-193306Thanks CG . Excellent detective work. I was limited to a Google Map walk past. Plenty of old buildings that sort of looked a bit like it but not on a junction or quite fitted. Thanks again.
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Post by azza200 on Sept 16, 2022 22:48:32 GMT
no doubt the same location looks unrecognizable in 2022
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Post by curiousgirl on Sept 17, 2022 9:55:03 GMT
I'd forgotten about streetview dontthinkitmatters. So I had a look too. Knowing the area a bit, I think this is the spot. And yes, it is unrecognisable. There road is now called Commercial Way SE15. The only Commercial Road is in East London now. Behind the flats with blue squares, are plenty of late Georgian buildings of the same period as the now demolished building.
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Sept 18, 2022 16:39:18 GMT
Old Quo but New photo for me. Popped on fb. A bit of nostalgia for us all. Taken wearing the same gear from the cover of On the Level?
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Sept 18, 2022 17:01:18 GMT
Old Quo but New photo for me. Popped on fb. A bit of nostalgia for us all. Taken wearing the same gear from the cover of On the Level? John has taken his thigh high boots off !
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Post by gerh on Sept 18, 2022 20:06:28 GMT
they're under the legs of his flares!!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 19, 2022 10:39:22 GMT
?? There's something about that pic that looks like a paste-up. I can't quite say what, the edges are rather sharp. Maybe the light was just good that day.
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Post by curiousgirl on Sept 19, 2022 11:08:44 GMT
?? There's something about that pic that looks like a paste-up. I can't quite say what, the edges are rather sharp. Maybe the light was just good that day.
You're right. I can now see that the photo of the band is taken from another photoshoot, and superimposed onto the background for the Wild Side of Life single cover (see posts above). And then tinted somehow with editing software. That's why the band member edges look digital sharp.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 19, 2022 13:28:46 GMT
Ee it's a bit more convincing than the days when we had to do that with a surgical scalpel and some glue A bit more.
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Post by mortified on Sept 19, 2022 13:52:37 GMT
Mean and moody. Before the cheeky chappie period. Or, more likely, hungover
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Post by uwe on Nov 1, 2022 22:39:13 GMT
Something slightly more somber ... no product placement!!! (Alan seems to think " I got the best seat here!")
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Post by gerh on Nov 1, 2022 23:33:24 GMT
Gee… even back then Frame looked bored 🙄
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Post by rossignol on Nov 2, 2022 6:35:30 GMT
I remember another photo from that session published in a swedish magazine called "Poster" Same girls but they were sat in front of the bardesk if I remember correctly.
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