31 December 2011

All I found was cigarettes and alcohol - It doesn't seem that many years ago when vending machines like these were a common sight on walls outside of newsagents and corner shops. This old Senior Service cigarette vending machine is in Deal, Kent. The most impressive vending machine that I can remember was at Canterbury swimming pool in the early 1970s. You inserted some coins and after a short wait a portion of hot salted chips was dispensed. Discovering this machine after living on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall was like being promoted from The Flintstones to The Jetsons.

27 July 2011

And all the lights that light the way are blinding - This stone pillar marks the once grand entrance to part of the Sir Moses Montefiore estate in Ramsgate. Now all that is behind it is a small woodland used by dog walkers in the day and early evening and bored teenagers at night.