Geoff Jones

Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

Author: Geoff

Beeching’s cuts 40 years on.

Just under a year ago I posted up to YouTube some of my Uncle Kens (He married my fathers younger sister, Helen) old cine films which we had converted to video.

The film that he took in around 1969 showing the demolition of Nottingham Victoria station, which he shot from his offices, has now had well over 10,000 views and garnered 67 comments.

Imagine my surprise when Tamsin from Screenhouse Productions called me to say they wanted to include Extracts from the film on a documentary they are doing on the Beeching Closures – The Documentary is called ‘Beeching’s Tracks’ and is due to air on BBC Yorkshire on 26th Oct  2008 at around 19:30

Demolition Nottingham Victoria Station

Ken Widdowson Obituary
Ken Widdowson Obituary

Uncle Ken, alas, died in 1972 well before the invention of the internet and YouTube although I’m totally convinced as a gadget man and lover of anything new he would certainly be an avid internet user.

I think he would be well pleased with the popularity of his cine filming.

Great day in Norfolk

Dark forboding in Norfolk on TwitPic
Dark foreboding in Norfolk

Great day fixing sheds and blackberry picking in Norfolk.

I loved this cloudscape with its foreboding of a storm and the lightning scarred Oak tree silhouletted by the dark clouds.

Taken with my iPhone as well 🙂

iPhone simple If found screen

iPhone front screen

I created myself a simple & neat ‘if found’ or ICE (In case of emergency) front screen on the iphone.

I used a regular photo which I over printed with my details using Skitch. I then uploaded it to the iphone by creating an album for the image which I synchronized . Once on the iPhone selecting the Use as Wallpaper option (the little arrow in the left corner when you click on the image), converts the image for the front screen. Seems to work quite well 🙂

The little eager stream


The little eager stream

Originally uploaded by geofones

Sally and I passed this little bridge on the way home from seeing cloudgazer.

It immediately reminded me of my Uncle Les’s humanist funeral. Where his eulogy made reference to life being like a stream. Starting out as a tiny spring then playfully growing into a larger stream rushing with great vigour and force and then broadening and meandering before finally going into a estuary and then getting merged with the sea.

All very fitting after meeting  cloudgazer  her bio says “A daydreamer, loves clouds and the sky. Many interests. love people and words, animals and flowers”

A great day…