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Published: 2014-06-16 10:05:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 351; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 0
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Taken on Saturday outside St. Andrew's Church, Shadforth, County Durham.I went to a history display at St. Andrew's Church, which was organised by a friend (who can just be seen in the background between the 2 vehicles), and outside were these two WW2 era American army vehicles.
The rear vehicle is as most people will recognise, a Willys Jeep (owned and driven by Pauline Parkin), while the foreground vehicle is a Dodge Command Car (Owned and driven by Bob Parkin).
Here they are leaving for the 15 mile drive home.
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Thanks Frank.
I must admit that I sat in the shade of, and leaning against a tree, for quiet a while to catch these leaving, and hoping that the Dodge would lead the way.
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Well, you lucked out!
I really like the way the vehicle is in focus but the front wheels and background are slightly blurred. That gives it a three-dimensional quality as well as a feeling of motion.
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I won't pretend that the blurring was intended, because it most definitely was purely accidental, because I didn't even pan the camera which would have blurred everything but the Dodge.
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The shutter on your camera might have done it, assuming it has one. Back in the day you could do things like that with a focal-plane shutter.
Anyway, it looks great!
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Jeeps outside Churches. That's some contrast.
You've mentioned both Shadforth and Crimden Dene in the last couple of image both places I used to visit a lot and have very happy memories of. Never saw any Jeeps there although I did see one in Stanley recently.
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I was quite taken aback when I entered the church gates and saw these standing either side of the main door, rather like gate guardians.
Shadforth is much quieter now, because there isn't even a corner shop there now, though I would still live there if I could afford the price of a house there. It's a place that I visit regularly, because I help to maintain the church organ.
Crimdon Dene has somewhat bad memories for me, because all I can remember as a bairn is sitting on the beach to enjoy sandwiches, and being surrounded by swarms of wasps intent on eating what we wanted to eat.
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I loved both places for different reasons but I do recall Crimdon Dene having quite an excitable wasp population.
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