Scanning slides

I have been scanning some more slides into the computer; it's a slow process. They were taken during the period 1963 to 1984. After that I moved onto print film and then, more recently digital photography.

The box I was looking for in the loft was my photos of The Wirral but when I opened it the contents were mammals. Oops. Another example of lazy boxing up of slides after a slide show years ago. Still, I thought I'd share some of them.






This Red Fox was a wild one which I came across a few times while I was a voluntary Warden at Ainsdale Nature Reserve. He gradually got less and less shy. One day, not long after the above photos were taken he got really close as I was eating my lunchtime sandwiches. I didn't want to scare him off so I didn't reach for my camera and just watched him out of the corenr of my eye. The cheeky thing pinched my plastic lunch box! He ran off and then dropped it, eating the contents. Forever after I was delighted to be able to show people his teeth marks on the edge of the box! Well worth missing part of my lunch for.


This Hare was at Altcar - a couple of miles from where I lived in the late 70s'. At the time Altcar was best known for the Waterloo Cup, a hare coursing competition which is now, I'm glad to say, illegal.


The Hedgehog was a garden visitor in Formby and the Red Squirrel feeding from my hand was in Formby Pinewoods.


All the above mentioned places are on the Sefton coast of Lancashire in the UK.

Dressed for the Hunt

 

The Red Coat Dress for fox-hunting consisted of:-
A silk hat
A plain white stock or tie
A hunting waistcoat
A pair of white breeches
A pair of top boots
No hat-guard
A plain gold, horizontal tie-pin
A red coat
A pair of white garter-straps
A pair of spurs
A pair of gloves (white) leather, wool, or string, or, in the provinces perhaps, tan leather.
The Black Coat Dress was as above but with a black or dark grey hunting coat.


The fox was not particularly bothered what they wore just so long as he kept his coat and brush!