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East End Funeral
London, UK - elaine - Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 : goo
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note there are two people walking in front of the cars, even in this very busy street (bethnal green high st) and the pint of beer floral tribute. the first funeral i saw here was a horse drawn glass carriage affair, with black plumes on the horses heads. this is the old east end
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Peter: 13th Sep 2005 - 18:05 GMT
i love the contrast of the white delivery trucks and the black hearses. this was a really interesting thing to snap some photos of. thanks.
elaine: 13th Sep 2005 - 18:07 GMT
i nearly didn't - it's not really my usual thing, but it seemed churlish not to
anon (sotn-cache-1.server.ntli.net): 22nd Dec 2005 - 19:38 GMT
"churlish not to" ? How about respectful not to? How would you feel if you were in the back of one of them cars, and some unknown person started taking photos?
elaine: 22nd Dec 2005 - 21:25 GMT
it's a good question, but certainly east end funerals are designed to be looked at. they are not the usual pace of things and the flowers are mental. i only wish i had pictures from the horse drawn one i saw once, it was literally awesome. black plumes on the horses, and a cut glass carriage for the coffin. beautiful
cockney mandem: dats east 4 ya
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