The Sites of Nottingham

On late Wednesday and Thursday afternoons I was commissioned by my neighbour, Francis, to take photographs of various places of interest in Nottingham. On Saturday he is leading a 'Friends International' seminar. Francis takes groups of foreign students around Nottingham on a guided tour to introduce them to English culture.

On Wednesday he dragged/led me though the city, starting at the castle and ending at the Unison offices. Last night we drove first to the Jesse Boot bust and ended at Trent Bridge. This we did in rush hour, in the rain.

What Francis failed to tell me at the start that he was going to bring in 'Rent-a-Crowd'. This consisted of dragging in a number of bemused folk of foreign nationality. I was amazed by how readily people chose to cooperate and the stories they had.

Here a just two examples.

One of the guys in the picture thought that he was standing by a statue of Lord Nelson. It is, in fact, a statue of General William Booth outside his birthplace in Sneinton. Francis is in purple.


In the background to the right of this picture is Trent Bridge cricket ground. I was supposed to be photographing the sign for the Brian Cluff stand on the right. However, I succeeded in photographing this very happy bunch whose team had just beaten India in the 'Twenty Twenty'. They were on the way home to various parts of the country.