Childhood

The Granada Cinema, Welling, Kent

When we were  kids, the Granada was indeed our Palace of Dreams. Sadly this cinema no longer exists.

Canal Land

A childhood fantasy about a piece of wasteland where we used to play. It had a hill with white ruins on top, and lots of dirty streams we called canals.

What My Dad Did Not Tell Me About The Jolly Fisherman

Marylyn Monroe

While we were not yet old enough to have wet dreams, we were still dirty minded little bastards!

The Lady Next Door

Painted in acrylics

The Lost Holy Hill of Childhood

Childhood Landscape No. 634

The Star That Fell Down Our Street

A childhood fantasy

1951 Collage

1951 - The year of the Festival of Britain with its Dome of Discovery, and Skylon (which I thought was a rocketship). We had a radio that resembled a toaster,  and stamps bearing King George (He of the Kings Speech) the 6th's head, and our parents smoked cigarettes from packs that had no health warnings

We played with toy soldiers (which was then still considered a respectable things for kids to do), and were astounded at the spacemen's slow motion jumping in the film Destination Moon.

Ah, happy days!