Over the gate...

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Thursday 29 July 2010

13 Emperor's Gate: then unt now.


The above fan photo of John has appeared on both Tammy's and Sara's respective (and respected) blogs of late. It's interesting, because it is one of the very few fan photos to have emerged of John outside his first family home in London (and environs) - namely, 13 Emperor's Gate. Why there aren't more is something of a mystery; there were certainly affordable mass market cameras available in the early 1960s... and photos of the gurlz hanging around wherever a Fab was rumoured to be, also usually show a few of these cameras, primed and ready. Perhaps there is a glut of unseen photos buried in desk drawers and old photo albums, in various unknown places. Perhaps not.
Anyway, as has been mentioned in previous posts, the block John lived in is no more. The spot where the above girls were standing can be seen below, roughly beside the silver car on the bottom left:

1 comment:

  1. Interesting use of wide angle fish-eye on that fan photo (photo of fans). Unless that's a 'special effect' added afterward, I'd guess that wasn't taken on a cheapo camera of the day, but more a pro one.

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