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TERMINAL PHOTOGRAPHY INDEX OLD AYLESBURY WITH BOB & CURLY PAGE FOR (18+) ONLY!
AYLESBURY: Ducks, basically • John Hampden, hero of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, and Aylesbury's most famous son. Yes, exactly. "Whooooooooooo?!" • Aylesbury Town from a distance. Which I promise you is the best way to enjoy it. • Statue of Charles Compton outside the Crown Court buildings. This was where the Great Train Robbers were judged and sentenced in 1963ish. • Benjamin Disraeli in front of a bank at the top corner of the Market Square. It's said he was Queen Victoria's favourite Prime Minister. • The High Street in all its glory. (Ha!) Aylesbury has two 'ok' shopping centres, but this is just rubbish. • The 'iconic' clock tower in the middle of Market Square is about as close as the town has to a landmark. • The church of St. Mary, from the roof of the AVDC building. • Aylesbury at night! I know what you're thinking; Why couldn't this have been a completely black comedy picture? • This is often in lists of the UK's Top Ten Ugly buildings, and I'd say it was very easy to see why. • The Friars Square Shopping Center was so 'ultra modern and brutalist' that in 1970 Stanley Kubrick filmed some scenes of A Clockwork Orange here. • The award winning County Museum and (unsurprisingly) the church are at the end of Church Street. • The Hale Leys Shopping Centre was opened by The Princess of Wales, and we all know what happened to her. • The 'famous' (well, it was in a Mercedes advert once) Blue Leany building by the ring road. • Am interesting (discuss) office block near the canal and The Ship public house. • A view of the canal from the top of 'The Tower' shows the soup-like liquid which passes for water around here. • It's no more pretty close up. Locally this 60's abomination is known as Fred's Folly, after its so-called architect. • A view of St. Mary's Church which makes Aylesbury look as nice as possible. But don't be fooled! It IS a hole! • Yet more clock tower. It was erected in the 1880's after the Market Square had been cleared of many of the buildings which had encroached on it. • The people of Aylesbury are not often seen walking erect, which makes this photograph all the more remarkable. • Another landmark on the Aylesbury skyline is this fine gasometer. Despite it's appearance, it's not made from horse poo. • The Kings Head pub is allegedly haunted by a lady in grey - a nun. It's known to have been visited by Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys. • Looking towards the Chilterns and the Vale of Aylesbury from the roof of the County Council Tower. • A close-up view of the clock tower which shows it's got some nice gargoyles on it. • The old Odeon on Cambridge Street didn't look a whole lot better than this when it was in use. • Temple Street is one of the oldest parts of the town and about the last one that is still cobbled. • The new cinema on Exchange Street is a huge leap forward from the towns previous flea pit. • Watermead is a development on the north side of the town and has often been called Toy Town. I lived here for a while, with some freakishly anal neighbours. • The sun sets over Aylesbury, making this pylon-infested scum-hole look almost attractive. • Against a stormy sky, the sun glints off a window of 'The Tower'. • Taken when I was a kid, experimenting with black and white photography. • The cold, black heart of Aylesbury at dusk.
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