Lloyd's Newfoundland Photos

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My home is in Chamberlains, CBS, Newfoundland: a place close enough to sea so that I can go there to watch the glorious sunsets over the bay, and the other infinite variety of sights and sounds that are forever changing, yet forever the same. I'm not as young as I used to be and don't get around much any more, but I've had many wonderful hours of enjoyment with my Yasihca 44 TLR and trusty old OM-2. I've always enjoyed photographing wild flowers, particularly the smaller ones, many of which , albeit mostly overlooked and dismissed as weeds, are exquisitely beautiful. Digital photography, complete with all the magic of its own portable darkroom, has brought a new dimension to the hobby. My OM-2 is retired now, but it is such a beautiful instrument, such a joy to hold and behold, that I don't think I will ever want to part with it. My digital, used mostly, is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30. Its 35-420 mm Leica zoom lens can really reach out for those hard to reach shots. My photographs are strictly amateurish, but hopefully some have succeeded in capturing something of the moment that inspired them.

Monday, October 29, 2007


GARDEN BY THE SEA.
Field of pumpkins ready for Hallowe'en harvesting, Foxtrap, CBS.



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PHOTO PROP.



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Sunday, October 28, 2007


THE MV MANECO. 1931-1955
The great little ship that is so synonymous with the heydays of Bell Island. Seen here at the Beach terminal. First car ferry designed especially for the Bell Island tickle run. It could carry five cars. Was replaced by the Elmer Jones in 1960



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MANECO.
Loading at the Beach terminal sometime during the early 50s



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MANECO APPROACHING THE DOCK IN PORTUGAL COVE, c. 1945
During the wartime black-out, cars were required to have white painted fenders and headlight hoods.



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THE MV KIPAWA, 1945-55
Ran in competition with the Maneco. Seen here, from the deck of the Maneco, loading at her own wharf at the Beach terminal



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Saturday, October 27, 2007


METCALFE'S LANE, TOPSAIL



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Thursday, October 25, 2007


END OF SUMMER.



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PUTTING AWAY THE TOYS.


Foxtrap marina.



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Sunday, October 21, 2007


SANDPIPERS.
This, and the following eight photos are some autumn scenes from along the CBS seashore.



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IN THE BAY.
View from Chamberlains beach.



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OUT THE BAY.
View from Chamberlains beach.



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WHO, ME ??




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LANDWASH.




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NEAR FOXTRAP MARINA.



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YOUNG SEAGULL.




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N.W. WIND.



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NO, THANKS!
Kelligrews beach, fall day.



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A PAIR OF SPANISH PAIR TRAWLERS.
Photographed in St. Pierre, 1959. A method of fishing used on the Banks until mid 70s. Two ships towed a huge net between them, gathering every creature in its swath, including birds and mammals. Only cod were kept. Everything else was dumped, dead, back into the ocean. The barbaric destruction is mindboggling.




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CAN SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS PLACE?
The photo was taken in 1951 while on a trip down the coast on the schooner, Lillian M. Richards. I think it might be Twillingate, but I'm not sure.




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Saturday, October 20, 2007


SOMEWHERE NEAR NORMAN'S COVE. c.1960
The old highroad used to follow along the seashore. There were several places where we often stopped to gather mussels when the tide was out.



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AN OUTING.
A class from Topsail elementary school out with their teachers enjoying an autumn walk in beautiful Metcalfe's Lane.




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Wednesday, October 17, 2007


RESETTLEMENT.
View of Flat Islands, Bonavista Bay, 1957, just a few months before the community was completely vacated.
People in the photo are Bert Samson (deceased) and his young daughter. Bert was one of the last to leave the island.



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RELOCATED.
Hauling ashore, in St. Chad's, one of the houses that had been floated in from Flat Islands.


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JOLLY POKER.

"And it's to my jolly poker.

We will haul the heavy bugger,
And it's to my jolly poker, hooray!"



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