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Number 300, A Lifetime Ago (22)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1093 W: 134 N: 1123]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (7526) | This is my posting #300 on TE and it is also one of my oldest pictures with a "real" camera.
I was 18 years old and on my way to my first summer job abroad, in Manchester, England, with the ICI Dyestuffs Division. where I also took this picture.
In those days you could go by ship from Oslo to Newcastle with the Fred Olsen Line. The ship was either the Blenheim or the Braemar, I donīt remember which one it was.
I had recieved this camera in May, I think it was for passing my examination of marticulation, and I took a lot of photos.
This is of course the Royal Castle of Oslo, as seen from the main street, Karl Johans Gate.
Now you can also look at the workshop, to see the same scene 48 years later, as it looked this weekend, when we were in Oslo to celebrate our grandson, who had his 6th birthday.
Not much have changed in those 48 years, the castle is the same and the lampposts are the same, but I have a feeling that the pavement to the right has been widened, I could not really find the exact spot where I took this first picture. |
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