The Beat
Early 20th Century, a city or town in Britain. The scene fascinates me. The constable's progress is unwavering, the pedestrian moves to the side and his footprints then take him back in; he stops three lamp stands down, admires the view, perhaps lights a cigarette before walking onto work.
The double decker bus recedes in the distance.
I also like it because whilst this photographs is of Britain about 90 years ago, in the 1970s, on very wintry days, this was the unfiorm I wore too, the greatccoat with the cape over the top, the latter meaning that, for once, I could walk with my hands in my pockets!
KTW
The Beat
It is so good to be walking
the streets and roads
lanes and alleyways
again of Cheltenham
The parks...
Montpellier
Pittville
Sandford
Hatherley
The freshness of the air
on this bracing December morning!
Wet leaves
Heavy leaden skies
The menacing but curiously
comforting approach of storm clouds
Riding in on the winds as they creep up
the Severn Estuary
on the pretence of a light breeze,
Steeples standing stark against blackness
Grosvenor House, the long Terrace
of Evesham Road heralding the arrival
of Pittville a few steps on
St Margaret's Terrace of equal splendour
I must away
The rain arrives
It has a cold edge to it
It is greatcoat and cape weather combined today
Unfinished
Portland Street, Cheltenham
Kenneth Thomas Webb
Liverpool
January 3, 2022
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© Kenneth Thomas Webb 2022
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Composed December 13, 2016 12.26-12.31pm
Last Published February 26, 2020
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
