hardwarestore

Ok, what is it about this snapshot that is distinct from so many others? Yes, the endearing vintage look is appealing as is the interesting unfolding of the ‘dance’ event. But it’s really just some guy sweeping up in a hardware store. —- that’s exactly right - it’s not a kissing couple on a foggy Parisian boulevard or a busy street corner in New York. You really don’t need a professional master photographer to create beauty. —— the hues are fabulous in this indoor flashbulb that exposure. The two gestures are so wonderfully choreographed. And most of all it’s the solid structure of the picture. Look at the harmonious diagonal lines created by his leg, broom stick, bar edge, her leg. And how everything fits into where it should be so casually. Nice photo

Thank you for the kind comments! Mary Lloyd Johnson carried her camera everywhere, capturing local events and people. She has captured our local history like no other person.

They were really pushing the boundaries of legibility running the word down at that angle, I'm sure the other side read more easily to the Western eye.

Streetview

I see a few dogs.

Just remembered a street rhyme "If you weren't so Ballymena with your Ballymoney You'd have a Ballycastle for your Ballyhome"

Still a great wee town. Nice to see one man "futtin" the ladder as we would say up here. Health and safety is not a new thing after all.

DannyM8 I wonder if this Rover crossed over ... ?! Original 1930 version of 'On the Sunny Side of The Street' - ♫ youtu.be/qayWiYV-dUc ♫