Martyn, a friend from Brighouse sent me a link to a photographic exhibition in Metre.
Saturday afternoon I went over to see it as it closes this weekend. I was surprised how busy it was, with especially ladies in fur coats.
But it was really interesting. There were photos depicting life in Venice & Metre from 1940-1882. Some were very disturbing, those showing how poor the area was during the war, families living in abject poverty compared to the movie stars in town. There was the gondola as an ambulance and one with a coffin, queues for the telephone box, the Giro d'Italia coming to town and girls learning girl skills! But my favourites were those when the circus came to town in 1970, elephants and camels crossing bridges!
Girls learning "girl" stuff.
A gondola as an ambulance.
Roger Moore filming Moonraker.
The day the circus came to town. I'd have loved to have seen this.
The Giro d'Italia.
A rather wild Sean Connery!
Queueing for the telephone. Were they all wanting to arrange their dates?
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