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chuckles
03-08-2006, 18:05
Shaftesbury's Gold Hill more famous the Hovis advert.... "It were reet grand coming back down ***!.... "
Often why it had the name "Gold Hill", it wasn't until I saw the sun setting did I realise
http://extras.barrianne-photos.co.uk/gold_hill.jpg
Like the light you have captured there :)
I take it that is a handrail not a fence at the side. Is it as steep as it looks?
Wow, that is very steep isn't it,lol One could ski down that baby,lol It's a very nice pic chuckles, I like it.
Jewel
edit......just noticed Chuckles was makin jam,lol :lol:
minimeeze
03-08-2006, 19:13
That looks lovely - I can just hear the 'Hovis' ad music playing :lol: I wouldn't like to be there when it's icy though :shake:
Marianne
03-08-2006, 19:22
Oh ha ha ha...love that desciption under your name Baz!
I am dead jealous of this shot...I took to you to this place cos I loved it and you took the best shots...GGGrrrrr....he also makes bread to put the jam on, but not hovis lol!!
I was born and grew up just down the road from there! Don't have any photo's of it though for some strange reason.
Always made me laugh at the northerners and their accents in the advert, knowing full well it was a mile away from the real dorset accent!
Do they still have the large plastic loaf at the top?
chuckles
03-08-2006, 19:39
Aye 'appen they do! (I think)
in dorset it would be....
Thyck there gert yaller loaf o bread still atop gold 'ill then?
chuckles
03-08-2006, 19:47
Around here they'd say.... "be that an 'ill then boiy? Bain't sin one o' em afore!"
btw, tis good shot. Forgot to mention that in my fit of nostalgia! Normaly rammed with tourists at this time of year!
very good light used to great effect there Chuckles, very nice!
Thats a beautiful picture! :thumbs:
Wouldnt fancy it in the winter though!
I bet even the old ladies in them there parts have tight buns from negotiating that every day:lol:
I bet even the old ladies in them there parts have tight buns from negotiating that every day:lol:
:lol:
Really great image, lighting is spot on :clap:
shiato storm
03-08-2006, 22:58
screams hovis...or 'Ovis depending where you come from
I bet even the old ladies in them there parts have tight buns from negotiating that every day:lol:
:lol:
Lovely shot there :) I never knew it were a southern 'ill it were filmed on.
I echo what everyone else has said.
It's a really beautiful image.
I can see why the boss was jealous of this lovely shot.
Where is this place?? Beautiful shot! :)
Where is this place?? Beautiful shot! :)
This is just off Layton Lane in Shaftsbury, Dorset. Great part of the world.
Really nice shot and the light has been captured spot on IMHO. Brings back memories of 'lashings of ginger beer' during summer hols spent just up the road in Blandford Forum.
Do they still play Skittles down there in Dorset?
Good grief. Homemade go-kart anyone?
What a peaceful image!
Nice version of that classic calendar shot. How long did you have to wait for all the tourists to get out of your way ? Mind have been nice with a young lad on a bike though :)
ray
Biscuit tin or jigsaw shot, beautiful :)
chuckles
04-08-2006, 20:43
Thanks for all your comments folks. I enjoyed this place and was just lucky to be there as the sun was setting...
Nice version of that classic calendar shot. How long did you have to wait for all the tourists to get out of your way ?
ray
Not long - it was in December so there were none! Plus it was truly freezing.
Nice shot chuckles, looks a lovely place.
Lovely shot, great light well captured. Almost looks wintery with the rooves
Lovely. It's difficult to believe that places like that still exist. Some of those roofs look like they need attention, but I bet there's more conservation orders and regs to wade through than you can shake a stick at.
Look what I found in my photography book!!!! :)
http://www.janicehobbs.com/Gold%20Hill.jpg
Marianne
07-08-2006, 19:13
amazing! Don't get too cocky Barry will you? I took you there after all :bonk:
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