Carlton Reid

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Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 Signal: carltonreid.67

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Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 12

But quickly back to her normal happy self. (Are dogs really smiling when they look like this?)

Happy smiley Golden Retriever on green grassy hill. Tongue out. Wearing red rucksack harness.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 12

Quite moodily Emily Brontë this one.

Moody pic of Golden Retriever on hill. Wearing red rucksack harness.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 12

She’ll have to get used to the rucksack. She’ll be carrying her toys and treats in it while we do the Hadrian’s Wall walk later in the year.

Golden Retriever on hill with front paw pointing to ground. Wearing red rucksack

Close-up of Golden Retriever on hill. Wearing red rucksack’s harness.

Woman and dog walking in foreground with people walking down a green grassy hill a long way off.

Golden Retriever on hill with front paw pointing in air. . Wearing red rucksack’s harness.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 12

Quite windy up there so she stayed quite cool.

Head of Golden Retriever with tongue out and sorta smiling on green hill. Red harness on back.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 12

Back from a lovely hay meadow walk in Coquetdale. Erica tried out her new doggy rucksack. Not much in it to begin with.

Golden Retriever wearing red rucksack walking through grasses and wild flowers.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jul 3

Speed cameras — and their unpopularity with the target — could be pretty old. From British Journal of Photography, September 1900. archive.org/details/brit...?

CINEMATOGRAPH EVIDENCE. A Paris correspondent states that the Velo, a paper devoted entirely to automobile news, puts forward a notion which, though highly ingenious, is hardly calculated to please readers. The idea is to the effect that policemen should be supplied with cameras working on cinematograph principles, to enable them to regulate the speed of motor cars and force drivers to respect the regulations. It is stated that a manufacturer has already submitted a machine of an extremely simple pattern to the Prefecture of Police. All that the policeman will have to do is to hide behind a tree or kiosque, and at the right moment press a button, when a series of twelve pictures will be instantly taken.

British Journal of Photography, September 21, 1900.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 30

Think Meta's AI "smart glasses" are anything new? Here's a similar idea from ... 1884. One for @doctorow.pluralistic.net perhaps?

Graphic showing period spectacles with tiny inlays over a dated magazine & edited extract.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Dec 25, 1884

The “Microphotoscope."

Robert Galland-Mason, of Douglas, Isle of Man.

The microphotoscope consists of a pair of spectacles...with one or a number of minute photographs arranged in or along the rim ...

The minute photographs are placed behind suitable minute magnifying glasses, and are so arranged in or along the rims of the spectacles that the eyes of the wearer may see either one or all of the photographs without moving the spectacles.

The minute photographs may be photographs of written or printed matter, maps, charts, views, landscapes, or any object or group of from which a photograph may be taken.

Some of the uses to which the “Microphotoscope" could be applied are the following : —

For a Student. The series of microphotoraphs in the rim of the spectacles might consist of copies of an epitomised grammar, or any subject the student wished to study. Thus, the subject he was studying would be constantly before his eyes tor reference in his spare moments without the trouble of carrying books ...

A lecturer might have the heads of his lectures photographed and placed in the rims of his spectacles ; a lawyer—his briefs; a clergyman—his sermons; a bicyclist, tricyclist, or other tourist—maps, views, and plans of the country through which he travelled ; a shopkeeper—a calendar ready-reckoner and so forth; travellers on the Continent—list of foreign terms, names and articles, foreign money, tables, and so on; a member of Parliament—facts and figures relating to the subject of his speech; a
public entertainer—recitations, songs etc; a musician—whole pieces of music; a detective—criminals wanted.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 29

100-year-old American shoemaker John Adams, born in 1745, photographed in 1845. Probably earliest-born person photographed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

Old photographh in black and white of old man with hair, no glasses and bow tie.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 28

"Riding the velocipede affords pleasurable excitement, which is what most men drink liquor for, & it leaves no sting behind. It stimulates them to save what they would otherwise spend foolishly, that they may invest it in a machine which is a source of health & pleasure, & utility." 1869.

Line illustration next to a book quote. Victorian man with fancy mustache and bowler hat on 1869 boneshaker velocipede: The Bicycle. Text: We think that decided good will grow out of this invention. Riding the velocipede affords pleasurable excitement, which is what most men drink liquor for, and it leaves no sting behind. It takes men from the bar-rooms out into the pure air, into God's light and sunshine, and braces their lungs with the very breath of Heaven. It stimulates them to save what they would otherwise spend foolishly, that they may invest it in a machine which is a source of health and pleasure, as well as of utility. It is an inducement to young men who work in close apartments to spend more time in the open air, and furnishes them a means of healthful, invigorating, and, at the same time, pleasant exercise, such as nothing else can possibly afford.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 25

Large man on large woman’s forehead.

Man in white t-shirt and black shorts walking on green grassy hill with vivid blue sky behind.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 25

Large man and large woman in distance. Woman is somewhat larger than the man. From this morning’s walk, before it got too hot.

Bright blue sky. Grasses in foreground. Pond central. Bald white man with white t-shirt in distance on women-shaped hill. Northumberlandia sculpture, near Cramlington.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 22

First task? Burnham should get himself and UKGOV off the fucking Nazi site.

Tweet from Andy Burnham:

Keir has given huge service to our country and I want to thank him for his leadership and dedication during such a challenging period.
His decision marks the beginning of a transition and it is important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will….

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 18

Just look at the state of this badly fitted blue-rinse man-of-the-people jacket, red Trump tie and Tory boy pink trews. Jesus wept.

Twat wearint blue blazer, red tie and pink trousers

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 17

This was quite the hobby switch: "I have a camera and lens which I should be glad to exchange for a case of stuffed birds." From a correspondent to "The Illustrated Photographer," 1869.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 17

World’s biggest playing card brand “Bicycle” was so named in 1885 by the United States Printing Company because of the then popularity of cycling — the USPC’s first joker, an earlier American innovation for card packs, was a man on a high-wheeler. www.wopc.co.uk/usa/the-unit...

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 16

Suffragettes liked their bicycles, which were sometimes used for a deft bit of corking.

George Moore illustration of two suffragettes, one on bicycle, the other holding her bicycle, stopping an open-top car driven by a chauffeur with a well-dressed man sitting beside. text: "Suffragette cyclists hold up Mr. Winston Churchill by flinging themselves in front of his motorcar. This risky proceeding was carried out last week as a fresh development of militant tactics."

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 15

Nicéphore’s invention of “heliography” was before Fox Talbot but it was the Englishman who initially got the credit for inventing photography. PS the brother’s velocipede is in the Niépce museum in France.

Wooden dandy horse bicycle sans pedals on white museum plinth held up by Perspex stand.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 14

Had previews of our Josh’s new film. It’s 1.5 hours on the recent 1,400-km trans-Balkan MTB endurance event. Uploading now to his channel. This pic is of a hay barn he and another rider slept in one night. youtube.com/@josh-reid?s...

Barn with lit window with flowers in front at night with very starry sky with shooting stars.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 12

Reminder, this “Blessing of the Bicycles” is tomorrow outside St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

And, not shown to us cos still being finished, there’s a 1,500-seat gig space behind one of the walls. Also, a nice view of Newcastle Cathedral from one of the posh bars.

Large horizontal window in dark, people-free bar with sunset view of a medieval church in middle of modern buildings.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

Roof slides off. At least when it’s been commissioned; maybe ready in time for when the venue opens at the weekend.

Glass roof above restaurant. People milling below.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

And hummus, so that’s me happy.

Plates is hummus and tzatziki and whipped feta with DJ behind with red light backdrop.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

Lots of booze options and things coming up.

Man walking in front of bar with lots of text behind lit from behind. Bar staff behind.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

Pano from the roof space — from Grey’s Monument to the Tyne Bridge.

Foliage in front of lots of city buildings from above. Speaker on right. Cloudy but blue sky.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 10

At the press preview of Freight Island, Newcastle’s newest food, drinks, and music destination - 12 kitchens, loadsa bars, live bands & DJs and a rooftop space. Opposite The Gate; was Debenhams. Big, then.

Queue of people waiting outside building with glass building opposite called The Gate.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 8

More details on this two-day exhibition here: lbbonline.com/news/Greggs-...

Full length of Greggs embroidery on display behind barriers.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 8

Greggs founder John Gregg delivering eggs and yeast in Gosforth on his cargo-bike in 1939 is on the first part of the Greggs Ta-Pastry, an eight-metre long embroidery unveiled at the Design Museum today.

Cartoon illustration of man in spectacles and wearing brown apron riding on cargobike in front of Tyne bridge. Sack of flour by his feet, and box of eggs. Meant to look like Bayeux Tapestry. Has sausage rolls as motif in margins.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 8

No, it’s from an overlook near Paddy Freeman’s Park.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 8

Not far from this glorious view over Jesmond Dene’s mill and waterfall, which a running club has flagged in chalk.

Word “LOOK” in chalk next to arrow down to stunning valley view not in focus. Golden Retriever looking.

Zoomed in shot of rustic pedestrian bridge over cascading water. Lots of greenery plus pink rhododendron bush. Person on bridge walking a dog plus people sitting on rock outcrop.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid· Jun 8

To be fair to Newcastle City Council they do leave a few areas of wildflower meadow and mow paths though them. Many years ago this area used to be tennis courts.