Passing though Oxford Circus in London at the weekend, on a brief visit home to celebrate my 40th birthday with family and friends I met Greg, the London Underground employee.
I asked him if I could take his photo and he said, in his most polite cock-er-ney accent; “How do you want me, straight on or profile.”
Greg the London Underground Employee, Oxford Circus tube station, London.
This was the profile shot. And as I took the photo, the lyrics of Morrissey’s Hairdresser on fire, went through my mind:
“Here is London, Home of the Brash Outrageous and Free. You are repressed, but remarkably dressed.”
Here are a few more colourful characters at the Skatepark on the South Bank
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- Skatepark on the South Bank in London
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- Skatepark on the South Bank in London
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- Skatepark on the South Bank in London
Out and about in London with my camera and sketchbooks
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- Battersea Power Station, through a red telephone box, London, England.
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- Red Double Decker Bus on Oxford Street in London
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- Nelson’s Column through the window of the Chandos Pub in London, England.
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- My sketches from London’s Natural History Museum from my England Sketchbook.
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- Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Sanderson Hotel in London
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- The Dunnells on the London Eye, England
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- Flying over London
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- Mark, Lottie, Leon and Frida near outside our hotel in Paddington
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- Sketches from the “Paris Exhibition” at the Royal Academy in London.
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- Dunnell Family at a park near the Houses of Parliament in London
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- My sketches from the Cast Courts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum from my England Sketchbook.
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- Lottie, Leon and Frida at Nelsons Column in London
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- Ali having a afternoon tea at Sanderson Hotel in London, England
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- Lottie, Leon and Frida at Nelsons Column in London
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- My sketches from the Cast Courts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
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- Panoramic view of London from the top floor of the Blavatnik Building
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- Ben Ben on a very day in London
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- My pen and ink sketch of London, England
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- Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Sanderson Hotel in London
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- Watching the changing of the guard outside Buckingham Palace in London
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- Horse Guards Parade in London
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- Sketches from the Cast Courts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
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- Lottie, Leon and Frida enjoying an ice-cream in London
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- Frida and Lottie with Paddington in Paddington
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- Shadows of the Dunnells walking along the South Bank in London
eastlondonillustrated October 3, 2013
I’m not sure how, but i’ve never spotted Greg on my underground travels. Great picture and cracking use of a Morrissey lyric!
alidunnell October 5, 2013
Thank you… The moment I spotted Greg, the Morrissey lyric jumped into my head and I thought I must get a decent photo, to illustrate the moment. If you pass through Oxford Circus, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him.