Do you have permission to take photographs?


Do you have permission to take photographs?, originally uploaded by Pig Sty Avenue.

The weather was changeable so we went to the pedestrian tunnel. Brenda (left foreground) had bought two remote controlled flying saucers, and we were having a gas photographing them in the eerie surrounds of the tunnel. Then this arsehole turned up and asked the above question - Brenda's on the phone trying to get permission. We couldn't take him seriously because he wouldn't give us his name or show any ID - really he was just a miserable bastard freaked out by people doing something a wee bit unexpected. Twat. He went away and told us to vacate the tunne, via the PA system. Sad man.

I don't know why I adjusted the colour of this photo so bizarrely.

That's Sam to the right, and Oliver's behind Brenda - not hiding or anything.

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  1. shes_a_spriteWed Nov 30, 06:47:00 pm GMT

    remote flying saucers in a tunnel eh? I am coming to visit Jarrow! That sounds like fun!

    Here, if you ask for a name and ID, they have to show you something. Most of our guys will give you a card. It sucks that he was such a prick!

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  2. Garry NixonWed Nov 30, 10:37:00 pm GMT

    What troubles me is, if ever there was a real calamity in the tunnel, you would have someone with NO social skills responsible for it.

    I've just looked back at this post. Sorry about the cursing!

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