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Selection of banner images

For my previous blog I made a set of banner images for use on the home page. I’m presenting them here on this page with some descriptions. I may use them again at some point. Selection of banner images...

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A new take on Stockport Viaduct by Garry Lomas of stroon

As well as running his own large format print business, stroon, Garry Lomas is also an accomplished photographer. Here I showcase a set of his photos depicting a very familiar subject to me: Stockport...

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Photo-impressions: Heaton Mersey Dusk Skies

On a walk by the Mersey on 28 Dec I unexpectedly got two very interesting twilight views down the river, with the lights of the M60 out of focus in the distance. Earlier I took a photos series of the...

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Review of the Strawberry Studios exhibition at Stockport Museum

 What’s Stockport famous for? It’s the last stop on the West Coast line from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, it’s seven miles south east of the city centre and it’s my home town! But what else...

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The Power of Libraries – die Kraft der Bibliotheken

This bilingual video project is currently in pre-production. I am gathering the information and the photographs and hope to launch the video during October 2018 In this video I will focus on libraries...

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Seven reasons to use ‘analogue’ photography – Editorial style video presented...

In 2018 I made a video entitled ‘Is it time to go back to film?” In 2019 I decided to do a new version of the video using my new bilingual format, presented in English and German. The ratio is roughly...

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Video in planning: Which health system is better? The UK’s NHS or the German...

In the past few years I’ve moved from photographer-writer towards maker of educational videos. I’m a coach in languages and so I am keen to explore languages – especially German – but at the same time...

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Photos of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Stockport from my portfolio

On this page I present photographs of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath from my portfolio of photographs. I have a special interest in the area as this is where I grew up as a child. Click on the images to...

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32 of my best images of Stockport in a free photo e-book

As part of my photo e-book project, I’ve made a selection of my best photos of Stockport and presented them in a free photographic e-book. My aim is to present my entire portfolio on different places...

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Top 50 der besten und schlechtesten Gebäude in Manchester

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gY3EM0u3Q Please click here to subscribe to my channel and view more of my videos- Thank you! Ich habe im Juli 2018 dieses Video gemacht. Es präsentiert meine Auswahl...

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CP Lee interview on the history of music in Manchester

Interview, transcript & photos – Multimedia Presentation I recorded this interview with CP Lee on Friday the 28th of July 2006 and the recording has been available on my aidan.co.uk site ever...

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Stockport from Dawn to Dusk – About the short film + list of locations

An article about the short film will appear on this page. In the meantime, here’s a list of clips and photos, with timings. 00:00 Introduction by Aidan from his virtual airport office 01:43 Marple dawn...

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Images of Edgeley, Cheadle Heath and Stockport

On this page I present a few of my photographs of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath from my portfolio. I have a special interest in the area as this is where I grew up as a child. I grew up in the neighbouring...

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Stockport Central Library controversy – Does it have to close its doors as a...

This article is adapted from the script of my video on Stockport library, published on my AidanEyewitness YouTube channel in March 2022. Click to view the video above. “Libraries gave us power” is the...

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