ILKESTON CAM

Images from Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border based on ILKESTON and the Erewash Valley through the lens of my digital CAMERA Click here to open a new window showing a map of the area
Thank you for visiting this website. You are welcome to copy any of these images for your own use and as per the Creative Commons licence crediting the photographer Garth Newton, or by adding a link to these pages.	All photographs and text © copyright 2002-2008 Ilkcam	The majority of the photographs were taken with Kodak digital cameras. If you have any comments, suggestions or requests for images in the area, please email me at garth@ilkcam.cam or leave a message in the guestbook.
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Ilkeston Cam is updated weekly.	Latest Images Jigsaw Ilkeston Rainbow Colours The Luthier 50 piece puzzle (scanned image) This Week's Home Page Picture	Latest Update Sunday 4th May 2008
Free As A Bird I was going to use this small image on the left as this week's Home Page Picture showing a queue of people outside Lloyds TSB. I thought they must have been giving away free samples at the bank but then I realised it wouldn't be opening until later than normal due to staff training. As I took the photo, the church bells rang out the hour and the doors were opened allowing the queue to quickly disperse. Later whilst out looking for colours for this week's Latest Images, a friendly little robin alighted beside me. I was joined by a gentleman walking his dog and he told me that he had been feeding the robin for about a month and now it even landed on his hand take seed. No queuing there then! It made me think though how dependent we have become on banks, the stock market and other financial institutions and how much anguish the credit crunch is causing. Whilst admitting that money is an essential part of life one has to agree that the grasping me, me, me attitude of the Thatcher years has had a prolonged effect. Isn't it about time we all returned to those core values of family and community life that I remember so well from my upbringing. Paraphrasing from Luke's Gospel "Consider the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. God feeds and looks after them and are we not better than them?" Perhaps if we reduced our expectations of what others should do for us and thought more of what we can do for others, then we would all be more content, healthier and free from worry - free as a bird in fact. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. ----- John Berry ----- Friar Bridge, Derby - A Petition On Andy Savage's site of Derby Photos there is a feature about the Friar Gate bridge in the city which is in a very poor state of repair despite there being a commitment on the Council to maintain it. Andy says he needs "lots and lots of signatures" to be added to his online petition and has asked me to help publicise it. Please visit Andy's site here, read about the bridge, see the photos and add your name to the petition. Thank you. This image of the bridge is © Copyright Andy Savage

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