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\nRailways and canals in Manchester<\/small><\/p>\n

May was a long month for me, and I’ve only managed to finish putting it on My London Diary (with just a few little things to tidy up) coming up for midnight on June 30th because I had to take something of a rest from work this week – for various reasons.<\/p>\n

Too many things have happened recently in London and in the UK – including a general election, terrible attacks at Westminster and London Bridge and the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower. Fortunately I haven’t been directly affected personally by any of these, and have only covered them rather peripherally, but they have taken up a considerable amount of nervous energy and time writing about related issues rather than photography.<\/p>\n

As well as photographing as usual in London, I spent a weekend away in Manchester, attending a conference and 50th anniversary celebration of a group I’ve been a part of for over 40 years which I was also asked to photograph. While I was up there I found a few hours to take a walk in Manchester – where I lived for 7 years back in the 1960s, mainly as a student – and also to take the tourist trail around Rochdale, a town I don’t think I ever visited when I lived in Manchester although I taught for two terms a short distance away.<\/p>\n

May always starts with a heavy day, as I attend and photograph the May Day celebrations in London – and this year for once May Day was a bank holiday. Long days like that – and the long night afterwards editing and processing images – make me feel my age, and it now takes me several days to recover.<\/p>\n

May 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

End Gross Inequality at the LSE<\/a>
\nKeep the Fox Hunting Ban<\/a>
\nPicturehouse Strike for Living Wage<\/a>
\nSisters Uncut General Election Rally<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nCyclists Tory HQ die-in against pollution<\/a>
\nE17 Protest Against School Cuts<\/a>
\nRed Cross act for Hunger Strikers<\/a>
\nGolden Boat Award for Serota<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nVote for decent, secure homes<\/a>
\nLift the Siege of Buenaventura<\/a>
\nGrant Assange Safe Passage<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLSE Cleaners strike for equality<\/a>
\nMarch Against Monsanto<\/a>
\nFocus E15 launch The Newham Nag<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nEnd media lies against Venezuela<\/a>
\nTeen Voice says votes at 16<\/a>
\nEnd dog and cat meat trade<\/a>
\nStop Deportation Of LGBTI Asylum Seekers<\/a>
\nCleaners protest at HSBC<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nShut down Yarl’s Wood Prison<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLSE Cleaners strike<\/a>
\nRochdale<\/a>
\nManchester<\/a>
\nLSE Equality Life Not Money protest<\/a>
\nDPAC against Tory Hate<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nMay Day F**k Parade<\/a>
\nMay Day F**k Parade Meets<\/a>
\nMay Day Rally<\/a>
\nMay Day March<\/a>
\nMay Day March Gathers<\/a><\/p>\n

London Images<\/a><\/p>\n


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