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Ningú havia vist aquestes fotos fins ara. Fins que les he revelat.

Aquestes fotos de carnaval foren fetes per un desconegut entre 1972 i 1985, i concretament al poble anglès de Croft, Warrington, Cheshire (al oest de Manchester). Que com puc donar tants detalls d’unes fotos fetes fa 40 anys per un desconegut? Be, observant tots els detalls i amb FORÇA sort.

Comencem dient que en aquest rodet format 120 (datable pel tipus entre 1972 i 1982, el periode de producció) el vaig comprar a internet d’origen desconegut. Apart de 4 fotos del que clàrament és una carrossa de carnaval, al davant tenia 2 fotos d’un cementiri militar britanic a Creta i al darrera només fotos desenfocades d’interiors que podrien ser a qualsevol lloc. La bandera británica que es veu en aquestes fotos (i l’ambientació general) indiquen el Regne Unit però això és molt generic. La sort la vaig tenir amb un únic element: el text que es veu a la carrossa: “8th Warrington Rejects”. Les disfresses de boy-scouts i el terme “rejects” fa pensar en una carictaturització dels mateixos, però el element clau és Warrington, que és una población a mig camí entre Liverpool i Manchester. Furgant per internet amb el terme “8th Warrington” vaig veure que es tracta d’un casal de boy-scouts situat al poblet de Croft, a les afores de Warrington. Bingo. Croft és famós pel seu carnaval… i a sobre vaig poder identificar la única casa que s’intueix en una de les fotos amb una que hi ha al costat del parc central de la población, lloc obvi per a fer una desfilada de carnaval.

Com a posdata, la darrera foto del rodet, molt desenfocada i moguda, mostra l’interior d’un local força ampli. Ja segur que es tractava de Croft, fou força fácil veure que aquest interior correspon sense dubtes amb el del Croft Village Memorial Hall (el “centre civic”, vaja).

ACTUALITZACIÓ: per mitjà de contactes a internet amb la comunitat de Croft, vaig poder contactar amb els autors de les fotografies, Bevan i Doris Friar. El viatge a Creta era part del 40è aniversari d'ella. Més informació aquí:

www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/19104804.couples-photos...

S'anomena "found film" a aquelles fotografies en pel•licula o placa que es troben sense revelar dins càmeres velles o per altres racons. La gracia és que ningú ha vist mai aquestes fotografies.

Vaig trobar una desena de rodets de format mitjà (la majoria format 120) a internet, procedents d'un venedor de Manchester; provenien de càmeres que ell havia anat col•leccionant. Dels 10, 6 no s'havien en veritat fet servir mai o només com a proves (un eren només fotos d'un sostre d'oficina). Els altres han donat resultats força interessants.

Aquest rodet era un Kodak Kodacolor II de format 120, per tant, produit entre 1973 i 1983; el que implica que segurament fou emprat entre 1973 i 1985, abans de caducar. El paper protector tenia el text en verd, el que fa pensar més aviat en la part final d’aquest periode (1980-85?). El vaig revelar amb el kit de color C41 de Tetenal.

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Nobody, even less the author, had seen these pictures until now.

These old photos were taken by a stranger between 1972 and 1985, and specifically in the English village of Croft, Warrington, Cheshire (west of Manchester). I developed myself these images that had been sleeping in its roll film since then. How can I give so many details of photos taken 40 years ago by a stranger? Well, observing all the details and with A LOT of luck.

Let's start by saying that in this 120 roll film (dating by type between 1972 and 1982, the production period) I bought it on the internet of unknown origin, there several groups of pictures. Aside from these 4 photos of what is clearly a carnival float, on the front was 2 photos of a British military cemetery in Crete and on the back only blurry photos of interiors that could be anywhere. The British flag seen in these photos (and the general setting) indicates the UK but this is very generic. I was lucky with a single element: the text seen on the float: "8th Warrington Rejects." The boy-scout costumes and the term “rejects” suggest a caricature of them, but the key element is Warrington, which is a town halfway between Liverpool and Manchester. Searching the internet for the term "8th Warrington", I saw that it was a boy-scout group in the village of Croft, on the outskirts of Warrington. Bingo. Croft is famous for its carnival… and on top of that I was able to identify the only house that can be intuited in one of the photos with one next to the Croft Playing Fields, an obvious place for a carnival parade and festival.

As a postscript, the last photo of the reel, very out of focus, shows the interior of a fairly large room. Surely it was Croft, it was quite easy to see that this interior undoubtedly corresponds to that of the Croft Village Memorial Hall.

UPDATE: Through internet contacts with the Croft community, I was able to contact the authors of the photographs, Bevan and Doris Friar. The trip to Crete was part of her 40th birthday. More information here:

www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/19104804.couples-photos...

They call "found film" at those images in film or plates that are find undeveloped inside old cameras or in other places, like boxes or old houses.

I found a dozen roll films (mostly 120-format) on the internet, from a Manchester sale; they came from cameras the owner had been collecting. Of the ten, six had never actually been used or only as trials (one was just photos of an office ceiling). The others have given quite interesting results.

This one roll was a 120-format Kodacolor II, therefore produced between 1973 and 1983, so it was probably exposed between 1973 and 1985. The backing paper has the lettering in green, but there are Kodacolor II rolls with black lettering, which look older; so maybe the setting is on the later part of 1973-85. I developed it with the C41 color kit by Tetenal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_film

www.cheshirescouts.org.uk/about-us/groups/8th-warrington-...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croft,_Cheshire

Taken in: UK / England / Croft / Croft (show map)

Taken on: December 11, 2020

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