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		<title>being in a place</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spotlight on St.Helens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To celibrate the release of the new St.Helens based Glass Eye Magazine issue (https://www.barrygore.co.uk/glasseye-magazine) which contains my story of the filming of Chariots of Fire at Cowley School I thought I would promote my other images of the period for any new visitors to see. Just CLICK HERE to see the images individually]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Concentration 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Continuity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This lady was part of the production team working on the Granada TV production of &#8220;Strike&#8221; about the rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland, filmed in Manchester in 1981. I didnt disturb people as I photographed them as I was aware I had to stay low key as I documented the process of making ... <a title="Continuity" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2025/06/09/continuity/" aria-label="Read more about Continuity">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>influence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A rough sea on the coast of Cornwall, 1981. I was there as part of a group of students staying at a cottage belonging to one of the lecturers. Above the fireplace in the Livingroom was a large grainy print of the coast. Roger Beacroft (the lecturer) speculated on who amongst us would be influenced ... <a title="influence" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2025/05/01/influence/" aria-label="Read more about influence">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A miserable day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Town Center]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ormskirk Street, St.Helens, Merseyside 1978. Building site for the Nat West Bank. Wearing a long coat, a head scarf and with a plastic bag in hand a lady makes her way across the road. In photography it&#8217;s easy to glamorise, to photograph the extra ordinary. It&#8217;s harder to document the ordinary. In the gloom and ... <a title="A miserable day" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2025/01/11/a-miserable-day/" aria-label="Read more about A miserable day">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Prisoner</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An abandoned room at Portmeirion Village 1982. &#8220;The Prisoner&#8221; starring Patrick McGoohan was filmed there and it had a profound effect on me as a very young boy when it was transmitted in 1968. It was exciting of course and the high tech of the time was a draw but it was the concepts and ... <a title="The Prisoner" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2024/10/03/the-prisoner/" aria-label="Read more about The Prisoner">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Retouching the past</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not my picture. A print from 1959 of my mother and fathers wedding. As a child, perhaps 5 years old I found the picture and used a blue biro pen to scribble on it. I clearly remember doing it. I liked doing it. When my mother and father found out there was hell to pay. ... <a title="Retouching the past" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2024/09/30/retouching-the-past/" aria-label="Read more about Retouching the past">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Disco at the Arbouretum pub in Nottingham 1982/3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Arboretum in 1980 was a pub for older people, there was live music from singers in the style of Frank Sinatra and others of that period. Within a short time it was refitted for the younger crowd. Dress code to get in: no trainers, smart attire. The atmosphere was intense. Groups of girls, groups ... <a title="Disco at the Arbouretum pub in Nottingham 1982/3" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2024/09/28/disco-at-the-arbouretum-pub-in-nottingham-1982-3/" aria-label="Read more about Disco at the Arbouretum pub in Nottingham 1982/3">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tiko</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tiko was Mrs Saper dog in Tyrwhitt Road. Mrs Saper was my wonderful landlady originally from Poland. Tiko was a very easy going dog and a real member of the family. Before I moved into the house I used to visit her son Adam and stay in a spare room. One time I remember going ... <a title="Tiko" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2024/09/24/tiko/" aria-label="Read more about Tiko">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Living history</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; I photographed the prospectus for Newark Colledge in I think 1981 / 1982 as part of my photo course. I visited each department in turn but I remember best the visit to  the violin making department. The students were from all over the world and I remember the calm but focused atmosphere. It turns ... <a title="Living history" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2024/04/23/living-history/" aria-label="Read more about Living history">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Towards Cromer Pier</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had been woken up by our cat Tiger Lilly and could not get back to sleep so I went for a walk in the dark December night with a light rain falling. The tide was low so I walked from Sheringham to East Runton on the beach, I had a torch built into my ... <a title="Towards Cromer Pier" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/12/19/towards-cromer-pier/" aria-label="Read more about Towards Cromer Pier">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 A2 Photographic prints rather than screen images</title>
		<link>https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/07/09/3-a2-photographic-prints-rather-than-screen-images/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will be in St.Helens my home town this Friday (14/07/2023)  to see the exhibition &#8220;Creative Roots&#8221; at the World of Glass Museum. I was kindly asked to submit some of my documentary photography work and it joins others across all media and arts that represent the creative output of native St.Helens people. Looks to ... <a title="3 A2 Photographic prints rather than screen images" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/07/09/3-a2-photographic-prints-rather-than-screen-images/" aria-label="Read more about 3 A2 Photographic prints rather than screen images">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Guided by the universe</title>
		<link>https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/06/26/guided-by-the-universe/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I dont show all my images here, some have meaning only for a small group of people. Last week I was looking through some old pictures from my time at Cowley School in St.Helens and came across this picture of two fellow pupils enjoying a tea break in the sixth form centre. Not the best ... <a title="Guided by the universe" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/06/26/guided-by-the-universe/" aria-label="Read more about Guided by the universe">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Know your place!</title>
		<link>https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/05/11/know-your-place/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 20:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a small child growing up in the 1960s I saw around me echo&#8217;s of the old ways of doing things, a deference to Class, State and Church. Part of the excitement of watching Monty Python on a black and white tv in the early 1970s was to see those corrupted institutions mocked for the ... <a title="Know your place!" class="read-more" href="https://stephenjohnson.co.uk/2023/05/11/know-your-place/" aria-label="Read more about Know your place!">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mum deep in thought</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Inside a caravan in Wales, late 1970s family holiday. Secrets and the past, alone in her thoughts.]]></description>
		
		
		
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