Old pump and cistern, Rye Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Close-up of an exterior wrought iron water pump. Similar to the image on page 53 ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' (London: Wildwood House, 1980).
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the Norman bell tower with its solid buttresses (the left support is obscured by a tree); a few gravestones are in the foreground.
Genre: Still Life Photography The gibbet hangs from a beam in the corner of a room; the skull is suspended inside. Published on page 45 of ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' (London: Wildwood House, 1980). Reproduction instructions on verso: ‘Can use small, but there’s a wonderful capt...
[Ice, Royal Military Canal.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Two small sheets of ice have become attached to twigs that emerge above the water. Similar to the image published on page 124 of ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' (London: Wildwood House, 1980).
Genre: Landscape Photography Beachgrass with a small section of wooden fencing is in the foreground, grassy sand dunes are in the mid-distance with the pillpox behind.
Genre: Landscape Photography A weathered building, it no longer has recognisable walls just a large clump of cement on visible metal girders. It is the same bunker that appears on page 183 of ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' but taken from a different angle.
Genre: Landscape Photography A winter scene of sheep in a snowy field that contains several troughs (a sheep stands in one); the sky is hazy and the village is on the skyline. Similar to the image that appears on page ‘Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal' (London: Wildwood House, 1980).