18 Jan 2024

High Place #38

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  • Image shows colourful shoulder bags. Corbett Gardens public protest meeting in relation to proposed coal mining by Hume Coal 07/03/2015. Guest speaker was shock jock Alan Jones who had property in the region. Coal mining application was subsequently refused a few years later.
9 Nov 2022

High Place #41

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Reekie’s Tyres Fire

  • Spectators watch from a safe distance as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at Reekie's Tyres in Bowral, New South Wales. 26 November 2016
  • Spectators watch from a safe distance as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at Reekie's Tyres in Bowral, New South Wales. 26 November 2016
  • Spectators watch from a safe distance as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at Reekie's Tyres in Bowral, New South Wales. 26 November 2016

Spectators look on as firefighters tackle the fire at Reekie’s Tyres, Station Street, Bowral, NSW. 26 November 2016

27 Feb 2022

Jim Huggon Hyde Park Anarchist Forum, London

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  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.
  • Jim Huggon of the Hyde Park Anarchist Forum addresses a crowd at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London in 1979.

Jim Huggon, Hyde Park Anarchist Forum speaking to a crowd of spectators at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. Personal journal 1979.

Public speaking, free speech oration. A book relating to the social protest, public speaking activities at Speakers Corner was published in 2022 – Speakers’ Corner Anthology edited by Jim Huggon

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27 Feb 2022

London #09

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Speaker at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979
Two men talking, orator in background speaking. Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979

Speaker with State of Israeli flag talking to audience. Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London. 1979, personal journal.

25 Feb 2022

Fire Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, Cardiff

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  • Fire fighters on long ladders tackle the fire at the Esplanade Hotel Fire, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Fire fighters on long ladders tackle the fire at the Esplanade Hotel Fire, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • People in street watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Members of the public watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • People in street watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Fire fighters equipment and vehicles at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
Fire at the Esplanade Hotel Penarth Cardiff, South Wales, UK.

May 29, 1977. Fire sweeps through the iconic Victorian era Esplanade Hotel on the seafront at Penarth.

A large crowd gathered to watch the work of Penarth and Cardiff City fire fighters. South Glamorgan Fire Brigade, South Wales, United Kingdom.

Personal journal. Restored images from original transparencies that had deteriorated over the past 50 years.

The Penarth Times has an article regarding this incident on their website. (Link still active May, 2025).

After remaining empty for a few years the site was redeveloped as apartment blocks .

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