26 June 2009#22

Church Lane, London, 20th August 2007

Finding unusual things happening is always a great pleasure and when I came across this man hitting a squash ball against a wall in the middle of the road, it immediately reminded me of the work of Roger Mayne. Gone are the days when you’ll seen children playing in the middle of the street, what with the excessive number of vehicles that now clog up our roads and make them more dangerous. I’ve since seen him hit his ball here on a number of occasions so he might just get good enough for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics.

Image: Roger Mayne – Street Cricket, Clarendon Crescent, 1957