MPerson Posted May 23, 2009 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Was our local cinema. "FE Bromige’s Grosvenor (later Odeon) - in Rayner's Lane, Harrow - is one of London’s finest suburban cinema buildings. Opened in 1935, its art deco frontage features an abstract representation of an elephant’s trunk. The building is now a centre of worship for members of the Zoroastrian faith and was used as the location for 'Eyes Down', a BBC TV comedy set in a bingo hall." MP | Nokton 40/1.4 SC | Plus-X Rated 400 iso | Diafine 3 + 3 | Coolscan/Lightroom [ATTACH]142657[/ATTACH] Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antistatic Posted May 23, 2009 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2009 I like this one. Nice angles and tones. The only Zoroastrian I known was a nice chap who sold me his Rolleiflex so I feel well disposed to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompsonkirk Posted May 23, 2009 Share #3 Posted May 23, 2009 St that's an elephant's trunk! I'll look for that motif in other art deco buildings. Thanks for helping to preserve their appearance! Kirk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks guys. Kirk - I hoped you would spot it. I am going to do a series on the building but cannot get inside until later in the year. So will have to do the outside first. The Zoroastrian's have restored both the outside and the inside. Before they took over it had been a nightclub () and a Bingo hall (double ). Fortunately they recognised its worth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharookh Posted May 27, 2009 Share #5 Posted May 27, 2009 I like this one. Nice angles and tones. The only Zoroastrian I known was a nice chap who sold me his Rolleiflex so I feel well disposed to them. Now you know a second!! Yes, I'm one too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antistatic Posted May 28, 2009 Share #6 Posted May 28, 2009 Now you know a second!! Yes, I'm one too! Are all Zoroastrians great photographers and decent gentlemen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharookh Posted May 28, 2009 Share #7 Posted May 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Are all Zoroastrians great photographers and decent gentlemen? We like to think so!! But seriously, we were a kingdom before Christ. More a "tribe" now!! About 60,000 left in India and a few thousand in Iran, Ukraine and some other parts of Eurasia! Zubin Mehta? Freddie Mercury (Queen)?? All Zoroastrians!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted May 28, 2009 I listened to a fascinating documentary on the BBC World Service back in March. A Zoroastrian celebration of spring Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted May 29, 2009 Share #9 Posted May 29, 2009 Excellently composed,framed and great tones and grain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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