This photograph represents a trick of the eye. You could be forgiven for thinking it was taken forty years ago when it was, in fact, taken last week.
Having gone on a family visit to Bodiam Castle (see this picture of the surrounding landscape), we had lunch at a pub over the road. During the meal I looked out of the window and noticed this Morris Minor.
The Morris Minor has a special place in my heart as my aunt owned one when I was a young boy. I have very vivid memories of that vehicle.
I clearly remember the passenger door coming open as we rounded a corner while my grandmother was sat in the passenger seat (she was unharmed though a touch shaken). Another time I recall a hub cap flying off and bouncing down the road. Despite these experiences, I’m sure my aunt would drive one today is she could.
Having spotted this particular Morris Minor, I had an idea. Would it be possible to take a picture without anything from the twenty first century appearing in the shot?
It was more difficult that it sounds as there were modern cars parked all over the place. Eventually, however, I found a position that removed all the modern paraphernalia and when I got home I ran the shot through a sepia filter to age it.
Yes, okay, there is a phone box in the background. Personally, I think that ages the image more. They are, after all , a relic of the twentieth century not the twenty first.
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26 thoughts on “Stepping back in time”
That could definitely have been taken 40 years ago and the phone box really enhances it. Love your memories of your aunt’s Morris Minor.
Glad you said that, I thought the phone box added ot the pic, truth be told.
What a great shot, I can’t see the twenty first century at all! Except that the car itself is probably far more pampered and polished now than when it was a daily workhorse. #MySundayPhoto
Ha ha, yes, today it’s a collector’s item, back then a work horse.
Great photo, a fantastic achievement to make it look so old.
Thanks Ryan. Most of the effort was getting into the correct position, truth be told.
I ? this shot! ? perfectly captured it could be old #mysundayphoto
Thanks Catie, it took a lot of moving around to get in the correct position. Glad you liked it though.
It was actually the rounded tree bench that first gave it away to me, none the less a gorgeous photo and an insight into an era no more.
Blast! I did wonder about the tree bench but they must have had them in the olden days??
Fab photo and what wonderful memories super post #mysundayphoto
Thanks Nigel. If I put my mind top it I can probably think of a few more memories!
I can confirm that those type of phone boxes were around 40 years ago.
What a fabulous photo. I took a pic of a Morris Minor this week too, in a museum!
We had one, around 32 years ago, unfortunately, it didn’t last very long, it was already old and hadn’t been looked after properly and my partner at the time had no idea how to care for it either so we passed it on.
I love the editing on this, makes it feel very vintage.
Thank you for linking up
Brilliant shot John. It really does look like it was taken in the 40’s.
You obviously had to do some hard work to get this shoot without any modern influences, great work! Used to have a Renault 5, the windows feel out when we went round a corner and had to hold them in with a peice of string! #mysundayphoto
Wow it’s so pristine and pretty ( am I allowed to call a car pretty?). I think my husband would just circulate it a lot of times admiring it!
What a great capture, it really does look like another era.
Love it, John. Amazing that this one is still around, especially given the trouble your aunt had with hers. I don’t think we will look back at our cars with the same nostalgia. #MySundayPhoto
What a great image, I do love old cars and think we have become to modern and really have lost an element of class with all the technology we find in cars nowadays. Have always wanted an old car with character like this one !
Wow! That’s some style and skill! I love how you’ve done it! #mysundayphoto
Really lovely. You can’t beat a picture that makes you think! #mysundayphoto
I really love this photo – it looks like it was taken years ago. Brilliant capture.
Hi John, I love what you’ve done with this photo, it does look like something out of the 1960’s/70’s. Very clever.
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That is a stunning shot – it could so easily have been taken 40 years ago. Love the way the phone box adds character too and definitely helps to make the photo seem like an older one.
Glad you think so Louise. Oddly, I drove past a Morris Minor yesterday and thought “I wonder if I could get a picture of that?”