23rd April 2013: Finally...

Finally able to sit and enjoy my lunch in the park...

Photo taken by Glen Byford with a HTC Desire C and edited using Aviary, 23rd April 2013

March 24th 2013: the alleyway

cutting from the carpark where the Townhouse used to stand, down towards Bush Hill Park, I spied this site

Forty Hall

Feeling obliged to comment after seeing twitter link.

It my have reopened just in time for the Olympics, 
but sadly I was not impressed  when i visited,
shortly after completion of restoration.
It is only a short ridaway on the bus from me,
I was so disappointed will not be going for a long time
History painted over and sanitised. to chase money from
the wedding industry.  


Visit Forty Hall Enfield, and make up you own mind
 or google.

july 29th: urban art gallery

armed with a new 'smart' phone, I was ready to capture this uniquely displayed painting spotted whilst cycling home from work.

taken by Glen Byford, using a HTC desire C, 29th July 2012

Miracle Grow

No Trouble good as gold.

Spotted on a allotment In Hoe Lane, Enfield
was tempted to throw a few coins over the fence
it meant I would of had to walk back, may be next time .

may 13th: all that remains

the very front facade of the Gun and Magpie pub is now all that remains, and i presume that even that will be gone tomorrow, and within a few months we shall see some shiny new flats sat here instead.

it is sad to see this pub disappear, not that i ever visited it on anything like a regular basis, but more for the fact that the Gun and Magpie was an easy landmark to spot, representing a marker in a journey and proving easy for giving directions from.

see also:  january 13th:  good beer

taken by Glen Byford using a Canon IXUS 220HS, May 13th 14.08pm

may 13th: weird

a creatively vandalised sign, seen along the river as we cycled from Enfield lock to Tottenham Hale and back again.

taken by Glen Byford using a Canon IXUS 220HS, May 13th 12.14pm

May 3rd: Job Centre

i sit and wait to be called to a desk
i sit and wait
the room is lifeless
as souls are sucked out of their hosts
abandon hope all ye that enter here








written by Glen Byford, 3rd May 2012, 01:24am

january 10th: high street

signs outside an internet cafe along the Hertford Road.

taken by Glen Byford using a Casio Exilim EX-Z60, January 10th 09:02am

September 18th: Happy Xmas

sadly, it is becoming more and more common to see Christmas products in shops earlier and earlier each year.  I didn't, however, expect to be wished merry christmas by an A-board outside a car park in enfield town

august 14th: Hunchbakk - Riot music EP: track 1 (unfinished)

Riot Music EP: Track 1 (unfinished) by Hunchbakk

i still can't believe that a week ago Enfield was the heart of trouble kicking off as riots took over the capital for a second night, it felt bizarre and terrifying that this could be happening in my home town and that the few clips that were circulating on the news were of places that i walk past virtually on a daily basis, so familiar, yet so different, transformed by the presence of riot police and organised chaos

thankfully things seemed to have calmed down now, but last week, amidst all that was going on, i tore myself away from the computer screen and wrote a short poem on the feelings that had been stirred inside me, this week, as situations were looking worse, i began expanding on this idea, and on others, to produce a few pieces of music to reflect the times and the tension

this piece is still slightly unfinished, it needs a little more tweaking and polishing to get it up to scratch, but i wanted to put it out before the memories fade

august 13th: keep smiling

in spite of everything our town has faced over the past week, we seem to have pulled through the worst of it with our spirits still high

shops throughout Enfield Town are now emblazoned with these signs, as we all settle back into the usual routine and hope to have put it all behind us


taken by Glen Byford using a Casio Exilim EX-Z60, August 13th 13:07pm

august 7th: Enfield and I

I am fiercely proud of my home town,
Enfield is part of who I am,
I am a part of Enfield,
And an attack on Enfield,
Is an attack on me.


As the tension mounts,
And ill feeling hangs heavy in the air,
I can't shake the involuntary feeling of excitement,
Mixing with sickness.


Tonight we make history together,
As I pray that everything historic,
Everything beautiful,
Everything and everyone I love,
Doesn't burn down to the ground.


It is all eyes on us tonight,
As we bunker down in our homes,
And make it a night to remember,
With our updates and our outrage,
Trending, reporting and cowering,
As the same four clips of footage,
Repeat over and over on Sky News.



written by Glen Byford, August 7th

may 8th: king george's playing field

taken whilst riding my bike through King George's playing fields, without stopping, out came the phone, kept peddling and a quick snap of a nice day

taken by Glen Byford using a Sony Ericson Cybershot K770i, May 8th 16:17pm

april 12th: hello, my name is Boost

stuck to the mirror as i exit an underpass beneath the A10

taken by Glen Byford using a Sony Ericson Cybershot K770i, April 12th 09:10am 

april 11th: the town is awake

the town is awake,
rearing it's sleeping head and thrusting it's denizens into the light,
a community that glistens with necessity under the new spring sky,
and a sun that shines regardless on a day that's hardly started.


a whimsical poem, thought up as i neared work this morning.


written by Glen Byford, April 11th 

april 8th: conza, british and continental stores

a presumably shut down and forgotten about little local store found whilst wandering the back streets of Enfield Lock and enjoying the sunshine

i think i may have bought penny sweets from here as a kid, having gone to the shop with mylittle brother's mate's little sister

i remember her choosing a handful of penny sweets and scoffing a few extra when the shopkeeper wasn't looking, i was far too straight laced to copy her behaviour 

taken by Glen Byford using a Casio Exilim EX-Z60, April 8th 16:14pm

april 2nd: sky over enfield

a pinkish hue spread out across Enfield Town as the sun went down

taken by Glen Byford using a Sony Ericson Cybershot K770i, April 2nd 19:41pm

march 26th: girlfriend at a train station

my girlfriend, at Enfield Lock train station, heading out to the ideal home show

taken by Glen Byford using a Casio Exilim EX-Z60, March 26th 09:58am

january 23: happy

 

 

a rather jolly looking buddha, one of a pair that sit at the entrance to a home's driveway in Bush Hill Park 

 

taken by Glen Byford using a Casio Exilim EX-Z60, January 23rd 16.26pm