Now children play where Spitfires once flew (RAF Harrowbeer 1941-49)

逃离城市, on September 2, 2008, said:

laughingmackerel，Has the historical feeling very much, black and white picture charm.This is the present photographs?

Regards from Beijing.flees

© elvio fontana, on September 2, 2008, said:

great photo! I like it very much...

ciao, elvio

Pepe Triton, on September 2, 2008, said:

Hello laughingmackerel. It's a very interesting photo. Saludos.

©monochromo, on September 2, 2008, said:

...great picture!

Samo T., on September 2, 2008, said:

Very nice shot... with a nice story!

Greetings from Slovenia!

Samo T.

laughingmackerel, on September 2, 2008, said:

Hello All ..This picture was taken a this summer..and this place is often used by people from my city .

.it is open ground and anyone can wander here on the flat green moor with strange grass banks that children love to run along..People come for an afternoon stroll..learner drivers practise their skills on the quiet tracks ..new lovers meet for private talks and first kisses...people fly kites or kick a football..moorland ponies graze and nibble gorse bushes.. it was on this open ground that i learnt to ride a horse as a teenager..but only after talking to a old local did i learn about the past of this place .

it was an Airbase in the Second World War made with rubble from the bombed city..Many foreign Pilots from England ,Poland ,Czech,French,Canadian.New Zealand ..flew fighter planes from here to defend this Island....and the grass banks (where my children now run )protected the planes from air attack..

Thank you all for your kind words my friends Samo monochromo Pepe elvio 逃离城市

Laughingmackerel

Abdallah BOUHAMIDI, on September 2, 2008, said:

I like it a lot. It smells freedom and childhood.

Abdallah

laughingmackerel, on September 3, 2008, said:

Yes Abdallah Bouhamidi ...You are right !

Many Thanks T

Keno Kawabata, on September 3, 2008, said:

I like this a lot and your information is interesting! YS! Greetigns from Japan. Keno

My Contest

逃离城市, on September 3, 2008, said:

Laughingmackerel, My friend, looked at you this section of exquisite romantic narration, I as if really arrived this place， peaceful and serene place. You send in the link, I saw here history, saw these pilots, probably also saw here once flames of war • • • • • •, Perhaps these pilots already are not alive, but today children in here happy running.

you have photographed this picture, conforms to your description extremely, stretches out the arms happy running from the child, once experienced the flames of war with here, Blended in the black and white color, was happiness and recollection blending.

I thought a good picture, is can hit your heart, does not need to be many, sometimes is a look, a movement, even one kind of color, cannot say, was hit!

Thanks your picture, thanks your exquisite description, takes to me the mind the move.

Your friend, flees the city

laughingmackerel, on September 3, 2008, said:

Glad you liked this one Keno and many thanks for the YS

All the best Laughingmackerel

laughingmackerel, on September 3, 2008, said:

逃离城市... as always my friend i have great happiness to read your words. ..

I have had great moments with my loved ones here...and i am very happy that this place is now used by local people in a time of peace..infact many of those locals dont even know about the past of this place..once as a very young man i rode a grey horse fast across this moor and i never realised that this was where Spitfires and other fighter planes had lifted off into the sky 50 years before..

My childrens Great-grandfathers fought against each other in that War..their grandfathers are good friends..the way it should be..

Your friend Laughingmackerel

arif solak, on September 3, 2008, said:

hello ))

very nice your photos ...... please visit my photos galaria…

Denizli-Çivril-Işıklı Gölü

Greetings Arif

j. adamson, on September 4, 2008, said:

Superb shot. My great uncle was a spitfire pilot. Regards, Joce

♣ Víctor de Lara ♣, on September 4, 2008, said:

Bravo!!!! Y*, it´s realy a magical shot!!

Best regards!

laughingmackerel, on September 4, 2008, said:

Cheers arif and ketanfol

Thank you LM

laughingmackerel, on September 4, 2008, said:

Thank you Joce..that plane is my favourite ..only about 50 left in England now..i bet your Great-Uncle had some interesting stories to tell

laughingmackerel, on September 4, 2008, said:

Victor ...thanks for that star my friend :) glad you liked it

2c, on September 4, 2008, said:

Hi LM,

Lovely tone, well seen! great pic!

Best regards my friend from Dublin! h

laughingmackerel, on September 4, 2008, said:

Thank you 2c Glad you liked this one too..

Greetings to Dublin from Plymouth my friend

LM

a. camacho, on September 5, 2008, said:

Is a very good shot.

BRAVO

Greetings from La Palma, antonio

laughingmackerel, on September 6, 2008, said:

Many Thanks a.camacho glad you liked it antonio..

All the best laughingmackerel

© elvio fontana, on September 6, 2008, said:

your words make this picture more attractive...

thank you!

ciao, elvio

_Michel CHÉRON_, on September 6, 2008, said:

The black and white is scarce on Panoramio. beautiful picture full of simplicity and freedom. Is it made from a negative or is it digital reworked?

Michel

laughingmackerel, on September 6, 2008, said:

Thank you elvio and Michel i am glad to read your words as always..

Michel.. to answer your question..This one was a recent digital image i changed to try to convey the history of the place and the happiness of Peace reclaiming the landscape..

Have a good weekend

Laughingmackerel

KasiaD, on September 6, 2008, said:

Great shot and sentiments - the sepia processing adds to the atmosphere. So many of us take Peace for granted, while so many elsewhere suffer. Kasia

laughingmackerel, on September 7, 2008, said:

Thank you Kasia ..i echo your sentiments

All the Best from England

Laughingmackerel

Antonio Cristerna, on September 7, 2008, said:

hapiness is timeless. beautiful picture.

Marcello Mento, on September 8, 2008, said:

Fantastic photo Lm, I like B&W. Ciao, Marcello

laughingmackerel, on September 9, 2008, said:

Thank you Antonio you're right :)

Molto grazie Marcello Glad you found this one my friend

laughingmackerel

Schwiemonster, on September 9, 2008, said:

Your photos are like stories, laughingmackerel* they arouse the fantasy ! I like it!

Greetings, Ellen

laughingmackerel, on September 9, 2008, said:

Thank you Ellen ...happy to arouse your fantasy ;)

Laughingmackerel

Freddie 6 Samantha, on September 9, 2008, said:

Wonderful shot! Best wishes Samantha

laughingmackerel, on September 9, 2008, said:

Thank you Samantha ..

all the best from the south west :)

© Tom Lussier, on September 12, 2008, said:

Love the mood in this beauty LM. You're getting very good at this!

All the best, Tom

2c, on September 12, 2008, said:

Hi T,

you already know i think this is a great pic!, just found the airbase link in the post, very interesting info , the pic is a great postscript to its former use! Have a great weekend!

Regards h

laughingmackerel, on September 12, 2008, said:

Thank you my friends Tom and 2c i am lucky that i have children who like to pretend to fly ;)

honoured to find both your comments here as always..

h ..glad you liked the link too

enjoy the weekend All the best laughingmackerel

Julia Borissova, on September 12, 2008, said:

Dear T, my sincere compliments! Thank you for this photo. What a wonderful feeling of childhood, when all roads are open, and you believe that fly so simple ...

Jan de Boer, on September 12, 2008, said:

laughingmackerel, you've given a very nice mood to this beautiful photo of playing children. The way they want to fly is very cute.

Greetings Jan

laughingmackerel, on September 12, 2008, said:

Thank you Jan and Julia glad you found my freedom flyers

All the Best Laughingmackerel

arif solak, on September 12, 2008, said:

hello ))

very nice your photos ...... please visit my photos galaria…

Denizli-Beyağaç-Kartal Lake

Greetings from Turkey, Arif

laughingmackerel, on September 12, 2008, said:

Cheers arif :)

erlebnis-foto.de, on September 17, 2008, said:

Hello Laughingmackerel, I did that one you liked and you were advising me to try it in black and white to my September-contest, if you want you can watch it, I'd be interested how you like it.

Greetings Stefan

Jerzy Szygiel, on September 17, 2008, said:

A wonderful photo. The secret sticks in palm of girl. Congratulations, greetings from Poland, Jerzy

Zabb Csaba, on September 17, 2008, said:

It's like a dream. Wonderful shot and excellent work! YS!

Best regards from Hungary, Csaba

laughingmackerel, on September 17, 2008, said:

Thank you Jerzy Szygiel my friend for your fine and well observed comment :)

and Zabb Csaba .. glad to share that moment my friend ..honoured for that YS

laughingmackerel

Gmallmann, on September 18, 2008, said:

Taking off for Happiness!!!!! Beautiful MR:LM!!!! Cheers!!!! GM.

♣ Víctor de Lara ♣, on September 18, 2008, said:

I never get tired to watch this photo, each time I return to your gallery Laughingmackerel Let me push a : The best of Pan.

Greetings from Spain

laughingmackerel, on September 19, 2008, said:

thank you for your great comment Gmallmann i really liked it

and Víctor Schz de Lara i am honoured by your words my friend :)

Have a Sun filled weekend

Laughingmackerel

© Roberto Donna, on September 21, 2008, said:

Great shot! I like it. Ciao, Roberto from Italy

laughingmackerel, on September 21, 2008, said:

Molto grazie Roberto !

Greetings sent from England to Italy :)

Laughingmackerel

molineli, on September 24, 2008, said:

Great mood!

laughingmackerel, on September 28, 2008, said:

Cheers Molineli this one is very special to me so i am always glad to see such comments :)

laughingmackerel

Ómar Smári Kristinsson, on October 10, 2008, said:

Probably playing Spitfires.

laughingmackerel, on October 11, 2008, said:

Ómar you're right :)

Yasemin KUMRAL, on October 11, 2008, said:

A wonderful photo. Congratulations

Greetings from Turkiye!

laughingmackerel, on October 12, 2008, said:

Yasemin KUMRAL..thank you for your kind words

greetings to Turkey from England

Laughingmackerel

vlry, on October 28, 2008, said:

Laughingmackerel first of all my eyes stopped at those pictures where children are running jumping...so innocently... and additionally this story... as 2c says: "the pic is a great postscript to its former use" I agree. Nice. my best regards, vv from Hungary

laughingmackerel, on October 29, 2008, said:

Thank you vv glad you liked this one it is very special for me :)

el topo, on November 6, 2008, said:

.. here, and more. Got to go now, but I'll come back. El Topo.

laughingmackerel, on November 7, 2008, said:

you're always welcome :)

magic surf bus, on November 11, 2008, said:

laughingmackerel: Great shot - How about a second version merged with a spectral Spitfire? I got away with something similar here and to my surprise GE took it onboard ;-)

laughingmackerel, on November 11, 2008, said:

Thanks for the link MagicSB fine work ..the spitfire has something special about ..its hard to imagine the times that such places lived through and infact the runway was made from the rubble of the bombed city..

Peace LM

Patrick Munsch, on November 11, 2008, said:

oups ! great and thanks

laughingmackerel, on November 11, 2008, said:

merci my friend Patrick :)

"MURAT", on December 16, 2008, said:

I like this one too!!!.peaceful place. greetings

laughingmackerel, on December 16, 2008, said:

it is now.. cheers LM

© Mustafa ERKEK, on December 27, 2008, said:

Beautiful scene and colors !

voted!

Regards,and best wishes from TURKEY

laughingmackerel, on December 27, 2008, said:

Cheers to you Mustafa ERKEK !

All the best from England

LM :)

laughingmackerel, on January 2, 2009, said:

Thank you for your knid words Sven i will visit your gallery soon it looks very interesting :)

All the best from England

Laughingmackerel

Andrea Riberti, on January 13, said:

I always enjoy to visit your gallery: it is stimulating. Your pictures remembers to me the works of many great famous photographers. Ciao Andrea

laughingmackerel, on January 13, said:

Andrea Riberti molto grazie ! that's an honour for me to read your words ..

Thank you for such a comment !

Best wishes from South West England

LM

somfotn, on January 16, said:

Fantastic photo! YS. Best regards from Hungary, Pali.

laughingmackerel, on January 16, said:

Pali..thank you very much for that star :)

All the best from England to Hungary

LM