Salford Rainbow

Peel Park, Salford - 6th July 2013
(Left: Salford Art Gallery, right & below: Royal Technical College)

As I write, Autumn seems to have arrived with a vengeance, and appreciation for the abruptly departed Summer feels oddly overenthusiastic to me, given that it only actually arrived 2 months ago, when I took these photos (only one of the many vivid memories I have of that weekend). Sunshine - in Salford. What would Mr Lowry, who immortalised these very scenes in his art (as well as studying at the Technical College) have made of that pastoral idyll, I could only guess. I can imagine Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark, who met and studied at the College too (not at the same time as Lowry though...what a class that would've been!) finding sensuous pleasure and inspiration for their designs on that balmy evening there though...