Gallery by Jim Connolly photgrapher

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  Constable

  Even the police have a sense of fun. I should imagine this is a great asset in a lot of cases. When I first showed this shot at an exhibition in Liverpool Cathedral, a young fellow looked at it for what seemed like an age before saying to me, Does that mean the coppers been framed mister!?

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  A New Man

  Taken in the small yard of Café 36 in Seel Street in the centre of Liverpool, where conversations border on the hysterical, the unusual is commonplace and the extraordinary is everywhere. It’s my oasis in the city.

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  All You Need Is Shove

  Here is sculptor Tom Murphy, lugging his glass-fibre model of John Lennon through the city centre. It was taken early one Sunday morning, just before a Christmas, when the town was deserted and people were asleep. Now Tom’s bronze statue of John Lennon stands in pride of place for all to see at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

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  Jacko - A Living Landscape

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  Brothers Grim

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  George ( BUSTER) Swayby

  This shot is called “ESCAPE” for obvious reasons, but, if you look to the top of the print, you will see the pigeon’s derrière sticking out over the guttering. This shot could be called “EVERYONE’S A CRITIC”.

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  Cappuccino with Pacino

  This photograph was made at Café 36. situated at 36 Seel Street, Liverpool 1. Where laughter rings, friendships prevail, it’s hard to leave and I love it.

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  Fingered by Jimmy Cook

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  Cropper

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  Fair Comment

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  Laughing At Clouds

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  What a Drag

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  Plane Beauty

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  Reflections

  First there is the Liver Bird, signifying that the city is Liverpool. Next is the lions head, the symbol of the Rastafarian beliefs. Then the clock telling of changing times. The man in chains, symbolically reminding us that a lot Of Liverpool’s early success was built on the slave trade. Here today is the black man, equal, intelligent, scholar and respected Lastly. ‘The light that shows the way’.

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