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26 January 2021- VINTAGE ITEMS FOUND BY CHANCE

VINTAGE ITEMS

FOUND BY CHANCE

G'day folks,

I often watch a show on television which involves pickers; people who scout the country seeking old stuff. It's a fascinating show, and often the pickers come across buildings loaded with items from the past.

Seeing artifacts or photos of outstanding or extraordinary moments in history is exciting and interesting, but there is a distinct fascination in finding ordinary items of the past. In a way, it makes the people who used them seem more real, and similar to us. Even more so when these items are found accidentally. This photo collection consists of exactly such objects, seemingly regular everyday bits that are real time capsules found by chance.

Clancy's comment: Some of the above items might be worth a small fortune. The comments on the World Trade Centre are quite haunting.

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11 January 2021 - AMAZING ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN EUROPE

AMAZING ABANDONED

BUILDINGS IN EUROPE

G'day folks,

There is a surprisingly large number of abandoned buildings around the world, some of which are left almost completely untouched. Just imagine - luxurious mansions, ancient castles, churches, unfinished hotels, and opulent theaters all left to the elements for years and years, slowly being taken over by nature. Certainly, there is a special, eerie kind of allure in these buildings, one that makes us realize just how fleeting and temporary life really is.

These photos were taken by Belgian photographer Christophe Van De Walle and his wife, Isabelle, who travel through Europe and photograph rare, untouched abandoned buildings. It takes extensive research to find buildings like these, and the couple makes sure not to disclose the locations to protect their integrity.