This afternoon, I was walking down the Strand on the way to St. Paul’s Cathedral and turned up a side street to get a pastry at Paul’s.  I suddenly noticed an electric car charging at the power point.  I was fascinated and decided to talk to the owner who had just plugged in.  He told me that the car is perfect for him, and there is a lot of progress on the part of the City of London to offer the charging stations.  I also learned that one can drive from London to Edinburgh with one charge in York which has just been installed.  I wanted to post these photos because I think  London is farsighted in this effort.  I have seen one other car at a charge point and that was on Berkeley Square in front of Lloyd’s Bank.  

Lots to think about here.

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

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I had to post these photographs.  Amazing new shopping mall in THE CITY of London.  Boy, this will change this setting.  Wow!

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

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Several years ago, Mrs Moore and I went to France to teach at the University of Grenoble.  In fact, it was the year of the Winter Olympics.  We lived in Uriage and  returned to the States only because we were expecting our first of five children.  While there, we took an excursion with several university students to see the beaches of the Normandy Invasion.  Actually, the real reason we went on this excursion was to escort a young lady and her student friends to Normandy to see her oldest brother’s grave who was killed in the June 6, 1944 landing at Omaha Beach in the first wave of men in the 16th Infantry.  I will never forget what I saw when we arrived at the cemetery with the rows upon rows of white crosses.  I got out of our car and stood there unable to speak.  It was on this occasion that I first heard the name BOB CAPA.  Our guide told us the history of Omaha and Utah Beaches and showed us plastic covered copies of pictures which she called THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN.  Wow!

Britain had given its all in the Battle of Britain and endured hardships we can hardly imagine.  I keep thinking of those images this guide showed our little group.  This morning, I ran into them again while I was doing research on the internet about black and white photography.  I said to myself:  TODAY IS THE DAY.   TODAY IS THE DAY TO POST THE PICTURES FROM THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN as well as other pictures from the first few days after the invasion.

Well, who was Bob Capa? Bob Capa was an Hungarian young man who went to Germany looking for work.  As Nazi Germany became more and more aggressive, Capa moved to France, England, and finally to the United States.  He became a photo journalist and recorded some of the most powerful images from the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and later conflicts.  THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN are the 11 photos he was able to salvage from several rolls of film which were destroyed by mistake in London within hours after the NORMANDY INVASION.  These images he took while he was with the troops landing on Omaha Beach–they are the real thing.  Without doubt, they are some of the most significant moments caught on film during this victorious day of carnage.

Let me post several photos from Omaha Beach as well as photos from the first days of the invasion.  They are absolutely fascinating.  The invasion left from Dorset, Weymouth–all along that part of the English coast.  These photographs are amazing, and I wanted to share them with you.

We must not forget!  When you are walking down WHITEHALL in London, tip your hat as you walk past CENOTAPH.  Yes, IN GRATITUDE.   From now on, when I walk by, I will remember the images of BOB CAPA whose photographs recorded an incredible day in the history of the Free World.

Amazing!  This is an image of the second day as the heavier equipment arrives

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

http://www.londonconnection.com