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Taken in a smokey wood panelled upstairs hired room, with moody lighting.

Well this was a bugger to get right as it was originally taken on my Ziess Symbolica 35mm camera (not SLR) on the evening in question, taken by my school mate who was s’posed to be into photography but only 2 shots of the party were even remotely viewable.

I scanned the neg and it was dark, gritty, badly photographed in terms of F stop and speed, it was a disaster.

But I have done the best I could do, I did a version in B&W but this is the colour one and I had to work on it.
The whole shot was very red and over saturated I spent a while on it – binning it many times as a lost cause, but I really wanted to get it sort of “OK”

MY 21st B’DAY
It was a weird one, the room was hired in Leicester in a working mens club off Hinckley Road.

I was very very fussy about some idiots at that time doing the “disco” for me, so….I did the music myself.
I took a mixture of some of my own gear and I borrowed some Hi-Fi from the shop I worked at for over 15 years, an esoteric audio supplier in the centre of Leicester called Alpha Audio.
Yes that is me with the cans around my neck, Howland West Waferlites actually for the nerds.

At the far left seated we have, Michelle, my girlfriend at the time in pink trousers.
Then moving inward, she sits with her family, including sister Julie and her big chap boyfriend soon to be hubby, Tom Ward!


Opposite Tom & Julie we have the mum and little bro’ complete with the very fashionable at the time -Harrington Jacket emblazoned with him name “Steven” on the back in flock letters!!!!
Carrying along to the end we see my cousin Pete and his lady.

In the middle waving to the camera is my very good pal from school Evan Thomas, a great Welsh name if I ever heard one, just that he was from the West Indies!!
Sat along side him is Evan’s mate John Ferana.

On the right side nearest in, my Uncle Albert(standing) seated below is my dear Mum(partly hidden) chatting to her best mate Shelia(blonde hair) who is sat with her husband John(stripe tie)
He is looking at his son and his wife Gary & Bev opposite.
My father was not present here as he tragically died in 1977.
ALL ENHANCEMENT DONE WITH Corel's PAINTSHOP PHOTO PRO X2

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