Bicycles 1980 – 2009

Man with his bike, Grimsby street 1988

This gentleman is about to enter Brick Lane from Grimsby Street. He has just bought some second hand clothes from one of the many make shift stalls which appeared on Sundays. The inner tube he is holding suggests a puncture which might account for his forlorn expression.

Young woman on a bike, Brick Lane 2009

This trendy cyclist is going the wrong way down Brick Lane.

Man passes locked bike on Brick Lane, 2006

Liverpool c.1980

Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008

Bicycles on Brick Lane, 1982

The police officer is hurrying up Brick Lane to join colleagues at the start of a demonstration organised to stop the deportation of Afia Begum to Bangladesh. After her husband was killed in a fire she was deported despite protests. The children on their bikes joined the back of the demonstration which eventually ended outside the small police station next to Heneage Street.

Bicycles and lights on Brick Lane 2002

An accidental juxtaposition of coloured lights and bikes outside a shop in Brick Lane.

Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008