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Six members of a UK fire brigade pose on their decked out equipment for a special celebration early in the 20th century – bows on the driver, running lamp, whip and bridle, Union Jack on the horse and wagon. I can't read enough of the letters on the wagon to make any educated guess as to what it identifies. Here are a matched set of dappled draft horses only a few years before internal combustion fire engines will send them into retirement. 

The late Victorian house has toned ornamental courses on Flemish Bond brickwork. This is a quite large print taken in nearly shadowless light on a breezy day (the trees and vines are not frozen by the shutter speed and the f-stop has made for shallow depth of field).