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Shifting Sands, The London Boys

Posted on September 12, 2012September 17, 2014
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byKen Fisher

Whilst we lotus eaters in the north were living the dream, Lewisham born Tom Keating was slaving away at the easel in his villa in the southern village of Vilaflor (above) happily churning out Samuel Palmer pastiches.

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Shifting Sands, Tenerife in the 1970s

Posted on July 9, 2012June 26, 2017
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byKen Fisher

Tenerife 1972 – Seven Peseta Island. Dorada Pilsner was 7 pesetas a bottle if you stood at the bar, 10 pesetas at a table. I never did find out the price if you stood on a table. Local cigarettes with black tobacco which allegedly made them healthier – 7 pesetas a pack…

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