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8ft Thorn Pop Packs This photo was taken in Summer 1990 in the newsagents where I was a paper boy and shows the 8ft Thorn PP twins that lit the main shop. This shot is looking through from the news paper depot where we prepared the 18 paper rounds from a computer print out. At this time we had just moved from the separate depot across the road where I got that lovely GEC fitting. If you look carefully to the front of the shop you can just make out the reflective strips on a skip which is where that GEC fitting would have ended up if I had not rescued it. You can get some idea of how high the illumination level is in the shop as this shot was taken on a fixed shutter speed camera with 100 ISO 35mm film. 100 ISO film was designed for outdoors or use with a flash, being 1990 it was to be a few more years before digital cameras were available to consumers.

8ft Thorn Pop Packs

This photo was taken in Summer 1990 in the newsagents where I was a paper boy and shows the 8ft Thorn PP twins that lit the main shop. This shot is looking through from the news paper depot where we prepared the 18 paper rounds from a computer print out. At this time we had just moved from the separate depot across the road where I got that lovely GEC fitting. If you look carefully to the front of the shop you can just make out the reflective strips on a skip which is where that GEC fitting would have ended up if I had not rescued it.

You can get some idea of how high the illumination level is in the shop as this shot was taken on a fixed shutter speed camera with 100 ISO 35mm film. 100 ISO film was designed for outdoors or use with a flash, being 1990 it was to be a few more years before digital cameras were available to consumers.

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Kev   [05 Feb, 2016 at 10:51 PM]
Cool looks like LPH?
RobTDCI   [05 Feb, 2016 at 10:59 PM]
Yes with the H lampholders. They worked well here as the light was reflected back down from the ceiling. This shop was open from 8AM to 8PM, and later from 5:30 AM for the paper rounds. It's now a restaurant so sadly these are no more.
FrontSideBus   [05 Feb, 2016 at 11:37 PM]
I still shoot film today with my trusty 35mm Canon EOS1n and 6x6 Hasselblad 500CM. Still better than digital Smile Film of choice is Kodak Portra 400 and Ektar 100 Smile Best thing about the EOS1n is that all of my modern EF mount lens' work perfectly with it but 9 times out of 10 I'll just take it out with the classic 50mm f/1.4 Smile
AngryHorse   [06 Feb, 2016 at 01:38 PM]
They also look to have the old 33 halo colours in them? Cool
Andy   [06 Feb, 2016 at 01:42 PM]
Good historic shot! They do look like colour 33s with that green tinge that comes out on film.
FrontSideBus   [06 Feb, 2016 at 03:12 PM]
On some of the old film stock a UV filter was a must!
RobTDCI   [06 Feb, 2016 at 04:44 PM]
Yeah they were all cool white and had not long been re-lamped after this shot although one is out at the far end already, probably a stuck starter. There was a nice little 2ft pp single on the stair landing along with some very retro aluminium spots and single PPs in the upstairs office and stock room. It was Kev's B&Q shot of the twin 8ft Atlas that reminded me of this.

And for those who like retro computers, just to the right of this shot is what was an unusual computer, a Sharp MZ5600 which ran a program called newsagents package which enabled paper rounds to be managed through a text based interface with number driven menus!
Kev   [06 Feb, 2016 at 06:43 PM]
That's a shame one is out! Thing is it's an easy fix tho! Cool
Flurofan96   [24 Jun, 2024 at 08:58 PM]
Thanks for showing this awesome pic - I wish newsagents and many shops had such fluorescent lighting setup today Cool also that was 6 years before me
RobTDCI   [24 Jun, 2024 at 09:18 PM]
Having been around since 1973, it's often the case that my memories go back before many people today were around. Was an interesting time to come into the world as particularly with the introduction of microprocessors and microcontrollers in the early 70s, a lot of brand new technology was appearing through the 70s, 80s and 90s, some of it good, some of it not so good. All very much taken for granted now.
Flurofan96   [24 Jun, 2024 at 09:37 PM]
I bet it was Smile

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