Moments in time
Lynda Shepherd writes for Living in Havering about an ambitious local photography project.
Lance Jackson poses with his 1964 Morris Minor, in front of St. Laurence Church by Bob Brabner APRS The Renee School of Performing Arts opened 16 years ago. Renee has a school at Cranham Community Centre and also in Romford and Shenfield. They hold an annual show in Southend. Renee is affiliated to the British Association of Teachers of Dance, for dancing exams. Her schools teach tap, ballet, modern, musical theatre, singing, and street jazz.
Lance is a longtime resident of Upminster and was brought up in the area. Apart from his many activities associated around the church he is a member of a local Probus Group, he is handy with wood work, and keen on vintage cars, for the last four years, the Morris Minor. Renee Leborgne teaching one of her classes by Dave Wilcox DPAGB-AV
“a marvellous way to capture the life of a town over the course of a year” Simon Donoghue, Havering Libraries’ Local History Librarian
Upminster People 2019 was a project undertaken by Upminster Camera Club lasting the whole of 2018. They were aiming to capture images of people living, working or visiting Upminster. When the club announced a ‘Half Way’ exhibition in Roomes Stores, I had to investigate. Greeting me was a wonderful wall 18 | February 2019 | LIVING in Havering
mounted display and an interactive version that you could swipe through on a screen much as you would on a mobile phone but much, much better. I was mesmerised. Dave Wilcox, Club President, explained the idea had started when they did a project for the Millennium, photographing Upminster. An idea to photograph a thousand faces from Upminster stayed in his mind till last year, when during a Club vacation, a couple of members helped expand his original concept. Projects are an excellent motivator for camera clubs; so the seeds were sown. In the months leading towards January 2018, a small core team solidified the ideas into a statement of intent. Key to the project’s value would be the destiny of the photographs. Through established links, the Club approached Havering Museum and Havering’s Library Service. The museum agreed to schedule a six week exhibition from Saturday 29 June to 10 August 2019. The museum gallery has space for around 45 prints, however all the images will also be viewable through