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a vacuum party
this was the first thing i saw on wednesday morning when i arrived at work. terrific.
cleaning the fuzz away
cop car being taken to the cleaners
lean streets
now you 'c' it now you don't. City f Westminster lean streets
henry convention
these vacuum cleaners were hanging around near st james' tube station looking quite pleased with themselves. you can see their shepherd who was guiding them in to their night time pen to the top right of the picture.
he wondered why i was taking pictures of them so i told him.
brush
this little white brush was on a white wall with a white background, so i converted it to black and white.
good hygiene ensures good health
i'm thinking they may be taking the cleanliness concept too far
treat yourself to eco cleaning
isn't the whole idea of the eco-thing that you think of more than just yourself ? so i wonder whether treat yourself to eco cleaning is really the message to be encouraged ? or is it just a stealthy way of attracting the eco-refuseniks ?
homeless henry
poor old henry. he's fallen love with a wheely bag. he comes down on to the street and watches her go by every morning.
cleaner
i explained to this chap why i was taking a photo of his jacket and cleaning trolley reflected in a puddle but i think he thought i was a general nutter. shame really.
tellytubby street cleaner
this street cleaning trolley looked good from a distance
and looked even better closer up
it was probably thanks to the tellytubby who was helping out
cleaning trolley crash protection
this street cleaning trolley has been souped up (notice the racing wheels) and as a result regulations demand airbags are installed. here we see one in operation.
gum buster
here is a gum buster. which reminds me, i'm going to the dentist on friday. yuk.
vacuous chaosity
look at this vacuum cleaner causing chaos. it's stamped on the slippery floor sign and is running away from the carpet.
slope cleaners
can you believe i've still got some olympic pictures to show you ? this is one of a chain of slope cleaners working their way down the slalom course.
prehistoric
in the days before dyson ...
giant poopa scoopa
the poop collector at the dog races
not quite abbey road
the art of photography is spotting something which is about to happen and grabbing the moment as it does with your camera. if you are photographing a glove that can be quite easy.
here i saw three cleaning trollies heading for a zebra crossing and i though "aha, abbey road
so i starting taking my photos to capture the moment they all went in a line
and just as they did, two mopeds turned up to block the view
and before anyone says anything, yes, i know there were three of them, and they were pushing cleaning trollies and there was a central reservation and they were heading right to left, not left to right, and it's not actually on Abbey Road.
it was never going to be that beatles cover was it. oh well.
gum busters
here is a gum busters trolley. the helium balloon simply adds to the fun of gum busting
further up the street were hundreds of little gum scars, zapped away by the high pressure gum busting jet
cleaning up the doofahs
what a great collecting device
actual church cleaning
after yesterday's set up shot, here's some actual spontaneous church cleaning
the church cleaning rota
there's probably something spiritual here about going to church and cleansing yourself, or maybe getting rid of the rubbish in your life. i'm sure there's a good pun i'm missing here though.
budapest street cleaner
another photo from peter on his budapest travels.
speed cleaning
guess where i've been for the last couple of days ... plenty more picture to come