tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post3518735994486814284..comments2024-02-22T12:08:18.857+00:00Comments on FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: Jimmy Forsyth RIPFrank Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515500573854371279noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-80410357616044132672012-12-20T17:10:03.358+00:002012-12-20T17:10:03.358+00:00Nice collection.Nice collection.Elliott Broidyhttp://elliottbroidy.incrace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-14091182388640483002010-08-17T22:27:32.341+01:002010-08-17T22:27:32.341+01:00My grandmother was pictured sitting at a piano in ...My grandmother was pictured sitting at a piano in his first book "Scotswood Road" given to me by my father. This wetted my appetite for Jimmy's work as a neighbour (just round the corner in Pine St) we were photographed many times. The corner studio as he called it was just opposite my grans. Out of One Eye, shows me in my cowboy suit, and no name. I didn't recognise it at first as we never owned a copy of the picture, to confirm my suspicion I visited Jimmy's archives at the Tyne and Wear Archive service in Blanford Street.jack sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798251685558583710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-25264081581362337312010-01-03T22:49:09.351+00:002010-01-03T22:49:09.351+00:00Just found his book yesterday when I visiting the ...Just found his book yesterday when I visiting the North East. I just had to buy it - the pictures show real life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-79266983728497773162009-07-15T17:15:49.058+01:002009-07-15T17:15:49.058+01:00They remind me of some of Bill Brandt's work o...They remind me of some of Bill Brandt's work or the rural photos produced by the FSA photographers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-23309748966801255472009-07-15T10:10:37.734+01:002009-07-15T10:10:37.734+01:00I came across his photos which were on display in ...I came across his photos which were on display in the new Newcastle library when I came up to visit my son a couple of weeks age. I thought they were fantastic, very reminiscent of Bailey's photos of the East End around the same period. Most photographers struggle to take pictures like his, but it seems to have come naturally to him. In this era he would have been acclaimed and become a celebrity. How things change, as his photos show.<br /><br />He will be missed, but his legacy remains. RIPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-73408285028956493122009-07-14T22:57:12.670+01:002009-07-14T22:57:12.670+01:00I remember him losing his camera - or it getting p...I remember him losing his camera - or it getting pinched - sometime in the early 80s, I think. The Chronic made a big deal of it presenting him with new one - not a particularly good one, as I recall. Cheap bastards.<br /><br />Scotswood was a fairly fightening place - you didn't want to wander in there by accident or the ne'er- do-wells would beat the shit out of you. The area around the Bobby Shafto was especially bad. Less a site of social deprivation than a primeval swamp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076016784198543879.post-62761748973003233102009-07-14T20:22:02.579+01:002009-07-14T20:22:02.579+01:00A great photographer: I bought his new book last w...A great photographer: I bought his new book last week. Well worth getting.TK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com