Photographs

Photographs - From the Dinnages Picture Library, sourced by Original Negatives and Slides

Generally we have been selling transport photographs since 1993 when one of our then retail shop customers came in with a bundle of them as a part-exchange deal for the diecast model buses previously ordered. These spare photos that had been collected over a number of years started us off selling these spares to other customers adding videos to the mainstay at the time, being diecast models from Corgi, and Matchbox amoungst others. This new topic after only trading four years, has become our best selling and interesting line which led to us buying more from many other sources therefore having a variety of photographs & postcards. By 1995 we were offered slides on Aircraft and buses of Newcastle. A sizable collection was offered in 1996 although again nothing really local, mainly all advert buses, thought maybe interesting to some enthusiasts one day. It was not until we met up with Jack Turley from Tunbridge Wells, and encouraged by Ernest (Ernie) Charman too in the same year to be offered B&W negatives from both photographers. Genuine original material from these two enthusiasts continued until Jack sadly passed away in 2003 then his sons offered us the remains of his collection in 2006. As for Mr Charman, we are regularly buying material from this well known local enthusiast, with all B&W now in our library and at least 5,000 original colour negatives so far with the first authorised reprints since the mid eighties in June 2010. Never taking slides, he would often take both B&W and colour at the same time, just as Jack Turley did too. Our dear Ernie Charman agrees he has his faults, but sometimes a poor shot in the wrong light today can be a scarce view to collect. Pity those calling themselves 'SolentSlide' now a disbanded group, has sold photographs marked as their copyright yet are accurate duplicates of his own material, down to very fine marks on the print images. These were apparently reprints from slides taken of those original postcard sized prints. Subsequent years later these slides have possibly resurfaced, sold on, and images printed from them, therefore considered pirated versions. We hold versions of both of these infringing copies, original 'old' small prints (in most cases) and the negatives. Where we may not hold an original negative as yet, our Ernest Charman does. We hold all the known negatives from the late Jack Turley.

With a number of well known names since these two gents, we have amassed quite a sizeable private collection, which considering we are not a group or society with the free publicity they obtain, it is deemed to be our reputation that has gained us these enjoyable collections. All the more to be enjoyed by our customers through sales of and the presentations at Sussex based clubs based on this now sizeable library. Maybe a few photographs we include here have been offered to other organisations in the past, yet we can only print from our own and assured original material, and will not knowingly offer prints from anything other than original material purchased obtained from those actual photographers themselves, or the surviving family members. Only one small collection that has come indirect, is of Derek Monk. These 35mm negatives were probably considered poor quality at the time, where we bought the remains of this collection from Hugh Beck, originally bought who had purchased the final negatives left at the famous Eric Surfleet premises when he passed away and sold at auction in 1991 being lot number 194 . These few negatives were therefore never sold within the Eric Surfleet library that were previously bought by Dennis Clark, however there are probably many more better quality views taken by Derek Monk now available through the  Dennis Clark collection. Not all the Eric Surfleet collection consist of views taken by Eric himself, therefore as many other collections are formed when buying in, being sold or donated, negatives can come from many other friends at that time which to our personal knowledge includes this Derek Monk and Gordon Gangloff, although again we do have original material of the latter too.

With regard to Barrie Hutson, we are aware a handful were offered for a short lived period in the sixties to a local society, although since late 2003 we began making hand printed old postcard sized prints direct off his negatives, then in 2009 scanning from them and offering 6x4 lab produced views exclusivly through our Photo Newsletter as part of our 'Dinnages Picture Library'

Looking on the left column category panel, you can see each sub-category on photographs, figures show which have stock listings of photos available within the online store, seen like this (9). There are very few added so far, in the main these are from the Late Dave Taylor, consisting of Southdown and CPPTD (Portsmouth) East Kent and Maidstone negative based images. At some point, many more photographs will be listed after being made available in our Monthly Newsletter first, those particularly local to the Brighton area including BH&D, Brighton Corporation and Southdown photos from our picture library through a purely postal service via the monthly Photo Newsletter.As these become a year old those transfer to stall boxes.

Our 'Photographs' category covers all  photographs in the Dinnages Picture Library being both Black & White, and in Colour, taken mainly from these negatives or slides directly owned, available as reprints either at an 'old postcard' format when they were 'hand printed' or generally since, like colour views at 6"x4". As anyone can imagine, the scanning, cataloguing and adding to this shop system will take quite a long time, considering this amounts to over 27,000 images. Only some 500 or so of these B&W views have at one time been already available on our events stand. Note that most of the material from many of the photographers we are publishing have ever been previously published or printed by any other individual or society other than the original photographer who may have sold a few smaller sized prints or had them published without true and proper credit where it should have been. There are a few 'misused' in books and print form and a list is added to detailing those we know of here.

Some years ago after closing our retail premises, we wrote to our regular customers keeping them informed of new stock across the board, although had difficulty offering newly printed photographs as the lists we were not able to show the images. However as of April 2009 we revived this postal Newsletter format, in the new A5 format specifically for those who do not manage to meet us at events, and who have little or no internet access at home. So far we have not managed to add many actual photographs here online, so we would encourage all of those interested in our library of images to subscribe to this postal Newsletter for a regular update and select some from our regular offerings. These newsletters will be sent to anyone making an order from the previous library newsletter. Within this format we are now able to provide pages of thumbnails of the images printed for ordering for the month ahead. The Newsletters now carry a nominal cost of 75 pence, where this is not charged to regular subscribers or new enthusiasts yet we aim to discourage those who keep taking these and never make an order. Postal rates through the Newsletter for these photographs on offer are lower than the online shop as the payment just covers the boarded envelope and a flat rate post charge. Payment for those orders by cheque/BACS not within the online store. The general online sales and Library Newsletter orders cannot be combined, as they cater for different payment methods, and that Newsletter subscribers have first offers on newly printed photographs not yet available here.

We also carry a stock of  70,000+ views in our 'used' collection for sale that are just one-offs, bought, or exchanged from other enthusiasts collections, in other words the spares and duplicates we have accumulated since 1993. As we are fairly unique in this buying in as most stalls only sell photographs created from thier own material, we have fell foul of such critical copyright laws ourselves, where buying in and then reselling anything that itself is a copy or pirated itself is an offence, even when its been recreated by a third party, its still seen similar as selling pirated music! Suffice to say we now have curtailed our future buying in to known and very trusted sources being far more vigilent that we are not knowingly sold dodgy material which therefore leaves us wide open to legal redress. You will find as we sell our used stock we will have more stall space to dedicate to our Picture Library alongside other interesting products. The majority of stalls you find at events only sell thier own material and really rare to find anyone willing to buy in 'used' material even their own they sold you last time round!  We have some 'used' material occasionally on offer at auction, so head back to our main home page to find the auction sites we currently use. Considering the very many spare hours put into this hobby, we can assure the enthusiast, there is little actual real profit in this, if you consider the many hours put into the cataloging, scanning, labelling, store admin and hours setting up stalls, there is no way an income can ever be derived from this, seriously, this is only as an enthusiast hence profits are given to some specific chosen charitable concerns and pet preservation projects.

On a further point of copyright, of all the collections we have amassed over time, we also have created 'assignments' between the original photographer, (or the surviving spouse/family members), and ourselves in order to enable us to have unfettered and exclusive commercial rights as to any future publication and reproductions of such images. This does not include those from the likes of Derek Monk, John Roberts or Jim Jones for example as these collections have been split up or where some have been published elsewhere, however we only print from what original material we hold. Our exclusive material comes from Jack Turley, Mr Charman, Mr Hough, and Mr Piggott and utilising these assignments, protecting where possible both the photographers rights and ours against misuse by others both on stalls, photos CDs, on auction sites, book publishers or just by enthusiasts unaware of the legal minefield adding their 'albums' to places like Fotopic and Flickr. Therefore of those latter photographer names, any view sold by any other trader is a pirated copy unless marked by us or the original photographer from their earlier days of transport photography. Along similar lines, our Barrie Hutson Series affords protection being no other now has the access to those negatives. 

Therefore when buying anything from us we will remind potential buyers of our Home Page links about accessing, downloading, and buying views from our library through any of our web pages, sites (and stalls) that all materials, text, and layout too are subject to the UK laws of copyright. You may not use, copy, publish, or distribute or any part of these images in any way whatsoever. In addition, you may not remove/obscure the 'Dinnages' image watermark or alter, manipulate, add to or delete an image or any part of an image without permission. Copyright in all the library images remains with the 'Dinnages Picture Library' and its copyright captions must also refer to the original photographer at any point of public viewing. By entering the site through any one of the pages and links, you are indicating that you have read and accepted these copyright conditions. If you disgree then exit this site here or read a quick guide here.
Purchasing any images are intended for your own personal use and collection only. Nothing stated here is implying in any way that you can pass on these for publication to others or to be used in any print form, media, or other electronic form without prior written agreement.

Due acknowledgement of others logos and trade marks is used solely when this is an aid in selling another organisations material likewise many other trading places on the internet. This site is not connected to any other business of any kind.