Balloons and clown
Balloons and a clown at Tolmers Carnival 1975.
‘Vince was my oldest brother and I often visited him when he lived at Tolmers Square. In the photo with the clown he is wearing my (Convent) school boater – which suited him much better than it did me. As a young teenager it was a great place to visit, always full of interesting people and lively conversations. I learned how to deal with bailiffs and to question my prejudices. Also some challenges – no door to the loo on the stairs, a mummified cat nailed to the back of his kitchen door, a girlfriend who liked to pee in a potty in public. He discovered that he was diabetic while living there and ate a diet from a Buddhist monk (I think) of brown rice and aduki beans with pumpkin and lots of tamari sauce. This to me is the taste of Tolmers Square.’
Olivia Hetreed, 28 February 2025
Reference number: 5134 NW
Photographer: Nick Wates
Date of capture: 28 June 1975
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