This gallery contains 22 photos.
In September 2006 I visited the National Archive building in Kyrenia [Girne] and was told the history of the lovely building … that I have, of course, now forgotten. As I had previously run a folk museum in the UK … Continue reading
Mavi Kösk – The Blue Villa, the hidden gem of Çamlıbel The Mavi Köşk [the Blue Villa], home to Makarios’s Italian born Greek lawyer Byron Pavlides, was built in 1957 on the outskirts of Çamlıbel [Myrtou] since 1974 safely inside … Continue reading
The wonderful Karpaz village of Büyükkonuk holds two Eco Sundays – one in May and one in October. This is a short video to give the flavour of the day. This was the first time that I had attended one … Continue reading
A visit to the rusting remains of the old CMC jetty in Gemikonaği. Recently my camera and I were taken to visit the old CMC jetty to the west coast at Gemikonaği where I walked amongst the smelly piles of … Continue reading
1994 memories of a North Cyprus Holiday through some lost videograbs The year before The Fire of ’95 – if only I had known then what I know now This Album of grabs from videos made over 1994 is, sadly, poor … Continue reading
After a gap of a year we were back in the TRNC It was great fun for us to have a holiday in 1998 in Jamaica, but the following year saw us back again in the TRNC … The Really … Continue reading
An Autumn visit to North Cyprus with friends in 1997 It is odd now, in 2012, to note that back in the 1990s there were few pages in guide books for the island of Cyprus that were dedicated to North … Continue reading
KAR fundraiser Summer Lunch in Catalköy There will be a fundraiser Summer Lunch in aid of KAR at 1.00pm on Wednesday 26th September at The Midsummer House in Catalköy. Not only will Midsummer House be serving up very fine food at this fundraising … Continue reading
Photos from a holiday in North Cyprus, November 1995 Having given you the opportunity to view David Gummer’s photos from November 1995, I thought that it would be only fair that you should be invited to view my own pictures … Continue reading
Yet more memories of North Cyprus We came on another holiday to North Cyprus in November 1996 with both 35mm and video cameras and subsequently made some video grabs of some of the interesting places that we visited that included … Continue reading
The ruins of Lambousa, Camelot Beach, Alsancak A Franco-Levantine born in Zykanthos, John P. Foscolo (1852-1927) came to Cyprus from Smyrna in 1878, at the same time as the British troops took over from the Ottomans, and lived in Limassol … Continue reading
Varosha – Maras Some nice photos on this blog on ‘Sometimes Interesting‘ but some biased political comments, to view click the link below: ‘Sometimes Interesting‘ blog re Varosha/Maras
A visit to the North Cyprus of yesteryear – 1995 Upon returning to the UK we showed our video and photos of our 1994 holiday in North Cyprus to many friends – probably bored them, if truth is told – … Continue reading
Photos of the TRNC as it was in November 1994 Since receiving a Kodak Box Brownie camera in the 1950s I have always been interested in taking photographs – even 3D ones – so it was ‘par for the course’ … Continue reading
