Mike Broadway – PhotoBlog

Pretending it's summer, Hyde Park, London - 1980

They might look like they are at the beach but they were in central London. It might be sunny but it was not summer; each of the deck chair occupants is bundled in a heavy coat. It is a thoroughly British scene.

At least, it was. Britain and the British have changed since 1980 but I stopped experiencing those changes when I left for Texas ten years after this picture was made.

When I lived in Britain I hoped there would be a summer. Now I live in Texas and hope their will be a fall. I am no longer thoroughly British.