Lost Negatives.

'Find positive things to say' was my wife’s old headmaster’s motto, so let’s try on these two.

David Charnley was arraigned before a jury in Hove Crown Court for ( allegedly ) storing a lorry on his land. He was acquitted, so obviously the officers had a weak case. There was also a most unfortunate “mix up” over a photograph. The court was shown a picture taken some distance away of a lorry, allegedly taken on the morning of April 13th 1999. The problem was the sun. It was in the wrong place for a morning photograph. So if there really was a “mix up” there will be a negative scudding about Pine Grove with the sun in the right place. The problem is there isn’t. Just for a laugh you could ask the lovely Pat Kennedy to don deerstalker and meerschaum and do the search, but don’t hold your breath.

The next one involved the doughty Mr Kruschandl. On about enforcement visit 52 ( out of 141 ) he gave his permission for photographs to be taken inside his building against a signed undertaking that all the photographic material be returned to him. Then lo he was arraigned at the Ice Queen’s Palace in the Strand before Dame Elizabeth Butler Schloss and a jury. They were shown the photographs and told on oath that they had been taken a year later. Well, that is theoretically perfectly possible, but you would of course have a second set of negatives and that is precisely what Wealden lack. Just for a laugh you could ask to see Mr. K’s negatives and Wealden’s, and if you are only shown one set, draw your own conclusions.

If you know of any cases of lost negatives, please contact the webmaster or ring Chester H. on 07836 210363.