Ben Loveridge » melbourne http://benloveridge.com Photographical musings Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A foggy night in Melbourne http://benloveridge.com/2011/06/29/foggy-night/ http://benloveridge.com/2011/06/29/foggy-night/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:58:11 +0000 admin http://benloveridge.com/?p=2396 Parkville Fog Parkville Fog Parkville Fog Parkville Fog Parkville Fog

Visibility was low, but clearly not low enough to cancel soccer training in Princes Park.

]]> http://benloveridge.com/2011/06/29/foggy-night/feed/ 0 Vale Lionel Rose http://benloveridge.com/2011/05/08/vale-lionel-rose/ http://benloveridge.com/2011/05/08/vale-lionel-rose/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 11:26:52 +0000 admin http://benloveridge.com/?p=2281 Lionel Rose 1968 - Essendon Airport, Melbourne - Photo by Keith Loveridge

Lionel Rose disembarks at Essendon Airport, Melbourne on February 29th, 1968. Photo © Keith Loveridge

The recent passing of Lionel Rose reminded me of this slide I recently scanned from the family photo archives. It is of the the newly crowned world bantamweight champion greeting fans at Essendon airport after defeating ‘Fighting’ Harada in Tokyo on February 27th, 1968.

My father, who was working as an aircraft technician at the time was able to snap this as he disembarked from the plane triumphantly waving a souvenir sword in hand. (I’m not sure if you’d be able to get that one through customs nowadays!) It was estimated that over 100,000 people then lined the road on his way to a civic reception at the Melbourne Town hall.

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]]> http://benloveridge.com/2009/10/31/lightning/feed/ 0 Lily Allen @ The Forum http://benloveridge.com/2009/06/14/lily-allen-the-forum/ http://benloveridge.com/2009/06/14/lily-allen-the-forum/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:45:24 +0000 admin http://benloveridge.com/blog/?p=855 UK popstress Lily Allen sold out the Forum theatre twice in Melbourne this weekend. Both she and her fans were in good spirits as she promoted the release of her second album It’s Not Me, It’s You.

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]]> http://benloveridge.com/2009/06/14/lily-allen-the-forum/feed/ 0 Melboune Zombie Shuffle http://benloveridge.com/2009/02/04/melboune-zombie-shuffle/ http://benloveridge.com/2009/02/04/melboune-zombie-shuffle/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:49:39 +0000 admin http://benloveridge.com/blog/?p=136 It was a dark and gloomy October night in 2008 when hundreds of Zombies roamed the crowded streets of Melbourne looking for brains to eat…

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Gutsy reporter Lawrence Leung (pictured 2nd row middle) attempts to escape the clutches of the hungry dead. Check out his article in this month’s jmag.

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