http://www.ukwatercolours.com Ukwatercolours: original paintings and Giclee Limited Edition Prints by Eric Thompson. British Landscapes, Mediterranean Villages, Sporting Scenes and memories of the North East towns and Railways. en-gb Eric Thompson eric@ukwatercolours.com http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Last+Tango+in+Paris A final romantic evening together Thu, 12 Apr 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Greta+Bridge Barnard Castle Fri, 30 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/news-exhibitions#8th%2C+9th+and+10th+June+2012 Spennymoor Art Festival ~ This is where it's Art ! Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 News http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Aysgarth+Falls Yorkshire Dales Fri, 23 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Above+Ferrens+Mill Bishop Auckland Fri, 23 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/The+Ruins+by+the+River Barnard Castle Fri, 23 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Skirlaw+Bridge Newton Cap Fri, 23 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/First+Kiss This was at a party with some soppy girl. They always wanted to play 'kiss, cuddle and torture'. Funny, but whenever I was caught it was always the torture! Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/The+Waterbridge If you stood in the middle of it you could see right through the tunnel. To get to the middle you had to swing out over the edge of the bridge holding onto the fence that was there to stop us. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Darlo+Station As we had free rail travel we would catch the train to Darlington where the main line ran. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Saltburn+by+the+Sea Our Dad's looked after us while the Mam's went to bingo. Then they swapped and the Dad's went to the local club while we ate sandwiches. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Mam%2C+We%27re+home%21 Weekends and holidays meant leaving home straight after breakfast and spending the whole day down Cosa Fields. We would return just in time for tea covered in muck. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/The+Durango+Kid The Durgano Kid was my favourite cowboy from the Saturday Kids at the Hippodrome. Durango always wore a black bandana over his mouth so no one recognised him. Don't know if he wore wellies? Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Leapfrog This was a good game for lots of people going round and round our estate. I was good at jumping over everyone but would end up being flattened by the bigger lads. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Hide+and+Seek You had to count up to 20 where we lived cause if you counted to 100 kids would be hiding in the next county and it would take all day to find them. Dont know why but I was always found first. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Pop+Alleys Or 'marbles' in some places. I used to love getting a new bag of pop alleys from Jacques Toy Shop. Bright colours that would vanish into someone else's pocket at the next game, Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Orchard+Raiders We used to go raiding after school. The trick was to walk past the house, then crawl back behind the wall. The funny thing is this was my Grandma's apple tree, but the apples tasted so much better when I pinched them. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/The+Club+Trip The Workingman's Club Trip to the seaside which everyone looked forward to. It was everyone for themselves to get in. Us kids were told to press our faces against the window to make it look as though the compartment was full. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Return+from+Fairy+Glen To get to Fairy Glen you had to cross the railway line, 3 fields and a farmers bull. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting http://www.ukwatercolours.com/painting/Hum+Dum+Dum The idea of this game is to guess wether the kid standing is showing a thumb or finger to his team out of sight. In reality, the idea was to land as hard as you could on someones neck and break the line. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 Painting