Competition seeks best young photographers
ENTRIES are still being accepted for the Rail Camera Club’s free competition for railway photographers aged under 26 to showcase their work.
The competition is supported by Network Rail, the National Railway Museum, Jessops, Mortons Media (The Railway Magazine, Rail Express, Heritage Railway, Railways Illustrated), Silver Link Publishing, Bauer Media and others. The theme for entries is ‘The railway seen’, showing the diversity of the current railway scene. This could mean steam, diesel or electric trains, architecture, people, landscapes, or abstract image. All entries must have been taken since January 1, 2019 from a safe, public location. Photographers must be 25 and under on the closing date of October 31, 2021. There is one category for 18s and under, one for 19-25 year-olds, plus an overall winner will also be chosen.
There is a great range of prizes available, including visiting the top of the Forth Railway Bridge, camera equipment, photography courses, magazine subscriptions, railway experiences and books.
Judging will take place in November, and prizes will be announced at an awards night ceremony, currently planned to be held in York in February 2022.
A selection of the best entries will be made into a book published by Mortons Media, which will be launched at the awards ceremony. For more details and full terms and conditions, see the dedicated website at www.youngrailphotographeroftheyear.co.uk.
A CORONER will determine whether a hoard of over 300 Iron Age coins discovered by archaeologists working on HS2 in West London last year should be classed as treasure.
The find of potins, an early version of the coin dating back to the First Century BC, was made at Hillingdon in August 2020. The potins have been cleaned and preserved by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Experts are unsure what the coins were used for, as bartering was the more common way to exchange goods and services at the time. It is thought they might have been to mark the boundary of a property, or as an offering to the Gods in a woodland clearing or near a sacred spring. They may also have been buried as savings or for emergencies in times of crisis.