I developed an old film...

Poking through a box of old things, I found a 35mm film that I never developed. The excitement! What tales from the past did it hold? Would they still be on there after what must be at least 10 years, based on how long I've had a digital camera...?

Apparently the big Boots in town doesn't develop film on site any more, so after a helpful tweet from Snappy Snaps, I headed there in my lunch hour to put it through their one hour service. Not necessarily expecting the photos to come out, I was pleased to find out they did.

And so we have what must've been New Year's Eve 2002 with friends at my sister's old flat in Tunbridge Wells. Good times!

Then a few days after, a trip down to Brighton after hearing that part of the beautiful West Pier had collapsed into the sea :(

Brighton's West Pier after part of its walkway collapsed on 29 December 2002

It's strange looking back on these photos and remembering how sad it seemed at the time - who knew what was to come... the concert hall fully collapsed into the sea shortly afterwards (January 2003), the main part of the Pier (the Pavilion) was torched in a suspected arson attack in May 2003, and the collapsed concert hall finally removed from the site in 2010, just leaving the skeletal Pavilion standing out at sea alone.

I've always loved taking photos of the West Pier on trips to Brighton, so it's lovely to have these to add to my collection. Here are a few select ones from more recent times.





Anyone else out there with mysterious undeveloped film...? :)