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THE SKETCHES OF LOCAL ARTIST - BEN ROBSON |
BEN ROBSON
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Ben Robson is a self-taught artist, raised in the economically depressed twenties and thirties; a member of a large artistic, working class family. Even as a boy Ben had the eyes of an artist, able to observe beauty wherever it may occur, and living as he did in an area where the sprawl of Tottenham merged with the countryside, he could not but be aware of contrast between the rural and urban environment.
NOTE: With further permission some additional coloured sketches have now been added to this collection at the end of this article, (October 2015)
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JUST A FEW OF BEN ROBSON'S MANY SKETCHES OF TOTTENHAM OVER THE PAST 60 + YEARS |
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![]() ALL HALLOWS CHURCH |
![]() BRUCE CASTLE |
![]() BRUCE GROVE |
![]() CAFE OPPOSITE BURGESS'S STORE |
![]() WINDSORS SOLICITORS -HIGH ROAD |
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PRINCE OF WALES - HIGH ROAD |
![]() THE 'SPURS' - PARK LANE ASPECT |
![]() THE 'CORNER PIN' - PARK LANE |
![]() THE QUEENS HEAD - SCOTLAND GREEN |
![]() SCOTLAND GREEN - LOOKING WEST |
![]() THE ''TWO BREWERS' SCOTLAND GREEN |
![]() THE 'ELMHURST' - LORDSHIP LANE |
![]() TOTTENHAM - HIGH CROSS |
![]() DEMOLITION - HIGH CROSS ROAD |
![]() THE LIBRARY - TOTTENHAM HIGH CROSS |
![]() THE SWAN - TOTTENHAM HIGH CROSS |
![]() THE OLD PUMP & HOLY TRINITY CHURCH |
![]() THE 'FERRY BOAT INN' - FERRY LANE-TOTTENHAM |
![]() STONEBRIDGE LOCK - TOTTENHAM c1939 |
![]() BENEATH THE BRIDGE - TOTTENHAM LOCK - c1954 |
![]() PAT & CHERRY - ON THE GATES - STONEBRIDGE LOCK c1954
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THESE ADDITIONAL COLOURED SKETCHES BY BEN ROBSON HAVE BEEN ADDED (WITH PERMISSION) |
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BRUCE GROVE BRIDGE | BRUCE GROVE | TRADES HALL -BRUCE GROVE |
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BUS STOP- TOTTENHAM HIGH ROAD | EMMINS SHOP- ST LOYS ROAD | RADIO FACTORY - WOODSIDE GARDENS |
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TOTTENHAM HIGH ROAD | MEN AT WORK | CEDAR ROAD - TOTTENHAM |
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QUEENS HEAD - SCOTLAND GREEN | PRINCE OF WALES - SCOTLAND GREEN | SCOTLAND GREEN - CARBUNCLE ALLEY |
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HIGH ROAD - OPPOSITE 'PRINCEOF WALES' | WHITBREAD BREWERY - CLOCK | PARK LANE - TOTTENHAM |
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WHITBREAD BREWERY - HIGH ROAD | HIGH ROAD - NEAR THE 'SPURS' GROUND | MARIE'S CAFE - PARK LANE |
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SECOND HAND SHOP- NEAR WHITE HART LANE | TOTTENHAM HIGH ROAD | UNTITLED SKETCH |
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SPARE | SPARE |
HIGH ROAD OPPOSITE GLICKMANS |
Article prepared by Alan Swain - July 2014
Additional sketches included - October 2015