About

98 Books about Poland | Polish War Graves in Britain

The Jan Kiepura sleeper train Brussels to Warsaw - May 1995

Sadly a train which no longer runs but perhaps the current sleeper train revival in Europe will see it restored.

Derek Crowe

I worked for over 30 years at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, as a web applications developer, building IT systems, leaving in October 2023. I now focus on photography and web content creation.

I have degrees in MA Political Economy (University of Glasgow) and an MSc Operational Research (University of Strathclyde).

Interests

The major themes of the website reflect my interest in:

Documentary Photography / Remembrance Events and Armed Forces Parades
Poland / Polish experience in World War 2
Railways / British Rail Scotland 1980s
Remembrance / Polish War Graves

Photographs

There are 2,756 photographs on this website in the following areas:

Polish War Graves - 1,111 photographs
Remembrance Events and Armed Forces Parades - 1,151 photographs
UK Travel Photography - 344 photographs
British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s - 150 photographs

A selection of the railway photos taken at Stirling can be seen in the Dundee Courier newspaper article "Hop on board as picture gallery transports you back to Stirling Railway Station in 1980s" (10 December 2024).

Photography Equipment

My photographic equipment consists of:

Nikon D7200 / Nikon D7000 cameras
Nikon 24mm f2.8D / 35mm f1.8G DX / 40mm f2.8G DX / 50mm f1.8D / 85mm f1.8D lenses
Nikon SB-400 Flash / Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter Kit

Web Development

My web development skill set is:

ASP.NET / MVC / Web Forms / VB / Entity Framework
SQL Server Database / LINQ / HTML / CSS / Bootstrap
Adobe Lightroom / Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio / Microsoft Visual Studio

Contact

Email: derek@derekcrowe.com
Twitter: twitter.com/derekcrowe

Grangemouth War Memorial in Zetland Park - 1981

Originally from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, I would regularly pass the war memorial located in Grangemouth's Zetland Park. The cenotaph has an unusual design with a sculpture on the top representing the British Lion devouring the German Eagle. This design caused some controversy when it was unveiled in 1923.