This is a family history post with some pictures I took during a trip to the Ideal Home exhibition in London on Saturday. As well as the gallery below the pictures can be viewed in full size using this link.
Stevenage Station on our trip down to the Ideal Home show
The entrance to Olympia during the 2016 Ideal Home show
Fake trees lined the walk leading to the Ideal Home show
The ‘Good Homes’ magazine stand at the Ideal Home show
Rabbits and chairs at the Ideal Home show
Three bulbs – the ideal home show
Waiting for someone to buy some knives at the Ideal Home show
The flat stacks demo girls at the Ideal Home show
Demonstrating flat stacks at the Ideal Home show
Waiting for customers at the Ideal Home show
Waiting for one of the shows to start at the Ideal Home show
Artisan Bakery provided a snack area
Ice cream ‘pick and mix’ stand at the Ideal Home show
At the Ice cream ‘pick and mix’ a Cow was eating an ice cream
Posh Dogs at Olympia
One of the snack areas at the Ideal Home show
The shush puppies Logo at the Ideal Home show
The Posh Dogs Stand at the Ideal Home show
A cow eating an ice cream at the Ideal Home Show
I bored exhibiter playing with his phone
On the top floor of Olympia during the Ideal Home show
Emma with an Ice Cream at the Ideal Home show
Abandoned models at the Ideal Home show
People queuing to enter one of the show homes at the Ideal Home show
The Barclays Bank stand at the Ideal Home show
Yellow ducks on a demo garden tub at the Ideal Home show
The Pod – One of the show homes at the Ideal Home Show
Candid shot at the Good food stand – Ideal Home show
‘Good morning, Sir’ – trying to sell a car at the Ideal Home Show
Emma looking into the fountain at the Ideal Home Show
The fountain and false trees at the Ideal Home Show in Olympia
Insinkerator sales person trying to make a sale at the Ideal Home show
Hire bikes waiting to be used outside the Olympia conference centre.
I had originally planned to take some pictures with a 35mm film camera, and took along a recently acquired Pentax Z-20 autofocus camera loaded with some Fuji 800 ISO film. It turned out the venue was too dark for ‘only’ 800 ISO however, so the majority of the pictures above were taken with my Pentax K5 (which I fortunately had with me as well) which I had to set to ISO 1600 or higher to get those shots.
All in all it was a reasonably interesting day but I didn’t see too much that was innovative – the majority of the show is simply companies trying to sell things. Lots of stands had item with ‘never to be repeated’ discounts which I suspect are available all the time.
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