From The Archives - The Early Days

OVER the years on Reporting From The Fox Tower, many features have been tried,tested, and not necessarily dropped, more rested. Late 2015, this blog celebrated its tenth anniversary. As the tenth anniversary year continues, what better way to continue to mark the decade than with a look at the image archive, with a few notes about the images posted at the time. Beginning with the very first image posted on this blog:

Way back in December 2005, the Hunting With Dogs ban had not long been introduced. This image, which was actually taken from the Sky News archive at the time of the post, shows the typically stereotypical image of hunting with dogs - Huntsman on horseback in red tunic and velvet jacket. The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards were a short time away from the time of the post, the post reflected on the cheeky idea doing the rounds on the internet at the time to nominate the man in red for services to equestrianism on the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards.
Unfortunately for those behind the plan, the BBC would not allow such high jinks to be involved in the voting process of the competition.
On to another image...

This Carlisle United Football Club crest was posted December 2005, when, under the leadership of Paul Simpson, United would be crowned the Champions of League Two the following May.

Finally, two more images to bring you for this post...

The Divine Miss Maria Sharapova.

These images of Maria Sharapova were first published on Reporting From The Fox Tower December 2005. The first image, which was captured in Rome 2005, also hinted at the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year competition at the time, asking why Miss Sharapova was not being recognised for her victories at that stage of her career.

The second image, captured at Wimbledon, accompanied a post where I wistfully wished what I wanted for Christmas that year...

Until the next time, enjoy.