Anthony J Sargeant

Anthony J Sargeant aged 11 years at Elfrida Juniot School on the Bellingham Council Estate in South London.

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Brass alms dish in the collection of Anthony J Sargeant - made in Nuremburg (16th Century) it depicts Adam and Eve

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Pan fried fillets of Brill - with roe at 2 o’clock on plate - cooked by Anthony J Sargeant

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Wild Cornish Sea Bream – the basis of Boxing day Dinner cooked by Anthony Sargeant

This wonderful fresh wild Sea Bream from Cornwall was bought by Anthony J Sargeant from Barkworths Fishmonger in the Indoor Market at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.

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wonderful fish - looks fresh and plump

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Boxing Day Dinner - Wild Sea Bream from a Cornish Day Boat

Boxing Day Dinner – Wild Sea Bream from a Cornish Day Boat

This wonderful fresh and large sea bream formed the basis of an excellent Boxing Day Dinner cooked by Anthony J Sargeant.

The size can be judged by the filleting knife at the top of the image. It provided 6 good portions once filleted. It made a light and deliciously simple meal on Boxing Day (when many were fighting their way through left-over turkey from Christmas Day Dinner. This glorious…

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See the last post – Wild Cornish Sea Bream served with Pak-Choi and crushed new potatoes

Boxing Day Dinner cooked by Anthony J Sargeant - a thick fillet of wild sea bream caught just before Christmas by a Cornish Day Boat.

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looks delicious

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Lobster being prepared for Christmas Eve Dinner

Anthony Sargeant has started to prepare the lobster by separating the claws and legs then splitting the lobster into two halves taken care to reserve any juices from the cooking (this can be incorporated into the sauce/juice used to dress the Lobster).

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Lobster Thermidor - a classic dish cooked for Christmas Eve Dinner 2017

Lobster Thermidor – a classic dish cooked for Christmas Eve Dinner 2017

Anthony Sargeant prepared this dish using a  wonderful lobster bought from the outstanding Barkworths Fish Stall in Shrewsbury Indoor Market (Shropshire, England).

The recipe of Lobster Thermidor was created around 1880 by Auguste Escoffier then working in Maison Maire, a Parisian restaurant near the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. In March 1896, a successful reprise of the play Thermidor by V…

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wonderful

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London Bus from the 1950s -This Red Double-Decker RT model was gradually replaced by the Routemaster Bus from 1959 onwards

Anthony J Sargeant was born and grew up in South London. The 179 Bus Route then ran from Grove Park through Downham and Bellingham to Catford then Brockley to Blackfriars Bridge on the Thames in Central London.

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Large Cornish Brill waiting to be filleted by Anthony J Sargeant. Its size can be judged by the Wusthof filleting knife at the top of the board.

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Wonderful snowscape photographed on 9th December 2017 by Anthony Sargeant from the bedroom window of his Shropshire home. The view is to the east looking out across the water meadows around the River Corve.

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On the 8th December 2017 Anthony Sargeant photographed one of his favourite trees which sits in the midst of an ancient and neglected hedgerow in the field next to his Shropshire, England, home. The first snowfall of winter.

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‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ - Snow in Shropshire, England, on 8th December 2017. This scene was photographed by Anthony J Sargeant in late afternoon from his Shropshire home looking West across the sheep pastures that surround the house.

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Wonderful snowscape photographed on 9th December 2017 by Anthony Sargeant from the bedroom window of his Shropshire home. The view is to the east looking out across the water meadows around the River Corve.

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Large Cornish Brill waiting to be filleted by Anthony J Sargeant. Its size can be judged by the Wusthof filleting knife at the top of the board.

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Anthony J Sargeant learnt to drive in an early 1950s Ford Zephyr like this one - even the same dull green colour. It was my father’s car and by modern standards a pig to drive. Light at the back, three forward gears, a bench front seat, and of course not seat belts in 1962.

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School Stories for Girls

Wonderful ‘period’ 1950s Children’s Annual published by Dean and Son of Ludgate Hill in London. From time to time Anthony Sargeant buys boxes of books at auction in order to donate them to OXFAM bookshops.

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Good way to donate to Charity

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Autumnal morning mist cloaking the water meadows at dawn in Shropshire. Photographed from the bedroom window of our home at the end of September 2015. One of the seductive aspects of the English countryside is its gentleness.