A Conversation Outside Regal Court, Warminster

Saturday 19th January 2013

Danny Howell is taking a photograph outside the Regal Court apartments block at Weymouth Street, Warminster, when an elderly man, wearing an overcoat and a cap, dodging the snow and ice on the pavement, comes from the direction of Morrisons Supermarket.

Man: “Are you thinking of buying a flat?”

DH: “No.”

Man: “Are you an estate agent?”

DH: “No, I’m not an estate agent.”

Man: “So why are you taking a photograph?”

DH: “I’m photographing the snow on those bushes.”

Man: “What for?”

DH: “Because it looks pretty.”

Man: “I look pretty, don’t I? But you haven’t asked to take my photograph.”

DH: (Changing the subject): “Do you live in Regal Court?”

Man: “Yes I do.”

DH: “Do you like it.”

Man: “Well, I live there, don’t I?”

DH: “But do you like it?”

Man: “Well, the women outnumber the men by about four to one in there.”

DH: “Sounds dangerous! Do you lock your door at night?”

Man: (joking we think): “Let’s put it like this. I’m working on a plan to get the master key that unlocks all the rooms!”