Letters: Martin Parr obituary
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Martin Parr's father, Donald, was not just a keen birdwatcher; he also wrote
the definitive avifauna of his home county, Birds in Surrey, 1900-1970.
Published in 1972, it inspired the 12-year-old me to explore the birding
hotspots around my suburban home, and helped shape my lifelong passion for
birds and birding. I never managed to be any good at photography, though.
Stephen Moss

With my wife Beverley, I attended Martin Parr's glorious Return to Manchester
exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery in 2019.

His stunning 1983 black and white photographs of Yates's Wine Lodge in Ashton-
under-Lyne evoked vivid memories for Beverley of queueing to be served a
"blob", which was akin to a rite of passage for Mancunians of a certain
vintage. This delightful concoction consisted of a sugar cube slowly
dissolving in a glass of warmed Australian white wine. Beverley assures me
that Parr's photograph perfectly captured the effect on consumers. Mike Pender



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