Mundane pictures of the North

[Fez909]

I was on a bus today and thought this church steeple looked a bit like the Shard. Of course being a Northern version, they made it brown and miserable, rather than shiny and metallic.

It's looks about the right height above the skyline if it was real.

Share your boring pictures of the North here. Dodgy comparisons with landmarks in other places not necessary, but by all means go for it if you have a candidate

 

[Roadkill]

I took this last weekend.



From Victoria Pier in Hull, looking eastwards over the river at The Deep and down towards Alexandra and King George Docks.

 

[killer b]

a champagne & oyster bar in the high-class surroundings of blackpool's north pier. note the strongbow umbrella bringing an additional touch of luxury.

 

[Fez909]

Front row seating on the canal (the two chairs, just visible)

Park Square absolutely packed at dinner time

The canal, surprisingly quiet

 

[Nice one]

rain falls hard on a humdrum town...

row of shops where i grew up.

 

[Greebo]

Ness Gardens - not quite Kew

 

[bi0boy]

Carlisle city centre at 6pm is a hive of activity on account of how mundane it is:

Oh wait, what's this - it has a really old and interesting historical pillar box, which has been given pride of place in the town square!

ok it's fake:

 

[Favelado]

a champagne & oyster bar in the high-class surroundings of blackpool's north pier. note the strongbow umbrella bringing an additional touch of luxury.

Brilliant

 

[Firky]

The famous Strawberry pub in Newcastle by St. James goes all continental and posh.

 

[free spirit]

my local for a couple of years erm 17 years ago

 

[Firky]

my local for a couple of years erm 17 years ago

my local for a couple of years erm 17 years ago

It'll be about that length of time since I was in, I was at college and that part of Newcastle hadn't been redeveloped and gentrified the way it is now. It's almost unrecognisable now and I miss the smell of the brewery

 

[Firky]

Nothing like a bit of Brutalist architecture built in grey concrete set against grey skies before you throw yourself off the top of the Dunston Rocket (now pulled down).

 

[seeformiles]

I was on a bus today and thought this church steeple looked a bit like the Shard. Of course being a Northern version, they made it brown and miserable, rather than shiny and metallic.

It's looks about the right height above the skyline if it was real.

Share your boring pictures of the North here. Dodgy comparisons with landmarks in other places not necessary, but by all means go for it if you have a candidate

Junction of Burley Road and St Michael's lane? Lived round the corner from here for years!

 

[seeformiles]

Here's the rather Brutalist architecture of the Ulster Museum (I loved it as a kid - a bit like a Pink floyd album cover):

(OK - it's not N.England but N.Ireland doesn't have its own forum)

 

[Roadkill]

Two pics I took a few years ago:



The side of the old Prince's Dock - Prince's Quay shopping centre, built on stilts over it, is just out of shot to the right



Hull Maritime Museum and The Warren taken from the top end of Queen's Gardens, with City Hall in the background.

 

[cdg]

I was on a bus today and thought this church steeple looked a bit like the Shard. Of course being a Northern version, they made it brown and miserable, rather than shiny and metallic.

It's looks about the right height above the skyline if it was real.

Share your boring pictures of the North here. Dodgy comparisons with landmarks in other places not necessary, but by all means go for it if you have a candidate

Burley road? Opposite one stop?

 

[cdg]

Junction of Burley Road and St Michael's lane? Lived round the corner from here for years!

You beat me to it.

 

[neonwilderness]

Nothing like a bit of Brutalist architecture built in grey concrete set against grey skies before you throw yourself off the top of the Dunston Rocket (now pulled down).

I work round the corner from here. It always was a bit of a dump, now that most of the shops have closed it's even worse.

See also the old Trinity Square in Gateshead

 

[Firky]

If you've ever seen the Projects in the TV series The Wire, you'll get an idea of what Blyth is like.

 

[not-bono-ever]

A old NI car parked up on the Scotswood road, in front of a once notorious estate in the West end of Newcastle. thats mundane.

Flats had their biddies and charvas chucked out a few years ago and are now Student Halls.

ETA, Im pretty sure I have a load of ole B&W pics of the area I took just after the riots. Will root around tomorrow and see what turns up

 

[free spirit]

Junction of Burley Road and St Michael's lane? Lived round the corner from here for years!

oh yeah, thought it was familiar - our office is about 50 yards behind the camera, and that basically is the view from our office, yet I'd not sussed where it was.

 

[Firky]

A old NI car parked up on the Scotswood road, in front of a once notorious estate in the West end of Newcastle. thats mundane.

Flats had their biddies and charvas chucked out a few years ago and are now Student Halls.

ETA, Im pretty sure I have a load of ole B&W pics of the area I took just after the riots. Will root around tomorrow and see what turns up

I lived in Crudas park when I was 16 for all of two weeks

 

[toblerone3]

The famous Strawberry pub in Newcastle by St. James goes all continental and posh.

The Strawberry is a shadow of its former self. Its gone to shite.

 

[el-ahrairah]

i like the look of Hull.

 

[Dillinger4]

great thread



I think firkys pictures sum up what the north looks like. I see stuff like that every day.

 

[RedDragon]

 

[cdg]

Front row seating on the canal (the two chairs, just visible)

Park Square absolutely packed at dinner time

The canal, surprisingly quiet

Where abouts on the canal were those pics taken fez? I don't recognise either of them.

 

[cdg]

That's up quernmore road in Lancaster isn't it?

 

[RedDragon]

 

[RedDragon]

That's up quernmore road in Lancaster isn't it?

Indeed. I was born next door to it