Mundane pictures of the North

[kwaimaisabai]

Yes, just past shit farm. I met a child today who told me that if you go up the side of shit farm you can see the back of the kitchen and the kettle is still there.

OK, I recognise the Pike but what's shit farm?

 

[Roadkill]

My favourite sandwich shop was shut today, for some reason, so I had to walk a bit further through the Old Town for lunch than usual, and took a f ew pics on the way:



Blue plaque to industrialist J.H. Fenner. Fenner is still quite a big firm in Hull.



Car park next door - possibly a bomb site...



... judging from the marks on the wall of what's now Hull Lighting, in an old warehouse just up the street.



Ye Olde White Harte's main claim to fame, at one of the entrances to the alley leading to it.




It's a lovely old pub and one of the nicest traditional watering holes in the city centre...



... but it probably dates from the 1680s. So much for the Civil War story, and not believing in ghosts I'm sceptical of the claim that weird things happen whenever an old skull that sits in a glass case in the corner of the bar is moved either!




Quiet moment on Bishop Lane.



At the corner of Bishop Lane and High Street, Hitchcock's. I ate here for the first time in years, recently, and it was just as good as I remembered.

 

[Roadkill]

Incidentally, I'm getting the feeling this thread's dying off a bit. Come on northerners - the weather's lovely: get out there with the camera!

 

[neonwilderness]

Incidentally, I'm getting the feeling this thread's dying off a bit. Come on northerners - the weather's lovely: get out there with the camera!

I'm going to try and get out somewhere at the weekend

 

[SpookyFrank]

Incidentally, I'm getting the feeling this thread's dying off a bit. Come on northerners - the weather's lovely: get out there with the camera!

I'm planning a series on disused industrial buildings of the Erewash and Amber valleys but I dunno if that's North enough.

 

[Roadkill]

I'm planning a series on disused industrial buildings of the Erewash and Amber valleys but I dunno if that's North enough.

Don't see why not!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well it'll have to wait until I fix my bike and steal my camera back from Mrs Frank anyway.

 

[MsMCR]

This building in Manchester amazes me. It's STILL HERE. I remember looking at its sad self in the early 90s wondering what the history of it was. At some point it was a post office but I'm not sure when it changed. Some millionaire must own it, because I can't believe they haven't knocked it down - it's right between Victoria Station and the National Football Museum... I wonder how much it would go for?

 

[MsMCR]

Here's another building that's gone to complete hell on Thomas St (NQ) in Manchester.



However if you look closer on the stained glass windows, they've hidden a Manchester bee motif in them - would like to see these restored.

 

[MsMCR]

By the way farmerbarleymow if you see this, thank you so much for all your excellent mundane photography. I'm Canadian but have been to Manchester 4x (for 6 mos in 1994 but also for a couple of weeks in 1992/2012 and 2014). I love the mundane - especially old derelict buildings in Ancoats and old cotton mills.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

OK, I recognise the Pike but what's shit farm?

Shit Farm is an abandoned farmhouse just up the track from where Shirl took that photo. It's name comes from the fact that cattle use it to shelter, and the track as it passes it is a quagmire of sticky black shit.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This building in Manchester amazes me. It's STILL HERE. I remember looking at its sad self in the early 90s wondering what the history of it was. At some point it was a post office but I'm not sure when it changed. Some millionaire must own it, because I can't believe they haven't knocked it down - it's right between Victoria Station and the National Football Museum... I wonder how much it would go for?

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I do like that outlier building, and take photos whenever I pass it just in case it gets knocked down (which I'm sure it will be at some point). I've got pictures of it spanning several years I think, buried on my hard drive.

I always get odd looks taking pictures by the passing stream of people coming and going at Victoria Station...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Incidentally, I'm getting the feeling this thread's dying off a bit. Come on northerners - the weather's lovely: get out there with the camera!

I agree - we need to get off our collective arses and do something. I've got some pictures banked that I need to work through, but I also need to get out more. Work work work, as usual.

 

[MsMCR]

Anyone got any shite pictures of Batley?

Will never forget doing the ale trail one Sunday and our mate from Huddersfield dragging his leg along chanting "bring out 'yer dead... "

 

[MsMCR]

Ancoats looking extremely mundane by night last November...

 

[MsMCR]

New shite next to old shite... at least only one of them howls in the wind...

 

[MsMCR]

Doesn't get more Manc than this...

 

[Throbbing Angel]

 

[neonwilderness]

Anyone got any shite pictures of Batley?

I briefly visited there and Morley last year and immediately thought of this thread, but unfortunately I didn't get time to take and photos.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

This building in Manchester amazes me. It's STILL HERE. I remember looking at its sad self in the early 90s wondering what the history of it was. At some point it was a post office but I'm not sure when it changed. Some millionaire must own it, because I can't believe they haven't knocked it down - it's right between Victoria Station and the National Football Museum... I wonder how much it would go for?

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Just 'visited' on street view - thought I knew where you meant, but wanted to check

and wtf is that steel and glass thing? is that the football museum?

it's a bloody long time since i've been to manchester. used to get there fairly often when i was in sunny stoke on trent, nearly moved there 1991 ish

oh, and welcome to urban

may i offer

 

[MsMCR]

This is an interesting little street in Ancoats, which while a mundane Northern terrace now (but nicely tarted up so looks like a good place to live), it has an unusual history.

The Ancoats area was very densely populated from the Industrial Revolution, and there were concerns about the lack of sanitation in many houses, and fears about cholera outbreaks. The city council decided to do something about this, and built this street shortly after Victoria Square was constructed (picture posted earlier) as model housing. They included the basic utilities we all take for granted now, like indoor plumbing.

It was originally called Sanitary Street, from the whole purpose of its construction, but it was later shortened to Anita Street. I think the residents weren't too happy with the original street name.

Its a fascinating area to wander around - full of mundane old industrial buildings, but being slowly regenerated into new uses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancoats

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Dredged up an ancient post but here it is by night - looks like a film set. Thanks for the backstory, I always wondered how that street got so pretty given its immediate surroundings...

 

[MsMCR]

Just 'visited' on street view - thought I knew where you meant, but wanted to check

and wtf is that steel and glass thing? is that the football museum?

it's a bloody long time since i've been to manchester. used to get there fairly often when i was in sunny stoke on trent, nearly moved there 1991 ish

oh, and welcome to urban

may i offer

Brilliant, just the way I like my tea!

Yes, that's the football museum on the right of the second pic - that unnatural greeny/blue glass - the building formerly known as URBIS. Was a bit shocking after not having been in Manchester for 20 years when I saw it in 2012!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wonderful pictures MsMCR

Ancoats does hold a certain fascination for me, but for some reason I've never been there with a camera. If you follow the canals you end up in all sorts of mad places.

 

[Roadkill]

Great pics, MsMCR

 

[The Boy]

Thirded/Fourthed.

Good work MsMCR

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Dredged up an ancient post but here it is by night - looks like a film set. Thanks for the backstory, I always wondered how that street got so pretty given its immediate surroundings...

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It is a lovely little street, tucked away round the corner from the busy Oldham Road. It has a nice old Grade II listed pub round the corner too (the Crown and Kettle).

 

[neonwilderness]

Blaydon

 

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Whittle Dean

 

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