Mundane pictures of the North

[neonwilderness]

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Been for a hot chocolate and a walk along The Shore -Snow, Sea, Sand. Looking over Morecambe Bay towards Flookburgh and Grange over Sands (on the right, the dark bit) and Roose/Barrow in Furness/Walney (the snowier looking bit on the left)

 

[Roadkill]

Cross-posted from the Local Newspaper Headlines thread. This sign should say 'Cocktails Baby?' but some of the letters have stopped working:

 

[Throbbing Angel]

 

[Roadkill]

I'm actually tempted to walk up there and have a look for myself, since they're saying it'll be fixed tomorrow. But I've just had dinner and feel far too lazy.

 

[oneflewover]

It is at the top of my Mothers street, should I tell her not to go out? I'd hate for her to be tempted. She is 82.

 

[Shirl]

I had an email from frances lengel this morning and he said to say hello to farmerbarleymow , cyberfairy, neonwilderness, Throbbing Angel, Fez909 and all who post on this thread

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Yell him Hi would you.

He did me a great favour once after making a request on here.

 

[Roadkill]

Old sign on a shop being refurbished on Spring Bank. Readable, reliable and realistic are not words I'd associate with the Torygraph.



Some weeds were cleared from this building recently, showing off the foundation stone. The year's worn off but I think it would have been early 1860s, as it was then that Princes Ave was laid out.



Frosty morning at Queen's Gardens.



Queen's Road Catholic Church at dusk.



Princes Avenue.



Blimey, the 'gift shop' is actually open! It's been there since God was a boy and it's a little slice of the 'old' Princes Avenue, when it was a rather tired shopping street and before all the bars and restaurants started opening up. These days the owner seems to open only when she feels like it.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

view from Ikea Manchester's car park - looking towards Manchester - Google Photos made this from 3 other crappy blurred colour pics

 

[Puddy_Tat]

came up on tweeter today -

Early morning, West Hartlepool, 1963 - Don Mccullin

 

[neonwilderness]

came up on tweeter today -

Early morning, West Hartlepool, 1963 - Don Mccullin

I have one of his books which has more of these shots. Excellent stuff

 

[oneflewover]

Blimey, the 'gift shop' is actually open! It's been there since God was a boy and it's a little slice of the 'old' Princes Avenue, when it was a rather tired shopping street and before all the bars and restaurants started opening up. These days the owner seems to open only when she feels like it.

Was you sat in Pave waiting for this? Not, of course, that it is a bad thing!

 

[Steel Icarus]

I love McCullin's stuff. Read this recently:

That’s me in the picture: Stasia Franek vaults a puddle for Don McCullin, Liverpool, early 1970s

 

[neonwilderness]

There's a few more of his shots from Bradford here - Don McCullin – In England | Art Blart

 

[Roadkill]

Was you sat in Pave waiting for this? Not, of course, that it is a bad thing!

No, but I took the photo on the way there, and the ones on Queen Road walking up from the St Johns. I hadn't been in the latter since it changed hands and I can see why CAMRA are raving about it now: it's a lovely pub.

 

[hot air baboon]

Amazing pictures show lives of people in 1970s post-industrial Britain

First published in 1988, Chris Killip's In Flagrante is now considered one of the defining pieces of modern photojournalism.

His harrowing black and white photographs depict the people and places in northeast Britain during its tumultuous transition to a post-industrial society.

Now, as a reissue is released 18 years later, his photographs remain some of the most powerful images to ever capture 1970s and 1980s Britain.

 

[neonwilderness]

A few shots from Weardale this afternoon

 

[neonwilderness]

Sikehead dam and lead mine

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[neonwilderness]

Looks like someone came a cropper in the recent bad weather

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[coley]

Amazing pictures show lives of people in 1970s post-industrial Britain

First published in 1988, Chris Killip's In Flagrante is now considered one of the defining pieces of modern photojournalism.

His harrowing black and white photographs depict the people and places in northeast Britain during its tumultuous transition to a post-industrial society.

Now, as a reissue is released 18 years later, his photographs remain some of the most powerful images to ever capture 1970s and 1980s Britain.

Live very close to where the first photographs were taken, Lynemouth, going to buy the book to see if his commentary is as good as his photos.

 

[neonwilderness]

Newcastle from the top of one of the multi story car parks

 

[neonwilderness]

Grainger Market

 

[neonwilderness]

No Place