Mundane pictures of the North

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The old railway line to Consett, now part of a C2C route

 

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Beamish

 

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Urpeth Burn

 

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Redundant gas holder in Nelson (Lancashire), apparently these are being demolished soon as they haven't been used in years...

 

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Love these things. Remember the shock when one near me on day suddenly had something large and green inside the metal cage bit

 

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From the Battery off Morecambe Prom. Freezing Rain. Freezing Wind - the arse end of Storm Imogen perhaps. Anyway - a few people decided to make use of it this morning.

 

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The old railway line to Consett, now part of a C2C route

Did that years ago on my pushbike from Penshaw just to see the sculptures that they had placed. Consett has its own climate, cold or arctic.

 

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Last year at Crosby beach in Liverpool.

 

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Morecambe indoor market never disappoints

 

[Shirl]

Morecambe indoor market never disappoints

get us a pack will you

 

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Be careful what you wish for

 

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A day off sick has given me chance to post a few recent pictures:



Princes Dock Street, seen from the Nando's in Princces Quay.



Someone doesn't have a high opinion of Transit vans...



Fifteen years ago there was a really shit independent 'supermarket' on this plot. Now they're building flats on it.



Former shop on Newland Avenue being redeveloped as a bar, and showing off its old signage in the process. I wonder how many of the shop signs I remember from years ago are still there, lurking behind the adverts for the buildings' new incarnations.



When it came out that the Mexican restaurant who used to occupy this place on Princes Ave had gone bust I didn't think it'd be long before the unit was occupied again, and it wasn't: looking forward to trying this place when it opens.



Mundane pub courtyard - the Sailmaker's Arms, on High Street.



Ferensway in the evening. I've always liked the lights over St Stephen's, in the shape of a ship's bows pointing across the city.



Quiet corner of the city centre, at the end of the Land of Green Ginger.



Newland Avenue again. I like the artwork on the shutters of Super Value: shame it's a crap shop.

 

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Nice sky over west Hull.



Blue plaque on former shipping company offices. The firm's still in business, one of the UK's largest shipping agencies, AFAIK.



Waiting for a bus on Princes Avenue.



Mundane dumped bed of the north.



A week or so after the previous photo, they're really not hanging about with these flats. Back when the supermarket was there Sharp Street should have been called Sharps Street, but the whole area is getting gentrified these days.



Window display on Newland.



Causeway leading up to the new footbridge over the Hull, marked out with the names of sailing ships' sails and spars.



Craft beer/food bar, in reputedly the oldest standing secular building in the city.

 

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A week or so after the previous photo, they're really not hanging about with these flats. Back when the supermarket was there Sharp Street should have been called Sharps Street, but the whole area is getting gentrified these days.

Just out of shot to the left is the very interesting* Roll of the Dead of Sharp Street from the 1st WW

*to very few

 

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This is my local. It's official name is Midgehole Working Mens Club but forever it's been known as the Blue Pig. When we first started going there in 1990 I wasn't allowed to join because women couldn't be members. I've been a member for many years now though. It's in Harcdastle Crags (National Trust ) and it's just a short walk down through the woods for us.

that's not me by the way, it's my old man and our dog