Mundane pictures of the North

[farmerbarleymow]

Some beguiling views around Ardwick Green.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A building being taken over by nature.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Absolutely charmless bus depot.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

An especially nicely mundane building. Seemingly formerly a branch of Kwik Save, and since morphed in some kind of discount furniture shop. As it was open to access on all sides I took four pictures so you can get the full sense of how tatty the building is.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Boring block of flats:



Boring office block:



Boring:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The gateway to HEAVEN!



Geri this is your favourite factory.

 

[Fez909]

But do you like pease pudding as well? Pease pudding and ham stotties are gorgeous (you could replace the ham with a veggie option though).

I tried pease pudding for the first time about two months ago (aged 31).

#Northernshame

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I tried pease pudding for the first time about two months ago (aged 31).

#Northernshame

My god you must have had a sheltered upbringing young man!

 

[Fez909]

My god you must have had a sheltered upbringing young man!

I was the most annoying, picky eater kid you can imagine. Unfortunately my parents indulged me, so I grew up eating what I wanted (microchips were a favourite for a long time ).

Now I eat anything and everything

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Being Manchester, another set of obligatory arches.



And a close up of the building with the strange pointy thing on top.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A can of pease pudding to whoever correctly guesses what is housed in this building. I had to scuttle around it to find out myself as it is very counter-intuitive.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Methinks someone had an unpleasant experience that spurred them on to writing this on a hoarding.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I was the most annoying, picky eater kid you can imagine. Unfortunately my parents indulged me, so I grew up eating what I wanted (microchips were a favourite for a long time ).

Now I eat anything and everything

We were made to eat whatever was put in front us, no arguments. Or we'd have it for the next meal, etc. You wouldn't have survived in our house!

 

[Fez909]

Going back to the previous discussion about missing places: we need more Teesside on here. Do you go back to Stockton much farmerbarleymow?

I'll try to get some boro pics next time I'm home. Should be pretty easy to fill a camera

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Going back to the previous discussion about missing places: we need more Teesside on here. Do you go back to Stockton much farmerbarleymow?

I'll try to get some boro pics next time I'm home. Should be pretty easy to fill a camera

Not been back for years, and don't have any photos of the area at all (that I've taken).

In the Boro any area over the border should be good, and Park End estate if it is still as tatty as it was when I was a kid. A picture of the Lowcocks depot would be good if it is still there (I remember collecting the empties for the deposit to spend on sweets). That's just off Newport Road, near the big roundabout under the A66.

 

[machine cat]

I'm so sorry, the thought of going to Keighley was too much I didn't make it, so have thrown in a few shots of Halifax and Huddersfield to make up.

Bingley

Stopped for a pint here:

 

[machine cat]

Shipley

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The B & B HQ is especially nasty!

 

[Fez909]

Not been back for years, and don't have any photos of the area at all (that I've taken).

In the Boro any area over the border should be good, and Park End estate if it is still as tatty as it was when I was a kid. A picture of the Lowcocks depot would be good if it is still there (I remember collecting the empties for the deposit to spend on sweets). That's just off Newport Road, near the big roundabout under the A66.

"Over the border" I'm not sure I'd dare get my camera out. Last time I went anywhere near it it was just full of crackheads being aggressive and begging!

Park End is where I grew up and it's even worse than ever now. It might be because I was from there, or because I was young, but when I lived there it didn't seem too bad. But now when I go back it feels worse every time. My Dad still lives there.

Lowcocks shut down years ago but I think a few years back there was talks of it opening back up again. Not sure whether that happened or not.

Grove Hill is the biggest shock for me. They've knocked most of it down and there's only a few houses left where people have refused to move/sell. The streets are still there and you can see where the houses were, but it's just like a wasteland. Would be good for some pics

 

[machine cat]

Bradford

 

[machine cat]

Halifax

Huddersfield

 

[machine cat]

While in Shipley I met a bloke in the market who makes a living selling mundane pictures of the north. I asked him about prints of the clock tower and he didn't have any for sale but would upload one tonight on his blog for me.

He's just gone and done that!

http://geofftynanphotography.tumblr.com/


I also had a look at how you get in. There's a hole just above the entrance to the market. With a ladder, a leg up and couple of other people I could get to the top

 

[tufty79]

While in Shipley I met a bloke in the market who makes a living selling mundane pictures of the north. I asked him about prints of the clock tower and he didn't have any for sale but would upload one tonight on his blog for me.

He's just gone and done that!

http://geofftynanphotography.tumblr.com/

i think that's some kind of karmic passing on of good deeds.
(i'm normally a total sceptic btw)

 

[machine cat]

i think that's some kind of karmic passing on of good deeds.
(i'm normally a total sceptic btw)

Just emailed him to say thank you

 

[machine cat]

I tried pease pudding for the first time about two months ago (aged 31).

#Northernshame

It's all we eat when I visit my Nan in Seaham!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Bradford

That must have been designed by manufacturers of anti-depressant drugs - calculated to destroy any vestiges of happiness the denizens of Bradford possess, and send them rushing to their doctor for a prescription.

They have a vertical ice skating rink? Is there a rink on each floor of the block, and does it have slopes between floors like an icy version of snakes and ladders?

 

[tufty79]

They have a vertical ice skating rink?

it's on the first or second floor iirc. no idea what's above/below it

 

[_angel_]

 

[neonwilderness]

Some old ones