Mundane pictures of the North

[Pickman's model]

Craig Farm​

There are apparently the remains of a Bastle here but they are not obvious.​

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You would be correct. Even I felt a bit nervous walking along that section, and it would certainly not be a stretch I would go down after dark!

Bodies are found in that stretch of the canal every now and again too - it is a common part of the canal to drown in it seems.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Craig Farm​

There are apparently the remains of a Bastle here but they are not obvious.​

The whole ethos of this thread is that people post pictures they have taken themselves, and if they use other people's pictures they openly acknowledge this.

Looking at the posts you have made they seem commonly to be pictures culled from websites, including geograph.org.uk.

The pictures may well be within the parameters of this thread, but plastering it with other peoples pictures without acknowledgement is just not cricket.

You really have to have some kind of connection to the place you are posting about - been there, lived there, etc. For example, when I mentioned that I was going to Staly and Ashton, you started posting pictures of said places which personally I doubt you've ever been to at all.

This is quite annoying and in my, and other people's minds, should stop.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Hulme to Hollingworth Lake, part two:

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I was walking down that bit of the canal the other day. Even though the surrounds are not developed yet, British Waterways have done a good job on this area.

 

[neonwilderness]

The whole ethos of this thread is that people post pictures they have taken themselves, and if they use other people's pictures they openly acknowledge this.

Tbf, I've been posting some photos I haven't taken either. Although they are related to my local area I suppose, so maybe that's ok. I dunno

 

[neonwilderness]

Anyway, managed a short mundane stroll earlier this evening.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tbf, I've been posting some photos I haven't taken either. Although they are related to my local area I suppose, so maybe that's ok. I dunno

That's fine in my view if you are from the neck of the woods.

But I would encourage anyone to acknowledge that it wasn't their picture for sake of clarity.

 

[Fez909]

The whole ethos of this thread is that people post pictures they have taken themselves, and if they use other people's pictures they openly acknowledge this.

Looking at the posts you have made they seem commonly to be pictures culled from websites, including geograph.org.uk.

The pictures may well be within the parameters of this thread, but plastering it with other peoples pictures without acknowledgement is just not cricket.

You really have to have some kind of connection to the place you are posting about - been there, lived there, etc. For example, when I mentioned that I was going to Staly and Ashton, you started posting pictures of said places which personally I doubt you've ever been to at all.

This is quite annoying and in my, and other people's minds, should stop.

Tbf, I've been posting some photos I haven't taken either. Although they are related to my local area I suppose, so maybe that's ok. I dunno

Just to chime in with my 2p worth.

I don't think these pictures should have to be your own, but obviously it's better if they are!

I think Pickman's model scattergun approach seems a bit pointless, though. If you haven't taken those pics, and have no connection to or interest in the area, what's the point? Especially as they're all from one website. We might as well go to that site and just click random pictures.

*shrugs*

 

[Pickman's model]

farmerbarleymow I never claimed any pictures I posted on this thread had been taken by me: in fact I said I sought them out on the web, so I am surprised by your post above, in particular because I felt the repeated 'likes' I received from you indicated your approbation. Not only have I nowhere claimed the pictures, and leaving aside the issue of 'likes' i've received, i've not previously seen the views of the other people you mention stated. I've enjoyed finding mundane pictures of the north, and I hope you've enjoyed seeing them. As a londoner I don't have so many pictures of the north myself but i'll see what I can find in my collection. I'm sorry for beaching, however inadvertantly, the rules of the thread.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Can't be sure whether this empty building was formerly a pub, but it looks like it from the design:



But this one was:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A very much out-of-place building (it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the area), and I like the rather silly name of the restaurant:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mundane back street. The front of this terrace faces onto Oldham Road.

 

[machine cat]

I have eaten in Glamorous. It didn't live up to it's name

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is mundane old Oldham Road, heading towards the city centre. You can see the front of Victoria Square towards the end (the pointy roofed building). The other buildings are a hodge podge of designs, and have random uses - there used to be a knocking shop on this row, but I think it was the building that has been demolished in the centre. Since the last time I was on this road, there have been a lot of Vietnamese businesses opened (restaurants and food stores) which is interesting - will have to pop in one of the food shops to see what things I can buy.



This is in the other direction. More half-demolished buildings but good to see the bike shop still there as that's been there for as long as I can remember. The tower block has lain empty for many years - there are a few tower blocks in the area, and one was tarted up and was aimed at providing cheap accommodation to teachers, and I think the same might have been intended for this one but the money ran out.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I have eaten in Glamorous. It didn't live up to it's name

Thanks for the tip! I've often wondered what a glamorous restaurant should be like, as it is an odd name for a food place.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't know what this derelict building was in a former life, but obviously some kind of factory given the large chimney. But oddly it has lots of what look like loading bay entrances. I'll have to dig deeper into the history of the area to try and work out what exactly it was.

The satellite dish is a bit incongruous though!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another forlorn derelict building.





For a change, it is possible to see inside this one as the grilled windows are shattered.





Weirdly, I couldn't see the writing on the left of this picture until I resized it and posted it here.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A mundane-orama. There are some slightly mis-joined bits as the camera stitches them together automatically.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another tatty building:



And what looks like an old mill, which seems to be empty:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another building waiting to be let. At least they built industrial buildings to look decent in those days, unlike the really dull light industrial sheds that are built nowadays.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I like this one - knackered, but looks perfectly sound structurally so hopefully someone will renovate it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

There is a banner sign hanging from this building which says it is the County Record Office, but it doesn't seem to be in use. Nice doorway though - 1920s style?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The plot of what once was another building, long since demolished judging by the ghost staircase in the first picture, and roofline in the second.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I can't work out what this little building once was, as it sits in the middle of what is now a car park.

 

[machine cat]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Inspired by Norman Tebbit perhaps?

 

[machine cat]

Shipley Swimming Pool

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Does it have to be north England? Cos I have some very mundane pictures of north China.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Here's hoping the cat is found.

Reminds me of a nice notice someone put on a wall near Piccadilly - there was a cat who was living there, and it was really cold weather. Apparently random strangers left blankets for her, and food, as she wouldn't go near any people. Presumably she'd had bad experiences in the past. Finally someone managed to catch her, and hand her to a one of the animal charities that looks after and rehomes strays. So the note thanked everyone for helping out and said after being checked over by a vet and fed and kept warm, she was doing well and was about to be rehomed.