Mundane pictures of the North

[farmerbarleymow]

True that. I used to be able to roll home at 5am and still be bright eyed and bushy tailed the next day, whereas today was basically a write-off until I went out late afternoon.

But you're still younger than me. Bastard!

 

[longdog]

When did you take that?

Last year some time

 

[Pickman's model]

destination board at barnsley station

 

[Pickman's model]

building work in barnsley

 

[Pickman's model]

artwork at barnsley station

 

[neonwilderness]

On the way to work earlier

 

[tufty79]

artwork at barnsley station

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I do like that

sorry, i've not been giving this thread the undiluted fullon lovelike it deserves the last few days - will get on it today.

pickmans, it makes me a bit sad to hear you haven't got many of your own proper mundane northern snaps. there's a meet coming up next month - you should totally come up and see us (make us smile). and bring a camera

open offer's here to put you up/up with you

 

[Pickman's model]

memorial plaque to road accident victim outside barnsley town hall

 

[Pickman's model]

cctv post in barnsley

 

[Pickman's model]

londoner pub, shambles street, barnsley

 

[neonwilderness]

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memorial plaque to road accident victim outside barnsley town hall

The Queen of Hearts was obviously popular in Yorkshire

 

[Throbbing Angel]

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cctv post in barnsley

is that what they are?
I thought they were lights or summat
really?!

 

[Pickman's model]

is that what they are?
I thought they were lights or summat
really?!

yeh, the top bit's bent over and it contains a little cctv camera

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm out on me travels again and it's boiling. Sweating cobs, and have got lots of pictures of very mundane industrial areas.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

very committed

 

[Pickman's model]

i first saw those posts in iirc sheffield in 2008


in the middle of the post is a small cctv camera. i have subsequently seen them in newcastle and, of course, barnsley

 

[neonwilderness]

in the middle of the post is a small cctv camera. i have subsequently seen them in newcastle

I'll keep a look out for them next time I'm in town, I've not noticed them before

 

[Pickman's model]

outside the sainsbury's in grimsby by the fishing heritage centre

 

[farmerbarleymow]

very committed

Or should be committed for my new obsessive wandering round tatty parts of town.

Covered 7.7 miles today, through some really dusty and gritty parts of east Manchester - Ardwick, Beswick and Openshaw/Gorton way. There's quite a lot of recycling centres and construction depots around there, hence the dust and grit. But another lovely day wandering in complete solitude.

I think I need to aim to cover 100 miles for this thread - done 51 so far now so I've broke the back of it.

Did catch the sun a bit though, so have the classic lobster forearms and from the neck up. What is it they say about not going outside without sunscreen during the middle of the day when the sun is strongest?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm ploughing through the 254 photos I took today, so I'll start with what is one of the most bizarre notices I've seen on the communal noticeboard in the flats where I live.

The pic is a bit blurry - sorry. But it is complaining about someone's rabbit eating a neighbour's plants. The problem is the fourth floor only has balconies, so unless the said rabbit has wings it is rather unclear about how exactly it is eating the neighbour's plants!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mundane-orama - back of Piccadilly Station.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm ploughing through the 254 photos I took today, so I'll start with what is one of the most bizarre notices I've seen on the communal noticeboard in the flats where I live.

The pic is a bit blurry - sorry. But it is complaining about someone's rabbit eating a neighbour's plants. The problem is the fourth floor only has balconies, so unless the said rabbit has wings it is rather unclear about how exactly it is eating the neighbour's plants!

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rabbits can jump. that will be how it is getting from balcony to balcony

 

[farmerbarleymow]

rabbits can jump. that will be how it is getting from balcony to balcony

The balconies are quite far apart which is why is seems odd, and the lease prohibits pets in any event. An odd pet to have in city centre blocks anyway surely!

 

[Pickman's model]

The balconies are quite far apart which is why is seems odd, and the lease prohibits pets in any event. An odd pet to have in city centre blocks anyway surely!

not quite david attenborough but i think you get the drift

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Random food factory on the corner of St Andrew's Street and St Andrew's Square.



Be warned...this will be a veritable mundane odyssey as there was so much that was joyously mundane on my trek today, so lots and lots of pictures of mundanity to salivate over.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Industrial unit for rent, St Andrew's Street:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Boring Helmet Street:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Pin Mill Brow, leading towards Great Ancoats Street:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mundane Midland Street:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cheery yellow council depot, on Hooper Street: