Mundane pictures of the North

[Roadkill]

From their website... "“Not once did I feel rushed; she even slowed down when I indicated so I did not blow too soon."

You are joking.

Too 'shagged out' to post tonight, eh?

 

[longdog]

Pot - Kettle

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From their website... "“Not once did I feel rushed; she even slowed down when I indicated so I did not blow too soon."

Now that's what I call a good service

How much did that extra 'service' cost then, given you seem to know rather too much about the 'menu''?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I did get some pics of the fire at Paul's Hair World today, which has been on the news. As I passed the end of the cordoned-off Oldham Street, the policeman laughed as I looked in the other direction to take a photo of a fire engine. Ten out of ten for observation for me!

The policeman (who was a thoroughly lovely chap, and a credit to GMP) told me the fire brigade had been there for six hours by the time I passed by, so quite a fierce fire. Given its a hair/wig shop, including human hair, there will no doubt be a lot of flammable material there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23302304

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-oldham-5096845

Edit to add - sadly a fireman died as a result of the blaze.

 

[killer b]

 

[Tom A]

I did get some pics of the fire at Paul's Hair World today, which has been on the news. As I passed the end of the cordoned-off Oldham Street, the policeman laughed as I looked in the other direction to take a photo of a fire engine. Ten out of ten for observation for me!

The policeman (who was a thoroughly lovely chap, and a credit to GMP) told me the fire brigade had been there for six hours by the time I passed by, so quite a fierce fire. Given its a hair/wig shop, including human hair, there will no doubt be a lot of flammable material there.

Quite a good fire, and you could smell the smoke right across that part of town 'till I got home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23302304

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-oldham-5096845

http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/conte...ham-street-blaze-heart-manchesters-northern-q

I feel sorry for the businesses affected.

Turns out one of the firefighters died I was also in the NQ that evening (meeting up people at the Port Street Beer House before Massive Attack) and I could see the smoky haze and smell it, though thankfully it didn't smell that much like burning hair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23304526

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The smoke was being carried by the wind to at least Piccadilly - but I too didn't notice the smell of human hair wigs burning.

Edit to add - an ambulance blue-lighted it passed me as I was walking home shortly after 9 last night after taking some pictures, which tallies with the time of the incident. Must have been carrying him.

 

[Roadkill]

A few more of my Hessle Road pics from yesterday:



Corner of St George's Road and Hessle Road.



I thought this was ghost advertising, but the baker is actually open.



Mundane view down the road.



Another place that looks as if it should be shut, but isn't.



Mundane retail park.



Side street on the south side of Hessle Road. This all used to be back-to-back housing but was redeveloped into industrial land during slum clearance programmes in the 1950s and 1960s.



Side street next to Rayners.



More shops.



Corner of the Boulevard, which is a really interesting road and one I'm going to go back and take some pics of.

 

[Roadkill]

Corner of Wellsted Street.



Smith & Nephew plant, seen through the viaduct.



The pub I'd never been in before, the Inkerman Tavern. A weird and faintly camp place, tucked away in an unprepossessing back street behind two gay pubs, just up the street from a knocking shop. Been in a lot of worse places, though. The chimneys to the right belong to another former fish smokehouse.



The inner end of Hessle Road, heading towards the junction with Ferensway.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Started to go through all the photos I took yesterday, and this is the road downhill to Uppermill, with the Pennines forming the backdrop.

 

[longdog]

My pictures from the joint Roadie / Doggy expedition to the parts of Hull no white man has ever seen before.



A big wet penis.




A mundane littler bin.




A very not mundane 'US Spec' Triumph Bonneville. My favouritist motor bike ever made although I prefer the wire wheels. They're slow, unreliable, leak all over your boots, shake your bones to dust and handle like a blancmange on wheels but looking that good who cares?




The tree-stump with the dragon tattoo.





Spring Bank looking east.

 

[longdog]

The Polar Bear. Was the lesbian pub in town with assorted other poofs. It decided to re-brand itself as a 'football' pub which was a monumental mistake. The football crowd wouldn't go in because it was (past tense) a gay pub and the gayers wouldn't go in because it was frequented by sweaty fat blokes in nylon shirts. It's closed and reopened a few times recently but having pissed off it's customer base and given the proximity of Princes Ave bars it's future is uncertain.




Hull Royal Infirmary.




One of Hull's many reptile shops which have sprung up of late. This one seems to have failed.





A parade of shops of no particular interest to anybody.





Fabulous old motorbike shop. A Mobylette moped from the early eighties and a Honda CB something or the other.





Hessle Road dual carriageway looking west.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Damn - my payg broadband has run out and 3 are carrying out maintenance on their billing systems so can't top up until Monday. So no pictures of mundane Saddleworth until then.

 

[longdog]

Last one for the time being.



In Hull we keep our train stations behind fences and razor-wire to stop them escaping.

 

[tufty79]

bits of kirkstall abbey and its festival

 

[tufty79]

did someone want more northern pigeons, btw?









this chunk's for farmerbarleymow

admiring the town hall from afar (well, the other side of the road)




stone work










little specks of joy




grand entrance




guardian angel




looking up

 

[cyberfairy]

Hello folks! I'm back from a bit of a mammoth trek, round the lovely environs of Saddleworth (which is definitely NOT West Yorkshire for those people there who seem to have problems with boundary changes 40 years ago!).

Around 7.5 miles, up hill and down dale in an 8 hour day out, and my heels are shredded. I was limping as I walked across the city centre after getting off the train at Victoria - ouch!

Serves me right for going out on a long-ish country walk in proper walking boots for the first time in ages.

Got tons of pictures, but almost all of them are lovely, even if they qualify as being mundane for that sort of Northern village/countryside area. Some amazing houses up there - I'd certainly like to live there.

And for cyberfairy, I went to the cemetery and got some pictures of the Bill O' Jacks grave. Up a bloody steep hill mind, but the views were worth it.

As it happens, I had a lovely chat with a retired Latin teacher all the way there on the train, and we were talking about murders and lovely grisly things as her daughter was a solicitor in criminal law. And we of course talked about the Moors Murders as she lived in Uppermill. A really lovely lady*.

* and she earned 1,000 more lovely points as she said I didn't look my age when we were sharing stories of knackered hips and knees.

It'll take me ages to go through them so maybe post them over the next few days.

Woohoo_ I love a bit of grave porn Spent weekend in far too lovely rural Cumbria. Apologies for my lack of commitment to the cause

 

[cyberfairy]

Mundane for North Cumbria...

 

[cyberfairy]

 

[cyberfairy]

 

[cyberfairy]

 

[Casually Red]

The smoke was being carried by the wind to at least Piccadilly - but I too didn't notice the smell of human hair wigs burning.

Edit to add - an ambulance blue-lighted it passed me as I was walking home shortly after 9 last night after taking some pictures, which tallies with the time of the incident. Must have been carrying him.

theres 2 teenagers arrested now on suspicion of causing the death of the fireman

 

[_angel_]

this chunk's for farmerbarleymow

admiring the town hall from afar (well, the other side of the road)

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stone work

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little specks of joy


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grand entrance


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guardian angel

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looking up

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we got married there!

 

[Firky]

Weir at Sheepwash

 

[cdg]

Weir at Sheepwash

That looks more like something from a swamp in the deep south.

 

[Firky]

Warkworth Castle

 

[cyberfairy]

A view of the main hall of the library:

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Love this one

 

[farmerbarleymow]

theres 2 teenagers arrested now on suspicion of causing the death of the fireman

Yeah - read that on the news. I was talking to one of the coppers guarding the cordon and he said the fire is out but the embers are still smouldering. Lots of smoke still coming from the building and they're still pumping tons of water into it.

The building looks totalled - roof gone so god knows what structural damage has been caused. It will be a great shame if it's demolished like the one further up the street was after it also burned down recently, as it's got a lovely facade.

Took lots of photos so will post some when I've got net access on my laptop.

 

[cyberfairy]

Damn - my payg broadband has run out and 3 are carrying out maintenance on their billing systems so can't top up until Monday. So no pictures of mundane Saddleworth until then.

dislike!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Woohoo_ I love a bit of grave porn Spent weekend in far too lovely rural Cumbria. Apologies for my lack of commitment to the cause

You'll love this area - two old overgrown cemeteries and a new tidy one on a slopey hillside. Will post next week.