Mundane pictures of the North

[Firky]

 

[Firky]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I presume the block above is being demolished rather than constructed? Are they going to blow it up?

 

[Firky]

I presume the block above is being demolished rather than constructed? Are they going to blow it up?

Yarking it doon!

 

[Firky]

Gateshead in the 80s

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yarking it doon!

They always miss a trick when hauling old tower blocks down - they should get the RAF to bomb it, and it would be useful target practice for them. Fully armed fighter jets hurtling towards it at supersonic speeds, and BOOM! Bye bye tower block!

That would be very cool!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I think it is fair to say that Gateshead wasn't the most attractive place in the world back then.

 

[Firky]

Saltwell Park and that's quite nice.

I don't really know the area TBH, more familar with Northumberland than the toon and gateshead.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I need to go to Southern Cemetery a I've not been down that bit of Manchester yet. Probably do this next week and report back with any interesting gravestones I find.

I realised last night that I'm getting confused over which bits I've covered and which I haven't. So I'm going to have to get a map and draw a line on all the streets I've walked down to identify the next set of suitable locations for mundane-hunting.

 

[The Boy]

Loving the pics of Levy farmerbarleymow . Shame you didn't get any of the Fallowfield Loop cycle path while you were there. Proper mundane (and I might have mouse infected damp hole I called home for months )

 

[Fez909]

genuinely please don't call me that. ever.

OK

 

[tufty79]

ta

have a spiky northern thistle with spectacular architecture pic, thread.
(may be reposted from elsewhere on urban, but i claim photographers rights )

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But isn't the thistle an invader from over the border?

 

[tufty79]

i have a multiculturally integrated garden

 

[lazythursday]

Had to skim read about 30 pages, but just to acknowledge some ace pictures. Particularly enjoyed tufty79 's Calderdale trip (I live in Tod and there is one I have no idea where it is...) and farmerbarleymow 's Uppermill and burning NQ pics. By the way, the Koffee Pot used to be a genuine old-fashioned greasy spoon, then was bought by northern quarter hipster types about five years ago. It's now an ironic greasy spoon with much higher prices (but apparently very good food).

I shall get around to processing more of my travel pics later. I have some ACTUAL COAL. But sadly, about to drift into Nottinghamshire and am sure no-one wants to see mundane pictures of the midlands.

 

[tufty79]

welcome to The Best Thread On The Internet!
*rubs hands*
*waits expectantly for coal, like a naughty child at christmas*

(btw, let us know which tod pic baffled you, and i'll try work out where it was at)

 

[lazythursday]

welcome to The Best Thread On The Internet!
*rubs hands*
*waits expectantly for coal, like a naughty child at christmas*

(btw, let us know which tod pic baffled you, and i'll try work out where it was at)

It's the one with the model, showing something straddling the border? It must be somewhere really obvious, and I must walk past it every fucking day.

(not new to the thread by the way, you've just forgotten me cos I've been away a few weeks. I posted a much praised image of B&M Bargains in Sowerby Bridge back in the day)

 

[tufty79]

It's the one with the model, showing something straddling the border? It must be somewhere really obvious, and I must walk past it every fucking day.

(not new to the thread by the way, you've just forgotten me cos I've been away a few weeks. I posted a much praised image of B&M Bargains in Sowerby Bridge back in the day)

nah, i've forgotten cos i'm a fuckwit

is this what you meant?


it's opposite the market, on a grassy bit by the path that leads back up to the train station

 

[neonwilderness]

Yarking it doon!

A couple of them have already gone. I need to drag myself up there with a camera at some point.

I think it is fair to say that Gateshead wasn't the most attractive place in the world back then.

The town centre has always been a bit of a dump

 

[neonwilderness]

Traffic was a bit of a nightmare on the way home, so I abandoned the car and walked home though the site of Gateshead Garden Festival

1990 (not my pic)



About half an hour ago























A nice picnic spot





During the great Toon flood last year this was waist high in water





I'll take a different route when I go back to get the car later

 

[farmerbarleymow]

*waits expectantly for coal, like a naughty child at christmas*

Coal is for new year if you are of Scottish extraction. First footing and all that.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Traffic was a bit of a nightmare on the way home, so I abandoned the car and walked home though the site of Gateshead Garden Festival

What a surprise - promises that these garden festivals 'regenerating' the area turning out to be pie crust ones!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

i have a multiculturally integrated garden

But the thistle will have to be deported if Scotland declares independence...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Loving the pics of Levy farmerbarleymow . Shame you didn't get any of the Fallowfield Loop cycle path while you were there. Proper mundane (and I might have mouse infected damp hole I called home for months )

I used to cycle down there a lot, and used it when I went to Sainsbury's Fallowfield to get my shopping on my bike, shoving it all in a rucksack then wobbling back on the bike, hoping the imbalance didn't tip me off!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But sadly, about to drift into Nottinghamshire and am sure no-one wants to see mundane pictures of the midlands.

You can post these on the poor relation thread, Pictures of the Dirty Dirty South:

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/pictures-of-the-dirty-dirty-south.312595/

 

[neonwilderness]

What a surprise - promises that these garden festivals 'regenerating' the area turning out to be pie crust ones!

Tbf, those are probably the worst bits. They did build some houses and stuff too

 

[The Boy]

I used to cycle down there a lot, and used it when I went to Sainsbury's Fallowfield to get my shopping on my bike, shoving it all in a rucksack then wobbling back on the bike, hoping the imbalance didn't tip me off!

I used to walk down it to get to work in Withington. My shoes were fucked and full of holes to the point that I was once half an hour late for work due to being stranded on the path after heavy rainfall. Boss wasn't impressed by my excuse.

 

[Casually Red]

ive skimmed a bit through the thread but i havent noticed any Middlesbrough ones . Cant believe the Las Vegas of the North isnt better represented

 

[davesgcr]

Coal is for new year if you are of Scottish extraction. First footing and all that.

Bit of a Welsh tradition to - or it was in my day - loved the shot of the MK1 Rayburn being fired up - we had one as a kid , but it was never let out - bit of a challenge in the hot summer of 1976 - but it provided the hot water for zero cost (Pa being an NCB Shift Manager with 8 free tons of coal a year gifted as a "perk")

 

[davesgcr]

ive skimmed a bit through the thread but i havent noticed any Middlesbrough ones . Cant believe the Las Vegas of the North isnt better represented

Eagerly waiting for Zetland House to appear - with duty dealers to hand outside...