phil_sutters

Just to add to this rush of photographic detail of this building, a few of the north-west corner, which will not be seen in the model.

Hi Grahame. I wonder if your roof top boxes are a little high, although from the angle these two photos were taken in 2011 it is difficult to compare with your views looking down. Of course things may have altered in the period between your era and 2011. However you continue to recreate an area I know well, so it is fascinating to watch your progress. Thank you for sharing it. Best wishes, Phil

My Dad's photo of Penmaenpool should be appearing in the Channel 'Walking Britain's Lost Railways' series on Friday 26.10.2018 at 9pm. Ch5 asked to use it, but they don't always use everything they source. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/75356-cl2-2-6-0-46521-penmaen-pool-27-8-1964/

Have I uploaded this one here before? Never mind, the opportunity to show some Belgian bums doesn't crop up too often,

Where do you think East-West Rail and the West to East Tramocar will meet? Worthing Tramocar at Amberley Museum 29 8 2013

This sign always puzzled me. I calculated that, as the named places were churches or similar buildings, it was because someone was trying to be religiously 'inclusive'. On the subject of inclusivity, I recently took Channel 4 to task over their big metal figure (called by them their 'ident') walking ashore and landing a large group of people onto a white cliff top, where they then turn and, standing on the edge, wave out to sea. The past year has seen all the local authorities in our area of the Sussex coast back up the RNLI and Coastguard campaign to warn of the serious danger of rock falls from the chalk cliffs, begging people not to go near the edge. There has been at least one death from selfie-taking, quite apart from the huge toll of suicides, and there have been numerous rock falls at all times of the year, not just in rough weather. Channel 4 response was that their ident was delivering a very inclusive group of people to the location. My comment was that the length of time the ident was on the screen, in slots between programmes and adverts., would be too short for viewers to notice who was in the group, but that the image of them standing on the cliff waving would be far more likely to stick in the memory. Mind you the BBC was as bad with their use of the white cliffs for their 2012 Olympics publicity, where they had Olympic and then Paralympic heroes standing on the cliff top waving.

Looking for something else - as per usual - I came across this thread. These two are from 20 years later, but show that there was still some steam about.

I have featured this little Unimog shunter before, but not from this angle I think, rolling through Newhaven Harbour station with wagon loads of waste ballast from trackworks between there and Newhaven Town station. 23.3.2013 More yellow locos please

Sorry I haven't been paying attention - too many non-railway things going on. If you want a really classy gun-boat try this one preserved at Chatham. Technically I think she is a screw sloop - as opposed to a sail or paddle sloop I guess - but she was used in much the same way around the empire. She was commissioned in 1878 and saw service into the early 1900s. She even has a railway connection, according Wiki - 'In the autumn of 1900, Gannet was leased to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Company as an accommodation hulk at Port Victoria railway station on the Isle of Grain.'

Thanks - that fills a gap in my information.

I have spotted a couple more shots which may or may not help. They were in my Southwark Needle file among my Public Art in Southwark folder. I have several photos of the NW corner of the building where the glazing is completely different, but I guess that will be out of sight.

I only have the western end of the block - here it is for those that haven't seen it.

If you would like a photo rather than a link - albeit at Exeter not London Bridge!

I am not sure how much is sand and how much is mud, in this quayside off the Bristol Channel. It still hasn't got mooring lines and people - before someone comments! The ships are S&DJR coasters plying between South Wales and Highbridge, with mainly coal and steel products. On the left is Julia and the right is Radstock and the date is the 1930s. Another quayside, sea, river or canal, please

I may have used this one before but it fits more rail-borne oddities please

On (very short - perhaps 15ft) rails - I would have loved to have lived here when the harbour had extensive railways on both sides of the river - with Terriers! More interesting bits of rails with wheeled stuff on them please

No more off the rails contributions - have a wild card that could take us somewhere more productive!

From my very primitive filing system, it appears that I have previously uploaded this to RMweb, but I can't remember using it in this thread - if I have I apologize! Let's keep off the rails - if we can.

There's a rather dour bust of King Haakon VII outside the Norwegian Kirke in Rotherhithe, London, As usual it has nothing to do with anything but here he is - his upper lip is mustachioed but it looks a bit strange in this sculpture.

More gadding about in August - sorry he didn't make it to Ireland. The Scottish photo was taken at Arbroath. Between 29th July and 26th August 1952 we were on holiday in Monifieth. Including the journeys fom Ripon and back Dad filled 54 pages of his spotting logbook. With upto 24 lines / entries per page that is approaching 1300 recorded loco sightings. Obviously some are seen more than once during the holiday and he did visit several sheds, but there are whole pages of Monifieth, Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh.

Dad obviously travelled far and wide in August!

.........and an earlier one

Back in the 50s -

No vehicles on these carflats!