Historic sites & sights

[Gavla04GS]

Inspired by @Wapping wanders and my early finish this morning, it gave me the chance to grab images of local places that I thought interesting and varied enough to share here. Plus no traffic allowed easy picture capture.

This has been referenced in a National thread re: overhauled gasworks, so we will start there…






Whilst rat running through the roads in this part of Yarmouth I happened upon one of local successes so here’s a pic of something made, that we like





I ended up near the power station too, and a significant, output capacity upgrade project continues there, I passed the large transformer compound and only today noticed the brickwork stating who owned it…




The town is having millions invested in it, ( National Lottery & Government) but the nostalgic nods to engineering and fishing highlight when the town was bustling and worth visiting. As teenagers we’d get minibuses over from Lowestoft to chance our arm with the local ladies, plus you could guess the rotation of the oil and gas workers, by who was out and about.

And there was grab a granny (over 25s) at the Winter Gardens, another venue undergoing an Historic restoration

 

[Oldrat]

Nice one Gave

A fairly new addition to Kings Cross is the rather innovative and expensive conversion of the circular gas storage units into very expensive flats.

Nicely done too.

 

[Gavla04GS]

A fairly new addition to Kings Cross is the rather innovative and expensive conversion of the circular gas storage units into very expensive flats.

Nicely done too.

Thanks @Oldrat I couldn’t recall if it was London or Manchester? that had completed a significant repair and conversion..

 

[Wapping]

A great local wander, thank you.

 

[Wapping]

A fairly new addition to Kings Cross

I’ve always wondered whether the gasometer flats, suffer from the same problem as offices in the City’s gherkin? That of wasted space, as we live in a ‘square world’ which doesn’t suit curved outer walls, which results in wasted space.

 

[dean0n0]

Inspired by @Wapping wanders and my early finish this morning, it gave me the chance to grab images of local places that I thought interesting and varied enough to share here. Plus no traffic allowed easy picture capture.

This has been referenced in a National thread re: overhauled gasworks, so we will start there…

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Whilst rat running through the roads in this part of Yarmouth I happened upon one of local successes so here’s a pic of something made, that we like

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I ended up near the power station too, and a significant, output capacity upgrade project continues there, I passed the large transformer compound and only today noticed the brickwork stating who owned it…


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The town is having millions invested in it, ( National Lottery & Government) but the nostalgic nods to engineering and fishing highlight when the town was bustling and worth visiting. As teenagers we’d get minibuses over from Lowestoft to chance our arm with the local ladies, plus you could guess the rotation of the oil and gas workers, by who was out and about.

And there was grab a granny (over 25s) at the Winter Gardens, another venue undergoing an Historic restoration

I always used to wonder at the boarded-up pubs on the dockside, and the lives that had passed through.

 

[Posh Pete]

We're awa tae Yairmouth toon ...

 

[Bravo]

Thanks for that Gav,I always loved a Gasometer as a kid,seeing how full it was by the height of it..... Simple things an all that.