TBF we haven't got the full set, but do have most of them.
06.08.2025 21:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@gslug1.bsky.social
Drives trains. Likes concrete, synthesisers and 1980s computers.
TBF we haven't got the full set, but do have most of them.
06.08.2025 21:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The vOicE
06.08.2025 13:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Whoever wrote that has never been in a railway office!
06.08.2025 13:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0One of the first car chases in cinema, through an area that is now unrecognisable as most of it is buried under the Westway.
05.08.2025 19:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Two story, white painted concept building. The first floor projects over the entrance and is supported on columns. Flat roof, with large overhang. Glass brick, semi-circular staircase tower.
Four story block, with attached two story block at 90 degrees in background. White concrete, brown window frames, of which there are many. Projection bay window the full height of the building on the end.
Roche Products Factory, Otto Salvisberg, 1938-40.
01.08.2025 02:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Effra sharks, obviously.
01.08.2025 00:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The former Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City. White painted concrete silos and a tall chimney.
The former Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City. White painted concrete silos and a tall chimney.
The former Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City. White painted concrete silos and a tall chimney.
The former Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City. White painted concrete silos, partially demolished production building in front.
Dead Wheat
31.07.2025 23:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Eye gougers
30.07.2025 22:01 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice that they survive. The dozen or so classes that Network SouthEast introduced in the late 1980s/early '90s had murals by Eddie Pond. Almost all were lost on refurbishment.
29.07.2025 00:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Common with red generally. A lot of the plastic NSE station signs ended up with the red flash being almost invisible, and I recall seeing more than a few "chalky pink" Vauxhall cars in the '90s.
28.07.2025 19:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Large painted wooden sign, white on green: LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN RAGLAN ESTATE Simple map on left side, with key below
24.07.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0JAMES BRINE HOUSE NOS. 17 - 24 Back raised lettering on a (slightly rotten) white wooden board
PRIORY GREEN tiled sign
COLLINSON COURT tiled sign. Yellow on blue, surrounded by yellow, black and white patterns in Festival of Britain style
Green and whole enamel sign: THIS ESTATE IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. PARKING PROHIBITED. NO CYCLING. SPEED LIMIT 5 M.P.H. Vertical branding on left: SOUTHWARK CORPORATION
24.07.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Black on orange, seemingly hand painted with with the original Haringey council logo, and reading NO DUMPING OF RUBBISH ALLOWED
Bronze dedication plaque: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY STAFFORD CRIPPS ESTATE Listing architects, engineers, etc.
White on red SPA GREEN ESTATE 3D sign
Individual bronze letters on white painted concrete: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY ST. HELENA HOUSE
24.07.2025 15:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Colour coded pressed metal directional sign from Thamesmead
Blue (LDDC?) sign reading Bowsprit Point, with an image of a ship.
WILLIS HOUSE tiled sign with cast scrolls above reading LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL and WILL CROOKS ESTATE, with an LCC coat of arms between.
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey coat of arms, with a modern Southwark council sign below
Thought I had more than this, but my photo organisation isn't great.
24.07.2025 15:01 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Delightful text message trying me I'll be charged a "late fee" for dating to arrive after 18:00, when last entry is 20:00.
So I thought the Oยฒ treated their patrons with contempt, but On The Beach takes this to another level. Got this with less than 5 hours notice. Nothing mentioning 18:00 on the tickets. What the actual fuck?
23.07.2025 12:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As with Heighington station last week, rather depressing that they need to do this!
21.07.2025 12:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Stuck in a taxi, and forced to listen to LBC... Discussion on fining people for swearing in public, and a so called etiquette expert going on about how awful swearing in TV is.
What a load of absolute fuckwittery. ๐ฟ
Presumably a loop to/from a hot water tank - the modern version of having a back boiler behind a coal fire.
15.07.2025 15:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Enjoying that this #PortfolioDay happens to be my birthday! Nothing special about 23 but hey, sharing would be grand? I draw architecture with architects ๐ฐ๐๏ธโจ
08.07.2025 18:47 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Happy birthday Cy!
08.07.2025 22:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0An immaculate IBM 5150 with green CRT monitor at the Centre for Computing History's Bring and Byte sale.
Didn't buy it.
29.06.2025 16:25 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ugh!
27.06.2025 19:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pulp performing on stage at the O2 arena
Pulp ๐
14.06.2025 00:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The shopping arcade isn't long for this world: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
09.06.2025 20:51 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Most of them are listed and the whole area is a "heritage action zone". The Mechanics Institute has been disused for nearly 40 years and will need a huge amount of money spending on it.
01.06.2025 18:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Three storey house on street corner
Rear of 20 shop, Swindon Railway Works
Traverser outside 20 shop
01.06.2025 18:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Stone built terrace houses
A tall water tower
Former GWR school
Former Mechanics Institute
01.06.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Glue Pot public house
Former Cricketers public house
South facade of former Swindon Railway Works
A narrow alleyway between terrace houses
01.06.2025 18:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Community centre, previously an armoury, then a hospital
Community centre
Swindon Mechanics Institute - the first lending library in the UK. Derelict.
Swindon Mechanics Institute
01.06.2025 18:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Stone built terrace houses
Stone built terrace houses
Stone built terrace houses, with the former lodging house behind
Former lodging house
Swindon Railway Village
01.06.2025 18:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0