Steve Haywood wrote: > So does no-one have a clue where the old farm building is? Or is it > that > we'd actually rather talk about computers than canals? > > Steve > > 2009/2/26 Steve Haywood > <[email protected]> > >> The last pictures I posted were so popular I thought I'd do the same >> again when there was stuff I couldn't identify. I've often drawn >> attention to the fact that the canals weren't as twee and pretty in >> the past as they are now, and these two shots seem to demonstrate >> this. My best bet is that they were taken in 1983, and the derelict >> terrace, which I feel sure was somewhere on the Coventry, was not >> unusual. There seemed to be derelict canalside cottages and house >> over the place in those days, and Em and I were constantly talking >> about buying one, doing it up etc etc. If dreams were currency we'd >> be wealthy people now. >> >> The second picture is more problematic. It's not exactly derelict, >> but it's seen better days. It seems to be an old farm building about >> to be swamped by the engulfing tide of some city or town estate, the >> roofs of which can be glimpsed to the right of the picture. >> >> Bother places, I guess, don't exist any more. >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/10393...@n06/ >> >> >> >> Steve
They both seem familiar, but I cannot remember where they are. Canalworld Forum seems to have a some photo experts, so I shall bung them up there for a wider audience. -- Neil Arlidge NB Earnest - Out of it. Wildernii Mini Me - Now back to being wheely good fun. Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
