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 >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------
How about? The row of cottages are Tamhorn Cottages, by Tamhorn Farm Bridge on the Coventry. http://www.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/16/31/1163175_c2a60272.jpg Note the stop plank store in both pictures. Google Earth co-ordinates 52°39'53.46"N 1°44'12.89"W The cottages also show up in the old-maps website. All of the extensions seem quite recent. Here is the most recent planning permission, note the old map from land registry http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/downloads/plans_825_.pdf -- 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 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
