On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:28 AM, Cotty wrote: >> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/31.htm > > Very nice shot Godders. This area is called the Gloucester basin. I > know > it very well as the ITV office is literally a few yards from where > this > pic was shot (two buildings to the right - from the docks - of the > military museum). The quays and waterway are part of the Gloucester- > Sharpness Canal that joins up with the River Severn at Gloucester, and > further down river at Sharpness where larger ocean-going vessels would > dock and transfer their loads to the canal barges, years ago. From > there, the barges would head to Gloucester where goods were stored in > these warehouses. One of the warehouses is a waterways museum, well > worth a look. The others consist of businesses and council offices, > the > remainder are converted / being converted into apartments (flats to me > pal ;-) and there is a multi-million pound regeneration planned for > this > area over the coming decade. Gloucester (pronounced Gloss'tur BTW) has > always been a shitty and poor relation to neighbouring Cheltenham > where > all the money and glitz is. Cheltenham has a world famous race-course. > Gloucester had Fred West ! Hopefully it will recover some status with > the regeneration, which it deserves. > > Gloucester does have one major attraction for me. My favourite > piece of > music is Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on a theme by Thomas > Tallis' > and it was first performed publicly at Gloucester Cathedral in 1910. > I'll be there on the hundredth anniversary to hear it the second time > around ;-) > > Lovely photograph.
Cotty! Many thanks for the compliment and the additional information! I had only this brief time in Gloucester, much of it burdened with rainy weather, poor for shooting ... just enough to learn that I will definitely have to visit there again. best Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
