Nigel Dale
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Writer illustrator 20th C architecture art engineering. Interests Modern Movement and British High Tech including Patera Building and Potteries recent heritage. Banner image Spirit of Fire © Andy Stoddard
Feasible? Urgent removal of panel-less Patera prototype from Royal Docks ahead of the wrecking ball.
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June 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Feasible? Urgent removal of panel-less Patera prototype from Royal Docks ahead of the wrecking ball.
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Left, Patera Building prototype manufactured and built in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982, right, entry from architects' website indicating incorrectly that it was built in London in 1982.
May 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Left, Patera Building prototype manufactured and built in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982, right, entry from architects' website indicating incorrectly that it was built in London in 1982.
Liverpool - Hotel to be built out of shipping containers - BBC News.
March 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Liverpool - Hotel to be built out of shipping containers - BBC News.
About a century apart, take your pick: Will it be the AI generated clock (left) or the Bauhaus AEG clock (right)?
March 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
About a century apart, take your pick: Will it be the AI generated clock (left) or the Bauhaus AEG clock (right)?
This style of coffee mug appears on several TV chat shows (Denbyware Halo). I remembered it was the topic of a BBC Inside the Factory programme, presented by Gregg Wallace. But, the programme is "not available" on the BBC channels. The airbrushing out of GW denies us a good programme.
March 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This style of coffee mug appears on several TV chat shows (Denbyware Halo). I remembered it was the topic of a BBC Inside the Factory programme, presented by Gregg Wallace. But, the programme is "not available" on the BBC channels. The airbrushing out of GW denies us a good programme.
Must be the ultimate "Cathedral of Football" - but isn't money the God to be worshiped here? @daveproudlove.bsky.social
Will be bar far the best stadium in the Championship (once they've paid for it).
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Man Utd to build 'iconic' £2bn 100,000-capacity stadium close to Old Trafford
Manchester United announce plans to build the biggest stadium in the UK - an
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March 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Must be the ultimate "Cathedral of Football" - but isn't money the God to be worshiped here? @daveproudlove.bsky.social
Gilbert Bayes Queen of Time clock 1931 Selfridges Oxford Street - image via Knowledge of London. Hard to appreciate the quality when viewed from the street below.
March 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Gilbert Bayes Queen of Time clock 1931 Selfridges Oxford Street - image via Knowledge of London. Hard to appreciate the quality when viewed from the street below.
New plans being drawn up for fire-hit pub in Stoke-on-Trent stoke.nub.news/news/local-n... Arthur Berry used to "hold court" here round the corner from Burslem School of Art, there's a good exhibition of his paintings and a forthcoming play at New Vic Theatre @daveproudlove.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New plans being drawn up for fire-hit pub in Stoke-on-Trent stoke.nub.news/news/local-n... Arthur Berry used to "hold court" here round the corner from Burslem School of Art, there's a good exhibition of his paintings and a forthcoming play at New Vic Theatre @daveproudlove.bsky.social
The Patera Building prototype in 1982 first erected outside the Patera Products Ltd workshops in Victoria Road Stoke-on-Trent. It was moved to its third location c1989 - now in a semi dismantled state since 2022. photo (left) © - OWLS000258 (right) © GB Pela. @daveproudlove.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Patera Building prototype in 1982 first erected outside the Patera Products Ltd workshops in Victoria Road Stoke-on-Trent. It was moved to its third location c1989 - now in a semi dismantled state since 2022. photo (left) © - OWLS000258 (right) © GB Pela. @daveproudlove.bsky.social