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Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
The lost Crittall windows of Penzance pt3...ACLAND HOUSE about 100yds from the sea front between Penzance and Newlyn, built with curved glass in metal frames , now with more efficient double glazing
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ACLAND HOUSE LIDDEN ROAD PENZANCE 1936
This lovely archive photo was sent me by one of the family that had it built in the early thirties on open land.The architect may have been Geoffrey Bazeley or the Drewitt practice. Recent colour shot...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The lost Crittall windows of Penzance pt3...ACLAND HOUSE about 100yds from the sea front between Penzance and Newlyn, built with curved glass in metal frames , now with more efficient double glazing
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The lost Crittall windows of Penzance pt2.... the house on Captains Row, (Promenade x Lower Queen Street) had Crittalls and a sunrise front gate !... round the Corner the Sunhome apartments had Crittalls till the 1980s and the auctioneers below had 1930s curved glass windows
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The lost Crittall windows of Penzance pt2.... the house on Captains Row, (Promenade x Lower Queen Street) had Crittalls and a sunrise front gate !... round the Corner the Sunhome apartments had Crittalls till the 1980s and the auctioneers below had 1930s curved glass windows
The lost Crittall windows of Penzance....we'll start with architect Colin Drewitt's Yacht Inn( 1937) near the Jubilee Pool.... double glazing installed early 1980s...they said 'Yes' to AGS ?( local TV ad jingles)....
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The lost Crittall windows of Penzance....we'll start with architect Colin Drewitt's Yacht Inn( 1937) near the Jubilee Pool.... double glazing installed early 1980s...they said 'Yes' to AGS ?( local TV ad jingles)....
GAGGIA are celebrating their 75th anniversary....the BAR CAPRI in St Ives got theirs about 1962..Still there around 1982 but not much longer I suspect
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Fifties style but built about 1962. Maybe Donovan and his St Ives Beatnik friends drank Frothy Coffee in here in the Summer of 1963.Wood in bottom RH used to gut and reconstruct it as the FRIENDSHIP ...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
GAGGIA are celebrating their 75th anniversary....the BAR CAPRI in St Ives got theirs about 1962..Still there around 1982 but not much longer I suspect
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The Torbay riviera is on the up it seems....these ladies are officials but can any holidaymaker sit with Agatha?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Torbay riviera is on the up it seems....these ladies are officials but can any holidaymaker sit with Agatha?
www.torbayweekly.co.uk/resizer/800/...
www.torbayweekly.co.uk/resizer/800/...
Swimming pool at Claridges ...best bit in an Art Deco piece in the Times online
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Swimming pool at Claridges ...best bit in an Art Deco piece in the Times online
And a Google Image search on this Praa Sands "wedgie" house pic finds some well tended examples near Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall maps.app.goo.gl/TLA3aou3E6cR...
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
And a Google Image search on this Praa Sands "wedgie" house pic finds some well tended examples near Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall maps.app.goo.gl/TLA3aou3E6cR...
A Google Image search on a pic of Coldrose Court,Truro pent/ monopitch roofed "wedgie" houses leads to many in Hawkins Rd,Newquay by the town architect, Dinsdale ca.1963 maps.app.goo.gl/BXJNnsNiA37r...
and around Deer Park Drive, Plymouth maps.app.goo.gl/AEECByQLR1TU...
and around Deer Park Drive, Plymouth maps.app.goo.gl/AEECByQLR1TU...
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A Google Image search on a pic of Coldrose Court,Truro pent/ monopitch roofed "wedgie" houses leads to many in Hawkins Rd,Newquay by the town architect, Dinsdale ca.1963 maps.app.goo.gl/BXJNnsNiA37r...
and around Deer Park Drive, Plymouth maps.app.goo.gl/AEECByQLR1TU...
and around Deer Park Drive, Plymouth maps.app.goo.gl/AEECByQLR1TU...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One iconic late 20thC building I did see was the TV AM studio and its eggcup on canal-side rear view www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/p...
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Postmodern architecture: TV-am studios by Terry Farrell
As part of our Postmodernism series, we look at Terry Farrell's TV-am television studios in Camden, which featured a Japanese temple and 11 rooftop eggcups
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October 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
One iconic late 20thC building I did see was the TV AM studio and its eggcup on canal-side rear view www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/p...
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The DEZEEN online newsletter is currently commemorating architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Terry Farrell who were at the front of high-tech and post-modern architectural styles in the last third of the 20thC www.dezeen.com/2025/10/06/n...
I lived near but never saw : www.dezeen.com/2019/11/14/p...
I lived near but never saw : www.dezeen.com/2019/11/14/p...
"That generation of men who grew up toying with Meccano and went on to change the world is finally leaving the stage"
Following the recent deaths of British architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Terry Farrell, Catherine Slessor reflects on their intertwined but highly distinct careers.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The DEZEEN online newsletter is currently commemorating architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Terry Farrell who were at the front of high-tech and post-modern architectural styles in the last third of the 20thC www.dezeen.com/2025/10/06/n...
I lived near but never saw : www.dezeen.com/2019/11/14/p...
I lived near but never saw : www.dezeen.com/2019/11/14/p...
In 2020 Will Self visited Ker Street, Devonport social club, first stop on his National Express powered fact-finding UK tour www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... but he missed the Devonport crews wild Halloween celebration around 2016
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In 2020 Will Self visited Ker Street, Devonport social club, first stop on his National Express powered fact-finding UK tour www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... but he missed the Devonport crews wild Halloween celebration around 2016
The Ker Street, Devonport area had fallen out of favour by Y2000 and was rebuilt around 2010. www.devonportonline.co.uk/millennium_d... The lively Ker Street social club is still in Foulston's Egyptian Odd Fellows Hall, and his Guildhall is alive again
October 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Ker Street, Devonport area had fallen out of favour by Y2000 and was rebuilt around 2010. www.devonportonline.co.uk/millennium_d... The lively Ker Street social club is still in Foulston's Egyptian Odd Fellows Hall, and his Guildhall is alive again
Miraculously Ker Street was almost untouched by the WWII bombing of Devonport and Plymouth but not by the council planners in the 1950s when the Grand terraces were replaced by flats ( Stalinist , I've heard them called !)
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Miraculously Ker Street was almost untouched by the WWII bombing of Devonport and Plymouth but not by the council planners in the 1950s when the Grand terraces were replaced by flats ( Stalinist , I've heard them called !)
Foulston put a cluster of exotic buildings at the end of the terrace of of grand houses in Ker Street, Devonport..the pillared Guild Hall, the Devonport column (statue of King George never erected), a 'Hindoo' temple (actually Baptist) and the Egyptian library just in time for photography
October 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Foulston put a cluster of exotic buildings at the end of the terrace of of grand houses in Ker Street, Devonport..the pillared Guild Hall, the Devonport column (statue of King George never erected), a 'Hindoo' temple (actually Baptist) and the Egyptian library just in time for photography
Architect John Foulston 's Ker Street was the finest in Devonport 2 centuries ago
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Architect John Foulston 's Ker Street was the finest in Devonport 2 centuries ago
AFAIK the last flying boat to put down in Plymouth Sound was in 1986 and it was a slightly too exciting SPLASHDOWN! as the wildly flickering bit of VHS newsreel shows....all survived! youtu.be/7Cd9XTuUKg4?...
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
AFAIK the last flying boat to put down in Plymouth Sound was in 1986 and it was a slightly too exciting SPLASHDOWN! as the wildly flickering bit of VHS newsreel shows....all survived! youtu.be/7Cd9XTuUKg4?...
Tree-hugging& recycling are mainstream beliefs now.....https://www.ft.com/content/0ae25b6f-e819-4cd2-9840-b47399109101
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tree-hugging& recycling are mainstream beliefs now.....https://www.ft.com/content/0ae25b6f-e819-4cd2-9840-b47399109101
I prefer brickwork to concrete....will the FT paywall come up on this piece...https://www.ft.com/content/caa1ceff-8666-4703-abc9-a3f51e565452
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I prefer brickwork to concrete....will the FT paywall come up on this piece...https://www.ft.com/content/caa1ceff-8666-4703-abc9-a3f51e565452
There's a lot of 'pedestrian' subways in Bristol it seems and concrete attracts graffiti in an unremovable way....even without graffiti it attracts black mould growth....https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/stange-beauty-bristol-underpasses/
September 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There's a lot of 'pedestrian' subways in Bristol it seems and concrete attracts graffiti in an unremovable way....even without graffiti it attracts black mould growth....https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/stange-beauty-bristol-underpasses/
This one slipped past me....is it still there in Eastbourne? www.thelondonmuralcompany.com/the-towner-a...
Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne - The London Mural Company
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Towner Gallery Eastbourne launched an open call for international artists to design a mural for its iconic Bauhaus-inspired façade. Sponsored by Brewers Paint, the w...
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September 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This one slipped past me....is it still there in Eastbourne? www.thelondonmuralcompany.com/the-towner-a...
The BBC looks at the Concrete Jungle
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Are they really trying to demolish this multistorey car park because rough sleepers can keep relatively dry in there?
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Are they really trying to demolish this multistorey car park because rough sleepers can keep relatively dry in there?
When concrete buildings drive people mad
Post-war architecture is loved and loathed in equal measure. Which buildings have divided opinion the most?
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September 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The BBC looks at the Concrete Jungle
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Are they really trying to demolish this multistorey car park because rough sleepers can keep relatively dry in there?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
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Are they really trying to demolish this multistorey car park because rough sleepers can keep relatively dry in there?
Tut-tut SPECTATOR....Bored OF Banksy , should it not read, Bored WITH Banksy? .....though I think the English language maybe mutating as it must inevitably do.
September 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tut-tut SPECTATOR....Bored OF Banksy , should it not read, Bored WITH Banksy? .....though I think the English language maybe mutating as it must inevitably do.
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Carry on regardless!....Central Exeter after some WWII bombing a Margaret Tomlinson photo i0.wp.com/historycolle...
Carry on regardless!....Central Exeter after some WWII bombing a Margaret Tomlinson photo i0.wp.com/historycolle...
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Carry on regardless!....Central Exeter after some WWII bombing a Margaret Tomlinson photo i0.wp.com/historycolle...
Carry on regardless!....Central Exeter after some WWII bombing a Margaret Tomlinson photo i0.wp.com/historycolle...