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Marsh St Pumping Station

Rotherham
corner of the building, port hole windows made entirely of concrete, with concrete steps leading up. The paths are unmaintained but not completely overgrown If it were for the ‘explosive atmosphere’ and likelihood of flooding .. it’s a pretty dreamy building. I’m imagining a brutalist cafe urban, brutal , brutalism, C20 Kind brutalist eyes and traffic cone tongue, he is friendly really
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Brutal Rotherham
Long cast concrete building with four rounded windows, leaves and traffic cones on the ground, leafless trees A close up of one of the windows boarded up with wood which has ombre-d due to damp Yellow sign that reads “danger explosive atmosphere below the coping” Marsh Street Pumping Station À building I had always wondered about but never stopped for a closer look until today. Unnecessarily brutal, (they didn’t need to but I’m so glad they did). Love those giant port hole windows, looks like it could turn into a River Don submarine at any moment. I don’t think it’s listed but hopefully that could change. Unsure if it’s still in use as a pumping station
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Fully formed freakalizin

Sudan Archives @ Leeds Stylus
Sudan Archives fiddlin’ and throwing it back Perfect return to moving my body after feeling v rubbish and being stuck inside this week. It’s nice to wear outside shoes and feel human again Leeds Stylus 06.12.2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Preston fonts & fronts. Come on now
this view of the coach station side is great every time, modern and brutal always complementing. Guild hall & Centre footbridge across to the car park. The sheer scale of the whole thing, Concrete 4 days 🩶 Lovely tiled mosaic pub entrance for The Black Horse Hotel, preps you well enough for the grandeur inside plum porter pls
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Cantilevered for your pleasure
Facing the Guild Centre, a symmetrical fading office building. Preston Bus Station’s cantilevered balconies imposing into frame brutalist , concrete , Lancashire , urbangaze
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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No context Nairn, part 3
A close up of Preston Bus Station’s huge, concrete, upswept balconies with a person (Ian Nairn) poking out. “This is a multi-storey car park with a difference” Partial view of a pointy, ribbed building (The Windsock pub, Dunstable) demolished in 1984. “This is just having a lark and a good thing too.” Mid-rise, grey, officey grid building. I think in Burnley “Oh, come on, you know?” Ian Nairn sits on a railway bumper in a train station forecourt after a long journey and says “I’m going to go for a very long bath and quite a long sleep now.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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daddy created him for good, but.. he’s turned out evil!
Preston the cyber dog, a can of Preston’s Dog Food and Shaun the sheep Original plasticine models Wallace & Gromit in: A Case at the Museum The Harris Museum, Preston
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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248 Neepsend Ln
Le Pla Hydraulics / Hosezone
Former Victoria Inn, a Wards pub
Blue trimmed window with a familiar stained glass panel which reads “wards fine malt ales” Sheffield , Neepsend Lane , lost pub Corner brick building and clear blue skies blue and white signs ‘Le Pla Hydraulics , Hosezone , 24/7 hose replacement service 0114 2482818’ ‘Monkey Works’ The door is open revealing a tiled entrance. Sign for ‘HOSEZONE’ a hose replacement service and opening hours. They have altered the traditional pub/alcohol licensing window above the door to suit their business needs . ‘Le Pla Hydraulics Licensed to sell hose adaptors pipe & hydraulic service’ stunnin ~ Hosezone layer ~
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
Paving stones set in a large circular pattern but the square access cover is placed the wrong way round
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Neepsend fonts & fronts 2

Cornish St/Dixon St
Gate entrance of a disused workshop on a cobbled street. This one is a personal fave of mine. “ George Barnsley & Sons Ltd “ “Cornish Works, No3 Gate” The rest is boarded up and graffitied Cornish Street, Kelham Island, Sheffield A very sad building with an accidental half and half sign, but I liked the 8 ball and the bee from each. Pebbledash wall, green door, rubbish on the ground, ur chosen local fly tipping spot for tyres and a few more of Kelham islands many evo barriers strewn on the ground
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Neepsend fonts & fronts

Mowbray St
Peeling brick walls surround an industrial yard for a blasting service with an exciting blue, jagged gate that reads ‘BROADBLAST’ Mowbray Street, Sheffield, Kelham Island A modern flat roofed building of brick and concrete w/ door and glass windows/bricks of various sizes. The Broadblast gate casts a shadow along the ground Urbangaze , industrial, modernist, mundane Wallsonwednesday Windowsonwednesday
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Had a nice flask of tea with Gardom’s Edge carved fibreglass replica today

and since learnt that the actual carved stone is resting directly beneath, which is oddly comforting
Gardom’s Edge carved stone - until you tap it and realise this is a fibreglass replica, and a very good one at that. Stone carvings of concentric shapes, rings with cups inside, a swirling pattern and straight lines as well as more lines and cups further down the rock. The original petroglyph was discovered in the 60’s and in 1996 reburied to preserve from weather erosion, with the replica placed on top. My map reading skills were tested on the November terrain, half expected there to be an info board or post here, surely it deserves one. Bronze Age, Neolithic, Peak District, University of Sheffield, Baslow
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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A quick check in ahead of the Steel City derby
An obscured image of Hillsborough stadium’s Penistone Rd side which simply reads ‘rough’
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🔺
Ye Cracke // ‘The Crack’ Rice St, Liverpool The cool glows of vintage pub signs & reflections on a 19th century pub + warmth from below through stained glass. The signs read ‘Ye Cracke Free House Marston’s Ales’ ‘🔺 BASS Ye Crack’ A favourite drinking establishment of young John Lennon Beatles For Ale (sorry)
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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pains! 🥖
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Arts Club, Liverpool 14.11.25
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Blitz Beach Hop
Bricks, stone and other building materials of eroded to various sizes by the sea and weather. A larger grey slab checkered tiles stands out Liverpool was heavily bombed during Blitz raids in WWII. When the time came to clean up, they needed a cost cutting solution for the rubble so, off to the coast it went. It now acts as a sea defence for the sand dunes behind. So much to see here I spent hours on the beach more rubble is revealed as the cliff is gradually eroded Forbidden chocolate bar among the smooth rubble on blitz beach Thick tile, pottery and seaweed among the rocks
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Southport fonts & fronts, 2
A wall in Southport - the November sun casts shadows. I liked the not so cohesive rendered stone standing out sign says ‘WRIGHT STREET’ A pink, red and black shop front with full length windows and shutters down
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Southport fonts
The side entrance of an amusement arcade, glass, red framed doors and reflections of brightly coloured arcade machines. The sign above says ‘FAMILY FUN FROM 2p’ ‘£1 why pay more?’ A traditional looking souvenir shop with shutters down. Pale yellow sign with carnival style bright red sign for ‘ROCK’ and two sticks of Southport Rock
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Mid 2020’s repurposed hydrowave civic convenienceism
Round the back of some newly installed public toilets modern builds and a blue wave cut fence, yellow defib on the wall. Bollard and red gate in the foreground Hornsea seafront
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Gordon Bennett
The “GORDON BENNETT MEMORIAL HALL” long reflective windows, decorated for Christmas, under a blue sky with wispy clouds
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Hull is so cool I wish it were real

#ghostsign #wallsonwednesday
Gable end of a red bricked house with a kindly restored ghost sign for your ‘BOOT REPAIRS’ and on the other side another of Hull’s lovely K8 kiosks & a lamppost splitting up the space. The house also has three evenly spaced chimney stacks. The joy of street furniture Chatsworth Street, Hull
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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#TelephoneBoxTuesday
A pair of still functional K8 telephone kiosks in the wild. More recently many of the remaining ones of this design have been granted grade II listed status Cream, modernist phone boxes, scattered golden leaves on the ground, a graffitied wall under a bright blue sky Princes Avenue, Hull
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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And if my grandmother had wheels
A closer look at the sausage meat supplies doorway to include notice board that simply states “OPEN when we’re here CLOSED when we ain’t”. so yeah, fair enough Love the yellow, cream, red & grey colour scheme #decay #mundane #documentingspace #shopfront #redtuesday #grimyellow
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Hull
‘SAUSAGE MEAT SUPPLIES’ A modest flat roof building with a red barred doorway
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM