Contributions of the group All in The North

Happy Bench Monday

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:20:08 +0000

A bench in the grounds of Wortley Hall, Barnsley. Happy Monday and week to come!

The Spanish City seen from St Mary's Island

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:56:40 +0000

The Spanish City, now a dining and entertainment centre in Whitley Bay in the North East of England, is referenced throughout the Dire Strait song "Tunnel of Love". At the time of the song’s release, it was a funfair with fair rides and other amusements.

Whitley Bay is also the home of Ann Cleeves, the creator of the crime series "Vera". Several of the murders in that series took place on the beach here.

I am aware that this is not a great photograph technically. However it is interesting for me because I used to live nearby.

HFF

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:32:49 +0000

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A fence in my back garden. Credit to my wife who did all the work planting and growing the plants. I just took the photograph. The perfume in the evenings, especially from the jasmin, is lovely. Happy Friday and weekend!

Pear Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:01:19 +0000

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Construction of the Pear Mill in Stockport commenced in 1908. The building is typical of the architects A.H. Stott & Sons, and was designed by The mill was designed by Abraham Stott junior. Financial problems led to changes in management of the mill company and it was finally completed in 1913 by Philip Sidney Stott.

At its peak, the mill employed approximately 300 people to run 52 pairs of spinning mules with a total of 137,312 spindles. This remained until the 1950s when the mill was electrified and replaced by 33,636 ring spindles. It ceased operation as a textile mill in March 1978. Today it is a listed structure and divided into business units.

The mill is so named because it was built on the land of Pear Tree Farm. The building includes a number of decorative pears on the structure and as a dome on the tower.

Leaving Embsay

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:21:15 +0000

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Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 ('A' Class) locomotive 52322 with a permanent way train heads towards Bolton Abbey on the Yorkshire Dales Railway.

Cans

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:52:00 +0000

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Oil cans above the camshaft on a large M.A.N engine at the Anson Engine Museum.

Old Town Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:51:28 +0000

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The former Town Hall in the Market Square, Millom, was commissioned in 1878 by the Millom Local Board and Urban Sanitary Authority, with a budget of £3,500, to accommodate a boardroom and a market hall. The building was designed in the Tudor Revival style, built in limestone with sandstone dressings and was completed in 1879. The clock tower was substantially reduced in height in the 1950s, with both the third stage of the tower and the hexagonal section removed due to structural issues. In 2001 the successor authority. Copeland District Council, sold the building and it became a bar and restaurant trading as 'The Clock Tower' although this closed at then of 2025. Restoration of the clock was undertaken in 2016 under the direction of the Millom Clock Trust.

Tank

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:30:36 +0000

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A few Furness Railway water tanks have survived along the Cumbrian Coast line. This one is alongside the crossing at Foxfield Station.

KGV Dock

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:26:20 +0000

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Through the entrance lock to the King George V Dock at Hull. At the dockside is the 2,650 gross tonnage general cargo vessel GERD along with the tug SERVICEMAN which was at the time owned by SMS Towing Ltd. Also partly visible to the right is the SANTANA a general cargo vessel of 7345 gross tons. In the background is the 50-meter-tall biomass silo designed to store 1,800 tonnes of wood pellets imported from North America. Constructed using slipform concrete techniques, this automated facility can load up to 30 rail wagons with 1,500 tonnes of biomass in just 45 minutes for delivery to the Drax Power Station.

On the corner

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:24:15 +0000

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This block of three shops with offices above sits at the corner of Kind Edward Street and Waltham Street in the centre of Hull. The corner facade has on the first floor a semicircular bay window with Ionic half-columns and an ornate copper half-dome. Above again, a hexagonal copper dome with curly volutes and a circular dormer window on each side. Flat topped round lantern with volutes, and was once crowned with a flagpole. It was built c1905 and is listed Grade II.

NO TUG

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:40 +0000

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I guess this is not the place that they want anyone pushing on the side of P&O Ferry Pride of Hull. Seen at the Hull ferry berth on the Humber.

Flaybrick Tower

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:14:23 +0000

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The Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir, Claughton, Wirral was built 1860-65. The water piped into this water tower travels from Alwen reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in Conwy County Borough, Wales by underground aqueduct. It is listed Grade II.

Flowers at Sizergh Castle

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:37 +0000

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To Corkickle

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:10:46 +0000

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156 414 departs St Bees with a service to Corkickle. The line is currently severed at Corkickle tunnel due to collapse of mineworkings under the line in the tunnel.

Pots

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:39:59 +0000

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A matching set of chimneypots at the junction of Scotch Street and Lowther Street in Whitehaven.

Fortress

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:47:01 +0000

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The Salvation Army Hall on Nelson Street in Millom dates from 1889. It appears to have closed as a church in early 2025 and since then Millom Town Council has considered and rejected purchasing the building as a youth hub. West Cumbria seems to be a stronghold of the pebbledash tradition.

Technical Terracotta

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:03:18 +0000

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The former Technical School on Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness was built 1900-1903 for Barrow Corporation to the design of Woodhouse and Willoughby. The building contractor was W Gradwell and Co. It is listed Grade II.

46441

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:26:01 +0000

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Called at Haverthwaite whilst on the way to Barrow and found 46441 ready to depart with an early afternoon train to Lakeside. This line likes to paint its locos in maroon but I think that many of them looked better in black.

Nostell

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:35:50 +0000

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A National Trust property near Wakefield, Yorkshire

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostell_Priory

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorkshire/nostell/the-history-of-nostell

Nostell

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:35:33 +0000

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A National Trust property near Wakefield, Yorkshire

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostell_Priory

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorkshire/nostell/the-history-of-nostell