Category: Architecture
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Restoration
#writephoto Those who were selling the plot said it had “Potential” Classic period features Original stonework but it needed a bit of work before you moved in So surveyors and architects draw up the plans explained to the builders, carpenters and all who pull up to the construction office in their vans new plumbing and […]
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Stairwell
#writephoto Creepy limestone steps turning and twisting rising up higher and higher as they meet daylight Ascending the steps a bit of a task be careful as you climb and look out for those handholds Walls wet from last nights rain Dawn showing sunlight from an open door that isn’t there Sunshine – a promise […]
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Octpowrimo – Day 22 – Broken pieces
#Octpowrimo #Brokenpieces Imperial War Museum North, Manchester UK (via the Inkwell), 22nd October 2019 How does someone express the act of war ? take you through a hundred years and tell that tale – that no one else can tell anymore. The man with a vision took a thing for brewing his cuppa and changed […]
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Tale of a tower crane
Originally posted by Inky on Allpoetry.com Now posted for your reading! Enjoy Do you like building? well, I do! I’m stood amongst my creations, with my great arm, aloft in the air. It’s a thankless task this job I do, but you’ll never hear me complain – oh, no, no, no. You see, the […]
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Spire
an acrostic on by inky about Stowell spire on the corner of Trafford Road , in Salford Soaring up to the heavens Perhaps it be fitting – the old church spire be Illuminated – lighting up the Roads and pavements around it Everybody knows it as a local landmark
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Over the bridge
Pedestrian Walking on water ? not exactly as they straddle the Locks , Quays and Rivers of my home town never shy of their responsiblity – they get people to their destination from A to B and back again easing a walker’s worry they’ll get wet in the water revolutionary ? in their day necessity […]
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Landmarks
Salford,30th June 2017 Hi folks. The prompt for today’s post comes from a strange source – in that its not technological at all – it’s the humble letterbox. Aside from my scribbles – and photography – I am a keen philatelist – or stamp collector. There’s a reason for this – the pictures give me […]
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Detonate
Detonate Salford 29th May 2017 An acrostic for todays daily post from Inky. Dibnah, a man known for knocking down chimneys even as the foundations burned…he watched today, it’s oh so different as charges are laid out in a pattern neat in stacks and co ordinated in a way the building collapses in on itself […]
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Dense
Greengate, Salford UK Words by Inky : Image C/o Google Images Dense See that stretch of brown land in front of you some town hall boffin has planted a seed watch as the tiny cabins grow aided by steel, concrete and cables services for those who use them ? that’ll come later when the professionals […]
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Composition of a painting
Salford, 7th March 2017 The drawing originated from the last family holiday we had in Oludeniz, in Turkey. I took my notepad and pencils with me to do some scribbling when i got bored of taking camera shots with my Samsung web camera. Just by the complex we were staying in were the remains of […]
The Inkwell 