Chapel Street, Salford 2018 They reclaimed the bricks and numbered each one as the diggers did their thing the builders saving a theatre wall you could almost hear them sing artwork by the cathedral doors in colours you’d never expected before bright neon on the way to town spread across bricks orange/brown numbersContinue reading “The Wall”
Category Archives: Buildings
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, theContinue reading “Tale of a tower crane”
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
Lines
Thursday 26th April 2018 Camera used : Nikon D3100 with 50mm Lens Sat in the toolshed (my workspace, where i compose this blog) I took this photo in response to the photo challenge Lines as theres an awful lot of them in it. with the feathered friends elsewhere – i saw the lines of solar panelsContinue reading “Lines”
Peek
Peek Manchester Town hall, St Peter’s Square Manchester All saints day, 1st November 2017 What lies behind the corridors tween power and learning ? a path to who knows where ? questions are asked in the buildings on the east while questions are answered in the building to the west fancy seeing what lies beyondContinue reading “Peek”
Structure
Structure Saturday afternoon tea toasted tea cakes have to be done just so or right royal rumpuses will take place up on the fine China service choice bites of savoury stuff are taken from the porcelain platters unless you’re of a certain age…as raspberry fancies meet a swift but happy end. every wonder servedContinue reading “Structure”
Building Blocks
Construct It begins simply enough, a simple bucket of bricks stacked up from top to bottom till at last – they topple oh what fun! The next thing you know you’re building a wall with stuff from the sea and occasionally it falls oh what fun
Home
a piece of poetry written by inky back in October 2011. its had a bit of a brush up….inky. empty windows, front and back This old terraced house has seen an attack lined up un boarded on a desolate street overgrown garden weeds under feet But park yourself a minute..in that old iron chair takeContinue reading “Home”
Bridge
Salford, 5th July 2017 in response to the photo challenge Bridge It can be happily said that where i live, in Salford, you’re no more than five minutes away from a bridge of some sort. The mass of water you see above is the Manchester Ship Canal , which flows towards the river mersey,Continue reading “Bridge”
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 meContinue reading “Landmarks”
