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On August 21, will be touring this 93 foot statue of Mother Mary…weather permitting… Maybe too wet…70% change of rain…we shall see…
-rc
It’s such a shame that these buildings . . . you see what happened in Europe, and I don’t understand it, is that Europe went through this several hundred years long period of time where beauty was worshiped in a profound way, and you see that manifested in the construction of these great cathedrals that took centuries to build. The bricklayer wasn’t just laying bricks. The bricklayer was building a cathedral to God—which is how our lives should be. Every little thing that we do should be imbued with that higher vision, which is possible if you have that higher vision.
---Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life
By Chris Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek, From interview with Jordan Peterson
- El claustro de Monreale, son parte del monasterio benedictino adosado a la catedral. Los arcos porticados contienen 228 columnas ricamente decoradas capiteles románicos del siglo XII obra de albañiles borgoñeses y provenzales, y con iconografias que combinan lo religioso, con lo pagano, los elementos clásicos y la mitología popular.
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- The cloister of Monreale, are part of the Benedictine monastery attached to the cathedral. The porticoed arches contain 228 columns richly decorated 12th-century Romanesque capitals, the work of Burgundian and Provencal bricklayers, and with iconographies that combine religious, pagan, classical elements and popular mythology.
My dad left school at 14, started working for his father and trained as a bricklayer. After his father died, he took a variety of jobs, labouring, lorry (truck) driving. After he met my mum, he worked with his future father in law and trained again as a joiner. After I was born, dad realised that the world was changing, so yet again, he retrained by going to night school whilst working during the day, and learning how to be a TV engineer. He worked in both TV repair and after some years in TV broadcasting, later he moved over to work on wireless and radio transmitters for the local police headquarters. He was also pretty hot at mechanical repairs, think car engines etc. Throughout his life, he was known by everyone as a man who could fix, build or create just about anything, so everyone borrowed his skills. When undertaking any physical work, tinkering with a car, building something etc, he would always wear this watch, hence the large number of scratches. After he passed away, this was one of the items I kept as a reminder of the cleverest man I ever knew. Oh, and by the way, I've not been able to wear a watch since I was 6 years old, having had 5 or 6 by that age, for some reason any watch I wear stops working within 24 hours.
Day 206 of the 365 days of photography project.
Two tall brick chimneys.
These were very intricate to build, not only because they are very high, but due to chimneys going narrower in width, to assist with the draw of the chimney.
The bricklayers would be stood inside on scaffold platforms across the internal measurements, as they were building it.
Lots of ‘radial’ special bricks would be used. The Brick specials would be numbered or named, for example K1, K2, L1, L2…. The foreman would be on hand to instruct the bricklayer which brick shape came next on each course.
To help with the ‘circular work on plan’ a trammel, or a wooden template would be used to keep the circle accurate.
I’ve never worked on such fascinating brickwork such as this, but, I’ve worked with older bricklayers that have, and they’ve told me many tales about building such towers.
Discovered in Walsden, Yorkshire
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Elizabeth Stride was seen here the near midnight on September 29 1888, not that long before she was found murdered in Dutfield's Yard on Berner Street on the morning of the 30th.
This spot is a short walk from Berner Street.
I believe the top level of the building was added later.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. Ferrania Orto 50 35mm B&W film.
Day 67 of the 365 days of photography project.
A beautiful coursed stone wall with half round toppers. It shoots off into the distance, at Hurstwood reservoir.
I bet those mason bricklayers just loved being in that gorgeous environment walling that splendid stone.
Happy Wall Wednesday!
Discovered at Burnley, Lancashire
Beautiful spring
Yesterday was just such a beautiful sunny day.
The best Good Friday that I can ever remember!
We had breakfast outdoors, on the deck, before heading out to Lytham St Anne’s for the afternoon, returning home for the kick off.
In Lytham St Anne’s we bumped into a former colleague, fellow bricklayer, and friend of mine. He was there with his family enjoying the spring sunshine as we were. A nice meeting.
Stacksteads
Lancashire
The shell of an old mill rots along a hydropower canal off the Shetucket River in Norwich, Ct. The bricklayers did a good job with this one: The walls stand mostly straight around deep piles of rubble that used to be the floors and roof.
Back in 2015 I briefly poked my head into the only intact building on this end of the complex, then poked it right back out. Nothing to see inside … except perhaps the rainbow bridge to eternity, should something give way above or below an unlucky photographer.
That said, there appeared to be no new collapses between 2015 and 2017.
Nine hundred snowflakes. That’s how many I have edited over the years, if you include this one. Quite the milestone! This one has some very cool features to dive into, but before we do that: Monday. I have decided that Monday will be the last day to order a copy of my book Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet. It can be ordered here: skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un...
Why? With my family and I leaving for Bulgaria with flights book for October 29th, and with so much packing and logistics to worry about, I need to put a “hard stop” to business activities in the final few days before we move overseas. If you want to see hundreds of beautiful macro images and learn how to create the same images with verbose yet understandable details, you need to be quick about ordering a copy!
I love snowflakes that feature large centers, and even more so when that center has a splash of colour – the colour here generated by bubbles in the ice that evoke the beautiful phenomenon of thin film interference; the same physics puts rainbows in soap bubbles and oil spots. The bubbles in the ice grow from the center of the prism facets to eventually cut the snowflake into two new parallel plates, since the center of the facet has less access to water vapour and grows more slowly. This leads to a novel type of branch formation! (I think I’m the only person that can get this excited about snowflake branch formation)
The branches all form from the lower “layer”, and the top layer continues to grow slowly outward, creating an overlap. Why all from one layer and not the other? It’s all about how quickly a snowflake can grow. Two factors are at play here: aerodynamics and plate thickness. It’s all really quite simple. If the snowflake’s backside is facing the wind, like a sail of sorts, it’ll collect more building blocks and the back-side grows faster and there be branches! Alternatively, if one of the two parallel plates is thinner than the other, then we encounter the “knife-edge instability”.
This instability is best described as bricklayers building a wall. If the wall is only one brick thick, it can be built faster than one multiple bricks thick. This logic translates to a thinner plate with access to the same number of “bricks” being able to grow outward at a faster rate, and we see the branches forming as a result. Because all six of the branches grow out of one side, it could be either of these possibilities but the aerodynamic solution is far less common.
Shot on my Lumix S1R with a Canon MP-E 65mm 1x-5x macro lens. As with all my snowflakes, the image is made handheld with a ring flash, focus stacked with an average of 40 frames (this one was 42), and processed in Photoshop with about four hours of work. The entire shooting and editing process is outlined in the book!
A retaining wall in Burnley, Lancashire.
Happy wall Wednesday!
This wall also has a curve in it (circular on plan); a skilled job.
As you can see it alternates between courses of 5’s and courses of 2’s. Just for aesthetic reasons.
it’s pointed up with a half round jointing tool, which helps to shed rainwater, and looks decorative.
You can see how it has a damp proof course in it (the moss stops climbing the wall about 6” from the bottom)
It looks like stone, but, it isn’t, its artificial stone (concrete for a better description). The technology has come on leaps and bounds since the early 1980’s.
It used to weather very badly, and lose it’s colour, going very pale.
These days the product is excellent, looks very realistic, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
I’d rather wall stone than artificial stone though, especially in the wet; the stone tends to be more porous, and absorbing, whereas the artificial stone can have a tendency to slide about more, particularly so in damp conditions, or when walling on the damp proof course.
Whoever built this wall was an excellent bricklayer / mason.
Excerpt from www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Tourism-Brampton/...:
Grace United Church
The congregation of Grace United Church can trace its origins to the years preceding 1822. For many years the congregation worshipped in a number of places, continually outgrowing their accommodations. By 1846, the growth of the congregation had been so great that, once again, a more commodious house of worship was required. On December 23, 1865, the present lot was purchased and a new church opened for services in 1867.
Although it is not known who designed the core of the church, Jesse Perry, a local bricklayer and stonemason who had also worked on St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, was the builder. Some documentation of the time indicates that Perry could have been the architect because the church was a simple rectangular form with a steeple and did not require special engineering; therefore, a seasoned mason could have constructed it from his own plans. The original structure was enlarged in 1870, 1887, 1924, and most recently in 1959/1960.
Many of Brampton’s important families are connected to the Grace United Church. Among them are: the Wrights, Armstrong’s, Coopers, Brydon’s, Bulls, Archdekin’s, and William Davis, the former Premier of Ontario.
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi, whose Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe also houses a preparatory drawing for the work. The two theories on its dating are 1534-1536 and Antonio Natali's theory of 1529–1530.
The figure and expression of John the Baptist draws on contemporary works by Michelangelo such as the Medici Madonna Vasari's Lives of the Artists states that Pontormo offered a work on a similar subject the bricklayer Rossino in payment for work on his home, begun in 1529 and only finished in 1534-1535 - this is thought to be the Uffizi work. It was then probably acquired by Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, before being acquired by the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. It was rediscovered in Galleria's stores by Gamba and its attribution to Pontormo strengthened, with no substantial doubts remaining as to its autograph status.
On the extreme left is the 1980s doorway of the York Ghost Merchants shop at 6 Shambles, built in 1771. Next door is 7 Shambles of the late 15th century. Still in the left hand side of the street are 8 and 9 Shambles, both built in the early 15th century. The three shops retain shelves, or shamels, for displaying goods which gave the street it's name. The three-storey timber framed building opposite, 41 and 42 Shambles, is another 15th century structure though it is much restored. In c1900 there were numerous gaps in the infill of the walls between the structural timbers. On the right 43 Shambles was built in 1775 by the bricklayer William Fentiman.
A bricklayer may question the utility of laying his bricks, monotonously, one after another. But perhaps he is not merely laying bricks. Maybe he is building a wall. And the wall is part of a building. And the building is a cathedral. And the purpose of the cathedral is the glorification of the Highest Good. And under such circumstances, every brick laid is an act that partakes of the divine. And if what you are doing in your day-to-day activity is not enough, then you are not aiming at the construction of a proper cathedral. And that is because you are not aiming high enough.
-Peterson, Beyond Order, 135.
Victorian 'London stock' bricks and bricklayer's tools while the brickwork on my house is repaired and repointed
A photo from a New York building site circa 1920. My grandfather is marked with an X. This is from my deceased mother's photo album in which she marked a number of photos. In the past I have removed them, and I can still do that in this case, but for now, I am finding it endearing. My grandfather was a bricklayer and worked in New York for 7 years before returning to Canada. My mother would have been 6 years old when this photo was taken.
On US 20 in Lagrange County, Indiana. I think the official name is the Bloomfield Graded School. It was built in 1904 and closed in 1964. A Lagrange newspaper, The Democrat, reported the finishing of the construction in record time:
"NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
At Hoff's Corner in Bloomfield Town-
ship Nearing Completion
WILL BE USED FOR SCHOOL DEC 19
Contractor Shelly has erected a fine structure.
In Remarkable Time
Barring accidents and unforseen delays, the new school building at Hoff's Corners (Huff's) in Bloomfield Township will be thrown open for use by the schools there on Monday morning, december 19th., and it is expected to hold the township teacher's institute there on the Saturday previous. When this building was being talked of this summer and fall there were many who made the prediction that it could not be constructed in the time specified. Remarkable as it seems, the truth is that contractor Shelly will have in nine short weeks erected this building and turned it over to Trustee Andrew Decker.
The contract was let on October 4th to Samuel Shelly of Lagrange for $3500, not including the heating plant, tile drain and the well which represent an additional $500. On Oct 6, Mr. Shelly began to assemble the material and employ the men and on Oct. 12 the stonework of the foundation was begunwith six stonemasons at work. This was finished and the brickwork on the walls began on Oct. 20with six bricklayers at work. The walls were completed on Nov. 10 and the work of the roof and the interior finish began. Since the beginning of the work Contractor Shelly has had from 16 to 20 hands on the job.
The old school building which is now used as the rear room is 22x32, while the new part in front is 30 1/3x62 1/3. The new part is divided into two schoolrooms and a hallway. The rooms are 23x28 and the hallway 12 feet in width, extending through the building north and south. The building is plastered with wood pulp plaster and is well ventilated by natural draft. Heat is obtained by the furnace in the basement with registers in the two front rooms seven feet from the floor and in the rear room in the floor. The front rooms will be used by the high school and upper grade work and each seats forty pupils The rear is used for the primary and seats 45.
The basement, which extends under the entire new part, is divided into two rooms, 25x30, with a 12 foot hallway and a 9 foot ceiling. the east room of the basement will be used for a play room and contains the well, wash basins, etc. The west room contains the cold air shaft for the furnace and the closets which are arranged for dry earth system. The furnace and stairways are in the hall.
Trustee Andrew Decker of Bloomfield Township has given the work his personal attention and whatever the feelings of the citizens of the township are as to whether or not the building should have been built this fact is true that Mr. Decker has procured through Mr. Shelly an excellent building for the township for the money expended. Plans for the building were drawn by architect A. D. Mohler, of Huntington, Ind.
The patrons of the Plato school have petitioned to be transferred to the new school and this will be granted, so Mr. Decker informed a representative of THE DEMOCRAT. This will make a total of 15 in the high school, and 75 in the intermediate and primary."
You can see in the back there is another addition that makes it quite large for a country school.
As of 2021, this schoolhouse has been sold and is being restored. The new owners reported that they would like to restore the exterior as much as possible but that the interior has been significantly changed.
#MacroMondays #Handmade
small ceramic statue depicting a bricklayer from the middle ages
Taken with a Vivitar Series-1 90/2.5 Macro, dating around 1978. It shared the honor with the illustrious Leitz Dual Range Summicron of having the highest resolution of any lenses tested by (now defunct) Modern Photography Magazine.
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Go Ahead London EH171 (YY67UPX) on route 1 at Canada Water on 16/03/2018
Pictured on the last day of New Cross running route 1 is numerically the first Enviro400 MMC delivered to New Cross garage, EH171. It is seen on stand before departing to Tottenham Court Road via Bricklayers Arms, Elephant & Castle, Waterloo, Aldwych and Holborn.
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Mein Betreuer sagte, der einzige Kritikpunkt an meiner Masterabeit wäre, dass der rote Faden manchmal nicht so gut zu erkennen war. Hmm... ich hab ja auch Geographie studiert und nicht nähen! Außerdem zieht sich selbst bei den Maurern kein roter Faden durch die Arbeit. Höchstens ein weißer, wie man hier sieht.
I am not shure, how the bricklayers built this: I think someone get them a detailed plan how the stones have to put on, but if they are only one time distracted... you would see it the next 100 years. ;-)
Absolutely, it is a great work in the inner city of Hamburg near the famous St. Michaelis church.
Kos town walkabouts
Being an old bricklayer can't help having a look at any form of construction wherever I go. I just never seem to see anyone ever doing anything 🤔
Corner shops in Darwin Street , London SE17 , south of Old Kent Road , junction with Bricklayers Arms.Photographed in 1969.
Other trees at work // D'autres arbres au travail: www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/albums/72157628563633377
"J'aime la façon dont tu personnifies les arbres." // "I like the way you personify trees." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/26450367@N04)
Another shot from Sunday outside an old church. Bricks have always fascinated me. Many years ago I worked as a hod carrier - the person who carries the bricks and mortar to the bricklayer. Very hard work!
Three Moments from This Morning – Morning Labors of Nature: From Puddle to Nest — In Mud, Wings, and Stillness -
Each morning brings surprises we cannot foresee — and as your fellow writer, I find joy in translating those surprises into words.
Among the many swallow species that migrate thousands of miles from Africa each year, the Red-rumped Swallowparticularly fascinates me. Their nest-building technique — using clay and mud before the breeding season — always reminds me of Irish bricklayers. Both male and female birds pick up small lumps of sand, including beach sand, shaping it with their beaks and moistening it to a cement-like consistency before flying swiftly back to the nest site. They are as industrious as bees.
This morning, after I washed the stone-paved area of our garden, a Red-rumped Swallow couple was drawn to the puddles. I watched as one of them — I believe the female — gently landed, gathered a small mud ball at the tip of her beak, and flew back to continue building the nest, only to return moments later. It reminded me once again: Wetlands are essential not only for drinking water but also for providing critical materials for nest construction, especially for migratory birds.
I am sure some of you on Flickr have witnessed similar behavior. I hope when you look closely at the first photo and see the tiny lump of mud at her beak, you’ll imagine the dedication behind this remarkable nest-building process.
In the second photo, you’ll see a Nuthatch in its typical posture, resting under the soft shade of fig leaves — still and alert.
Wishing you all a beautiful day, and I hope you enjoy these moments as much as I did while witnessing them.
Red-rumped Swallow in Turkey – A Brief Field Note
The Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) is a summer visitor to Turkey, arriving in early spring from Africa and departing again by late August or September. A graceful and agile flyer, it is easily recognized by its reddish rump, creamy underparts, and elongated outer tail feathers.
Distribution in Turkey:
It breeds extensively along the Aegean, Mediterranean, and Southeastern Anatolian regions.
Common in coastal villages, lowland farmland, and lightly wooded areas.
The northern Aegean coast, especially places like Ayvalık, Altınoluk, and Kaz Mountains, serve both as migration corridors and breeding zones.
Scattered but less common sightings occur inland and in the Black Sea region.
Habitat Preferences:
They nest in semi-natural or human-influenced environments — cliffs, bridges, walls, or under eaves of quiet rural structures.
Frequently seen perched on fig, pine, and olive trees.
They build mud cup nests, often reused or added to each year.
Breeding & Behavior:
Breeding pairs arrive by late March to April.
Chicks usually hatch around late May or June, depending on conditions.
They feed on aerial insects, captured in flight — contributing to natural pest control.
Conservation Notes:
Urbanization and habitat loss — especially along the coast and migration stopovers — threaten traditional nesting grounds.
Fig trees and century-old olive groves serve not just as part of agricultural heritage, but as vital shelter and feeding perches for swallows and other migratory birds.
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New MHV 57 on now Double Deck route 42 and also extended to East Dulwich, seen here at Bricklayers Arms
Another look at the superb brickwork in the underground area of the old Prague sewage treatment plant ... with more light and less color than the last image.
There are some images from the early 1900s of this place being built, a big cluster of brick humps in a pit that was later filled in. You couldn't guess from above what the insides look like here.
It's holding up really well for 110 years old.
Fibrous cornice plasterwork.
These plasterers are almost as skilled as bricklayers!
Excellent workmanship!
Discovered at the Rawtenstall Masonic lodge, Lancashire
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Ila, GA (Madison County). Copyright 2007 D. Nelson
This is a nice little store in the center of Ila, GA (pop. 328). It is a Thrift Store that sells anything from crutches to bottles (empty) and clothing. I took this photo at 8 a.m. When I passed through in the afternoon, the owner Bill Moss had opened shop and set out some melons and tomatoes for sale and we started talking.
Interestingly, Bill Moss used to be a bricklayer before he retired. He says that over the decades he has done a lot of brickwork in the area, including the entrance for Wray's Drug Store in Royston, in 1963. The drugstore is a corner store and the entrance cuts diagonally across the corner, apparently not an easy feat for bricklayers as several bricklayers had failed before Mr. Moss came along. I make sure to get a photo of his brick work when I revisit Royston.
At Stenness
A colourful random stone wall that separates the parking area for visitors to the Standing stones of Stenness from the road
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This building used to be The Bricklayers Arms pub on Settles Street. Elizabeth Stride was seen here the near midnight on September 29 1888, not that long before she was found murdered in Dutfield's Yard on Berner Street on the morning of the 30th.
This spot is a short walk from Berner Street.
I believe the top level of the building was added later.
Lomo Lubitel 166+. Fomapan Action 400 120mm B&W film.
Artist: Jens Brinch
Title: Hate
Prior to meeting this brick sculpture, the visitors will have already seen a row of other pieces, challenging both the senses and the intellect.
Many of these challenges are delivered with humour and romance. With Brinch and Olsson's HATE, the viewer is challenged more directly, and at the same time, the old bricklayer-traditions combined with the special atmosphere of the forest create a space for thought and reflection. When you think about what they hate, it is impossible to not also think about what you love. The sculpture lays the foundation for a debate of values, and despite its heavy visuals, it gives the viewer a positive message.
HATE was created in the summer of 2013 in collaboration with Jacob Olsson.
España - Ciudad Real - Valdepeñas - Molino de Viento Gregorio Prieto (el mayor del mundo)
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ENGLISH:
The Gregorio Prieto windmill is the largest windmill in the world.
Located opposite the Gregorio Prieto Windmill Museum, the Gregorio Prieto windmill was the first museum in Valdepeñas, after a large number of bricklayers and mill carpenters gave it to the immortal Valdepeñas artist and painter.
It was born as a result of the effort that this painter dedicated to preserving these constructions. It was dedicated to housing the work of the famous painter. It currently has a pictorial exhibition of the windmills made by Gregorio Prieto and several models of them.
Gregorio Prieto was throughout his life a defender of the most typical constructions of La Mancha, such as the windmills. With his weapons, pencils and brushes he fought a constant battle to defend such a fascinating subject, which inexplicably was gradually disappearing. Mills were a main theme in all the exhibitions he held around the world (London, Copenhagen, New York, etc.).
The result of this struggle was the construction in Valdepeñas in the 1950s of the largest mill in the world, built by bricklayers and mill carpenters from the city of Valdepeñas, which will have the mission of housing a collection of the works that Gregorio Prieto made on milling. As Gregorio said, "I want my mill to be the mother and symbol of all the others." This mill was the first museum in our city and becomes the tribute of Valdepeñas and the painter to these peasant monuments that ennobled, not so long ago, the plain of La Mancha.
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ESPAÑA:
El molino Gregorio Prieto es el molino de viento más grande del mundo.
Situado frente al Museo de los Molinos de Gregorio Prieto, el molino Gregorio Prieto fue el primer museo de Valdepeñas, después de que un gran número de albañiles y carpinteros molineros se lo regalaran al inmortal dibujante y pintor valdepeñero
Nació fruto del esfuerzo que este pintor dedicó a preservar estas construcciones. Fue dedicado a albergar la obra del insigne pintor. Actualmente cuenta con la exposición pictórica de los molinos realizados por Gregorio Prieto y varias maquetas de los mismos.
Gregorio Prieto fue durante toda su vida un defensor de las construcciones más típicas de La Mancha, como son los molinos. Con sus armas, lápices y pinceles sostuvo una constante batalla sobre la defensa de un tema tan apasionante, que inexplicablemente poco a poco iba desapareciendo. Los molinos fueron un tema principal en todas las exposiciones que realizó a lo largo de todo el mundo (Londres, Copenhague, Nueva York, etc.)
Fruto de esa lucha fue la construcción en Valdepeñas en la década de los 50, del mayor molino del mundo, construido por albañiles y carpinteros molineros de la Ciudad de Valdepeñas, que tendrá como misión albergar una colección de las obras que Gregorio Prieto realizaba sobre la molinería. Como decía Gregorio “Pretendo que mi molino sea madre y símbolo de todos los demás”. Este molino fue el primer museo de nuestra ciudad y se convierte en el homenaje de Valdepeñas y del pintor, a estos monumentos campesinos que ennoblecían, no hace tanto tiempo, la llanura manchega.
The church was built in the 17th century with a traditional Mexican façade. The current Gothic façade was constructed in 1880 by Zeferino Gutierrez, who was an indigenous bricklayer and self-taught architect. It is said Gutierrez's inspiration came from postcards and lithographs of Gothic churches in Europe; however, the interpretation is his own and if more a work of imagination than a faithful reconstruction.
(Wikipedia)
As a parent you can only guide your kids the best way you think, I'm just a simple bricklayer so my way of thinking is building a future on solid foundations & build up from there but this seems "out of touch" in our house.
Trouble a head I foresee but I will steer the life boat when called upon shouting "what did I tell you " ;-))
The pains of a bricklayer !! back ache !!
Loved the reflection of the tablets on the cup on this one
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Approx 2002 - 2003
Michael took the photo.
4 Bricklayers, 4 lecturers, 4 colleagues, 4 friends.
The four of us taught Brickwork together at a technical college.
In the holidays we often went walks together mainly around Huddersfield, and Yorkshire.
We often went swimming on Friday mornings too, at the local sports centre.
Unfortunately Peter passed away a few years ago. George and I still meet up regularly, (or did do prior to the pandemic.) and we also cycle together.
Michael and me went a good walk together just a few weeks ago around Scammonden water.
They were the best colleagues and friends you could wish for.
I first met the three of them on a walk around during my job interview on 1st February 1989.
Peter & George were apprentice bricklayers at the same company in Huddersfield, back in the day.
The three of them were Yorkshire born and bred, whereas I was a comer in, being from Lancashire.
I lived in Huddersfield for 11 years before moving back to Lancashire, but worked there for 31 years.
I’m happy to say that all three of them were present at our wedding.
I think that my camera at the time was a digital Kodak.
#goodtimes
The wall to the left was built by Roman bricklayers in the 2nd century CE. The floor is a preserved Roman mortar floor from the same age.
Conversely, the wall to the right was built over 1000 years later, in the early 1200s, i.e., the end of the high middle ages.
Now please just compare how these two have stood the test of time, considering that the Roman wall is more than ten centuries older.
'nuff said!
Seen in Ladenburg, Baden Württemberg, Germany. Ladenburg was founded as the Roman city of Lopodunum in the 1st century CE.
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Kodak Ektar 100 professional grade colour negative film
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