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A different (I hope) view of Folkestone's Foord Road Viaduct, the world's tallest brick arched viaduct, built in 1843.
To park a vehicle in this road would be to block it, which is illegal, so the double yellow “no parking” lines are not necessary - especially on both sides of a single track road. This is Mill Bay, which isn’t too pretty, but these yellow lines deface many beautiful lanes and roads in Britain's towns and villages. It’s stupid.
Shots taken for Saturday Self Challenge 24/01/2023 --
Alleyways & Passageways .
Well for this week I have two shots presented as a diptych of a couple of alleyways I can recall from a very young age in the 1950s .
Neate's Alley had a Woolworths on one side and King's Head Alley surprise surprise has a pub of the same name on the right hand side . A pub I never went into back in the times when children were not allowed in at all and by the time I was old enough - it was no longer a pub at all . On the left there was an interesting Sainsburys which had a huge central aisle with a mosaic type floor with a long counter each side running front to back with various produce divided into types . So one queued for cheese say and then went to a queue for bread and then went to the next queue for meat and so on - paying separately each time - those were the days !
For information I have found an interesting piece from a local historical society who in turn had found this on " Get Surrey " , a news , entertainment , sport and other local info for Surrey platform -------------
Two of Leatherhead’s dingy alleys have been brightened up with new entrance arches specially designed to reflect their history.
Kings Head Alley and Neate’s Alley are two long established pedestrian routes in the town that have been provided with arches made nearby by the Fire and Iron Gallery and partly designed by local schoolchildren.
King’s Head Alley takes its name from an inn that once stood on the site and was supposed to always have a table reserved especially for members of the clergy. This is reflected in the design of the entrance arch which features churchwardens’ pipes and ale tankards.
The King's Head inn was situated on the east side in King's Head Alley, just off the High Street. In 1719 it was owned by Edward Toye who also owned the Swan Hotel. The original inn was destroyed by fire in 1794 and after rebuilding, it had several owners, the Skilton family holding it for over 20 years in the mid-19th century.
The old inn, described as 'one of the beauties of the town', was replaced by a modern public house in 1930 on a site opposite the original.
The new 'King's Head' building was eventually converted into shops in 1961.
Fire and Iron Gallery spokesman, Lucy Quinnell, said: “Our research of the histories of the alleys proved very enlightening and enabled us to suggest features that might be incorporated into the design of the new arches. “Pupils and Woodville and Therfield schools helped us design some of the elements of each arch. They are colourful, quirky, educational and fun.”
The schemes have been paid for by contributions from local developers and are part of the project to rejuvenate the town centre. Improved lighting is to be installed shortly.
Neate’s Alley takes its name from a 19th century family of grocers and butchers. Pigs were slaughtered in a yard at the back of the shop which gave it its old name of dog. Dogs were said to be attracted there in the hope of getting some scraps. The design of the arch incorporates different kinds of dogs and a pig. The frames of both arches are a tangle of stems and leaves.
( info from Get Surrey ) .
Alley Cat Time ----------- youtu.be/5mfMBUDxs3o
Don't think this has changed much in donkey's years , more or less the same as it was in my school days and I'm retired now . This is King's Head Alley leading down onto Leatherhead High Street . The pub at the bottom has now been gone for a long time now - the 1960s is when it closed - if you follow the link it will how some pics & history by The Leatherhead & District Local History Society .
www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-hist...
I have converted the shot to B&W to be in keeping wit that time .
There is another alley running parallel a few shops up along the High Street called Neate's Alley but that is much narrower and lacks any character being plain brick walls each side from a much later date .
Shot on iPhone 11 Pro.
... I probably wouldn’t have taken this photo of the downpipe on the side of my office building out of desperation of “oh, no, i don’t have a picture yet”
Another plant seeded by birds is this Clematis, which is growing not very happily in gravel, winding its way up a downpipe. This bee is obviously grateful that it's there - and the flower itself looks rather like a butterfly.
2014 Audi SQ5
This SQ5 is not only stunning but it's pretty quick. Has an APR Stage 2 tune, AWE catback with a non-resonated AWE downpipe, among other mods.
The owner wanted an RS6 Avant, but because Audi doesn't sell the RS6 in the U.S market, he "settled" for this SQ5 (well a Q5 but that's a different story ;))
The 13th and the 14th... two happy days to come. I was born on the 13th of March, just one day before my father's birthday. He will turn 70 on the 14th! Quite a milestone, if you ask me...
(Maybe this isn't the most glorious picture to celebrate two birthdays... but I just happen to like that it shows my 13 and his 14 in one shot... ;-)