tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1689338945149933762..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Leighton Buzzard, BedfordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9950983568795227612010-08-10T17:54:10.857+01:002010-08-10T17:54:10.857+01:00Brilliant! I've always had a soft spot for Que...Brilliant! I've always had a soft spot for Queen Camel. There must be more of these zoological names. Anyone for Hawkshead or St Bee's?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84677647497619659102010-08-10T17:47:17.206+01:002010-08-10T17:47:17.206+01:00So funny... i just did something mentioning Leight...So funny... i just did something mentioning Leighton Buzzard... and Queen Camel!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9153809188464881262010-04-20T12:47:14.669+01:002010-04-20T12:47:14.669+01:00Leaving people in shot also dates a photograph ver...Leaving people in shot also dates a photograph very specifically. But I've certainly had some long waits. And long bouts of swearing quite unnecessarily.Lord Carrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664339077873898564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-71187421486393247112010-04-16T17:55:18.620+01:002010-04-16T17:55:18.620+01:00Beautiful,lovely and fantastic shot !!Simply aweso...Beautiful,lovely and fantastic shot !!Simply awesome !!Unseen Rajasthanhttp://unseenrajasthan.com/unseenjourneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80530048575528265492010-04-15T07:33:17.228+01:002010-04-15T07:33:17.228+01:00Anon: Thanks for the links. I used to go through (...Anon: Thanks for the links. I used to go through (or past) Fordingbridge quite often, but not recently. I hope to revisit – after September.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-18219610194546593662010-04-15T06:16:30.403+01:002010-04-15T06:16:30.403+01:00There is another clock tower in Fordingbridge, at ...There is another clock tower in Fordingbridge, at the <a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Fordingbridge/Fordingbridge.shtml" rel="nofollow">former workhouse</a>. The building now forms part of Fordingbridge Hospital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6995826722875638482010-04-15T05:25:24.064+01:002010-04-15T05:25:24.064+01:00Best not to visit Fordingbridge in Hampshire just ...Best not to visit Fordingbridge in Hampshire just yet. The <a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/155776" rel="nofollow">town hall</a> clock has gone away for repairs. <br /><br />It was <a href="http://bit.ly/c3L7bD" rel="nofollow">taken down</a> in December. Readers of the local paper have been asked for <a href="http://bit.ly/cYFqwr" rel="nofollow">their memories</a> of its predecessor. It's hoped that the tower will be <a href="http://bit.ly/aUNq0W" rel="nofollow">replaced by September</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-19898150965197264732010-04-14T08:56:53.914+01:002010-04-14T08:56:53.914+01:00Hels: Thanks for the link. How sad that that beaut...Hels: Thanks for the link. How sad that that beautiful tower has gone.<br /><br />I'm starting to photograph these town hall clock turrets, and no doubt more will appear on the blog one of these days. I'll also no doubt be going on about the hierarchy of materials (in Britain at least) that dictates that structures in stone get taken seriously, but anything in, say corrugated iron, is looked down on. Wooden constructions like clock turrets seem to be towards the bottom of the heap – although old, timber-framed houses are nearer the top. Funny old world.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-51607314131951291422010-04-14T08:45:21.194+01:002010-04-14T08:45:21.194+01:00Firstly I agree with you totally: "I’m an adm...Firstly I agree with you totally: "I’m an admirer of the wooden clock towers that often appear on traditional market halls and town halls. Architecture books seem to say little about them... rarely attributable to a specific craftsman or designer, and fit more for the fancier of clocks than for the serious business of architectural history". Architectural historians are an awfully snooty lot.<br /><br />Secondly consider the clock tower of a much later building group. Art Deco & Modernism Architecture Tasmania notes that a T&G Tower block in Townsville block was demolished a few years ago, for no reason :( See http://modernismtas.blogspot.com/2010/04/t-building-hobart.html<br /><br />It seems that no clock tower is safe :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com