tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1874744967972802525..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Essex road, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9511127768790883012016-04-19T21:08:14.172+01:002016-04-19T21:08:14.172+01:00The link for the John Outram article on the Pumpin...The link for the John Outram article on the Pumping Station is johnoutram.com/iod.htmlStephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-28625748256341768512016-04-17T15:26:01.033+01:002016-04-17T15:26:01.033+01:00The Loughborough Echo building has Egyptian motifs...The Loughborough Echo building has Egyptian motifs in its tiled facade. Unfortunately some of the tiling has been damaged and covered by new fascias for businesses occupying the ground floor units.<br /><br />I will have to find the link to an article written by John Outram on the design and construction of the Pumping station that was on twitter recently. It is both amusing and informative.<br /><br />There is a former large cinema in Northampton, which I think was an Odeon which is now an Evangelical church. The cinema had been sub divided to make it a multiplex in the 1970's. When the church was removing the paneling to open it up again much of the original interior was still in place including the decoration of the walls. I saw the building as part of a tour on the open house weekend in September. Worth looking out for if you are interested in 1930's cinema.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-47544606713634375482016-04-16T21:51:55.862+01:002016-04-16T21:51:55.862+01:00Looking at those columns, I was remnded of a wonde...Looking at those columns, I was remnded of a wonderful cinema that used to be in Twickenham. I think that must have had Egyptian style columns too. Or perhaps just brightly coloured terracotta. It was such a long time ago, I was a teenager when I saw it, but it did make an impression and I so wish more of them had been kept. I think it's been replaced with some bland place now. <br /> Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-78480565919275014422016-04-16T19:45:15.003+01:002016-04-16T19:45:15.003+01:00Bazza: Yes, I know the pumping station you mean. I...Bazza: Yes, I know the pumping station you mean. Its architect, John Outram, was surely inspired by these art deco buildings as well as by the original Egyptian temples. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38854892897934797362016-04-16T19:21:18.866+01:002016-04-16T19:21:18.866+01:00The detail reminds me of a modern storm-water pump...The detail reminds me of a modern storm-water pumping station on the Isle of Dogs!<br />I wish I had taken more notice of al the Odeon buildings when they were around.....<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com