Friday, 13 August 2010

Misc - A Westmount Walk

A circular walk around Westmount, from the crem down to People's Park, along various back Streets and up the hill again... looking out for things to catch my eye...





That's the crem.








An old gas lamp bracket rusts away quietly.








St. Thomas' Church and Victoria College, seen over a field.





Looking over towards the archive centre, the majority of buildings are comparatively modern, apart from the long terrace in Grosvenor St.






Our lovely Waterfront ;)






The Battle funfair on People's Park rests until the 2pm opening.





You don't see so many of these nowadays - most phone lines are now underground instead of overhead.





Cheapside is going to need a BIG makeover before it's ever pleasant!






A closed shop. There will be more soon, I reckon.









Who's that perched up on Sacre Coeur? ...







Why it's Him of course...






.. look's like He's struggling to keep balance, saying "whoah...!"






Heading up New St.John's Road, there's a brief glimpse of St.T's








.. and from some steps from the corner near the top of the hill, a view over town...






.. in all its glory.







.. tower blocks are so delightful.






Looks like a before-and-after makeover sort of thing.







Thanks for the tip!







Towards Green Island.






Looks way too recent to be from WW1







Well, that was different. I might do some more town walks one day. TTFN

Monday, 9 August 2010

Westmount Quarry & Jewish Cemetery

There's a secluded Jewish Cemetery tucked away (map) in Westmount Quarry (which is due to be developed). From the entrance...







.. go ahead keeping right...







.. and this gate awaits. It wasn't locked...





It's a long & narrow rectangular plot, with no other entrances.

On the right...





.. and the left.







Looking back from down at the end.





An ex-Senator of the States of Jersey lies here.






Elsewhere in the quarry...



This 1929 building is to the left of the entrance, behind the boarded up house on the main road...






.. and it is being used as an artist's workshop.







As the road bends to the right (North-East) you get a glimpse of the expensive making-safe works carried out to the cliff.



Some people enjoy photography in abandoned industrial sites.... I can see the appeal but there's not much scope over here where almost every square foot of land is managed by someone quite closely. This will have to do!

Friday, 6 August 2010

Misc - including Dairy Move


Ronez Point from Egypte...






.. and the "loop road" before the Kart people commandeer it to their own selfish ends and prevent us driving here again.





That's a ship...








.. and that's a boat.







That's a ferry...






.. and that's a lifeboat...







.. entering the port.







From South Pier...






.. closer.







Commercial Buildings, etc.





The increasing bollard-ification of Town. Now Seale St down the side of the Town Hall has prettier pavements (wow, worth the expense?!) although it's still an ugly dreary wind tunnel of a road.




Dairy Move

The old Five Oaks site is due for demolition, to be made into a Gated Community where the rich can try to avoid the injustice in society that they have caused.







It's a sign.







Meanwhile, from two parallel roads by the RJA&HS in Trinity (what a waste of land!), here's looking at the new dairy...




.. and some cow art to cheer the place up a bit.

Monday, 2 August 2010

Metal Men

New £80,000 cast aluminium figures by Marielle Neudecker, recently unveiled at 44 The Esplanade. 2.5 Million Light Years is the farthest the human eye can see unaided, apparently.

These are part of the "percentage for art" scheme whereby the Planning Dept. bribes developers into providing a cheap thrill for passersby otherwise they don't get their plans for dull offices or flats passed.

There was mention of another new one on the radio today at Havre des Pas, where an Anthony Gormley figure will be planted on the rocks near what is currently the Fort d'Auvergne Hotel - as it that excuses the plan to demolish the hotel and replace it with a massive, towering, SEVEN storey blot on the coastscape shading the beach of an evening!








































































Wednesday, 28 July 2010