More Platform Action At Willesden Junction
In a previous post, I talked about work on the Southbound platforms at Willesden Junction. Here’s some more pictures.
The low-level platforms to and from Watford are in better state than those on the North London Line.
The Dreadful Change At Willesden Junction
No sane person with movement issues, like a wheelchair, a baby in a buggy,a heavy parcel or just plain old age, would change between the North London Line and the Watford DC or Bakerloo Lines at Willesden Junction.
As a lot of the walkways are uncovered, you certainly wouldn’t do it in the rain.
Train/Platform Gaps At Willesden Junction
Willesden Junction’s Westbound North London Line platform has some of the worst train/platform gaps on the Overground.
Train/Platform Gaps At Willesden Junction
The reason is probably that the platform is on a curve here as this Google Map shows.
The platform is the rightmost in the picture. Here’s a close-up of the platform.
The Curved Platform At Willesden Junction
As can be seen, there is quite a curve. Unfortunately, trains tend to have straight sides!
Match Sixteen – Ipswich 2 – Wolves 1
This was a cracking game, where Ipswich got another well deserved win.
The star of the Ipswich side was Daryl Murphy, who at the age of thirty-one is playing better than ever before in an Ipswich shirt.
It is often said that strikers can’t tackle! But Murphy can tackle and he can defend too.
In fact, his tackling got him the first goal, as he dispossessed one of the Wolves defenders in the penalty area and then blasted the ball into the top corner.
For the second goal he ran from deep onto a superb pass from David McGoldrick and then when the goalkeeper came out and spread himself, he chipped the ball neatly into the net.
He wouldn’t have done that last season!
The Guy Trying To Get To Ipswich Hospital
I know where things are in Ipswich very well, but I have no idea about the buses you get for a particular place.
Earlier in the day, a guy had asked me where he could catch a bus to the hospital. I said I didn’t know, so I pointed him in the direction of the bus station.
Whilst I was waiting for a friend to turn up for supper, I found myself on the main Tower Ramparts bus station. So I looked at this list of buses.
What Bus For The Hospital?
The hospital isn’t mentioned. There was also no-one to ask.
But then I was just walking to the football ground and then afterwards to the train. So I wasn’t bothered.
Wolsey’s Gate, Ipswich
Wolsey’s Gate is another of Ipswich’s Grade 1 Listed Buildings.
Wolsey’s Gate, Ipswich
It is hidden away in the Docks and is quite difficult to find. I remember the first time I found it with my mother, after we’d come in on the bus, to look at Ipswich. We’d been looking for the town centre and had walked the wrong way from the bus station. I think we went back soon afterwards and took a bus home.
Metier’s Buildings In Ipswich
These were Metier’s buildings in the Fore Street area of Ipswich.
Note that the major building we did up, has now been converted to apartments.
The Titanic, Ipswich
This was my nickname for the Odeon cinema in Ipswich which was built in 1991.
I gave it the nickname, as I thought it would never be a success and would sink as the ill-fated liner did. According to this report from the Ipswich Star it lasted until 2005.
C and I only ever saw one film in the cinema.
It’s all very sad!
St. Margaret’s Church In The Late Afternoon Sun
St.Margaret’s Church is another Ipswich’s Grade 1 Listed buildings.
I took the pictures in the late afternoon and I was trying to show how the light in Suffolk can cast interesting colours and shades.
Constable Also Did Portraits
It surprises a lot of people to know that John Constable painted portraits.
Constable Also Did Portraits
I think he painted three of these.
Christchurch Mansion and its art is good value st a free entry museum.
The Anonymous Widower 