Around Newcastle City Centre
I walked down from St. James’ Park to the centre of Newcastle.
These days city centres look very much the same with steel and glass shopping centres, although Newcastle does have quite a lot of grand stone buildings in an area called Grainger Town.
Stone Buildings in Newcastle City Centre
This is just a side street and there are a lot of grand building still left in the area, although T. Dan Smith and John Poulson would have probably knocked the lot down if they hadn’t got charged with corruption.
Luckily sense was seen and the area is now being restored.
But that didn’t stop this hideous edifice being erected by the Co-Op.
A Hideous Edifice
Can a building like this have ever looked good? Even as a set of drawings!
Do I have one abiding memory of Newmarket City Centre?
Yes! I’ve never been to a place with so much smell of chips and burgers.
Plastic Kerbstones
Who’d have thought it?
I wouldn’t have done until I saw a DuraKerb truck on the A14 this lunchtime.
It seems to tick all of the boxes :-
- They have the same specification to the normal concrete kerbstones.
- They appear to be just as strong as concrete kerbstones.
- They are light so they are laid quicker and without some of the heavy equipment needed.
- They don’t chip when you lay them.
- They are made from partly recycled material, that would otherwise go to landfill.
But I also speak from personal experience. Some years ago, I laid a lot of concrete kerbstones by myself. And I’m a jockey-sized bloke. These would have been a doddle.
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