Daily Themes August 2024

[stevewmh]

Waiting for the last train

Waiting for a Train FXE10371 by Stephen Hayto, on Flickr

[stevewmh]

Waiting for lunch

SHCF2159-01 by Stephen Hayto, on Flickr

[peterob]

Not quite sure who is waiting on whom but he certainly got the message that treading on the dress is forbidden.


DSCF0408.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[kate]

Coucil or Government owned.

Bus - and Council building.
I dont work there any more by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

Original Town Hall.
stornoway original town hall and bus station 22feb06 by Kate Ferris, on Flickr


and when being renovated.
the old town hall revamp by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[stevewmh]

Not sure who owns it now, once Staines Town Hall.

Staines Town Hall by Stephen Hayto, on Flickr

[peterob]

I think [at this early hour]  that  (apart from the rubbish bins [ which I do not propose to photograph] ) the only council owned thing that affects us directly is the allotment we rent.


DSCF5157.jpg by Pete, on Flickr


I seem to have not photographed the town hall as such,

[dreampolice]

Council owned cemetery, although this entrance building has recently been sold on auction. No idea what it'll be. I believe planning has been refused for a couple of dwellings. It has gone to ruin over the years. At one time (we used to know them) it was lived in by a family, the man being the cemetery groundsman.

Alderley Edge Cemetery by Nigel G, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

These 'highly useful' handrails are no doubt council owned
Use the handrail? by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

I think the houses of parliament are government owned
Parliament by infra red by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[zx9]

Aug 6, 2024 7:02:10 GMT dreampolice said:

Council owned cemetery, although this entrance building has recently been sold on auction. No idea what it'll be. I believe planning has been refused for a couple of dwellings. It has gone to ruin over the years. At one time (we used to know them) it was lived in by a family, the man being the cemetery groundsman.

Alderley Edge Cemetery by Nigel G, on Flickr

Very similar to the gate house at one of the North London cemeteries, Golders Green or North Finchley, I remember driving past it quite some time ago.

[zx9]

Lewisham's swimming pools.

Ladywell, demolished 2013.

Ladywell Baths, Lewisham. by Keith Hudson, on Flickr


And in an amazing bit of joined up thinking, it's replacement Glass Mills opened in 2013.

Glass Mill #2 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

Sticking with pools for the minute, The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace.

Holsten by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

Vienna.

Vienna IMG_6653editN by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

A local council with a sense of humour.

[aitch]

Aug 6, 2024 6:38:20 GMT stevewmh said:

Not sure who owns it now, once Staines Town Hall.

Staines Town Hall by Stephen Hayto, on Flickr

Can't see it on this list*, so probably sold off to the developers who turned it into flats.

This, however...

Spelthorne Council Offices by SteveH, on Flickr

* which is out of date - they recently bought the Elmsleigh Centre, just before the government passed an act to prevent them doing so.

[kate]

Aug 6, 2024 6:46:55 GMT peterob said:

I think [at this early hour]  that  (apart from the rubbish bins [ which I do not propose to photograph] ) the only council owned thing that affects us directly is the allotment we rent.


DSCF5157.jpg by Pete, on Flickr


I seem to have not photographed the town hall as such,

Looks very fruitful!  Lucky you.