Time to look at – some old bricks

It seems to have been ages since I tripped over any old bricks, so it seems a handy opportunity to clear off this trio I found on a local wander.

By chance, I’d come across an old map showing Shettleston Works (Chemical) on some now derelict land, behind a large modern industrial unit (a shipping depot), and thought it worth a look. It looks as if there was also a mine there at one time, but that’s really gone.

Although the works was obviously long gone, there were still a number of features left in the ground, and I really should get them into a post one day, Notably, the place is NOT listed in any online archives, or maps showing old sites, which is disappointing. The name seems to be too general to find anything specific.

Part of the reason this collection has been forgotten is the lack of info – I like to identify what I post, but the only source I seem to have for info is old OS maps, and they don’t give a company name for either site, the Chemical Works or the mine (I’d guess coal as there were quite a few in the area, but there were others).

If you’re curious, look here:

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Although it seems likely the bricks I came across came from that works, nowadays, it’s equally likely some cowboy builder tossed them there from a site miles away, so other than noting the fairly local names on the bricks, there’s little else useful.

See this link for more info.

Brickmarks

Although there were more lying around, there were no other brick marks seen.

Yay! I have my own Rogue One mural at the end of the street

It’s not often I stop in genuine disbelief, but I did have one such moment recently when I returned to one of my walking routes.

I hadn’t been near this spot for months, or more, and really was taken aback to see this superb, and large, mural on the end wall of a local vet’s practice.

I was even more amazed when I realised it was signed by Rogue One.

I wonder how long it took?

Not only the fur detail and all the brush strokes that would have taken, but the edge of the double thickness wall on the cardboard box. That took patience!

Beechwood Veterinary Centre

Think this needs a revisit, and quick reframe to find the viewpoint where the box edges on the wall match the box edges on the fascia (vertical part of the roof). I didn’t realise the box flap extended onto that area, and should have been matched in the shot.

Hunter is missing (cat)

Bad news for the run up to Christmas.

Another of those things I hadn’t really noticed, or thought about – not being wandering out and about as I used to, I don’t get to come across missing cat posters.

Funny thing is that it’s a while since I saw this kind of self-made posters too, as memory suggest the last few I did come across were produced through the efforts of the ‘Lost Pet’ schemes, which have wider publicity.

Best of luck folks.

Hunter Missing Cat