tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post1849850482987428272..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Semi ConductingPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-7266488164129089372009-03-31T13:39:00.001+01:002009-03-31T13:39:00.001+01:00Ah yes, 'Brick Monthly'. Used to subscribe but I t...Ah yes, 'Brick Monthly'. Used to subscribe but I thought it went sadly downhill after the 'Breeze Block Gazette' takeover.Martin H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07512706126615895296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-48704026013596296442009-03-31T13:39:00.000+01:002009-03-31T13:39:00.000+01:00Martin...not completely forgotten!Martin...not completely forgotten!Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-41285114181976077082009-03-31T08:34:00.000+01:002009-03-31T08:34:00.000+01:00This is starting to look like the letters page of ...This is starting to look like the letters page of <I>Brick Monthly</I>. Good stuff, pass me my trowel.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-14583650432552371432009-03-31T08:16:00.000+01:002009-03-31T08:16:00.000+01:00Martin - i think we may need to take a closer look...Martin - i think we may need to take a closer look. How a bout - Facings to the street elevation and commons to the "utility" wing - thats spec' build for you.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-64070539449622822552009-03-31T02:34:00.000+01:002009-03-31T02:34:00.000+01:00Diplomat - completely agree about the green/white ...Diplomat - completely agree about the green/white colour scheme - lovely. The brickwork though is flemish bond (alternate headers and stretchers), so the cut bricks at the corners would be Quarter bats rather than Queen closers, I think. Quite right about the brick "rubbers" over the porch, this was a technique with soft bricks literally rubbed together to form a close jointed arch of wedge shapes. It's more often seen over Victorian windows. Must be a completely forgotten skill now, more's the pity.Martin H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07512706126615895296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-83846416681520777612009-03-30T21:25:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:25:00.000+01:00Looks a tad 'Google Street View' to me. Watch out....Looks a tad 'Google Street View' to me. Watch out. Someone might complain that you can see them through the front window doing up their fly buttons. Moreover, what other fifties classics could lurk in that wooden shed. Perhaps a B.S.A. Winged Wheel, or a Lambretta LD 125 bought later when things picked up. It's plastic tartan panniers cracked with ultra violet radiation from the sun streaming through the window.Toby Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982935561221527990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-36571286362048523452009-03-30T21:00:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:00:00.000+01:00Right then - please take note.Lovely crease tile c...Right then - please take note.<BR/>Lovely crease tile corbeled springers and bell-drip above the porch opening on the 'dashed number - quite keen on the cast concrete path too.<BR/><BR/>More crease tiling springers on the brick property under the rubbed brick arch, very striking. What about that green/white combo - marvelous, widow living there, has done from new. Reduced garden maintenance (Since Reg passed) limited to the "front". Side garden let go a bit - young Terry (little bugger) promised to keep it tidy in exchange for keeping his motorbike in the shed - all Reg's tools gone now. <BR/><BR/>Very keen on the utility "wing" down the side - pantry, bog, scullery,boiler etc etc.<BR/><BR/>Front elevation - beautifully guaged brickwork from the days when drawings had brick numbers and fractions thereof, rather than dimensions. Fine use of hand cut queenies ......MORE DESIGN....Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-6233666222464068152009-03-30T15:25:00.000+01:002009-03-30T15:25:00.000+01:00OMO packet was always the signal in the prefabs. N...OMO packet was always the signal in the prefabs. Nice observation of the seemingly ordinary Mr.A. Nothing's ever what it seems.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-2876981819053512082009-03-30T14:18:00.000+01:002009-03-30T14:18:00.000+01:00Nice that they have adjacent trees, providing dapp...Nice that they have adjacent trees, providing dappled shade – and cover for the postman as he awaits his signal...Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-25528750257091989282009-03-30T09:57:00.000+01:002009-03-30T09:57:00.000+01:00Ah - the yellow duster signal to the postman eh ? ...Ah - the yellow duster signal to the postman eh ? sounds a bit desperate.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-31125028779608546582009-03-29T21:00:00.000+01:002009-03-29T21:00:00.000+01:00Wow, the secret dangers of pebble dash!Wow, the secret dangers of pebble dash!CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-47876813146204945902009-03-29T18:41:00.000+01:002009-03-29T18:41:00.000+01:00I thought you were going to report that they have ...I thought you were going to report that they have lightning conductors fitted. Another craze that died out.office pesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516888180507856752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-1108507000944599822009-03-29T16:40:00.000+01:002009-03-29T16:40:00.000+01:00The top two have a mini lutyen feel.The top two have a mini lutyen feel.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.com