tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post8638271024880648104..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Any Old IronPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-79047417841828007802009-04-02T07:33:00.000+01:002009-04-02T07:33:00.000+01:00This is actually the prototype of the houses we'll...This is actually the prototype of the houses we'll all be reduced to living in soon, especially as Gordon says he is going to 'cure' the recession......Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-1058141984391938332009-04-01T19:44:00.000+01:002009-04-01T19:44:00.000+01:00You're right Jon, the last thing we need is it to ...You're right Jon, the last thing we need is it to become fashionable. The other thing I like about corrugated iron buildings is that there's very often a big iron plate stuck on them to say who's erected it.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-20028580733397143492009-04-01T17:39:00.000+01:002009-04-01T17:39:00.000+01:00Good for you! Corrugated iron needs champions. May...Good for you! Corrugated iron needs champions. Maybe they should manufacture it pre-rusted...on second thoughts, maybe not..that Lawrence Lolly-Loan or whatever his name is would be singing its praises then and having it as a wallcovering throughout Chelsea.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-66313970406244451572009-04-01T15:41:00.000+01:002009-04-01T15:41:00.000+01:00There is a house next door to me with a huge barn/...There is a house next door to me with a huge barn/shop. They just changed out the older rusting corregated roof for a nice, new shiny one (complete with sky lights)...somehow spoilt the agricultural look of the whole thing.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-29860039903653679022009-04-01T14:25:00.000+01:002009-04-01T14:25:00.000+01:00Nothing so louche I`m afraid, Peter.Merely a pair ...Nothing so louche I`m afraid, Peter.Merely a pair of well patinated flop front corduroys garlanded with sisal below each knee,when the outhouse overflowed.<BR/>There was an issue regarding ferrets as well, but the precise details escape me.Bucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-81139962612552328162009-04-01T14:03:00.000+01:002009-04-01T14:03:00.000+01:00Not quite on topic, but there is a lovely preserve...Not quite on topic, but there is a lovely preserved corrugated Mission Church at the Avoncroft Museum in Worcestershire. Interesting place, and well worth a visit. And I believe the excellent Lucinda Lambton is President. I think there's another one in Wrexham somewhere, too. (Corrugated church, not Lucinda Lambton).Martin H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07512706126615895296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-79543696319909685612009-04-01T13:37:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:37:00.000+01:00I like the sound of Uncle Gilbert. Did he wear hig...I like the sound of Uncle Gilbert. Did he wear high rise herring bone trousers with moleskin braces?Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-37946131515576945092009-04-01T13:30:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:30:00.000+01:00Some would differ though : My father stopped talki...Some would differ though : My father stopped talking to Uncle Gilbert when the latter covered the knackered thatch of his cottage with what he termed "wriggly tin" and then, as if to add insult to injury,painted it a virulent shade of red.Bucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-32846009234441471182009-04-01T13:10:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:10:00.000+01:00Yes, they look good against the twigs and branches...Yes, they look good against the twigs and branches in that warm light, and will no doubt blend in well when more foliage appears, too. And they're practical – so pleased to see you stressing their role in the working life of the countryside.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-87143045785104052202009-04-01T12:35:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:35:00.000+01:00You are absolutely right - these do no harm to the...You are absolutely right - these do no harm to the landscape at all. If anything there is something organic about iron structures so they blend in in the most natural way.LostinManchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539000716376788657noreply@blogger.com