Abject apologies for my non-arrival yesterday. Unavoidable, so perhaps I should start a new series called Where Was I Yesterday?, which applies to the uncompromising scene above. A tricky one I know, but the big clue I can give is that just off to the left of this scene is one of my very favourite dock structures in England. As seen in a recent book.
Blimey what a Rapid Response Team you are. Filthy Engineer gets there first. I went to York via trunk roads and motorways, but took a slower drive back via Selby, Howden Minster (what a tower!)and Goole.
I am a designer, writer and photographer who spends all his time looking at England, particularly buildings and the countryside. But I have a leaning towards the slightly odd and neglected, the unsung elements that make England such an interesting place to live in. I am the author and photographer of over 25 books, in particular Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2006), More from Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2007), Cross Country (Wiley 2011), The Cigarette Papers (Frances Lincoln 2012), Preposterous Erections (Frances Lincoln 2012) and English Allsorts (Adelphi 2015)
"Open this book with reverence. It is a hymn to England". Clive Aslet
Preposterous Erections
"Enchanting...delightful". The Bookseller "Cheekily named" We Love This Book
The Cigarette Papers
"Unexpectedly pleasing and engrossing...beautifully illustrated". The Bookseller
Cross Country
"Until the happy advent of Peter Ashley's Cross Country it has, ironically, been foreigners who have been best at celebrating Englishness". Christina Hardyment / The Independent
More from Unmitigated England
"Give this book to someone you know- if not everyone you know." Simon Heffer, Country Life. "When it comes to spotting the small but telling details of Englishness, Peter Ashley has no equal." Michael Prodger, Sunday Telegraph
7 comments:
Goole?
Grimsby? I have no evidence for this, but have recently learned of the existence of the Dock Tower...
I'd plump for Goole, too.
Teesside has its transporter bridge. Could it be Teesside?
I'm with Mr W above! There was a Hudson, Ward & Co based at Goole docks...
Blimey what a Rapid Response Team you are. Filthy Engineer gets there first. I went to York via trunk roads and motorways, but took a slower drive back via Selby, Howden Minster (what a tower!)and Goole.
yes - quite right etc - and your favourite bit old dock-side architecture would be the coal hopper i guess ?
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