Friday, September 19, 2008

Front Doors

In Bristol people are allowed to paint their front doors whatever colour they like, within reason.
Many play safe and opt for brown or unpainted PVC white. However, some more adventurous types paint their doors with every colour of the rainbow.

If you've never heard of colours or you don't know what a rainbow is, then read on and learn ...


Green Doors























Red Doors










two examples of rare "double reds"




Blue Doors












Some rare "double blues"







Purple Doors







Yellow Doors

I photographed most of these in what we doorspotters call
an AWLOYD - Area With Lots Of Yellow Doors.



















... and finally a very rare pink door.
Unfortunately it's lacking in several essential door
features such as a letterbox, knocker and, most importantly,
a lock to open and close the door.




So there you are! That's a look at doors in Bristol.

What are doors like where you live?

Perhaps you don't have doors. Perhaps you don't have houses.

Maybe you live in trees or holes in the ground.

Do write and tell.



PS. Please don't get the impression that I'm some weirdo with nothing better to do than spend ages photographing people's doors and then uploading them on the internet.
I am definitely not like that at all.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

United Reform Church



The United Reform Church(URC) in Greenbank, Bristol held its last service this weekend. They're moving out due to dwindling congregations and the church needing a lot of maintenance work.

I walked past as the service was going on. They were singing "What a friend we have in Jesus", and they sounded in fine voice, although the congregation was bolstered by people coming from other parts of the country.

They've been around for quite a while - 356 years it says on the poster - that means it was founded in 1652, if I've calculated right.

It hasn't been at this site since that time. It was originally sited on Castle Park. They moved to Greenbank about 100 years ago.

The building was designed by Sir Frank Wills, a scion of the tobacco family, well-known in Bristol. He was also the architect for Bristol Museum.



The church is a very distinctive building. It will be a shame if it's demolished. I think the plan is to keep the exterior and build flats inside. The adjacent hall will still be kept for activities.
So it could be worse, but I'm sorry to see it go.

Monday, September 01, 2008

Stapleton Road Station mini festival


This weekend there was a small festival on Stapleton Road station.