tarboat's photos

Detail of the top of the frontage of Leamington Spa Town Hall which was commissioned to replace a smaller hall on High Street that was built in 1830. The new building was designed by architect John Cundall with the mayor laying the foundation stone in October 1882. The builder was John Fell at a cost of £14,000 and it was opened by the mayor on 18th September 1884. Since 2002 it has been the headquarters of Royal Leamington Spa Town Council. It is listed Grade II.

Not every photo charter takes place in ideal conditions and the images have to show the 'atmospheric' side of the action. This was certainly true when in damp conditions 4F 43924 headed a short mixed train uphill out of Keighley.

Church House is a Grade II listed office building built c1870, which is prominently positioned on the corner of Hanover Street and Paradise Street in Liverpool.

'Ironclad' 52044 crosses the road at Oakworth Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Rather sad remains of a mosaic step at the disused Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Hall on Bridge Street in Boston.

Barton Wright Class 25 'Ironclad' 52044 heads away from Damems Junction towards Oakworth on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Robots setting green bricks onto the kiln car at the Ibstock Chesterton brickworks. This image is featured in the recent book The Brick and Tile Industries of the Staffordshire Potteries. www.brocross.com/Bricks/Penmorfa/Book/book.htm

Barton Wright Class 25 'Ironclad' 52044 was built by Beyer Peacock in 1887. Preserved by Tony Cox after withdrawal in 1959 it has been an important part of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway since it was established as a preserved line. It is seen here passing through Oakworth with a short freight on a 30742 Charters event.

The surviving gasholder at Great Yarmouth was built in 1884 to the design of the consulting engineer Robert P Spice of London for the Great Yarmouth Gas Company. National Grid has a national programme agreed with OFGEM to bring redundant sites such as these back into use, but the Grade II Listed status of the Victorian gasholder and its condition requires a different approach. Following detailed technical assessments it was agreed that the tank at the bottom of the gasholder should be removed and the large visible frame should then be refurbished in-situ. Work was due to start at the end of 2025.

Terracotta ornamentation on the upper storeys of 24a High Row, Darlington. Ground level features the usual corporate business frontage.

Built in 1903-7 by the Broadstone Spinning Co Ltd for 260,000 mule spindles. The use of glazed brick ornamentation is typical of the period. When completed the double Broadstone Mill was the largest cotton spinning mill in the world. Half of the mill has been demolished since spinning ended in 1959 and the remaining section is listed Grade II and in multiple industrial and commercial occupation. Reddish, Stockport.

Storage tank at the Clayton facility of German owned speciality chemicals manufacturer Evonik. The company says that Evonik products make tires fuel-efficient, mattresses more elastic, medications more effective, and animal feeds healthier. Its website lists a large range of products including petrochemical antifoulant, gasoline octane enhancer and corrosion inhibitors.

The first electric tramway route by the Ashton-Under-Lyne Corporation began in 1902 between Ashton-under-Lyne and Hurst. A maintenance depot for the electric trams was created in 1902, on Mossley Road in Ashton-Under-Lyne for the repair and maintenance on the electric trams. This building was later repurposed for electric trolleybuses and then repurposed into business offices for present day use. The Corporation coat of arms is incorporated in a panel over the original office section of the depot.

Brutalist water tower near Tregarton Farm in the Parish of St Goran, Cornwall.

Terracotta on the Town Hall Hotel in Eccles which was opened in 1904 by Holt's Brewery. This was built on the site of the local cock-fighting pits. The buddleia is not a good thing and is no doubt causing serious damage to the structure. The pub is long closed and planning permission was granted for conversion into flats. I doesn't appear that this has actually happened and the building remains derelict.

The cream brickwork stands out on the stable block at Beamish Museum. I particularly like the ventilators. This building is a re-creation of the stables located between High Spen and Greenside, near Rowlands Gill, which served the Victoria Garesfield Colliery.

Kriegslok 33-064 shunts a coal train under the loading bunkers at the Sikulje mine washery.

The water tower at Cleethorpes was built sometime around 1910 and was originally taller than it currently is. The original top was replaced in the late 1950s.