The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Badger_Boom]

Monday 12th
1.

This bridge abutment, is one of the remains of a branch-line to Don Pedro Colliery (slightly amended name from 'Dom', after the Emperor of Brazil, he visited in the 1870s)
The opposing one is long-gone
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It's the north-south line; https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.4&lat=53.68881&lon=-1.39827&layers=168&b=1&o=100
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/368679

I always found the Dom/Don Pedro visit story fascinating.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I always found the Dom/Don Pedro visit story fascinating.

I have this book
There’s nothing much in it about the visit, other than the date
The author was a lifelong friend of my wifes (paternal) grandfather

EDIT; Wed 28th @ 08:35
@Badger_Boom; My father-in-laws parents lived in the village at the time, he was born there & went to junior school there too

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Badger_Boom

I’ve just borrowed this from the local Library
It could be just up your street

 

[Badger_Boom]

Looks interesting, but I think that Mr Curwen might have been paid for his glowing recommendation of Westgate.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Looks interesting, but I think that Mr Curwen might have been paid for his glowing recommendation of Westgate.

Note the date of the quote

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 19th
1.

25/27 CornMarket
Pontefract
(the Etsy shop till recently)

The bow-windows have survived (or at least replaced sympathetically)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Mondi19th
2.

29/31 CornMarket
Pontefract

The chimney caught my eye, I usually walk along that pavement, so don't see the rooflines

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 19th
3.

St Josephs Catholic Club
Back Street
(above Jubilee Way)
Pontefract

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3683280
The white building is the Catholic Church; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/239275

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 19th
4.

Merchants Warehouse/’Counting House’
CornMarket
Pontefract

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101313282-cottages-in-swales-yard-pontefract-north-ward

@Badger_Boom; https://www.barrycrux.co.uk/property/the-counting-house-swales-yard-pontefract-wf8-1dg/

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4190230

 

[Badger_Boom]

Mondi19th
2.

29/31 CornMarket
Pontefract

The chimney caught my eye, I usually walk along that pavement, so don't see the rooflines

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Interesting that you point out the roofline. The steep pitch is similar to 3-9 Cornmarket which hides a much older timber framed building behind its Georgian brick facade. This one isn't listed, probably because no one has had an opportunity to poke around inside and check.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Monday 19th
4.

Merchants Warehouse/’Counting House’
CornMarket
Pontefract

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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101313282-cottages-in-swales-yard-pontefract-north-ward

@Badger_Boom; https://www.barrycrux.co.uk/property/the-counting-house-swales-yard-pontefract-wf8-1dg/

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4190230

It's fantastic to see it restored (again) to its former glory. Lets hope that its new owner/tenant treats it better than the ones that drove Malcolm to distraction.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 20th

Bruce Smeaton Memorial
Blenheim Way
Cutsyke
Castleford

I'm sure it was initially positioned along the (eponymously named) Bruce Smeaton Way, I could be wrong

The local ferals have given the leaves a kicking, as paint is missing

The memorial & pond are approximately at the end of the line of trees; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5126199
Bruce Smeaton Way runs parallel to the M62, with a roundabout in 'the shadow of the bridge', to the north side of it, ending near to 'Xscape'


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-62051569
https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/l1494.html

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Interesting that you point out the roofline. The steep pitch is similar to 3-9 Cornmarket which hides a much older timber framed building behind its Georgian brick facade. This one isn't listed, probably because no one has had an opportunity to poke around inside and check.

Yes I did notice the disparity between the roof-pitch & the facade

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 24th


Main entrance/Foyer
Pinderfields General Hospital
Wakefield

This one was there earlier this year

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 28th August 2024
1.

‘Three Little Pigs’
Lime Pit Lane
Stanley
Wakefield

It’s where the pink sign is;
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/978704