Thursday Doors

09-02-2017

Been trying (with limited success) to get some door theme’s together for future “Thursday Doors” postings over at the Norm 2.0  blog, do go and check it out. It’s been difficult to get any decent images because the weather has been dull and grey in my part of the UK.

Have You Made Your Peace it says on one of the signs

Fortunately Monday of this week was bright and sunny and I managed to get this unusual one on a visit to the area I grew up in. Then I filled up my memory card and had forgotten to put a spare in the bag.

Great Live Music Pub

It’s been a while since I’ve been to this pub, they have great music nights and excellent beer. Getting there is no problem, it’s getting back that’s difficult !

Before

After

This is a lovely old bank building in the centre of Leicester and it has recently been restored and turned into a steak house.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Great carvings either side of the door.

Thursday Doors

My contribution to the excellent Norm 2.0 “Thursday Doors Blog”

The weather has really not been too good here, fleeting bright spells normally when I’ve just got back from a walk ! So some of these images are from my archive.

My theme for this week is Georgian, there are some really nice ones in the city, most are well looked after or are being restored.

I took this on a plastic Vivitar ultrawide  film camera, the door has now been restored, I prefer it this way.

Another one that has now been restored

Ok who stole the door pull

Love the canopy above these two

Took these on 20th January, probably the best weather so far this year

Thursday Doors – Ecclesiastical Doors

I had to dig into my archives to find some doors to post on “Thursday Doors” over at the excellent Norm 2.0 blog. The weather and light have been dull and grey here in Leicester.

Tall & Slim

You would need to be tall & slim to fit through this door at All Saints Church, Braunston, Rutland. This photo was taken on my Olympus 35DC film camera.

Sacristy Door

Precentors Door

These are both from Ely Cathedral Cambridgeshire.

Deanery Door Leicester Cathedral

Side Door Leicester Cathedral

If you look carefully at the two doors above, letters and numbers have been chalked on them, I have no idea what if anything they refer to. These were taken on 10th Jan this year one of the few bright days we have had.

Chartres Cathedral, France 2008

Chartres Cathedral is a magnificent building, and Chartres was a great overnight stop on my way back from my friends in Aquitaine.

*Sorry about the large size of some of these images, but it was before I got the sizing right for WordPress posts. 

Thursday Doors

For Thursday Doors over at the excellent Norm 2.0 blog.

Portal ?

Took this one a while ago on an old Minolta 70w film camera I was trying out.

And a few from my walk to town today.

Not To Be Entered Lightly

Possibly Not !

Fancy Gate

Last few from the Olympus OM1n and expired Kodacolor 200

Blue

Electricity Substation #1

Electricity Substation #2

Autumn – Vivitar 19mm with Polariser

Canopy

Spooky Door

Some of my favourite subject matter for the last few images, Old Garages, Electricity Sub Stations, Trees, and of course Doors. Really surprised how the kodacolor performed considering it was more than 10 years out of date. I have mainly used Kodak films for colour over the years, and really miss Ektachrome.

 

Thursday’s Door

01-12-16

For Norm 2.0 Thursday Doors

Riga Latvia. So many amazing doors, could have spent the whole holiday searching out and photographing them.

Thursday’s Door

24-11-16

Boot and Shoe Operatives Union Building

This lovely old building tucked away on a side street has a preservation on it, amazing considering how much of the city has been torn down.

Thursday’s Door

I haven’t ventured outside today, too busy trying to lay carpet tiles, not easy when the walls aren’t square and they have to fit around the loo, never again.

So I thought I would post a Thursday door, though technically it’s a gate.

What a dull day today

15/11/16

Needed to escape the chaos of the house, what with the decorating and a general clear out, can’t believe the amount of stuff I’ve accumulated !!!!

The weather wasn’t very promising, dull and flat, and it was a bit muggy, but I put the Sigma DP1 in the bag, not really the best camera for these conditions as it doesn’t perform all that well above 400asa.

Strange Creature

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They certainly were.

Lovely Green Door

I must of passed by this door so many times without noticing it.

Salvation

Bollards in the Autumn

Just a short walk today ( 1.5 miles) to meet some good friends for coffee and a catch up. It was quite dull weather-wise, a complete change from yesterday’s sunshine.

Autumn Bollards

Let Me In

That Weathered Look

While I was putting this together one of my cats brought in a mouse, it’s now residing under the bookcase !!!!