Lunchtime Wanders

Just a few of my odd observations of a lunchtime wander...

 Broken windows, nice and secure garage, seems odd that they bother with a padlock! Noticed this pile of abandoned elastic bands and the leaves and thought they make an interesting still life. 

 I often walk past this bit of pavement with puddle written on it, quite often the writing is actually covered by a puddle but not on this occasion! This garage was the opposite of the last one I saw, a bit over protected, wonder what was in there?! 

 Two post boxes with an oddly shaped wall, don't really know why they made it like this but looks odd and caught my eye, as did this trail of puddle water left on the pavement by a phantom cyclist.

Ditherington Flax Mill

Yesterday I went to an open day at Ditherington Flax Mill to see an Art Exhibition as well as to look around this fascinating building.

At the moment it is in a derelict state but it is a Grade 1 listed building with Grade 2 listed buildings around it. Why is it so important? Well, it is the grandfather of the modern skyscraper, the first building to be built with a complete metal frame, in this case iron. The buildings have stood empty for 20 years. In 2009, English Heritage, Shropshire Council, Advantage West Midlands and the Homes and Communities Agency started to develop detailed plans for the future of the Flax Mill.

The building above shows the North Silo, built in the 1950's as a malt silo for the maltings which took over the mill.

Above, amazing the lengths people will go to make their mark, the floors here were rotten!

You'd never know that brick had moved!

Fuse boxes and nature taking over.

Patchwork windows and fallen glass.

Part of the ironwork structure.