A Very Productive Day
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Well, it's been a very productive day considering we were both full of flu and had very little sleep, both coughing and sneezing and keeping each other awake.
We had planned to go with Paul and Kirsty to North Yorkshire today but the thought of spending 4 hours in a hot car and not knowing how well we were going to be meant we decided to stay local and take it easy.
We noticed when we drove down Westfield Road, Eppleworth a couple of weeks ago that the old Hull & Barnsley Railway embankment was fast disappearing due to the partial demolition of the south eastern section. Many years ago an impressive arched railway bridge crossed Westfield Road at this point and today gave us the best chance of taking a few photographs before the embankment disappeared forever.
We noticed Skidby Windmill was operating when driving back from Westfield Road so stopped off there for a few photos.
Our next stop was the Church of God on Wheeler Street in Hull. I had read in the Hull Daily Mail last week that this small church which is reported as being well over 100 years old is closing due to falling numbers and was being demolished shortly to make way for a new community centre. We took a few photos before this church is gone forever.
Whilst on Wheeler Street we took a number of photographs of the Wheeler Street Primary School. This was the first school I attended at the age of four as we lived close by on Northfield Road, Anlaby Road until we moved to Willerby in 1975.
We then returned home for a well deserved drink and then walked round to Springhead Lane. The Hull & Barnsley Railway crossed Springhead Lane and some sections of the old railway embankment still exists today. We climbed up the side of the embankment and took quite a few photographs from both sides of Springhead Lane.
On the way back we found a break in the fence at the rear of the old AFOS and Harland's Printers factories (now demolished and awaiting redevelopment) on Springfield Way so we went for a wander and located the old Acre Heads Drain. There was still a bit of space in the camera's memory so we took a few more photos of the Acre Heads Drain including the tunnel which was built under the old railway embankment.
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We had planned to go with Paul and Kirsty to North Yorkshire today but the thought of spending 4 hours in a hot car and not knowing how well we were going to be meant we decided to stay local and take it easy.
We noticed when we drove down Westfield Road, Eppleworth a couple of weeks ago that the old Hull & Barnsley Railway embankment was fast disappearing due to the partial demolition of the south eastern section. Many years ago an impressive arched railway bridge crossed Westfield Road at this point and today gave us the best chance of taking a few photographs before the embankment disappeared forever.
We noticed Skidby Windmill was operating when driving back from Westfield Road so stopped off there for a few photos.
Our next stop was the Church of God on Wheeler Street in Hull. I had read in the Hull Daily Mail last week that this small church which is reported as being well over 100 years old is closing due to falling numbers and was being demolished shortly to make way for a new community centre. We took a few photos before this church is gone forever.
Whilst on Wheeler Street we took a number of photographs of the Wheeler Street Primary School. This was the first school I attended at the age of four as we lived close by on Northfield Road, Anlaby Road until we moved to Willerby in 1975.
We then returned home for a well deserved drink and then walked round to Springhead Lane. The Hull & Barnsley Railway crossed Springhead Lane and some sections of the old railway embankment still exists today. We climbed up the side of the embankment and took quite a few photographs from both sides of Springhead Lane.
On the way back we found a break in the fence at the rear of the old AFOS and Harland's Printers factories (now demolished and awaiting redevelopment) on Springfield Way so we went for a wander and located the old Acre Heads Drain. There was still a bit of space in the camera's memory so we took a few more photos of the Acre Heads Drain including the tunnel which was built under the old railway embankment.
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