Model

I'm excited about the new development being built on the site of the old Eldridge Pope brewery, which closed a few years ago. It was sad to lose this major employer, and we missed the smell and the clatter of barrels for a while.

The model in the showroom won me over. This shows the main brewery building and what will be Brewery Square, which currently looks like this: http://flic.kr/p/98kchH

I'm particularly excited about Pizza Express coming: http://flic.kr/p/98krQz

They've put up posters with computer-generated images of what it will look like when it's finished. They're so lifelike some people think they are real photgraphs. This is of Brewery Square: http://flic.kr/p/98ovPY

I was working at home today and took the camera when I went into town at lunchtime. It rained the whole time again, but I managed to find colour and interest. Inspired by recent blips by Lozarithm and Sunbeams, I took some old shopfronts, including Sunbeams' ironmongers: http://flic.kr/p/98kcn6

and Toymaster: http://flic.kr/p/98omMq

I'm sorry I haven't yet learned how to make links properly, that's my next priority.