A collection of images taken around 2 o’clock 7 days a week 365 days a year

Great House Barn

Great House Barn just off Rivington Lane, the design is Scandinavian, and dates speculated are between 811 A.D. and 1300 A.D. with major renovation in 1702. The roof is spectacular with an internal oak framework. Today it contains a tourist information centre and a cafe. The great house barn in Rivington is the [...]

Oak Tree

Today I was passing this old oak tree on my return home.

Loco

Today the 2 oclock shot is of the sculpture on the roundabout @ Tesco middlebrook,Horwich of the famous Aspinall Radial Tank loco, number 1008, built in 1888, the first locomotive engine to be built at the Horwich Loco Works. It was designed by John Audley Frederick Aspinall, and apart from the wheel and tyres (which [...]

Architecture

Today was yet again another rainy day in Bolton. I had to go into town to pay a couple of bills so I parked up on Dawson Lane just off St Georges rd down beside the ugly flats. That statement is what most people I have met have had to say about the block of [...]

WinterHill

Todays journey took me from A2B with this shot being taken from point A. The weather was absolutely chuckin’ it down ( raining to you southerners ) by the time I arrived at point B so the pic was taken on my return walk back looking NNE toward the mast from the cattle grid.
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Spirit Of Sport

The Spirit of Sport is a tribute to Bolton’s sporting community. The stainless steel structure is approximately 30 metres tall ( almost a third taller than Angel Of The North ) and is covered with etched images of around 900 sportsmen and women, coaches, backroom staff and volunteers from the local area. It is intended [...]

Recycle Bins

The new 240 litre beige bin is part of the Council’s response to feedback from people and will give even greater capacity for recycling paper and card. Bolton recycled 29.26 per cent of its household waste last year and is on target, with householders’ help, to beat that this year.
Didn’t get out at 14:00 today [...]

Bank Street Taxi Service

Don’t ask me why but this taxi firm have been here since time began, I think. They are situated on Manor street Bolton. I can only think the name of Bank st private hire as a better ring to it than Manor st private hire. Anyway this image was taken and processed with a kind [...]

Elephant & Castle

This elephant, weighing 1062kg and made out of cast iron, sits proudly on the canopy in Victoria Square, and is one of a pair here, that used to sit atop the gateposts of the Bolton Bleachworks until 1977.
The elephants used to grace the gateposts of the old Bolton Bleachworks. Made from [...]