Postbox SK14 31

Red postbox SK14 31 on the corner of Dowson Road and Grosvenor Road.

Above the posting slot there used to be a notice informing users of the "Next Collection" time but nowadays that isn't used.

A larger notice informs that the last collection on Mondays to Fridays is made at 5.45pm and on Saturdays at 11am. There is no Sunday collection.

Nearly all postboxes carry a regnal signature which in this case is that of Queen Elizabeth II.

See a wider view on Hyde DP Xtra.

For Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.

Corner of Stockport Road and Joel Lane

The property on the corner of Stockport Road and Joel Lane has been restored in recent months. Once upon a time it was Eric Lyne's grocers. The original stone building was involved in a fire, and it was rebuilt in brick. The ground floor is now office space and the upper storeys are presumably residential flats.

The shop next door has been unoccupied for several years and flowers are growing up a trellis from the old bay window base as can be seen in my post from July 2011. In the 1960s it was Bennett's bakers but in more recent times it has been a butchers and a sandwich shop.

The next shop along used to be Jolly & Hollingworths ironmongers. More recently it has been a pharmacists but is now a hairdressers.

A contribution to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors.

Lamb shadows

I posted a photograph of the Lamb Inn in August 2010 and earlier in December 2008.

It was a very different place a century ago.

This is how it looked a week last Saturday afternoon. A sign says "Under New Management" but it looks closed and shadows of trees are creeping across the road towards it.

A contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday.

The Weekend in Black and White: Gerrard's Hollow

A deep valley off Stockport Road, Gee Cross. A row of 12 cottages could be found here in 1872 but they are long gone.

The original photograph can be seen on Geograph.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Skywatch Friday: Tatton Street

Tatton Street is a short street off Stockport Road, Gee Cross that once led to a row of terraced cottages called Farmside but now serves modern bungalows at the rear of Spouthouse Farm on the right behind the wall and high trimmed hedge.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Hyde Indoor Market

A new sign for Hyde Indoor Market was unveiled on the wall of the Clarendon Shopping Centre on 6th April 2013. The artwork is the product of the Community Arts Project and involved various community groups who worked on the different letters. Each of the letters represents in some way or another one of many stalls within the market.

This is a collage of the three parts presented vertically for easier viewing.

See how it actually looks on the wall on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to signs, signs.

ABC Wednesday: O is for Oops...

I was crossing the western footbridge to the bus station over the M67 motorway last week. I noticed a car parked on the hard shoulder just past the slip round and near the eastern footbridge.

I zoomed in and saw that the occupants were out of the car waiting by the barrier with a spare tyre and a car-jack. Presumably they were waiting for one of the breakdown services to come and change a flat tyre.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.