Taking shape

Rather faster than I expected, the shape of the new 25 Ham Farm Road begins to be revealed.

Comparing posts

When the new posts were installed, in some number, along Church Road, I was surprised that little heed seemed to have been paid to weather proofing with the posts having flat tops and no sign of any treatment, i.e. the tops are a different colour to the sides. That gave me the excuse to go and look at some other posts in the area to see what had been there.

This post in Croft Way the posts are Gold Standard with a fairly steep point to encourage the rain to flow away and a groove just to make it look better.

In Parkleys a different approach is taken with a simpler, and less decorative, V top, despite which the post seems to have weathered badly.

This post just off Riverside Drive is similar to its near-neighbour in Croft Way but has a slightly less steep point.

Prom Pop Up

Ham Parade is suffering with a mix of empty and dead units so it is good to see some fresh artwork brightening it up a little.

Wet varnish

The shop that was the much missed M&J Hardware had been boarded up since last summer without much sign of it coming back to life so it is good to see the boards removed and work being done on the building.

Night lights on a building site

I was surprised and delighted to find these lights on at this house in Sandy Lane. I was out for a night time walk (I have a daily step target to reach) and was not intending to take any photographs until this interestingly lit jumble of construction materials and scaffolding forced me to stop and enjoy the scene.

Lurid green nets

Ham Common has been scarred by the new lurid green cricket nets which have become the most visible thing on the Common to the detriment of everything else.

To show the impact I took this photo from some distance away (the tree intruding on the left shows that I was on the edge of the common) and even though the nets are a small part of the scene the dominate it.

I can only hope that the awfulness of these will has be appreciated by those responsible for them and that they will be replaced quickly.

Matching houses

Having posted a picture of Vine Cottage with its new roof yesterday I wanted to post a picture of its neighbour, Jude Gate, today to show the similarities between the two. Both have new simple grey slate roofs and it very much looks as if Jude Gate is being painted the same colour.

New roof for Vine Cottage

When I caught Vine Cottage in the act of acquiring new roof timbers recently I expressed the hope that the old slates would be retained but they were not and I was wrong; the new slates look better.

Preparing for Ham Close redevelopment

The much awaited redevelopment of Ham Close looks as though it is finally about to start with an end section of the estate being fenced off.