Work in progress

I am trying not to take too many photographs of the redevelopment of Ham Close, despite my love for all things industrial, as I do not want to post dozens of very similar pictures over the many years of construction but this is the first phase so it deserves a little more attention.

The trench and the piles of earth dug out to create it are the main feature at the moment.

84

84 Buckingham Road has gone for a decidedly traditional sign for its house number which is ridiculously easy to read, as it should be.

Barrier

I am a not sure why a barrier has been constructed here as all that lies behind it is part of Ham Common Woods and there are plenty of other places where you can squeeze past the bushes if you are desperate to get in.

At least it is something to look out for in the next series of Ludwig where that section of the woods is often shown.

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Behind 29 Ham Street Ham

This is the back of 29 Ham Street Ham, as seen from Back Lane, and the building works have continued since my last update in September. The garden room, at the back of the garden, has been completed, as has the rear wall and gate. I thought that was going to be the end of the building works and was surprised to see a shed appear in the middle of the garden.

Emerging roof

This rebuilding in the grounds of Manor House in Ham Street is largely hidden behind a sumptuous brick wall and only the emerging roof is visible.

Little Orchard has gone

Just over a year ago I posted a picture of Little Orchard, on the south-east corner of Sudbrook Lane and Bute Avenue, because there was a planning application to have it demolished and that prophecy has come true.

Tree spot

This post is in the Wates Estate section of Ashburnham Road, opposite Ferrymoor, and heralds the arrival of a tree.

A very long arm

I was seriously impressed by the machine used to pur concrete into the foundations of the new Ham Close development and I had to take the photo at this angle to get all of the arm in the picture. 

Anyone who understand basic physics will know that at that length the arm will have a very large Moment (turning effect) on the several pivots and it takes good engineering to keep the arm straight and in the air.