You might have noticed (or might not) that I have taken a bit of a Thursday Doors breather, and haven’t posted for a little over a month. This situation is mostly down to work pressures and holidays, two extremes of the spectrum of available time. Anyhow, I am picking up again now with a continuation of doors from Porto, with this random selection of fabulous doors from a fabulous city. I hope you enjoy them:
Tall fancy green door, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Black door with tiled surround, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Fine old door, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Seen-better-days-doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Street doors, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Iron and glass doors on the Monument Church of St Francis, Porto, Portugal, June 2022Berlengas doors (closed), Porto, Portugal, June 2022
That is about as much as I can muster for this week, and I hope to share more of these Porto doors next week (time permitting, of course). Have a great weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 180 – Some doors from the city of Westminster, Greater London
I work as a civil servant, and my department is based in London, although I report to an office in Bristol. As we emerge into a new normal, my immediate team (four of us, each located in different parts of England) have decided to get together for meetings once a month in London at our main office. The most recent meeting was last Friday, and the walk from Westminster underground station to the department takes me past some rather grand doors. Here are some of them I thought worthy of sharing:
Number 3, carved wooden door with a superb masonry door surround, Westminster, London, April 2022Blue door with a fine stone arc, Westminster, London, April 2022Black door and fine steps, Westminster, London, April 2022Blue door with white iron work above, Westminster, London, April 2022Gateway doors, back entrance to Westminster School, Westminster, London, April 2022Ecliastical door with castellated surround, Westminster, London, April 2022Black door with a stunning carved timber surround , Westminster, London, April 2022
Perhaps I can bag another clutch of doors next time I return to the London office, that’s yer lot for now though.
May I wish you a pleasant weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
As mentioned by Dan in his recent Thursday Doors posts, it is traditional this week, to take a look back at the doors of last year and post our favourites, so here we go for my favourite doors of 2021. I hope you enjoy them (again). Note – all these doors were first posted in 2021, although some were photographed in previous years.
A rather fetching door and surround, Bristol, January 2021Church door with (extra) large hinges, St Agnes, Bristol, May 2020Double doors, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2020Beware of the dog, makeshift door, Bristol, March 2021Garage door to Electricity House, Christmas Street, Bristol, March 2021Bristol South Baths, Entrance doors, Bristol, May 2019Door at number 2, Blaise Hamlet, Bristol, May 2021Door to the Hospital of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1254), Chichester, May 2021Door with beautiful brickwork including a crest above it, Chichester, May 2021Closed shop door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021Perfectly proportioned house and fine blue door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021Polruan Block House door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021Blue hillside door, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021A stunning door to the former home of the mother and aunt of the Brontë sisters, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021Captain Cutters House door, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021Vine cottage green door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Double garage doors, Bristol, June 2021
So another year of Thursday doors comes to an end – with all the COVID-19 disruption it hasn’t been the easiest year to get out and photograph doors, but it has nonetheless been great fun. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year, and see you all in 2022.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Continuing with my second set of doors from a recent fishing trip to Looe in Cornwall.
My first impressions of Looe, formed a few years ago at the height of grockle (tourist) season, were not entirely good. Very crowded and if I am honest it all felt a bit naff. However, this October, my views were turned upside down, and I felt some affection for the place. The absence of hoards of holidaymakers meant that you could actually appreciate the town, it’s streets and buildings… and doors. So here are some more doors for you to enjoy:
Door with iron grille, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Mind your head low door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Ghost door and lintel, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Vine cottage green door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Old cottage, newish door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
One more week of these Cornish doors and then… I’m not too sure what, probably some archive doors from Bristol.
Today is Remembrance Day, so I dedicate this post to the fallen. I will not forget.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic is in place in the UK, and looks set to continue for at least another three weeks. This means that doorscursions are limited to rifling through my archive or photographing doors within walking distance of my home. Today’s offering is a bit of a mix of the two.
I was going to do a theme of multiple-doored buildings, but gave up on that very quickly. Instead this is just a small random selection of Bristol doors.
Multiple workshop doors, Frogmore Street, Bristol, July 2019Shop door, Anchor Road, Bristol, November 2019Large metal doors, Baldwin Street, Bristol, December 2019Multiple doors, Gibson Road, Bristol, March 2020
Work is super-busy at the moment, so I’m afraid this post is a little light this week. Hope I have time to do a few next week.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Thank you Banksy for your recent visit to Bristol. I thank you because your piece drew me to an area of Bristol that I have not been to before, which is a bit of a crime for a street art hunter because Barton Hill was where a great many Bristol graffiti artists cut their teeth. Only a matter of a hundred meters or so north of the Banksy Valentine piece is a long wall on the boundary wall of Netham Park where I found this old piece by Andy Council.
Andy Council, Avonvale Road, Bristol, February 2020
The stegasaurus-type dinosaur composed of buildings and trees is typical of the incredible work that Andy Council has become famous for. I can’t believe that I didn’t know about this piece, but that is what makes doing what I do so much fun – surprises lurk around every corner. A very satisfying find on a red-letter day.
Doors 96 – A selection of doors from the Orchard Street/Lane area of Bristol
Just a quick one this week. A few doors that I photographed back in December just round the back of the Bristol Hippodrome. The houses around here survived the Blitz, unlike many others in the centre of town.
Green door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019Door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019Arched garden door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019Fine door with a gorgeous awning, Bristol, December 2019Door, Bristol, December 2019Unusual panelled door, Bristol, December 2019
So, a set of period doors all of which I rather like in one of the older bits of the centre of Bristol.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
The Bristol Hippodrome is part of the cultural ‘beating heart’ of the city and has been so since December 1912 when it was first opened. The history of the theatre is well worth reading about, but because this is a post about doors (and I am notoriously lazy) I would direct you to this magnificent specialist theatre history site – Arthur Lloyd.co.uk.
I have seen many great performances here including several operas by the Welsh National Opera, plays and of course pantomimes when the children were younger.
Another link I have with the old place is my mother performed here with the Sadler’s Wells National Opera in the 1950s as a principal dancer with the company. She has fond memories of the theatre and the city.
On to the doors. The feature photograph, also repeated below for those who look at these posts on smart phones, shows the main entrance to the Hippodrome. What you don’t see here is that every night after the theatre closes, several homeless people sleep in front of the doors where it is safe and dry – theatre staff tend to gently move them on in the morning as I walk past on my way to work. This is the 5th wealthiest nation in the world, something is very wrong!
Front entrance to the Bristol Hippodrome, Doors, December 2019Side doors (in need of a little TLC), Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019Access entrance doors, Bristol Hippodrome, Decmber 2019Fire exit doors, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019Fire exit doors and quick exit after a performance, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019The all important Stage Door for cast, musicians, tecnicians and groupies, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019Ever wondered how they get the scenery in? Barn Doors, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019
So there it is, my first door post of the new decade. May I wish you all a very happy 2020.
If you like doors, you ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
This wonderful piece by Andy Council on Sevier Street on the entrance to a ‘green’ food market has been around for quite some time, but I just never got round to photographing it until this ‘car shot’ in July this year
Andy Council, Sevier Street, Bristol, July 2019
Andy Council is Bristol personified and his works record the magnificent landmarks of the city and presents them woven into the form of an animal, in this case some kind of beetle. When one thinks of Bristol murals, Andy Council is always front of mind.
Looking back to September when the weather was just lovely and I managed to capture a few more doors from the beautiful cornish village (town) of Fowey. Fewer words this week – enjoy the doors.
Black door, Anchor House, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Large folding door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019See the blue door on Ferryside, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Anchor knocker door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Unusual recessed front doors, A nice pair of blue doors, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019A nice pair of blue doors, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
All a bit rushed this time.
Meanwhile, please go take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Natural adventures 