I took a little pre-Christmas walk around my neighbourhood with the pooch because even in my familiar patch there are some doors of interest, as well as an awful lot of ordinary doors. Often it is what is around the door that makes them interesting and there are one of two examples of that in today’s post.
I still haven’t been to any country houses or estates since March last year, which is a shame as these tend to be rich hunting grounds for doors. We’ll just have to make door with what we find on our doorsteps for a little while longer.
Enjoy these doors from Redland in Bristol:
222 Yellow door and kids go Kart, Redland, Bristol, December 2020Green door and lots of trellis, Redland, Bristol, December 2020King George V post box, Redland, December 2020Mint green door with castellation, Redland, December 2020Bright yellow door with crazy awning, Redland, Bristol, December 2020
So there we have it, my first Thursday doors of 2021 and keeping it local for a change. I might have to delve into some archives very soon as we have just plunged into another national lockdown, and it sounds as though this one might continue into March.
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.
A gallery of graffiti writing and characters from the excellent Bristol writer Turoe.
All photographs by Scooj
Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2022Turoe, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2022Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2021Turoe and Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2021Turoe, Greenbank, Bristol, November 2021Turoe, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2021Turoe, L Dub, Bristol, September 2021Veks and Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2021Turoe, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2021Turoe, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2021Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021Turoe, Brunel Way, Bristol, Jauary 2021Turoe, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2020Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2020Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way bridge, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Turoe One, Brunel Way bridge, Bristol, June 2019Turoe (Turo), Upfest, Bristol, July 2017Turoe (Turo), Upfest, Bristol, July 2017
Doors 132 – Predictably, some more graffiti/street art doors from the archives
I have had another busy week and have barely ventured outside the house, so I have once again resorted to searching through my archives. These doors were originally posted on Natural Adventures (though not necessarily as Thursday doors posts) in February this year.
I hope you enjoy them…
Blurry picture on a blurry day – four doors to choose from
Sepr, Gloucester Road, Bristol, February 2020
A tiny little door on the side of this caravan
Minto, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020Face 1st, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2020
OK, so there is only a bit of a door here, but give me a break…
Sepr, Dalton Square, Bristol, February 2020Sepr, Dalton Square, Bristol, February 2020
Fake doors on a fake train
Dibz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
I may have cheated with this window/door
Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018DNT, Richmond Road, Bristol, February 2020
So that just about wraps it up for another week.
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.
A gallery of fantastic graffiti writing and characters from Bristol’s Biers, AKA OYeah, WD40 and @Jimothy_slip from the No Frills crew.
Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025Biers, River Avon, Bristol, January 2025Biers, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024Biers, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, August 2024Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2024Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2024Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2023Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2023Biers, Hepburn Lane, Bristol, November 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2023Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, Ocober 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, Ocober 2022Biers, River Avon, Bristol, August 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2022Biers, River Avon, Bristol, July 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2022Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2022Biers, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2022Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2022Biers, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, December 2021Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2021Biers, River Avon, Bristol, November 2021Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2021Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020Biers and Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2020Biers, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2020Biers, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2020Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2019Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2018Biers, Old Bread Street, Bristol, September 2016Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane skatepark, Bristol, July 2017Biers, Dean Lane skatepark, Bristol, July 2017Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2017Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2017Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2017
As ‘Thursday doorsters’, you will all know that Norm is stepping down from hosting Thursday doors. This week’s post is some of my favourite doors from the last year or two to thank Norm Frampton for opening my eyes and helping me to see such door beauty in the world.
For Norm:
Blue door beyond a blue door, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020
Two doors and street art, St Pauls, Bristol, May 2020
Multiple workshop doors, Frogmore Street, Bristol, July 2019
Multiple doors, Gibson Road, Bristol, March 2020
A pair of doors with beautiful stained glass widows above, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020
Arched garden door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019
Charley Box door and post box door, Montpelier, Bristol, February 2020
The all important Stage Door for cast, musicians, tecnicians and groupies, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019
That is some red door, Cheltenham, September 2019
Old red door, Wareham, Dorset, October 2019
Hotwells doors, Bristol, August 2019
Main front door to the house dating back to the 17th century, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall, August 2019
Great doors, great shutters, great colours, Fournier Street, London, April 2019
Door accompanied by Sophie Long’s chickens, Kingsdown, Bristol, March 2019
Door, North Street, Bristol, Artist: Paul Monsters, February 2019
Door of the dead, Corso Cavour, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018
Go well Norm and thanks for all the doors (especially Italy and Ruelles Vertes).
That’s it for another week.
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 Norm 2.0 blog, where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Sepr owns these two little walls at the end of Dighton Street. For several years now he has had a couple of musicians keeping us all smiling in these spaces and what pleasure they have brought. Each time they get tagged or a bit tatty he repainted them looking slightly different each time. This is the third incarnation that I am aware of, but there may have been more.
Sepr, Dighton Street, Bristol, November 2020
The first character is a gentleman with a trumpet, painted in the customary grey scale with a vibrant red tabard and ribbon round his hat. An extra special and contemporary element is the addition of a face mask in the PPE blue we have all become so familiar with.
Sepr, Dighton Street, Bristol, November 2020
The other piece features a lady musician playing a violin also masked. I love these pieces to bits and particularly like this recent makeover. Sepr has a great gift and we are privileged to benefit from it.
Sepr, Dighton Street, Bristol, November 2020
Below are some of the older versions for comparison:
A gallery of street art containing quite a lot of orangutans and other animals from Bristol artist Kool Hand.
Instagram: @koolhand_briz
All photographs by Scooj
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2026Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025Kool Hand, Purdown, Bristol, November 2025Kool Hand, Horfield Skate Park, Bristol, October 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025
Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025Kool Hand, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2025Kool Hand, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025Kool Hand and Scrapyardspec, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2024Kool Hand, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2024Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2023Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2023Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023Kool Hand, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2023
Kool Hand, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Kool Hand, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2022
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2022
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2022
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2022
Ryder, T-Rex, Conrico and Kool hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2022
Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2022
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2022
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022
Kool Hand, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2022
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2021
Daz Cat and Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2021
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021
Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2021
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol January 2021
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020CD.TC, Daz Cat and Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2020Kool Hand, Purdown Battery, Bristol, July 2020Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2020Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2020Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol. June 2020Kool Hand, M32 Spot, Bristol, July 2018Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2019Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand and Daz Cat, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, M32 Roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2018Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2018Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2018Kool Hand, St Werburghs tunnel, Bristol, May 2018Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018
Please, please, please don’t tell me it is Thursday already. I have had a pretty busy week of it so far and completely forgot about Thursday Doors, in fact I completely forgot about Thursday.
I am going to have to quickly cobble something together during my lunch break. When I say ‘going to have to’ I wouldn’t like you to think that this is something I don’t enjoy doing or that is an onerous task that I am being forced to carry out. Not at all. I love doing it, I am just fighting against time, all the time. I am rather looking forward to semi-retirement (some years off) or complete retirement (a little further).
More archive street art/graffiti doors for you to enjoy:
DBK door, St Paul’s, Bristol, July 2019
Site Safety door, St Paul’s, Bristol, July 2019
Nude door, St Paul’s, Bristol, July 2019
JPS, Frogmore Street, Bristol, August 2019
Irony, Greville Road, Bristol, July 2019
Copyright, Leonard Lane, Bristol, July 2019
JPS, Alma Street, Weston-super-Mare, August 2019
JPS, Back alley, Weston-super-Mare, August 2019
That’s your lot for this Thursday
Have a great weekend and keep safe in this crazy world.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really 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.
It is becoming more and more difficult to seek out new doors. The combined forces of coronavirus, the worsening weather and shortening days makes doorscursions particularly difficult at the moment, so I head straight for my comfort blanket and present you with some more archived doors this week, these ones mostly from last year.
Enjoy.
DNT, Grosvenor Road, Bristol, July 2019
Cheo, Elton Road, Bristol, July 2019
Dale Grimshaw, North Street, Bristol, July 2019
Nevergiveup, North Street Green, Bristol, July 2019
Andy Council, North Street, Bristol, June 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019
3Dom, Wilder Street, Bristol, July 2019
And that’s it I’m afraid this week, I am having to ration these out a bit because before you know it I will have run out of archive material and will be resorting to photographs of my kitchen cabinets and cupboard doors.
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 Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
