Thursday doors – 9 October 2025 – continuing Marrakesh doors

Doors 327 – Doors of Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025 (Part VII)

This week’s selection of door photographs continues on from last week’s solo doorscursion which I managed to squeeze in on one of the mornings of our trip, accompanied on the way by a little light rain.

One of the things that is notable about doors in Marrakesh is that it would seem that the occupants are extremely proud of their doors and door surroundings. Even though the streets are a little untidy with exposed wires and power lines, everywhere and an abundance of dust and rubble, much of it probably after effects of the destructive earthquake in September 2023, great care is taken to present a good-looking entrance to homes and businesses. Enjoy the doors:

Gateway to the traditional arts area, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Gateway to the traditional arts area, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Trash, cat, door, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Trash, cat, door, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door within an industrial gate, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door within an industrial gate, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Stunning green panelled door and wall decorations to match, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Stunning green panelled door and wall decorations to match, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Fine studded door, with red surround, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Fine studded door, with red surround, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded patterned door and beautiful decorative tiles, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded patterned door and beautiful decorative tiles, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded metal door within a door, Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded metal door within a door (for little people), Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Old brick gateway, Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Old brick gateway, Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Classic wooden door with large bolt and keyhole doorway, Rue Douar Graoua, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Classic wooden door with large bolt and keyhole doorway, Rue Douar Graoua, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025

As a note to myself, I will probably do a post of the Marrakesh cats (and a door or two) and some other street scenes at some point, to give more of a taste of the place. I hope you 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 weekly Thursday Doors post.

Thursday doors – 4 February 2021

Doors 136 – some random doors from Bristol

As the lockdown continues, everything seems to get just that little bit harder. The routines become confirmation that nothing changes or has changed for such a very long time. There is a collective cloud sitting above the nation and there is little hope for anything changing any time soon. Thank goodness for Thursday Doors… a moment of escapism and a change to the tedium of our coronavirus lives.

This is a selection of doors and gates from my walks around the city of Bristol.

Corrugated Iron door, Boiling Wells Lane, Bristol, December 2020
Corrugated Iron door, Boiling Wells Lane, Bristol, December 2020
A rather forlorn gate, Bristol, October 2020
A rather forlorn gate, Bristol, October 2020
A gate in an arch of a bridge, Bristol, November 2020
A gate in an arch of a bridge, Bristol, November 2020
Got to love the door at number 33, Bristol, January 2020
Got to love the door at number 33, Bristol, January 2020
A ghost door, Bristol, January 2020
A ghost door, Bristol, January 2020

So there is the little break in our ‘groundhog day’ existence, I hope you enjoyed it.

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.

by Scooj

Thursday doors – 23 July 2020

Doors 116 – Some random Bristol doors from lock down walks

I have taken a day off work today and so am able to spend a little bit of time sorting out some new doors for you. This is a selection of doors from all around North Bristol from the long dog walks I took during the lock down days.

I am constantly reminded of what strange times we live in that we have developed a whole new language around the coronavirus epidemic, and that we will reference world history in terms of pre-Covid and post-Covid. I find it all very unsettling.

Anyhow – on to the doors. I hope you enjoy them.

Back yard gate, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

Back yard gate, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

Front door in blue, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Front door in blue, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

A smart front door with boot scraper, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
A smart front door with boot scraper, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020

So, that’ll be it for another week.  I expect I’ll revert to my graffiti door archive next week, but we’ll have to wait and see. Take care wherever you are and 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.

 

by Scooj

Thursday doors

Door 51

Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol.

This is an unlikely piece of door art next door to what I guess is my local pub, The Prince of Wales, which incidentally was painted by one of my favourite Bristol artists Andrew Burns Colwill…but that is another story.

Door, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol
Door, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol

I wasn’t looking for this door, which I think has been there for some time, but kind of noticed it while I was waiting at the pedestrian lights to cross the road earlier this summer. Actually it is more of a gate than a door, but it is utterly magnificent.

Door, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol
Door, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol

The gate actually guards the entrance to two further doors (so you get three for the price of one). I would think it was commissioned by Bamba Bazaar, a shop that specialises in beads (I bought some beads there once) and was constructed by Scroller Metal Work.

Scroller Metalwork, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol
Scroller Metalwork, Bamba Bazaar, Gloucester Road, Bristol

It would be nice if more businesses put in the effort to commission something beautiful and practical like this, but it is really rather un-British. I would expect to see something like this in Barcelona or Paris and perhaps take it for granted, but here in Bristol it is a hidden gem. It pays to look around.

by Scooj

More amazing doors at: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0

Survivor

 

Forgotten gateway

to who knows where? neglected

and incongruous.

 

by Scooj