Sled One, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, October 2024
This piece of graffiti writing by Sled One greets visitors and passengers travelling through Bristol Temple Meads station. I am not too sure how long the piece has been there, but I imagine for quite a while as turnover in this spot is pretty slow.
Sled One, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, October 2024
Such is the talent of Sled One, that I imagine he ran this one off with ease straight off the top of his head, which is generally how he rolls. He has painted some nice SLED1 letters with a fill theme bleeding across all the letters and then added a deep 3D drop shadow (which itself has a further shadow) in contrasting red orange and yellow vertical stripes. A fine piece from a brilliant writer.
Doors 179 – Doors from the Temple Meads area of Bristol
I managed to take a short trip to some streets I rarely visit over the weekend, and while I was there I took a few door photographs. The area lies between Temple Meads railway station and St Phillip’s Marsh and is mostly turned over to light industry that must have built up around the station over the years. Much of the area is fairly run down, and there are bridges and tunnels underneath the railway all over the place.
Black door, yellow steps, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022Door and beautiful arc awning, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022Door with fancy stonework, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022No way in through this door, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022Secure door, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022Not a door, but one of many tunnels in the area, Temple Meads, Bristol, March 2022
So there we have it for another week – my work is still extraordinarily busy, so not too many words or research accompanying the pictures. May I wish you all a very happy week until next time.
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.
This week I have decided to share a whole bunch of doors from Bristol Temple Meads Station. Famed for its ‘passenger shed’ designed by I.K. Brunell and for being the focal point of the Great Western Railway (God’s Wonderful Railway) between London and Penzance.
Rather than photograph obvious doors in the station itself (apart from the first picture) I am sharing some of the doors located underneath the car park in front of the station. The structural archways have provided storage areas since the station was built and some have been hired out to private businesses, a common practice for railway infrastructure around the globe.
Small wooden kiosk, Temple Meads Station, Bristol
The Feature image and first picture show a small wooden kiosk just inside the main entrance of the station. I don’t know how many hundreds of times I have walked past this kiosk over the years, but I only recently noticed it. It is overlooked in one’s hurried efforts to shuffle through the barriers and onto the platforms. A little gem.
Doors to storeroom, Temple Meads Station, BristolDoors to storeroom, Temple Meads Station, Bristol – why the drill holes in the bottom of the door?Doors to storeroom, Temple Meads Station, Bristol – Repair work in brickDoors to storeroom, Temple Meads Station, Bristol – Danger
Finally the worst ‘best kept secret’ in Bristol – Hart’s Bakery – Creator of divine cakes, pastries, breads and life-limiting fancies. The bakery that makes it worth being early for your train to make a quick food diversion.
Hart’s Bakery, Arch 35, Temple Meads Station, Bristol – Arguably the best bakery in Bristol
So that’s it for this week.
More doors to be admired by following the links at the end of the fabulous Norm 2.0 blog: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0
I had a recent tip-off via Instagram that Copyright and Paul Monsters were going to be collaborating again, this time on the slip road adjacent to Bristol Temple Meads station. I managed to wangle a moment of time and whizzed down to the station to see what was going on.
Copyright and Paul Monsters, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, May 2017
I arrived just as they were completing the piece, and it is another real beauty, just like their previous collaboration on North Street. Their styles really do work well together, with the geometric colour patterning of Monsters, providing a perfect foil for Copyright’s figures.
Copyright and Paul Monsters, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, May 2017
I spent a little while chatting with both artists and picking up on more of how the street/graffiti art scene works in Bristol, and a little about the work Paul Monsters does at Upfest. Such gents, and patient with my questions and observations.
Copyright and Paul Monsters, Lower Approach Road, Bristol, May 2017
What a wonderful welcome for visitors to Bristol and joyous sight for those coming home. I will post about the other two pieces at this location soon.
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