British Tower Blocks

[Smileyface]

Why was the original thread on here deleted? It had some very valid issues that were raised and, if I'm not mistaken, this is the correct place to raise those issues?

[wjfox]

Here you are then, have your thread back.

[Bachy Soletanche]

Woo-hoo we love you wjfox!!

Don't know if the Cow lick suits you though...

anyyywwwaayy:

[schemie]

wow! we start again! a whole new world... wheres ALADDINsane when you need him!!! oh man! im laughing at my own joke and i'll bet you no-one gets that except me... and butterfield who will return a polite smiley

.. oh yeah! cheers for the thread back foxman! pity our old one is lost in Europe somewhere like a Russian satellite in space. and cheers Smiley Face for making a nuisance of yourself! You should run for MP

there was so much good stuff that is now going to be lost from the old one though... oh well... sionara! we'll rebuild it! with new shit! new photos and bits of Mr B when he gets jumped by half the population of homosexual Glasgow for his misplaced comments j/k

and im going up the Red Road tomorrow! can life get any better!?

[aladdin_sane]

Originally Posted by schemie

wow! we start again! a whole new world... wheres ALADDINsane when you need him!!! oh man! im laughing at my own joke and i'll bet you no-one gets that except me... and butterfield who will return a polite smiley

[Butterfield]

Well done for finding our true home - we missed you!

[Jegzo]

I've been following this thread (in it's previous guise) for the last couple of months, I've read it all the way through and loved every bit of it but never bothered to join the forum coz I don't have a camera so can't post pics, but I'd just like to say - out of the whole of SkyscraperCity, this is the only thread that holds any interest for me, I've loved post 1960's municipal housing and tower blocks in particular since being a kid and would like to concur with everything Schemie said about why people like tower blocks.

Hopefully I'm gonna be able to borrow a camera in the next few weeks and pedal around North Manchester/Oldham/Rochdale snapping a few blocks, some of which you will have seen before, some of which you probably won't have. Anyway, cheers for the thread, many happy hours have been spent perusing the brutalism.

[aladdin_sane]

Originally Posted by Jegzo

I've been following this thread (in it's previous guise) for the last couple of months, I've read it all the way through and loved every bit of it but never bothered to join the forum coz I don't have a camera so can't post pics, but I'd just like to say - out of the whole of SkyscraperCity, this is the only thread that holds any interest for me, I've loved post 1960's municipal housing and tower blocks in particular since being a kid and would like to concur with everything Schemie said about why people like tower blocks.

Hopefully I'm gonna be able to borrow a camera in the next few weeks and pedal around North Manchester/Oldham/Rochdale snapping a few blocks, some of which you will have seen before, some of which you probably won't have. Anyway, cheers for the thread, many happy hours have been spent perusing the brutalism.

another one! YaY! hello there.

[aladdin_sane]

so anyway schemie, as I posted on another thread which no one was reading cuz they was all here innit, I found out that t'Kirkgate Apartments are each 43 metres high and have 14 floors to them.

Next I will find original photos and the year they were built. I promise! I have made it life's mission!

But here's another I found - St Michaels House which is just off Westgate in Wakefield stands at 40 metres and has 13 floors (102 flats).

[Butterfield]

Originally Posted by Jegzo

I've been following this thread (in it's previous guise) for the last couple of months, I've read it all the way through and loved every bit of it but never bothered to join the forum coz I don't have a camera so can't post pics, but I'd just like to say - out of the whole of SkyscraperCity, this is the only thread that holds any interest for me, I've loved post 1960's municipal housing and tower blocks in particular since being a kid and would like to concur with everything Schemie said about why people like tower blocks.

Hopefully I'm gonna be able to borrow a camera in the next few weeks and pedal around North Manchester/Oldham/Rochdale snapping a few blocks, some of which you will have seen before, some of which you probably won't have. Anyway, cheers for the thread, many happy hours have been spent perusing the brutalism.

Excellent stuff Jegzo - welcome to the forums!

We don't have any tower block forumers from Manchestershire (apart from maybe Stephen Robinson ) so you could prove quite useful!

Rochdale has a great line of tower blocks doesn't it? I posted a picture of them that I found some time ago but that's it. I've seen them for myself when I was up that way a few years ago and they looked great off the motorway with the Pennines behind!

Any photos from in and around Manchester would be great, I look forward to seeing any that you might post in the future.

[belfastbap]

Hi,

Like Jegzo I have been watching over the last couple of weeks. For about the last year or so I have been searching through the web to find more photos and information about 60's tower blocks and social housing in the Uk with limited success. That was untill I found the British Tower Blocks thread here and I have been hooked ever since.
I am from Belfast where tower blocks did not take off in the same way as the rest of the UK. After moving to Scotland to go to uni I quickly became fascinated by the blocks and have been visiting and taking photos ever since.

I have been working on getting photos of all of Belfast's blocks recently, but I'm not sure on how to get them up as none of them are on line. Should I join Flikr or something?

[Medo]

Am I missing something? What happened here? Why what happened happen?

[wjfox]

It doesn't matter now.

[schemie]

Once upon a time, Medo, there was a British Tower Blocks thread right here where we are now. But one day, evil forces got jealous of the thread. It was the most popular thread on the subforum and the evil forces wanted all the popularity for themselves. So they banished away the British Tower Blocks thread to the farthest reaches of Europe. With only a few hardcore forumers for company during the day and a compliant sheep to get it through the nights... But the thread was so popular, its friends campaigned ferociously until British Tower Blocks could once again return to its rightful place as King of Skylines and Photography and they all lived happily ever after. The End. Credits:Smiley face, Butterfield, Erebus555, Mr B, Schemie, Legolamb, Aladdin sane, Ineylon, Stef 17, Stephen Robinson...

[Medo]

I see. I understand no.

[Butterfield]

Originally Posted by Medo

I see. I understand. But that is no reason to insult wjfox.

It is when the thread got moved with no questions asked, just because one forumer wanted it gone. But it'll all be forgotten about soon.

[Bachy Soletanche]

Let it go Smileyface! It's all over now, we won! Hurrah!

[wjfox]

Sorry for any grief/anger I caused. Believe me, the last thing I want is to be enemies with anyone here.

This thread is fine, really it is..... All I ask is that -

(a) you don't "deliberately" bump the thread so it's always at the top, the whole time. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like this was happening an awful lot. Please be aware that other people need a chance to show their work and have their threads displayed prominently at the top (and on the main page). The mod team has seen this happening in other parts of SSC and it sometimes becomes a problem.

(b) you don't post 50-100 pictures every half hour. At one point, I got the impression this was happening. Okay, maybe 50-100 is an exaggeration, but it did seem like "overkill" at one point.

So once again, that's all I ask. Sorry for any grief I caused. I hope we can just put this behind us now.

Cheers

Will

[Butterfield]

Sure thing! I just wish you could have told us these things before it got moved. We're just a happy bunch of people who like to chat... and chat. But we'll try and tone it down a bit, promise. Feel free to pop in from time to time to check things are to your liking - or at least acceptable!

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

(a) you don't "deliberately" bump the thread so it's always at the top, the whole time. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like this was happening an awful lot. Please be aware that other people need a chance to show their work and have their threads displayed prominently at the top (and on the main page). The mod team has seen this happening in other parts of SSC and it sometimes becomes a problem.

(b) you don't post 50-100 pictures every half hour. At one point, I got the impression this was happening. Okay, maybe 50-100 is an exaggeration, but it did seem like "overkill" at one point.

Yeah like they gonna play by the rules.
Its gonna be the same old story here - 50 posts in one day.Im telling you...but hey who cares right?