Very Old Bollards

[marky]

^ I'd guess these old bollards a little over 3 Feet, depending how much is buried. There are very few of the black/white ones still around. Many newer ones have a bue/grey colour with a white top. Some old rusty ones have been re-painted also.

Hygeia Street. The rear of Ogdens.

Netherfield Road South. A lone old bollard among the newer concrete ones.

[DaisyChains]

^ I'd guess these old bollards a little over 3 Feet, depending how much is buried. There are very few of the black/white ones still around. Many newer ones have a bue/grey colour with a white top. Some old rusty ones have been re-painted also.

Brilliant pics Marky. I love the black and white bollards, they are so quaint!

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

Still interested to see if anyone can come up with a bollard which is an old cannon. There used to be a number of them in the city but maybe they have gone by now?

Chris

[marky]

The nearest I've seen to old cannon/ball bollards, would be the Leather lane ones. I don't know anything about genuine cannons, though. Here's a couple of oldish ones...I haven't seen many with this fluted end. Pics taken 2007.

Princes Street



School Lane. I think this one has been removed.

[ChrisGeorge]

Thanks, Marky. The top one has a square base so I very much doubt that it was a cannon. However the following Flickr search shows some good examples of cannons still used as bollards in ports round the world and shows you what we would be looking for.

http://flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=cannon+bollard&m=text

[Ged]

Marky and Taffy - well done in capturing these, Brilliant.

[Atany]

I'm sure. Britain has the most beautiful bollards of the world.

[quincyg]

Marky
Super pics, you must have your own GPS for tracking these bollards down.
That shot of Regent Street, do I spot a drinking fountain set in the wall ?
Any idea how high and wide these bollards are ?
Look forward to your pics mate.

there are a few wall fountains along that way. here's one I took last year

and I love those bollards by Pall Mall too. I took this a couple of days ago. they are looking rather forlorn.Shame they've been let go.

I took one a few years back when they were in much better nick. Photo boxed up in the cupboard somewhere. Must dig them out as I've got a fab one I took before the Gyratory was flattened

[DaisyChains]

Grafton Street Bollards

[robbo176]

Kirkdale Vale looking toward Everton Valley

[quincyg]

not sure how old this one is. saw it today when on way to photograph Esk St nick

[quincyg]

oh Fazakerly St and Mill Lane already on...scrap those then.

Ilford St


Hatton Garden (there's 3 in a row, but there was a small child leaning on the third one-so only photographed the 2)


old and new at Old Churchyard


oh sod it...the Fazakerly St one is lovely

[quincyg]

either side of Mauritania Rd, Walton Park

[quincyg]

Lower Castle St


Dale St

[quincyg]

glad I didn't take too many pix today, Firefox keeps crashing when I'm trying to upload and I can't do FA

self explainatory



Brow Side/Netherfield Rd Sth, 5 minutes before it threw it down. things we do for urban exploration, then I find it's already on here. ho hum


Tower Gardens