Last Saturday was a bit of a dull day, and I didn't much feel like doing anything, so by the time I managed to galvanise myself into action, the sky had darkened and the temperature dropped. The furthest I felt like walking was into town.
Despite the dank weather, Queen's Park was resplendent with some beautiful daffodils
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| Daffodils at one of the entrances to Queen's Park |
Lovely to see teenagers out and about, and it is them I have to thank for the idea of this post! Yes, ok, I've been to the top of the car parks in town and taken photographs before, but it has been a while, and I don't think any of those pics ever made it to the blog, so now seemed as good a time as any!!
Sadly, I don't have time to make this into a quiz, like I did with the pub pictures a very long time ago, so I'll share some pics I think you might like, and I'll caption them so you don't have to guess where they are - although some of the angles are a bit odd some might be a bit harder to place in context! So, here goes, let's start on the top of the Somerfield car park (entrance on Packe Street):
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| The Town Hall through the trees |
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| Across the park: The old mill on Devonshire Square |
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| The Carillon in the distance |
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| Across the Granby Street car park to the old mill on Devonshire Square |
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| The Town Hall |
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| The HSBC Bank in Market Place |
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| What used to be a furniture shop beside the car park |
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| The Generator building on Packe Street |
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| The Town Hall clock |
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| The rooftop of the HSBC Bank in Market Place |
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| The top of the NatWest Bank in Cattle Market |
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| Our beautiful Carnegie public library |
Next up, the views from the Carillon Court car park:
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| The Bell Foundry pub on Swan Street |
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| The former office of the Loughborough Echo on Swan Street |
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| Above the Halifax on Swan Street |
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| Chimney tops, corner of Swan Street |
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| The Masonic Lodge |
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| The tower of All Saints with Holy Trinity church |
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| Entrance and exit to the Carillon Court car park |
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| The top of the library, with The Towers hall of residence in the distance |
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| The Carillon peeping out over the top |
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| The Town Hall from another angle |
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| The HSBC in Market Place |
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| The back of the 1920s shops on Market Street |
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| The bell above the clock in Carillon Court |
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| Looking down onto George's Yard |
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| The allegorical figure atop Lloyds Bank |
Well, that's two car parks, only another one to go, but I think I'll save that one for another time. I'll leave you with this picture though, as this was mentioned at a recent talk I went to, which might be the subject of a later post:
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| Southfield House, now home to the Register Office, formerly the home of William Byerley Paget |
See you soon!
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