Daily Archives: 06/10/2013

Autumn jobs

It’s that time of year when jobs have to be done before the weather changes. A few weeks ago, I’d noticed that the paint on the shed window frame was peeling; well, it’s been around seven years since it was last painted. So I made some time to repaint it today; the door too. The old red paint had looked great at the time, but it was looking pretty dated. I read a while back on the Internet that the houses in our street would’ve had cream painted window frames and doors, so I thought I’d test that on the shed. Works pretty well too.

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The Queens Head

There are several pubs in our street, four within a couple of minutes walk. The most horrible in appearance, while not necessarily the worst pub, is The Queens Head. It’s had something of a facelift at some point (I’d guess around the 1970s or 80s) and this probably destroyed any original character. This picture’s from 2010, a random picture from the internet, but it still looks just as bad now.

Queens Head, 2010

I think it’s such a shame that pubs are having a hard time nowadays and that money hasn’t been spent on restoration. I say restoration, rather than further improvement, because this was clearly once a most beautiful pub. As can be seen here, in this picture from 1904.

Queens Head, 1904

Sadly, it seems that the upper part of the building had been completely rebuilt some time before its more recent facelift. I’d have loved to see inside the original.