Ceramic Murals at Dinting Station

One of five murals created in 2014 by Glossop ceramicist Adrian Holt and members of Project Earth at High Peak Community Arts and displayed at Dinting Station.

Dinting Station opened on 24th December 1842. It was originally called Glossop station and was the terminus of the line from Manchester until the line through Hadfield and the Woodhead tunnel to Sheffield was completed.

The branch line to Glossop itself (the East curve from Hadfield) opened on 9th June 1845 and the station was renamed Dinting. The West curve linking the Manchester line to Glossop opened in 1884.

The Woodhead line was closed in 1981 and only Hadfield station survived. Although in Derbyshire it is part of the Transport for Greater Manchester rail network.

Trains from Manchester generally stop at Dinting en route for Glossop. On arrival at Glossop the trains then travel to Hadfield and back to Glossop before returning via Dinting to Manchester.

A contribution to Monday Murals.

Bottle Garden on a Wall at Glossop

This bottle garden on a wall is not a conventional mural but nonetheless an effective way of decorating the stonework. Plastic bottles have been used as planters.

It was originally created in 2014 by Wendy Kirby of Glossop Craft Centre on Smithy Fold off High Street East. Some photographs of it in all its colourful glory can be found on the Craft Centre's Facebook Group pages.

The wall is opposite the centre on Smithy Fold which leads to the Old Stables Photographic Studio. In the background is the Howard Town Mill development.

A contribution to Monday Murals.

ABC Wednesday: G is forGlossop Station Garden

Glossop station in Derbyshire is the terminus of a line from Manchester Piccadilly. The garden on the banking was created in 2011 by members of Friends of Glossop Station.

This view is from a train awaiting departure.

A contribution to
Our World Tuesday;
Outdoor Wednesday;
ABC Wednesday;
Good Fences.

Sunday Bridges: Norbury Viaduct, Hazel Grove

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This bridge over Macclesfield Road leads on to the Norbury viaduct. Just beyond the bridge on the left is the terminus of the 192 bus service to Manchester. It carries over nine million passengers each year, and is considered by many to be the busiest bus route in the country - see Wikipedia.

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Established under the arches of the viaduct since 1982 is the used-car salerooms of the Midland Garage.

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The viaduct was built by the Midland Railway as part of the New Mills to Heaton Mersey line, which formed part of its main line between Manchester Central and London St Pancras.

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At the end of the viaduct is the bridge over the A6, Buxton Road.

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Like all railway bridges in the UK it carries a notice detailing who to contact in the event of any damage caused to the bridge by striking vehicles.

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A final look back at Buxton Road bridge from the other side.

An old view of the viaduct can be found on the Stockport Image Archive.

For more bridges, visit Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

ABC Wednesday: G is forGroatsend Found Sound Poem by Gerald England

This is an illustrated version of my Groatsend Found Sound Poem written in 2004 and first published in the FIFTH INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY ON PARADOXISM (Vâlcea, Offsetcolor, 2007).

Lands End

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Grumbla

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Barripper

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Luxulyan

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Bray Shop

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Quither

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Zeal Monachorum

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Shillingford

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Stogumber

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Cowslipgreen

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Iron Acton

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Slad

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Wyre Piddle

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Quatt

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Much Wenlock

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Great Bolas

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Swettenham

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Broadbottom

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Diggle

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Friendly

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Appletreewick

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Buttertubs Pass

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Crackpot

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Booze

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Frosterley

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Muggleswick

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Ruletownhead

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Dryburgh

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Fala

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Turnhouse

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Burntisland

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Wormit

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Tigerton

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Bridge of Dye

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Cambus o' May

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Cock Bridge

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Dufftown

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Fogwatt

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Dallas

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Urray

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Fourpenny

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Doll

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Badlipster

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Slickly

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John O'Groats

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