Ice Cream or Coffee?

Today is the May bank holiday and if the weather forecast is correct it will be atrocious with high winds and plenty of much needed rain. (Since I last mentioned the drought we've had the wettest April for ages still not enough but welcome all the same.) This is Bridlington, a town that needs good weather to make a decent living. Sadly I don't think Notarianni will sell much ice cream but then there's always the hot coffee ...

Devil finding work for idle hands

I'm not certain that this is strictly a gargoyle since I couldn't see a spout to take water away but it looks pretty much like one to me. Anyway I was looking through some old photos and came across this winged beast and being at a lose end I thought I can 'do' something with that ...

The original is still hanging around Bridlington's priory unless it's flown off somewhere.

Desire Path

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line and no-one is going to walk round a space when they can go straight across it. Here's a classic desire path near Spring Street. It used to be a better kept area but the grass was destroyed when the space was used as storage for the construction of the St Stephens thingy you can see in the background.

City Centre Ironmonger

That nice red staircase on yesterday's post belongs to Scott's ironmongers. A Hull institution since 1943 serving the building trade and public with everything from nuts and bolts to locks, fasteners and tools and a whole lot more. The service is excellent and if Scott's haven't got it in stock it's a fair bet it doesn't exist. Their website is here.

The Star & Garter

I took this for the nice red staircase then I saw that I had included the Star & Garter in the shot. I've been in this pub maybe once or twice nearly thirty years ago. Dire is too good a word for the place. Looking back  I see now why the Samaritans building is so close by ....

Big Plastic Cricket

I have to admit to loathing all things Disney. There I've buttered my bread, now I'll sleep in it ....

Jackson's Bakery

Fine I thought when I read that today's theme was 'bakeries', I'll go take a shot at Jackson's bakery. There's usually something interesting going on around there. So I go and find that they've put up a large building blocking out all the going's on, that's the yellow thing on the right. Hmmph!

Jackson's are a successful Hull institution, they been going since 1851 and at one time nearly every main street had a Jackson's shop on it. The shops were sold off to Sainsbury's (boo hiss) and the company now concentrates on food manufacture. About a million loaves a week are made here but until recently none of them were sold in Hull; most of the produce goes to sandwich makers and food service companies in the UK and Europe. There's often a  smell of baking bread  filling the air round here.

To see how the dough has been rising in other places click here .