the orwell bridge
the orwell bridge
29th January 2020
Having worked in Ipswich in the late 1990's I became quite familiar with it on my daily journey. Opened in December 1982 it completed the much needed bypass around Ipswich and the relentless heavy traffic bound for Felixstowe docks no longer rumbled through the town centre.
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I needed a starting point for my project and this geographically being the furthest east seemed the natural place to start. I had never ventured off the well trodden path of the A14 and had no idea you could access the base of this majestic structure.
For some reason unknown to man, I am drawn to the delights of Brutalist Concrete Architecture and these pillars and posts really 'floated my boat' and form the main part of this set of photographs.
It was a bright and chilly winters afternoon when I visited this site just east of Wherstead in Suffolk and with the sun setting in the west a lovely golden glow was cast over the bridge brightening up the cold grey concrete and creating some warm reflections in the River Orwell.
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The images below capture both the stark industrial concrete structure and the rural location on the banks of the River Orwell.
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To view the full size images click and scroll through the gallery.
29th January 2020
Having worked in Ipswich in the late 1990's I became quite familiar with it on my daily journey. Opened in December 1982 it completed the much needed bypass around Ipswich and the relentless heavy traffic bound for Felixstowe docks no longer rumbled through the town centre.
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I needed a starting point for my project and this geographically being the furthest east seemed the natural place to start. I had never ventured off the well trodden path of the A14 and had no idea you could access the base of this majestic structure.
For some reason unknown to man, I am drawn to the delights of Brutalist Concrete Architecture and these pillars and posts really 'floated my boat' and form the main part of this set of photographs.
It was a bright and chilly winters afternoon when I visited this site just east of Wherstead in Suffolk and with the sun setting in the west a lovely golden glow was cast over the bridge brightening up the cold grey concrete and creating some warm reflections in the River Orwell.
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The images below capture both the stark industrial concrete structure and the rural location on the banks of the River Orwell.
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To view the full size images click and scroll through the gallery.
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Halstead Town v Buckhurst Hill
Saturday 22nd January 2022
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For various reasons I hadn't been able to get to Rosemary Lane since the end of October, but was able make this top of the table clash where 2nd placed Halstead entertained 3rd placed Buckhurst Hill.
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I don't go to the match solely to take photographs as I like to follow the game and have a chat with other spectators, so find myself slowly walking around the pitch and taking photo's from various vantage points. Yesterdays match found me in all of the wrong places as far as the action was concerned with me at the opposite end when Halstead gave away 2 penalties either side of a goal from open play within the first 30 minutes or so.
They went in at half time with Halstead trailing 0-3 and with Buckhurst Hill looking fast and sharp there really wasn't much hope of a Halstead come back. Non the less, for the second half I decided to stay at the end Halstead were attacking in hope of seeing a goal for the home team, only for them to concede 3 more at the other end in the second half.
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It was a disappointing performance from Halstead in front of their biggest crowd of the season, but on this occasion, the best team won.
As far as taking photo's was concerned the light started to go in the second half and the floodlights came on and not having a professional lens for such conditions I called it a day when the 6th went in and headed for the exit. With a 40 minute drive home I thought I'd make the most of the remaining daylight.
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Although Halstead had a bad day at the office I was in an upbeat mood as my team Nottingham Forest beat bitter local rivals Derby and my second team Union Berlin, notched up an away win at Borussia Moenchengladbach. As the dear departed Meat Loaf sang, Two out of Three Ain't bad
I'm quite pleased with the pictures I took and think they capture the mood of the day, shame I missed all of the goals though!
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Thurlow Nunn Division 1 South
Milbank Stadium (or Rosemary Lane for us old timers)
Halstead Town 0-6 Buckhurst Hill
Admission £6 (£3 concessions)
Programme £1
Cheeseburger & Tea £4
Att 323
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