This is Joel Lane on a quiet day with a nice blue sky, and the Grapes Hotel still decked with scaffolding.
It wasn't quiet last Sunday when the Adamson Band led the 2008 Gee Cross Welldressing Ceremony.
They marched up to Slateacre Well and then proceeded down Joel Lane.
More about the history of the ceremony can be found on the Tameside Local History Forum website.
I have also published some photographs of the 2006 Well Dressing.
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53 comments:
Lovely photos. The quiet certainly comes through.
Is the Hotel still open? great shot Gerald.
I lovely sky over a lovely street...and quite a band.
I like both the pictures.
I remember, when I was in London, the bands playing in the parks.
Why is the scaffolding up? (Just wondering,) The sky and street look welcoming. I think I'd like to spend some time there.
I really enjoy looking at English street scenes, whatever the sky may have to offer that day. Nice Sky Watch.
Great sky and I hope they are redoing the hotel.
Cheers
It is a lovely town that you live in, Gerald. I enjoy having you as a tour guide.
I like the quiet and then the crowded...
A superb post! I love the band.
How festive, Gerald! The town I grew up in use to have ceremonies & parades for practically everything. The only time I hear a band now is on TV or the occasional sports event.
Oh nice.... you did a fine job on this post!! Beautiful street.
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Lovely shot and I enjoyed learning all about welldressing. What a cool idea. Thanks for the links to the history, etc.
Nice one - always nice to see the English Countryside! Video is nice as well! Cheers, Klaus
Nice shots!
That looks so peacful! Great shots.
Nice shot!!! Looks like a peaceful and lovely street!
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Thanks Gerald, but I'm not sure what's being done to modernize the building. I must be missing something here. ;-)
Very pretty sky. I love the look of the buildings.
Great photo of the empty street scene.
Great video and music.
That crowd following the band was pretty impressive too.
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Nice quiet streets to stroll along, then perhaps a pint at the Grapes Hotel, as long as it's still open. And as long as that band doesn't appear again!
Looking peaceful now, I enjoyed the band pictures last week.
Lovely photo of the street and the sky above - looks like a beautiful place:))
Happy weekend! Perfect one for SWF! We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.... Mine's up too hope you can drop by...
Lovely photos...I especially like the first one!
Love how the tree branch frames the first shot!
sky and scaffolding area photographers friend. I like this beacuse it's a very real, as it is shot at that moment. Why are so many British pubs called the grapes? Anone know.
Ps. I see you devised the sidebar on the ABC blog. Excellent idea, well done.
What a lovely shot, will be interesting to see the hotel without the scaffolds
Lovely street scene!
Nice, it looks like a great place!! Love the first pic!
Lovely photo for SWF. Love the long alley there but it looked deserted. Nice video of the band marching past. I always love watching a parade. Have a nice weekend.
Joel Lane certainly looks very beautiful.
This is a fantastic and lovely city!
Have a happy weekend.
It was nice to join the march, thanks for the video. When I look at the comments now, one after another there are blogs I've never heard of, I soon got out of date!
good morning - i'm singing your praises in my sky post today gerald - and what a change in the weather!
I could certainly spend a few wasted hours here!!!
Lovely photo of a tranquil setting. Very pleasing.
Very nice photo,and a nice place it seems to be!
What a beautiful scene!
First, my apologies for a bit of cut and paste commenting. I have been doing the rounds via Bloglines and looking at all the pictures from my favourite photo blogs, but haven’t been leaving comments. Generally, I try to comment as much as I can (I know how good it is for ‘morale’ to know that someone is out there appreciating them), but after the birth of my second son, I am a bit knackered to think up something witty and insightful on the hop. Thus the resort to Control+C and Control+P!
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Nice one here. Happy SWF.
picturesque
Love these little journeys!
About time the Grapes had some changes... the band sounded great Gerald as did all the happy sounds..
WOW!!! This is amazing, you have just make my day great while looking at you friday sky watch…
It’s fantastic.. Thanks for sharing this… More for this next time.. See you around!
Happy Friday!
I certainly would enjoy standing under that sky! Have a great weekend!
Great pictures.
what a quaint lovely town, with a beautiful sky to boot!
beauiful pictures...1st picture looks so peaceful!
Kelly
The photo does say 'quiet day'. Samantha Brown who does a travel show in the states said on one episode that she'd give us a tip --invest in scaffolding! She said it's all over Europe in practically every town she visited.
Hello from Colorado. Nice swf picture. It sure does look quiet.
Beautiful town and blue sky.
beautiful photographs!
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