Gloucester Historic Docks...#1

[JohnP]

I remember when I was young this was an extremely busy working docks, I used to stay with my aunt & uncle in Newent during the school holidays. My uncle drove a Bedford lorry and we used to spend quite a lot of time loading and unloading his lorry here, quite a lot of the loads were imported timber. All the old warehouses are now offices, eating places and flats etc.

 

 

[Clicker]

I haven’t  been there for about 20 years  John ...it looks a busy area . Is it a bit like Liverpool’s Albert Docks ... a bit of a tourist area ?  It does seem that Narrowboats are popular everywhere though . Your photos certainly show that there has been a lot of regeneration work done in converting old warehouses etc .  The reflections on the last image are almost mirror like... I love all the potted plants  around the moorings of the narrowboats ... no matter where we are, we love a bit of garden don’t we ?

[johntwo]

A really interesting set but I like the third image in particular for its reflection.  Preston Dock was the same and I have watched the area change over the last 30 years from a place where bananas and timber were imported to a commercial park and tourist area.  The final link disappeared earlier this year when the wood yard from which I sourced hardwoods for many years, closed down and was replaced by a Porche dealership.

[Denis]

Terrific pictures of a great inland dock John. I took something there in 1978 but cant remember what ! that was probably not long before they ceased as a commercial dock....but I was driving a Bedford although it was a TM  I think the style of those warehouses is very similar to the Tobacco warehouses at Bristol docks, and I have not seen them for years either!

[Kobione]

Nice set john - especially #3 with that beautiful reflection.

[Ryewolf]

Excellent set John, I think there's warehouses like this up and down the country that have been converted to housing...