Almost Gone

[Ryewolf]

Taken a few weeks back, the iconic Thwaites Brewery Tower in Blackburn as it was being demolished - it's now completely gone.....

[Clicker]

Sometimes  it is said that a photograph  captures one specific moment in time and in it's way it is unique , sometimes it is a moment of beauty...or an incredible coincidence, or a record of something amazingly rare .  Occasionally we get to photograph something that historically  defines a place but will no longer be part of it after it's removal or demolition ... I recall the iconic cooling towers I used to drive past  on the motorway  near Sheffield and  the dramatic change in the view when they were removed.. Taking a photo of such a place  in the midst of it's demise  and later, of the space that is left, puts this picture  into   a special category  that could be labelled , "I was there when ..." I hope you can take another pic for your records of the same place now it has gone completely Rye  . Maybe you already have ...It's a couple of images that  are archive material  for the future . 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Clicker, they had to postpone the demolition of the tower as a pair of Peregrine Falcons setup a nest so they had to wait for the chicks to fledge.

[sjr]

26 minutes ago, Clicker said:

Sometimes  it is said that a photograph  captures one specific moment in time and in it's way it is unique , sometimes it is a moment of beauty...or an incredible coincidence, or a record of something amazingly rare .  Occasionally we get to photograph something that historically  defines a place but will no longer be part of it after it's removal or demolition ... I recall the iconic cooling towers I used to drive past  on the motorway  near Sheffield and  the dramatic change in the view when they were removed.. Taking a photo of such a place  in the midst of it's demise  and later, of the space that is left, puts this picture  into   a special category  that could be labelled , "I was there when ..." I hope you can take another pic for your records of the same place now it has gone completely Rye  . Maybe you already have ...It's a couple of images that  are archive material  for the future . 

The cooling towers at Tinsley is just down the road from me and they were blown 11 years ago now which is frightening in itself. I was too busy watching them come down to take any shots .

Great shot Rye both beauty and sadness in one shot when iconic buildings fall and like the cooling towers one fought to stay up there was a small section remained after the demolition which had to be brought down manually.

[Clicker]

Gosh is that 11 years ago Simon ....?  Jeez .. no wonder  my knees creak!

[Ryewolf]

They had to bring the tower down almost brick by brick as there is a busy main road through Blackburn behind the tower.

[johntwo]

Interesting capture Geoff.  It's always worth taking shots like these for posterity.  Might have been worth a series to record the ongoing event.