tarboat's photos with the keyword: rubble

The Blaen-y-Cwm TV booster station was blown down in a gale some time ago. The remains have just been abandoned as they fell, and provide a strange sight to anyone walking this high up above Ffestiniog.

It was a bit of a shock to step around a corner to be confronted with this. Someone had obviously spent a bit of time setting up this little scene in a disused textile mill. It does provide a timely warning of the dangers of derelict buildings.

In 1942 Liverpool had suffered heavy bombing and large amounts of material from both housing and docks had to be cleared up quickly. It was decided to take the rubble to Crosby where it was tipped along the beach as coastal protection. Subsequently more tipping has taken place to form a brick beach of well over a mile in length. This is a fascinating place to wander about with plenty of opportunity to find the products of long forgotten brickworks across north-west England and north Wales.