Ilkeston - Just Another Saturday
w/e 24 March 2019
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
This weekend marks the first since the vernal equinox
so now we're officially in spring and whatever was going on elsewhere
life continued as normal in Ilkeston. These images then are just
a few random shots taken whilst out walking with the dog and
doing a bit of shopping on what for most people was just another
Saturday morning.
It was not so very long ago that market traders filled the whole
of the Market Place but this week the space at the library end
was empty.
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The stalls that were there though added some spring colour with,
for example, lots of primroses on sale.
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A large selection of fruit and vegetables also added more colour
to the proceedings.
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The fine weather had brought lots of shoppers out and Bath Street
was quite busy.
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On Bath Street too there were lots of labels stuck to the ground
warning of wet paint around most of the street furniture. Work
has been going on all week repainting the bollards, rubbish bins
and seats and looks set to continue next week too.
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The "Wet Paint" labels can be seen here too outside
the Albion Centre although I think the paint was probably dry
by this time but signs of spring were also visible here with
the blossom on the trees,
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Our dog walk took us past many other trees too including several
magnolia trees like this one.
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As well as the paint work that has been going on all week, tree
"trimming" has also been taking place.
(This took me back to art classes in my school days. I once
drew a country scene with trees like this and a man up a ladder
with a saw. I wasn't good at drawing trees with leaves. The teacher
reprimanded me saying that you didn't see trees with sawn of
branches - I beg to differ and here's the proof!)
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Like the painting, tree trimming too is set to continue! At least
I assume so as I don't think this one will be left like this
indefinitely.
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After our exertions shopping, we were fortified for our walk
home with a coffee in the local supermarket. Well you don't want
to overdo it, do you? I've got a tree to trim.
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