It’s a romantic shot – taken against the sun – but l need a second go to show you construction progress on the old gasworks site.
Taken from the cycle path that follows the river down to Twerton and beyond.
Cranes are a good sign of commercial activity, but as Ralph Oswick has also shown with his Riverside pictures – they also come in handy when you have to do work on the roof of luxury penthouses!
I love the fact that once materials have been transferred to the heights, it’s fold-up and go!
The Destruction of Bath which Hitler could not achieve in three bombing raids during the Bath Blitz. Incidentally I would think that it was difficult to clean the land and residents may well have a Gas Smell in their properties.