Helene Anderson
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Now and again I have to get new tyres for the car. For a number of years now I have been using the same tyre place in Poiters, 'behind' the station is how I describe its location.
A glorious view (?) of the railway lines just a few metres of the station at Poitiers but it has always struck me as one dump of a view. Brilliant, just the thing to take photos of then.
Signal Box
Should say the guys at the tyre place are great. I was looking at the old photos of the place (there are three) and the owner told me he took it over from his uncle thirteen years ago. One photo had a picture of two Ferraris on the forecourt, well, no, the palce doesn't have a forecourt (it is cramped at best), they were parked on the pavement. He said that one day two English guys turned up (father and son) and wanted all the tyres replaced in one hit! The faster and son went off to a cafe to get a drink while the tyres were changed. Thinking about the cost of Ferraris I said that must have cost them a fortune! The owner said that to this day he has never sold such an amount in tyres, his most profitable day and he still smiles about it.
Anyway, the view . . . .
The graffiti . . . How?
The front of these building is on Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc. An ordinary road, with various buildings, a few tyre places more there but I have always found the view from the other side of the railway more interesting. Possibly as it is a view that no one pays any attention to.
Art Deco 1930
The art deco building is spoilt at the front by gaffit last I saw it. More spoilt than it is at the rear. A pity as it is a building that is quite impressive being so typically art deco. It is very similar to a hospital in South London built in 1938.
Alas . . . . or not . . . . the railways here are powered by overhead lines. If one wanted nice views then they would spoil the image but while I was taking the photos I thought about the lines and decided it's a dumpish view, it's busy, it's a town, it's industrial, bring it on ! ! !
A glorious view (?) of the railway lines just a few metres of the station at Poitiers but it has always struck me as one dump of a view. Brilliant, just the thing to take photos of then.
Signal Box
Should say the guys at the tyre place are great. I was looking at the old photos of the place (there are three) and the owner told me he took it over from his uncle thirteen years ago. One photo had a picture of two Ferraris on the forecourt, well, no, the palce doesn't have a forecourt (it is cramped at best), they were parked on the pavement. He said that one day two English guys turned up (father and son) and wanted all the tyres replaced in one hit! The faster and son went off to a cafe to get a drink while the tyres were changed. Thinking about the cost of Ferraris I said that must have cost them a fortune! The owner said that to this day he has never sold such an amount in tyres, his most profitable day and he still smiles about it.
Anyway, the view . . . .
The front of these building is on Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc. An ordinary road, with various buildings, a few tyre places more there but I have always found the view from the other side of the railway more interesting. Possibly as it is a view that no one pays any attention to.
The art deco building is spoilt at the front by gaffit last I saw it. More spoilt than it is at the rear. A pity as it is a building that is quite impressive being so typically art deco. It is very similar to a hospital in South London built in 1938.
Alas . . . . or not . . . . the railways here are powered by overhead lines. If one wanted nice views then they would spoil the image but while I was taking the photos I thought about the lines and decided it's a dumpish view, it's busy, it's a town, it's industrial, bring it on ! ! !
