IRON HEART FORUM "HOMETOWN HEROES" PICTURE COMPETITION - SPRING 2022
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THE UGLIEST PLACE IN TOWN..
4.3.2022TJ's was a music venue and nightclub located on Clarence Place in Newport, South Wales. It opened in 1985 and shortly became a live music venue.
It was an integral part of the so-called toilet circuit and the Newport music scene, particularly catering to fans of rock music. The club was given the moniker "The Legendary TJ's by Radio 1 DJ John Peel.On 3 May 1994, the then up-and-coming Manchester band Oasis performed at TJ's following a small venue tour of the UK. The band were in South Wales frequently that year, recording at Loco Studios near Usk and Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, and had begun performing shortly after the release of their single "Supersonic".In a setup similar to the present day Clwb Ifor Bach, the band played to the Newport crowd on an un-raised stage, practically level with the crowd. The band performed with local group 60 Ft. Dolls, and among the concert goers were members of the Manic Street Preachers.It was later that week that Liam Gallagher was photographed for their first NME cover in Newport's King's Hotel on High Street.
1990s and 2000s
Catatonia filmed their single "Mulder and Scully" at the venue. It is allegedly the place that Kurt Cobain proposed to Courtney Love. Other bands who have played at TJ's early in their careers include The Manic Street Preachers, Green Day, The Offspring, Lostprophets, Iron Maiden, The Stone Roses, Muse, Primal Scream, Descendents, NOFX, Misfits, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Lagwagon, The Bouncing Souls, The Vandals, The Ataris, and Skunk Anansie.TJ's was voted one of the top 50 'Big Nights Out' in the world by FHM in December 1997.
John Sicolo, owner of the club throughout its period of popularity, died on 14 March 2010, aged 66.A tribute concert in his honour, headlined by Goldie Looking Chain, was held in the city's John Frost Square on 10 July 2010. On 15 September 2011 TJ's was sold at auction for £242,000.
In 2019 it was announced that the property was to become a 58-bedroom hotel, after councillors unanimously backed redevelopment plans. The development will restore the Grade II listed buildings facing onto Clarence Place, which have fallen into disrepair in recent years.
Wearing: Type lll : IH-526J-SL
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@ARNC Long days I’m out the house average 15hour a day but it flys by so does the week.
Enjoy it though apart from getting up early lol.
Where do you work?
Newport it’s not the greatest would love to move one day , somewhere warm maybe.I work in Littlehampton, on the south coast but live in Chesham, Bucks. It’s about 85 miles each way but my days are not quite as long as yours!
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Few pics of Regensburg, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2006:
This is AFAIK the oldest remaining part of Regensburg dating to 179 BC, the gate to a Roman encampment.
Regensburg Cathedral was built on the site of an old Romanesque cathedral. Construction started in the late 13th century and wasn't completed until 1872 when the spires were completed.
The Stone Bridge was built between 1135 and 1146 and remained the only bridge to span both arms of the Danube in the city area of Regensburg until 1938.
Old Town Hall, where the main diplomatic assembly of the Holy Roman Empire, the Eternal Diet, convened between 1635 and 1806.
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Just bibbin' it up in my backyard. Another day off today, I'll take it!
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Stomping mashed potatoes at Steamboat!
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Quite literally impossible to get a pic of them all still, doing a normal face, anything. My eldest has noticed that I dress “differently” to the other dads on the school run. I asked if she thought I looked stupid, she said “no way you’re the coolest one”. Damn fucking straight
I let them all chose a flannel. Think their choices suit them, although the baby started freaking out with the buttons. Perhaps she prefers snaps?
It was world book day yesterday, they’re all a bit obsessed with Harry Potter. Except for the baby, she’s luke warm at best. Prefers dinosaurs.
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Morning commute
IHSH-33-IND, IH-666S-SBG
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The ugliest place in town has been known to give all who pass Alien Head.
This last little patch of scrapyard still lives on. Quite a few years ago there was a big clean up by the company who owns them and then they donated an area that was once the main scrapyard to IUP for them to put up a convention center and for a hotel chain to be next door. In the end everyone was happy enough. There is a good restaurant in the hotel and the convention center hosts the Hospital to deliver Covid shots for the town. There is one corner where some scrap still just hangs out. The ugliest part of town…
Hope you enjoy this outtake of some wide angle fail. But I couldn’t pass this shot up. [emoji89]
Wearing 634XHSod, IH hoodie, & 33 Shirt
What I was standing in front of
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Amazing photos. Here's some less amazing ones
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I live in the small town of Carver but it's connected to the suburb ring so getting to the city ain't no thing but a chicken wing bling bling. However I work in a town closer to Minneapolis called Edina. Oddly, I have for 20 years. First at a country club as a classic chef, and now as an R&D chef just 3 miles from the CC i left to pursue a better opportunity.
If you've made it this far before scrolling to my less than stellar pics, I'm getting to the point of the story. Today is my vote for ugliest building in town, and it's Southdale mall. Minnesota is very famous for the nearby Mall of America just a town over, but Southdale holds the prestigious honor of being the first fully enclosed climate controlled mall in the entire USA. It opened in 1956 and jaws dropped at the modern futuristic concept. This was mall number one and the USA topped out at over 3,000 malls at their peak of popularity in the 90's.
It gets my vote for ugliest building in town as I believe malls are what started the fast fashion trend that we here as IH fans are trying to get away from. Clothing stores would have new deliveries every single day with deep discounts so people would buy more and more junk quality clothing on impulse that would fall apart or never get worn.
Who the hell am I to tell these stories? My vote is Southdale mall as ugliest building in town.
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There are many ugly buildings in Bodø, sadly. There are also many lovely ones. I’m really fascinated by the architecture of the city. It bares witness to Norway’s history, and the huge swings in the economic situation. The place has changed enormously since I moved here 22 ago.
This building is pretty crap, but it is also pretty cool. It’s a service building at a city centre carpark, the roof of which is a super modern play area for kids. The local council allow it to be graffitied, and you can gauge the attitude of the local youth quite clearly by what gets written on it.
