Our local church is under repair, and it appears they have called in builders from 1954 - how else can you explain the corrugated iron hoardings?
Building sites have to be well fenced off nowadays to stop da kidz hurting themselves and thieving adults helping themselves. This normally involved big bits of that large flake chipboard whose proper name escapes me at the moment.
Not here. Proper wiggly tin for that retro building site look. Take away the health and safety notices and we could be 40+ years ago...
3 comments:
Phil,
To answer your question about the 'large flake chipboard' it is called 'Oriented Strand Board' or 'OSB'or sometimes 'Sterling Board' ( I don't think that because Sterling (£) is a bit flakey at the moment).
When I was a child, living in NW London in the 1960s, building sites were generally fenced off with old doors. They had probably been recovered from the building that had been demolished prior to a new building being commenced.
Along with the H&S notices that green safety netting would also have to go for the retro look.
Regards,
Geoff
Always thought there is something slightly sinister about a building site clad in corrugated metal, in a sort of 70's Dr Who, 'what nefarious scheme is The Master up to in that derelict building' kind of a way ;)
There is also that white netting that, echoing Ben's point, gives a somewhat sinister and ghostly air to even well-known buildings.
I'm sure there is a market for corrugated garden sheds and replica Anderson shelters for the nostalgic. When we backdated one of our sheds to be more railway like we used green Coroline corrugated bitumen to simulate a corrugated iron roof.
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