Colour me once, colour me twice

[venta]

So. Colour bars.

So, secutatrix has been offering to make people colour bars, to suit the topic of their choice. I think this refers to the sheep a while ago which drew a pretty rainbow bar for you, and and said "x is love" where x was something from your interests list.

I requested a colour bar for "north". Secutatrix made me one, for which thank her very much:



Which is nicely executed, but it's a bit, well, grim.

So, I thought I'd try and construct one myself out of images which I associate with home, and try and demonstrate that actually there's some quite nice bits.



Now, allowing for Secutatrix being a lot more ept with her graphics software than I am, and having made her colours much nicer, wouldn't you agree that mine's a much better north ?

I'm curious as to whether any of my images are identifiable, given the size and colour shiftedness.

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[broadmeadow.livejournal.com]

Well, do bear in mind that my moving to Newbury was a bit of a great trek Northwards for my family. But I don't do this North/South thing; I am English, dammit!

So you wanted to know how recognisable the images are: pier, waterfall, Durham Cathederal, hill, rather splendid church, beer.

The only instantly recognisable place to me was the Durham one. That door knocker is rather famous, but I might not have known that if I hadn't been. To someone who does know the cathederal that image is a splendid icon for the whole, but it's a bit abstract to someone who doesn't. Lisa and Sarah at Durham Cathederal (http://www.broadmeadow.plus.com/durham.jpg) (you can just see the door knocker; the picture was taken in September 1989).

The last picture isn't quite so geographically specific, of course. I do like a pub, but I couldn't tell you which one that is the inside of! But I honeymooned a couple of miles from Masham in 1992 when, it transpires, the Black Sheep brewery was being built. We visited the Theakstons brewery, of course! A great inclusion on your montage!

Although I don't know the other places they give a great impression of the area, and presumably, the parts you like.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I do like a pub, but I couldn't tell you which one that is the inside of!

I wasn't a specific pub, just a pint glass and a hand pump. The image was swiped off the Black Sheep website. Masham is near enough Darlington for me to claim it as local - I considered using the badge of the Village Brewer, which is much closer to home, but figured it wasn't nearly so recognisable.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I never have been a pub.

I don't know who stole the extra 't' out of that sentence :(