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@mjsimpsonfilms @DrFrancisYoung Yes. Getting rebuilt with student accommodation over, from what I understand

@DrFrancisYoung Is that the one across the road from Downing?

Closing the old Cambridge Pizza Hut was bad enough, now they're DEMOLISHING it 😭🍕

@AnthonyGri10669 Nice! Sat and watched fish for a while, it's a lovely spot

@barry_wizard My brother had his rooms on that very staircase!

Some fantastic brick details to this porch, door just visible beyond. Emmanuel College, Cambridge #AdoorableThursday

@CathyRLowe @StroudStory Plenty of torches, but finding one in working order might be tricky! Thanks for the tip!

@barry_wizard @StroudStory That's terrific news, I am glad. Thanks for letting me know. Take a torch.

Many candidates for #AdoorableThursday, in Cambridge. On a walking tour run by the David Parr House, I visited parts of Cambridge hitherto unexplored. Orchard Street was one of them. Range of 13 cottage tenements c 1825. 1 storey with attics; gault brick with mansard tile roof.

@SandyDeBorn The framing is perfect

View through the Erpingham Gate in Norwich, peeping into the cathedral close. Happy #thursgate #adoorableThursday

@CathyRLowe @Fictionwitch Similar (but a little different) towards the botanical gardens: Fitzwilliam St. a pleasant mix of 3/4 storey town houses, similar again on Bateman St - Plenty of low rise, relatively high density housing examples around

@Fictionwitch These were artisan dwellings; Cambridge is an historic treasure trove of terraced housing.

And an extremely replicable model for the massive new developments around Cambridge.

I always thought the Green Dragon sign lackluster, so I was most pleased to find this hidden around the back #PubSignThursday #Cambridge

@CathyRLowe @StroudStory I just checked the website and they now have open days listed - I only saw events listed before - beyond excited!

@barry_wizard @StroudStory It shouldn't "always be locked" in my opinion - this is quite wrong. It was very dark inside & the Douglas Strachan window was my favourite feature. Jesus College chapel (just over the road) was thrilling, and apparently, easy to access.

@CathyRLowe @StroudStory I look forward to seeing the photos, it's always locked!

@barry_wizard @StroudStory Yes, it was an opportunity that was too good to let slip, especially as it included a session inside All Saints, Jesus Lane, which I have heard can be difficult to access. I hope they run the tour again.

@todbooklady @Pericles494BC It certainly is a beautiful part of town!

@barry_wizard @Pericles494BC Imagine living somewhere so beautiful 🩷

An old favourite, refurbished just the other year. The Master's Lodge, Peterhouse, Cambridge #Thursgate #loveGates

@markrwilliamson I've not read it yet but if it's anything like the other schemes it would be an autonomous vehicle with a safety driver So a bus then?

Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, gets government cash for autonomous vehicle trial from Whittlesford station. ‘A dedicated land corridor for the autonomous vehicles would make it easier for workers to get to the site’ So a road then?

@AnthonyGri10669 Mouse kindly shared an old image showing that a building once stood on this street corner, so the frame must have been hidden from view for many years. Must have been quite the discovery when the building came down x.com/i/status/20443…

@barry_wizard Always look at the sides and back of old buildings: that photo is marvellous.

Interesting wall, masonry constructed around a cruck truss - how far off the ground does it need to be to be considered a raised cruck? The nearby sign states that it "probably" dates from the late medieval period; St. John's Street, Wirksworth #woodensday #WallsonWednesday

@shepherdmg This is my ultimate goal

Probably proof that men shouldn't really retire, rather be redirected to something else to keep being productive.

@TheHistoryMouse Sadly the church was locked, but found Parwich open (and interesting)

@barry_wizard Mouse's old stomping ground. She very fond of the plce🐭

A Mouse nearly #TwitterSnap thanks to @barry_wizard. A regular visitor to Mouse's timeline as it's such an unusual find. But this time with a twist. The cruck was lost to memory until the building shown foreground in the adjacent photo was demolished TTM🐭 (Wonderful #Wirksworth)

@shivmalik Painful

We've just launched it! Our 295 page report detailing how it is possible to build Britain's first city in over 50 years. People doubt Britain can do anything big. But this work shows the UK can be incredibly ambitious and solve real, and urgent problems. We just need to think a little more creatively. Here's what it finds: 1. Forest City would generate £53bn in output each year. That's a huge value add to the bottom line of the economy and more than the combined output of Oxford, Cambridge and Leeds. 2. It would create the largest single nature reserve on English soil. An amazing legacy for future generations and the environment. 3. 400,000 fully affordable homes to buy and rent that people under 40 who are desperately struggling to afford any sort of life, can ACTUALLY afford. 4. Major solutions to the East of England's road, rail and water infrastructure issues, paid for by the building of the City itself. Right now, @mhclg is studying the findings. We want to thank the 40 experts who helped put this together over the last five months. They are true radicals and pioneers all. Below is my reading of the introductory chapter so do have a listen.

@ChrisHowellFCA Chain a bike to it and someone will be along with said angle grinder shortly

WTF is going on? I thought they were supposed to be removing the awful non compliant barriers but instead they are spaffing more money blocking strong desire lines. Just needs 10 mins with an angle grinder.

@barry_joyce Excellent. Would be interesting to know the findings

The Wirksworth Civic Society is investigating whether it can be tree ring dated