Monday 15 March 2021

Copper roof

 The old Waterworld Swimming Complex in Portrush has an interesting copper roof, which I snapped up on the 'Blad last week.  It came out quite well on Ilford MG Classic fibre paper.  HP5+ was the film, developed as per usual in ID-11.


Copper roof panels in Portrush, 2021.

The whole Waterworld building is ready for tumbling, though - it has been up a good few years now and it's looking very sorry for itself.  I'm not even sure the pool has been operational this last couple of years (certainly not during 2020 anyway, due to COVID-19).  It's council owned and maintained and I doubt the council has the funds to do a re-build, since it's in serious debt.  And that means, of course, that householders in the area will be hit for more property taxes (which are already high enough thank you very much).  Perhaps it can sell the building and reduce its debt somewhat, since it's right by the harbour and must be worth a few million, given the location and the value of property in the region these days.    

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