On the back of yesterday's post about Forton Services, I suddenly remembered another similar piece I'd written over 10 years ago about another Services behemoth: Markham Moor on the A1 and its amazing hyperbolic paraboloid roof. As a kid in the 70s, sitting in the back of dad's Hillman Minx as we drove by this fantastic structure, I honestly thought I'd somehow glimpsed the future.
Sadly not, as it turned out. In my post dated 12 May 2012 I concluded the piece by saying "It could be worse, it could be a Subway." Ladies and gentleman, look away now if you're easily offended. I did a photo smash and grab on the place in May '22. Don't say I didn't warn you...
Not a road we use very often but when we do I love seeing this building. Becoming a Starbucks though, almost a fate worse than destruction
ReplyDeleteI know. Makes the 'Little Chef' era look like the golden days.
DeleteSo you'd rather it be in the state it was during the 1980s when it was unused, derelict and a target for vandals?
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