Mensforth – the workaholic
Mensforth has been busy!! Here are some photos from the camera of Mensforth himself. Kenton Bar Estate – the scene of the pyramid. Basically they have knocked the pyramid down and replaced it with some horrible landscaping. Instead of the beautiful concrete and tarmac they have this – what a travesty of justice. Le Corbusier would turn in his grave.
Odd concrete climbing thing-'There was also a 3/2/1 thing by the flats at Hartburn Walk-on the little plateau by the school fields' (to go with Mensforth comment on parks)-aside:wonder if it was meant to be some kind of step pyramid?-still there today and indestructible
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These are photos from the same angles as the pyramid photos published below
He tried to photograph them from the exact same spots as the originals on the website! Sadly the pyramid is gone :(
Imagine running along this, leaping over the stairs(about 2m gap) to land on the blue!-what a height to drop if you got it wrong!'...(from original thunderbird ink comment from mensforth:)'running along the thing concrete wall and jumping over the stairs(or the ramp from the other side) to land safely on the blue bit...PHYEEEW!It took me years to do that duff, but I got there in the end'
4. pyry 4 view from wall for wall over stairs to blue duff : same as pyry 3, but the wall as seen just before you ran along it to jump...scary eh?
5. pyry 5 cage:(to go with mensforth comment on kenton bar a blast from the past comment)'You can't get under now as they have erected a meshwork to encase the space...sigh...'
the photo 'pyry 4 view from wall for wall over stairs to blue' is deceptive in that the drop to the left of the wall looks nothing to be worried about, like the drop to the right. Actually it was something to be worried about as it was at least 4 metres. unfortunatly the drop is also obscured in the next photo below it on the blog due to the bushes. Have a look if you ever go back there!
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