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emmdee: 2009 - Approaching the building....
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - there were screens in front of the walls, and where's the windows?
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emmdee: 2009 - now there's strange gargoyles on the framework
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emmdee: 2009 - strange gargoyles!
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emmdee: 2009 - approaching the front of the building
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emmdee: 2009 - the building opposite has maps and plans of the area so the locals are always kept informed about what is planned for them!
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emmdee: 2009 - a view of the front
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - a view of the front
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - these strange blue flats were opposite the council offices - they had statues attached to the frontage!
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - There was a pair of the blue flats, with shops on the ground floor
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - the western corner, with the main entrance, strange glass screens...
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emmdee: 2009 - Symes Avenue Council Offices - the frontage today, very blue
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - the frontage, what on earth are the tubes for - breathing holes? Theres still no visible windows....
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emmdee: 2009 - Hartcliffe Council Offices - the frontage today - those tubes still there, but no windows as yet....
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - this seems to be the only window
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emmdee: 2009 - nasty razor anti-climb protection, this wall next to the council offices surrounds a church hall
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - in the old days razor sharp protection was normal too
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - very strange idea, statues on the front of a building, in a council estate!
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - there were two of these blocks, I wonder where the statues went?
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emmdee: 2009 - theres another roller shutter at the side. This angle would be looking at one of the blue housing blocks
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emmdee: 2009 - hmmmm theres a door....
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emmdee: 2009 - I've never seen a door like this before!
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emmdee: 2009 - actually theres two doors!
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emmdee: 2009 - A letterbox? But 'post no cash'.... as if they would!
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emmdee: 2009 - looking up, at all the CCTV facilities
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emmdee: 2009 - Father Christmas came to Hartcliffe, and stays all year round
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emmdee: Hartcliffe 1996 - the blue housing blocks facing Symes House are now demolished, and the site is a supermarket carpark
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emmdee: 2009 - the blue housing blocks are gone, so they painted the council offices blue instead!
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emmdee: 2009 - sort-of a garden
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emmdee: 2009 - it still looks like a fortress, its even got putlog holes, ike any castle!