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Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by stevekemp »

rcarr wrote: post #10

I really wish they'd do this everywhere. In the town I live in there are a lot of houses and shops that are just exceptionally grim to look at. Everything is dilapidated, rotting, grey and pebbledashed. I can't help but think that, even if it's not fixing the root causes of why everything is shit, it would at least make things a bit less miserable and maybe give people a bit of joy and pride again for a pretty low co…

Meanwhile in Edinburgh there was a lot of drama because one of the residents painted their door - and apparently that didn't suit the conservative area!

She finally managed to keep a pink door though:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-662...

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by [deleted] »

stevekemp wrote: post #31
rcarr wrote: post #10

I really wish they'd do this everywhere. In the town I live in there are a lot of houses and shops that are just exceptionally grim to look at. Everything is dilapidated, rotting, grey and pebbledashed. I can't help but think that, even if it's not fixing the root causes of why everything is shit, it would at least make things a bit less miserable and maybe give people a bit of joy and pride again for a pretty low co…

Meanwhile in Edinburgh there was a lot of drama because one of the residents painted their door - and apparently that didn't suit the conservative area! She finally managed to keep a pink door though: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-662...

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Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by AM1010101 »

I live in one of the colourful houses in Clifton wood. We have a local WhatsApp group and one of the residents posted this a few months back: “A couple of people claim they were the first to paint Cliftonwood houses a bright colour in the 70’s, one being our ex-mayor George Ferguson. But the wonderful late Joan from Cliftonwood Cres told me that was ‘codswallop’. Also when we moved in here fifteen years ago, we were told there were five colours allowed for the houses and that was that .” Others then disputed it and said there was never a 5 colour rule and quoted Annie Scott (who was an architect) started the trend.

I’ve also heard it said that this area was popular popular with artists and the rebellious types back in the day vs the more posh types in Clifton on top of the hill. There are some photos of the harbour from back when it was a working harbour, before the houses were painted, and it looks far less appealing (https://www.instagram.com/p/CyMNzAXIOY-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFl...). If you do end up on Instagram search for Bristol harbour to see what it’s like now.

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by ClassyJacket »

stevekemp wrote: post #31
rcarr wrote: post #10

I really wish they'd do this everywhere. In the town I live in there are a lot of houses and shops that are just exceptionally grim to look at. Everything is dilapidated, rotting, grey and pebbledashed. I can't help but think that, even if it's not fixing the root causes of why everything is shit, it would at least make things a bit less miserable and maybe give people a bit of joy and pride again for a pretty low co…

Meanwhile in Edinburgh there was a lot of drama because one of the residents painted their door - and apparently that didn't suit the conservative area! She finally managed to keep a pink door though: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-662...

My god, it isn't even a gaudy pink, that's incredibly mild.

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by pstuart »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #35
stevekemp wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile in Edinburgh there was a lot of drama because one of the residents painted their door - and apparently that didn't suit the conservative area! She finally managed to keep a pink door though: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-662...

My god, it isn't even a gaudy pink, that's incredibly mild.

True, but the article stated she started off with bright pink. Still not a crime, though.

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by silisili »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #35
stevekemp wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile in Edinburgh there was a lot of drama because one of the residents painted their door - and apparently that didn't suit the conservative area! She finally managed to keep a pink door though: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-662...

My god, it isn't even a gaudy pink, that's incredibly mild.

The final one is, and was approved. If you scroll down you'll see the original pink and green she tried, both of which were more gaudy in nature.

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by otteromkram »

pstuart wrote: post #36
ClassyJacket wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My god, it isn't even a gaudy pink, that's incredibly mild.

True, but the article stated she started off with bright pink. Still not a crime, though.

No one said it was a crime.

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by quickthrower2 »

teruakohatu wrote: post #11
steviedotboston wrote: post #2

I visited Devon on my trip to the UK and was really surprised to see palm trees around the coast.

They are called palms in that region but are Cordyline australis from New Zealand where they are called cabbage trees and are everywhere. They do quite well in colder New Zealand climate regions. If you are unlucky to live next door to a mature cabbage tree planted along the neighbours fence, you will spend your life picking up fallen leaves, which cannot be put in our green waste bins, on general refuse, because the…

Would they make good material for roofing?

Re: Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?

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Post by seszett »

gerdesj wrote: post #23
rjh29 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where I grew up. I always wince at the name "English Riviera" though.

Where did you grow up? Côte d'Azur? Right, let's dig into the authoritative source of all knowledge ... Wikipedia! According to that: "Riviera is an Italian word that originates from the ancient Ligurian territory of Italy" So the French region that Torbay riffs on is also itself riffing on an Italian region. and: "The Côte d'Azur (coast of azure) is a nickname given by France to the County of Nice after its annexati…

> So the French region that Torbay riffs on is also itself riffing on an Italian region.

Maybe nitpicking but the French Riviera is just the (now) French side of the "original" Riviera. It's not a reference to a different place.

Nice used to be part of Liguria before the 1860 annexation and the English simply kept refering to it as Riviera (while the French, including locals, only call it Côte d'Azur).

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