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Monday 24 January 2011

5: Homemade Weather Vane

Site:  Home made weather vane (wood & metal)
Amenities:  None
Parking: Street
Public Transport:  Yes (100 yds)

Notes:  Small homemade weather vane situated on apex of garage.  Sail in orange painted wood (offcut), metal otherwise.  Working.
Garage noteworthy in itself for trained clematis and original 4-paned window to side.

Further Notes:  A-top a rustic, clematis covered timber and asbestos roofed garage, I spotted this weather vane.  The garage and vane survive, but for now, in the garden of a house that has been rented out a few times; although that's maybe its safeguard; against the decking instinct of the suburb.

Long will the breeze turn its offcut-wooden sail; and point its crude, vice-pinched arrow!

I also note the elongated wooden diamond covering the join in the garage.  While a traditional shape, I find it a dismal shape of the British 50s.
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  1. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 01:14

    A too rarely seen phenomenon these days. We all need one.

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  2. Between Channels27 January 2011 at 07:37

    The elongated wooden diamond - not a spire but a sticking plaster. Often painted in the sort of colours you associate with aircraft camouflage: olive green, dark earth, matt grey.

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  3. Bollops31 January 2011 at 08:47

    Ours was bright orange. You can see the garage in the background of this pic from around 1973:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bollops/4888302880/in/set-1289562/

    If you look *very* closely, you can see a pixel of orange diamond poking up above the roof.

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