Street furniture from a holiday ……

There are many ways to share a holiday ….. from picture postcards to instant mobile photos and of course the post trip presi.

Madrid, 2025

And then there are those from my old chum, who knowing my fascination for street furniture and trams will send me regular items for the collection.

So, over the last few years I have added trams from Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Switzerland, along with heaps of street grids from everywhere.

And having received a sanitation cover from Porto last week he came up  trumps with this delightful one from Madrid, the inscription which runs "Ayuntamiento de Madrid" and "Alumbrado Publico" which roughly translated is “Madrid Town Hall” “Public Lighting” .

I can not better the pictures and have only this sad looking post from outside the Library, which reveals that behind that black layer of resin is a rusting bit of metal.

All of that said, there is an importance to all such street furniture, some of which has long since been relegated to the dustbin of history as technology has made them redundant but still can be striking to look at and have a story.

Chorlton, 2025

I just await his collection of Roman lead pipes and aqueducts.

Location; Madrid, and Chorlton

Pictures; from Madrid courtesy of a chum, 2025 and Chorlton, 2025 from the collection of Andrew Simpson