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unfortunately some parts of whitstable appear to have already been infected by earlier mutations of the themepark virus and a recent building actually has a roof made to look like an upturned boat with all the usual accompanying custom made modernist metalwork

the google page for whitstable is here and the one for oyster appreciation is here

the site at reeves beach (named after a foreman of the company of oyster fishers) with the sweep of whitstable before it and the old sunken skating rink on the opposite side of the sea wall road, is currently a slightly run down open space with broken benches and two oddly proportioned shelters at the ends with various bollards and street lamps dotted about

fortunately, the gourmand aesthetes of the oyster appreciation society have chosen to pay more attention to what the construction of the new clubhouse could do to repair the area as a whole. the still surviving houses along the street form an attractive tumble that is typical of an old english fishing town and the street facade is penetrated by paths that allow frequent public access to the beach

this is the first drawing i have ever done where i've suddenly realised it looked as if it had been done by an architect. this may just be because i was using a propelling pencil and tracing paper and perhaps because i was drawing to scale. and then of course i got it wet on the way home

and now to reacquaint myself with ivor seeley's 'building technology' which i remember as being extremely good in its second edition (1980) which i first came across on union island. this is the current fifth edition(1995)

having helped to put up a few timber framed structures its about time i caught up with r w brunskill's 'timber buildings in britain' which is the standard text and recommended by richard harris the research director at the weald and downland museum in his book 'discovering timber-framed buildings', but i managed to only find the time to skim through them