Carmel college..2015

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Mikeymutt

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visited this beautiful college.totally undamaged and full of beautiful wood features.carmel was a coeducational school for the Jewish.operating from 1948 to 1997 it was the only one of its kind in the n Europe.with prices costing ten thousand pounds per term.

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I wonder who thought 'Hmm. Here's some lovely oak panelling and ornate carving by that stone fireplace. I know, I'll paint it blue!' Terrific set. Thanks.
 
All the times I pass that place & I don't pop in. Good to see you did not get caught by the police or the caretaker. The police use the place for training their dogs in and I don't think the caretaker is that friendly either
 
All the times I pass that place & I don't pop in. Good to see you did not get caught by the police or the caretaker. The police use the place for training their dogs in and I don't think the caretaker is that friendly either

We chose a time when there would be no training g going on there..We think we saw the caretaker in the distance but we were on our way then ☺
 
Lovely pictures as per your usual. My favourite shots would be the two fireplaces. But why should people paint wood? It should be left natural to preserve the patina.
 
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Thank you for all the kind comments guys and girls...and I often wonder why people paint natural wood.its beyond me
 
Yeah the caretaker isn't very friendly. We had the misfortune to be stood basically in his garden taking photos of the outside of the house (we had already spent ages inside) when his dogs spotted us and started going nuts, and he came out going nuts before chasing us off in his van.
 
Yeah the caretaker isn't very friendly. We had the misfortune to be stood basically in his garden taking photos of the outside of the house (we had already spent ages inside) when his dogs spotted us and started going nuts, and he came out going nuts before chasing us off in his van.

That's when we heard the dog barking when taking externals..and he shouted at us..We decided to go then
 
Thank you for all the kind comments guys and girls...and I often wonder why people paint natural wood.its beyond me

In the 60s and 70s there was very little respect for heritage and workmanship, that developed from the 80s onwards really. Before that anything was game for "modernising" with trendy coloured paint and wacky wallpaper.
 
I trained to be a cabinet maker in the eighties and at work they made a beautiful four poster bed out of cherry wood.then they painted it white.i could not believe it.all that lovely grain covered up.its what the customer wanted.might as well have made it out of pine..they did have some funny trends though in the 60's and 70's
 
I trained to be a cabinet maker in the eighties and at work they made a beautiful four poster bed out of cherry wood.then they painted it white.i could not believe it.all that lovely grain covered up.its what the customer wanted.might as well have made it out of pine..they did have some funny trends though in the 60's and 70's

Oh No! That's terrible. I would have left it natural and polished it with Beeswax.
 
I trained to be a cabinet maker in the eighties and at work they made a beautiful four poster bed out of cherry wood.then they painted it white.i could not believe it.all that lovely grain covered up.its what the customer wanted.might as well have made it out of pine..they did have some funny trends though in the 60's and 70's

They sure did, and restorers made a mint in the late 1980s onwards stripping the paint off all the lovely hardwood (and softwood for that matter) furniture decimated in the decades before haha. I remember my parents taking numerous finds bought cheap from second hand furniture shops to be stripped & oiled then sold on for a hefty profit.
 

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