Grimhaven Community Radio

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Imagine a house where the Gallaghers all rode mobility scooters and left them out on the street, and filled the front garden with junk...and then turn that up to 11. That pretty much describes this scene.
A large red octopus sitting atop a garden shed. It is holding a trilby hat on its head with one tentacle, and holds a silver-topped cane with another. A swordfish is in front of it. It's a perfectly normal sight in Totnes...
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A derelict agricultural building or industrial workshop. The roof has gone, as has a lot of the brickwork down to the lintel of the main double doors. Kind of surprising the whole thing hasn't collapsed. An estate agent would classify it as having development potential. Yes; that bad.
A derelict filling station in a field that has been this way since it was bypassed decades ago. It is called Blue Star and is surrounded by Heras fencing. Although not clear from the photo, there is actually an amateur rugby club pitch behind. Immediately behind; the touchline is barely 6ft from the back wall.
The thumbnail for episode 7 - Oil My Donkey
A field toilet in a brick outhouse on Salisbury Plain. There is a pine log approximately 4ft long sticking up out of the bowl.
A double warning signing showing both a pram and a person in a wheelchair hurtling downhill with a vertical drop imminent. Underneath it reads 'Warning - Danger, Runaway pushchair & wheelchairs'. Kind of want to hang around to witness the phenomenon. Not sure why only the single pushchair but multiple wheelchairs though...
A boarded-up doorway in a tunnel. The bottom half of the door has a sheet of plywood attached, upon which is scrawled in black marker pen, the legend 'I farted in yoga'.
A semi-derelict English resort pier, with the furthest most end collapse or missing.
A utilitarian stone block-shaped building set into a steep bank. Part of a missing door has been blocked off with chicken-wire. It is derelict, covered in brambles and other foliage. It has potential...to be a pile of rubble.
Mural on a concrete section wall showing a flying saucer hovering over a residential street. It's all rather moody.
A way bigger than life-size cast concrete sculpture of a girl's head looms over the top of a leaf-strewn bank. There is some sort of portacabin-style building behind. Absolutely no idea why it is there apart from frightening the shit out of passersby on the footpath below if they happen to glance up.
A small stone building with cage doors on the front and most of the roof missing. The sea is behind.
A utilitarian, red external door with utilitarian letterbox and door handle. There a metal sign at the top that reads 'Callers office entrance'
The GCR logo for episode 6 - Aurora Grimulus
Email from BBC Upload advising that the first episode of GCR is being aired.
The GCR logo with the episode title 'Shimkins'
A modern interpretation of a ducking stool. It is securely fastened so no actual ducking can take place. Some oik has graffitied 'zorg' down the arm...the twat.
A small garage sized building that appears to be wooden in structure. There is a window at front in which are the words 'Showroom Entrance' in white lettering applied to the glass, with an arrow below pointing to the right at a blue, modern domestic-style front door. Rafters and battens are visible but there are no roof tiles, so the whole structure is open to the elements. Would sell for upwards of £1m in central London...
What was once large and tall Leylandii stripped to their trunks so that they look like 30ft high saguaro cacti. Strangely horrific and compelling at the same time.
A screenshot of the GCR page on Spotify with the 'More like this' tab selected. Underneath it says 'We couldn't find anything'. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
A block-paved alleyway with boarded up premises either side and lined with commercial wheelie-bins. It's the sort of place where bodies are discovered in gritty crime dramas.
The GCR logo of a yellow block with some stick men falling into water. The yellow block has some writing that says 'Goes live Monday 15th June! From all good podcast providers! Be sure to tune in!'
A yellow 'Go Slow' warning sign with a picture of a koala in a tree. Probably not an unusual sight in rural Australia, but a bit incongruous nailed to a telegraph pole on a back lane on the outskirts of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, UK.
A moody photo of the South Stone Pier Lookout at Weymouth. A cast iron, round single storey tower with a central spiral staircase.
The remains of a public information board looking out across the sea. The information has long gone, and only half the plywood backing remains on the shiny stainless steel mount.
A monochrome photo of a rural, gravel road stretching out ahead into the distance. There are potholes. Cow parsley lines either side. Off to the left in the distance are electricity pylons. The whole tone is a bit dystopian.
A gravel track on the left curves round and across the frame. In the background a large tree with other bushes and trees. A gateway in the background has a distinctive 'Keep out' sign attached. In the foreground, right, is a grass and wildflower verge with a hedge alongside. In this verge is hammered a small sign with an arrow pointing where the sign is going and the text 'To The Land'. There is absolutely no context to this.
A cash dispenser booth on a beach-side esplanade. It looks very tired and there's a big void where the actual cash dispenser machine should be. A single wire dangles pathetically in this gaping hole. It is a very English seaside scene
An old, metal, railway sign reading 'G.S.& W.R. Notice - Any person leaving this gate open is liable to a penalty of forty shillings.'
Two sets of stocks in the grounds of Corfe Castle Model Village. Put there for tourist photos, and somewhere to leave the kids when you want a bit of peace and quiet.
A small, concrete shed with a corrugated tin roof, all of which are only slightly larger than the single wooden door. The whole thing would hold one person of regular stature if they crouched a bit. The whole thing sits in a field with some cows and the sea in the distance.
A large Victorian era gun (or model thereof), and a soldier mannequin standing next to it holding a shell. For some reason this is up on a bank by the side of the A352 for no discernable reason.
A coastal municipal shelter with a bench that one side looks like it has melted despite being made up of wooden slats. I suspect it designed this way to make it uncomfortable to lie on, because being homeless isn't shit enough without being unable to lie on a bench overnight.
A black & white photo of an imposing octagonal brick tower (New Milton Water Tower), complete with crenellations and side tower, set against a stormy sky, with some trees in the foreground.
Close-up of the wall of a small, quayside building of some vintage. There is a window, recessed, showing how thick the wall is...and how rotten the frame is. On the wall there is a municipal type sign reading 'No dumping in this area".
A not-very inflated inflatable dinghy with outboard motor and oars lying limply tied to an ornate lamp column on a quayside.
Some elderly industrial buildings looking uninviting.
A shot looking up at the recent Banksy statue in Westminster
A sign on a frame lying collapsed on the floor which reads 'Pixie unloading'. Curiously, the Met Police logo is in the bottom left of the sign.
A bleak, utilitarian hall, with plastic chairs scattered about the extremities. There is a booth on the right-hand side.
An atmospheric view of Brean Down Fort, with the Severn Estuary beyond and Steep Holm in the distance. What appears to be rails stretch out from the foreground.
A small USB A dongle that looks like a square, smiley, metal face in a black turtleneck sweater
The verge outside a rural property on which sits a small concrete cone in the foreground. Upon this cone, three lichen blotches have formed to create two eyes and a mouth. I was sure it was paint until I got close up. Quite freaky.
Absolutely no idea. Looks like a concrete flying saucer on a beach. There's some warning signs in Welsh, so that gives you a clue as to where but not what
A footpath through a woodland. To one side is a diversion sign that some oik has dragged in from roadworks somewhere. You almost have to applaud the effort.
A small, dilapidated single storey kiosk looking very, very unloved.
Could be a social club, or could be agricultural offices. Either way, the building appears to be in a field and in a poor state of repair.
A wooden post onto which has been screwed a clear acrylic sign that has the exclamation road sign triangle and the word 'road' underneath. It is on a grass verge on the left hand side of the image. On the right is a strip of delaminating surface course. This leads to a road running from left to right of the picture. Some farm buildings are behind. It is hard to fathom why there is a small sign warning one of a road ahead whilst you are already approaching it...on a road.
A small, dilapidated booth at a rundown seaside resort. Peeling paint, delaminating plywood...looks like a shit Tardis.
A park bench with an abandoned coat propped up across the seat and back.
I'm guessing some sort of gangplank on wheels that can be pushed into the sea to allow boarding from a beach?
A dockside cast iron bollard. It is low, round and has a hole up the middle. Behind is some Heras fencing and several tyres. It is truly a scene of beauty.
The shoreline in a harbour area with several boat tenders moored upside-down. I presume there's a practical reason for this but it does seem to defy the very design essence of a boat.
Part of the seafront at a resort somewhere on the English coast. Notable features include some tarpaulin, a small boat of questionable floatability, a large concrete block and, in the background, the obligatory anchor of a bygone age.
A sign reading 'This door is alarmed', which made me concerned for its welfare.
Rusting and dilapidated turnstiles surrounded by yellow painted and peeling railings, with barbed wire above. There's just empty wasteland and a tall industrial unit behind.
A multi-storey car park being demolished. It looks like a large foot has stamped down in the middle of it. There's probably a very considered demolition plan, but I'm not really seeing it.