Old, pre marina, photo and a challenge for Tom! |
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Andrew
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Posted: 29/April/2020 at 14:17 |
As promised yesterday, another old photo, I haven’t posted this one before so hopefully it’s new to you.
Anyway, Toms challenge, or indeed anyone else who wants to have a go, does this balcony still exist and if so can we have an up to date photo, so we can do another “now and then” please? If it helps I think you’ll find it’s somewhere between the water tower and Luau’s! Lol! Shout me if you can’t get your bearings in that area! Lol!
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Love the flares. I was up that way near the water tower not long ago. Tricky ground around there with a lot of fairly recent building. I shall print this and go off to have a look this afternoon.
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The elevation isn`t enough for Water Tower. I think it is a little house just up from the Marina roundabout ...
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Andrew, have you any idea when this was taken? I read from Tom that he remembered the 'cliff being blasted' I never thought of that but assuming now that became the Marina entrance. I agree the elevation is not very high but look at windmill hill and the absence of buildings. |
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pyrman
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When I said Marina roundabout, I should have been clearer ... the dual carriageway roundabout with the boat ... not the `porto do abrigo` one for harbour. According to streetview there is still a building that matches .. drive up beside it and spin round ...
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Andrew
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pyrman,
Yes there is a building, opposite end to our Lady of Orada by the roundabout commonly known as the squareabout. I posted many “then and now” pictures some years ago. If I can’t find the thread I’ll post again.
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Andrew
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Orada man, Jackson, my feel is about ‘78, ‘79, primarily based on that’s when flares were the height of fashion.
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I was still at school then
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Nice try Tom but I agree, lower elevation and possibly a little bit more west of there?
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I think Pyrman might have a good suggestion, there are a few buildings off the dead end entrance to Ship Roundabout and then there is Luau which would make the elevation closer to right. |
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This I think is it. I could not get to the exact location as the property appeared to be occupied and there is also a tree in the way. I took the two photos earlier today from slightly further up the hill as per the map. Click it to see larger size. On the original I can make out what is now the Castelo do Mar restaurant, just at the bottom of the slope from the windmill. I used that as my aiming point. It seems to me that, looking to the left of the windmill, that the top of Cerro Grande was flattened out a bit when built upon. This old image clearly shows the low cliff and small beach that was removed to create the entrance to the marina. |
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Cheers Tom, excellent job.
Enjoyed viewing those 👍
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These old photo's are fascinating. They show me how much development there has been.
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