See previous posts of Moderne and Art Deco buildings in Arbroath.

Art Deco pillars at Victoria Park entrance :-

Sea and wall at Arbroath:-

Arbroath Harbour:-

I featured Hexham’s Art Deco cinema, The Forum, here.

When we visited the town again in Oct 2024 I spotted a couple more buildings with Art Deco styling.

The old bus station has an Art Deco pediment and lettering:-

The frontage has deco styling too:-

Then there was this shop with a slight Woolworth’s vibe but this may be later than deco:-

Our sojourn to Barrow (see earlier posts) was really to take a look at stuff in the Lake District, whose main town is Bowness-on-Windermere.

Among others of Bowness’s sights I found the Royalty Cinema, which has Art Deco touches in the white painting and horizontal bands but also feels a bit Edwardian. It was opened in 1927 and so is on the cusp.

Ulverston in Cumbria, is the nearest biggish town to Barrow-in-Furness, about ten and a half miles further north. It was the birthplace of Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame. There is a Laurel and Hardy museum in the town which we didn’t visit and a statue of the pair in the town centre.

The statue stood outside this fairly impressive building:-

Just across the road was this building:-

The Tesco’s in the town was in a minor Art Deco style. Its upper windows are completely ruined:-

Detail:-

Shop block:-

Doorway, pediment and fanlight:-

Lakeland House on Abbey Road. Stitch of two photos:-

Central tower. Strong verticals and horizontals, rule of three in windows, streamline detailing:-

John Whinnerah Institute, Abbey Road aspect:-

Stitch of frontage:-

Doorway:-

Hindpool Road aspect of John Whinnerah Institute:-

Triangular Window detail:-

Former Roxy Cinema, now an entertainment venue named Hollywood:-

Former Marks & Spencer only recently closed:-

Upper level of M&S (stitch of two photos):-

Dandy’s Fine Beds and Furniture:-

Roofline detail:-

On the Sons’ home page, I spotted the building featured below.

It’s in a photo of the ladies’ team’s game at Mountblow, Dalmuir, (which sadly the Daughters of the Rock lost,) and shows in the background the football pavilion at Mountblow which has obviously been given a much needed make-over since these pictures were taken (not to mention these.)

The pavilion dates from 1937 and I’ve seen it many a time when passing the sports ground on a train but had never photographed it myself.

Now I won’t have to.

Glasgow University’s Reading Room is on University Avenue, Glasgow:-

It is circular in shape but it’s really only the entrance doors and facade which look Deco. The rest is more like a post-war 1950s/60s building:-

More than a hint of Art Deco style here. The flats are on Falcon Road West:-

Corner of Falcon Road West and Falcon Road:-

Looking up Falcon Road:-

There are similar flats on Falcon Avenue.

I missed photographing this when I visited Huntly before despite  it being very near Huntly’s War Memorial.

Christie Park is the home of Huntly FC, who play in the Highland League.

View of ground from Castle Street:-

Entrance gates/turnstiles. These have an Art Deco styling:-

Christie Park from southeast. I had to stand on a wall to get the photos from which I made this stitched picture:-

It’s a tidy ground.