MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

Eau deary me.

(Alan, have you found a manhole cover in Belle Vue Rd, Wivenhoe for me, yet? Near no 4 if possible; Mercy.)

Two examples from town Sciacca, Sicilia, Italy

To Valentine Mark Herman, little infograph on how to make a rubbing (or frontage)

Some covers in the Netherlands

Two covered covers

Agrigento, Sicily, Italia.

Archeological park (Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico Valle dei Templi)

Be sure to NOT make frottage/rubbings in the middle of busy streets?

HOLES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, WITH MANHOLE COVERS, IN BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, FROM SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND TRACK "A DAY IN THE LIFE"

"I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"

Bon Weekend, Corporal Herman

Trapani, Sicilia, Italy.

Trapani, Sicilia, Italy.

FROM ANTONIO BLANCO IN NAPLES, ITALY

Trapani, Sicilia, Italy.

FROM ANTONIO BIANCA, NAPOLI, ITALIA

Sorry folks, only the last two of the 4 I've just posted from Antonio are new!

MORE FROM ANTONIO BIANCA, THIS TIME FROM CAMEN, ITALY

PAM, PAM, AND PAM. 3 Pamela Manhole Covers from Sigean, France

MORE FROM ANTONIO BIANCA, THESE ARE FROM VERBANIA, ITALY

Mosina, near Poznan, Poland . Many, many, many euro stars....

Mosina, near Poznan, Poland .

Thanks again, Raphael. Is the first one a drain cover and not a manhole cover? Are the two the same or different? Should we be including both? Val

I think if we were to also include drain covers, that would be grate.

Thanks Bradford, I am grateful for your learned observation.

A type of manhole cover I hadn’t seen before, but it must have been here since ages (Amstelveen, the Netherlands).

Oh Boy, we have a new member of this group.

All of my life....

..... Dum di dum dum, ho boy
Dum di dum dum, ho boy

Welcome Oh Boy

Mosina, near Poznan, Poland .   

This message is ambiguous, is it an entrance for the disabled?

A curious juxtaposition!

It could also be an exit for the disabled. Or a warning for them not to wheel over the Cover.

Mosina, near Poznan, Poland .   

Here's a nice old one just for Val

Thanks Alan. Who knows -- I might have walked over it in a previous reincarnation?

Can you find me a Cover from Belle Vue Rd, Wivenhoe, please? ideally near number 4;

ercy Buckets

a manhole cover in the sand at the swimming lake in Koersel (Belgium)

The Bennell ironfoundry used to be on Greenstead Road, Val, where Tesco is now. That cover is on East Hill. I looked in Belle Vue Road and there aren't any near number 4, sorry. They haven't put up the blue plaque for you yet either.

Thanks again, Alan. In my days, there wasn't a supermarket in Wivenhoe -- just the Co-op, around the corner from Belle Vue Rd (have they put a Blue Plaque on no 4 yet?) and a few small shops. Keep on Covering-ing! Val

Manhole Cover Lover Sil, sent to Greece from Belgium,

a section of a rubbing:

Beautiful handmade paper and nice blue-green!

FROM ERNI IN HAMBURG

INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND. Photos taken this month.

Mürren, Switzerland, in the district of Interlaken, in the canton of Bern.

Those are spectacular!

Thanks Irene, these are really good. Where did you find them --NJ?

Mürren, Switzerland, in the district of Interlaken, in the canton of Bern.

Mürren, Switzerland, in the district of Interlaken, in the canton of Bern.

RIO DE JANEIRO MANHOLE COVER

From Mother Brando, thanks Renée!

TWIN MANHOLE COVERS FROM SIGEAN (France)

Lubawa (niem. Löbau in Westpreußen, prus. Lūbawa). Town in north - east part in Poland. An interesting element is the use of an ancient ornament, such as a meander, to decorate the edge of the panel.

FROM ANTONIO IN NAPOLI