Victoria Centre - £200

Victoria Centre.....the Vine Street equivalent.

there are 2 main shopping centres in Nottingham, the Broad Marsh, and the Victoria (Vic) Centre.

The centre stands on the site of the old Nottingham Victoria railway station, which was demolished in 1967. The clock tower and the Hilton Hotel are the only parts of the old station to survive. The shopping centre was built between 1967 and 1972 by Taylor Woodrow. Above the shopping centre rise the 26 floor, 256 feet (72m) high Victoria centre flats, which run North to South along the length. There are 464 flats and 36,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) of offices.

In 1973, the sculptor Roland Emmett was commissioned to design and build a water powered clock, known as The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator. Until a refurbishment in the 1990s, the clock chimed the quarter hour by playing an excerpt from the fourth movement, 'Gigue en Rondeau II', of Rameau's (1683–1764), 'Pieces de Clavecin' Suite in E-minor. This musical sculpture is by Boots, Next and John Lewis and is a popular meeting place.

I ventured into the Vic Centre, with tripod this afternoon to take a pic. played around with settings etc, and tooks shots and as i'd got my setting just right, Mr Security Man came to move me on...telling me i was in breach of the 'Data Protection' law...i moved on, but i did correct him on the Data Protection bit....

still i managed to capture this shot, which is ok...ish. Last December sales, i captured this previous blip!

My night out last night ended at 2am this morning! woke up feeling better than i should've done, but glad i'd stayed out longer than anticpated.

macs for breakfast..shouldn't but did. then shopping with mum and then long walk with Pete before heading off into town to capture this....

evening, curry, and an earlier night than last night...