More Derby architecture

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I went shopping in Derby again yesterday, and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture (because they're dull) I was in town about an hour before most of the shops opened, which meant I had a chance to pootle about and photograph some more of Derby's cool architecture, of which there is lots.

There seem to be a lot of 1920s style buildings in the town centre, along with some obviously older and some much newer.

This carving seems very grand for the shops that live under it now - perhaps it was something more exalted once.

This rather forbidding looking chap presides over the Zanzibar nightclub.

And he's flanked by these reliefs.

A few buildings along is this nice bit of decorative work.

Further into the main shopping area is this rather nice bit of carved brickwork, though it's sadly soot-stained.

I found a nice quiet place to sit for a while down by the rather nicely ornate fishmarket. The plinth on the left of the picture is a memorial to a local footballer.

I was rather taken with these grotesque fish decorations.

This rather sinister chap was adorning a lovely old building in the main square in the centre of Derby

And having shown you some of the older buildings in the town, here's the very newest one :-

Word is, it's going to be the new bus station. Given that they knocked the old bus station down three years ago, I'm not holding my breath on that one...