I did the working drawings for this, as a young trainee working for the architect Sam Scorer in Lincoln. The structural engineer involved was a Hungarian, Kalman Hajnal-Konyi. There was one minor problem- if the wind was from the north or the south, the venturi-like section produced stronger wind speeds underneath, not ideal if you are filling a car.
What is the name for a mass of Karen's? Suggestions... A complaint of Karen's. A facepalm of Karen's. A can I see your manager of Karen's. A I've got you on camera of Karen's.
That's a slightly terrifying mental image. The shrieks of: "I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER!" in unison, would rattle windows for miles around. The myriad disapproving glares could lift paint, and melt tarmac. A vision of hell, indeed.
LOL. God bless Karens. Without which we would probably have no political representation, and those who are poor or shy would find standing up for themselves that much harder.
So glad it's been saved. We went there not long before Little chef collapsed,. My wife ordered a breakfast pancake and when it arrived it was absolutely massive! The waitress said "Chef made it a bit big, is that OK?"
Perfect subject for this channel, Jon! I love the fact that Britain's leading architect in this flamboyant West Coast style was based in Lincoln. He designed a council estate church with another hyperbolic paraboloid roof in the city. Britain just doesn't seem to offer so many surprises now.
Made of 3 hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces intersecting, positioned 'inside-out' vs. the Markham Moor one - you can see the roof shape very well through Google Maps photos.
@@stevieandthebarbies I read that some of the most dramatic footage was lost, you didn't get to appreciate the 60 foot jump they did with those cars and apparently didn't break them. Unlike the numerous General Lees! (Or is that Generals Lee?)
I used to stop and eat there on my treks between Durham and Essex when it was a Happy Eater in the 1990s - I used to like Happy Eaters! I was always vaguely aware of the wacky roof, but you don't get a chance to examine it in detail when you whizz past at 70! What a great structure - not all 'modern' architecture is crap! I never realised that it started life as just the roof without the box below - so I've learnt something. Thanks for the vid!!
Curiously interesting subject? Check Usual dry and entertaining presentational style with added sarcasm and irony? Check Understated historical references? Check. Well researched and rich in detail? Check This is a true Auto Shenanigans video, one of the best 🙂 Thanks Jon, this has cheered me up no end! And now I want a new an unusual roof on my house! ps it wouldn't take much to persuade me to buy a T-shirt with Hyperbolic Paraboloid and a modest Auto Shenanigans logo on it...
@@andyalanbertie Ah, I had put in "understated historical references" intending to cover all mentions of disagreements! I'm waiting for Jon's description of things like the 100 Years War, the War of the Roses, the War of the Spanish Succession. I'm pretty sure I can predict that he'd go for "Small Internal Disagreement" for the Civil War (caveat: may be he already has!).
I must have driven past this little gem a hundred times in the late 2000s, while I gently wore away the A1. I have no memory of even noticing it and believe me, I spent my driving life noticing things. Why else would I subscribe to a channel that also notices things. I feel sad now, because I missed it. Not sad enough to go there and see it. That's why I subscribe to youtube channels.
Every time we drive by there and that is quite often I say to my wife that's a great two listed building. She says to me you are a geek. I'm good with that
Hundreds of times we passed this as kids going up to see my mum‘s relatives, the best we could do was call it the crisp garage because of the shape. So happy they saved it when so many of these buildings were demolished and didn’t have the protection of listed status, great video Jon.
I was kind of sad to learn that the old flying saucer McChunders down by Huntingdon had been demolished. I never went in there because McChunders but I liked the idea that it existed.
You might like a book I bought for a pal, initially as a joke. It is about Russian bus stops (more varied and imaginative than our own) and of which, incredibly, there are TWO volumes!
Superb video! Has anyone ever mentioned that a fluffy *dougal* microphone could help cut out some of the traffic noise when out on location? [Or was it audio editing in Audacity?] Anyway, I think that's a CLAAS combine harvester header on the right of the picture in the outro. And this was a top class video. Thanks, Jon. 👍
I love these glimpses of fantastical architecture actually made possible by engineers. Such a shame that so many wonderful places don’t get grade listing and are lost.
Here in Calgary, Canada, we have a iconic and large 20,000 seat sports arena, called the Saddledome, that's a Hyperbolic Paraboloid. It was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and to house a NHL team. Unfortunately its one of the oldest Ice Hockey Arenas in the NHL and plans are well underway to replace it in the next few years with a new underwhelming building and to eventually demolish it.
I suddenly perked up when I saw that Claas combine header in the bottom right at the end there. It's a Claas tractor dealership called Claas Eastern. (I've got an old Claas Dominator, the combine that MP was supposedly looking up when he got caught having a crafty one off the wrist in Westminster a year or two ago!)
So you really must be a Wurzels fan! No problem, fellow rustic! I come from Somerset and have known quite a few very nice new Class Dominatrixes in my time. And I note you are also talking about the former honourable member for Tiverton. :-)
I live 5 miles from this remarkable building, and can remember it in its original form as a National filling station. I'm glad it's being used and kept in good condition.
Brings back memories of an alcoholic maths lecturer on my engineering degree. One of his most memorable stories, along with partial differentiation of a pint of Guinness with live demo.
@@Anmeteor9663@Anmeteor9663 sadly my alcoholic math teacher was only my first year at high school. I remember flying blackboard erasers, long breaks in the cupboard, slapped ears and people he liked getting better marks with the same answer as people he didn't.
What a fantastic structure! Looks inspired by the "Googie" style from the US in the 50's. I'm glad it was saved, and hats off to Starbucks for restoring it!
I agree entirely. Jon doesn't, though. He seems very resolute in his refusal to compliment them. I paid far too much for a coffee there recently but I was delighted that the building was back in use.
If you want to see "another one", the Palavela in Turin was designed (at roughly the same time - 1959-60) with not just one, but 3 hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces intersecting and forming a large open space underneath - the roof shape is very easily visible from Google Maps photos. They are turned upside-down vs the Markham Moor canopy, and the rigidity of the structure allowed the use of only 3 support points on the ground, connected by steel cables underneath. The roof was strong enough to be used for part of the car chase in the original Italian Job movie.
My grandparents lived at East Markham just a mile North of the Markham Moor junction. So the hyperbolic paraboloid was a familiar sight when we went to visit them. I can remember filling up with fuel there, eating at Little Chef there and the massive junction reworking. You’re making me feel old Jon….
Now that petrol cars can travel from (in my case) Hertfordshire to Inverness without filling up, I had never noticed that this structure was no longer a fuel station, when driving by. I remember first encountering it in around 1970, when my mother was driving and was fearful of stopping at Markham Moor, because she expected the price per gallon (as it was then) would be very expensive. Anyway, fearful of running out of petrol before we reached Newark, she did stop the car at Markham Moor and top up the vehicle with National Benzol. It is worrying that I can remember this occasion 55 years later but I can't remember how expensive the petrol was.
I drove up and down the A1 quite a few times a year in the late 1980s and early 1990s, don't remember seeing it. Thanks for letting me know what I missed,
Remember it as a Little 👩🍳 Chef . When I see it I know I’ve reached the turn off for Lincoln. Good things were created in 1960 , my 65th birthday is this year as well! Great video as usual ❤.
My mate Bob is a happy eater. In other news we stopped there for a piss back in 1991 en route to Scotland. Cambridge to Grantown on Spey in just over 7 hours. No cameras in those days.
The reason why it's Starbucks is because when Little Chef closed, Euro Garages had the ownership of the land who own the Starbucks franchise for MSAs. Some LCs were branded as EG Diner after closure, but after this, they became either a Starbucks or Greggs.
It’s a great Starbucks as it’s dog friendly and when the really skinny woman with all the tatoos worked there the coffee was amazing. Sadly she got promoted to a branch in Lincoln and the coffee is now just regular Starbucks
Being the nerd I am, I appreciated the drone footage showing some Claas-branded farming equipment next to the service station. Also the required Booo Starbucks, though well done on them for contributing more to the local community than over-priced evil bean juice.
Yep. Really not a fan of Starbucks (like REALLY not a fan), but good on them for restoring the roof before it succumbed to the typical "we're not allowed to knock it down, so we'll just wait until it falls down, and then we can do whatever we really want".
Can only concur with those two strategic comments, John. A remarkable, iconic even, structure - and the less said about Starbees, the better! Many thanks, safe journeys 👹
I used this many times when it was a Little Chef and actually never even gave the iconic roof a second thought, even when I drove past it when it was derelict. Good job someone keeps an eye on our architectural wonders. And Scorer`s other oddity is still around on Lincoln`s Brayford Wharf.
This was great. I wish we still built things because they’re beautiful… or even just nice. Not just thanks I guess to Starbucks, a massive thanks and I might actually visit one to express my gratitude.
I live 10 minutes down the road from this building and drive past it regularly. Always wondered of the history of it. I'm pleased it's being used again now
"Karens were Assembled", Not sure I've heard of anyone eager to assemble a 'reasonable"(?) amount of Karens all in one place. And then it was saved by Starbucks Thank You? ("I hate Starbucks", you and me both, Jon!). I treasure all of Jon's videos, and it's lots of fun you branching out to landmarks as well. Thank You Sir!!
When Jeremy Vine did a slot on his radio show about this building(plus the petrol station on the a6 in Leicester) about their grade listing I spoke live on air about it. Unfortunately it wasn’t to Jeremy but to his stand-in that week Vanessa Feltz; who just talked over me!!!
There are 3 of these in the country. The other 2 are in Lincoln. One is now the Nando’s in the City Centre and the other is Church of St John the Baptist on Ermine.
The problem with the Little Chefs, even back in the '70s IIRC, was that they were expensive and you had to wait a long time for your food. Most people would rather save the money and get to their destination sooner.
@ We didn’t think they were expensive. Nether apparently did the OAPs who filled the local ones at the weekends. We used to carry what we called the Little Chef map of the known universe. Using them we could arrange to meet people anywhere between the south coast & Inverness. Their seat material meant they didn’t mind us turning up wet.
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID!!! *with camera shaking like an 80s horror film, maybe* Great way to start the new year, Jon. Did somebody mention HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID?
I've always called it the Nun's Hat. Never knew it as a Happy Chunderer but the Little Thief was my era; I'd stamp past it more than twice a week. Never knew it was a canopy for a National station at the beginning though, excellent. Cheers Jon!
I own the one on the southbound a38 at fradley, staffs which we use as a railway training centre. A wonderful iconic building of which we are proud. Amtrain
When you look up conic sections, you find circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. They are all 2D and are related. I had to look up paraboloid to find a raft of 3D structues, including this one, which you see every time you eat a Pringle. Other snacks are available. 😄
Grafton multi storey, Forton (Lcr) Services, Birstall petrol station, Preston Bus Station..... from the days when innovation and transport infrastructure went hand in hand
Not even watched yet and I've already given this a like. I remember this landmark from when it first appeared and wondering at it every time my mother took my sister and me from our home in Lincolnshire to see our relations in Leeds. As I recall it started life as a filling station selling Jet petrol, which no doubt I'll hear Jon mention as soon as I start watching!
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID
hyperbolic paraboloid!
HYPER!!! Hyper!! hyper! BOLIC!!! Bolic!! bolic! PARABORABORABORABORABOLOID!!! Loid!! loid!
I may have driven past on the A1 a few times and don't remember seeing it. If it had been a Greggs I might have stopped. 🤣😂
A what box?
It rolls ff the tongue.
I did the working drawings for this, as a young trainee working for the architect Sam Scorer in Lincoln. The structural engineer involved was a Hungarian, Kalman Hajnal-Konyi. There was one minor problem- if the wind was from the north or the south, the venturi-like section produced stronger wind speeds underneath, not ideal if you are filling a car.
Wow, fantastic story. 👏 Bravo for working on a beautiful building...
Hyped Up Bollock Paranoid 😂
I was going to say something almost exactly similar, but you beat me to it.
😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds painful. 😬
Sounds like you need some cream
Android?
Love the "Karen's assembled en mass " 😂😂😂
What is the name for a mass of Karen's? Suggestions...
A complaint of Karen's.
A facepalm of Karen's.
A can I see your manager of Karen's.
A I've got you on camera of Karen's.
@@mattmcc72 A whine of Karen's?
That's a slightly terrifying mental image. The shrieks of:
"I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER!" in unison, would rattle windows for miles around. The myriad disapproving glares could lift paint, and melt tarmac. A vision of hell, indeed.
@@mattmcc72 - A shrill of Karens, is the correct term, I believe.
LOL. God bless Karens. Without which we would probably have no political representation, and those who are poor or shy would find standing up for themselves that much harder.
So glad it's been saved. We went there not long before Little chef collapsed,.
My wife ordered a breakfast pancake and when it arrived it was absolutely massive! The waitress said "Chef made it a bit big, is that OK?"
Perfect subject for this channel, Jon! I love the fact that Britain's leading architect in this flamboyant West Coast style was based in Lincoln. He designed a council estate church with another hyperbolic paraboloid roof in the city. Britain just doesn't seem to offer so many surprises now.
The Mathematician in me loves this. Reminds me of the roof that was used in the chase scene in the Italian Job.
Palavela building in Turin. It is still there
Made of 3 hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces intersecting, positioned 'inside-out' vs. the Markham Moor one - you can see the roof shape very well through Google Maps photos.
I still keep my fingers crossed when I watch that scene!
@@nst1981 My Mum used to make one at Xmas and serve with raspberries
@@stevieandthebarbies I read that some of the most dramatic footage was lost, you didn't get to appreciate the 60 foot jump they did with those cars and apparently didn't break them. Unlike the numerous General Lees! (Or is that Generals Lee?)
I used to stop and eat there on my treks between Durham and Essex when it was a Happy Eater in the 1990s - I used to like Happy Eaters! I was always vaguely aware of the wacky roof, but you don't get a chance to examine it in detail when you whizz past at 70! What a great structure - not all 'modern' architecture is crap! I never realised that it started life as just the roof without the box below - so I've learnt something. Thanks for the vid!!
One near Chelmsford is now a Porn Superstore.
Curiously interesting subject? Check
Usual dry and entertaining presentational style with added sarcasm and irony? Check
Understated historical references? Check.
Well researched and rich in detail? Check
This is a true Auto Shenanigans video, one of the best 🙂 Thanks Jon, this has cheered me up no end! And now I want a new an unusual roof on my house!
ps it wouldn't take much to persuade me to buy a T-shirt with Hyperbolic Paraboloid and a modest Auto Shenanigans logo on it...
Me too😊
You forgot - A mention of the "second small disagreement" 🙂
@@andyalanbertie Ah, I had put in "understated historical references" intending to cover all mentions of disagreements!
I'm waiting for Jon's description of things like the 100 Years War, the War of the Roses, the War of the Spanish Succession. I'm pretty sure I can predict that he'd go for "Small Internal Disagreement" for the Civil War (caveat: may be he already has!).
Ah! Little Chef! - fond memories indeed.
I always remembered it being a Little Chef.
Loved little chef as a kid always remember the orange lollipop afterwards 😊
@@dangerousandyWe shall ignore its Happy Eater phase
Same…
Olympic breakfast and a mug of tea sure beats a Big Yuck.
When I was a child in the 1960s, we called this the "Butterfly Garage".
I must have driven past this little gem a hundred times in the late 2000s, while I gently wore away the A1. I have no memory of even noticing it and believe me, I spent my driving life noticing things. Why else would I subscribe to a channel that also notices things. I feel sad now, because I missed it. Not sad enough to go there and see it. That's why I subscribe to youtube channels.
It was a landmark for my kids in the 1990s on my regular trips home to Cumbria from my RAF base in Cambridge.
Every time we drive by there and that is quite often I say to my wife that's a great two listed building. She says to me you are a geek. I'm good with that
Hundreds of times we passed this as kids going up to see my mum‘s relatives, the best we could do was call it the crisp garage because of the shape. So happy they saved it when so many of these buildings were demolished and didn’t have the protection of listed status, great video Jon.
@@Lot76CARS That's a great name
I was kind of sad to learn that the old flying saucer McChunders down by Huntingdon had been demolished. I never went in there because McChunders but I liked the idea that it existed.
I now need an all day Olympic Brekfast
I love seeing old or unusual buildings/structures given a grade 2 listing, so they are preserved for future generations.
You might like a book I bought for a pal, initially as a joke. It is about Russian bus stops (more varied and imaginative than our own) and of which, incredibly, there are TWO volumes!
Superb video! Has anyone ever mentioned that a fluffy *dougal* microphone could help cut out some of the traffic noise when out on location? [Or was it audio editing in Audacity?]
Anyway, I think that's a CLAAS combine harvester header on the right of the picture in the outro. And this was a top class video. Thanks, Jon. 👍
I love these glimpses of fantastical architecture actually made possible by engineers. Such a shame that so many wonderful places don’t get grade listing and are lost.
I’ve always loved this iconic structure out at Markham Moor. I was so pleased to see it get another lease of life when Starbucks took it on.
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID!!! Great video Jon.
Here in Calgary, Canada, we have a iconic and large 20,000 seat sports arena, called the Saddledome, that's a Hyperbolic Paraboloid. It was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and to house a NHL team. Unfortunately its one of the oldest Ice Hockey Arenas in the NHL and plans are well underway to replace it in the next few years with a new underwhelming building and to eventually demolish it.
The Lincolnshire Motor Company showroom (0:52) is now 3 restaurants on the Brayford Waterfront.
I suddenly perked up when I saw that Claas combine header in the bottom right at the end there. It's a Claas tractor dealership called Claas Eastern. (I've got an old Claas Dominator, the combine that MP was supposedly looking up when he got caught having a crafty one off the wrist in Westminster a year or two ago!)
This is the sort of information that we need.
So you really must be a Wurzels fan! No problem, fellow rustic! I come from Somerset and have known quite a few very nice new Class Dominatrixes in my time. And I note you are also talking about the former honourable member for Tiverton. :-)
I live 5 miles from this remarkable building, and can remember it in its original form as a National filling station. I'm glad it's being used and kept in good condition.
I always loved driving past it, even as a little kid in the back of the car when it was a little chef or something
Brings back memories of an alcoholic maths lecturer on my engineering degree. One of his most memorable stories, along with partial differentiation of a pint of Guinness with live demo.
Everyone should experience an alcoholic maths or physics lecturer just for the anecdotes and practicals alone.
@@Anmeteor9663@Anmeteor9663 sadly my alcoholic math teacher was only my first year at high school.
I remember flying blackboard erasers, long breaks in the cupboard, slapped ears and people he liked getting better marks with the same answer as people he didn't.
Thanks. Saw it last year on the way to Stamford and wondered what the heck it was all about. Now I know so I’m having A good week.
Always a head turner when driving on the A1. Fabulous video Jon. 👏👏👍😀
Yay! Nottinghamshire mention :D
What a fantastic structure! Looks inspired by the "Googie" style from the US in the 50's. I'm glad it was saved, and hats off to Starbucks for restoring it!
I agree entirely. Jon doesn't, though. He seems very resolute in his refusal to compliment them. I paid far too much for a coffee there recently but I was delighted that the building was back in use.
If you want to see "another one", the Palavela in Turin was designed (at roughly the same time - 1959-60) with not just one, but 3 hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces intersecting and forming a large open space underneath - the roof shape is very easily visible from Google Maps photos. They are turned upside-down vs the Markham Moor canopy, and the rigidity of the structure allowed the use of only 3 support points on the ground, connected by steel cables underneath. The roof was strong enough to be used for part of the car chase in the original Italian Job movie.
Yeah definitely Googie. Shame they ruined it by building under it but I guess if they didn't it wouldn't be here today so...
i am glad karren got her monkies flying, as this is a lovely piece of architecture.
My grandparents lived at East Markham just a mile North of the Markham Moor junction.
So the hyperbolic paraboloid was a familiar sight when we went to visit them.
I can remember filling up with fuel there, eating at Little Chef there and the massive junction reworking.
You’re making me feel old Jon….
Drove past that just this weekend on the way to/from ‘t Yorkshire. Still looks terrific.
I spent the 80s and most of the 90s being carted up and down the A1 between Harrogate and Hertfordshire and remember this very well.
Im old enough to remember this as the Happy Eater and then little chef. But never new it was originally a petrol station canopy. Love the video
Now that petrol cars can travel from (in my case) Hertfordshire to Inverness without filling up, I had never noticed that this structure was no longer a fuel station, when driving by. I remember first encountering it in around 1970, when my mother was driving and was fearful of stopping at Markham Moor, because she expected the price per gallon (as it was then) would be very expensive. Anyway, fearful of running out of petrol before we reached Newark, she did stop the car at Markham Moor and top up the vehicle with National Benzol. It is worrying that I can remember this occasion 55 years later but I can't remember how expensive the petrol was.
Probably about 30p a gallon.
I drove up and down the A1 quite a few times a year in the late 1980s and early 1990s, don't remember seeing it. Thanks for letting me know what I missed,
Remember it as a Little 👩🍳 Chef . When I see it I know I’ve reached the turn off for Lincoln. Good things were created in 1960 , my 65th birthday is this year as well! Great video as usual ❤.
I popped in for a coffee a couple of years ago and it’s just as impressive inside. I wish they still made funky designs like this today.
Well done I rate the beginning so much
Been past that structure on numerous occasions Jon, I'm glad it's listed! I think it's roof is an amazing engineering achievement.
My mate Bob is a happy eater. In other news we stopped there for a piss back in 1991 en route to Scotland. Cambridge to Grantown on Spey in just over 7 hours. No cameras in those days.
The reason why it's Starbucks is because when Little Chef closed, Euro Garages had the ownership of the land who own the Starbucks franchise for MSAs. Some LCs were branded as EG Diner after closure, but after this, they became either a Starbucks or Greggs.
Grateful to hear the history of this one Jon. I pass it twice fortnightly on my way between London and Durham.
I got some photos of it back in 2018 when it was disused or 'between chains', it's such an amazing little gem.
It’s a great Starbucks as it’s dog friendly and when the really skinny woman with all the tatoos worked there the coffee was amazing. Sadly she got promoted to a branch in Lincoln and the coffee is now just regular Starbucks
Being the nerd I am, I appreciated the drone footage showing some Claas-branded farming equipment next to the service station.
Also the required Booo Starbucks, though well done on them for contributing more to the local community than over-priced evil bean juice.
Yep. Really not a fan of Starbucks (like REALLY not a fan), but good on them for restoring the roof before it succumbed to the typical "we're not allowed to knock it down, so we'll just wait until it falls down, and then we can do whatever we really want".
I did not know about this building, but I do now, and for that, I am truly grateful, amen.
Glad that place is no longer sat empty. It's a great building. Also, Starbucks! What is not to like :). Thanks for another great video.
What's not to like?
Starbucks for a start🤮
Can only concur with those two strategic comments, John. A remarkable, iconic even, structure - and the less said about Starbees, the better!
Many thanks, safe journeys 👹
I used this many times when it was a Little Chef and actually never even gave the iconic roof a second thought, even when I drove past it when it was derelict. Good job someone keeps an eye on our architectural wonders. And Scorer`s other oddity is still around on Lincoln`s Brayford Wharf.
Plus St John's church on the Ermine estate. I did the working drawings for that one too.
What a fabulous thing it is...!
How this can only have 6K likes puzzles me; it’s exactly the sort of niche stuff Jon excels at.
Worth the camera shake
Ate there as a kid when it was a happy eater 👍🏻
As always, making the unseen everyday structure’s seen. With the added humour.
This was great. I wish we still built things because they’re beautiful… or even just nice.
Not just thanks I guess to Starbucks, a massive thanks and I might actually visit one to express my gratitude.
Thanks Jon. The last time I saw the building it was a mess. Nice to know it was saved.
That’s frikin sweet awesome!!
HYPERBOLIC PARABALIOD !!!
I live in Tuxford (the next village across), the structure does look really cool im glad it got restored. Shame about the Starbucks though
Ah the old happy eater, many memories from the 80s/90s on family trips to Scotland.
I live 10 minutes down the road from this building and drive past it regularly. Always wondered of the history of it. I'm pleased it's being used again now
"Karens were Assembled", Not sure I've heard of anyone eager to assemble a 'reasonable"(?) amount of Karens all in one place. And then it was saved by Starbucks Thank You? ("I hate Starbucks", you and me both, Jon!). I treasure all of Jon's videos, and it's lots of fun you branching out to landmarks as well. Thank You Sir!!
Still bringing us the news that is fit to print, Jon. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks
When Jeremy Vine did a slot on his radio show about this building(plus the petrol station on the a6 in Leicester) about their grade listing I spoke live on air about it. Unfortunately it wasn’t to Jeremy but to his stand-in that week Vanessa Feltz; who just talked over me!!!
You were probably one of the lucky ones, she talked down to most people.
That's one cool roof. Thanks for sharing this. Now that intro is so stuck in my head. You're a cheeky bastard Jon. :-)
Love the blue mood lighting in the studio mirroring the blue of the shipping containers behind the hyperbolic paraboloid.
Nice touch x
That’s quite a cool looking building happy Wednesday John 🧲👍⚓️
Nice video 👍👍
Good old Jon, putting the Hype into HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID
Cheers for this didn't realise it was back in business.
Hi Jon brilliant video been a hgv driver for ever and been up and down A1 so many times always noticed and wondered about HP now I know! 😅
used to travel by this in the 60s when I was a kid
Wonerful -60s design. Just love it.
Wonderful, I'm glad to see it was saved, too many boxes beside the roads these days, it's nice to see something more interesting.
There are 3 of these in the country. The other 2 are in Lincoln. One is now the Nando’s in the City Centre and the other is Church of St John the Baptist on Ermine.
Thanks. I knew I had seen similar to this on my past travels but couldn't remember where!
I used to admire the church when I went to the library nearby. That was in the late '60s early '70s.
The sad demise of little chef ! I used to enjoy their food .
Chocolate 🍫 pancakes with ice cream….😋
So did I, until Hilton took them on. Cut the portions & upped the prices. I am not a veggie but really loved their veggie lasagna.
The problem with the Little Chefs, even back in the '70s IIRC, was that they were expensive and you had to wait a long time for your food.
Most people would rather save the money and get to their destination sooner.
Top breakfasts! . . . especially on the way home after a night out. 😉
@ We didn’t think they were expensive. Nether apparently did the OAPs who filled the local ones at the weekends.
We used to carry what we called the Little Chef map of the known universe. Using them we could arrange to meet people anywhere between the south coast & Inverness.
Their seat material meant they didn’t mind us turning up wet.
A interesting subject for sure
I was reminded of the spaceship MacDonald's further down the A1, sadly no longer with us.
I loved the old satellite/aerial of the old junction. Great work as usual.
Great work John keep it up.
There's a pub in Lutterworth with a similar but different roof.
You should have included St John's Church on the Ermine Estate in Lincoln-another extraordinary building by Sam Scorer
Ahhh, the good old Pringle Church
Glad you avoided using too much hyperbole.
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID!!! *with camera shaking like an 80s horror film, maybe* Great way to start the new year, Jon. Did somebody mention HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID?
I've always called it the Nun's Hat. Never knew it as a Happy Chunderer but the Little Thief was my era; I'd stamp past it more than twice a week. Never knew it was a canopy for a National station at the beginning though, excellent. Cheers Jon!
4:02 well done with Gilroy by the way. Awesome work! Well done for sticking with it.
Would love to see you do a series on all the Little Chefs and what they have become.
I own the one on the southbound a38 at fradley, staffs which we use as a railway training centre. A wonderful iconic building of which we are proud. Amtrain
@andymckenna1262 Originally a Kelly's Kitchen I believe.
Beautiful and clever design, marrying form and function.
When you look up conic sections, you find circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. They are all 2D and are related. I had to look up paraboloid to find a raft of 3D structues, including this one, which you see every time you eat a Pringle. Other snacks are available. 😄
And tonight in session on the John Peel show, it's........
HYPERBOLOID PARABOLLOCK. Yep, got it! Interesting shape!
Grafton multi storey, Forton (Lcr) Services, Birstall petrol station, Preston Bus Station.....
from the days when innovation and transport infrastructure went hand in hand
What a load of hyperbolics!
It always gets me when you say "2nd small disagreement" lol, so british. ;)
Not even watched yet and I've already given this a like. I remember this landmark from when it first appeared and wondering at it every time my mother took my sister and me from our home in Lincolnshire to see our relations in Leeds. As I recall it started life as a filling station selling Jet petrol, which no doubt I'll hear Jon mention as soon as I start watching!
Hyperbara Bollockballoid. Niiiice.
I literally just passed it about 40 minutes ago. Wow great video
Always wandered about this when pootling to and from Scotland...cheers Jon!