But that's a Shipping Container !

[Graham Shaw]

A relative has e-mailed me the following article.
The new outdoor market in Wolverhampton opened for trading today ahead of it's official opening next Tuesday, to mixed reactions from it's Wulfrunian citizens.
It cost £4.9 million and the entrance was supposed to like this - Proposed Wolverhampton Market entrance.jpg

However,ta da ! it looks like this below -yes,several containers stacked up.
The Reality !.jpg

Several 'Like' voters thinks it looks ever so trendy. Others,like me are thinking how will they look after several weeks of weathering-and how much of that 4.9 million went into it's actual cost and how much into the pockets of the constructors and councillors responsible for such an apparently poor value eyesore.

[Chris Allman]

I just wonder, being cynical rather than nasty, just how many homeless people will or could, use those containers as homes.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Punters old and new flocked to Wolverhampton's £4.9 million market today as it opened to the public for the first time.

Locals seem well chuffed.

Wolverhampton's new market buzzing with customers on first day of trading.

And, despite some controversy over the market's shipping-container entrance, there was a feel-good factor among both shoppers and stall owners, who were optimistic about their new surroundings.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/...ay-of-trading/

K.

[robpage]

old shipping containers are very reasonably priced , I used them for storage when at work , they even in freezer configuration are very cost effective , and plentiful as well as being robust , and because of portability , a way around planning

[John Arton]

There are many examples of old shipping containers being used for different purposes. In London there is an artist's community made up of them, providing the residents with living and working space. There was even a "Grañd Design" episode where an Irish farmer turned a number of them into a fantastic house. Up the Gulf in the early years of container shipping there was a shortage of returning empties as the locals were using them as housing.
Rgds
J.A.

[robpage]

There was a large yard in Totton Southampton very close to the container port where old containers went to die when they were no longer fit for sea service you could pick up a 20 foot box in rough condition for about £300 one in fairly good condition could be up as much as 1000 we used to pick up freezer boxes for about £2500 so they were very cheap I would have thought cheaper than buying a garden shed

[happy daze john in oz]

When the big one hit Christchurch in 2011 it devastated much of the city including a large shopping mall.

But the Kiwis are inventive, they needed new shops while the city was rebuilt.


As a result Container city came to life, we went to see it in 2015 and were amazed at what had been achieved.

Shops of all manner, cafes and restaurants had been crafted from these metal monsters.
The city has now been rebuilt and the container city moved to anew location where it will remain as a tourist attraction.

A company here has converted numerous containers into living accommodation for students at uni, make great living quarters when fitted out.