Archive for March, 2008
It’s almost the 2nd anniversary of our getting married - well, civilly partnered. It’s not that momentous a date - we’d been together over 17 years before we could tie the knot - but it does make me think (again!) how far things have come. But then, apparently not far enough…
The words “Coming soon to this location - charming ruins” are quite pointed. (And that’s without considering their source, the Paris Uprising of May 1968 - click the photo for more on that.) Blackall Street (London) is most definitely a ‘back street’ - a fairly grotty one at that, though it could be far worse - and some of its buildings beyond their best. Even so I’ll happily make a detour to check out its charms: what art’s been added; how are others bearing up? And I’m not unusual in this respect.
I easily persuade myself this street has some charm. Similarly, some are bemoaning the loss of 50s style as buildings are demolished in Sheffield to make way for a new market. No, they had no style, they were cheap and ill-advised replacements for bomb-sites. The few stylistic touches they had just push, no, jump heavily on, a couple of generations’ nostalgia buttons: concrete, plastic covered iron handrails, mosaic tiling and metal-framed windows have that power.
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