The last pictures I posted were so popular I thought I'd do the same again
when there was stuff I couldn't identify. I've often drawn attention to the
fact that the canals weren't as twee and pretty in the  past as they are
now, and these two shots seem to demonstrate this. My best bet is that they
were taken in 1983, and the derelict terrace, which I feel sure was
somewhere on the Coventry, was not unusual. There seemed to be derelict
canalside cottages and house over the place in those days, and Em and I were
constantly talking about buying one, doing it up etc etc. If dreams were
currency we'd be wealthy people now.

The second picture is more problematic. It's not exactly derelict, but it's
seen better days. It seems to be an old farm building about to be swamped by
the engulfing tide of some city or town estate, the roofs of which can be
glimpsed to the right of the picture.

Bother places, I guess, don't exist any more.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/10393...@n06/



Steve


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