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‘This Was Forever’

14 Wednesday Aug 2013

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Manor Garden Allotments, Olympics, River Lea, Short film

 

A rather moving short film about the loss of Manor Garden Allotments to the development of the London 2012 Olympic village. Was it worth the destruction of allotments (and the community of allotment holders tending them) dating back to the 1920’s for the creation of a footpath for the Olympic Village? Hard to see that it was.

‘Look at Life: London cafeterias’

17 Wednesday Apr 2013

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A great find by Aaron Guy (whose Tumblr is well worth keeping an eye on).

Friday finds

22 Friday Mar 2013

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Byker, Office Naps, Shard, Waterloo

Worth a read/watch/listen:

  1. Terminus (above) – a gorgeous ‘fly on the wall’ (BAFTA-nominated) documentary about Waterloo station, from 1962. Very nicely cut, and full of examples of how much London life has changed all set in an environment that’s still familiar to any London commuter. Some very good examples of what full employment muct have looked like, too….
  2. Some thoughts on the Shard’s projected lifespan, and South London’s notable – or otherwise – architecture.
  3. Lovely sounds on Office Naps – an intriguing site, new to me (found on Twitter and instantly forgot who tweeted it, sadly)
  4. Another week, another thoughtful post from Municipal Dream, this time on the Byker Estate (extra marks for the use of some of Sirkka-Liisa Kontinnen’s excellent photography from the area).

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‘Outsider art about outsider art’

25 Friday Jan 2013

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film, Hartlepool, outsider art, The Can House, video

The best thing I’ve seen this week:

Can House Trailer from maxy neil bianco on Vimeo.

Michael Smith explains what this is all about much better than I could hope to.

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