Recently .... And from Kernow with its tourist trade (and on the many journeys down through the counties by car in years long past now,) with the many differences in the South East to the South West ... And the modern environments ... Which in parts have still has a lot to catch up with ...
And now experiencing the North West again; it is evident from the weeds, litter, smelly refuse on and along the pavements and roadsides, and pavements my late Dad would have struggled with ... It is like going back in time ... Shops too all unique and what I was once used to growing up with ... in a less populated area though ...
There has been much said about the North and South. There is also a history of back to back houses and tennaments that I have seen in some intersting documentaries and often portrayed in films etc. In these industrial parts and inner cities too ... The smog disappearing in these industrialised areas, after acts were passed to clean up the air ...
There is a continuing rich history surrounding us. History both good and bad most evident still, on my travels again, I notice even more so ... and not just the listed buildings protecting this heritage ... But still everyday and day to day now and not always considered and protected ... The dereliction in places is quite enormous ... when so much building elsewhere squeezed into so many impossible places ...
I have also been exposed to the outside world more from staying with others. Housing space was very much in the news ...
All the inadequacies in life, the lack of planning, the mish mash of properties ... How ugly it all looks at times ... But fascinating to me with my fresh outlook after being enclosed ... inside for too long ...
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