Gentrifying The Grimy Republic It's a dirty job ,but someone has to do it.....
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| Billy Blake's "Jerusalem " where he spoke of being 'among these dark satanic mills...', was written while he sat above Beacon Hill in Halifax ..(said Ken Kersey over a pint of locally brewed lager ,looking at this view).... |
was worth the money? All I can say is, I was surprised today how good it looks.
Me & Cath go next week to the opening of the new Halifax Library which is just next door to The Piece Hall.
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REST IN PEACE My longtime Blogspot buddy Andrew Keogh here is his obituary in The Guardian. he died of lung cancer aged 66, and was a barrister, blogger, writer and political activist. He was born in Leeds.An avid Leeds United.Gratful Dead & Coffee fan.....(n.b.we also had a mutual friend in Clive A.
here is a link to "White Rabbit" to Andrew's blogspot.Go on sweetly,dear legal man......
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A bit of a dilemma for me this weekend .So what to do? Should I take the capitalist shilling which goes against the spirit of what i do here? On the other hand , what google would give me would more than pay for my smugmug photo album subscription each month.
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8 comments:
Great piece of music, sugar! I had to Goggle the location and like you, hope that the money invested will be worth it. Every time I see an old building being retrofitted/restored for some sort of adaptive reuse, high rents, astronomical sales prices, and/or shops that most people can't shop in seem to be the inevitable result. I wish y'all well! xoxo
The annoying thing is ,although Piece Hall is a 'protected building'it surrounds are not...... it seems that the original cobbles inthe central square are not......they have been taken out and sold to the USA!
*sigh* I wonder where in the USA they're going?
Not Sure.I will try & find out .....watch this space!
Those cobbles will most likely become part of some soul-killing "themed zone."
Indeed Kurt ......we are all Themed nowadaze........
It's always a pleasure to visit somewhere, when that somewhere actually makes you feel at home and in good company. More power to you, Tony!
Thank You Martin.
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