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10/08/2020 in Jerusalem
Dad's model pixie house

It might have something to do with my father’s gardening style that I have a fascination for the eccentric.The only photo I have of his garden is the pixie house that he built in the 1980s.

I think it must be in the blood, a kind of exhibitionist gene maybe. Though I feel no need to turn my garden into Dingly Dell I can see why people do it.

I love the dedication to the task and the mad eccentricity of it all.

Perhaps this is my next chapter of Jerusalem!

Though not in Lincolnshire the following pictures are of a garden in Nott’s which deserves an honorary place as not only is it beautifully crazy it features the Red Arrows who are of course still in Linc’s…

Poster of red arrows in a garden
Street view of garden with picture of Red Arrows
Detailed view of graden tableaux with scrcrow
Detailed view of graden tableaux with seaside theme

Tiny church

21/03/2020 in Jerusalem
Since my exhibition at The Collection I have become a little lazy, floundering on which direction to take this project next. The coronovirus lock-down has spurred me on to do the opposite and get out more, especially now the weather is on the turn. The one thing you can do in Lincolnshire is get away from people. I went for a walk near Apley whose church has to be one of smallest and quaintest in the county.
Apley church

 

North West

31/10/2019 in Jerusalem

I have finally got around to covering North Lincolnshire, west of the River Trent…

Pylons

Looking toward Goole Fields this area is probably more sparsely populated than the fens. Apparently, ideal for land based wind farms and horses.

Pepper pig straw bales by roadside

I have photographed similar attempts by land owners all over Lincolnshire to capitalise on the ‘fun farm’ – There’s not a lot else to do round here unless you like shooting things.

Pepper pig straw bales

John Wesley statue - Epworth

I love the location of John Wesley‘s statue in Epworth. No grand plinth in the town square, this location is fitting given his views though, I guess the idea of being idolised at all would be anathema.

Owston village centre with large tractor and claock tower

In Owston Ferry, there is a feeling of desolation and the sense of a faded community that existed before the television, mobile phones and the internet. I actually like what is has become, melancholic, a place that has forgotten what it is. The phone box has no phone inside it. What was the ‘Albion Hall’? Who was Frances Sandres, she gifted the clock tower in 1866? Modern tractors hauling potatoes roar through the square at the same speed as cars, not a single soul on the street. Who knows, with global warming we may have to start thinking more locally again and perhaps these former community areas will be revitalised with markets and other social activities… in my dreams perhaps!

More dereliction

22/08/2019 in Jerusalem

The Plough at Potterhanworth Booths now itself as nostalgic as the technology it displays.

The Plough - derelict pub
Old disused petrol pump

Old disused petrol pump by raodside

The Blitz

22/08/2019 in Jerusalem
In these divisive times we look back with nostalgia for when things were simpler, when the nation apparently pulled together as one. Are we in danger of mythologising the past and forgetting the reality? Why do we want to relive the blitz? Europeans remember the war with respect and try to honor those who died with peace and unification. We also remember with great respect but with one difference. We also consider ourselves to be the victors and it seems that the nostalgia of victory and our island/siege mentality contribute to a warped sense us and them. Perhaps it is because few in Europe considered themselves to have won the war (they all lost). To prevent any further occurrence of war the Europeans built a new political system, opened up their borders and even shared a common currency. None of this is perfect and things on this scale take time to achieve. Perhaps it is time to for us to heal rather than pick at old mythologised scabs. Solemnly respect those who gave so much for us and remember with humility rather than jingoistic insularity.

 

Blitz Tearoom

Garages

01/08/2019 in Jerusalem

So it looks like I have another Jerusalem spin-off simmering away in the background.

The rise in MPG and reliability of modern cars has spelled disaster for a lot of rural garages. Tie this in with the current trend for electric vehicles and these garages will soon be contributing to the demise of rural communities in the same way as the near extinction of post offices, schools, pubs, village shops and chapels.

 

 

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