Luckily the location of this old 35mm negative is obvious from the church notice board and the proud lettering over the portico, but if not I suspect I would have guessed it was one of towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent. The church drips Arnold Bennett : I can see Constance Baines fussily climbing the church steps, Edwin Clayhanger walking down the street dreaming of a different life and Anna Tellwright planning her wedding to tragedy. I must have taken the photograph in 1971 or '72 when I was at the university up the road and would take a break from macroeconomic theory by walking the streets of the "Five Towns". If you were to walk that street today you would be met by a sad sight indeed - in 1977 a fire destroyed most of the building and now only the portico remains.
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